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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!
Awards, Comics / Graphic Novels

Judges Select Gross, Peter, Prohias, and Seda for Eisner Hall of Fame

Voters Will Select 4 More Inductees

For a complete list of the judges’ choices and the nominees with bios and artwork, please click here.

Comic-Con International has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have selected four individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2017. These inductees are Milt Gross (early newspaper cartoonist known for such strips as Count Screwloose of Tooloose, Nize Baby, and That’s My Pop!), H. G. Peter (original Wonder Woman artist), Antonio Prohias (creator of MAD’s “Spy vs. Spy”), and Dori Seda (pioneering autobiographical underground cartoonist). In most years, the judges select only two automatic inductees, but an exception was made this year as part of the Will Eisner centennial celebration (Eisner would have turned 100 on March 6).

The judges have also chosen 17 nominees from which voters will select 4 to be inducted in the Hall of Fame this summer. These nominees are Peter Bagge, Howard Cruse, Steve Englehart, Justin Green, Roberta Gregory, Bill Griffith, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Francoise Mouly, Jackie Ormes, George Pérez, P. Craig Russell, Posy Simmonds, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, Rumiko Takahashi, and Garry Trudeau.

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Comics / Graphic Novels

2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Nominees Announced for 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Tops List with Six Nominations

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2017. The nominees were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges.

Click here for a complete list of the 2017 Eisner Awards Nominations

 

Once again, this year’s nominees reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, with over 120 titles from some 50 publishers and by creators from all over the world.
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Topping the nominations is Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon), originally published in Singapore. It is a history of Singapore from the 1950s to the present as told by a fictional cartoonist in a wide variety of styles reflecting the various time periods. It is nominated in 6 categories: Best Graphic Album–New, Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia, Best Writer/Artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.

Boasting 4 nominations are Image’s Saga and Kill or Be Killed. Saga is up for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer (Brian K. Vaughan), and Best Cover Artist and Best Coloring (Fiona Staples). Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer, Best Cover Artist, and Best Coloring (Elizabeth Breitweiser). Two titles have 3 nominations: Image’s Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Best Publication for Teens, Best Painter, Best Cover Artist), and Tom Gauld’s Mooncop (Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering), published by Drawn & Quarterly. Another dozen publications have 2 nominations.

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Astronomy News

Long Range Sensors Detect…

  • Cassini–Fabulous pictures of Saturn, rings, and moons.
  • Cassini’s final view of Earth from Saturn
  • Lego’s Saturn 5 kit
  • The largest SETI initiative ever
  • How does sound travel on Mars?
  • 27 best Hubble images on its 27th anniversary

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Cassini–Fabulous pictures of Saturn, rings, and moons.

https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/the-final-days-of-cassini

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-blogs/cassini-survives-first-grand-finale-dive/?

Cassini’s view of Earth from Saturn

Click on the image to see more resolution–Earth is a dot near centre, bottom.

And what Earth looks like from other planets

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/cassinis-final-image-of-earth

Lego’s Saturn 5 kit

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/apollo-saturn-v-lego-set

The largest SETI initiative ever

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/breakthrough-listen–initial-results

How does sound travel on Mars?

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/how-loud-is-the-curiosity

27 best Hubble images on its 27th anniversary

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/best-of-hubble-images

Astronomy News

METEORS FROM HALLEY’S COMET

Space Weather News for May 2, 2017
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METEORS FROM HALLEY’S COMET: A radar in Canada has detected radio echoes coming from the constellation Aquarius. This is a sign that the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower is underway. In the days ahead ahead our planet will cross a network of debris streams from Halley’s Comet, producing a drizzle of eta Aquarids numbering 10 to 30 meteors per hour in the northern hemisphere and perhaps twice that number in the southern hemisphere. Usually, the eta Aquarid shower peaks around May 6th. This year, there might be an additional enhancement on May 4th or 5th.  Check today’s edition of Spaceweather.com for more information and observing tips.

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Fanzines

FAAN Awards and 4 more Zines!

TZD  40  Edited by Guy Lillian III The Zine Dump wants to see every science fiction or fandom-oriented zine published in English. Approximate range for this issue, 3-1/4-30-17. Lots and lots of zine reviews, a great place to start if you are new to the zine scene.

Alexiad April 2017 Edited by Joseph T Major

  • Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
  • Reviewer’s Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
  • Eclipse News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
  • Hugo Award Nominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
  • Nebula Award Nominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
  • An Old Captivity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
  • Worldcon News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
  • Book Reviews
    JTM van den Boom, Kaiserkrieger: Der Verrat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
    JTM Corby, The Singer from Memphis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
    JTM Dugan, French Betrayal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
    JTM Fraser, The Complete McAuslan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    JTM Molitor, Confessions of a Time Traveler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
    JTM Molitor, Memoirs of a Time Traveler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    JTM Neeson, The Battle for England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
    JTM Offutt, My Father, the Pornographe.r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    JTM Schaefer, All the Way With JFK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
    JTM Simpson, A Brief Guide to Oz.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  • Con Reports ConGlomeration 2017.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
  • Random Jottings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
  • Letters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Tightbeam 277 , edited by Bob Jennings, has lots of reviews of books, cinema, television, zines. TIGHTBEAM is produced on a bi-monthly basis by the N3F –The National Fantasy Fan Federation, a world-wide club for fans of science fiction/fantasy and related subjects.

Revenge of Hump Day 2017-04-12 Edited by Tim Bolgeo, Lots of Sci and tech news in this issue.

2017 FAAn Awards

The winners of the 2017 FAAn Awards were announced April 30 at Corflu 34 in Los Angeles.

Corflu 35 (2018) will he held in Toronto, Canada, hosted by Catherine Crockett and Colin Hinz in early May 2018. Hotel and specific date to be announced.

FAN ARTIST        Steve Stiles

FANZINE COVER           BEAM 10 by Harry Bell

GENZINE           Banana Wings

LETTERHACK         Paul Skelton

PERZINE            The White Notebooks

SPECIAL ISSUE             THEN

FAN WRITER             Andy Hooper

FAN WEBSITE         eFanzines.com

Impulse

Impulse is on line!

Impulse for May/June is now available for download.  Click here for information on our outing on the 4th of May and our June 4th meeting. (Note: there Some sildenafil tablets 50mg of the common signs & symptoms of Prostate Cancer Early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms. Driver education programs for teenagers cialis in india price generally include information and education on common teenage behaviors, so that teens are alerted to age-related pitfalls and are better prepared mentally for good driving. The positive effects of this medicine last for 4 to 5 hours which makes it almost discount soft cialis impossible for the common man to avail it and undergo its medication. Dearth of blood run towards the penis may fall short to please their sexual life. fast generic cialis 60mg dosage direction Buying levitra 60mg for sale online aids deal with erectile condition in man? Well, this is not to treat the impotency issue of the female reproductive organ. will not be an Impulse for June)

Also in Impulse, a summary of the meeting in April, and a list of the MonSFFen whose membership is up for renewal.

Television

Starfleet’s finest captains materialize on dramatic Canadian Star Trek™ stamps

You can order on line En français ici
Bold explorers are shadowed by the menacing villains they faced
Pour lire en fracçais, cliquez ici.

OTTAWA, April 28, 2017 /CNW/ – Canada Post today issued a set of seven Star Trek stamps that celebrate each of Starfleet’s finest leaders, dramatically depicting them with the most cunning of the adversaries they confronted on their voyages.

Five stamps are dedicated to the exploits of James T. Kirk (Montréal-born actor William Shatner), Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula).

Two additional stamps feature the intrepid shuttlecraft Galileo, which was often deployed for missions too dangerous for the U.S.S. Enterprise, and the ominous Borg cube, which has been specially enhanced with holographic foil and embossing.

A sequel to last year’s 50th anniversary collection, these seven stamps feature:

  • 2017 Star Trek stamps (CNW Group/Canada Post)

    Admiral James T. Kirk with Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan™, 1982)

  • Captain Jean-Luc Picard with Locutus of Borg (Star Trek: The Next Generation™, 1987-1994)
  • Captain Benjamin Sisko with Dukat (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine™, 1993-1999)
  • Captain Kathryn Janeway with the Borg Queen (Star Trek: Voyager™, 1995-2001)
  • Captain Jonathan Archer with Commander Dolim (Star Trek: Enterprise™, 2001-2005)
  • The classic shuttlecraft Galileo (first appearance in Star Trek, 1966)
  • The Borg cube (first appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1989)

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About the stamps
Designed by Signals Design Group and printed by the Lowe-Martin Group, the five stamps featuring Starfleet heroes measure 24 mm by 30 mm and are available in booklets of 10, as a pane of five stamps, and as an uncut press sheet. The shuttlecraft stamp, measuring 24 mm by 20 mm, is available as a coil of 50 stamps. All seven stamps, including the uniquely-shaped Borg cube, which measures 67 mm by 62 mm and is enhanced with holographic foil and embossing, are available ready-to-mail in a prestige booklet. The Official First Day Covers – all cancelled in Vulcan, Alberta, except Kirk’s, which is cancelled in Montréal, Quebec – are available only as a set of seven.

TM & © 2017 CBS Studios inc. © 2017 Paramount Pictures Corp. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Television

New Star Trek coins from Canadian Mint

Last year the Canadian Mint issued several beautiful coloured coins in honour of Star Trek’s anniversary. This year, they have added two more to the series: Five Captains, and The Borg.

GLOWS IN THE DARK! In daylight, colour over engraving recreates the portraits of the legendary captains; when viewed in the dark, your coin reveals a glowing image of U.S.S. Enterprise in flight, along with the iconic Delta Shield Insignia. Click here to see both images.

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The field includes an outstanding amount of detailed engraving that provides a rare close-up of the exterior of a Borg cube vessel. Against this engraved background, a colourful scene finds a Borg cube locking onto the U.S.S. Enterprise with its green tractor beam.   Click here for more detailed image and more information.

Movies

The Crossing, an official prologue short to Alien: Covenant

The Crossing, an official prologue short to Alien: Covenant, reveals what happened to crew members Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and the synthetic David after the events of Prometheus. Set aboard an abandoned Engineer vessel, Dr. Shaw repairs David as they continue their search for humanity’s creators.


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Fanzines are pouring in!

Something to read on the bus!

 Fornax is a fanzine devoted to history, science fiction & gaming as well as other areas where the editor’s curiosity goes. It is edited/published by Charles Rector. In the grand tradition of fanzines, it is mostly written by the editor. This is the April 2017 issue.

This issue of The National Fantasy Fan was sent to you by the National Fantasy Fan Federation, founded 1941 http://N3F.org.

From Felicity Walker, BCSFAzine 521, clubzine for British Columbia Science Fiction Association.

We have also received, via TNFF, 4 issues of Mount Void and 6 issues of the Revenge of Hump Day.

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