**SPECIAL "Hot Time, Bummer in the City JULY" 1996 Issue of EINBLATT** JUNE 28 (Fri): Arcana meeting. 7:30 pm at home of Eric M. Heideman / 3142 Lyndale Ave. S. -- Apt. C (Mpls). No specific topic. FFI: 825-9353. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. 29 (Sat): SF Minnesota garage sale (postponed from June 1). 9-5, at home of Sybil Smith / 3356 Park Ave. S. (Mpls). FFI: 822-3116. 30 (Sun): Second Foundation meeting. 2 pm, at home of Eric M. Heideman / 3142 Lyndale Ave. S. -- Apt. C (Mpls). Topic: The Works of Karen Joy Fowler. FFI: 825-9353. JULY 5 (Fri): U.S.S. Phoenix hosts costume contest at Pavilion Theater showing of INDEPENDENCE DAY. 6 (Sat): Minn-STF meeting. 2 pm on, at home of Andre Guirard / 4631 15th Ave. S. (Mpls.) Not childproof; no smoking. FFI: 822-4796 or apguirard@mmm.com 13 (Sat): Sharon Rosenberg and Tina Scholl move, starting at noon at 3925 15th Ave. S.; continuing at 3614 16th Ave. S.; finishing at 4411 Minnetonka Blvd (all Mpls). Help sought. FFI: 721-5132. 13 (Sat): WorldBuilding Society meets at 1 pm at Boomer's / 312 Central Ave. S. (Mpls). Topic: "Asimov's World Building." FFI: Dan Goodman at 871-5461, or e-mail: goodman@freenet.msp.mn.us 13 (Sat): Diversicon meeting. 2 pm, at home of Eric M. Heideman / 3142 Lyndale Ave. S. - Apt. C (Mpls). Topic: 1997 theme & posthumous GoH. FFI: Joe Agee at 798-5880 or Eric at 825-9353. 14 (Sun): Minicon 32 open meeting. 2 pm, at the Radisson South. Voting on theme; exposition of new arrangements for Grand Ballroom; discussion of programming content. FFI: Tom Juntunen at Juntunen at 798-5011; Cat Ocel at 729-1473; or e-mail to: request@minicon32.mnstf.org 14 (Sun): Ladies' Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society meets at 2 pm at home of Julie Johnson / 3040 Grand Avenue S. (Mpls). "Supervised children welcome." FFI: Julie at 824-7800. 17 (Wed): Minn-STF Board of Directors meets at 7:30 pm at home of Kay Drache / 3067 Zarthan Ave. S. (St. Louis Park). Minicon 33 bids due: see below. FFI: Kay at 926-7975. 19 (Fri): Jody Lynn Nye autographs at Uncle Hugo's and Dennis Lehane at Uncle Edgar's, both 4:30 to 6 pm at 2864 Chicago Ave. S. (Mpls). FFI: 824-6347 (UH) or 824-9984 (UE) or unclehugo@aol.com 20 (Sat): Minn-STF meeting. 2:30 pm, at home of Mike Dorn and Marianne Hageman / 2965 Payne Ave. (Little Canada). Not childproof; no smoking; small dog; many stuffed animals. FFI: 483-3422. 20 (Sat): Minneapa 328 collation. 3 pm, at the meeting. Copy count 25. FFI: Dean at 827-1775. 20 (Sat): Rivendell discussion. 5 pm, at the meeting (tentative--call to confirm). Topic: Sherri Tepper's PLAGUE OF ANGELS. FFI: hotline, David at 292-8887, or Marianne/Mike at 483-3422. 27 (Sat): Stipple-Apa #136 collation. 2 pm, at Cat Whisker Ranch / 1735 Rome Avenue (St Paul). Copy count 25. FFI: Judy Cilcain at 699-7676. 30 (Tue): Deadline to get information into the August EINBLATT is 7:00:00 pm to 824-5157. Always much happier to get it a day or two or twenty *before* the deadline when possible, however... 31 (Wed): Katie Clapham seeks emergency moving help, noon to 4 pm (planned move last month had to be postponed. Call 871-4306 for info and addresses (within south Minneapolis). **************************************************************************************************** Upcoming in August: Minn-STF mtg 3 & 17; Sneaking Suspicion 3: Ladies' SewCirc 18th; EINBLATT 27th **************************************************************************************************** Rivendell did not meet in June; no word this month on Gaylaxians--try hotline or Penny at 729-9015. People interested in running 1998 Minicon encouraged to submit bids by or at the July 17th Minn-STF Board meeting. FFI: Cat at 729-1473, Tom at 798-5011, Glenn at 920-2037, or Kay at 926-7975. MinnSTF History exhibit, to debut at LACon III, seeks the best 1-2 photos of club activities taken by every EINBLATT reader--5x7, 8x10, or loan of neg/slide. FFI: Jeff Schalles at 825-3558. Changes of Address: Rick Gellman / 2315 33rd Ave. S. / Minneapolis MN 55406 // 724-8670 Peggy O'Neill / 814 Randolph Street / St Paul MN 55102 Humble Groveling Dept: my apologies for absent-mindedly running July, rather than June, birthday list last month. The June list belatedly appears below, and the July list is reprinted: JUNE Birthdays: 4: Timothy Julin; Jeri Pope; 5: Erik Elmshauser; 6: Jeff Peasley; 11: David Lenander; 12: Joyce Scrivner; 13: Brian Leslie; Sybil Smith; 14: Patricia Ward; 16: David Stever; 19: Lori Chu; 20: Val Lies; 23: Donna Lang; 25: Rick Gellman; Eric Heideman; 26: Erin McKee; 28: Deborah Halpern JULY Birthdays: 1: Corwin Brust; 2: Neeters Hollister; 3: Jonathan Adams; Dave Crawford; 4: Don Bailey; Kris Spiesz; 5: Laurel Krahn; 8: Doug Friauf; 14: Lalee Kerr; 15: Kay Roberts; 16: Chuck Holst; 17: Floyd Henderson; 18: Eleanor Fregni; 21: Geri Sullivan; 25: Ann Ledden; 27: Polly Peterson; 28: John Johnson. Last month was Test-To-Destruction EINBLATT: besides my own birthday list problem, we had the 1st June SF MN garage sale being postponed; the 9 June MinnSTF mtg being moved to Don & Margo's; the 29 June Arcana meeting changing date and locale; the 4th Street Fantasy Con being cancelled (refunds going out; contact 4thst@terrabit.mn.org or c/o 4242 Minnehaha Ave S / Mpls if you have questions/problems) and major problems with database/labels again (& again this month...). Sally Morem was one of four finalists in the 1996 Great American Think-Off on 15 June in New York Mills, MN, among some 700 entries from 40 states arguing topic "Does God Exist?" Steven Brust's ORCA was #6 on June LOCUS pb bestsller list, and #3 on Waldenbooks list. 1996 Music Awards final ballot includes names of Peggy O'Neill in Female Vocalist of the Year; Lojo Russell for Traditional/Modern Folk Group/Artist, and the Flash Girls' MAURICE AND I for Traditional/Modern Folk Recording. These MN Awards will be announced 11 July & in CITY PAGES. Giovanna Fregni is selling the Lee Pelton Collection of thousands of jazz, folk, rock, pop, and blues lps and 45s: FFI, call her at 644-9858 or 646-6518. Birth: William Gary Crighton, to Shelly & Doug Crighton, of Winnipeg, on June 4th; all well. **************************************************************************************************** * Sympathies to Sybil Smith on the June 9th death of her mother, Geraldine Howard Smith, at age 76.* * Sympathies to the family of Laurie Sparer, known to mystery and sf readers as L.A. Taylor, who * * died May 29th of a brain tumor. She remained active in her last months, as Guest of Honor at * * Diversicon 3 last August, as a member of her writing group, and as a program participant at * * Minicon just a few weeks ago. Her last fantasy, CAT'S PAW, was a Minnesota Book Award * * finalist this year. She also won the Minnesota Voices Award in 1981 with a book of poetry. * * Sympathies to Myrna Logan and her family on the June 24th death of her mother in Omaha. * **************************************************************************************************** CONVENTIONS--LOCAL AND/OR WITH LOCALS AS GUESTS (mostly--LOCUS or me for more details): MEDIAlive '96 (July 5-6). GoH: Philip Segal, Charles Moisant, Edward Deppe. Holiday Inn Mpls N. (Brooklyn Center). $15 to Box 11661 / St Paul MN 55111; http://www.spacestar.com/medialive WINDAY (July 14). One-day gaming con in Winnipeg. FFI: D.Derksen@GENIE.GEIS.COM Fourth Street Fantasy Convention (July 19-21) HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ConCussion (July 26-28). GoH: Lawrence Watt-Evans, David Weber, Larry Elmore, David Means, others. Council Bluffs IA. $24 to 30 June to: PO Box 85762 / Lincoln NE 68501; or (402) 488-8441 FFI. Diversicon 4 (August 9-11). GoH: Maureen McHugh, Doug Friauf, Rodger Gerberding. $25 (child $20) to 14 July to: Box 8036 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408-8036, or call 798-5880, or e-mail to 75257,2607 (Compuserve). Toner (August 23-26). Special Invited Guest: Geri Sullivan. Las Vegas. FFI: (702) 263-6234. MST3K Con Expo-Fest-a-Rama 2 (August 30-Sept. 2). Mpls. MST / PO Box 5325 / Hopkins MN 55343 FFI. Coppercon 16 (Sept. 6-8). GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold. Box 82303 / Phoenix AZ 85071 FFI. MadMedia 3D (Sept. 13-15). Ramada Inn CCC, Madison. GoH: Joan D. Vinge, Eric Larson. $25 (child $15) to 1 Sept. to: PO Box 9873 / Madison WI 53715. FFI: (608) 836-1103, or MadMedia@aol.com ConSanguinity 2.5 (Sept. 20-22). Laurell K. Hamilton, Jody Lynn Nye, Bill Fawcett. Lisle IL. $20 to 15 August to: PO Box 4951 / Naperville IL 60567-4951; or (708) 961-0056 or mirth@mcs.com OurCon 96 (Sept. 28-29). GoH TBA. StarTrek con. Winnipeg. $25 to 1 Sept. to: Box 67001 / RPO Maples / Winnipeg MB, CANADA R2P 2T3. Arcana (Oct. 4-6). GoH: David J. Skal; Fedogan & Bremer, Richard A. Lupoff. Holiday Inn Express, (St. Paul). $20 to 1 Sept. to Box 8036 / Lake Street Station / Mpls MN 55408. FFI: 484-2575. Archon 20 (Oct. 4-6). GoH: Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Julius Schwartz, Forrest J Ackerman. Collinsville IL. $20 to 31 August. FFI: Box 483 / Chesterfield MO 63006 or (314) 326-3026. ValleyCon 21 (Oct. 4-6). No GoH or price info yet. Fargo. FFI: PO Box 7202 / Fargo ND 58109. ICon 21 (Oct. 11-13). GoH: Will Shetterly, Emma Bull, Tadao Tomomatsu, Rusty Hevelin. Coralville IA. $25 to 2 Sept. to PO Box 525 / Iowa City IA 52244-0525; or icon21@icarus.leepfrog.com Bouchercon 27 (Oct. 9-13). World Mystery Con, at Radisson Hotel (St. Paul). GoH: Mary Higgins Clark, Jeremiah Healy, Ellen Nehr. $90 to 9 July. FFI: 926-1086 or bcon27@winternet.com ReinCONation 6 (Oct. 18-20). GoH: Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Jan Bogstad. Radisson South (Bloomington). $22 to: ReinCONation / Box 8297 / Lake Street Station / Mpls MN 55408. World Fantasy Con '96 (Oct. 31-Nov. 3). GoH: Katherine Kurtz, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley. Schaumberg IL. $90 to 1 Sept. to: WFC 1996 / Box 473 / Oak Forest IL 60452. WindyCon 23 (Nov. 8-10). GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold, others. PO Box 184 / Palatine IL 60078 FFI. ONGOING INFORMATION: Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: (612) 824-5559. Minicon Voice Mail at (612) 333-7533; see also Minicon Web site at: http://www.ddb.com/minicon31/ Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming almost every Friday evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 827-3228. Shockwave (and) Sound Affects. Local sf radio shows. Saturdays at 6-6:30/6:30-7 on KFAI-FM (90.3). EINBLATT also posted on Usenet groups rec.arts.sf.fandom (and) alt.fandom.misc (and) mn.general EINBLATT from July 95 to date also archived at this Web address: http://www.mnstf.org/mnstf/einblatt Local sf/fantasy computer bulletin boards include: Fire Opal 822-4812 Sysop: Scott Raun Terraboard 825-0926 Sysop: David Dyer-Bennet Mostly Harmless 943-1506 Sysop: TomKat Keeley EINBLATT is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local sf community. Send same to Denny Lien / 3149 Park Ave. S. / Minneapolis MN 55407; or call me at (612) 824-5157 or 624-0503 (work). E-mail can now go to: einblatt@mnstf.org ((or)) to me at: d-lien@tc.umn.edu /// Next deadline is 7:00 pm SHARP on Tuesday, July 30, 1996.