Einblatt! February 2008
Calendar
- Sat, Feb 2, 3PM. MN Tolkien Society Meeting. FFI: laurelingold@comcast.net
- Fri, Feb 8, 7PM. MISFITS Read the Book, See the Movie. Stardust. FFI: misfit.org/bookmovie/
- Sat, Feb 9, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting, 2nd Board Nominations. Blaisdell Polytechnic, 3721 Blaisdell Ave S, Mpls, MN. Cat free rooms, but not guaranteed cat dander free, smoking outside only. FFI: Lydia Nickerson, 612-827-6521.
- Sun, Feb 10, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Circle. Margo Bratton's, 4736 Pleasant Ave S, Mpls. Cats. FFI: 612-825-6549
- Tues, Feb 12, 6:45PM. East St Paul Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network. FFI: http://scifiwriting.meetup.com/2/
- Sat, Feb 16, 1:30PM. Rivendell discusses The Company they Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Pavlac Glyer. Southeast Community Library. FFI: d-lena@umn.edu
- Thurs, Feb 21, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline.
- Sat, Feb 23, 2PM. Minn-StF Board Elections. Dreampark, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI: 612-827-3228
- Sun, Feb 24, 2PM. Minicon Open Meeting. All welcome. Matt+Kelly Strait's, 1631 Selby Ave #1, St. Paul. FFI: 651-644-1812
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings - Mar 1, Irene & Scott Raun's; Mar 15, Linda Lounsbury's
Announcements
Yes, I do know that the Dead Tree Edition of the February 2008 Einblatt said January at the top. Sorry about that.
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:
Ruth Berman, poem "Dealing in Tarot," in Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic, ed. Karen A. Romanko, Raven Electrick Ink
FTL Publications has been granted a license by Granada Ventures to publish 2 novels a year based on the original 1960s Thunderbirds Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. FFI: http://blog.ftlpublications.info
The Lies Of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch is #8 pb on the Locus bestsellers list in the January issue; same issue shows several listings for Neil Gaiman -- Fragile Things #1 tp and Stardust "runner up: (e.g. #6) on Locus list; Fragile Things also #3 tp on Barnes and Noble/B. Dalton list in same issue and Good Omens (with Pratchett) #8 pb on Borders/ Walden list; additionally Stardust noted as #10 pb on New York Times Book Review list for week of 28 October.
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
February 1-3, 2008 SuperCon XV, Rochester, MN. http://www.supercon.info/
February 14-17, 2008 Capricon XXVIII, Arlington Heights, IL. GoH: Mike Resnik, Don Maitz, Steve Jackson, John Baur, Mark Summers. http://www.capricon.org/
February 29 - March 2, 2008 MarsCon 10, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Eric Avari, Naomi Kritzer, Hot Waffles. http://marscon.org/ten/
March 21-23, 2008 Minicon 43, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Alastair Reynolds, Wayne Barlowe, Nate Bucklin (Pre-reg deadline: 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/
Apr 11-13, 2008. Apple Con. Holiday Inn, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Stephen Leigh. Attend $40 (Pre-reg deadline: Feb 14), Support $20, Child $10. FFI: www.minneapplecon.com/
Jul 3-6, 2008. CONvergence 2008. GoHs: many. Attend $50 to May 15, $65 ATD, Support $30 to May 15, Convert $20, Child $25 to May 15, $30 ATD. FFI: http://www.convergence-con.org/
Aug 6-10, 2008. Denvention 3, 66th World Con. GoHs: Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy, Kathy Mar. 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 February 21st, 2008 sharp!
