Einblatt!

March 2000

Calendar

Advance Warning

Apr 1: Minicon & Minn-StF Meetings, Apr 15: Minicon & Minn-StF Meetings, Apr 21-23: Minicon.

Announcements:

CoA’s: Sybil Marie Smith, 4309 Oakland Ave S, Mpls, 55407, 612-822-1227, zaan5@aol.com; Rachael Lininger, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls, 55407, 612-822-0451, rachael@chinooks.demesne.com, DOB 4/24; Polly Peterson, pete1981@tc.umn.edu; Martin Schafer, martin_schafer@hotmail.com.

natter@mnstf.org and events@mnstf.org will be activated March 5th. Contact Dean Gahlon or Karen Cooper for additional details, or see the Minn-StF Website.

Star Wars Exhibit at the Mpls Institute of Art through June. $10 Adult, $8 Seniors and Children 6-12, Free for children 5 and under. 12N-9PM Thursdays, 12N-5PM Saturdays & Sundays.

Birthdays:

2: Linda Paul; 3: Peter Toluzzi, Keith Rockhold; 5: Phillip C. Jennings; 8: Joella Bonser, Steve Cox; 9: David Emerson; 10: Margie Lessinger; 14: Ben Lessinger; 16: Megan Totusek, Kate Worley; 18: Bruce Krafft; 19: Karen Cooper; 21: Teresa Nielsen Hayden; 24: Ken Hardwick, Pat Beckfield; 26: Jason Hollister; 27: Bryan Andersen, Peter Hentges; 28: Davey Snyder

Publishing News

Ruth Berman, poem, "Star Spears," in Analog, March 2000 issue.

Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold & The Reader's Chair, was named one of the "Best Audiobooks of 1999" out of a total of 24 chosen, by Library Journal [2/15/00 issue].

Minnesota Book Awards will be anounced 14 April; the only sf title nominated in the new "Popular Fiction" category (along with four mysteries—previously sf and mysteries each had its own award) is A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Two Eleanor Arnason stories will be in forthcoming Year's Best collections: her The Grammarian's Five Daughters in the Datlow/Windling Fantasy and Horror annual and her Dapple in the Dozois Science Fiction annual.

The 1999 Preliminary Nebula Ballot (the long one) includes "Sky Eyes" by Laurel Winter on the Novelette list (one of eighteen); final ballot (with top five in each category) to be released 15 April.

1999 "Recommended Reading List" in the February Locus includes Bujold's A Civil Campaign (sf novels), Peg Kerr's The Wild Swans (fantasy novels – this list also included The Sub, which is set in Minnesota and is by long-ago former Minnesotan Thomas M. Disch); Dark Detectives ed. Stephen Jones from local publisher Fedogan & Bremer (anthologies); Amano & Gaiman's The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (art); The Actors by Eleanor Arnason (novellas); Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance and Stellar Harvest, both by Eleanor Arnason (novelettes); Otherness by Phillip C. Jennings (short stories); and Democritus' Violin by G. David Nordley.

Locus Bestsellers list in the Feb. 2000 issue includes A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold (hardcover tied for #9) and Dragon by Steven Brust (#1 paperback). Dragon was also #6 paperback on the Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton list in the same issue.

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

Conventions

April 7-9: Contraption Why...2K?, Southfield MI. GOHs: Catlin Kiernan & Poppy Z. Brite, George "Stan" Stanley, Dr. Bill Breuer Nick Pollotta, Hal Clement, Murray Porath D.I. www.contraption.org

April 14-16: Name That Con 13: Moo Goo Gai Con: A New Dish for a New Millennium, St Louis MO. GOHs: Joe Haldeman, Robin Bailey, Lubov, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Michael Henry, Mickey Zucker Reichert www.stlf.org/ntc

Apr 21-23. Minicon 35, Hilton Minneapolis & Towers, Mpls, MN. GoH: Maureen F. McHugh, Lenny Bailes, John Berkey. Memberships: $40 thru Mar 15, $15 Supporting or Child. FFI: P.O. Box 8297, Lake Street Station, Mpls, MN 55408, www.mnstf.org/minicon35/

May 5-7: The Fans Paradise, Tulsa OK. Adam's Mark Hotel. Group rates available. FFI: klarrja@aol.com

May 5-7: Demicon XI, Des Moines IA. GOHs: Lois McMaster Bujold, Susan Van Camp, Alois & Wendy Tschampl, Rusty Hevelin. www.dmsfs.org/demicon

May 12-14: MARSCON 2000, Radisson South, Bloomington. Adults $35 through 4/17/00, $45 at the door. Children (6-12) $15 through 4/17/00, $25 at the door. Supporting $15 through 4/17/00, plus $20 at the door. GOHs: Mark Allen Shepherd, Lisa Getto, Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Denise Boie, Donald R. Schmitt, Jack Borkowski, plus many more. FFI: MARSCON, P.O. Box 600458, St. Paul, MN 55106, marscon2k@hotmail.com, www.marscon.com, 612-724-0687.

May 26-28: ConQuest 31, Kansas City MO. GOHs: Walter Jon Williams, Darrell K Sweet, Brad Foster, Dick & Leah Zeldes Smith www.kcsiencefiction.org

July 7-9: CONVERGENCE 2000, Downtown St. Paul Radisson. $25 until 12/31/99.FFI: CONVERGENCE 2000, P.O.Box 13208, Dinkytown Station, Minneapolis MN 55414, communications@convergence-con.org, www.convergence-con.org

July 21-23: Readercon 12. Burlington MA (near Boston MA). GOHs: Suzy McKee Charnas, Michael Moorcock. Memorial GoH: Mervyn Peake. www.readercon.org/

July 28-30. Diversicon 8, Holiday Inn Express--Bandanda Square, 1010 W Bandana Blvd, St Paul. Guest of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold; Special Guest: Laurel Winter; Posthumous GOH: Leigh Brackett. Diversicon 8 is the host of the 2000 James Tiptree, Jr., Award Ceremonies. $25 Adult/$20 Child (ages 2-12) through 2/14/2000; $20 Adult/$25 Child February 15-July 4, 2000; $40 Adult, $35 Child At-the-Door. Diversicon 8, PO Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408. FFI: Andrew, 612-798-5880; www.SFMinnesota.com diversicon@SFMinnesota.com

July 28-30, ESE (European Smoffing Event) Darmstadt, Germany. Attending membership DM 35/GBP12/Eur 17.90. FFI: Fiona Anderson, 129 Colegrave Road, Stratford, London , E15 1EA, England. UK or Euro Cheques payable to "European Conventions". FFI: fiona@intersec.demon.co.uk.

Sept 15-17. Arcana 30, Holiday Inn Express—Bandana Square, 1010 W Bandana Blvd, St Paul. Guest of Honor: David Drake. $20 through December 31, 1999; $25 January 1-August 1, 2000; $30 At-the-Door. Arcana, PO Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408. FFI: Eric, 612-721-5959; www.inergy.com/JBROWER, eheideman@uswest.net

Ongoing Information

Board of Directors: Dean Gahlon, Polly Peterson, Scott Raun, Martin Schafer, and Geri Sullivan. Email board@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month.

Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: 612-824-5559; web site at: http://www.mnstf.org/. Minicon web site at: http://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: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721-6076. Cats.

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