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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!
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Upcoming meeting

MonSFFA’s 2018 Programming

TENTATIVE PROGRAMMING  Expect changes!

We mostly finalized our programming at the January meeting. The dates are uncertain as the hotel has informed us that our regular meeting space is no longer available on Sundays. Consequently, there is a good chance that our meetings will move to Saturdays. For instance, if the date listed is Feb 11, then the meeting would likely move to the 10th.

The other issue is that Sylvain, famed for his really excellent presentations, is not going to be available for the foreseeable future. We scheduled him later in the year, but this also may change.

This is what the programming looks like at the moment. (My notes are a mess, lots of arrows moving panels about, I hope I have everything as we planned.)

February 11 Wear Red for Valentine’s Day! 

Starting at NOON: SF/F Cinema Matinee (Keith) Title/Theme TBD

A Personal Journey:  Fern offers a brief account of his involvement with MonSFFA over the years, highlighting the fun and satisfaction it has brought him!

Yves, Keith, to moderate Society and Sex in the future:  Future relationships or How Technological and Sociological changes might affect our views about the subject.

Balderdash: Game run by Danny

March 11 Pin your favourite female author to your heart!

Guest Speakers: Jo Walton, Su Sokol International Women’s Day is March 8. There was a time when women SF/F authors were not welcome in the genre, has anything changed? What makes a novel “feminist”? Where are the female Clarkes, Bradburys, and Asimovs? We could also explore the portrayal of women in SF/F–Can a man write from PoV of a woman? Are books written by women different from those written by men?

Debate: Moderated by Keith, panellists to include Cathypl, Alexis, and anyone whose arms we can twist: Discovery vs The Orville.

April 8 Theme is Capes and Masks

NOON: SF/F Cinema Matinee: Episodes of TV’s Bruce Wayne as Batman.

The Lure of the Superhero Keith, details to follow

Debate: DC versus Marvel (Moderated by François)

Comic Art: Presentation by Keith

May 27: 

UFOs Possible guest speaker
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June 10 Field trip to the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa

Car Pools will be arranged.  BTW, Steampunk fans will love this: https://ingeniumcanada.org/scitech/whats-on/exhibition-steam.php

July 22, Rain Date the 29th: Our annual picnic in the park

August 12 Art in SF/F Bring in your favourite book illustration

Sword and Sorcery: Presentation by François

Judging a book by its Cover: Various presenters are interested–might be several short presentations of 10 minutes each.

Slide Show: The Star Trek recreated sets in Ticonderoga A slide presentation by Keith and Lindsay.

September 9

Ret-Conning, Presentation by Sylvain (hopefully) followed by an open discussion on our personal views on the subject.

Astronomy Presentation: Possible guest speaker, or else Cathypl will give you the latest on Exo-planets, Webb Telescope, LIGO, etc

October 14

Golden Age of Pulps: possible guest Speaker, or presentation by Sylvain

Presentation by Adam:  Folktales and how they influence SF/F

November18 : Our Annual Book Sale and possibly a game.

December  8: Our Annual Feast, probably at the Irish Embassy

 


 

Montreal Area Event / Convention

Free! Gaming Event in Montreal

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Astronomy News

A G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway

The skies will be clear tonight, so if you are in a fairly dark site, you might see aurora.  Won’t be as fantastic as that photo below, but still fun to watch.

A G1-class geomagnetic storm is in progress on Jan. 14th as Earth enters a fast-moving stream of solar wind.

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Space Weather News for Jan. 14, 2018
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GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS: A G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway on Jan 14th as Earth enters a stream of fast-moving solar wind. G1-class storms are relatively minor and have little effect on satellites or global power grids. However, they can confuse migratory animals that navigate using magnetism at high latitudes and, moreover, may spark bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. Visit Spaceweather.com for more information and updates.

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Above: First contact with the solar wind stream produced this outburst of auroras over Tromsø, Norway, on Jan. 13th. Photo credit: Markus Varik. See more images of the ongoing storm in Spaceweather.com’s aurora photo gallery.
 

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Astronomy News

A blue comet is approaching the sun

A blue comet is approaching the sun, and it is super active, with wild jets waving around the comet’s core and dusty clouds billowing down its tail.

On Jan. 10th, Austrian astrophotographer Michael Jäger recorded dramatic changes in only two hours:

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Space Weather News for Jan. 11, 2018
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BLUE COMET PANSTARRS: Beyond the orbit of Mars, an unusual blue comet is approaching the sun. Every time astronomers look at Comet PanSTARRS (C/2016 R2), it has a different appearance. Daily images show gaseous jets waving wildly around the comet’s core and dusty clouds billowing down the comet’s tail. This hyperactivity comes despite the fact that the comet is located in a region of space where deep cold and feeble sunlight usually discourage such volatility. What’s happening? The comet’s blue color is a crucial clue. Read more in  today’s edition of Spaceweather.com.

Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook!

Above: Comet PanSTARRS (C/2016 R2) photographed on Jan. 10th by amateur astronomer Gerald Rhemann of Farm Tivoli, Namibia.

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Upcoming meeting

MonSFFA Meeting January 14

We have a lot to discuss this Sunday! And I do mean A LOT !!

It looks like we will have to change our meetings to Saturday, or meet in a much smaller room, or find another meeting hall. Check details in January’s Impulse.

Keith has arranged for us to meet in a junior suite for our January 14th meeting;  thank you Keith!! It will probably be room 542, but do check at the front desk to be sure.

But we will be having our regular meeting, even if very cozy!

13h  Elections–usually about 10 – 15 minutes, but this year we will need an interim treasurer for a short while.

13:15h Presentation and discussion led by François Ménard:

From relative unknown to ubiquitous inspiration of the fantastic. A retrospective on the works, influence, and life of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Master of Weird Tales and father of modern supernatural horror.

After the Break, Planning for 2018

  • Meeting room problem, possible change to Saturdays
  • Field Trip to Ticonderoga
  • Stop Motion animation project: François & Keith
  • Planning programming for 2018: Many ideas have been presented, still room for more, and then we need to schedule everything and find participants.

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Astronomy News

What to look up for in 2018

The only interesting January event for viewers in Montreal will be the so-called Blue Moon on the 31st. There will be another in March.

For eclipses, lunar or solar, this is a good year to move to Asia, Africa, or Greenland.

The two best meteor showers of 2018 are predicted to be the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December.

The Perseids are usually a good show–esp if there is no moon in the sky which will be the case in 2018 as the crescent moon sets early.  The best night will be that of the 12-13, but the days before and after that also offer good viewing. The best nights are over a weekend, so with all this going for it, rest assured it will rain all week.
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There is a neat little interactive video showing how earth orbits through the dust left behind by the Swift-Tuttle comet. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/best-bet-meteor-showers-for-2018/

For more 2018 events, click http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2018.html

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Street closures affecting our meeting

Traffic Woes in 2018

Traffic planners advise motorists to stay abreast of the closures by consulting the project’s website or using Waze or Google Maps, which will be updated with the road closures.
Our first meting of 2018 will be on the 14, if the hotel confirms our proposed meeting dates. Lots of time to figure out how the heck we are all going to actually get to our hotel!By all accounts, traffic and detours will be even worse in 2018, and we all know how bad it was in 2017.

The Turcot Sector will be the worst, of course. If you have to get through this disaster zone, be sure to consult www.turcot.gouv.qc.ca before you leave home.

This site will show the construction sites on the island: http://www.quebec511.info/fr/Carte/Default.aspx

It is expected that René-Lévesque will be heavily used as an alternate, so keep that in mind also.

 

Read more from the Montreal Gazette below

No Turcot relief until middle or end of 2019

Gridlock expected to be the norm for drivers in much of downtown core

  • Montreal Gazette 
  • JASON MAGDER DÉCARIE EXPRESSWAY HIGHWAY 15 HIGHWAY 20 IN N.D.G./ LASALLE

Expect regular traffic jams downtown, especially during the weekends for roughly the next two years.

That was the take-home message from traffic planners who met reporters Wednesday to brief them again about upcoming road closures in the Turcot Interchange, used by 300,000 motorists daily. And they were more clear about an end date for the work to demolish and rebuild the expressway: midto late 2019, meaning nearly two years of traffic chaos slated for the downtown core.

Starting Monday, the westbound Ville-Marie Expressway will be completely closed, including the entrances from Fort and Lucien L’Allier Sts. Westbound traffic will be diverted to the eastbound side, and the only two access points to those lanes will be on Hotel-deVille Ave. near city hall (which can be accessed from both St-Antoine St. and Viger Ave.), and a temporary access at Rose-de-Lima St. at the corner of St-Antoine.

The closures will probably affect anyone driving in Montreal either directly or indirectly, as gridlock is expected to spread to alternate highways and local streets. Traffic planners expect Atwater Ave., René-Lévesque Blvd. and St-Antoine St. will be among the streets affected.

For Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Westmount residents, the St-Jacques St. exit off the VilleMarie near the MUHC superhospital will be closed. Accessing the Champlain Bridge from the VilleMarie will be impossible, as the Highway 15 South entrance will also be closed.

At least one local traffic observer was alarmed about the planned closures.

“My suspicion is that a lot people will use René-Lévesque and some of the lateral routes that can’t really handle (that traffic),” said Rick Leckner, a former radio traffic reporter. “So, really, what has to be ensured is that there is very strict monitoring all the time.”

The news is particularly bad for anyone who drives in and out of downtown on weekends, as the Ville-Marie in both directions will be closed virtually every weekend this fall and winter while the existing roadway is demolished. But it gets worse.

On some weekends, the closures will extend on Highway 20 all the way to 1st Ave. in Lachine, and Highway 20 West will be inaccessible from Highway 15 North.

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