Einblatt! May 2004
Calendar
- Sat, May 1, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting, Marian Turner's, co-hosted by Michael Kauper & Erica Stark, 4042 Wentworth Ave S, Mpls. Children welcome, childproof, no guns. FFI: Marian, 612-825-4423
- Mon, May 3, 7:30-9:00PM. Minn-StF Board Meeting. Dreampark. FFI: Any Board Member
- Sat, May 15, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting, Erin McKee & David Wilford's. 549 E 3rd St, New Richmond, WI. Smoking on the back porch only. Two cats & two dogs. WI Law prohibits handguns. FFI: Erin or David, 715-246-0621
- Thurs, May 20, 6:30PM. Adam Connell & E.E. Knight read & autograph at Dreamhaven. FFI: dream@dreamhavenbooks.com
- Sat, May 22. MISFITS Geek Day at Valleyfair. Meet by the front fountain at 12 Noon & 5:00PM. FFI: www.misfit.org/
- Thurs, May 27, 11:59PM. Einblatt Deadline!
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: Jun 5 @ Irene & Scott Raun's, Jun 19 @ TBA
Birthdays:
1: Joel Rosenberg; 3: David Cargo; 8: Thomas Keeley, Todd McInroy; 11: Malcolm Heath, Michael Pins; 12: Carol Anndy Farwell; 13: Carol Kennedy, Ragnar Riley; 15: Jo Ann Johnson; 19: Scott Imes; 24: Mike Heinsohn, Lydia Nickerson; 25: Doc Bonewits; 28: Elizabeth Bendtsen, Ron Searby; 30: Tony Brust, Gregg Parmentier
Announcements:
CoA: Faun & Doc Bonewits, PO Box 24, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9742 Faun: stitch@bonewits.net, Doc: Doxxx@bonewits.net
Publishing News
Year's Best Fantasy #3 (ed Hartwell & Cramer), 2003 Eos pb, included "October in the Chair" by Neal Gaiman, "Comrade Grandmother" by Naomi Kritzer, and two stories from Tales of the Unanticipated #23: "Want's Master" by Patricia S. Bowne and "Greaves, This Is Serious" by William Mingin.
Ruth Berman, "The Buried Sword," June Asimov's
Ruth Berman and Douglas Greene have co-edited Sissijig and Other Surprises by Ruth Plumly Thompson (hc from International Wizard of Oz Club)
Neil Gaiman, "A Study in Emerald," reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of 2003, ed Habert and Strahan (ibooks pb, 2004)
Kij Johnson, "The Empress Jingu Fishes," in Conqueror Fantastic, ed. Pamela Sargent (DAW pb, 2004)
Scott Wyatt is one of the five judges for this year's World Fantasy Awards
2003 Stoker Awards ballot includes Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: Endless Nights (illustrated narrative) and the Gaiman/Dave McKean The Wolves in the Walls (work for younger readers); Gaiman's "Bitter Grounds" was also on the preliminary (long) ballot (short fiction)
The Wolves in the Walls also won the British Science Fiction Associaton Award in "short fiction" category; while The Sandman: Endless Nights is a nominee for 2003 Eisner Award (anthology) as is the Gaiman/Russell story "Death" in that collection (short story category)
Laurel Winter, A Galaxy in a Jar, poetry pb pbook from Dark Regions Press, 2003
Local Publisher: Laura Faria Stolarz, Blue is for Nightmares, Llewellyn pb, 2004
Barb Jensen, "Across the Great Divide", essay in What's Class Got To Do With It, edited by Michael Zweig, Cornell University Press, June 2004.
Strange Horizons, week of 4/29 (www.strangehorizons.com): "The Grammarian's Five Daughters" by Eleanor Arnason; Precious Metals: Eleanor Arnason's A Woman Of The Iron People, by John Garrison; Humour in Eleanor Arnason's Ring of Hwarhath Stories, by Ruth Berman; nterview: Eleanor Arnason, by Lyda Morehouse
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
April 30-May 2, DemiCon XV, Des Moines, IA. GOHs: Emma Bull & Will Shetterly, Frank Kelly Freas, Rusty Hevelin, Tadao Tomomatsu. http://www.demicon.org
Jul 30-Aug 2, Mythcon 35, Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Charles A. Huttar. FFI: www.mythsoc.org
Aug 13-15, Diversicon 12, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: S.P. Somtow, Mark Rich. Adult $30, Child $25 to 7/4; Adult $40, Child $35 ATD. www.diversicon.org
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Joe Agee, Lisa Freitag, Dean Gahlon, Sharon Kahn and Scott Raun. Email board@mnstf.org - which also includes Polly Peterson, the Recording Secretary. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meetings are typically the 4th Wednesday 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: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721-6076. Cats.
Artists and Writers: Get your art and thoughts in print in Stipple-Apa, small-and-cozy general-interest publication. FFI: Jeanne Mealy 651-771-7226
Einblatt is posted on Usenet groups rec.arts.sf.fandom, rec.arts.sf.announce and mn.sf // Einblatt from July 95 to date is on the web at www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list - send e-mail to einblatt-list-subscribe@mnstf.org.
This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny Lien (publishing news) and Mike Pins (conventions).
Einblatt is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local SF community. E-mail same to einblatt@mnstf.org, or send to Scott Raun, 3928 11th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407; or call him at 612-822-0451. Email submissions most preferred, no phone calls after 10pm. // Next Einblatt! Deadline: 11:59PM May 27th, 2004 sharp!
