Einblatt! June 2013
Calendar
- Sat, June 1, 4PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Beth Friedman’s. 6915 10th Ave. S, Richfield. Cat, no smoking. FFI: 612-861-1468
- Sun, June 2, 12N. Serializing Your Novel: A Chat with David J. Schwartz. Lunds Community Room, 1450 W Lake St, Mpls. FFI: www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/
- Sun, June 9, 3PM. Minn-StF Board Meeting. Beth Friedman's. 6915 10th Ave. S, Richfield. FFI: any board member
- Tues, June 11, 7-9PM. ESP Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup. Topic: Writing Child Characters. Davannis, 310 White Bear Ave, St Paul. FFI: www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/
- Wed, June 12, 6:30-7:30PM. Speculations Reading Series – Damian Sheridan. DreamHaven Books, 2301 E 38th St, Minneapolis. FFI: Eric, 612-721-5959, eheideman@dhzone.com
- Sat, June 15, #. Minn-StF Meeting. Emily Stewart & Aaron Vander Giessen's, 2829 Alabama Ave S, St Louis Park. There will be a grill & home brews! Cats, smoking outdoors, no pets or guns. FFI: mle292@yahoo.com
- Sun, June 16, 2-5PM. LSCTS.Terry Garey’s. Terry Garey’s, 3149 Park Ave S, Mpls. Cats, no smoking, no guns, no kids without prior arrangement. FFI: t-gare@umn.edu
- Wed, June 19, 7-9PM. TC Harry Potter Meetup. The Sorcerer's Stone Discussion, also playing games based on the book. Ridgedale Library, Meeting Room 172, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka. FFI: http://www.meetup.com//TC-Harry-Potter-Group/
- Thurs, June 27, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: July 6, cancelled in favor of Convergence; July 20, Minn-StF Picnic, Minnehaha Falls
Announcements:
# - Minn-StF Meetings start at 2pm, but there are rarely a lot of people showing up before 4pm. The business meeting will typically be between 5-6pm. This is a change from last month’s change of the standard start time.
The Minn-StF Picnic will be July 20th, starting at 12N.
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Rachel Kronick & Eric Forste, Linda Lounsbury, Joel Phillips, Ann Totusek & Kelly James, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Irene & Scott Raun, Mark Richards, Patricia Zetelumen, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Clay Harris, Lydia Nickerson, David & Pamela Dyer-Bennet, Beth Friedman, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Bill Christ, Carole Vandal, Hershey Lima.
Birthdays:
5: Erik Elmshauser; 8: Rebecca Strait, 11: David Lenander; 12: Joyce Scrivner; 13: Sybil Smith; 16: Roscoe Bendtsen; 17: Eleanor Marian Strait; 25: Rick Gellman, Eric Heideman; 26: Erin McKee; 28: Deborah Halpern; 30: Erin Lorenz
Publishing News
Laramie Sasseville (as Naomi Stone) publications - from Champagne Book Group: Sweet Mercy, Dec 2012; Spirited, Apr 2013; from Lyrical Press, Wonder Guy, June, 2013.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold is a 2013 Hugo nominee for Best Novel; "Mantis Wives" by ex-local Kij Johnson is a Best Short Story nominee. Bujold's Falling Free is a finalist for the 2013 Prometheus (Libertarian) Hall of Fame Award.
Kij Johnson will be the editor of the Nebula Awards Showcase 2014. Her "Schrodinger’s Cathouse" has been reprinted in the first issue of new sf magazine Galaxy's Edge, and alternate versions of her story "Spar" appear in online magazine Clarkesworld #79, both as text and as a podcast.
Neal Gaiman has a new poem, "House," on the Tor.com website; his "The Case of Death and Honey" is reprinted in Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations (ed. Paula Guran; Prime tp, 2013).
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Conventions
Jun 21-23. 4th Street Fantasy Convention. Spring Hill Suites, Marriott, St Louis Park, MN. www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2013/
Jun 28-30. DucKon, Wheeling, IL. GoH: Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Bill Higgins, Cheryl Storm, Lee Darrow (Pre-reg Deadline May 15.) http://www.duckon.org/
Jul 4-7. CONvergence 2013. Doubletree by Hilton, Bloomington, MN. GoH: Charlie Jane Anders, Lou Anders, Caitlin Blackwood, Bill Corbett, Paul Cornell, James Moran, Kevin Murphy, John Picacio, Melinda Snodgrass. http://convergence-con.org/
Aug 2-4. Diversicon, St. Paul, MN GoH: Jack McDevitt (Pre-reg Deadlines Mar 15/Jul 14.) http://www.diversicon.org/
Aug 29-Sept 2. LoneStarCon3. San Antonio, TX. FFI: http://www.lonestarcon3.org/
Aug 14-18, 2014. Loncon 3. London, England. FFI: http://www.loncon3.org/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Kevin Austin, Beth Friedman, Dean Gahlon, Hershey Lima and Scott Raun. Email board@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meeting minutes are posted at http://www.mnstf.org/records/board-minutes/, check there for the next board meeting.
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 Sunday at 5pm. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159, rab@freemars.org
PRINT FANDOM LIVES! Stipple-Apa is a healthy general-interest publication with members in six countries. Local collations are every six weeks. Chat with fellow fans the classic way. FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226
Einblatt from July 95 to date is on the web at www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list - sign up at the website (here). The Dead-tree Einblatt is available by subscription. Cost is $10, payable by check mailed to the Minn-StF PO Box, check or cash handed to YrHumbleEinblattEd (as of December 2009, Scott Raun), or PayPal to webmaster@minicon.org.
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 June 27th, 2012.