JUST A FEW DAYS UNTIL CLUB’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
MonSFFA’s 2025 Christmas Dinner & Party will take place in just a few days, on Saturday, December 6; mark your calendars accordingly! Come join your fellow sci-fi fans in celebrating the festive season! All club members, their families, and MonSFFA’s friends are invited!
We will meet up at 7:00PM on that Saturday evening at the Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar located within Complexe Desjardins, downtown Montreal (Metro Place-des-Arts). The restaurant is accessible both from within Complexe Desjardins—best option for those with mobility issues—and from the street, 180 rue Ste-Catherine, Ouest.
Metered parking is available on nearby streets, or you may prefer paid parking within Complexe Desjardins itself.
In keeping with our tradition, we will celebrate the season over dinner and drinks, and hold our traditional fund-raising Christmas-gift raffle—tickets are only $1.00 each, so buy a bunch, and our North Pole Observation Post reports that gift-wrapped prizes are expected in plentiful supply!
Also…
VIRTUAL HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHER 2025!
We will also celebrate the season online, via our familiar ZOOM-chat! If you’re out of town or otherwise unable to attend our December 6 Dinner & Party, we would be pleased to welcome you to our Virtual Holiday Get-Together the following weekend, on Saturday afternoon, December 13, 1:00PM-4:00PM.
We’ll gather virtually on ZOOM to simply exchange season’s greetings, raise a glass to the Holiday Season, enjoy each other’s company, and the good cheer engendered by this particular time of year!
MonSFFA’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
Only 6 days to MonSFFA’s Holiday Feast!
MonSFFA formally invites its members, their families, and the club’s friends to our 2025 Christmas Dinner & Party!
We will gather at 7:00PM on Saturday evening, December 6, at the Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar located within Complexe Desjardins, downtown Montreal (Metro Place-des-Arts). The restaurant is accessible from within Complexe Desjardins, and from the street, 180 rue Ste-Catherine, Ouest.
The entrance from Complexe Desjardins is the easier one to use if you have mobility issues.
Locus list of upcoming book releases
DECEMBER 2025
- DAVE HUTCHINSON • The Essence • NewCon Press UK, Dec 2025 (tp, hc, eb)
- MERCEDES LACKEY • The Cyprian • Astra House/DAW, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
- KAREN LORD & ANNALEE NEWITZ, ET AL., EDS. • We Will Rise Again • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
- SEANAN MCGUIRE • Velveteen vs. The Consequences of Her Actions • Subterranean Press, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- TIM POWERS • The Mills of the Gods • Baen, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Orion UK/Gollancz, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Tor, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- ROBERT SILVERBERG • A Multitude of Worlds • Starship Sloane, Dec 2025 (c, hc)
- SIMON STALENHAG • Sunset at Zero Point • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (pi, art, hc, eb)
ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THE CLUB’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
MonSFFA’s 2025 Christmas Dinner & Party will take place in just one week, on Saturday, December 6; mark your calendars accordingly! Come join your fellow sci-fi fans in celebrating the festive season! All club members, their families, and MonSFFA’s friends are invited!
We will meet up at 7:00PM on that Saturday evening at the Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar located within Complexe Desjardins, downtown Montreal (Metro Place-des-Arts). The restaurant is accessible both from within Complexe Desjardins—best option for those with mobility issues—and from the street, 180 rue Ste-Catherine, Ouest.
Metered parking is available on nearby streets, or you may prefer paid parking within Complexe Desjardins itself.
In keeping with our tradition, we will celebrate the season over dinner and drinks, and hold our traditional fund-raising Christmas-gift raffle—tickets are only $1.00 each, so buy a bunch, and our North Pole Observation Post reports that gift-wrapped prizes are expected in plentiful supply!
Also…
VIRTUAL HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHER 2025!
We will also celebrate the season online, via our familiar ZOOM-chat! If you’re out of town or otherwise unable to attend our December 6 Dinner & Party, we would be pleased to welcome you to our Virtual Holiday Get-Together the following weekend, on Saturday afternoon, December 13, 1:00PM-4:00PM.
We’ll gather virtually on ZOOM to simply exchange season’s greetings, raise a glass to the Holiday Season, enjoy each other’s company, and the good cheer engendered by this particular time of year!
INVITATION TO MonSFFA’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
INVITATION TO MonSFFA’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
With our best wishes of the festive season extended to all, MonSFFA formally invites its members, their families, and the club’s friends to our 2025 Christmas Dinner & Party!
We will gather at 7:00PM on Saturday evening, December 6, at the Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar located within Complexe Desjardins, downtown Montreal (Metro Place-des-Arts). The restaurant is accessible from within Complexe Desjardins, and from the street, 180 rue Ste-Catherine, Ouest.
The entrance from Complexe Desjardins is the easier one to use if you have mobility issues.
Metered parking is available on nearby streets, or paid parking within Complexe Desjardins itself.
In keeping with our tradition, we will celebrate the season over dinner and drinks, and hold our traditional fund-raising Christmas-gift raffle—tickets are only $1.00 each, so buy a bunch, and the gift-wrapped prizes are plentiful!
Do join us for an evening of camaraderie and good cheer!
A COMET IS EXPLODING NEAR THE NORTH STAR
Space Weather News for Nov. 24, 2025
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https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com
A COMET IS EXPLODING NEAR THE NORTH STAR: Golden Comet ATLAS (C/2025 K1) is breaking into multiple fragments–four and counting–as it brightens near the North Star. Fresh images suggest even more pieces may form soon. Sky maps and movies @ Spaceweather.com.
Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 – November 18, 2025)
Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 – November 18, 2025)
Jean-Louis was a frequent guest at Con*Cept. I also knew him through his work with CSFFA which awards the Aurora and Boréal.
He was only 58 when he died recently in Lithuania, where he was working as an author in residence. –Cathypl
from Wikipedia français and in English below.
Né le 10 juillet 1967, Jean-Louis Trudel est diplômé en physique, en astronomie, et en histoire et philosophie des sciences. Depuis 1994, il a signé 28 livres sous son nom, dont deux romans de science-fiction, deux recueils et vingt-quatre livres pour la jeunesse. Il a également cosigné cinq livres et plusieurs récits avec Yves Meynard sous le nom de plume Laurent McAllister.
En collaboration avec Paula Johanson, il a réuni une anthologie de nouvelles, Tesseracts 7, pour l’éditeur canadien-anglais Tesseract Books en 1999. Ses nouvelles en français sont parues dans Imagine… et Solaris, et dans d’autres revues ou collectifs, au Canada comme en Europe. Ses nouvelles en anglais sont parues dans des anthologies au Canada et aux États-Unis, ainsi que dans des revues comme ON SPEC et Prairie Fire. Il s’adonne aussi à la traduction et à la critique littéraire.
Il a obtenu le Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois en 2001, plus un Prix Boréal et plusieurs Prix Aurora. Il a aussi été vice-président puis président de SF Canada, l’association canadienne des écrivains de science-fiction. Il a organisé plusieurs fois le congrès Boréal, un rassemblement annuel de créateurs et d’amateurs francophones de science-fiction ou de fantastique au Canada qui remet les Prix Boréal.
À partir de 2004, Jean-Louis Trudel enseigne l’histoire à l’Université d’Ottawa. Il a été chargé de cours au Département des sciences historiques à l’Université Laval entre 2020 et 2023[1].
Jean-Louis Trudel meurt le 17 novembre 2025 à l’âge de 58 ans alors qu’il se trouve en résidence d’auteur à Vilnius en Lituanie[2].
Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 – November 18, 2025) was a Canadian science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec in 2010. He taught history part-time at the University of Ottawa.
While he wrote mainly in French, he authored a few stories in English, published in such venues as Asimov’s Science Fiction (January-February 2020), On Spec and Tales of the Shadowmen. Other stories in English and other languages (Greek, Portuguese, Italian, Russian) have appeared in translation.
Most of his books, for adults and young adults, are science fiction, but a few titles may also be classed as fantasy. A long-time contributor to Solaris magazine, he is also a science-fiction critic and historian.
Under the collective name Laurent McAllister, Trudel and Yves Meynard have written three young adult books as part of an ongoing series, as well as several stories.
He received several literary distinctions, including the “Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique québécois” in 2001 and several Prix Aurora awards.[1]
Trudel died on November 18, 2025, at the age of 58.
INVITATIONS TO CLUB’S HOLIDAY EVENTS; LATEST ISSUE OF IMPULSE NOW AVAILABLE!
Greetings Fellow Sci-Fi Fans:
The latest issue of Impulse (December 2025) is now available for viewing or download. More about that in a minute, but first things first:
INVITATION TO MonSFFA’S 2025 CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY!
With our best wishes of the festive season extended to all, MonSFFA formally invites its members, their families, and the club’s friends to our 2025 Christmas Dinner & Party!
We will gather at 7:00PM on Saturday evening, December 6, at the Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar located within Complexe Desjardins, downtown Montreal (Metro Place-des-Arts). The restaurant is accessible from within Complexe Desjardins, and from the street, 180 rue Ste-Catherine, Ouest.
Metered parking is available on nearby streets, or paid parking within Complexe Desjardins itself.
In keeping with our tradition, we will celebrate the season over dinner and drinks, and hold our traditional fund-raising Christmas-gift raffle—tickets are only $1.00 each, so buy a bunch, and the gift-wrapped prizes are plentiful!
Do join us for an evening of camaraderie and good cheer!
Also…
VIRTUAL HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHER 2025!
We will also celebrate the season online, via our familiar ZOOM-chat! If you’re out of town or otherwise unable to attend our December 6 Dinner & Party, we would be pleased to welcome you to our Virtual Holiday Get-Together the following weekend, on Saturday afternoon, December 13, 1:00PM-4:00PM.
We’ll gather virtually on ZOOM to simply exchange season’s greetings, raise a glass in celebration, enjoy each other’s company, and the good cheer engendered by this particular time of year!
And now, let’s get to Impulse, the latest issue (December 2025) of which can be viewed or downloaded here, and has been distributed directly to club members by e-mail.
This and past issues of the club’s news bulletin are also archived on this very Website. Visit the “Impulse” page, or for this latest edition, just click here:
Impulse-December2025(OnlineVersion)PDF
NOVEMBER 8, 2025 CLUB MEETING; Post 2 of 2, 5:00PM – Thank You, Wrap-Up
5) THANK YOU
We thank Keith Braithwaite, Danny Sichel, Joe Aspler, and Cathy Palmer-Lister for today’s meeting programming. Thank you, as well, to all of our contributing participants, along with everyone who helped to plan and run today’s get-together. We also thank, of course, all of you who joined us, both physically in the meeting hall and here on ZOOM; don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together (www.MonSFFA.ca).
6) NEXT MONTH’S EVENT:
The Season is upon us! We’ll be holding our annual downtown Christmas/Holiday Dinner/Party early next month, on Saturday, evening, December 6. More information to follow; we’ll advise everyone of our restaurant choice, etc. just as soon as things are confirmed! Check in here at MonSFFA.ca for updates.
We’ve also got a Virtual Holiday Get-Together planned, on Saturday, December 13, for those who can’t make it to our dinner/party.
7) SIGN-OFF
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, fare thee well, and take heed: winter is coming! Apparently tomorrow evening! Get your winter gear out of the closet; it’s that time of year, again!