Einblatt Twin Cities, MN sf-related events and news
Dan Goodman
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Calendar
* Thurs, Aug 2, 5-9PM. Show Marjorie Magidow Schalles watercolors. 425
Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, Mpls. FFI:
http://mplsmarjorie.multiply.com
* Thurs, Aug 2, 6:30PM. Andrea Hairston reads. Dreamhaven Books, 912 W
Lake St, Mpls. FFI: ehei...@dhzone.com, 612-721-5959.
* Sat, Aug 4, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz', 4323
France Ave, Mpls. The grill will be on. Cats, no smoking. FFI:
612-929-2150
* Sun, Aug 5, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Laura Krentz's, 4323 France
Ave, Mpls. Cats, no smoking. FFI: 612-929-2150
* Tues, Aug 7, 7PM. MISFITS Geeks Read Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep by Philip K. Dick. FFI: http://misfit.org/geeksread/
* Fri, Aug 10, 7PM. MISFITS Read the Book, See the Movie: The Andromeda
Strain. FFI: misfit.org/bookmovie/
* Thurs, Aug 16, 7:20PM. Tate Halloway (AKA Lyda Morehouse) reads "The
Second Coming of Emily". Nina's Coffee Cafe', 165 Western Ave N, St.
Paul. FFI: 651-292-9816
* Sat, Aug 18, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz', 4323
France Ave, Mpls. (Yes, again.) The grill will be on. Cats, no smoking.
FFI: 612-929-2150
* Sun, Aug 19, 12N. Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network
Meeting. Uptown Lunds Community Room, 1450 W Lake, Mpls.
* Thurs, Aug 23, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
* Sun, Aug 26, 3PM. Minicon Open Meeting. Marian Turner's, 4042
Wentworth Ave, Mpls. FFI: 612-788-0168
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: 1 Sept: TBD, 15 Sept: Mark Richards'
Announcements:
CoA: Dan Goodman, 3846 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Birthdays:
2: Charles Anderson, M. Renata Fossett; 3: Curtis Hoffmann, Reed
Waller; 4: Marianne Hageman; 5: Beth Colsher, Gerry Wassenaar; 6:
Curtis Gibson, Ericka Johnson; 7: Terry A. Garey; 8: Ginger Emgott; 9:
Bob Berlien, Karen Schaffer, Kevin Stahl; 10: Deb Schouten; 11: Nate
Bucklin; 12: Margaret Eastman; 13: Lori Schaefer; 15: Caryl Eschweiler;
16: Nancy Klock, Joyce Maetta Odum, Tony Von Krag; 17: Mitch Pockrandt;
18: Judie Cilcain; 19: Sally Morem; 22: Sara Logan, Elise Matthesen,
Will Shetterly; 24: Jerry Stearns; 31: Jacque Marshall
Publishing News:
Michael Hartford (Minneapolis), "The Oologist's Cabinet," in Lady
Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #20 (June 2007)
Ex-local Kij Johnson, "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the
Dogs of North Park After the Change," in The Coyote Road (ed. Datlow
and Windling), 2007
Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife: Beguilement was #9 paperback
bestseller on the July 2007 Locus lists.
Rash by Pete Hautman won the Hal Clement Award for Young Adult Science
Fiction.
Two Minnesota authors have stories in 2007 issues of the
Australian-based Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: Timothy
Mulcahy, "Speedbumps on the Road to Recovery" in #27, and Marissa K.
Lingen, "Rest Stop," in #28.
Full 2007 Locus Poll results include the two wins for Neil Gaiman cited
last month; additionally, Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora was
runner-up for Best First Novel and placed #22 as Best Fantasy Novel,
and Barth Anderson's The Patron Saint of Plagues was #12 for Best First
Novel. Former locals Emma Bull and Carolyn Ives Gilman, with "What Used
to Be Good Still Is" and "Okanoggan Falls" respectively, were #19 and
#23 on Best Novelette list. Alan DeNiro's Skinny Dipping in the Lake of
the Dead was #18 Best Collection.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Aug 3-5. Diversicon co-exists with Relaxacon/Consume, Bloomington, MN.
GoH: Andrea Hairston, Christopher Jones, Melissa S. Kaercher. (Pre-reg
deadline: Jul 14) http://relaxacon.tripod.com/,
http://www.diversicon.org/
Oct 12-14. Arcana, St. Paul, MN. GoH: George Clayton Johnson.
http://pages.prodigy.net/rekal
Oct 19-21. Convivial 2, Bloomington, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Sept 16)
http://www.mnstf.org/convivial/
Nov 2-4. ICON 32, Coralville, IA. GoH: Ralph J. Ryan. (Pre-reg
deadline: Oct 13). http://www.iowa-icon.com/
Nov 9-11. WindyCon 34, Rosemont, IL GoH: Tanya Huff, Jody Lee, Toni
Weisskopf, George Price. (Pre-reg deadline: Oct 12)
http://www.windycon.org/
February 1-3, 2008 SuperCon XV, Rochester, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Dec
31) http://www.supercon.info/
February 14-17, 2008 Capricon XXVIII, Arlington Heights, IL. GoH: Mike
Resnik, Don Maitz, Steve Jackson, John Baur, Mark Summers. (Pre-reg
deadline: Dec 31) http://www.capricon.org/
February 29 - March 2, 2008 MarsCon 10, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Eric
Avari, Naomi Kritzer, Hot Waffles (Pre-reg deadlines: Oct 31/ Jan 31)
http://marscon.org/10/
March 21-23, 2008 Minicon 43, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Alastair Reynolds,
Wayne Barlowe, Nate Bucklin (Pre-reg deadlines: Nov 15/ Feb 14)
http://www.mnstf.org/minicon43/
March 21-24, 2008 Orbital 2008/59th Eastercon, Heathrow, London, UK.
GoH: Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Miéville, Charles Stross, Rog
Peyton. http://www.orbital2008.org/
Aug 6-10, 2008. Denvention 3, 66th World Con. GoHs: Lois McMaster
Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy. FFI:
http://www.denvention3.org/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Lisa Freitag, Dean Gahlon, Sharon Kahn, Laurel
Krahn and Rachel Kronick. Email bo...@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are
held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meetings are typically
the 1st Friday of the month.
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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