Einblatt! January 2005

Calendar

Advance Warning

Feb 12: Minn-StF Meeting - 1st Board Nominations, Laramie Sasseville's; Feb 19: Minn-StF Meeting - 2nd Board Nominations, Pool Party, Sheraton Bloomington.

Birthdays:

2: Don Blyly, Ann Neset, Thorin Tatge, Patrick Nielsen Hayden; 4: David Messer; 5: Claire Lenander; 6: Thomas Juntunen; 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; 23: Rachel Bendtsen; 24: Keith Hauer-Lowe; John Houghton, Katie Jennie; 26: John Slade; 30: Linda Lounsbury

Announcements:

Interviews of Eleanor Arnason, Ruth Berman, Lois McMaster Bujold, Margaret Howes, Tim Powers, and Professor Jack Zipes can now be viewed in QuickTime format at the TV Bookshelf website, http://www.tvbookshelf.com

Publishing News

Hill House is issuing a limited hc of a new Gaiman book, Melinda: 1000 signed copies; 60 pages; heavily illustrated; $90; details at http://hillhousepublishers.com/

Marguerite Krause and Susan Sizemore, Children Of The Rock v. 1 and 2 (Moon's Dreaming and Moon's Dancing) released in hc and tp by Five Star.

Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin Of Souls, pb reprint, HarperTorch, May

MaryJanice Davidson, Hello, Gorgeous!, tp from Kensington/Brava, March; and Undead And Unappreciated, hc from Berkley Sensation, July

Neil Gaiman, UK pb reprints from Hodder Headline of American Gods; Neverwhere; Smoke and Mirrors; and Stardust, all September; and Mirrormask , art hc, HarperCollins/Morrow, May

Naomi Kritzer, Freedom's Apprentice, pb, BantamSpectra, May

Joel Rosenberg, Home Front, pb reprint, Tor Forge, September; and Night Moves, hc, Baen, July

Susan Sizemore, I Hunger For You, hc, Pocket Star, May; and "Among the Stars" in Rotten Relations, ed. Denise Little (DAW '04)

John Sladek, The Complete Roderick, tp, Overlook,

Adam Stemple , Pay The Piper, hc, Tor Starscape, July

Caroline Stevermer, A Scholar Of Magics, pb reprint, Tor, July

Local publisher: Diadem: Worlds Of Magic: Book Of Thunder by John Peel (tp reprint; now out); sequels Book Of Earth (January) and Book Of Nightmares (March) forthcoming; also The Seer: Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton (pb, June).

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

Conventions

Jan 21-23, 31 Flavors of Confusion, Detroit, MI. GoHs: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Derek Grime,Christian Ready. http://www.stilyagi.org/cons/2005/

Mar 25-27, 2005, Minicon 40, Mpls, MN. GoHs: Terry Pratchett, Jim Young. http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/

Apr 8-10, 2005. Odysseycon V, Madison, WI. GoHs: Lois McMaster Bujold, Nick Atoms. http://www.venture-1.com/~oddcon/

Ongoing Information

Board of Directors: Joe Agee, Lisa Freitag, Dean Gahlon, Sharon Kahn and Scott Raun. Email board@mnstf.org - which also includes Polly Peterson, the Recording Secretary. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meetings are typically the 4th Wednesday of the month.

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 Saturday at 5pm: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721-6076. Cats.

Artists and Writers: Get your art and thoughts in print in Stipple-Apa, small-and-cozy general-interest publication. FFI: Jeanne Mealy 651-771-7226

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This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny Lien (publishing news) and Mike Pins (conventions).

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