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Sep 27, 2011, 8:20:35 PM9/27/11
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Calendar
* Sat, Oct 1, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Irene & Scott Raun's. 3928 11th
Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: 612-822-0451,
sr...@fireopal.org, realityc...@fireopal.org.
* Sat, Oct 1, 2-4PM. Stipple-Apa collation, 2800 E 31st St, Mpls. Open
to prospective members interested in classic print fanac. A sample
copy is free! FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226
* Fri, Oct 7, 6:30PM. Terry Faust reads at Dreamhaven. 2301 E 38th St,
Mpls.
* Sun, Oct 9, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle & Doll Fashion Show. Linda
Lounsbury's, 4125 Dupont Ave S, Mpls. Cat, no smoking. FFI:
612-824-6336
[Minnesota Speculative Writers
Know Your Weapons: Writing Combat
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12:00 PM
Waterbury Center, Geek Partnership Society (Suite 135)
1121 Jackson St, Minneapolis MN , Minneapolis, MN (map)
The Waterbury Building is located at Central & Broadway in NE
Minneapolis, You will want Door 1121D.
For this month's topic, we've invited back local authors S.N. Arly, Doug
Hulick and Kelly McCullough to talk to us about weapons, combat, and how
to write compelling fight scenes. S.N. Arly teaches martial arts. Doug
Hulick and Kelly McCullough have a ridiculous knowledge of pointy
implements of destruction. Bring your questions and a brown bag lunch!
Added by dsgood]
* Sun, Oct 9, 2PM. MSP Critique Workshop. Waterbury Center, 1121
Jackson Street NE, Suite 106, Mpls.
* Sun, Oct 9, 4-6PM. Minicon 47 ConCom Meeting. Emily Stewart & Aaron
Vander Giessen's, 2829 Alabama Ave S, St Louis Park. FFI:
optym...@gmail.com
* Tues, Oct 11, 7PM. ESP Speculative Fictions Writers Group. Topic:
Creating Emotional Impact -- making the reader care. Davanni's,
310 White Bear Ave, St. Paul.
* Sat, Oct 15, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting cancelled in favor of Conjecture.
* Wed, Oct 19, 7-8PM. Jane Yolen Reads. The Loft Literary Center, 1011
Washington Ave S, Mpls.
* Thurs, Oct 20, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
* Sat, Oct 29, 3PM. Minn-StF Halloween Party. Dreampark, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI:
612-827-3228.
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: Nov 5, cancelled in favor of the Halloween Party;
Nov 19, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz
Announcements:
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Kevin Austin & Laurel Krahn, Linda
Lounsbury, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Irene & Scott Raun, Bill
Christ, Beth Friedman, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge, Lydia Nickerson, David & Pamela Dyer-Bennet, Lisa
Sanders, Carol Vandal, Doug Wickstrom, Marian Turner.
Birthdays:
2: Elizabeth LaVelle; 5: Joel Halpern; 6: Joe Agee; 9: Kevin Trainor;
10: Steve Glennon; 11: Beth Friedman; 12: Betsy Lundsten; 14: Barb
Jensen; 17: Andy Anda; 18: Jeff Schalles; 20: Andrew Berlien, Lee
Reynolds, Sharon Rosenberg; 21: Nancy McClure; 25: Sue Grandys
Publishing News
Ellen Kuhfeld's Secret Murder, an alternate-world mystery, due late
September 2011 from FTL Press.
Ruth Berman's poem "Monster Love," in the August Silver Blade Magazine
The October/November 2011 Asimov's includes stories by Eleanor Arnason
("My Husband Steinn") and former local Kij Johnson ("The Man Who
Bridged the Mist") and two poems by Ruth Berman ("Being One With Your
Broom" and "Vampire Politics")
The Secret History of Fantasy (ed. Peter Beagle) reprints "26 Monkeys,
Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson and "Snow, Glass, Apple" by Neil
Gaiman. The Urban Fantasy Anthology (ed. Beagle and Joe R. Lansdale)
reprints "The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories" by Gaiman and "A Bird
That Whistles" by former local Emma Bull.
Neil Gaiman, "The [Backspace] Merchants" is a new story in Gateways
(the Pohl tribute anthology; ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull) and his "Eaten
(Scenes from a Motion Picture" is reprinted in Darkness (ed. Ellen
Datlow), his "The Thing About Cassandra" is reprinted in Year's Best
Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011 (ed. Rich Horton); the "recommended
reading" list in the same volume cites Gaiman's "The Truth is a Cave
in the Black Mountains" and two Eleanor Arnason stories, "Tomb of the
Fathers" and "Mammoths of the Great Plains"
Steven Brust, The Paths Of The Dead, Tor/Orb tp reprint, May 2012;
Tiassa, Tor tp reprint, April 2012
MaryJanice Davidson, Undead And Unstable, Berkley Sensation hc, June
2012
Neil Gaiman, a hc reissue of American Gods was an August 2011 SFBC
offering.
Carolyn Ives Gilman, Ison Of The Isles, Chizine tp, April 2012
"Tate Hallaway," Almost Everything, Penguin/NAL tp, February 2012
P.C. Hodgell, Honor's Paradox, Baen hc, December 2011
Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Orion/Gollancz (UK), hc reprint
September 2011
Donald Wandrei, The Complete Frost Mysteries, Haffner Press hc, March
2012
Local publishers: September tp from Llewellyn: Bloodborn by Karen
Kincy; Baited Blood by Sue Ann Jaffarian; October tp from Coffee House
Press: Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock; April 2012 tps from Bethany House:
Prophet by R.J. Larson and Moonblood by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Oct 14-16. Conjecture 2. Bloomington, MN. Pre-reg:
$40. http://www.mnstf.org/conjecture/
Oct 28-30. ICON, Cedar Rapids, IA. http://www.iowa-icon.com/
Oct 27-30. World Fantasy Convention, San Diego, CA. GoH: Neil Gaiman,
Graeme Base, Parke Godwin, Shawna McCarthy. http://www.wfc2011.org/
Nov 11-13. WindyCon, Lombard, IL. GoH: Catherine Asaro, Mike
Brotherton, Joe Bergeron, Frank Hayes, Hugh
Daniel. http://www.windycon.org/windy38/
Nov 11-13. OmegaCon, Siren, WI. http://www.omegacon.org/
Jun 22-24, 2012. 4th Street Fantasy Convention. St. Louis Park, MN
FFI: www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2012/
Aug 30-Sept 3, 2012. Chicon7. Chicago, IL. FFI:
http://www.chicon.org/
Aug 29-Sept 2, 2013. LoneStarCon3. San Antonio, TX. FFI:
http://www.lonestarcon3.org/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Kevin Austin, Eric Forste, Dean Gahlon, Scott
Raun, and Emily Stewart. Email bo...@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are
held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meeting minutes are
posted at http://www.mnstf.org/records/board-minutes/, check there for
the next board meeting.
Minn-STF web site at: www.mnstf.org/. Minicon web site at:
www.mnstf.org/minicon/.
Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming almost every Friday
evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 612-827-3228.
Filk Circle: open to all who like to participate in music with f/sf
lyrics. 4th Saturday at 5pm. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159,
r...@freemars.com
PRINT FANDOM LIVES! Stipple-Apa is a healthy general-interest
publication with members in five countries. Local collations are every
six weeks. Chat with fellow fans the classic way. FFI: Jeanne Mealy,
651-771-7226
Einblatt is posted on Usenet groups rec.arts.sf.fandom and
rec.arts.sf.announce // Einblatt from July 95 to date is on the web at
www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list -
sign up at the website (here). The Dead-tree Einblatt is available by
subscription. Cost is $10, payable by check mailed to the Minn-StF PO
Box, check or cash handed to YrHumbleEinblattEd (as of December 2009,
Scott Raun), or PayPal to webm...@minicon.org.
This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny
Lien (publishing news) and Kevin Austin(conventions).
Einblatt is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction
Society, devoted to news of the local SF community. E-mail same to
einb...@mnstf.org, or send to Scott Raun, 3928 11th Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, MN 55407; or call him at 612-822-0451. Email submissions
most preferred, no phone calls after 10pm. // Next Einblatt! Deadline:
11:59PM October 20th, 2011.
--
Dan Goodman
http://www.mnstf.org/einblatt/einblatt-current.pdf
Calendar
* Sat, Oct 1, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Irene & Scott Raun's. 3928 11th
Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: 612-822-0451,
sr...@fireopal.org, realityc...@fireopal.org.
* Sat, Oct 1, 2-4PM. Stipple-Apa collation, 2800 E 31st St, Mpls. Open
to prospective members interested in classic print fanac. A sample
copy is free! FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226
* Fri, Oct 7, 6:30PM. Terry Faust reads at Dreamhaven. 2301 E 38th St,
Mpls.
* Sun, Oct 9, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle & Doll Fashion Show. Linda
Lounsbury's, 4125 Dupont Ave S, Mpls. Cat, no smoking. FFI:
612-824-6336
[Minnesota Speculative Writers
Know Your Weapons: Writing Combat
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12:00 PM
Waterbury Center, Geek Partnership Society (Suite 135)
1121 Jackson St, Minneapolis MN , Minneapolis, MN (map)
The Waterbury Building is located at Central & Broadway in NE
Minneapolis, You will want Door 1121D.
For this month's topic, we've invited back local authors S.N. Arly, Doug
Hulick and Kelly McCullough to talk to us about weapons, combat, and how
to write compelling fight scenes. S.N. Arly teaches martial arts. Doug
Hulick and Kelly McCullough have a ridiculous knowledge of pointy
implements of destruction. Bring your questions and a brown bag lunch!
Added by dsgood]
* Sun, Oct 9, 2PM. MSP Critique Workshop. Waterbury Center, 1121
Jackson Street NE, Suite 106, Mpls.
* Sun, Oct 9, 4-6PM. Minicon 47 ConCom Meeting. Emily Stewart & Aaron
Vander Giessen's, 2829 Alabama Ave S, St Louis Park. FFI:
optym...@gmail.com
* Tues, Oct 11, 7PM. ESP Speculative Fictions Writers Group. Topic:
Creating Emotional Impact -- making the reader care. Davanni's,
310 White Bear Ave, St. Paul.
* Sat, Oct 15, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting cancelled in favor of Conjecture.
* Wed, Oct 19, 7-8PM. Jane Yolen Reads. The Loft Literary Center, 1011
Washington Ave S, Mpls.
* Thurs, Oct 20, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
* Sat, Oct 29, 3PM. Minn-StF Halloween Party. Dreampark, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI:
612-827-3228.
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: Nov 5, cancelled in favor of the Halloween Party;
Nov 19, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz
Announcements:
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Kevin Austin & Laurel Krahn, Linda
Lounsbury, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Irene & Scott Raun, Bill
Christ, Beth Friedman, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge, Lydia Nickerson, David & Pamela Dyer-Bennet, Lisa
Sanders, Carol Vandal, Doug Wickstrom, Marian Turner.
Birthdays:
2: Elizabeth LaVelle; 5: Joel Halpern; 6: Joe Agee; 9: Kevin Trainor;
10: Steve Glennon; 11: Beth Friedman; 12: Betsy Lundsten; 14: Barb
Jensen; 17: Andy Anda; 18: Jeff Schalles; 20: Andrew Berlien, Lee
Reynolds, Sharon Rosenberg; 21: Nancy McClure; 25: Sue Grandys
Publishing News
Ellen Kuhfeld's Secret Murder, an alternate-world mystery, due late
September 2011 from FTL Press.
Ruth Berman's poem "Monster Love," in the August Silver Blade Magazine
The October/November 2011 Asimov's includes stories by Eleanor Arnason
("My Husband Steinn") and former local Kij Johnson ("The Man Who
Bridged the Mist") and two poems by Ruth Berman ("Being One With Your
Broom" and "Vampire Politics")
The Secret History of Fantasy (ed. Peter Beagle) reprints "26 Monkeys,
Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson and "Snow, Glass, Apple" by Neil
Gaiman. The Urban Fantasy Anthology (ed. Beagle and Joe R. Lansdale)
reprints "The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories" by Gaiman and "A Bird
That Whistles" by former local Emma Bull.
Neil Gaiman, "The [Backspace] Merchants" is a new story in Gateways
(the Pohl tribute anthology; ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull) and his "Eaten
(Scenes from a Motion Picture" is reprinted in Darkness (ed. Ellen
Datlow), his "The Thing About Cassandra" is reprinted in Year's Best
Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011 (ed. Rich Horton); the "recommended
reading" list in the same volume cites Gaiman's "The Truth is a Cave
in the Black Mountains" and two Eleanor Arnason stories, "Tomb of the
Fathers" and "Mammoths of the Great Plains"
Steven Brust, The Paths Of The Dead, Tor/Orb tp reprint, May 2012;
Tiassa, Tor tp reprint, April 2012
MaryJanice Davidson, Undead And Unstable, Berkley Sensation hc, June
2012
Neil Gaiman, a hc reissue of American Gods was an August 2011 SFBC
offering.
Carolyn Ives Gilman, Ison Of The Isles, Chizine tp, April 2012
"Tate Hallaway," Almost Everything, Penguin/NAL tp, February 2012
P.C. Hodgell, Honor's Paradox, Baen hc, December 2011
Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Orion/Gollancz (UK), hc reprint
September 2011
Donald Wandrei, The Complete Frost Mysteries, Haffner Press hc, March
2012
Local publishers: September tp from Llewellyn: Bloodborn by Karen
Kincy; Baited Blood by Sue Ann Jaffarian; October tp from Coffee House
Press: Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock; April 2012 tps from Bethany House:
Prophet by R.J. Larson and Moonblood by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Oct 14-16. Conjecture 2. Bloomington, MN. Pre-reg:
$40. http://www.mnstf.org/conjecture/
Oct 28-30. ICON, Cedar Rapids, IA. http://www.iowa-icon.com/
Oct 27-30. World Fantasy Convention, San Diego, CA. GoH: Neil Gaiman,
Graeme Base, Parke Godwin, Shawna McCarthy. http://www.wfc2011.org/
Nov 11-13. WindyCon, Lombard, IL. GoH: Catherine Asaro, Mike
Brotherton, Joe Bergeron, Frank Hayes, Hugh
Daniel. http://www.windycon.org/windy38/
Nov 11-13. OmegaCon, Siren, WI. http://www.omegacon.org/
Jun 22-24, 2012. 4th Street Fantasy Convention. St. Louis Park, MN
FFI: www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2012/
Aug 30-Sept 3, 2012. Chicon7. Chicago, IL. FFI:
http://www.chicon.org/
Aug 29-Sept 2, 2013. LoneStarCon3. San Antonio, TX. FFI:
http://www.lonestarcon3.org/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Kevin Austin, Eric Forste, Dean Gahlon, Scott
Raun, and Emily Stewart. Email bo...@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are
held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meeting minutes are
posted at http://www.mnstf.org/records/board-minutes/, check there for
the next board meeting.
Minn-STF web site at: www.mnstf.org/. Minicon web site at:
www.mnstf.org/minicon/.
Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming almost every Friday
evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 612-827-3228.
Filk Circle: open to all who like to participate in music with f/sf
lyrics. 4th Saturday at 5pm. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159,
r...@freemars.com
PRINT FANDOM LIVES! Stipple-Apa is a healthy general-interest
publication with members in five countries. Local collations are every
six weeks. Chat with fellow fans the classic way. FFI: Jeanne Mealy,
651-771-7226
Einblatt is posted on Usenet groups rec.arts.sf.fandom and
rec.arts.sf.announce // Einblatt from July 95 to date is on the web at
www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list -
sign up at the website (here). The Dead-tree Einblatt is available by
subscription. Cost is $10, payable by check mailed to the Minn-StF PO
Box, check or cash handed to YrHumbleEinblattEd (as of December 2009,
Scott Raun), or PayPal to webm...@minicon.org.
This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny
Lien (publishing news) and Kevin Austin(conventions).
Einblatt is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction
Society, devoted to news of the local SF community. E-mail same to
einb...@mnstf.org, or send to Scott Raun, 3928 11th Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, MN 55407; or call him at 612-822-0451. Email submissions
most preferred, no phone calls after 10pm. // Next Einblatt! Deadline:
11:59PM October 20th, 2011.
--
Dan Goodman
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