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Einblatt! October 2007

Calendar

Advance Warning

Minn-StF Meetings - & Halloween Party, Nov 3, Dreampark; Nov 17, Matt & Kelly Strait's. Minicon Open Meeting Nov 4, Matt & Kelly Strait's.

Announcements:

CoP#: Dan Goodman, 612-298-0042

Jim Young's return to Minneapolis has been indefinitely delayed.

Birthdays:

2: Elizabeth LaVelle; 5: Joel Halpern; 6: Joe Agee; 9: Kevin Trainor; 10: Kashia LeBeau, Steve Glennon; 11: Beth Friedman, Barry Watson; 12: Betsy Lundsten; 13: Lisa Bah, Rosie Konkol; 14: Barb Jensen; 16: Ryan Alexander; 17: Andy Anda, Mauricette Keeley; 18: Jeff Schalles; 19: Hewitt Schaefer; 20: Andrew Berlien, Lee Reynolds, Sharon Rosenberg; 21: Nancy McClure; 24: Jerry Boyajian; 25: Sue Grandys; 27: Sergei Alderman, 28: Slugger, 30: Shaun Tancheff

Publishing News:

MaryJanice Davidson, "The Majicka," in No Rest For The Witches (St. Martin's pb, ed. anon)

Susan Sizemore, "Tempting Fate," in Moon Fever (Pocket pb, ed. anon)

The Hugo for Best Fanzine went to Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, co-edited by former local Geri Sullivan.

The Prometheus Award (libertarian sf) in the Hall of Fame category went to It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.

Ruth Berman has a poem, "The Angel Who Writes," in the October/November 2007 Asimov's.

Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife V1: Beguilement was #6 paperback on the September Locus Best Sellers list. Neil Gaiman's Stardust was #4 trade pb on the same list, and was #10 trade pb on the Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list in the same issue.

Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel; it's also a Best Novel nominee for the 2007 British Fantasy Awards. Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things is a BFA nominee for Best Collection.

Cat's Paw by L. A. Taylor has been reprinted by FTL Publications. Cover by Alicia Austin. FFI: http://www.ftlpublications.com

Lois McMaster Bujold is the recipient of the 2007 Ohioana Career Award, given to an Ohio native for an outstanding career in arts and humanities.

pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue

Conventions

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

Oct 19-21. Convivial 2, Bloomington, MN. 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 October 25th, 2007 sharp!