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Einblatt! April 2007
Calendar
* Wed, Apr 4, 7PM until the downstairs lights go out. Minicon Work
Party. Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy's, 3328 Colfax Ave S, Mpls. No
smoking, cats. FFI: 612-823-2784, merichards@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wed, Apr 4, 7:00-8:30PM. Fund raiser for the Friends School of MN -
Jane Yolen lectures on "Geography of Hope: Messages in Children's
Literature", followed by a reception & signing. 1365 Englewood Avenue,
St Paul. $25 suggested donation. FFI: Dhaivyd Hilgendorf, 651-917-0636,
events@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri, Apr 6 - Sun, Apr 8. Minicon.
* Sat, Apr 7, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Superseded by Minicon
* Sun, Apr 8, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Laura Krentz' cabana at the
Sheraton Bloomington.
* Mon, Apr 9, 5:00-6:00PM. Jim Butcher signs. Uncle Hugo's, 2864
Chicago Ave S. FFI: 612-824-6347
* Tues, Apr 10, 6:30PM. John M. Ford 50th Birthday Memorial Reading and
Reception. Join us for readings, conversation, and refreshments.
Dreamhaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161,
dream@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wed, Apr 11, 7:30PM. Scott McCloud will be talking & signing
Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, & Making Comics. He is on a
50-state tour of the United States. Dreamhaven Books, 912 W Lake St,
Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161, dream@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sat, Apr 21, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Marian Turner's, 4042 Wentworth
Ave S, Mpls. Children welcome, childproof, cat, no guns. FFI: Marian,
612-825-4423
* Sat, Apr 21, 3:00-4:00PM. Jane Cleland signs. Uncle Edgar's, 2864
Chicago Ave S. FFI: 612-824-6347
* Sat, Apr 21. MISFITS Team Trivia Challenge. 3:00PM Elimination Quiz;
6:00PM Team Trivia Challenge. Sheraton Bloomington. $20/ team. FFI:
www.misfit.org/trivia/index.htm
* Sat, Apr 21, 7PM. Laura Antoniou Reading. She writes the
"Marketplace" series of BDSM novels. You must be at least 18 years of
age to attend this event, doors open at 6:30PM. Dreamhaven Books, 912 W
Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161, dream@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon, Apr 23, 6:30-8PM. Terry A. Garey reads. DreamHaven Books, 912 W
Lake St, Mpls. FFI: eheideman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
612-721-5959
* Sat, Apr 28, 11AM-6PM. DreamHaven 30th Anniversary One-Day Sale: 30%
Off Everything in the Store (in-stock items only, discount does not
apply to the purchase of gift certificates). Dreamhaven Books, 912 W
Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161, dream@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: 5 & 19 May.
Announcements:
The new Minn-StF Board is Lisa Freitag, Dean Gahlon, Sharon Kahn,
Laurel Krahn and Rachel Kronick. Minicon 43 will be chaired by Matthew
Strait & Keith Malgren.
MISFITS Geek Prom tickets go on sale Mar 2. FFI:
http://www.misfit.org/geekprom/index.htm
Birthdays:
1: Michael Mornard; 2: Jeffrey A. Ahlstrom; 3: Mike Dorn; 7: Bill
Bader, Bruce Bethke; 9: Julie Johnson; 13: Dave Romm; 15: Sean Novack,
16: Carole Vandal, 18: Shannon Leslie, Richard Tatge; 22: Steven Bond,
Laurel Winter; 24: Oleg Volk; 28: Peg Kerr Ihinger, Theresa Roden; 29:
Martin Schafer
Publi****ng News:
Joan Marie Verba's Darkover stories are now available through
Fictionwise. See http://www.joanmarieverba.com
for links.
The "BBC Big Read - top 100 books" list includes at #68 Good Omens, by
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
Readers' choice survey at SF Site of 2006's best sf/f books included
No. 1: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch; and No. 6: Fragile
Things by Neil Gaiman
Ruth Berman has a poem, "Alternate Astrology," in the April/May
Asimov's (their 30th Anniversary Issue).
Barth Anderson, The Patron Saint Of Plagues, pb reprint scheduled for
December by Bantam Spectra.
Steven Brust, Dzur, pb reprint scheduled by Tor for November.
Lois McMaster Bujold, hc omnibus Miles, Mutants & Microbes due in
August from Baen (name change from previously announced Miles &
Metallurgy).
MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy, new hc novel from Berkley
Sensation (June); her Jennifer Scales and the Messenger of Light (with
Anthony Alongi) scheduled for Ace pb reprint in July; her Hello,
Gorgeous! for pb rer\print from Kensington in May.
Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon, Antagonist, is now out in hc from
Tor.
Neil Gaiman, UK pb reprints (Hodder) of Stardust out and Fragile Things
due in April; also, The Stardust Companion (ed. Stephen Jones) due in
tp from Titan (UK) in July. A pb reprint of Stardust should be out now
from HarperEntertainment and a hc reprint is offered on April list from
the SFBC. Subterranean Press is doing an August hc reprint of his new
collection M Is For Magic (due in July from HarperCollins) and a March
hc reprint of Mirrormask (with Dave McKean).
P.C. Hodgell's God Stalk and Dark of the Moon scheduled for tp reprints
from Meisha Merlin in July and October; her To Ride A Rathorn is a
March SFBC offering and has a tp reprint scheduled for August from
Meisha Merlin.
Scott Lynch, UK pb reprint of The Lies of Locke Lamora now out from
Orion/Gollancz.
Lyda Morehouse (writing as "Tate Hallaway"), Dead ***y, due as hc
reprint from the Science Fiction Book Club (June).
Ex-local Will Shetterly's Gospel of the Knife is due by July from Tor
in hc.
Finalists for the 2007 Crawford Award (for first book by fantasy
writer) included Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead by Alan De Niro
and The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things is #4 hc on the March Locus bestsellers
list; his Anansi Boys is #2 pb on that list and #5 on the
Borders/Walden list in the same issue; and the reissue of his Good
Omens (with Terry Pratchett) is #3 pb on the Locus list and the
Borders/Walden list, plus being #4 on the Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list.
Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife Vol. 1: Beguilement is
runner-up (e.g., #11) on the May Locus hc bestseller list.
Neil Gaiman, "The Witch's Headstone," short story in Wizards, ed. Dann
and Dozois (Berkley hc, 2007)
MaryJanice Davidson, "Driftwood," novella in Over the Moon, ed. anon
(Berkley Sensation pb, 2007)
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Apr 6-8. Minicon 42. GoH: Charles de Lint, Charles Vess. ATD: $55.
Single Day member****ps will be available. http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/
Apr 13-15. Odyssey Con VII, Madison, WI. GoHs: Joan D. Vinge, Jack
McDevitt, Christopher Jones. http://www.oddcon.com/index.php
Apr 20-22. Penguicon 5.0, Troy, MI. GoH: Bruce Schneier, Christine
Peterson, John Kovalic, Randy Milholland, Elizabeth Bear, Charlie
Stross. http://www.penguicon.org
May 4-6. Bacon, Brooklyn Center, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Apr 1)
www.mooseparty.org/bacon/
May 18-20. DemiCon 18, Des Moines, IA. GoH: Theresa Mather, Steve
"Wookie" Houle. http://www.demicon.org/
May 25-28. WisCon 31, Madison, WI. GoH: Kelly Link, Laurie J. Marks.
(Pre-registration deadline: April 30) http://www.wiscon.info/
Jun 8-10. DucKon 16, Naperville, IL. GoH: Alan Dean Foster, Jim Plaxco,
Moifa, Michael "Moonwolf" Longcor, Greg Ketter. http://www.duckon.org/
July 6-8. CONvergence, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Brian Keene, Emily M.
Hagins, Bernie Wrightson. (Pre-reg deadline: May 15)
http://www.convergence-con.org/
Jul 6-8. Heinlein Centennial, Kansas City, MO.
www.heinleincentennial.com/
Aug 3-5. Diversicon, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Andrea Hairston, Christopher
Jones, Melissa S. Kaercher. (Pre-reg deadline: Jul 14)
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 deadlines: Apr 9/Sept
16) http://www.mnstf.org/convivial/
Nov 2-4. ICON 32, Coralville, IA. http://www.mindbridge.org/icon/
Nov 9-11. WindyCon 34, Rosemont, IL GoH: Tanya Huff.
http://www.windycon.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 board@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721-6076.
Cats.
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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