**SPECIAL "THE LONG WINTER" April 1996 Issue of EINBLATT** APRIL 5/7: Minicon 31 at the Radisson South, including activities by following groups: Diversicon & Arcana (Sat 9 pm)--"a party for people who love sf" Gaylaxians (Sat 1 pm)--"Melissa Scott's TROUBLE AND HER FRIENDS & the Computer Net" MIFWA (Sat 7:30 pm)--"SF Writing Groups: The 1996 Scene" Rivendell & Second Foundation (Sun 2 pm)--"The Fiction of Suzette Haden Elgin" SF Minnesota (Sat 3 pm)--"Other Local SF Conventions" Sneaking Suspicion--concert; check program book for time and place TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED (Fri 9 pm)--10th anniversary party / issue #16 release 12 (Fri): Diversicon meeting. 6:30 pm at Dulano's (Lake & Lyndale, Mpls). Topic: D4 programming. FFI: Joe Agee at 798-5880 or Eric M. Heideman at 825-9353. 13 (Sat): MN Book Awards. 7 pm at MN History Center / 345 W. Kellogg Blvd (St Paul). 18 (Thu): MinnSTF Board of Directors meets at 7:30 at home of Lynn Litterer / 3645 Bloomington Ave. S. (Mpls). FFI: Lynn at 721-9635 or any other Board member. 20 (Sat): WorldBuilding Society meeting. 1 pm at Boomer's / 312 Central Ave. SE (Mpls). Topic: Alien Religion. "Look for the people with the books." FFI: Dan Goodman at 871-5461, or at: goodman@freenet.msp.mn.us 20 (Sat): MinnSTF meeting. 2:30 pm, at place TBA. Check Hotline (824-5559) for update, or call new MinnSTF President Don Bailey (825-6549) to volunteer your place as site. 20 (Sat): Minneapa 325 collation. 3 pm, at the meeting. Copy count 30. FFI: 827-1775. 20 (Sat): Arcana meeting. 7:30 pm, at home of Kathy Youker / 2735 Rice St.--Apt. 118 (St. Paul). FFI: 484-2575. 27 (Sat): Celestial Affiliation of Time Lords (fan club) display and recruitment at Uncle Hugo's SF Bookstore / 2864 Chicago Ave. S. (Mpls), noon to 5 pm. FFI: 824-6347. 27 (Sat): Diversicon meeting. 1:30 at Painter Park Bldg / 34th St. and Lyndale Ave. S. (Mpls). Topic: 1997 GoH. FFI: Joe at 798-5880 or Eric at 825-9353. 30 (Tue): Deadline for last minute info for May EINBLATT is 7:00:00pm, but last-couple- of-days info a couple of days earlier would be *much* preferred by Denny at 824-5157. ****************************************************************************************** MAY flies in with: 4th: MinnSTF; StippleApa; USS Pegasus at UHugo's; 17th: Gaylaxians; 18th: MinnSTF; Minneapa; and WorldBuilding; 19th: 2d Foundation; 28th: EINBLATT deadline ****************************************************************************************** The 1996/97 MinnSTF Board of Directors, elected 2 March, is comprised of Kay Drache, Dean Gahlon, Lynn Litterer, Polly Peterson, and Martin Schafer. The Board reappointed most 1995/96 officers and publication editors. The new MinnSTF President is Don Bailey and new Recording Secretary is Lynn Litterer. Congratulations/sympathies. Change of Address: Rick Gellman / 19 W. Wentworth Ave / West St. Paul MN 55118 // 457-0859 Elise Matthesen & John Ladwig / 3641 Bloomington Ave. S. / Mpls MN 55407 // 728-1643 new Elise M e-mail: lioness@well.com // Dan Goodman: goodman@freenet.msp.mn.us The World of Cartooning, featuring originals by Walt Kelly, Charles M. Schulz, and some 24 regional cartoonists, runs April 1-28 at Phipps Center for the Arts / 109 Locust St./ Hudson WI 54016 (715/386-2305), including talk by Jerry Van Amerongen 20 April, 2 pm. TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED #16 will be released at Minicon, featuring an interview with Jack Williamson and work by these local/former locals: fiction by Eleanor Arnason, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Carolyn Lightbell, Robert Subiaga Jr., and Ron Wortz; poetry by Ruth Berman and John Calvin Rezmerski; nonfiction by Eric M. Heideman, Andrew Loges, John Sladek, and Laurel Winter; and art by Suzanne Clarke, Roger Gerberding, and Cindy Raiko, plus other material. Available at DreamHaven, Uncle Hugo's, and other area bookstores or via mail order from the MinnSTF PO Box. FFI: Eric at 825-9353. March 1996 LOCUS Bestsellers include CETAGANDA by Lois McMaster Bujold (#2 on LOCUS and #8 on Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton's hardcover lists); THE DRAGON, THE EARL, AND THE TROLL by Gordon R. Dickson (#8 on LOCUS and #4 on Waldenbooks paperback lists); and STAR TREK TNG: DRAGON'S HONOR by Kij Johnson and Greg Cox (#5 on LOCUS and #4 on B&N/B.D "Media-Related" booklists). Bujold and Dickson are MN authors; Johnson formerly MN. Feb. 1996 LOCUS "1995 Recommended Reading" lists included HEADCRASH by Bruce Bethke; THE SHIFTING REALITIES OF PHILIP K. DICK... ed. Lawrence Sutin; and "Passage to Galena" by Phillip C. Jennings (from the December 1995 ASIMOV'S) among local authors/editors. April birthdays: 1: Michael Mornard; 2: Jeffrey A. Ahlstrom; 3: Jeri Pope; 6: Mike Dorn; 7: Bill Bader, Bruce Bethke; 10: John M. Ford; 13: DavE Romm; 18: Shannon Leslie, Richard Tatge; 22: Steven Bond, Laurel Winter; 24: Oleg Volk; 28: Peg Kerr Ihinger, Theresa Roden; 29: Martin Schafer Another pixel-packed issue of EINBLATT: white space on page two may be a thing of the past, even with some info shifted to page one. Future of whitespace on p1 is iffy... CONVENTIONS--LOCAL AND/OR WITH LOCALS AS GUESTS (mostly--LOCUS or me for more details): Microcon III (April 21). GoH: Dan Jurgens. Comics con at Maplewood Community Center / 2100 White Bear Avenue from 10 am-4 pm. $3 at the door. FFI: 788-8191. Tolkien Conference (May 2). Keynote Speaker: Steve Deyo. Mankato State U campus; 8:30 am-4:30 pm. $12 ($6 for students) at the door. FFI: www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/english/tolcon.html DemiCon 7 (May 3-5). GoH: Algis Budrys, Keith Berdak, Otto and Ruth Sheller, Rusty Hevelin. Howard Johnson Des Moines. $20 to April 1. FFI: Box 7572 / Des Moines IA 50322 or (515) 224-7654. Mage Con North 2 (May 3-5). GoH: Margaret Weis. Best Western Ramkota Inn, Sioux Falls. $15 to Mage Con 2 / Box 84828 / Sioux Falls SD 57118; or (I think...) magecon@aol.com KeyCon 13 (May 17-19). GoH: Larry Niven, Tanya Huff, Sunshine Katz, Dave Hayward. Winnipeg. FFI: WinSFA / Box 3178 / Winnipeg MB R3C 4E6 Canada. (Advertised WWW address doesn't work...) Conquest 27 (May 24-26). GoH: Allen Steele, Lubov, Myrna Logan, Lee Killough, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Ken Keller. FFI: Box 36212 / Kansas City MO 64171; (816) 942-5463; or K-Stokes3@genie.geis.com WisCon 20 (May 24-27). GoH: Ursula K. Le Guin plus many GoHs from past WisCons, including Lois McMaster Bujold. Concourse Hotel, Madison. $35 until 9 May to: SF3 / PO Box 1624 / Madison WI 53701-1624. FFI: (608) 233-8850; or wiscon.concom@cs.wisc.edu SFRA 1996 (June 21-23). GoH: Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski; also Eleanor Arnason, Lois McMaster Bujold, Earl Joseph, & Joan Slonczewski. Holiday Inn Campus, Eau Claire. Theme: The Science Fiction Writer/Editor/Critic. $105 to 1 June to: SFRA 1996 / College of Arts and Sciences Outreach / U of Wisconsin--Eau Claire / Eau Claire WI 54702; or e-mail to: sneenl@uwec.edu Fourth Street Fantasy Convention (July 19-21). GoH: Michael Swanwick. Northwest Inn (Brooklyn Park). $25 to 1 July to: 4242 Minnehaha Ave. S. / Minneapolis MN 55406. Diversicon 4 (August 9-11). GoH: Maureen McHugh. $25 (child $20) to July 4. Box 8036 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408-8036, or call 798-5880, or e-mail to 75257,2607 (Compuserve). MadMedia 3D (Sept. 13-15). Ramada Inn CCC, Madison. GoH: Joan D. Vinge, Eric Larson. $25 (child $15) to 1 Sept. to: PO Box 9873 / Madison WI 53715. FFI: (608) 836-1103, or MadMedia@aol.com Arcana (Oct. 4-6). GoH: David J. Skal; Fedogan & Bremer. Holiday Inn Express, Bandana Square (St. Paul). $20 to 1 Sept. to: Box 8036 / Lake Street Station / Mpls MN 55408-8036. FFI: 484-2575. Archon 20 (Oct. 4-6). GoH: Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Julius Schwartz, Forrest J Ackerman. Collinsville IL. $17 to 31 March. FFI: Box 483 / Chesterfield MO 63006 or (314) 326-3026. Bouchercon 27 (Oct. 9-13). World Mystery Con, at Radisson Hotel (St. Paul). GoH: Mary Higgins Clark, Jeremiah Healy, Ellen Nehr. $90 to 9 July. FFI: 871-1227. ReinCONation 6 (Oct. 18-20). GoH: Spider & Jeanne Robinson. Radisson South (Bloomington). $19.73 until end of Minicon; then $22, to: ReinCONation / c/o Minnesota Science Fiction Society / Box 8297 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408. World Fantasy Con '96 (Oct. 31-Nov. 3). GoH: Katherine Kurtz, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley. Schaumberg IL. $90 to 1 Sept. to: WFC 1996 / Box 473 / Oak Forest IL 60452. SALES, PUBLICATIONS, REPRINTS, BY MINN-STF MEMBERS AND/OR LOCAL SF WRITERS: novel: Joel Rosenberg, KEEPERS OF THE HIDDEN WAY 2: THE SILVER STONE, April Morrow hc novel reprint: Steven Brust, THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS, May Tor/Orb trade paperback Gordon R. Dickson, THE MAGNIFICENT WILF, May Baen paperback Joel Rosenberg, KEEPERS OF THE HIDDEN WAY 1: THE FIRE DUKE, April AvoNova pb Jim Young, ARMED MEMORY, May Tor paperback collection: Patricia C. Wrede, BOOK OF ENCHANTMENTS, an April hc from Harcourt Brace short story: Pamela Dean, "This Fair Gift," in SISTERS IN FANTASY 2 ed. SShwartz & MGreenberg Elise Matthesen, three short satiric pieces in HOW TO MUTATE AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD ed. R. U. Sirius and St. Jude (Ballantine hc, 1996) article: Ruth Berman, "Fantasy Fiction and Fantasy Criticism in Some Nineteenth-Century Periodicals...," in EXTRAPOLATION, vol. 37, no. 1 (1996), pp. 63-95 Patricia C. Wrede, "Building Worlds in Science Fiction and Fantasy," in A VIEW FROM THE LOFT, April 1996 ONGOING INFORMATION: Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: (612) 824-5559. Minicon Voice Mail at (612) 333-7533; see also Minicon Web site at: http://www.ddb.com/minicon31/ Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming almost every Friday evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 827-3228. Shockwave (and) Sound Affects. Local sf radio shows. Saturdays at 6-6:30/6:30-7 on KFAI-FM (90.3). EINBLATT also posted on Usenet groups alt.fandom.misc ((and)) rec.arts.sf.fandom ((and)) mn.general EINBLATT from July 95 to date also archived at this Web address: http://www.mnstf.org/mnstf/einblatt Local sf/fantasy computer bulletin boards include: Fire Opal 822-4812 Sysop: Scott Raun Terraboard 825-0926 Sysop: David Dyer-Bennet Mostly Harmless 943-1506 Sysop: TomKat Keeley EINBLATT is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local sf community. Send same to Denny Lien / 3149 Park Ave. S. / Minneapolis MN 55407; or call me at (612) 824-5157 or 624-0503 (work). E-mail can now go to: einblatt@mnstf.org ((or)) to me at: d-lien@maroon.tc.umn.edu /// Next deadline is 7:00 pm SHARP on Tuesday, April 30, 1996.