Einblatt! February 2004 Calendar Advance Warning Kij Johnson, "At the Mouth of the River of st Bees," online on Sci Fiction site Sat, Feb 7, 2PM. Minn-StF 1 Mar 13: Minn-StF Voting Meeting. Mar (www.scifi.com) Nominations Meeting. Irene & Scott 20: Minn-StF Meeting. Mar 7 & 21: Raun’s, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. Minicon Open Meetings Jim Young, "Ultraviolet Night," in the March Dogs, smoking outside. FFI: 612- 2004 Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction 822-0451 Birthdays: Sun, Feb 8. 2PM. Minicon 39 Will Shetterly, "Brian and the Aliens," 2: Don Fitch; 4: Shandra Duval; 5: Faun reprinted in New Skies (ed P Nielsen Meeting. Laura Jean Fish's, 3637 Bonewits, Peer Dudda, Miranda Novack; Hayden), 2003 hc Bloomington Ave S, Mpls. One tiny 6: Elizabeth Cooper; 8: Mark Abbott, cat, no smoking, no guns. FFI: 612- Kathy Grantham; 10: Bill Colsher; 11: Will Shetterly, "Little Red and the Big Bad," 724-2514 Page Appelbaum; 14: Blue Petal; 15: in Swan Sister (ed Datlow/Windling), 2003 Erik Biever; 16: John Stanley; 18: Linda hc, also includes Neil Gaiman, "Inventing Sat, Feb 14, 12N. Clutterers Aladdin" (a poem) Anonymous Meeting. Anodyne Cafe, Novack, Mary Boyom; 20: Dan 4300 Nicollet Ave S. Look for the Goodman; 23: Bev Elmshauser, Peter Neil Gaiman, "The Monarch of the Glen," in Serenity Prayer on a table. FFI: Dan Larsen; 25: Charles Piehl, Steve St. Legends II (ed Silverberg), 2004 Del Rey hc Onge; 28: Steven Bush G, 612-821-3934, [email protected] Neil Gaiman, "Chivalry," reprinted in New Sun, Feb 15, 2PM. Ladies Sewing Magics (ed Patrick Nielsen Hayden), 2004 Announcements: hc Circle & Terrorist Society. Terry Garey’s, 3149 Park Ave S, Mpls. Call for Minicon Proposals! Proposals Gaiman also has short pieces in Little Lit II: FFI: 612-824-5157 to run Minicon 40 will be accepted at the It Was A Dark And Silly Night (ed th next Board Meeting (Feb 25 ). They Spiegelman and Mouly), 2003 Cotler hc; Sun, Feb 15, 2PM. Neil Gaiman should include enough budget to allow and in The Thackerery T. Lambshead discusses Coraline on MPR’s for rates to be set so as to allow for Pocket Guide To Eccentric And Discredited Talking Volumes, w/ special musical memberships to be purchased at Minicon Diseases (ed VanderMeer and Roberts), guest Folk Underground. Fitzgerald 39, a timeline of events for the year, and 2003 Night Shade hc); he also has a new Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. qualifications of the Chair / Co-Chairs introduction in the American reprint hc of Paul. Tickets: 651-290-1221. FFI: and any other committee members. M.J. Simpson's Hitchhiker: A Biography Of http://www.mpr.org/www/books/talkin Contact Larry Sanderson at 612-872- Douglas Adams; also there's an article on gvolumes/ 8468 or [email protected] if you Gaiman in the January 2004 issue of Starlog Sat, Feb 21, 2PM. Minn-StF 2nd would like past Minicon or Minn-StF Nominations Meeting. Dean Gahlon budget information. Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin Of Souls was #4 hc on January Locus Bestseller list, & Laura Krentz’, 4323 France Ave S, The Minn-StF Board is in search of a new Mpls. Cats, piano rolls, no smoking and #8 on Borders/Walden list in same Speaker to Insurance – Kaye is issue. indoors, no guns. FFI: 612-929-2150 resigning, the new Board will have to find Sun, Feb 22. 2PM. Minicon 39 a replacement. Volunteers? Neil Gaiman's American Gods was #4 pb on January Locus list and #2 pb on Meeting. Laura Jean Fish's, 3637 The Minn-StF Archives need a new Borders/Walden list in same issue; Bloomington Ave S, Mpls. One tiny home, and we need a new Archivist. additionally, the tp version was #3 on cat, no smoking, no guns. FFI: 612- Either three or four four-drawer file B&N/B Dalton tp list 724-2514 cabinets need a new home by April. Volunteers? Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin Of Souls is Tues, Feb 24, 6:30-8PM. John one of five nominees (and the only sf/f one) Calvin Rezmerski reads at Ruth Berman's father, Dr. Reuben in the Minnesota Book Awards "Popular Dreamhaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Berman, died January 4, 2004. (He was Fiction" category; winners announced April Mpls. Co-sponsored by S.AS.E. - born February 8, 1908.) He had been in 25th The Write Place and SF Minnesota. poor health for several months. FFI: Eric Heideman, 612-271-5959, Neil Gaiman's American Gods won a [email protected] Neeters and Jason Hollister are divorcing Geffen Award as best fantasy novel – Neeters is now at 215 Red Oak Dr W, published in 2003 in Israel; other nominees Wed, Feb 25, 7:00PM. Minn-StF #I, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 408-655-5529 included Gaiman's Coraline and Stephen Board Meeting. Scott Raun’s, 3928 Brust's Jhereg th 11 Ave S, Mpls. Dogs, limited Publishing News Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free, June hc smoking. FFI: Any board member. reprint from NESFA Press Ruth Berman has a poem, "TV Tea," in the Thurs, Feb 26, 11:59PM. Einblatt February Asimov's. Steven Brust, Sethra Lavode, April hc novel Deadline! from Tor; also August tp reprint of Agyar Emma Bull (with art by Charles Vess), "The from Tor/Orb Sat, Feb 28, 1PM. Nate & Louie Black Fox," graphic fiction in Firebirds ed. Bucklin move from 3240 Fremont Sharyn November (Firebird/Puffin hc, Neil Gaiman, Sandman: Endless Nights, Ave S, #104 to 3846/3848 21st Ave 2003), also include Kara Dalkey, "The Lady January hc reprint by Science Fiction Book S. of the Ice Garden," & Laurel Winter, "The Club Flying Woman" Lyda Morehouse, Apocalypse Array, June Phillip C. Jennings, "The Saint," in the pb novel from Roc March 2004 Asimov's Joel Rosenberg, Not Really The Prisoner $15. FFI: 5pm: 3236 Cedar Ave South; FFI: 612-721- Of Zenda, August pb reprint from Tor www.mnstf.org/minicon/minicon39/ 6076. Cats. local publisher: Llewellyn has The Raven's April 30-May 2, DemiCon XV, Des Moines, Artists and Writers: Get your art and Ring Pin by John Anacker (ya tp) due IA. GOHs: Emma Bull & Will Shetterly, thoughts in print in Stipple-Apa, small-and- February Frank Kelly Freas, Rusty Hevelin, Tadao cozy general-interest publication. FFI: Tomomatsu. http://www.demicon.org Jeanne Mealy 651-771-7226 pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. Jul 30–Aug 2, Mythcon 35, Ann Arbor, MI. Einblatt is posted on Usenet groups coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue University of Michigan. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, rec.arts.sf.fandom, rec.arts.sf.announce Charles A. Huttar. 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