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Einblatt! April 2014

Calendar

Advance Warning

Minn-StF Meetings: May 3, Rachel Kronick & Eric Forste’s; May 17, TBD.

Announcements:

The new Board is Beth Friedman, Dean Gahlon, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Raun, and Matt Strait.

Blue Petal (Louis Fallert) passed away recently.

The Duluth Public Library will be hosting its first Authors Day on Sat, May 17. Authors and anyone else invited. FFI: www.duluthlibrary.org

16th Annual GPS Writing Contest submissions due by May 15th. FFI: http://geekpartnership.org/writing-contest/

The Minn-StF Picnic will be Saturday, July 19th, starting at 12N.

# - 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.

Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Mark Richards & Peer Dudda, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Josh More, Irene & Scott Raun, Shaun Kelly, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Clay Harris, Ann Totusek & Kelly James, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Corwin & Dee Brust, Linda Lounsbury, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Liz Fish, Bill Christ, Beth Friedman, Emily Stewart & Aaron Vander Giessen, Rachel Kronick & Eric Forste, Joel Phillips.

Birthdays:

1: Michael Mornard; 2: Jeffrey A. Ahlstrom; 3: Mike Dorn; 9: Julie Johnson; 13: Dave Romm; 16: Carole Vandal, 18: Shannon Leslie, Richard Tatge; 22: Steven Bond, Laurel Winter; 28: Peg Kerr Ihinger; 29: Martin Schafer

Publishing News

Kara Dalkey, "Philosopher Duck," Asimov's for June 2014

Tales of the Unanticipated #31 is now out, including (among other works) material by Minnesotans Cezarija Abartis, S.N. Arly, Eleanor Arnason, Ruth Berman, Ray C. Booth, Suzanne Clarke, Amanda Elg, Terry A. Garey, editor Eric M. Heideman, Rebecca Marjesdatter, the late Ed Rom, Emma Willcox, and Jason D. Wittman.

The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch was the #2 hc on the February Locus bestseller list and his The Lies of Locke Lamora was #10 on the paperback list.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman was #hc bestseller on the February Locus list; #4 on the Barnes and Noble/B. Dalton hc list reported in the same issue; and #11 fantasy bestseller on the audible.com list.

The Lynch and Gaiman hcs were also on the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading list (Fantasy: Novels); other works on the list by locals and ex-locals included "Kormac the Lucky" by Eleanor Arnason; "The Sleeper and the Spindle" by Neil Gaiman; and "The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats" by Scott Lynch (Novelettes); and "The Philip Sidney Game" and "The Wildfires of Antarctica," both by Alan DeNiro (Short stories).

Naomi Kritzer, "Containment Zone," appears in the May/June 2014 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

G. David Nordley, "Haumea," appears in anthology Extreme Planets (ed. D Conyers et al; Chaosium tp)

Kij Johnson, "At the Mouth of the River of Bees," reprinted in Galaxy's Edge #6 (January 2014)

Kij Johnson will be an instructor at this summer's Clarion West workshop; Steven Brust and Scott Lynch are instructors at the Visible Paradise workshop in October.

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Conventions

Apr 17½-20. Minicon 49, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: Catherynne M. Valente, Janny Wurts & Don Maitz. FFI: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon49/

May 16-18. CONsoleRoom. Bloomington, MN. FFI: http://console-room.mpls.cx/

May 23-25, Brit Con MN, St Louis Park, MN. GoHs: Martin Powell, Fastner & Larson, Steve Roberts. FFI: http://www.britconmn.org

June 20-22. Fourth Street Fantasy, St. Louis Park, MN. Adult: $65 (though May 31); child: $30 http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2014/

Jul 17-20. Detcon 1 (NASFIC). Detroit, MI. FFI: http://detcon1.org/

Jul 25-27. Diversicon 22. GoHs; Carolyn Ives Gilman, Terry A. Garey. Best Western Bandana Square, St Paul. FFI: http://www.diversicon.org/

Aug 14-18. Loncon 3. London, England. FFI: http://www.loncon3.org/

Apr 2-5, 2015. Minicon 50, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: Jane Yolen, Larry Niven, Brandon Sanderson, Adam Stemple & Tom Doherty. FFI: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon50/

Ongoing Information

Board of Directors: Beth Friedman, Dean Gahlon, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Raun & Matt Strait - 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 April 24th, 2014.