DECK THE FRIDGE WITH SHEETS OF EINBLATT, FA LA LA LA LA JANUARY 1991 DEC 29 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. 1:30 pm on, at home of Herman Schouten and Gerri Balter and more than one stuffed animal / 1381 N. Pascal Street (St. Paul). No smoking; house is not childproofed. FFI: 646-3852. DEC 31 (Mon): New Year's Eve party. 3:30 pm until next year, at home of Jerry Corwin and Julie Johnson / 3040 Grand Avenue S. (Mpls). Cats; no smoking; house is not childproofed. FFI: 824-7800. JAN 1 (Tue): New Year's Day Open House. 2 to 9 pm, at home of Carol Kennedy and Jonathan Adams / 3336 Aldrich Avenue S. (Mpls). House is described as "child-proofed, more or less." Cats. No smoking. FFI: 823-2784. 5 (Sat): Stipple-Apa 88 collation. 2 pm, at home of Joyce Maetta Odum / 2929 32nd Avenue S. (Mpls). Copy count is 32. House is childproofed. No smoking. FFI: 729-6577 (Maetta) or 331-3655 (Stipple OK Peter). 6 (Sun): Ladies' Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. 2 pm on, at home of Jane Strauss / 3120 3rd Avenue S. (Mpls). Childproofed. FFI: 827-6706. 12 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. 1:30 pm on, at home of Marianne Hageman and Mike Dorn / 2965 Payne Avenue (Little Canada). No smoking. Not childproofed. "Believable numbers of huggable stuffed animals." FFI: 483-3422. 12 (Sat): Minneapa 261 collation. 2 pm, at the Minn-STF Meeting. Copy count is 30. Believable numbers of apahacks. FFI: OE Dean Gahlon at 827-1775. 12 (Sat): World Building Group of MIFWA meets at 1 pm at Apache Wells Saloon / Apache Plaza / 37th Avenue and Silver Lake Road (St. Anthony). Topics: a look at last year's predictions; workshopping. FFI: Lynne at 788-0692. 19 (Sat): Minnesota Imaginative Fiction Writers Association (MIFWA) meets at 2 pm in the upper meeting room of Walker Library / 2880 Hennepin Avenue S« (Mpls). Topic: "Phrase Book for Time Travellers: Writing Dialogue in Science Fiction and Fantasy." Speaker TBA. FFI: Eric at 825-9353. 19 (Sat): Videotape Party. 12 noon to midnight, at home of Gerri Balter and Herman Schouten / 1381 N. Pascal Street (St. Paul). FFI: 646-3852. 20 (Sun): Tryouts for Minicon play "Ike at the Mike." 1 pm, at 1801 Elliot Avenue S. — Apt. 11 (Mpls). FFI: Greg Johnson at 872-6926. 26 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting / Annual Pool Party. 3 pm on, at Radisson South Hotel / 7800 Normandale Blvd. (Bloomington). FFI: Jeff Peasley at 871-9317. 26 (Sat): Rivendell Society Meeting. 1:30 pm on, at 355 Coffman Memorial Union / 300 Washington Avenue SE (Mpls— U of MN East Bank). Topic: Tom Holt's EXPECTING SOMEONE TALLER. FFI: Dave Lenander at 292-8887. 27 (Sun): Second Foundation Meeting. 1 pm on, at Cityview Coop Community Room / 1807 Elliot Avenue S. (Mpls). Topic: "The Works of Joan Slonczewski." FFI: Eric Heideman at 825-9353. 29 (Tue): Deadline to get news into the February EINBLATT. 7 pm, to Denny Lien (or his answering machine) at 824-5157. FEB 9 and 23: Minn-STF; place TBA. Call Laura (827-1775) to volunteer. 9 (Sat): Who Trek. noon-7 pm at Steward Park (2700 12th Avenue S.-Mpls). Videos, costumes, auction. Free, but contribute munchies. FFI: 739-0844 16 (Sat): Rivendell meeting / Jack Zipes at 355 Coffman Memorial Union. More details next time, or call the hotline at : (612) 824-5559. 'k'k'k'k'k'k'kicic'k'k'kie'k'k'kic'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'kieie'kicic'k'kic'k'k'k'k'kieic'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'kie'k'k'kicicic'kicie'kic'ie'k'k'krkic'k'kicieieieie'k'k'k'k CoA: Susan Ryan / 2958 Sheridan Avenue N. / Minneapolis MN 55411. New Fan: Karen Celeste Digre, born December 19th to Maryellen Mueller and Mark (M. K.) Digre. Brown hair; blue eyes; 20 " long; 8 lb. 1 o z . All are home and doing fine and will doubtless soon Pub Their Ish. JANUARY BIRTHDAYS: 2: Don Blyly, Thorin Tatge; 4: David Messer; 6: Thomas Juntunen; 7: Margo Bratton; 9: Greg Ketter; 11: Victor Raymond; 18: Pamela Dyer-Bennet; 20: Kij Johnson; 24: Keith Hauer-Lowe, John Houghton; 30: Linda Lounsbury. CONVENTIONS— LOCAL AND/OR WITH LOCALS AS GUESTS (mostly)— LOCUS or me for more details: Wiscon 15 (March 1-3). GoH: Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent. $16 to Feb. 1; $24 at door. Holiday Inn SE in Madison. FFI: Wiscon / Box 1624 / Madison WI 53701; (608) 231-2324. Minicon 26 (March 29-31). GoH: George Alec Effinger, David Cherry, Suzanne Tompkins, Jerry Kaufman, A1 Kuhfeld, Jon Singer. $15 until Jan. 1st (depending on who you talk to, this rate may or may not apply to volunteers only); $20 thereafter until a month before the con; $50 at door; $5 supporting; $8 child. Radisson South Hotel / 7800 Normandale Blvd / Bloomington MN 55435. Minicon is completely volunteer-run; volunteers are always sought. Note new-this-year policy: No dance will be held. No alcohol will be served (though those who wish to do so may BYOB to the con suite). FFI: Minicon 26 / PO Box 8297 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408. Keycon 8 (May 17-19). GoH: Gordon R. Dickson, Joel Rosenberg, Adrian Kleinbergen, Ron Gillies. $30 Canadian until April 30; $35 at door. Ramada Inn Winnipeg; (204) 269-7700. FFI: Keycon 8 / PO Box 3178 / Winnipeg MB R3C 4E6 CANADA. Fourth Street Fantasy Convention '91 (June 21-23). FFI: David Dyer-Bennet / 4242 Minnehaha Avenue S. / Minneapolis MN 55406; or (612) 721-8800. Archon 15 (July 12-14). GoH: Will Shetterley and Emma Bull; others. Held in St. Louis. FFI: Archon 15 / Box 50125 / Clayton MO 63105. Note that attending rates go up after December 31st for two future Worldcons: Chicon (Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 1991) goes up from $95 to $110; Confrancisco (Sept. 3-6, 1993) goes up from $50 to ??? HUMBLE GROVELING, a.k.a. CORRECTIONS TO DECEMBER EINBLATT: The Steve Brust titles AGYAR and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME are alternate possible titles for a work in progress, anaLnot two individual books. It's a sequel to not-yet-published Tor he PHOENIX GUARD. MISCELLANEOUS FREEBIE ANNOUNCEMENT: Phil Jennings has some 80 pounds of USGS maps of Mars to give away to a good home. 1-612-253-4115. (E. T. Call Rand McNally.) I don't know how many Martian kilos that works out to be. SALES, PUBLICATIONS, REPRINTS, HONORS BY MINN-STF MEMBERS AND/OR LOCAL SF WRITERS: Published/About to Be Published: edited nonfiction: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: FILM, FEMINISM, AND SCIENCE FICTION; eds. Constance Penley, Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spiegel, and Janet Bergstrom; University of Minnesota Press (hardcover and trade paperback); scheduled November 1990. novels: James D. Priest, KIRINS: THE SPELL OF NO'AN (trade paperback at $11.95) from Yellowstone Press / 24020 Yellowstone Trail / Shoreview MN 55331 C. J. Mills, WINTER WORLD: EGIL'S BOOK (new) will be a Feb. 91 Ace paperback. Joel Rosenberg, D'SHAI (new) is also on Feb. 91 Ace paperback schedule. Gordon R. Dickson, NAKED TO THE STARS and THE ALIEN WAY (reprints) will be an omnibus from Tor paperbacks for March 91. story collections: Clifford D. Simak has three British paperback collections due from Mandarin: of which CATFACE and CITY (reprints) are both scheduled March 91. poetry; Ruth Berman, "Sphinx' Game” appeared in the Winter 1990/1991 WEIRD TALES. ONGOING INFORMATION Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: (612) 824-5559. Minn-STF Library: At home of Don Bailey & Margo Bratton: call foropen hours etc. — 872-4237. Gamesday Players: Gaming every other Friday evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 827-3228. Shockwave: Local sf radio show with heavy Minn-STF involvement. Tuesdays at 7 pm on KFAI-FM (90.3). Cats Laughing: Local band with close Minn-STF ties. FFI: their hotline at 822-2900. Local sf/fantasy computer bulletin boards: Fire Opal 822-4812 Sysop: Scott Raun Terraboard 721-8967 Sysop: David Dyer-Bennet EINBLATT is a publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local sf community. Send same to Denny Lien / 3149 Park Avenue S. / Minneapolis MN 55407; or call me at (612) 824-5157 (home) or 624-9574 (work); also reachable by INTERNET at: [email protected] or by BITNET at: d-lien@uminn-l . My next deadline is 7 pm on Tuesday, January 29th. ** EINBLATT for February 1991 ** FEB 2 (Sat): Painting party (indoors). 10 am on, at home of Ken Konkol / 3500 Perry Avenue N. (Crystal). Followed circa 2 pm by his annual "Games and Garlic Bread" (and spaghetti) party until midnight. Bring old clothes and an appetite. FFI: 529-0056. 9 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. This is the first of two annual Nominations (for the Minn-STF Board of Directors) meetings. 1:30 pm on, at place TBA. 9 (Sat): .Minneapa 261 collation. 2 pm, at the Minn-STF meeting. Copy count is 30. FFI: OE Dean Gahlon at 827-1775. 9 (Sat): World Building Group of MIFWA meets at 1 pm at Apache Wells Saloon / Apache Plaza / 37th Avenue and Silver Lake Road (St. Anthony). Topic: "Discussion on Minicon Program— Building a Space Ark." FFI: 788-0692. 9 (Sat): Who Trek. Noon to 7 pm, at Steward Park / 2700 12th Avenue South (Mpls). Videos, auction, best costumes contest. "All fans of Dr. Who, Star Trek, sf, and normal people are welcome." Free, but bring munchies to share at snack table. FFI: 739-0844. 10 (Sun): Minicon Committee meeting. 2 pm on, at home of Don Bailey and Margo Bratton / 2624 Garfield Avenue South (Mpls).