Apr 2-4: Minicon, Apr 17 Minn-StF
Raphael Carter's story Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation is the recipent of the 1998 James Tiptree, Jr. Award. It appeared in Starlight 2 (ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden; Tor Books, 1998). Runners-up included Eleanor Arnason's The Gauze Banner (from More Amazing Stories) and the novel Halfway Human by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Avon Eos, 1998).
1999 Minnesota Book Awards nominees for Fantasy and Science Fiction are: Steven Brust, for Dragon; Lois McMaster Bujold, for Komarr; and Pamela Dean, for Juniper, Gentian & Rosemary
Eleanor Arnason, Stellar Harvest, will appear in April 99 Asimov's
Lyda Morehouse, Twelve Traditions, will appear in May 99 Science Fiction Age
Terry A. Garey, a poem, Vulcanologist Overcome, appeared in the March/April 99 Star*Line
Bouncing Babies by Kara Dalkey appears in Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash (ROC pb, 1999)
The Lovers by Eleanor Arnason was reprinted in Isaac Asimov's Valentines ed. Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams (Ace pb, 1999)
Black Charlie by Gordon R. Dickson was reprinted in My Favorite Science Fiction Story ed. Martin K. Greenberg (DAW pb, 1999)
A Ballad of the White Plague: The Casebook by P.C. Hodgell (nonfiction; an account of how she wrote that story) has been published in hc and as a chapbook by Hypatia Press
Daughters of Darkness ed. Pam Keesey has been reprinted in an updated second edition in tp by Cleis.
St. Paul publisher Stone Dragon Press has bought paperback reprint rights to Exile on Vlahil and The Snowlost by Ardath Mayhar
Locus Bestsellers list for Feb.99 includes Dragon by Steven Brust (#4 hardcover), Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (#5 hardcover), and Neverwhere by Gaiman (#1 paperback). Dragon was also #4 hardcover on the Amazon.com list reported in same issue and #9 hardcover on both the B&N/B.Dalton and the Waldenbooks lists; Neverwhere was also #4 paperback on the Waldenbooks list.
1998 Recommended Reading List from Locus includes Parable Of The Talents by Octavia Butler ('99 Minicon GoH), Bhagavati by former local Kara Dalkey, Halfway Human by former local Carolyn Ives Gilman; Jack Cady's collection The Night We Buried Road Dog from local press DreamHaven; Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman; The Gauze Banner by Eleanor Arnason (from More Amazing Stories); and Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by Raphael Carter (from Starlight 2).
Lois McMaster Buhold turned in a new Miles novel, A Civil Campaign, to Baen Books and former local Kij Johnson turned in novel Fox Woman to Tor (source Locus)
Bruce Bethke’s novelization of the Warner Bros. Films/Peters Entertainment film The Wild, Wild West is slated to be in bookstores by June, 1999.
1998 Preliminary Nebula Ballot (e.g. the "long list") includes Kommar by Lois McMaster Bujold (novel)
Steve Brust is a finalist for this year's Nebula Award for his story When the Bough Breaks in The Essential Borderland.
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Mar 4-7: 1999 World Horror Convention, Atlanta GA, GOHs: Michael Bishop, John Shirley, Lisa Snellings, Neil Gaiman www.worldhorror.org
Mar 5-7: Consonance (filk con), Santa Clara CA, GOHs: Clam Chowder, Cecila Eng www.rahul.net/figmo/consonance
Mar 12-14: Intercon XIV (gaming con), Natick MA, www.ilfinfo.org/intercon/intxiv.html
Mar 17-20: The 20th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft Lauderdale FL, GOHs: Brian Aldiss, Kim Stanley Robinson ebbs.english.vt.edu/iafa
Mar 19-21: Millennicon Minus 2, Cincinnati OH, GOH: Ben Bova www.mvfl.org
Mar 19-21: StellarCon 23, High Point NC, GOH: Jack L. Chalker www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sf3/stellarcon.htm
Mar 19-21: FanimeCon '99 (anime con), San Jose CA, www.fanime.com
Mar 26-28: MidSouthCon 17, Memphis TN, GOHs: James P. Hogan, Joy Marie Ledet, Cullen Johnson www.watervalley.net/midsouthcon
Mar 26-28: Cy-Con III (gaming con), Ames IA, GOHs: Margaret Weis, Don Perrin www.public.iastate.edu/~stu_org/ASSFA/cycon.html
Mar 26-28: FilKONtario 9 (filk con), Mississauga ON, GOHs: Urban Tapestry, Don Neill, Harold Groot www.bserv.com/community/fkoa.htm
Mar 26-28: WillyCon 1999, Wayne NE
Apr 2-4: Minicon 34, Minneapolis Hilton and Towers in downtown Mpls. GoHs: Octavia E. Butler, Mark & Priscilla Olson, Dave Nee. Registrations $70 at-the-door. FFI: www.mnstf.org/minicon, request@minicon34.mnstf.org, PO Box 8297 Lake Street Station, Mpls MN 55408.
Apr 2-4: Balticon 33, Baltimore MD, GOHs: David Weber, Jennifer E. Weyland, Echoe's Children www.balticon.org
Apr 1-4: Norwescon 22, Seattle WA, GOHs: Harry Turtledove, Richard Hescox, Jack Horner, Jack Chalker & Eva Whitley www.webwitch.com/Norwescon
Apr 2-5: Reconvene (the 50th British National Science Fiction Convention), Liverpool, GOHs: Peter S Beagle, John Clute & Jeff Noon, Tom Holt, Ron Tiner
Apr 1-4: ConFurence X (furry con), San Diego CA, GOHs: Cynthia McQuillin, Mary Hanson-Roberts, Patricia C. Wrede www.confurence.com
Apr 9-11: Name That ConTraption, Southfield, MI. GoHs: Nick Pollotta, Tina "NeNe" Thomas, Dave & Diana Stein, www.contraption.org
Apr 9-11: I-CON 18, Stony Brook, NY. GoHs: Harlan Ellison, Lois McMaster Bujold, James P. Hogan, Michael A. Stackpole, Tim Powers, Liz Danforth, Mary Ellen Wessels. Memb: $26 to 3/15/99, $32 at door. Info: I-CON, Box 550, Stony Brook NY 11790-0550; voice mail: 516-632-6045; fax: 516-632-6355; e-mail: info@iconsf.org; website: www.iconsf.org
Apr 16-18: To Be CONtinued..., South Bend IN, GOHs: Mickey Zucker Reichert, Robin Wood, Stephen McDonald, Tracy Lunquist www.nd.edu/~msffa
Apr 16-18: EerieCon I, Niagara Falls NY, GOHs: Brian Lumley, Josepha Sherman
Apr 16-18: Galacticon 1999 & KAG spring break, Chattanooga TN, GOHs: Elizabeth Moon, David Weber, The Suttons homepage.usr.com/g/galacticon
Apr 23-25: Name That Con 12: ConZilla, St Louis MO, GOHs: Mickey Zucker Reichert, Lawrence Allen Williams, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Rusty Hevelin, Mark McNary, Gary Hanak www.stlf.org/ntc
Apr 23-25: animecentral99, Rosemount, IL www.acen.org
Apr 24: OpCon, Oak Park IL, GOHs: Mary Frances Zambreno, Susan VanCamp oprfhs.org/activ/scifi/opcon
Apr 24: Gamers' Faire, Oak Brook, IL. GoHs" Yvonne Navarro, Kevin Stein
Apr 30-May 2: DemiCon X, Des Moines IA, GOHs: Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Tina "NeNe" Thomas, Bill Broughton, Rusty Hevelin www.netins.net/showcase/dmsfs/demicon.html
May 7-9: X-CON 17 Olympia Resort & Spa, Oconomowoc WI; rms $81. GoH: Kevin D. Randle. AGoH: Jim Groat. FGoH: Maria Pavlac. Memb: $25 to 4/1/99, $40 at door. Info: X-Con Ltd., Box 334, S. Milwaukee WI 53172-0334; e-mail: xconlimitd@aol.com
May 7-9: Marcon 34, Columbus, OH. GoHs: Richard Biggs, Jeffrey (Kosh) Willerth, David Drake, Erin McKee, Tom Savini, Jolly Roger Blackburn, Steve Jackson, Syntax. www.marcon.org
May 14-16: LepreCon 25, Scottsdale, AZ. GoHs: Larry Niven, Michael Whelan, Lynn Gold, Robert Peacock. www.casfs.org/LepreCon
May 21-23: KEYCON 16 Winnipeg MB, Canada. GoH: David Drake. AGoH: Denis Beauvais. FGoH: Al Jastrom. Memb: $30 to 12/31/98, $40 to 4/30/99, $50 at door. Info: www.icenter.net/~stornel/keycon/Keycon.htm
May 27-31: NSS's 1999 International Space Development Conference, Houston, TX. GoH: Majel Barrett Roddenberry. www.nss.org/isdc
May 28-30: ConQuesT 30, Kansas City, MO. GoHs: David Drake, Esther Friesner, Robert "J.R." Daniels, Samantha "Star" Straf, Wilson "Bob" Tucker. home.unicom.net/~sfreader/ConQuesT.htm
May 28-30: LibertyCon 13, East Ridge, TN. GoHs: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David Mattingly, Cheryl Mandus, James P. Hogan. www.cdc.net/~libcon
May 28-31: WISCON 23 Madison WI. GoH: Mary Doria Russell. Info: WisCon, c/o SF3, Box 1624, Madison WI 53701; 608-233-8850; e-mail: wiscon.concom@lists.best.com; website: www.sf3.org/wiscon
May 28-31: BayCon '99, San Jose, CA. GoHs: Tina "NeNe" Thomas, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Kent Brewster. www.BayCon.org
July 2-4: CONvergence, Minneapolis MN. FFI: PO Box 13208, Dinkytown Station, Mpls, MN 55414. www.convergence-con.org/, converge99@aol.com, 612-996-9224.
July 30-Aug. 2: Mythcon XXX(30)--combined with Bree Moot 4, Milwaukee, WI. $35 till 9/15/98. At-the-door is about $60. FFI: David Lenander or Jo Ann Johnson ( 651) 292-8887, 293 Selby Ave. St. Paul 55102-1811. d-lena@tc.umn.edu. Several Mpls/StP folks working on concom. www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/m391/d-lena/BreeMoot.html
Aug 6-8: Diversicon 7, Holiday Inn Express, 1010 Bandana Blvd., St. Paul. Guests of Honor: "L.A. Graf"--Julia Ecklar & Karen Rose Cercone. Special Guest: Nalo Hopkinson. Posthumous GOH: William Shakespeare. $27 Adult, $22 Child through July 4, 1999. FFI: diversicon@scc.net Eric, 825-9353.
Aug 10-16, Full Solar Eclipse Convention, Romania. Hosted by Nemira Publishing House. FFI: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7045/
Oct. 22-24: Arcana 29. GoH: Ramsey Campbell. $20 to Labor Day 1999, $30 At the Door. Arcana, PO Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408; 612-825-9353.
Nov 4-7:WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 1999/VOYAGES Rhode Island Convention Ctr., Providence RI. GoHs: Patricia A. McKillip, Charles de Lint, Robert Silverberg. AGoHs: Leo & Diane Dillon. Special Guest: Samuel R. Delany. TM: John M. Ford. Memb: $100 (1/1/99 through 5/31/99), then $125 beginning 6/1/99 (limit 850); $35 supp.; payment to MCFI. Info: World Fantasy Convention, Box 1010, Framingham MA 01701; fax (617) 776-3243; e-mail: wfc@mcfi.org; website: www.mcfi.org/wfc
Nov 26-28: CONCAT 11 Radisson, Knoxville TN; rms $59. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Lisa Snelling. Memb: TBA. Info: ConCat 11, 316 E. Scott Ave., Knoxville TN 37917; (423) 637-6564; e-mail: chloiea@mailexcite.com
March: 3: Peter Toluzzi; 5: Phillip C. Jennings; 8: Joella Bonser, Steve Cox; 9: David Emerson; 10: Margie Lessinger; 14: Ben Lessinger; 16: Kate Worley; 18: Bruce Krafft; 19: Karen Cooper; 24: Ken Hardwick, Pat Beckfield; 26: Jason Hollister; 27: Bryan Andersen, Peter Hentges
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