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Einblatt! August 2007

Calendar

Advance Warning

Minn-StF Meetings: 1 Sept: TBD, 15 Sept: Mark Richards'

Announcements:

CoA: Dan Goodman, 3846 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Birthdays:

2: Charles Anderson, M. Renata Fossett; 3: Curtis Hoffmann, Reed Waller; 4: Marianne Hageman; 5: Beth Colsher, Gerry Wassenaar; 6: Curtis Gibson, Ericka Johnson; 7: Terry A. Garey; 8: Ginger Emgott; 9: Bob Berlien, Karen Schaffer, Kevin Stahl; 10: Deb Schouten; 11: Nate Bucklin; 12: Margaret Eastman; 13: Lori Schaefer; 15: Caryl Eschweiler; 16: Nancy Klock, Joyce Maetta Odum, Tony Von Krag; 17: Mitch Pockrandt; 18: Judie Cilcain; 19: Sally Morem; 22: Sara Logan, Elise Matthesen, Will Shetterly; 24: Jerry Stearns; 31: Jacque Marshall

Publishing News:

Michael Hartford (Minneapolis), "The Oologist's Cabinet," in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #20 (June 2007)

Ex-local Kij Johnson, "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change," in The Coyote Road (ed. Datlow and Windling), 2007

Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife: Beguilement was #9 paperback bestseller on the July 2007 Locus lists.

Rash by Pete Hautman won the Hal Clement Award for Young Adult Science Fiction.

Two Minnesota authors have stories in 2007 issues of the Australian-based Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: Timothy Mulcahy, "Speedbumps on the Road to Recovery" in #27, and Marissa K. Lingen, "Rest Stop," in #28.

Full 2007 Locus Poll results include the two wins for Neil Gaiman cited last month; additionally, Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora was runner-up for Best First Novel and placed #22 as Best Fantasy Novel, and Barth Anderson's The Patron Saint of Plagues was #12 for Best First Novel. Former locals Emma Bull and Carolyn Ives Gilman, with "What Used to Be Good Still Is" and "Okanoggan Falls" respectively, were #19 and #23 on Best Novelette list. Alan DeNiro's Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead was #18 Best Collection.

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Conventions

Aug 3-5. Diversicon co-exists with Relaxacon/Consume, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Andrea Hairston, Christopher Jones, Melissa S. Kaercher. (Pre-reg deadline: Jul 14) http://relaxacon.tripod.com/, http://www.diversicon.org/

Oct 12-14. Arcana, St. Paul, MN. GoH: George Clayton Johnson. http://pages.prodigy.net/rekal

Oct 19-21. Convivial 2, Bloomington, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Sept 16) http://www.mnstf.org/convivial/

Nov 2-4. ICON 32, Coralville, IA. GoH: Ralph J. Ryan. (Pre-reg deadline: Oct 13). http://www.iowa-icon.com/

Nov 9-11. WindyCon 34, Rosemont, IL GoH: Tanya Huff, Jody Lee, Toni Weisskopf, George Price. (Pre-reg deadline: Oct 12) http://www.windycon.org/

February 1-3, 2008 SuperCon XV, Rochester, MN. (Pre-reg deadline: Dec 31) http://www.supercon.info/

February 14-17, 2008 Capricon XXVIII, Arlington Heights, IL. GoH: Mike Resnik, Don Maitz, Steve Jackson, John Baur, Mark Summers. (Pre-reg deadline: Dec 31) http://www.capricon.org/

February 29 - March 2, 2008 MarsCon 10, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Eric Avari, Naomi Kritzer, Hot Waffles (Pre-reg deadlines: Oct 31/ Jan 31) http://marscon.org/10/

March 21-23, 2008 Minicon 43, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Alastair Reynolds, Wayne Barlowe, Nate Bucklin (Pre-reg deadlines: Nov 15/ Feb 14) http://www.mnstf.org/minicon43/

March 21-24, 2008 Orbital 2008/59th Eastercon, Heathrow, London, UK. GoH: Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Miéville, Charles Stross, Rog Peyton. http://www.orbital2008.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, Sharon Kahn, 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. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159, rab@freemars.com

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 August 23rd, 2007 sharp!