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Calendar
* Sat, Jun 2, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz', 4323
France Ave, Mpls. The grill will be on. Edina Art Fair is that weekend
- you probably want to approach from the north. Cats, no smoking. FFI:
612-929-2150
* Sun, Jun 3, 12N-5PM(ish). MISFITS in Gaming. Shinders in Roseville.
FFI: http://misfit.org/gaming/
* Sun, Jun 3, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Linda Lounsbury's, 4125
Dupont Ave S, Mpls. On the patio if weather permits. Cat, no smoking.
FFI: 612-824-6336
* Tues, Jun 5, 7PM. MISFITS Geeks Read Storm Front by Jim Butcher. FFI:
http://misfit.org/geeksread/
* Fri, Jun 8, 7PM. MISFITS Read the Book, See the Movie: The Silence of
the Lambs. FFI: http://misfit.org/bookmovie/
* Sat, Jun 16, 1:00-3:00PM. MaryJanice Davidson signs. Uncle Hugo's,
2864 Chicago Ave S. FFI: 612-824-6347
* Sat, Jun 16, 12N. Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network.
Lunds Market (Uptown), 1450 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI:
http://scifiwriting.meetup.com/2/
* Sat, Jun 16, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Irene & Scott Raun's, 3928 11th
Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outdoors. FFI: 612-822-0451,
sraun@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
realitychallenged@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon, Jun 18, 6:30PM. Haddayr Copley-Woods & David J. Schwartz read &
sign. Dreamhaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161,
dream@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sat, Jun 23, 11:30AM. Equality Now & MN Firefly show Serenity at the
Riverview as a fund-raiser. $10 & Up. FFI: csts.mnfirefly.com/
* Sat, Jun 23, 2-4PM. Stipple-Apa Collation. Open to current and
potential members who appreciate the satisfaction of the slow-food
approach to communication. Penn-Lake Library, 8800 Penn Avenue S.,
Bloomington, 952-847-5800. Feel free to stop in and see what it's all
about! FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226
* Sun, Jun 24, 3PM. Minicon Open Meeting. Matt and Kelly Strait's, 1004
1/2 Lowry Ave NE, Mpls. No smoking, no guns. FFI: 612-788-0168,
straitm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues, Jun 26, 6:00-8:00PM. Lois McMaster Bujold signs The Sharing
Knife: Legacy. Uncle Hugo's, 2864 Chicago Ave S. FFI: 612-824-6347
* Thurs, Jun [28], 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meeting - July 7. Minn-StF Picnic - July 21.
Announcements:
Sometime sf writer Gerald Perkins, who was born in St. Cloud and had a
degree from St. Cloud State but later lived mostly on the west coast,
died on March 30th.
Fantasy Matters Conference Call for Papers - due 15 June. Conference
Nov 16-18. www.fantasymatters.org
Birthdays:
4: Timothy Julin, Jeri Pope; 5: Erik Elmshauser; 6: Jeff Peasley; 11:
David Lenander; 12: Joyce Scrivner; 13: Brian Leslie, Sybil Smith; 14:
Patricia Ward; 16: David Stever, Roscoe Bendtsen; 19: Lori Chu; 20: Val
Lies; 23: Donna Lang; 25: Rick Gellman, Eric Heideman; 26: Erin McKee;
28: Deborah Halpern; 29: Monica Jennie, Steve Perry; 30: Erin Lorenz
Publishing News:
Neil Gaiman wrote the introduction for Ellen Klages' story collection
Portable Childhoods (Tachyon tp). His Anansi Boys was #10 ob on the May
2007 Locus bestsellers list.
Sinclair Lewis's 1935 dystopian novel It Can't Happen Here is again a
"Hall of Fame" finalist for the Prometheus Awards (from the Libertarian
Futurist Society).
Scott Lynch's The Lies Of Loch Lamora is a finalist for the Compton
Crook Award for best first novel published in 2006.
David Prill, "Vivisepulture," is in Logorrhea, ed. John Kline (Bantam,
2007).
Laurel Winter was a member of the most recent Tiptree Awards jury.
Patricia Wrede sold a trilogy ("Frontier Magic") to Scholastic Books.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
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: Lois McMaster Bujold,
Brian Keene, Emily M. Hagins, Bernie Wrightson, John Kovalic. (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 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 (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 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. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159,
rab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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