Einblatt! June 2018
Calendar
- Sat, Jun 2, 4. Minn-StF Meeting. Emily Stewart and Aaron Vander Geissen, 2829 Alabama Ave S, St Louis Park. Bringing food or beverage to share encouraged. Cats, no guns, smoking outside. Please do not bring other animals. Nearest Bus: 17C/D @ Blackstone & Minnetonka Blvd. FFI: 612-747-5990, mle292@gmail.com
- Sun, Jun 3. 2-5PM. LSC&TS. Terry Garey's, 3149 Park Ave S, Mpls. Cats, no smoking, no guns, no kids without prior arrangement. FFI: t-gare@umn.edu
- Tues, Jun 12, 7-9PM. North Country Gaylaxians discusses Style of Attack Report, by Metropolarity. Quatrefoil Library 1220 E Lake St. FFI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/
- Sat, Jun 16, #. Minn-StF Meeting. Cancelled.
- Thurs, Jun 29, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline.
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: Jul 7, cancelled in favor of Convergence; Jul 21, Minn-StF Picnic
Announcements:
Uncle Hugo’s Used Book Sale – Fri, 1 June – Sun, 10 June. FFI: www.unclehugo.com
The Minn-StF Picnic will be on Saturday, 21 July, starting at 12N. It will be at the same location as last year. Bill Christ would like a couple of volunteers to help set up starting about 11am. FFI: billc@visi.com.
Minn-StF is an available charity for Amazon Smile. Search for "The Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc.".
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: Linda Lounsbury, Robin Severson, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Mark Richards, Irene & Scott Raun, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Clay & Hershey Harris, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Aaron Vander Giessen & Emily Stewart, Bill Christ, Ann Totusek, Blaisdell Polytechnic, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Joel Phillips and Christine, David Cargo.
Birthdays:
5: Erik Elmshauser; 8: Rebecca Strait, 11: David Lenander; 12: Joyce Scrivner; 13: Sybil Smith; 16: Roscoe Bendtsen; 17: Nora Strait; 25: Rick Gellman, Eric Heideman; 26: Erin McKee; 28: Deborah Halpern; 30: Erin Lorenz
Publishing News
Local publisher Queen of Swords Press released released sf romance Medusa's Touch by Emily L. Byrne in ebook on 5/23. Both Medusa's Touch and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks will be in the June Pride Month StoryBundle, benefiting Rainbow Railroad. (For more info: https://queenofswordspress.com/).
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback eb=ebook nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
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/
Apr 19-21, 2019. Minicon 54. DoubleTree Park Place, St Louis Park. GoHs: Naomi Kritzer, Dave DeVries. Adults $45, student $20, kid $10, supporting $15. FFI: http://mnstf.org/minicon54/
Aug 15-19, 2019. Dublin 2019 (WorldCon), Dublin, Ireland. FFI: http://dublin2019.com/ (I think).
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Anna Dudda, Aaron Vander Giessen, 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 June 29th, 2018.