About us
The Rivendell Discussions are monthly discussions of fantasy in the traditions of the Inklings (Tolkien, etc) and more recent writers like Ursula K Le Guin, Patricia McKillip, Lois McMaster Bujold, and many others, on a Saturday afternoon over Zoom--since Covid we've only had a couple of in-person events. We are affiliated with The Mythopoeic Society, (mythsoc.org) which shares these interests. More at rivendellergroup.com, or on Facebook.
Meanwhile, our sister/cousin discussion group, Second Foundation, holds discussions of SF (Science Fiction, or "speculative fiction") with sometimes overlapping membership, usually on Sunday afternoons, about every 6 weeks. Since Covid, they meet at the Hosmer Library in Minneapolis--AND via Zoom. See fliers posted in the photos section of rmore up to the minute information.
If these groups don't work for you, you can contact David and he might have some other suggestion as we know of probably another half-dozen regular discussion groups devoted to SF & F and related genres, such as horror, and some that span all of these genres but also look at more general topics.
Upcoming events
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Zoom & in person discussion of Andy Weir's _Project Hail Mary_, book & film
·OnlineOnlineAndy Weir’s
Project Hail Mary
a book & film discussion
Read the book, and/or watch the film, and join us for the discussion!
Discussion of Weir’s other books also welcome!
Incl. The Martian, and Artemis.
Sunday, June 28, 1:30-3:00 pm central time
Hosmer Library & over Zoom
347 E. 36th St., Minneapolis, MN 55408
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81320557969?pwd=2dCku9tsWns94tyg3g6JRPO4FqB97x.1Meeting ID: 813 2055 7969 • Passcode: SecFound
Link will also be posted on Facebook Event & Meetup Event
Second Foundation
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SecondFoundation/A Twin Cities (MN) discussion group--meets approximately every six weeks
to discuss SF (Science Fiction, or Speculative Fiction). Eric M. Heideman, FounderFFI: contact david_lenander@icloud.com or (651) 307-4239.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SecondFoundation/
Zoom link will be supplied on Facebook & Meetup events
Upcoming discussion topics, 1:30 PM on Sunday afternoons—
at Hosmer Library & over Zoom:
• August 16: You Sexy Thing and other books by Cat Rambo • Coming this fall, discussion of work by Algernon Blackwood
Coming July 24-26, 2026 Diversicon 33 “an old-fashioned panel discussion SF con” www.diversicon33.mnstf.org2 attendees
Zoom book discussion with author Michael Merriam of _Terror at Tierra de Cobre_
·OnlineOnlineJoin our Zoom book discussion with the author, Michael Merriam, of his Terror at Tierra de Cobre
Saturday, July 18
1:30 p.m. Central Time
Via ZOOMThe link will be posted on our webpage,www.rivendellergroup.com Meetup, & Facebook Group just before the meeting
An ancient evil has awakened... Strong women, ancient magic and the walking dead make for a heady mix.
In Michael Merriam's tale, seven women are called to protect a small mining town in the New Mexico Territory, Tierra De Cobre, against an evil that has killed or stolen the town's men and is twisting the souls of the townswomen. The Sihuanaba is part siren, part shapeshifter, possessed of the body of a beautiful woman, her face a horse's skull with flaming eyes. Once she is freed from her copper prison in the mine, she feeds off the miners to regain her strength, then consumes or twists all the men who come to rescue them.
Maria Garcia, recently widowed and quietly fierce, has the answer: hire women to fight the monster. And they do. Taking the classic Western "The Magnificent Seven" as a jumping off point, the town's defenders are assembled, all women from wildly different backgrounds, united by one mission: to defend the town and defeat the Sihuanaba. All the odds are against them, the price of failure is death or worse and all they have is each otherThe Rivendell Discussions
50 years of monthly discussions of Fantasy & SF
in the traditions of E. Nesbit, Jane Yolen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jack Zipes,
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & the InklingsCheck our web-sites for more plans: www.rivendellergroup.com
also www.mythsoc.org ; www.tolkiensociety.org
Facebook: “Rivendell Discussion Group of the Mythopoeic Society”
or contact david_lenander@icloud.com • 651-307-4239Upcoming monthly Zoom discussions on Saturday afternoons, 1:30 PM Central time
• August 15: Remembering Jane Yolen and her work, discussing Wizard’s Hall
• September 19: annual Bilbo & Frodo Baggins Hobbits’ Birthday Celebration
• October 17: T. Kingfisher’s Snake-Eater- Upcoming conferences/conventions of note: DIVERSICON 33: www.diversicon33.mnstf.org
- MYTHCON 54 https://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-54.htm
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