Minn-StF Meetings: Oct 6th (Irene & Scott Raun’s), Oct 20th.
3: Craig Jewell; 4: Michael Schneider, Kevin Austin; 5: Susan Champeny, Sharon Kahn, Dan Kolby; 6: Greg Foss; 7: Michael A. Zalar; 8: Louie Spooner Trainor; 11: Ed McGlaughlin; 12: Jean Mornard; 16: Jane Hausfeld, Kris Jensen; 17: Barbara Geraud, Kathy Routliffe; 19: Laramie Sasseville; 20: David Schroth; 21: David Dyer-Bennet; 22: Dave Wixon; 23: Matthew B. Tepper; 26: Michael Flowers, Lon Levy, Denny Lien, Mark Richards; 27: Jeanne Mealy; 29: Eileen Lufkin, Anne Miller, Kurt Griesemer; 30: Jon Singer
CoA: Rick Gellman, 1105 Bellecrest Dr, Maplewood, MN 55109-1902, 651-483-6290, sf@visi.com.
CoA: Sharon Rosenberg & Tina Scholl, 1322 Albemarle St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55117, 651-488-5160
Poul Anderson passed away at about midnight on August 1st.
LOCUS POLL RESULTS for2000 as reported in the August 2001 LOCUS include: Laurel Winter's Growing Wings (voted #11 as "Best First Novel"), Eleanor Arnason's The Cloud Man (voted #17 "Best Novelette"), DreamHaven's edition of Dennis Etchison's The Death Artist (voted #23 "Best Collection"), Jack Zipes's (ed.) The Oxford Companion To Fairy Tales (voted #10 "Best Non-Fiction")
Professional Java Custom UI Components, by Kenneth F. Krutsch, David S. Cargo, and Virgina Howlett, was published in August, 2001, by Wrox Press, Ltd., Birmingham, UK. It is an advanced Java programming book, part of Wrox's "Programmer to Programmer" series. David wrote two of the chapters.
Local Publisher: Mythopoeic Press has reprinted John Bellairs' The Pedant and the Shuffly (April 2001 trade pb).
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Aug 30 – Sept 3, The Millennium Philcon (The 59th World Science Fiction Convention), Philadelphia, PA. GOHs: Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George Scithers, Esther Friesner. http://www.milphil.org
Sept 28-30, Arcana 31, St Paul, MN. GOHs: Robert M. Price, Eleanor Arnason. pages.prodigy.net/rekal
Oct 5-7, Archon 25, Collinsville, IL. GOHs: Robert Jordan, David Cherry, Steve Jackson, Byron Connell, Tom Smith, Jack "BoJay" Stauffer, Genie yaffe, Amy Verseman, David Verseman, George R.R. Martin, Vic Milan. http://www.stlf.org/archon
Oct 12-14, ditto 14 & FanHistoriCon 11, Bloomington, IL. Info: rhes@enteract.com
Oct 12-14, ICON 26, Cedar Rapids, IA. GOHs: L.E. Modesitt, Denise Garner, Dennis Lynch, Rusty Hevelin. www.mindbridge.org/icon/
Oct 19-21, CONsume/Relaxacon 2001. (AKA Minn-StF FallCon) Ramada Inn Northwest, Brooklyn Park, MN. I-94/I-694 and County Rd 81. $30 until Oct. 1st. $35 at the con. Children 0-10 free, 11-16 $15. Supporting membership $5 convertible to attending $20. One day memberships $20. Half day/night memberships $15. $5 rebate for bringing a home-made dish for the consuite. Rooms are $69 per night (plus tax). Call the hotel (763)-566-8855 for reservations. Room block held until Oct. There are about 20 rooms left in the convention area, the Executive Courtyard. Posthumous GoH: Gordy Dickson. We will hold a remembrance of Gordy and ask anyone who has any memoribilia to bring it along. For more info write relaxacon2001@hotmail.com, visit http://relaxacon.tripod.com, or call 651-483-6290. Checks payable to Rick Gellman, 1105 Bellecrest Drive, Maplewood, MN 55109-1902.
Oct 26-28, MileHiCon 33, Denver, CO. GOHs: Hal Clement & Harry Turtledove, Todd Lockwood, Robert Vardeman. http://www.milehicon.org
Oct 26-28, MadCon 2001, Madison, WI. GOHs: Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Peter David, Mark A Altman & Robert Meyter Burnett, Gordon Michael Woolvett. http://www.madcon.org
Nov 9-11, Windycon XXVIII , Schaumburg IL. GOHs: Kevin J Anderson, David Egge, Dave McCarty, Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett, Rebecca Moesta, David Brin. http://www.windycon.org
Nov 9-11, Contraception 13 (adults-only relaxicon), Independence, MO. GOHs: Wm Mark Simmons, Keith Russell, Rick "Demi-Mad" Lancaster, Jim Washek. www.sff.net/people/sfreader/contraception.htm
Nov 23-25, Loscon 28, Los Angeles, CA. GOHs: Patricia C. Wrede, Chris Butler, Lynn Gold. www.loscon.org
Nov 22-25, Chambanacon 31, Springfield, IL. GOHs: Terry D. Barr, Todd C. Hamilton, Ken Moore, Bill Sutton. www.chambanacon.org/
Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2002. World Fantasy Convention 2002, Minneapolis, MN. GoH’s: Dennis Etchison, Jonathan Carroll, Kathe Koja. Stephen Jones, Dave McKean. Hilton Minneapolis & Towers, Mpls, MN. Memberships $100 through 11/4/2001, more thereafter. FFI: wfc@dreamhavenbooks.com
Board of Directors: Dean Gahlon, Sharon Kahn, Scott Raun, Larry Sanderson, and Martin Schafer. Board meetings are usually the second Friday of the month at 7:30PM. Email board@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month.
Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: 612-824-5559; 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: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721-6076. Cats.
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