Zines to share!
From George Phillies, President, N3F: There was a slight issue in the most recent Eldritch Science. Part 2 of John Thiel’s story was included before Part 1 had appeared. You are therefore here receiving both parts in the correct order. ES202601Supplement
Also received from the N3F: Ionisphere_Issue 49_January 2026 and N3F Fan Gazette Jan2026
We have received the following fanzine to share. Enjoy!
From Ahrvid Engholm in Sweden: Let’s invade & Kidnap a little!
Mission completed!
Intermission too. It’s a complex, chaotic world, and here’s something
to make it chaotier! We found Hugo Gernsback’s excuses for not paying his authors, take you on a tour through Bobby Heinlein’s fantastic home and present the A-Bomb’s mother. We go through the Ukraine peace plan, a conflict almost as intricate as some fanfeuds. Then we turn to poetry, a concon and prepare to join the paperclip-makers… An idea: Instead of Greenland, why don’t go for Blueland or perhaps Yellowland instead?
You need Intermission for national security!
Only necessary cookies,
–Ahrvid Engholm, editor-in-chief
Comments welcome! Due to some mail snags make CCs of comments to
ahrvid@atomicmail.io
5) THANK YOUWe thank Danny Sichel, Keith Braithwaite, Joe Aspler, Cathy Palmer-Lister, and Josée Bellemare for their specific contributions today. Thank you, as well, to all of our contributing participants, along with everyone who helped to plan and run today’s e-meeting. We also thank, of course, all of you who joined us here on ZOOM; don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together (www.MonSFFA.ca).
MonSFFen will gather online again via ZOOM on Saturday, February 21, for our next e-meeting, set to unfold from 1:00PM to 5:00PM! Mark your calendars accordingly, and we hope to see you all then!
Thank you all for taking part today. We appreciate the enthusiastic involvement of our members, and we hope to see you all again next month! Until then, be careful navigating our slippery streets and sidewalks, and keep warm!
1) INTRODUCTIONWelcome to MonSFFA’s first event of the New Year, our January 2026 e-Meeting! We are gathering, this afternoon, exclusively online via ZOOM. Note that MonSFFA’s peak winter meetings take place exclusively online; we return to our downtown meeting hall in March, as winter wanes.
Our programming agenda begins at 1:00PM; the meeting will conclude at 5:00PM. This opening post has gone up 30 minutes before the meeting’s start time to allow folk to gather online at their leisure. A closing post will go up at 5:00PM to officially thank today’s presenters, and to preview next month’s MonSFFA event! Proceedings will be getting underway shortly.
To join our ZOOM-chat and take part online, see the instructions, below (Item 2).
To take part in this afternoon’s meeting online, join our ZOOM Video-Chat, which will run throughout the next few hours. Simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA Meeting on ZOOM
If you’re not fully equipped to ZOOM, you can also take part by phone (voice only); in the Montreal area, the toll-free number to call is: 1-438-809-7799. Including call-in numbers for out-of-towners, complete directions can be found here: Complete Directions
Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to provide it:
Meeting ID: 861 7379 0718
Passcode: 754672
As we will be talking vintage sci-fi toys after the mid-meeting break, club members are asked to showcase, live on screen, any cool such toys they may possess!
Artificial Intelligence: How Prescient Was SF?
We compare SF’s visions of A.I. with the real-world models in development today! Will we regret not taking James Cameron seriously enough; is our future under A.I. likely to be more dystopian than utopian?
A primer on perspective, or, creating the illusion of three dimensions in 2D art!
The club’s treasurer offers a brief report on our successful 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, held last month.
A fond remembrance of the SF/F toys of our collective childhood!
The meeting officially begins at 1:00PM! Thanks for joining us today, and enjoy the afternoon!
MonSFFA’s first event of 2026 is the club’s January e-meeting, scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 10, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM!
We’ll be comparing artificial intelligence as depicted in SF with the AI models currently in development in the real world! As well, we’ll feature a primer on perspective as a useful guide to producing striking works of sci-fi art, and we’ll remember fondly the classic SF&F toys of our collective childhood! Finally, we’ll also select our Executive Committee for the coming year.
Join our ZOOM-Chat tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, January 10, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM for all this, and more…
Note that MonSFFA’s peak winter meetings are conducted exclusively online via ZOOM; February’s e-meeting is slated for Saturday, the 21st. We return to in-person meetings at our downtown conference room in March, as winter wanes.
The MonSFFA SIG for avid readers is scheduled for January 17, 13:00h.
MonSFFen will be sent the URL to zoom by email. Visitors are welcome, contact <webmaster@monsffa.ca> to request the link.
DO PLANETARY ALIGNMENTS AFFECT SOLAR ACTIVITY?
There’s a planetary alignment this week. Could it affect solar activity? One researcher says “yes,” and explains how on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com.
Above: Jupiter, Earth, Venus and Mars are arrayed in an approximate line this week, exerting their “spring tides” on the sun. Can these feeble tides affect solar activity?
This and past issues of the club’s news bulletin are also archived on this Website. Visit the “Impulse” page, or for this latest edition, just click here: Impulse January
MonSFFA’s first event of 2026 is the club’s January e-meeting, scheduled for this Saturday, January 10, just five days from now!
We’ll be comparing artificial intelligence as depicted in SF with the AI models currently in development in the real world! As well, we’ll feature a primer on perspective as a useful guide to producing striking works of sci-fi art, and we’ll remember fondly the classic SF&F toys of our collective childhood! Finally, we’ll also select our Executive Committee for the coming year.
Join our ZOOM-Chat this Saturday, January 10, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM for all this, and more…
Note that MonSFFA’s peak winter meetings are conducted exclusively online via ZOOM; February’s e-meeting is slated for Saturday, the 21st. We return to in-person meetings at our downtown conference room in March, as winter wanes.