Einblatt! December 2016 Calendar  Sat, Dec 3, #. Minn-StF Meeting. Advance Warning showing up before 4pm. The Blaisdell Polytechnic, 3721 business meeting will typically be Minn-StF Meetings: Jan 7, Erin Blaisdell Ave S, Mpls. Front between 5-6pm. McKee & David Wilford’s; Jan 21, rooms cat free, but not Clay & Hershey Harris’ Thanks to recent meeting hosts: , guaranteed cat dander free, Aaron Vander Giessen & Emily smoking outside only. FFI: Lydia Announcements Stewart, David Cargo, Irene & Scott Nickerson, 612-827-6521. Noted Minnesota poet, retired Raun, Sharon Kahn & Richard  Sun, Dec 4, 2PM. Second Gustavus Adolphus faculty member, Tatge, Robin Severson, Rachel Foundation. Annual “Readings of and longtime local sf fan John "Rez" Kronick, Bill Christ, Jonathan Adams favorite SF passages”. FFI: Eric, Rezmerski died on November 5th. & Carol Kennedy, Erin McKee & [email protected], 612- He published some two dozen David Wilford, Marian Turner & 721-5959 poems in Tales of the Unanticipated, Michael Kauper, Mark Richards, including "A Dream of Heredity" in Clay & Hershey Harris, Blaisdell  Wed, Dec 7, 6:30PM. the first issue, which won the 1987 Polytechnic. Speculations memorial for John "Short Poem" Rhysling Awards. He Calvin Rezmerski. Dreamhaven read for SF Minnesota events, and Birthdays: Books, 2301 38th St E, Mpls. performed many times at Minicon FFI: 612-823-6161, 2: Martin McClure; 3: Lynn and other conventions as the one http://dreamhavenbooks.com/ Anderson; 4: Jerry Corwin, Felicia male member of the Ladies Herman, Anne Gay; 9: Larry  Sat, Dec 10, 2PM. Dreamhaven Poetesses from Hell performance Sanderson; 10: Laura Krentz; 11: hosts Bob Garcia and Joe Desris, group. Many of his poems also Ken Fletcher, David Wilford; 12: authors of the new coffee-table appeared in the anthologies Time Joan Marie Verba; 13: Emma Bull; book from Titan Books: Batman: Gum; Time Frames; and Lady 15: Scott Raun; 23: Dean Gahlon; A Celebration of the Classic TV Poetesses from Hell, and in his own 24: Karen Johnson; 25: Eric Forste; Series. 2301 38th St E, Mpls. chapbook collection of poetry from 31: Jan Appelbaum, Erik Emery FFI: 612-823-6161, his Minicon readings. He was a http://dreamhavenbooks.com/ lovely and funny guy and a fine poet. Publishing News  Sat, Dec 10. Readings from Sometime Minicon attendee (as one Besides the Hugo winners reported in Rivendell. Local writers read their of The Flying Karamazov Brothers) September Einblatt, Lois McMaster & Sam "Smerdyakov" Williams died Bujold's Penric's Demon finished 2nd in stories. Southeast Community suddenly in Seattle on November Best Novella category. Library, 1222 4th St SE, Mpls. 18th. FFI; Dave, is interviewed in the GPS is accepting Space Camp [email protected] September issue of Clarkesworld. Scholarship applications through Scott Lynch and were  Tues, Dec 13, 7PM. North December 15th. FFI: married on October 8th. Country Gaylaxians discusses http://www.geekpartnership.org/prog Hild, by Nicola Griffith. Quatrefoil rams/spacecamp/ Bryan Thao Worra was elected Library 1220 E Lake St. FFI: president of the Science Fiction Poetry Minicon 53 will be chaired by Kevin www.ncgaylaxians.org Association. He also has a poem, Austin and Emily Stewart. "Phaya Nak Goes to the West," in the  Sat, Dec 17, #. Minn-StF Minn-StF has resurrected the July/August Uncanny Magazine. Meeting. Irene & Scott Raun’s. Quartermaster position, and trying to 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, LOCAL PUBLISHER: Steve Stern, generate a list of everything we own. smoking outdoors. FFI: The Pinch (tp reprint from Graywolf Joel Phillips has accepted the [email protected], Press) position, and will be organizing an [email protected], 612-822- inventory of the storage locker. If you on recent Locus 0451 Bestseller lists: The Ocean at the End have any items owned by Minn-StF of the Lane (pb: #2 Locus and #9 B&N  Thurs, Dec 22, 11:59PM. in your possession, please let Joel for Oct; #7 Locus and #10 B&N for Einblatt! Deadline. know at the e-mail address Nov); Neverwhere (tp: Locus #9 Oct); [email protected].  Sat, Dec 31, #. Minn-StF New The View from the Cheap Seats (hc: Year’s Eve. Event Horizon, 1121 The new Minn-StF President is Emily #9 B&N Nov); and American Gods (pb: Jackson St NE, Mpls. Stewart. She can be reached at #7 Locus and #7 B&N for Oct; #6 [email protected]. Locus and #2 B&N Nov; tp: #6 B&N Oct and #5 B&N Nov; audiobook: #5 # - Minn-StF Meetings start at 2pm, Oct and #15 Nov on audible.com but there are rarely a lot of people "Fantasy" list. Neil Gaiman: The DC Universe (hc 3/17/17; Supporting: $15. FFI: Filk Circle: open to all who like to graphic story collection from DC http://mnstf.org/minicon52/ participate in music with f/sf lyrics. Comics); and these story reprints: 4th Sunday at 5pm. FFI: Rich Brown, July 6-9. CONvergence 2017, "Diamonds and Pearls" in Beyond the 651-646-2159, [email protected] Woods (ed. Paula Guran); "Black Dog" Bloomington, MN. Registration: in Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Adults $60, 13-17 $40, 6-12, $20, all PRINT FANDOM LIVES! Stipple-Apa (ed. Guran) and in Best Science to 1/25. FFI: is a healthy general-interest Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, V.10 http://www.convergence-con.org/ publication with members in four (ed. Jonathan Strahan) and in Best countries. Local collations are every July 21-23: Diversicon 25. Best Horror of the Year, V.8 (ed. Ellen six weeks except for December. Western Bandana Square, St Paul. Datlow) Chat with fellow fans the classic way. GoHs: Eleanor Arnason, Melissa FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226 Naomi Kritzer, "" Scott. FFI http://www.diversicon.org/ reprinted in Years's Best Science Einblatt from July 95 to date is on Aug 9-13, 2017. Worldcon 75. Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 (ed. Rich the web at www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Helsinki, Finland. GoHs: John-Henri Horton) and in The Best Science Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing- Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Fiction of the Year (ed. Neil Clarke); list – sign up at the web-site (here). Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, Walter Jon latter also reprints her "So Much The Dead-tree Einblatt is available Cooking" Williams. FFI: http://www.worldcon.fi/ by subscription. Cost is $10, payable pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. Ongoing Information by check mailed to the Minn-StF PO tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. Box, check or cash handed to coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue Board of Directors: Aaron Vander YrHumbleEinblattEd (as of Giessen, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Conventions December 2009, Scott Raun), or Raun, Matt Strait & Hershey Harris - PayPal to [email protected]. Feb 16-19, 2017. Capricon 37. [email protected]. Mn-STF meetings Wheeling, IL. GoHs: Beth Revis, are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday This Einblatt was edited by Scott Meg Frank. FFI: every month, for Board meetings Raun with the assistance of Denny http://capricon.org/capricon37/ check the minutes that are posted at Lien (publishing news) and Kevin mnstf.org/records/board-minutes/. Austin (conventions). Mar 3-5, 2017. Marscon 2017, Bloomington, MN. GoHs: Sharon Minn-STF web site: www.mnstf.org/. Einblatt is a monthly publication of Lee, Steve Miller, Benjamin & Minicon web site: the Minnesota Science Fiction Cariann Higginbotham. Registration: www.mnstf.org/minicon/. Society, devoted to news of the local Teen/Adult $50, 6-12 $25, SF community. E-mail same to RUNE is Minn-stf's clubzine. It has a Supporting $30, through 1/31. FFI: [email protected], send to Scott sporadic schedule (but *has* had http://marscon.org/2017/ Raun, 3928 11th Ave. S., issues this decade!). See Minneapolis, MN 55407; or call him Apr 14-17, 2017. Minicon 52. GoHs: http://mnstf.org/Rune or at 612-822-0451. Email submissions Jim C. Hines, Brother Guy [email protected] most preferred, no phone calls after Consolmagno, Mark Oshiro. Gamesday Players: Board & card 10pm. // Next Einblatt! Deadline: Registration: Adults, $40 to 3/17/17; nd gaming almost every Friday evening. 11:59PM December 22 , 2016 Student, $20 to 3/17/17; Kid, $10 to FFI: Richard Tatge at 612-827-3228.

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