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Betsy's David Messer; 5: Claire Lenander; 6: Back Porch, 5447 Nicollet Ave S, tp, Overlook, 9: Greg Ketter; 11: Victor Raymond; 8265, [email protected] Adam Stemple , Pay 12: Seth Breidbart; 14: Lisa Sanders; The Piper, hc, Tor Starscape, July à Sat, Jan 8, 1-2PM, South 15: Bruce Schneier; 17: Giovanna Minneapolis meeting of Clutterers Fregni, Andrew Bertke; 18: Pamela Caroline Stevermer, A Scholar Of Anonymous. Pillsbury House, 3501 Magics, pb reprint, Tor, July Chicago Ave S, Mpls. FFI on this Dyer-Bennet; 20: Kij Johnson; 23: and/or two other CLA meetings in Rachel Bendtsen; 24: Keith Hauer- Local publisher: Diadem: Worlds Of the Twin Cities: 612-821-3934 or Lowe; John Houghton, Katie Jennie; Magic: Book Of Thunder by John Peel [email protected] 26: John Slade; 30: Linda Lounsbury (tp reprint; now out); sequels Book Of à Sun, Jan 9, 2-5PM. Ladies Sewing Earth (January) and Book Of Circle. Linda Lounsbury's, 4125 Announcements: Nightmares (March) forthcoming; also Dupont Ave S, Mpls. No Smoking, Interviews of Eleanor Arnason, Ruth The Seer: Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton (pb, June). cat. FFI: Linda, 612-824-6336 Berman, Lois McMaster Bujold, g Sat, Jan 15, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Margaret Howes, Tim Powers, and pb=mass market paperback. Irene & Scott Raun’s, 3928 11th Ave Professor Jack Zipes can now be hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback S, Mpls. Dogs, smoking outside. viewed in QuickTime format at the nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. 822-0451, [email protected], TV Bookshelf website, anth=anthology. r=reissue [email protected] http://www.tvbookshelf.com à Sat, Jan 15, 2:00-4:00PM: Stipple- Conventions Apa collation. Jeanne Mealy & John Publishing News Jan 21-23, 31 Flavors of Confusion, Stanley, 1595 E. Hoyt Ave, St. Paul. Detroit, MI. GoHs: Emma Bull, Will Hill House is issuing a limited hc of a Potential members welcome! Two Shetterly, Steven Brust, David G. new Gaiman book, Melinda: 1000 cats, no smoking, Christmas tree Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Derek (probably). FFI: 651-771-7226 signed copies; 60 pages; heavily Grime,Christian Ready. illustrated; $90; details at http://www.stilyagi.org/cons/2005/ à Sun, Jan 16, 2PM, Twin Cities http://hillhousepublishers.com/ Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup. Mar 25-27, 2005, Minicon 40, Mpls, MN. Hiawatha Joe, 4135 Hiawatha Ave Marguerite Krause and Susan GoHs: Terry Pratchett, Jim Young. S, Mpls. FFI: Go to Sizemore, Children Of The Rock v. 1 http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/ http://scifiwriting.meetup.com/2/, and 2 (Moon's Dreaming and Moon’s contact the organizer from there. Dancing) released in hc and tp by Five Apr 8-10, 2005. Odysseycon V, Madison, Star. WI. GoHs: Lois McMaster Bujold, Nick à Tues, Jan 25, 6:30-8:00PM. Atoms. http://www.venture- Speculations Reading Series: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin Of 1.com/~oddcon/ January 25, John Calvin Rezmerski. 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