Einblatt! October 2007
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Calendar
* Mon, Oct 1, 7PM. R.A. Salvatore discusses & signs The Orc King:
Transitions Book I. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar, St. Paul. FFI: 651-639-9256
* Sat, Oct 6, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Irene & Scott Raun's, 3928 11th
Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: 612-822-0451,
sraun@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
realitychallenged@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sat, Oct 6, 4PM (ish). Minicon PR Mailing Prep at the Minn-StF
Meeting. FFI: Matt Strait, 651-644-1812
* Sat, Oct 6, 5:30PM. Midwest Fiction Fall Writers Workshop mass
signing (includes Lyda Morehouse). Somewhere in the MoA. FFI: MoA
Barnes & Noble, 952-854-1455
* Sun, Oct 7, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Irene Raun's, 3928 11th Ave
S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: 612-822-0451,
realitychallenged@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thurs, Oct 11, 6:30-8:00PM. George Clayton Johnson signs. Dreamhaven
Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161
* Fri, Oct 12, 4:00-5:30PM. Augsburg College Alumni/ae Reunion and
Reading (includes Lyda Morehouse). Lindell 301, 2211 Riverside Ave,
Mpls. FFI: 612-330-1000
* Sat, Oct 20, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting superseded by Convivial
* Mon, Oct 22, 6:30-8:00PM. Naomi Kritzer reads & signs. Dreamhaven
Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-721-5959, eheideman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thurs, Oct 25, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
* Fri, Oct 26, 6:30-8:00PM. Kelly McCullough reads & signs. Dreamhaven
Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161
* Sat, Oct 27, 11AM-12N. Brandon Sigrist and Douglas Texter read &
sign. Dreamhaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: 612-823-6161
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings - & Halloween Party, Nov 3, Dreampark; Nov 17, Matt &
Kelly Strait's. Minicon Open Meeting Nov 4, Matt & Kelly Strait's.
Announcements:
CoP#: Dan Goodman, 612-298-0042
Jim Young's return to Minneapolis has been indefinitely delayed.
Birthdays:
2: Elizabeth LaVelle; 5: Joel Halpern; 6: Joe Agee; 9: Kevin Trainor;
10: Kashia LeBeau, Steve Glennon; 11: Beth Friedman, Barry Watson; 12:
Betsy Lundsten; 13: Lisa Bah, Rosie Konkol; 14: Barb Jensen; 16: Ryan
Alexander; 17: Andy Anda, Mauricette Keeley; 18: Jeff Schalles; 19:
Hewitt Schaefer; 20: Andrew Berlien, Lee Reynolds, Sharon Rosenberg;
21: Nancy McClure; 24: Jerry Boyajian; 25: Sue Grandys; 27: Sergei
Alderman, 28: Slugger, 30: Shaun Tancheff
Publishing News:
MaryJanice Davidson, "The Majicka," in No Rest For The Witches (St.
Martin's pb, ed. anon)
Susan Sizemore, "Tempting Fate," in Moon Fever (Pocket pb, ed. anon)
The Hugo for Best Fanzine went to Science-Fiction Five-Yearly,
co-edited by former local Geri Sullivan.
The Prometheus Award (libertarian sf) in the Hall of Fame category went
to It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.
Ruth Berman has a poem, "The Angel Who Writes," in the October/November
2007 Asimov's.
Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife V1: Beguilement was #6
paperback on the September Locus Best Sellers list. Neil Gaiman's
Stardust was #4 trade pb on the same list, and was #10 trade pb on the
Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list in the same issue.
Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 World Fantasy Award
nominee for Best Novel; it's also a Best Novel nominee for the 2007
British Fantasy Awards. Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things is a BFA nominee
for Best Collection.
Cat's Paw by L. A. Taylor has been reprinted by FTL Publications. Cover
by Alicia Austin. FFI: http://www.ftlpublications.com
Lois McMaster Bujold is the recipient of the 2007 Ohioana Career Award,
given to an Ohio native for an outstanding career in arts and
humanities.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback
nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Oct 12-14. Arcana, St. Paul, MN. GoH: George Clayton Johnson.
http://pages.prodigy.net/rekal
Oct 19-21. Convivial 2, Bloomington, MN. 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 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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