Einblatt!
January 2008
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Calendar
* Mon, Dec 31, 7PM. Minn-StF New Year's Eve Party. Dreampark, Sharon
Kahn & Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI:
612-827-3228
* Sat, Jan 5, 2PM SHARP! Minicon PR2 Mailing Party. Matt+Kelly
Strait's, 1631 Selby Ave #1, St. Paul. FFI: 651-644-1812
* Sat, Jan 5, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Show up later if you don't want to
help with the Minicon PR2 Mailing. Matt+Kelly Strait's, 1631 Selby Ave
#1, St. Paul. FFI: 651-644-1812
* Sun, Jan 6, 12N. MISFITS of Gaming, The Source Comics & Games, St.
Paul. FFI: www.misfit.org/gaming/index.htm
* Tues, Jan 8, 8PM. MISFITS Geeks Read The Pride of Chanur, C.J.
Cherryh. FFI: geeksread@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri, Jan 11, 7PM. MISFITS Read the Book, See the Movie. The Great
Escape. FFI: misfit.org/bookmovie/
* Sat, Jan 12, 2-4PM. Stipple-APA Collation. Nokomis Library Meeting
Room, >>5100 34th Ave S, Mpls. Prospective members WELCOME! FFI: Jeanne
Mealy, 651-771-7226
* Sun, Jan 13, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle, Terry Garey's, 3149 Park
Ave S, Mpls. Cats, no guns. FFI: 612-824-5157
* Sat, Jan 19, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting, 1st Board Nominations. Marian
Turner's, 4042 Wentworth Ave S, Mpls. Children welcome, childproof, no
guns. FFI: Marian, 612-825-4423
* Thurs, Jan 24, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
* Sat, Jan 26, 1:30PM. Rivendell discusses Philip Pullman's The Golden
Compass (Northern Lights is the original, British title), and the new
motion picture. SE Community Library. FFI: d-lena@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun, Jan 27, 2PM. Minicon Open Meeting. All welcome. Matt+Kelly
Strait's, 1631 Selby Ave #1, St. Paul. FFI: 651-644-1812
Advance Warning
USE A VERY LIGHT PENCIL! Feb 9th, Minn-StF Meeting & 2nd Board
Nominations, Feb 23rd, Pool Party & Board Elections - information on
these is subject to change pending discussion with the hotel!
Announcements
Denvention 3 is having a 'write a filk' contest -
http://www.denvention3.org/press/pr071220.songcontest.php
CoA: Neil Rest, 918 Main St., Evanston IL 60202-4942, 773/339-4302
University of Minnesota Libraries present Worlds Within: An Exhibit of
Works of Fantasy from the Children's Literature Research Collections,
through 2 Jan '08. Elmer L. Andersen Library, Exhibit Gallery, 222 21st
Ave. S, Mpls
Birthdays:
2: Don Blyly, Ann Neset, Thorin Tatge, Patrick Nielsen Hayden; 4: David
Messer; 5: Claire Lenander; 6: Thomas Juntunen; 7: Margo Bratton; 9:
Greg Ketter; 11: Victor Raymond; 12: Seth Breidbart; 14: Lisa Sanders;
15: Bruce Schneier; 17: Giovanna Fregni, Andrew Bertke; 18: Pamela
Dyer-Bennet; 20: Kij Johnson; 23: Rachel Bendtsen; 24: Keith
Hauer-Lowe; John Houghton, Katie Jennie; 26: John Slade; 30: Linda
Lounsbury
Publishing News:
Neil Gaiman will be guest of honor at the Montreal WorldCon (2009)
Bestsellers listed in December Locus, all Neil Gaiman titles: Good
Omens (with Terry Pratchett) is #3 tp and #5 pb on the Locus list;
Fragile Things is #1 tp on B&N/B. Dalton list and #3 tp on the
Borders/Walden list in same issue; Beowulf (with Caitlin R. Kiernan) is
#5 on the B&N/B.Dalton "Media Related" list. Also, the pb of Stardust
was on the NY Times Book Review best seller list throughout September,
ranging from #6 to #2, and the tp was #3 tp (tied with Good Omens) on
the Locus list.
David Prill has a story, "Show in Hands," in the Fall 2007 Subterranean
Online
Local publishers: Llewellyn/Flux tp, Sensitive by Nina Wright, should
be out now; Bethany House July hc, Merciless by Robin Parrish.
Barth Anderson, The Magician and the Fool (BantamSpectra tp) is now
rescheduled for April.
Steven Brust, Jhegaala, new hc novel, July Tor list
Lois McMaster Bujold, HarperCollins Eos May titles: The Sharing Knife:
Passage (new hc novel) and The Sharing Knife: Legacy (pb reprint); also
tp and hc omnibus Miles In Love from Baen, February
MaryJanice Davidson: The Silver Moon Elm (with Anthony Alongi); pb
reprint in June from Ace. The Seraph of Sorrow (with Alongi); tp from
Berkley Jam in September. Undead and Unworthy, new hc, Berkley
Sensation in July; Undead and Uneasy, Jove pb reprint in April. British
editions, all from Penguin/Puffin UK: Derik's Bane, May pb; Undead and
Uneasy, June pb; Undead and Unworthy, new tp in July.
Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon, Antagonist, pb reprint on March
Tor list.
John M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting, April UK pb reprint from
Orion/Gollancz
Neil Gaiman: Beowulf: The Script Book (with Roger Avery); Harper tp,
out now. The Dangerous Alphabet (with Gris Grimly art), HarperCollins
May; Interworld and M Is For Magic (both tp reprints), HarperCollins
May; Coraline (with P. Craig Russell art), HarperCollins July hc; also
hc from Subterranean Press, should be out now; Anansi Boys and Smoke
and Mirrors (both tp reprints), HarperPerennial, February; Interworld
(with Michael Reeves), May hc reprint from Subterranean Press. Also UK
reprints (Bloomsbury tp) of Coraline (with Russell art), July, and The
Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish (with McKean art), September; and
graphic novel tp (McKean art), Signal To Noise, out now. New ya tp from
Bloomsbury (UK): Odd and the Frost Giants, March.
Carolyn Ives Gilman, Aliens of the Heart (pb collection) should be out
now from Aqueduct Press.
Pete Hautman, Rash, tp reprint from Simon Pulse, out now.
Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies, hc reprint from Subterranean
Press, should be out by now; pb reprint due August from Bantam Spectra.
Joel Rosenberg (and Raymond E. Feist), Murder in Lamut, July pb reprint
from HarperCollinsEos; Rosenberg alone, Paladins Ii: Knight Moves, July
Baen pb reprint.
Adam Stemple, Steward of Song, new hc on March Tor list.
pb=3Dmass market paperback. hc=3Dhardcover. tp=3Dtrade paperback
nf=3Dnonfiction. coll=3Dcollection. anth=3Danthology. r=3Dreissue
Conventions
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 deadline: Jan 31)
http://marscon.org/ten/
March 21-23, 2008 Minicon 43, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Alastair Reynolds,
Wayne Barlowe, Nate Bucklin (Pre-reg deadline: Feb 14)
http://www.mnstf.org/minicon43/
March 21-24, 2008 Orbital 2008/59th Eastercon, Heathrow, London, UK.
GoH: Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Mi=E9ville, Charles Stross, Rog
Peyton. http://www.orbital2008.org/
Apr 11-13, 2008. Apple Con. Holiday Inn, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Stephen
Leigh. Attend $40 (Pre-reg deadline: Feb 14), Support $20, Child $10.
FFI: www.minneapplecon.com/
Jul 3-6, 2008. CONvergence 2008. GoHs: many. Attend $40 to Dec 31, $50
to May 15, $65 ATD, Support $30 to May 15, Convert $20, Child $25 to
May 15, $30 ATD. FFI: http://www.convergence-con.org/
Aug 6-10, 2008. Denvention 3, 66th World Con. GoHs: Lois McMaster
Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy, Kathy Mar. 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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