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	Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:30 AM Octavia Books Science Fiction Book Club 334    by Thomas M. Disch More info on this event
	Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:30 AM Octavia Books Book Club Empire Falls    by Richard Russo Browse Pages More info on this event
	Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:30 AM Octavia Books Science Fiction Book Club The Atrocity Exhibition    by J.G. Ballard More info on this event
	Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:00 PM Reading, BookSigning & Release Celebration Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans    by Dan Baum More info on this event
	Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:30 pm Octavia Books Book Club Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero    by William Makepeace Thackeray More info on this event

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