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And Minneapolis in 2073 Progress Report 7 Rune #90 Volume 15, No. 4 Mahew and Kelly Strait, editors Published by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society You are geing this because: You ced/otherwise contributed to this issue/Editorial whim You are a pre-supporting member of Minneapolis in 2073 You are a club we’ve heard of You are a voting MNSTF member You pied this copy up at a con or similar You ought to get the next issue if you: • Are a member of Minneapolis in 2073 and the next is also a Minneapolis in 2073 Progress Report like this one. • Send us a leer of comment, fanzine in trade, or any amount of money (suggested amount: $2.07; es to “Minnesota Science Fiction Society”), or in some other way actively tell us that you want it. • Are a voting member of Minnstf. You can request receiving the next issue on paper if you got this one by email, or vice versa. For : For general Mnstf correspondence: Minn-stf c/o Mahew and Kelly Strait PO Box 8297 1228 E 54th St #1E Lake Street Station Chicago IL 60615 Minneapolis MN 55408 [email protected] [email protected] mnstf.org/Rune mnstf.org Please contact Minicon, the Minnstf fallcon, and Minneapolis in 2073 as directed by ea convention. Uncredited material © 2014 Minnesota Science Fiction Society. Credited material © 2014 by the contributor(s), all rights reserved, or as marked, except as follows: Content by Ma Strait is bequeathed to the public domain. Blimp art and bla holes cartoon by Rael Kroni are released under Creative Commons Aribution, creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/3.0. Except for the board minutes, nothing here constitutes official statements by the club. Rune #90 and MPLS2073 PR 7 1 July 2014 Minn-stf Events • Easter weekend 2015, April 2–5 (4 days): Minicon 50. GoH: authors Brandon Minnstf throws bimonthly house parties, Sanderson, Jane Yolen, and Larry Niven, usually on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays. ey’re musician Adam Stemple, publisher Tom called “meetings”, but the only meeting- Doherty, and artist Miael Whelan. FFI: ish part is the 5-minute “business meeting”, see reg form later in this issue. mostly for the purpose of announcing the • 2073 (dates TBA): e 131st Worldcon. next meetings. e parties officially start at Contingent on being selected by the 2pm, but are very quiet until 4pm. Usually World Science Fiction Society. they run past midnight. To find the next one, look at the front page of our website or the Einbla, mnstf.org/einbla. You can Contents subscribe to the Einbla by email or on Leers of comment . 3 paper. e next meetings: Aussiecon 4 report, part II . 8 • ere would ordinarily be a meeting on Minicon conreports . 11 July 5, but it’s cancelled in favor of Board minutes . 20 Convergence. Minneapolis in 2073 Progress Report . 27 • July 19: the Mnstf picnic, whi is at Comparative Con Financials . 30 Minnehaha Falls picnic area #2 (same as last year), starting at noon. • Aug 2: Liz Fish’s, 1417 Breda Ave, St Art Credits Paul. Cover: Brad Foster • Aug 16: Sco and Irene Raun’s, 3928 11th Page 2: Larry Tis Ave S, Mpls. Page 7: Bonnie Somdahl And we throw conventions. To wit: Page 10: orin Tatge • October 10–12: METHOD Con 2. Our Page 14: Rael Kroni* relaxacon. eme: MNStf (Re)Visits “War Page 19: Bonnie Somdahl for the Oaks” Featured artist Tim Cooper, Page 26: Pat Scaramuzza† featured authors Emma Bull & Will Shet- Page 29: Rael Kroni terly. FFI: see reg form later in this issue. Ba cover blimp: Rael Kroni *bladeandcrown.com †genocideman.com Rune #90 and MPLS2073 PR 7 2 July 2014 Letters of Comment someone else took up the tor and tried to develop a game from whatever fragments of information might be le, it wouldn’t be the same game. It truly would be a case where every copy of the game was destroyed and every memory of it gone. A game that is simply out of print isn’t dead at all. Just look at AD&D 1st edition. It was out of print for what seemed like forever, but I just bought a new copy of the PHB hot off the presses last year. e worldbuilding article is something I completely agree with. Not ev- erything has to have a serious/constructive purpose. Worldbuilding for fun, or as an intellectual exercise, is just as legitimate as worldbuilding for any other purpose. Most of the minutes were at the edge of readability for type size, but at least they’ve finally been immortalized on paper. anks for printing my “comic”, though I have a feeling that anyone I haven’t explained it to wouldn’t understand it. I From Kevin Austin can finally now say I’m a “published artist”. anks for the issue of Rune 87. You ac- (Although maybe not with a straight face.) complished something I failed to and you e Ctein article about the 100 Year should be whole heartedly congratulated. Starship Study was also interesting. I hadn’t (CONGRATULATIONS!) heard anything about it before, and it’s a I enjoyed the remembrances of Jim subject I find fascinating. Young. Even though he hadn’t been around e Minicon budget article was some- mu in the last few years, decades really, thing I am not currently interested in, his passing leaves a hole in Minneapolis though I have a feeling that if I ever decide fandom. to be on the exec for another Minicon it’s I also found the update on the Min- something I’ll be looking at. neapolis in 2073 bid interesting. I hope to I always, well almost always, enjoy support at the Peep level some day when I’m convention trip reports and Jeanne Mealy’s a bit more flush, but that may be a ways off. article about her trip for Aussiecon 4 was no On Rael’s articles I have to say I’m exception. prey mu agreement. I can conceive of Your red shirt analysis was interesting, a scenario where a game developer dies though I’m not sure it’s worth the time you in the middle of creating a game and his took to compile it. Hopefully you were able vengeful relatives swoop in and destroy all to enjoy wating the shows while you were of the materials relating to the game. In tallying. that case I’d call the game dead. Even if Rune #90 and MPLS2073 PR 7 3 July 2014 Congrats on the new babies! I also liked seeing the LoCs up front. Brad Foster men- tioned how nice it was to see a print zine. I’m a member of two print apas that would love to have new members. Contact me for information about the St. Paul-based one. We have contributors in several countries who like to at the classic fannish way and welcome new folks. Sadly, we have lost friends since Jim Young. Ed Rom, Eria Johnson, Blue Petal, and Myrna Parmentier won’t be seen at conventions anymore. I think it would be a good idea to mention local fans we’ve lost. Happy 35 (now 36) years in fandom to Yvonne and Lloyd Penney. I aended my first con in 1976: Minicon. While fandom was still geing integrated ba then and women got a lile more aention than I was comfortable with, I did appreciate being able to talk with people about my interests and went on to aend more cons and Mn-Stf Rune 89 meetings and get into print fandom. Wish I had time to do more. I was amused by Brad Foster’s suggestion that it would be easier to print the list of non-members of the 2073 bid closer to that date than printing the list of members. True, true. anks for Jerry Stearns’ article on the Mark Time Awards. I hadn’t known all of the history. It was also helpful to get infor- mation on various SF audio productions. I enjoyed doing the “Rules of Rummage” article. One of my special finds this year was a cookbook entirely in Fren. My sister works as an interpreter and was happy to get it. anks, Ma, for listing the cons that Mn-Stf has run. It brought ba some fond memories. Ba to RUNE 88: anks for listing the From Jeanne Mealy: upcoming Mn-Stf events. Minicon 49 was anks for RUNE 88 (May 2013). e P.O., or great and Minicon 50 promises to be quite maybe the eels, ate part of the front cover of an extravaganza! John’s issue. anks for the illos by various RUNE 89 (November 2013): I had to do folks. I like to see lots of art. comments from the PDF as I didn’t get this Rune #90 and MPLS2073 PR 7 4 July 2014 issue! I would really appreciate geing at client (big bus) teller area. I believe that least one copy of it, if someone doesn’t need everyone has interesting stories. Let’s hear to keep theirs. I will be at CONvergence ’em. See ’em. Uh, you know what I mean. and Detcon in July if a hand-off would be Good to see the Mnstf board minutes, possible. Or send me an e-mail and let me Minicon financials, and gaming info. I’m know if you could mail the issue. I would sure they will have enthusiastic readers. I rather not replicate the infamous example of tend to find more entertainment in things Bob Tuer and the many bris that began like the METHOD Con reports.