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Minicon 34 Program Book Classic Science Fiction from two-time Nebula Award winner and four-time Hugo Award winning author Gordon R. Dickson THE WAY OF NECROMANCER THE PILGRIM Gordon R. Dickson Gordon R. Dickson Available in Paperback Available July 1999 in 0-812-54530-3 Trade Paperback TACTICS OF MISTAKE $5.99/$7.99 Can 0-312-86662-3 Gordon R. Dickson $15.95 Available in Paperback 0-812-54531-1 $5.99/$7.99 Can Minicon 34 Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc. welcomes you to Minicon 34, April 2-4, 1999 Hilton Minneapolis & Towers, Minneapolis, Minnesota DreamHaven Writer GoH: Octavia E. Butler Fan GoHs: Mark and Priscilla Olson Books & Comics Bookseller GoH: David Nee Table of Contents: Dear Members of Minicon, by Geri Sullivan. 3 Octavia E. Butler and Her Many Kinds of Readers, by Janice M. Bogstad . 4 LynLake Dinkytown A Butler Primary and Secondary Bibliography, by Janice M. Bogstad . 5 912 W. Lake St., Mpls. 1309 4th St. SE, Mpls. A Short Introduction to Dave Nee, by Debbie Notkin . 6 612-823-6161 612-379-8924 Mark Olson, FN and Priscilla Olson, FN, by Anthony Lewis . 7 Programming, by Teresa Nielsen Hayden . 7 • New, used, and rare SF, • New SF, fantasy, and horror Convention Services, by Mike Bakula . 10 fantasy, and horror • New and back-issue comics Convention Policies . 10 • New and back-issue comics Hotel, by Geri Sullivan. 11 • TV & film books & magazines Volunteers, by Betsy Lundsten . 12 • TV & film books & magazines • Role-playing games & CCG’s Hospitality, by Liz Cooper and Slugger. 12 • Queer & kink books & magazines Post Office, by Scott Imes . 12 • One hour free parking at the Bozo Bus Tribune, by Jeff Schalles. 13 • Free parking behind our store Dinkytown Parking Facility Mark Time Radio Hour, by Jerry Stearns . 13 Costume Reception, by Marci Malinowycz . 10 Art Show, by David Wilford . 15 Voted Best Comic Book Store A Bird of Rare Plumage–Ann Layman Chancellor, by Suford Lewis . 16 City Pages 1998 Introducing Crystal Marvig to Minicon, by Joyce Scrivner . 17 A Brief History of Minicon, by Fred A. Levy Haskell . 20 We do mail order all over the planet — Minicon is brought to you by . 24 call 612-823-6070 for a free monthly book catalog Minicon is brought to you by… Minicon’s address: Minnesota Science Fiction Society Minicon Visit our website at www.visi.com/~dreamhvn/ P.O. Box 8583 P.O. Box 8297 or email us at [email protected] Lake Street Station Lake Street Station Minneapolis, MN 55408 Minneapolis, MN 55408 Minn-stf events hotline: 612-824-5559 Website: http://www.mnstf.org Visit our tables in the hucksters room! A Rune Press publication. Copyright ©1999 by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society (Minn-stf). All rights reserved. Edited, produced and distributed by the Minicon 34 Committee and Staff for Minn-stf — a non-profit, volunteer-run organization since 1968. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Minn-stf. Illustrations remain the property of the respective artists. Credits are on page 24 of this book. Dear members of Minicon by Geri Sullivan BRAND NEW WORK FROM OUR Dear members of Minicon, Minn-stf (the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, sponsors “You have the most interesting friends.” of Minicon) and fandom. We think Minicon is great, but A client told me that eight weeks ago, after hearing yet it’s only the beginning. another story involving someone I know thanks to Minicon I’d like to welcome every other member of Minicon, too. TWIN CITIES AUTHORS and fandom. “Yes, I do,” I replied with a smile, thinking Our Guests of Honor: Octavia E. Butler, Mark and Priscilla not only of Bruce Schneier, the fan and crypto expert I’d Olson, and David Nee. Those who have been to every just mentioned, but of all the other fans I’ve told her about Minicon, such as Fred A. Levy Haskell, Black (Don in the two years we’ve been working together. Nelson), Margie Lessinger, and Dr. Kuhfeld. Long-time fans We all have the most interesting friends, and many of like Jack Heneghan, who’s here for his first. (I’ve gotten to them are right here at Minicon 34. We’ve gathered this know Jack at conventions in Tennessee, California, and weekend to enjoy each other’s company in celebration of Scotland. It’s a delight to finally welcome him to Minicon!) our shared interests in science fiction, fantasy, and fandom. Minneapolis natives, like Karen Johnson, and fans from And, as always, we’ll do it in that style that is uniquely across the Atlantic, like Bernie Peek. Writers and artists and Minneapolis, uniquely Minicon. musicians. Former and upcoming Worldcon chairs and A year ago, this committee promised “Minicon 34 those who have only recently discovered fandom via the will be different.” We hosted parties in last year’s consuite, Internet. And you, of course. Yes, you. participated in programming, and did our best to spread You have the most interesting friends…please, intro- the word about why the convention was going to scale back duce me and the other members of Minicon to several more and how it was going to change. of them this weekend. I’ll do the same. As is usual with such things, it’s wound up even more Fannishly yours, different than we imagined. Most noticeably, we’re in a new Geri Sullivan hotel. (Please help us settle in with care.) We’re also a lot Facilitator, Minicon 34 DRAGON MAGICIAN’S WARD THE DRAGON IN smaller than Minicon has been in recent history, or even Steven Brust Patricia Wrede LYONESSE not-so-recent history. As of the close of pre-registration, it Gordon R. Dickson looks like we’ll have around 1,375 members this year. That’s Available in Hardcover Available in Paperback about the size Minicon was the last time we were downtown, 0-312-86692-5 0-812-52085-8 Available in Hardcover just a block away, where the Leamington Transit Center is $22.95 $5.99/$7.99 Can 0-312-86159-1 now located. $25.95 You’ll notice other changes this weekend as well. We believe the purpose of Minicon’s convention-sponsored activities is to promote interaction among the membership in a manner that is both fun and sustainable. Fun as in providing opportu- nities to talk and laugh, to think and play together. Sustainable as in something the people coming to and working on Minicon can enjoy doing year after year, and that will attract new people to help run the convention. Perhaps even you. Minicon also exists to help us all build and strengthen friendships with fans here in the Twin Cities, across North America, and around the world. I can tell you from personal experience that working on the convention can be a won- derful way to do that. (Yes, here comes the Volunteer! plug.) Please, find out for yourself. If you’re not already working on Minicon, stop by the volunteers table and ask how you, too, can lend a helping hand and get one of those spiff volunteer ribbons for your badge. By doing so, you’ll be helping create a convention that’s here for us all to enjoy, DOGLAND BHAGAVATI JUNIPER, GENTIAN AND and meeting a few new friends in the process. Will Shetterly Kara Dalkey ROSEMARY Speaking of new friends, I’d especially like to welcome Pamela Dean those who are at their first science fiction convention, or Available in Trade Paperback Available in Hardcover their first volunteer-run SF convention, such as Rachael 0-312-86605-4 0-312-86003-X Available in Hardcover Lininger and Garnet Holmstadt. Enjoy! Ask questions! If $15.95 $24.95 0-312-86004-8 you like it, please, don’t wait an entire year until the next $24.95 Minicon—ask us now how you can get more involved with 3 Octavia E. Butler and Her Many Kinds of Readers A Butler Primary and Secondary Bibliography By Janice Bogstad, longtime fan and librarian (Not Exhaustive). Many years ago, before I entertained the revolutionary discussing these issues, lots more women and a few more by Janice M. Bogstad, Ph.D notion of an academic career, a friend gave me review male writers also. It’s a pretty exciting time in the field, for Doerksen, Teri Ann. “Octavia E. Butler: Parables of Race copies of two novels by an unknown writer, Octavia E. all sorts of writers, Butler included. Fiction: and Difference.” Into Darkness Peering, ed. E. A. Leonard, Butler, which were published in fragile hardback editions Butler’s versatility was apparent to me early on, but I Xenogenesis Trilogy 21-34. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. by Doubleday. I was enchanted have been continually excited and gratified with her ongoing Dawn. NY: Warner, 1987. by them, and looked for others. work. She is one of those writers who do not compromise Foster, Frances S. “Octavia Butler’s Black Female Future Adulthood Rites. NY: Warner, 1988. They were Butler’s with a novel in order to ‘fit’ it into someone else’s precon- Vision.” Extrapolation 23 (1982), 37-49. Mind of My Imago. NY: Warner, 1989. Mind and Patternmaster. This led ceptions of what she should write and what they want to Govan, Sandra Y. “Homage to Tradition: Octavia Butler Patternist me to suggest her as a guest for read. And it started to pay off in Hugos, Nebulas, and in Renovates the Historical Novel,” Melus 13 (Spring/Summer our fledgling WisCon.
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