Einblatt! November 2015

Calendar

• Sat, Oct 31, #. Minn-StF Halloween. Dreampark, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge's, 4002 Pillsbury Ave S, Mpls. No smoking. FFI: 612-827-3228.
• Thurs, Nov 5, 6:30-8:00PM. Friends of Nokomis Library Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Group: Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. Nokomis Library, 5100 34th Ave S, Mpls. FFI: Carrie Mercer, 612-718-2934, cmercermn@comcast.net
• Sat, Nov 7. Minn-StF Meeting. Celebrated one week early for Halloween.
• Sun, Nov 8, 2-5pm. LSC&TS. Irene Raun's, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: realitychallenged@fireopal.org, 612-822-0451
• Thurs, Nov 12. Give to the Max Day. Minn-StF is a participating organization. https://givemn.org/organization/Minnesota-Science-Fiction-Society-Incorporated
• Tues, Nov 17, 8:00-10:30PM. The Not-So Silent Planet: A Speculative Open-Mic. Feature performer Rob Callahan. Kieran's Irish Pub, 85 6th Street N, Mpls. Tickets $5-10, $3 with a Fringe button. FFI: http://www.wordsprout.org/the-not-so-silent-planet-a-speculative-open-mic.html
• Sat, Nov 21, #. Minn-StF Meeting. Safe Harbor, 7765 Drew Ave N, Brooklyn Park. Smoking outside, children, dog w/ litter on premises. FFI: Robin Severson, 612-643-0725
• Sun, Nov 22, 2-5PM. Minicon Open Meeting. Penn Lake Meeting Room, Penn Lake Library, 8800 Penn Ave S, Bloomington.
• Thurs, Nov 26, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline

Advance Warning

Minn-StF Meetings: Dec 5, Eric McKee & David Wilford’s’ Dec 19, Irene & Scott Raun’s.

Announcements:

K. Cassandra O'Malley, perhaps best known of late as one of the Lady Poetesses from Hell performance group, died in mid-October.

The Minn-StF Board is soliciting bids for a FallCon for 2016.

The new Minn-StF President is Dean Gahlon. He can be reached at president@mnstf.org.

# - 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: Irene & Scott Raun, Blaisdell Polytechnic, Dean Gahlon & Laura Krentz, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Liz Fish, Bill Christ, Peer Dudda, Hershey Lima, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Chrisi Hansen & Mike Schneider, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Joel Phillips, Ann Totusek, Sidhe Brewing, Clay Harris, Emily Stewart & Aaron Vander Giessen, Kelly James, Polly Peterson, Rachel Kronick & Eric Forste, Mark Richards, Josh More, Shaun Kelly, Corwin & Dee Brust, Linda Lounsbury.

Birthdays:

1: Jane Freitag; 2: Don Fitch; 4: Kara Dalkey; 6: Jack Targonski; 11: Marty Helgesen; 15: Rob Ihinger; 23: Steven Brust

Publishing News

William Alexander's Ambassador won a 2015 Golden Duck (juvenile sf) award: the Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades.

Lois McMaster Bujold by Edward James was published by the U of Illinois Press in their Modern Masters of Science Fiction series.

Kevin Huizenga did the cover art for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #33 (July 2015).

Naomi Kritzer's "Cleanout" is in the Nov-Dec 2015 issue of Magazine of F&SF.

LOCAL PUBLISHERS: Coffee House Press: Father of Lies; The Open Curtain; and A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson (tp/eb reprint collections, due Feb and March 2016); Milkweed Editions: The Silenced by James DeVita (tp; a reprint) out now

Locus Bestsellers list for October includes Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning as #8 hc and his American Gods reprint as #10 tp; the Barnes & Noble list in the same issue has his Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text as #6 hc.

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

Conventions

Mar 25-27, 2016. Minicon 51. GoHs: Seanan McGuire, Sara Butcher Burrier. Registration: Adults, $40 to 2/29/16; Student, $20 to 2/29/16; Kid, $10 to 2/29/16; Supporting: $15. FFI: http://mnstf.org/minicon51/

Jun 17-19, 2016. Fourth Street Fantasy, St. Louis Park, MN. www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2016/

Aug 17-21, 2016. MidAmeriCon II, Worldcon 2016. FFI: http://midamericon2.org/

Oct 7-9, 2016. Gaylaxicon 2016. St. Louis Park, MN. GoHs: Eleanor Arneson, Zack Karlsson, David Maxine, Eric Shanower, David Gaider. FFI: http://www.gaylaxicon2016.org/

Aug 9-13, 2017. Worldcon 75. Helsinki, Finland. GoHs: John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, Walter Jon Williams. FFI: http://www.worldcon.fi/

Ongoing Information

Board of Directors: Kevin Austin, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Raun, Matt Strait & Ann Totusek - 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 November 26^th, 2015.