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Fanzines

Zines to share!

New zines to enjoy! Download them and read on the bus!

From Bill Burns at e-Fanzines:

Catching up after our trip to Corflu and Eastercon, I’ve added these new issues at https://efanzines.com 
More tomorrow!

  • Littlebrook #12 edited by Jerry Kaufman & Suzanne Tompkins
  • Taral Wayne’s Dark Toys #74
  • Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #34
  • Opuntia #547, edited by Dale Speirs
  • Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – April 2023
  • Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #53
  • The Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation, Summer 2023, is now on line
  • Octothorpe #81, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line

From the N3F:

With This mailing:

The National Fantasy Fan for April 2023 TNFF202304

FanActivity Gazette for April 2023. FanAct202304

Reminder: You have another week to make nominations for the N3F Laureate Awards. Se the latest issue of The National Fantasy Fan for details.

Awards, CSFFA / Aurora Award / Hall of Fame

Aurora Awards & CSFFA Updates for April 2023

Aurora Awards & CSFFA Updates
for April 2023

In this newsletter:

  1. Aurora Awards 2023 Nominations Deadline Imminent
  2. CSFFA Board of Directors Vacancy

Aurora Awards 2023

Nominations close on April 22, 2023, at 11:59pm EDT.

Yes, there is still time to get your nominations in for this year’s Aurora Awards. As we always say, nominate what you know and enjoyed. This is your chance to put your selections forward.

You are allowed to nominate up to five works in each of the ten categories. Choose from the list of approved works by Canadian’s in 2022. You don’t have to nominate in all the categories. Here a link to this year’s approved works.

A couple of notes about the nomination process

  1. You can change your nominations up until we close nominations on Saturday, April 22nd.
  2. Selections on our nomination form are done by using its drop-down lists of approved works.
  3. When you put in your nominations you MUST click the SAVE or UPDATE button for each category.
  4. When you click the SAVE/UPDATE button, your screen changes to show a message that your selections have been saved instead of your selections. No, your selections have not been lost. If you refresh your screen or leave and come back to this screen your selections will be displayed.
  5. If you select something that you don’t want to nominate, just go to the top of the drop-down list and select the first item which is a blank line.
  6. Don’t wait until the last day since you can always add or remove items at any time until the deadline.

Payment Note:

If you pay your annual CSFFA dues and the system still will not let you in, DO NOT pay a second time. Wait a little bit and try logging in again. Do not wait days. If after an hour you are still having trouble, then please send us an email through our contact form. Include your PayPal receipt information and we will update your account. If you pay with a PayPal account that has a different email address than your CSFFA account PayPal might not get us the right information to update your account automatically.

Corona meetings from home

APRIL 2023 E-MEETING, POST 4 OF 7: Time for a break!

Get your Bheer & Chips!
It’s time for the break!
NEWS

WARP: Danny and Val have WARP113 just about ready to hit the presses! The next issue, 114, will need your input! Write a review, a short story, draw a cartoon or create a puzzle! Don’t wait for the deadline.

DISPLAY TABLE
Josée’s latest creation

Click to see more of Josée’s dragon eggs http://www.monsffa.ca/?page_id=22010

Cathy’s most recent jigsaw puzzle: Gandalf, cut from cherry. Pattern by Judy Peterson.

 

RAFFLE PRIZES

Click the thumbnails to view full size image.

Sturmovik Neko Girl, Japanese Capsule Toy, donated by Brian Knapp.

A SF classic: Rogue planet that threatens Earth is found to be habitable. Rockets prepare to launch-who gets to be saved?

60 cards portraying visual scenes from Burroughs’ creations like Tarzan, Mars etc. Card backs show more Burroughs artwork & Jusko’s commentary

3-D version: Radar Men from the Moon is a 1952  12-chapter movie serial, the first Commando Cody serial starring newcomer George Wallace as Cody, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Men_from_the_Moon

Black unicorn standing jigsaw puzzle. Would normally sell for 30$, but the finish is not up to my standards. Would still look nice on your bookshelf! Design by Judy Peterson.

From Sylvain’s collection: 8 movie lobby cards (8″ x 10″) – two from each movie: The Incredible Shrinking Woman with Lily Tomlin – 1980 Battlestar Galactica – 1978 Futureworld – 1976 The Thing – 1982

Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell: Design for Great-Day Good condition

Small crystal ball which held in sunlight projects prisms of colour. Belonged to SSP.

Collaborative novel by George RR Martin & John J Miller., a murder mystery set in the Wild Cards Universe.

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Obituary

Obituary for Jennifer Bulman

Jennifer Bullman

MonSFFA’s Executive was saddened to hear of the sudden and unexpected death of Jennifer Bulman on 19 March 2023. Jennifer was a long-time fan who hailed originally from Montreal. Some of our members might recall that Jennifer, and her husband Henry Troup, joined us in February for the monthly MonSFFA meeting, during which we discussed book collections and how we accumulate — and dispose of — same. Their input was insightful, interesting and of value to the discussion. The Executive joins all MonSFFA members in offering condolences to Henry, and to extended family, at this time. Information on the memorial service, which will be live-streamed on 22 April 2023, is in the obituaries that have been published (links below).

https://www.barkerfh.com/obituary/JenniferMaryJennifer-Bulman

https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/jennifer-mary-jennifer-bulman-1087349344

MonSFFA Website

Dinosaurs in the news

Dinosaurs in the news

  • Patagotitan on show in London, UK
  • Did dinosaurs have lips? Canadian scientists say they have cracked the mystery
  • What fossil eggs found in Alberta reveal about how dinosaurs became birds
Patagotitan on show in London, UK
A colossus has landed in London: A cast of what was one of the biggest animals ever to walk the Earth is now on show at the Natural History Museum.

Watch: A timelapse movie of Patagotitan’s assembly at the Natural History Museum

Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent
By Jonathan Amos, BBC Science Correspondent
@BBCAmos

Patagotitan was a dinosaur that lived 100 million years ago in South America.

Measuring some 37m (121ft) from nose to tail, the beast could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes in life.

The museum has brought over not just a representative skeleton but some of the real fossil bones first discovered in Argentina in 2014.

The largest is a 2.4m-long femur, or thigh bone. It’s been erected upright to give visitors an extraordinary selfie opportunity.

READ MORE: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65094602

Did dinosaurs have lips? Canadian scientists say they have cracked the mystery

As with many details about dinosaur physiology, an absence of living specimens has left a lot to the artistic imagination. Perhaps because humans are smaller than many dinosaur species, and also edible, popular representations of the ancient creatures are often strongly focused on their teeth.

Scientists and artists have developed two principal models of predatory dinosaur facial appearance: crocodylian-like lipless jaws, or a lizard-like lipped mouth. New data suggests that the latter model, lizard-like lips, applies to most or all predatory dinosaur species. This finding challenges many popular depictions of carnivorous species like Tyrannosaurus rex.Mark Witton

 

This tradition is evident in the Hollywood version of dinosaurs as depicted the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Many of the movie’s most memorable scenes feature a tyrannosaur with jaws agape. But even when the giant reptile’s mouth is shut its teeth remain plainly visible, like a row of murderous icicles.

READ MORE: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-dinosaur-lips-canada-scientists/

What fossil eggs found in Alberta reveal about how dinosaurs became birds
Fanzines

Fanzines to share!

A bumper crop of zines to share!

From Bill Burns:

Added today at https://efanzines.com:

Nic Farey’s The Incompleat Register 2023 Results. Full details of the FAAn Awards presented at Corflu Craic, 2 April 2023.

Opuntia #546, edited by Dale Speirs

Octothorpe #80, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line

Christopher J. Garcia’s The Drink Tank #446

Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #26

David Grigg’s The Megaloscope #6

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Bill

From the N3F,

With this mailing, you are being sent the March 2023 issues of Ionisphere and of The N3F Review of Books Incorporating Prose Bono.

And note our new feature in the N3F Review of Books. On the second page, these authors have agreed to send you one of their ebooks, for free, in exchange for your promising to write a review of the book and posting it on Amazon, Goodreads, or social media sites, and sending The N3F Review a copy.

From Garth Spencer in Vancouver, BC, the Obdurate Eye.
From Nic Farey who send us news of the FAAn Awards:

Other news from the awards given at Corflu Craic in Belfast, NI earlier today:

fwa (fanzine writers’ association) Past President election:
2022 Past Presidents: Nigel Rowe, John D. Berry
1959 Past President: Keith Freeman

Corflu Lifetime Achievement Award: Rob Hansen

Corfu 41 awarded to Las Vegas, NV and will take place at the Gold Coast hotel and Casion, February 29 – March 3 2024.

FAAn winners summary:
FANZINE CATEGORIES
Best Genzine: Portable Storage (ed. William Breiding)
Best Perzine: This Here… (ed. Nic Farey)
Best Special Publication: 1957: The First British Worldcon (ed. Rob Hansen)

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Best Letterhack (Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award): Jerry Kaufman
Best Fanartist: Ulrika O’Brien
Best Fanwriter: (TIE) Justin E.A. Busch, Nic Farey
Best Fanzine Cover: BEAM 17 (Alan White)

For a breakdown of voting, click  Incompleat2023results

 

Reading

Locus: New books for April

APRIL 2023

  • BENJAMIN PERCY  • The Sky Vault • HarperCollins/Morrow, Apr 2023 (1st US, hc, tp, eb)
  • BRENT WEEKS  • Night Angel Nemesis • Orbit UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • BRENT WEEKS  • Night Angel Nemesis • Orbit US, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE  • The Best of Catherynne M. Va­lente • Volume One, Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Promises Stronger Than Dark­ness • Titan Books UK, Apr 2023 (ya, tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Promises Stronger Than Dark­ness • Tor Teen, Apr 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW •  Red Team Blues • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW • Red Team Blues • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • DAVID WELLINGTON  • Paradise-1 • Orbit UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • DAVID WELLINGTON  • Paradise-1 • Orbit US, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • DEREK KÜNSKEN • The House of Saints • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • FONDA LEE • Untethered Sky • Tordotcom, Apr 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • GREG KEYES • The Basilisk Throne • Titan Books UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • IAN C. ESSLEMONT • Forge of the High Mage • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam Press UK, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • IAN R. MACLEOD • Ragged Maps • Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • JAMES TIPTREE, JR.  • The Voice That Murmers in the Night • Subterranean Press, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • JULIET E. MCKENNA  • The Cleaving • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • KAT HOWARD • A Sleight of Shadows • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • KATE ELLIOTT • Furious Heaven • Tor, Apr 2023 (1st US, hc, eb)
  • MARK LAWRENCE • The Book that Wouldn’t Burn • Ace, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MARY GENTLE • The Landing • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Essential Peter S. Beagle • Volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories, Tachyon Publica­tions, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Way Home • Ace, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • PETER S. BEAGLE • The Way Home • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN DEAS • Herald of the Black Moon • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • STEVEN BRUST • Tsalmoth • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SYLVAIN NEUVEL  • For the First Time • Again, Tordot­com, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • TIM AKERS • Wraithbound • Baen, Apr 2023 (tp, eb)
  • TIM POWERS  • My Brother’s Keeper • Charnel House, Apr 2023 (ss, hc)
  • TJ KLUNE • In the Lives of Puppets • Tor, Apr 2023 (hc, eb)
  • TOBIAS S. BUCKELL • Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories • Apex Book Company, Apr 2023 (c, tp, eb)