Einblatt! April 2003 Calendar FFI: 651-770-7969, M.A.R. Barker novel, Lords Of www.plazamaplewood.com/late Tsamra (Zottola tp, 2003), now out; Sat, Apr 5, 2PM. Minn-StF nite.html both author and publisher are local, Meeting & Laura Jean’s Birthday as are cover artist Giovanna Fregni Party. Laura Jean Fish & David Sat, Apr 26, 11:30PM. Marscon and book designer Victor Raymond Schroth’s, 3637 Bloomington Movie Night – Heavy Metal. $3. Ave S, Mpls. No Smoking, One Plaza Maplewood Theater, 1847 Lois McMaster Bujold: novel Paladin Cat. FFI: Laura or David, 612- East Larpenteur, Maplewood. of Souls due in hc from 724-2514 FFI: 651-770-7969, HarperCollinsEos in October and in www.plazamaplewood.com/late tp in UK from HarperCollins Voyager, Sun, Apr 6, 2PM, Minicon 38 nite.html also October. Diplomatic Immunity Open Meeting. Laura Jean due in pb reprint in UK from Simon & Fish’s, 3637 Bloomington Ave S, Advance Warning Schuster/Earthlight in September Mpls. No Smoking, One Cat. Minn-StF Meetings, May 3rd & 17th. Upcoming pb reprints of Diplomatic FFI: Laura Jean, 612-724-2514, Immunity (June), Young Miles (July) [email protected]; Larry and Miles, Mystery & Mayhem Sanderson, 612-872-8468, Birthdays: (August) are coming out from Baen, [email protected]. 1: Michael Mornard; 2: Jeffrey A. not Tor (as we had earlier listed Wed, Apr 9. Minn-StF Board Ahlstrom; 3: Mike Dorn; 7: Bill Bader, them) Meeting canceled. Talk to a Bruce Bethke; 9: Julie Johnson; 10: John M. Ford; 13: Dave Romm; 15: Gordon R. Dickson: omnibus The Board Member at Minicon if you Human Edge due in pb from Baen in need something before May 14. Sean Novack, 18: Shannon Leslie, Richard Tatge; 22: Steven Bond, December Sat, Apr 12, 2PM. Stipple-Apa Laurel Winter; 24: Oleg Volk; 28: Peg Ignatius Donnelly: novel reprint collation. Sybil Smith, 2801 Kerr Ihinger, Theresa Roden; 29: Caesar's Column due in hc from Irving Ave N., Mpls. Potential Martin Schafer University Press of New England / members welcome. FFI: Jeanne Wesleyan U.P. in September Mealy, 651-771-7226; Sybil, 612-522-7178. Announcements: Neil Gaiman: reprints of Stardust (pb, On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 the Harper Collins/Avon, August); Sat, Apr 12. Misfits Team Trivia MNSTF Board signed a contract to American Gods and Neverwhere Challenge. Radisson South, sell all backissues and lease the (both tp, HarperPerenniel, Bloomington, MN. FFI: name Tales of the Unanticipated November); and Coraline (tp in UK, [email protected] (TOTU) to TOTU Ink, Inc, a Bloomsbury, October) scheduled corporation formed to publish TOTU Wed, Apr 16, 7:30. Minicon Kij Johnson: novel Fudoki due in hc by its editor, Eric M. Heideman. Any Work Party. Larry Sanderson’s, from Tor in October 519 W 27th St, Mpls. No inquiries about TOTU should be Smoking. FFI: Laura Jean, 612- directed to TOTU Ink, Inc/PO Box Patricia C. Wrede: reprint of Calling 724-2514, [email protected]; 8036/Lake Street On Dragons and Talking To Dragons Larry Sanderson, 612-872-8468, Station/Minneapolis, MN 55047. The (both pb from Harcourt/Magic [email protected]. TOTU website is at Carpet) now out; hc reprint (and first http://home.att.net/~TOTU/. hc edition) of her Sorcery and Thurs, Apr 17, 8PM. Steve Cecilia, co-authored by fellow local Macdonald Music Party. Glenn Publishing News Caroline Stevermer, on Harcourt & Mia McDavid’s, 340 Brooks May list Ave, Roseville. RSVP & FFI: Steve Brust's The Paths of the Dead 651-490-1842 or is #2 hardcover bestseller on March The audiotape version of Neil [email protected] 2003 LOCUS list and #10 hc Gaiman's Coraline won a "Cuffie" bestseller on the Barnes and (children's booksellers) award from Sat, Apr 19. Minn-StF Meeting Noble/B. Dalton list in same issue. Publishers Weekly. Coraline also cancelled in favor of Minicon. made the 2003 Best Books for Steve Brust's Issola is #1 paperback Young Adults list from the Young Thurs, Apr 24, 11:59PM. Einblatt bestseller on March LOCUS list. Deadline! Adult Library Services Association. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is #7 hc Lois McMaster Bujold's Diplomatic Fri, Apr 25, 7PM-Midnight. bestseller on March LOCUS list. MiSFiTS Geek Prom! Radisson Immunity is a Romantic Times Book South, Bloomington, MN. FFI: Neil Gaiman's American Gods is #10 Club Award finalist in Best Science (651) MISFITS, www.misfit.org pb bestseller on March LOCUS list Fiction Novel class. Bujold also sold and #4 pb bestseller on Italian translation rights to the novel. Fri, Apr 25, 11:30PM. Marscon BookSense.com list in same issue. Bujold was named Author of the Movie Night – Heavy Metal. $3. Year by Fictionwise.com (the eBooks Plaza Maplewood Theater, 1847 Emma Bull has a column, "Past Awards) and her The Vor Game was East Larpenteur, Maplewood. Lives," on RenFests and such, in the named eBook of the Year. Bujold April 2003 Realms of Fantasy had eight of the top 20 bestselling Apr 17-20, Norwescon 26, SeaTac, [email protected]. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, eBooks and nine of the 20 highest- WA. GOHs: Jane Yolen, Jim Burns, nd rated eBooks; lists at Geoffrey Landis, Michael Whelan. Board meetings are typically the 2 http://www.fictionwise.com/2002.htm www.norwescon.org Wednesday of the month. (registration required) or at Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest http://palmstation.com/view_article.p Apr 17-20, World Horror Con 2003, information and accepts messages: 612- y?article=5442&flat_mode=1 Kansas City, MO. GOHs: Graham 824-5559; web site at: Masterton, Laurell K. Hamilton, http://www.mnstf.org/. Minicon web site Neil Gaiman sold Dutch, Finnish, Forrest J Ackerman, Don D'Auria, at: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/. French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Nick Smith. www.whc2003.org Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish almost every Friday evening. FFI: Richard translation rights to Coraline. May 2-4, DemiCon 14, Des Moines, IA. GOHs: Octavia E. Butler, Lubov, Tatge at 612-827-3228. Mirror Mask, with a script by Neil Lynda Sherman, Rusty Hevelin. Filk Circle: open to all who like to Gaiman and Dave McKean, is being http://www.demicon.org participate in music with f/sf lyrics. 4th made as a straight-to-video film for Saturday at 5pm: 3236 Cedar Ave South; Him Henson Pictures. May 23-25, ConQuest 34, Kansas FFI: 612-721-6076. Cats. City, MO. GOHs: Elizabeth Moon, pb=mass market paperback. Ellen Datlow, Vincent DiFate, John Artists and Writers: Get your art and hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback Ringo, Suzanne Carnival-Reece. thoughts in print in Stipple-Apa, small- and-cozy general-interest publication. nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. www.kcsciencefiction.org/con34.htm anth=anthology. r=reissue FFI: Jeanne Mealy 651-771-7226 Jun 6-8, Duckon 12, Chicago, IL. Einblatt is posted on Usenet groups Conventions GOHs: Tanya Huff, Patricia D. rec.arts.sf.fandom, alt.fandom.misc, and Breeding-Black, Beill and Brenda mn.sf // Einblatt from July 95 to date is on Apr 4-6, Odyssey Con 2003, Sutton, Trace Beaulieu, Jim the web at http://www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Madison, WI. GOHs: Harry Rittenhouse. http://www.duckon.org Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list – Turtledove, Catherine Asaro, John send e-mail to einblatt-list- Kovalic. http://www.oddcon.org Jun 26-29, Midwestcon 54, [email protected]. Cincinnati, OH. This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun Apr 18-20. Minicon 38, Mpls. 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