sf-related events & news
Dan Goodman
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Calendar
* Wed, Mar 31, 6PM. Minicon Work Party. Jonathan Adams & Carol
Kennedy's,3328 Colfax Ave S, Mpls. Please let Carol know in advance if
you will have work to be done. Party is over when 1st floor lights are
out. Cats. FFI: adamsk...@comcast.net, 612-823-2784.
* Fri-Sun, Apr 2-4. Minicon
* Sat, Apr 3, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting postponed to Apr 10
* Sun, Apr 4, 12N.MNspec Meetup. Topic: Open Reading (tentative). Lunds
Community Room, 1450 W Lake St, Mpls. www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Sun, Apr 4, 2PM. MNspec Writers Workshop. Lunds Community Room, 1450
W Lake St, Mpls. www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Mon, Apr 5. Minicon Dessicated Dodo Party. Dean Gahlon & Laura
Krentz', 4323 France Ave, Mpls. Cats, no smoking. FFI: 612-929-2150
* Fri, Apr 9, 7pm. Minn-StF Board Meeting. At Richard’s Gaming Party at
Dreampark.
* Sat, Apr 10, 2PM. Minicon Postmortem. Devonian Ductina & Minn-StF
Meeting. Matt+Kelly Strait's, 1631 Selby Ave #1, St Paul. FFI:
651-644-1812
* Tues, Apr 13, 7PM. ESP MN Speculative Fiction Writers. Topic: Writing
Strong Endings. Davannis, 310 White Bear Ave, St. Paul. FFI:
www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Thurs, Apr 15, 7PM. Retrofit Writers Group. Lunds Community Room,
1450 W Lake St, Mpls. www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Sat, Apr 24, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Beth Friedman's, 6915 10th Ave S,
Richfield. Two cats, no smoking indoors. FFI: 612-861-1468
* Thurs, Apr 22, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline.
* Fri, Apr 30, 6:30-7:30PM. SF MN’s Speculations Reading Series
presents David J. Schwartz. Dreamhaven Books, 2301 E 38th St, Mpls.
FFI: Eric Heideman, 612-721-5959, ehei...@dhzone.com
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: May 1, TBD; May 15, Irene & Scott Raun's.
Announcements:
New Officers: Board: Seven (Jennifer) Anderson, Dean Gahlon, Betsy
Lundsten, Scott Raun & Matt Strait. President: Irene Raun.
Vice-President: Hershey Lima. Membership Secretary: Laura Krentz.
Corresponding Secretary: Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy. Recording
Secretary: Kelly Strait. Treasurer: Carol Kennedy. Einblatt Editor:
Scott Raun.
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Irene & Scott Raun, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge, Linda Lounsbury, Seven Anderson & Dorf, Dean Gahlon &
Laura Krentz, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Blaisdell Polytechnic,
Matt+Kelly Strait, Betsy Lundsten.
Subscription expiration dates for the Dead Tree Edition are printed
above your name.
Birthdays:
1: Michael Mornard; 2: Jeffrey A. Ahlstrom; 3: Mike Dorn; 9: Julie
Johnson; 13: Dave Romm; 16: Carole Vandal, 18: Shannon Leslie, Richard
Tatge; 22: Steven Bond, Laurel Winter; 28: Peg Kerr Ihinger; 29: Martin
Schafer
Publishing News
Eleanor Arnason, Mammoths of the Great Plains, May tp from PM Press
Ruth Berman, poems "Kitchen Deities" and "Martian Opal," both in the
April/May 2010 Asimov's
Lois McMaster Bujold, Cryoburn, hc novel due in November from Baen
MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Unwelcome pb reprint from Jove due May;
new novel (with Anthony Alongi), Rise of the Poison Moon, pb from Ace
due August
Neil Gaiman (and Charles Vess), children's book Instructions hc from
HarperCollins due April
Ex-locals: Steven Brust, Iorich, Tor pb reprint due December; P.C.
Hodgell, Seeker's Bane, Baen pb reprint due September; Will Shetterly,
The Gospel of the Knife, Tor tp reprint due July
Local publisher Lleywellyn/Flux: ya tp novels My So-Called Death by
Stacey Jay (March) and The Sorcerer's Apprentice by V. Briceland (April)
Latest reprint of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (and Terry Pratchett) is #8
paperback on March Locus Bestsellers lists and #3 trade pb on the
Borders/Walden list in same issue; Steven Brust's Iorich is #8 hc on
the Borders/Walden list and #5 on Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list.
Local publisher: Doubling Rate, a three-story, 24pp chapbook by Larry
Niven, published by DreamHaven Books (2010).
Neil Gaiman, "Feminine Endings," and Adam Stemple (with Jane Yolen),
"Little Red," both reprinted in Best Horror of the Year, vol. 2 (Night
Shade tp), ed. Ellen Datlow.
Ex-local Kij Johnson, "Spar" and "The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles,"
both reprinted in Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, vol. 4
(Night Shade tp), ed. Jonathan Strahan.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Apr 2-4 Minicon 45, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: Brandon Sanderson, Dan Dos
Santos. (Pre-reg deadline: March 10) http://www.mnstf.org/minicon45/
Apr 16-18 Odyssey Con X, Madison, WI. GoHs: Harry Turtledove, Tobias
Buckell, Monte Cook. http://www.oddcon.com/
Apr 23-25 Gamer's Reunion, Rochester, MN. www.gamersreunion.com
May 14-16 DemiCon 21, Des Moines, IA. GoHs: Karl Schroeder, Don Maitz,
Gregg Parmentier. http://www.demicon.org/21/index.html
May 28-30 ConQuest 41, Kansas City, MO. GoH: Michael Swanwick, Toni
Weisskopf, Peri Charlifu, Geri Sullivan. http://www.conquestkc.org/
May 27-31 WisCon 34, Madison, WI. GoH: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nnedi
Okorafor. (Pre-reg deadline: April 30) http://www.wiscon.info/
Jun 18-20, 2010. DucKon, Naperville, IL. GoHs: Sharon Lee & Steve
Miller, Scott Raun, Talis Kimberly. http://www.duckon.org/
Jun 25-27 Fourth Street Fantasy Convention, Minneapolis, MN.
http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/
July 1-4 CONvergence, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: L. A. Banks, Jeremy
Bulloch, Paul Cornell, Bridget Landry, Chuck McCann, Wally
Wingert.(Pre-reg deadline: May 15) http://convergence-con.org/
Nov 5-7 Icon 35, Cedar Rapids, IA. http://www.iowa-icon.com/
Nov 19-21. SFContario. Toronto, ON, Canada. GoHs: Michael Swanwick,
Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Geri Sullivan, Karen Linsay. FFI:
http://www.sfcontario.ca/
Aug 17-21, 2011. Renovation (69th WorldCon). Reno, NV. GoHs: Tim
Powers, Ellen Asher, Boris Vallejo. FFI: www.renovationsf.org
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Seven (Jennifer) Anderson, Dean Gahlon, Betsy
Lundsten, Scott Raun & Matt Strait. 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
Artists and Writers: Get your art and thoughts in print in Stipple-Apa,
small-and-cozy general-interest publication. FFI: Jeanne Mealy
651-771-7226
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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
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> Current HTML: http://www.mnstf.org/einblatt/einblatt-current.html
> Current PDF: http://www.mnstf.org/einblatt/einblatt-current.pdf
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> Calendar
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> * Wed, Mar 31, 6PM. Minicon Work Party. Jonathan Adams & Carol
> Kennedy's,3328 Colfax Ave S, Mpls. Please let Carol know in advance if
> you will have work to be done. Party is over when 1st floor lights are
> out. Cats. FFI: adamsk...@comcast.net, 612-823-2784.
>
> * Fri-Sun, Apr 2-4. Minicon
>
Any news on Marscon yet?
Dan Goodman
From their website
http://marscon.org/2011/index.php
MarsCon 2011 will take place March 4-6, 2011. It will be our 13th year
... All Hail Eris!
Guests of Honor will include:
* Four-time Hugo Award winner Lois McMaster Bujold
* Bjo & John Trimble, famous for the "Save Star Trek" campaign
Download a flyer to print and share.
MarsCon 2011
March 4-6, 2011
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
3 Appletree Square
Bloomington, MN