Einblatt! February 2007
Calendar
- Sat, Feb 10, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting & 1st Board Nominations. Beth Friedman's, 6915 10th Ave S, Richfield. Two cats, no smoking indoors. FFI: 612-861-1468
- Sat, Feb 17, 1:15PM. Rivendell Meeting. Rice St. Branch, St. Paul Public Library. FFI: david_lenander@mac.com
- Sun, Feb 18, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Maetta Odum's, 2929 32nd Ave S, Mpls. Cats, no smoking. FFI: 612-729-6577
- Sat, Feb 24, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting & 2nd Board Nominations. Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy's, 3328 Colfax Ave S, Mpls. No smoking, cats, kids OK if attended. FFI: 612-823-2784
- Sun, Feb 25, 12N. Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network February Meetup & Group Reading from Works in Progress Lunds Market (Uptown) 1450 W Lake St Mpls. FFI & RSVP: http://scifiwriting.meetup.com/2/calendar/list/
- Mon, Feb 26 6:30-8:30PM. S.N. Arly reads at Dreamhaven, 912 W Lake St., Mpls
- Mon Feb 26, 8:15 PM. After-reading gathering. Dulono's Pizza 607 W Lake St, Mpls
- Thurs, Mar 1, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
Advance Warning
Mar 10 - Minn-StF Meeting & Board Elections, Dreampark. Mar 17 - Minn-StF Meeting.
Birthdays:
2: Don Fitch; 4: Shandra Duval; 5: Faun Bonewits, Peer Dudda, Miranda Novack; 6: Elizabeth Cooper; 8: Mark Abbott, Kathy Grantham; 10: Bill Colsher; 11: Page Appelbaum; 14: Blue Petal; 15: Erik Biever; 16: John Stanley; 18: Linda Novack, Mary Boyom; 20: Dan Goodman; 23: Bev Elmshauser, Peter Larsen; 25: Lewis Hotchkiss, Charles Piehl, Steve St. Onge; 28: Steven Bush
Publishing News:
Michael Merriam sold his dark urban fantasy short story "Over the Bridge" to The Harrow.
Charles Midwinter (of Minneapolis; a first published story), "A Portrait of the Artist," Asimov's, February 2007
Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things is #1 hc on the January Locus bestsellers list; his Anansi Boys is #2 pb, and his Coraline is #5 tp. Additionally, Fragile Things is #2 hc on the Borders/Walden list and #4 hc on the Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list in the same issue, while Anansi Boys is #1 pb on B/W and #3 on B&N/BD and his American Gods is #1 tp on B&N/BD. Fragile Things also made the bestseller lists at the New York Times, Washington Post; and Publishers Weekly (Anansi Boys also charted at the Times).
Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife 1: Beguilement was #3 hc on the January Locus bestsellers list; it also made the NY Times list.
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Conventions
Feb 8-11. Capricon XXVII, Arlington Heights, IL GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold, Erin McKee, Cat Faber. http://capricon.org/capricon27/
Mar 2-4. MarsCon, Bloomington, MN GoH: Don S. Davis, Gary Jones, Todd Lockwood, Eric Larson, Eleanor Arnason. http://marscon.org/2007/index.php
Mar 30-Apr 1,.Congenial, Racine, WI. GoH: Steven Brust. (Pre-reg deadline: Mar 17) http://www.congenial.org/
Apr 6-8. Minicon 42. GoH: Charles de Lint, Charles Vess. (Pre-reg deadline: Feb 15) http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/
Apr 13-15. Odyssey Con VII, Madison, WI. GoH: Joan D. Vinge. http://www.oddcon.com/index.php
Apr 20-22. Penguicon 5.0, Troy, MI. GoH: Bruce Schneir. http://www.penguicon.org
May 4-6. Bacon, Brooklyn Center, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Apr 1) www.mooseparty.org/bacon/
May 18-20. DemiCon 18, Des Moines, IA. GoH: Theresa Mather, Steve "Wookie" Houle. http://www.demicon.org/
May 25-28. WisCon 31, Madison, WI. GoH: Kelly Link, Laurie J. Marks. (Pre-registration deadline: April 30, 2007) http://www.wiscon.info/
Jun 8-10. DucKon 16, Naperville, IL. GoH: Alan Dean Foster, Jim Plaxco, Moifa, Michael "Moonwolf" Longcor, Greg Ketter. http://www.duckon.org/
July 6-8. CONvergence, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Brian Keene, Emily M. Hagins, Bernie Wrightson. (Pre-reg deadline: May 15) http://www.convergence-con.org/
Jul 6-8. Heinlein Centennial, Kansas City, MO. www.heinleincentennial.com/
Aug 3-5. Diversicon, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Andrea Hairston, Christopher Jones, Melissa S. Kaercher. (Pre-registration deadlines: Mar 15/Jul 14) http://www.diversicon.org/
Oct 19-21. Convivial 2, Bloomington, MN. (Pre-reg deadlines: Apr 9/Sept 16) http://www.mnstf.org/convivial/
Nov 2-4. ICON 32, Coralville, IA. http://www.mindbridge.org/icon/
Nov 9-11. WindyCon 34, Rosemont, IL GoH: Tanya Huff. http://www.windycon.org/
Aug 6-10, 2008. Denvention 3, 66th World Con. GoHs: Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy. FFI: http://www.denvention3.org/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Lisa Freitag, Dean Gahlon, Carol Kennedy, Laurel Krahn and Rachel Kronick. Email board@mnstf.org. 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: 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
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This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny Lien (publishing news) and Kevin Austin(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 March 1st, 2007 sharp!
