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Einblatt! January 2018

Calendar

Advance Warning

Minn-StF Meetings: Probably Feb 3rd & 17th.

Announcements:

Minn-StF is an available charity for Amazon Smile. Search for "The Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc.".

Minicon 53 will be chaired by Kevin Austin and Emily Stewart.

The Minn-StF President is Ann Totusek. She 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: Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Irene & Scott Raun, Robin Severson, Vander Giessen & Emily Stewart, Linda Lounsbury, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Bill Christ, Aaron Ann Totusek, Blaisdell Polytechnic, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Mark Richards, Joel Phillips and Christine, Clay & Hershey Harris, David Cargo.

Birthdays:

1: Peggy O'Neill; 2: Don Blyly, Thorin Tatge, Patrick Nielsen Hayden; 4: David Messer; 5: Claire Lenander; 7: Margo Bratton; 9: Greg Ketter; 11: Victor Raymond; 12: Seth Breidbart; 14: Lisa Sanders; 15: Bruce Schneier; 17: Giovanna Fregni, Andrew Bertke; 18: Pamela Dyer-Bennet; 20: Kij Johnson; 24: John Houghton, Katie Krantz; 30: Linda Lounsbury.

Publishing News

World Fantasy Award winners by former locals: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (Long Fiction) and Children's Fantasy Literature, co-authored by the late Michael M. Levy and by Farah Mendlesohn (Special Award: Professional)

"Touring with the Alien" by Carolyn Ives Gilman was reprinted in Best Science Fiction of the Year v.2 (ed. Neil Clarke)

"Cat Pictures Please" by Naomi Kritzer was reprinted in Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (ed. Julie Czerneda)

"The Smoke of Gold is Glory" by Scott Lynch will be reprinted in 2018 in Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year, v.12 (ed. Jonathan Strahan)

Local Publisher: Graywolf Press -- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (2017)

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Conventions

Mar 2-4. MarsCon 2018. Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Airport/Mall of America, Bloomington, MN. $50 Adult, $25 Child through 1/31/18. FFI: https://marscon.org/2018/index.php

Mar 30 - Apr 1. Minicon 53. DoubleTree Park Place, St Louis Park, MN. GoHs: Rachel Swirsky, Lyda Morehouse, Registration: Adult $45, Student, $20, Kid, $10, Supporting $15 through 9 Mar 2018. FFI: http://mnstf.org/minicon53/

Apr 6-8. Anime Detour. FFI: http://www.animedetour.com/

May 11-13. CONsole Room 2018. Hilton MSP Airport/Mall of America, Bloomington, MN. FFI: http://console-room.com/

Jun 22-24. 4th Street Fantasy 2018. St Louis Park, MN. Doubletree by Hilton. http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2018/

Jul 5-8. CONvergence 2018. FFI: www.convergence-con.org/

Aug 16-20. WorldCon76. San Jose, CA. FFI: http://www.worldcon76.org/

Aug 15-19, 2019. Dublin 2019 (WorldCon), Dublin, Ireland. FFI: http://dublin2019.com/ (I think).

Ongoing Information

Board of Directors: Aaron Vander Giessen, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Raun, Matt Strait & Hershey Harris - board@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are generally held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meeting minutes are posted at http://www.mnstf.org/records/, 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 three 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 January 26th, 2018.