Einblatt Twin Cities sf-related news & events November
Dan Goodman
November 2009
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Calendar
* Fri, Oct 30, 7PM. Brandon Sanderson signs The Gathering Storm. HarMar
Barnes & Noble, 2100 N Snelling Ave, St. Paul.
* Sat, Oct 31, 3PM. Minn-StF Halloween Party. Dreampark, Sharon Kahn &
Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI:
612-827-3228.
* Sat, Nov 7, 2PM. Doug Rossman reads & signs his The Dragonseeker
Saga. Ingebretsen's, 1601 E. Lake St, Mpls.
* Sat, Nov 7, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Matt+Kelly Strait's, 1631 Selby
Ave #1, St. Paul. FFI: 651-644-1812.
* Tues, Nov 10, 7PM. ESP MN Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup. Topic:
Creating Conflict. FFI: www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Sat, Nov 14. Rivendell discusses Lois McMaster Bujold's Sharing Knife
books. Southeast Community Library, 1222 4th St. SE, Mpls. Library
phone: 612-382-4240. FFI: david_l...@mac.com
* Thurs, Nov 19, 7PM. Retrofit Writers Group. Lunds Market Community
Room, 1450 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Fri, Nov 20, 6:30PM. Speculations Reading: Jason Wittman. DreamHaven
Books, 2301 E 38th St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161
* Sat, Nov 21, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz', 4323
France Ave, Mpls. Cats, no smoking. FFI: 612-929-2150
* Sun, Nov 22, 12N. MN Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup. Topic:
Closing The Story. Lunds Market Community Room, 1450 W Lake St, Mpls.
FFI: www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Sun, Nov 22, 2PM. MinnSpec Writers Workshop. Lunds Market Community
Room, 1450 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: www.meetup.com/MNspec/
* Sun, Nov 22, 3PM. Minicon Programming Brainstorming Meeting. Beth &
Joel Philips', 6323 Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park.
* Sun, Nov 22, 4PM. Minicon General Meeting. Beth & Joel Philips', 6323
Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park.
* Thurs, Nov 26, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline.
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: Dec 5, Blaisdell Polytechnic, Dec 19, Irene & Scott
Raun's
Announcements:
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Betsy Lundsten, Marian Turner, Shaun
Kelly, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Bill Christ, Erin McKee & David
Wilford, Irene & Scott Raun, Matt+Kelly Strait, Blaisdell Polytechnic.
Starting this month, subscription expiration dates for the Dead Tree
Edition are printed above your name.
Birthdays:
1: Jane Freitag; 2: Don Fitch; 4: Kara Dalkey; 6: Jack Targonski; 8:
Myrna Sue Logan; 11: Marty Helgesen; 15: Rob Ihinger; 16: Ken Konkol;
23: Steven Brust
Publishing News:
Deadly Danger, Joan Marie Verba's 3rd Thunderbirds novel. tp,
http://www.ftlpublications.com
American Fantastic Tales (ed Peter Straub; two-vol hc from Library of
America, 2009) includes stories by three Minnesotans: "The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Unseen -- Unfeared" by
Francis Stevens; and "Nightmare" by Donald Wandrei.
Firebirds Soaring (ed. Sharyn November; 2008 Firebird hc) includes
"Flatland" by ex-local Kara Dalkey and "Little Red" by Adam Stemple (in
collaboration with Jane Yolen).
Alan DeNiro, "When Ruined," poem in The Exquisite Corpuscle (ed. Frank
Wu and Jay Lake; 2008 Fairwood tp)
Neil Gaiman: "An Invocation of Curiosity" in Songs of the Dying Earth
(ed. Martin & Dozois; 2009 Subterranean hc); "Orange" in The Starry
Rift (ed. Jonathan Strahan, 2008 Viking hc). Reprints: "Fifteen Painted
Cards from a Vampire Tapestry", The Big Book of Necon (ed. Bob Booth;
Cemetery Dance 2009 hc); "Feminine Endings", The Mammoth Book of Best
New Horror V.18 (ed. Stephen Jones; 2009 Running Press tp); "October in
the Chair" in Poe's Children (ed. Peter Straub; Doubleday tp) and "A
Study in Emerald" in The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ed.
John Joseph Adams; NightShade tp)
Local author/fan Thomas R. Tietze has died after a long illness; his
last book (co-edited with Gary Riedl, also local) was a Jack London
collection, Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters (2006).
Lois McMaster Bujold won the 2009 Minnesota Fantasy Award.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Nov 13-15 WindyCon 36, Lombard, IL. GoH: Phil & Kaja Foglio.
http://www.windycon.org/
Jun 18-20, 2010. DucKon, Naperville, IL. GoHs: Sharon Lee & Steve
Miller, Scott Raun, Talis Kimberly. http://www.duckon.org/
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
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 November 26th, 2009 sharp!
-- Scott Raun sr...@fireopal.org
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