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Who Are We? MonSFFA is the Montreal Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, a club for fans of the science fiction and fantasy genres. We are your connection to the SF/F community, local, national and international. We have been active since 1987. What Are We Into? Our areas of interest span the full spectrum of the SF/F universe: literature, movies, television, comics, gaming, art, animation, scale-model building, costuming, memorabilia collecting, film/video production and more!
News items, Television

Star Trek Coins from Canada’s royal mint

The Star Trek coins were unveiled on the 12th of May at the aviation and space museum in Ottawa. (Read Press Release here.)

TribblesMust see! Absolutely gorgeous, and colourful!

You can go to the web site for the Royal Mint, or here to download from their dropbox.
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO, STAR DATE: MAY 12, 2016 – The Royal Canadian Mint, under license by CBS Consumer Products, is set to uncover a new world of collectibles celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series.  The unforgettable characters and imagery of the revolutionary TV show, which has captivated legions of fans in Canada and around the world since 1966, have been captured on a stunning variety of coins devoted to the original series. 

A $10 coloured silver coin picturing the commander of U.S.S. Enterprise, KirkCaptain James Tiberius Kirk, was unveiled by William Shatner, the Canadian-born actor who made this character a household name, and Mint President and CEO Sandra Hanington at an event hosted by the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.       

“Through many unforgettable coins, the Royal Canadian Mint has skillfully captured the historical events and cultural experiences whose impact on Canadians continues to be felt today,” said the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance. “On the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, the Government of Canada is pleased that the Mint could commemorate the historic influence of this ground-breaking television series and the uniquely Canadian contributions to its enduring success.”

(Read the rest of the Press Release here.)

MonSFFA Website

Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2016

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The award recipients were chosen by a jury consisting of writers, critics, journalists, and translators: Joëlle Wintrebert, Jean-Luc Rivera, Pascal Patoz, Bruno Para, Jean-Claude Dunyach, François Angelier, Sandrine Brugot-Maillard, Olivier Legendre, Jean-Claude Vantroyen.

The Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire will be presented this weekend at the Étonnants Voyageurs (Amazing Travellers – International Book & Film Festival) in Saint-Malo, May 14-16.

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Upcoming meeting

MonSFFA Meets May 15th

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If you were baffled by the dinosaur quiz, you are not alone! The answers appear in this month’s Impulse now available on line. Thanks, Keith Braithwaite! Please check if your membership is up to date–quite a few are due this month.

MEETING THEME: Bring in a favourite genre-themed board or card game to share with your fellow MonSFFen!

PROGRAMME

CITIES OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: From Metropolis, The Emerald City, Kandor, and Trantor, to Diaspor, Stratos, Coruscant, and King’s Landing, we explore the cities of SF/F depicted in our favourite genre stories of page and screen. How prophetic were past prognosticators in foreseeing urban life in a future that has become our present? And what will the cities of our future look like?

DO WE VIEW THE GOLDEN AGE THROUGH ROSE-TINTED GLASSES?: Open discussion on the topic of the memorable sci-fi books, comics, and screen adventures of our youth. Were they really that good? Is our nostalgic fondness for them justified? Do they still hold up, or now seem quaint and pedestrian?

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THE GAME IS AFOOT!: Talk and demonstrations of your favourite SF/F-themed board and card games.

And while the games play on, Keith and François will be filming more of our stop motion project.

Supper will probably be at the 3 Brasseurs on Ste-Catherine, unless the weather is so nice we choose to mosey on down to La Cage at the Bell Centre.  Or maybe to the Belle et la Boeuf…. we’ll take a  vote!

 

Television

Royal Mint honours Star Trek

With thanks to Marc Nadeau for this story

On May 12th, the Royal Mint is unveiling a special coin honouring 50 years of Star Trek.

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The new coin will probably appear on the website of the Royal Mint soon after.

Astronomy News

NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered

NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. READ ORIGINAL  DOCUMENT

“This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth.”  ……

…Thanks to Kepler and the research community, we now know there could be more planets than stars,” said Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters. “…

…In the newly-validated batch of planets, nearly 550 could be rocky planets like Earth, based on their size. Nine of these orbit in their sun’s habitable zone, which is the distance from a star where orbiting planets can have surface temperatures that allow liquid water to pool. With the addition of these nine, 21 exoplanets now are known to be members of this exclusive group. …

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MonSFFA special event, Reading

Asimov to Zelazny! SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

June MonSFFA meeting–Clear your bookshelves before the big Moving Day! Buy new ones, already boxed!

Amazing BARGAINS on Thousands of Amazing Stories!… by Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

Paperbacks:50¢ each, 3 for S1.00, 7 for $2.00!
Trade Paperbacks: $2.00 each
Hardcovers: $3.00 each

Big Bulk Bargains: $10.00/Box

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Fandom

Ad Astra Masquerade

As promised earlier, I have uploaded video of the Ad Astra Masquerade to YouTube. It was short, real short…Sigh, maybe hosting Costume Con again will shake things up.

I had to cut the audio during the Shades of Grey presentation. YouTube recognized “Angel” as copyrighted and muted the ENTIRE film. So I had to edit a new version without “Angel”.
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Television

American Gods–in Toronto

American Gods, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, will be filmed in Toronto and Guelph.

There is a cast list on IMDB. Ian McShane will be a good Mr Wednesday, I think.

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…Speaking of the series, Fuller stated that it would “[follow] the events of the books but expanding those events, and expanding the point of view to go above and beyond Shadow and Wednesday.” Permission has been given for the series to incorporate elements from the book’s companion, Anansi Boys. Fuller also confirmed that Gaiman is “very involved” with the production and expressed his hope that Gaiman would write an episode himself.

 

Movies

New remastered version of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN due in June

 Paramount Pictures have confirmed that they will be releasing a brand new, remastered version of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in June as part of the celebrations of Star Trek‘s 50th anniversary.

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This a new, 4K scan of the original film negative. The movie will be presented in both its original theatrical version and the director’s cut, which is generally considered definitive.
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  • Canada Post releases Star Trek stamps
  • Axanar/Paramount law suit takes on the Klingons
  • Can costumes be copyrighted?
  • Tolkien annotated map of Middle-earth acquired by Bodleian library

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*Canada Post releases Star Trek stamps:  And they look really cool! But where are the women? Not to mention Sulu and Chekov. Granted, there is a limit to number of stamps, but maybe instead of ships they could have honoured more people on one or two stamps?

*Axanar/Paramount law suit takes on the Klingons: Is Klingon a real lanuage, or a created one? This has serious implications for fandom.

*Can costumes be copyrighted?  On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that is nominally about cheerleader uniforms, but could have some impact on Hollywood merchandising as well… And might also impact on masquerades, costumers, Cosplayers. OR maybe not.  It might be OK to wear a Klingon costume at a con, but you might not be allowed to sell a replica to a fan who wants to wear one at a con.  May or may not mater to Canadians. It’s messy.

*Tolkien annotated map of Middle-earth acquired by Bodleian library : [Pauline] Baynes died in 2008, but the map was only rediscovered last year, tucked into a book she had owned. The Oxford bookshop Blackwells put it on display and valued it at £60,000. The Bodleian managed to buy it with grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the friends of the library.  An excellent article with pictures here.