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Voyageur the Anticipation Newsletter Issue 5: Friday Evening Email Your News to Newsletter@Anticipationsf.Ca Voyageur The Anticipation newsletter Issue 5: Friday Evening Email your news to [email protected] Why is This Newsletter Called Fan Achievement (Organizational) / Gaiman Watch Voyageur? Accomplissement fanique (Organisation) The info desk wants to remind you that World Fantasy 2008, Randy McCharles, Because we named it after a really cool you can get tickets for Neil’s Monday (Chair) guitar made out of 64 pieces of Canadian signing at 09:00 Monday at 210A. Neil’s history—see http://sixstringnation.com. Accomplissement fanique (autre) / Fan Kaffeeklatch is by lottery; see their table. Achievement (Other) Prix Aurora Awards Heather Dale Concert, Best Long-Form Work in English / Joan Sherman (Organizer) Meilleur livre en anglais: Marseguro, Edward Willett (DAW Books) Sidewise Awards Given for alternate history Meilleur livre en français / Best Long- and parallel reality fiction. Form Work in French Les vents de Tammerlan, Michèle Long Form: The Dragon’s Nine Laframboise (Éditions Médiaspaul, coll. Sons, by Chris Roberson Jeunesse-Plus) Short Form: “Sacrifice” by Mary Best Short-Form Work in English / Rosenblum Meilleure nouvelle en anglais “Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, About those Parties Alberta,” Randy McCharles (Tesseracts Remember that every member of Programme Corrections Twelve, Edge Science Fiction) Anticipation is welcome at all the parties Remember that most programme listed on the party boards or in the Meilleure nouvelle en français / Best corrections are on the pink sheets; pick newsletter. This means You. Do please Short-Form Work in French them up from the info desk or remember to wear your con badge. « Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire », Jean- programme track rooms. Louis Trudel (Solaris 167) We were short of space last ish so forget The 12:30 Saturday programme item to mention that many of tonight’s parties Best Work in English (Other) / Meilleur 3-137 should read “Verb Noire: Faces of have added attractions such as Secret ouvrage en anglais (Autre) Fandom, a presentation on the Mystery Guests, Unusual Foodstuffs, Neo-opsis magazine, Karl Johanson, Ed. importance of race and representation to Erotic Trivia and Bacon. James Bacon. Meilleur ouvrage en français (Autre) / the future of SFF.” Best Work in French (Other) Important Notice (Fire) Julie Czernada’s Kaffeeklatch at Solaris, Joël Champetier, Editing After our explanation of how to handle Saturday 14:00 has been cancelled. ice, a hotel manager has told us that one Artistic Achievement / Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Faucett's signing of you left a sandwich maker on and Accomplissement artistique has moved to 14:00 Saturday, in the unattended in their room. It overheated, Looking for Group, Lar deSouza (online Autographs area. causing a fire hazard. Don't leave comic) cooking implements unattended and Gratuitous Plug Accomplissement fanique (Fanzine) / turn them off when not in use. The We've been asked to plug BristolCon, Fan Achievement (Fanzine) facilities team say “please don't burn 25-26 September in Bristol, UK. Guests The Original Universe, Jeff Boman, (Ed.) down the hotel”. We agree. Coming up Alastair Reynolds and Charles Butler. 5next time, do’s and don’ts for earth and air. See How the Other Half Lives A general roundup including The award wining short documentary For everyone who’s been wondering suggestions from the audience: Naming Pluto will be screened at 19:00 what’s been going on in the French Something Positive, Questionable Content, on Saturday in P-511D), followed by a panels, simultaneous translation will be Narbonic, Kevin and Kell, Sinfest, The discussion with a panel of astronomers. provided for English-speaking visitors to White Board, Exterminatus Now and that —Henry Balen the panels in P-513D tomorrow. Between hoary old favourite, Sluggy Freelance. 11:00 and 18:30, the panels in French will —Giulia de Cesare The punning title “scanning for life” for be translated by professional Spelunking the Underground a poetry panel resulted in most audience interpreters; wireless headsets will be members showed up expecting a panel available. Empire on the search for extraterrestrial life. —Jean-Louis Trudol You can access the secret underground —Scott Edelman passage between the Delta and the Palais Former Worldcon Chairs by heading downstairs at the North-East Real Mountaineers Go The traditional gathering for a photo corner of the Palais or by passing Over the Top opportunity will take place on Sunday at through the restaurant queue at the Tom Abba tweets: All of you in Montreal 11:00 in room P-518BC, at the first break Delta. In both cases there are clear signs —take an hour or two, walk up Mount point when the Business Meeting can for those who know how to look for them. Royal and take in the view. Spectacular, take a recess. Please be there for the XYZZY. Or you could just follow the and good for you. Meanwhile, Lyndie photo shoot, and please pass the word to trail of fans. Bright suggests that if you want to take other former Chairs who may not have Service Above and Beyond it at a slightly more leisurely pace, heard about the session. there's an (orange) metro train to Mount —Kevin Standlee We think the con should award a prize Royal, where you can transfer to bus #11 to the gopher who walks between the Human Battleships up hill; the ride is an half hour loop, Delta and the Palais the most times in a with buses 20 minutes apart. Fleet TARDIS (commanded by Elliott day. Anyone care to start with a Mitchell) overcame Fleet Andromeda nomination? A tourist pass is $17 for 3 days unlimited (commanded by Paul Metz), and in the rides. second game David Schlossiv’s Seaview What is it that the people of Write for the Newsletter! was pounded to shreds by Rick Arino's Quebec remember? SS Minnow. Tamie Inoue ably ran the Now that we’ve told you all the key game, which everyone very much notices, we have plenty of space to run enjoyed. Our Readers Write your stories, reviews, anecdotes, and so —Lew Wolkoff on; we’ve still got eight more issues to Following a torrent of distressed email fill. We can’t report on the con because The Webcomics You Should Be we are happy to clarify that both women we’re hidden in a dungeon and are only and men overwhelmingly voted against Reading let out for parties. Tell us about the cool the business meeting proposal to stuff that’s going on please! Your trusty reporter walked all the way arbitrarily add women to the Hugo to room 524, the second most distant in ballot. For future reference, please note the Palais, so you didn't have to, for this that Voyageur is produced in an standing room only item. Panel was Joe environment that also handles jokes. Pearce, Tom Galloway, Claude Another reader asks “Why isn’t the Lalumière and Howard Taylor. An newsletter also in French?” Parce que interesting bit of trivia—the first notre français est merde. webcomic was Doctor Fun, which began in September 1993. Specially for Science If you are looking for a quick, short hit of On Saturday afternoon, Dr Hipkin of the humour, try: Book of Biff, Jesus and Mo, Canadian Space Agency will do a Wondermark, XKCD or Penny Arcade. presentation on exploring the red planet. For longer, involved plots, the panel Those of you who may be interested in suggested: Girl Genius, Freak Angels, finding out more about the CSA may be Finder and Sin Titulo. interested in knowing that the CSA has an exhibit at the McCord museum downtown called eSpace. This issue produced by Alison Scott, with illustrations by Sue Mason, assistance from the Cabal. I just want to point out that Gaiman Watch was Steven’s idea. Quebecers,5 remember to wear your name badge. Since when has grey been a pastel colour?.
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