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	Meetup	Location	RSVPs
Sep 27 7:00 PM	September Meeting: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 8 attended (est.) – This September, Cinematext will be comparing Philip K. Dick’s 1966 science fiction book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? read more	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	14 Yes 0 Maybe
Sep 7 2:00 PM	LA Opera - The FLY 7 attended (est.) – We're revisiting The Fly! In June, Cinematext read George Langelaan's 1957 short story The Fly and compared it to the 1958 movie. read more Cost: $42.33	LA Opera Los Angeles, CA, 90012 34.058018,-118.247536	7 Yes 0 Maybe
Aug 23 7:00 PM	August Meeting: The Grifters 12 attended (est.) – This month, Cinematext will be reading Jim Thomson’s 1963 pulp novel The Grifters. Roy Dillon is young, good-looking and devastatingly charming. read more	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	17 Yes 0 Maybe
Aug 19 7:00 PM	In the Shadow of the Moon 5 attended (est.) – No rating yet A few of you have expressed an interest in watching the documentary I mentioned at the The Right Stuff meeting, In The Shadow of the Moon. read more	Santa Monica Public Library - Fairview Branch Santa Monica, CA, 90405 34.014648,-118.463568	5 Yes 2 Maybe
Jul 26 6:00 PM	July Meeting - The Right Stuff 12 attended (est.) – The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (1979) tells the story of the pilots who were engaged in U.S. postwar experiments with rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft, and documents the astronaut selection read more Cost: $10.00	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	13 Yes 0 Maybe
Jul 12 7:00 PM	Tarzan of the Apes - Part 2 8 attended (est.) – Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes is much more than a simple story about a boy growing up in the African jungle. read more	No location was chosen for this Meetup	4 Yes 3 Maybe
Jun 28 7:00 PM	June Meeting - The Fly 9 attended (est.) – Most of us know the story of The Fly from the campy 1986 horror movie starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. read more	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	13 Yes 0 Maybe
Jun 14 2:00 PM	Aw, #@$%! - Surprise Meeting! - Brown Acres and Chinatown No rating yet Author Anna Sklar discusses her book Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers. read more	Santa Monica Public Library - Ocean Park Branch Santa Monica, CA, 90405 34.002298,-118.483884	2 Yes 0 Maybe
May 31 7:00 PM	May Meeting: Tarzan of the Apes 9 attended (est.) – Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes is much more than a simple story about a boy growing up in the African jungle. read more	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	11 Yes 0 Maybe
May 8 9:30 PM	Fahrenheit 451 - The Temerature at Which Books Burn 6 attended (est.) – Anyone remember this Ray Bradbury story of a futuristic city where books are illegal? read more	New Bevery Cinema Los Angeles, CA, 90036 34.077164,-118.391620	7 Yes 0 Maybe