Another zine to share!
Never fails–I round up the zines, and the next day another arrives!
CCDecember2025-v01 From Israel, review of Alien.
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Fanzine Roundup
I fell behind, but managed to round them all up today. Enjoy!
PurrMew95 From Arizona, pictures of critters we don’t see around here. Reviews of books, cons, etc.
From Bill Burns, lots of updates came in, best to just click over to 
https://efanzines.com.
Last Spring, the N3F launched a new APA, A Gentle Stroll, focused on role-playing games. We have now reached issue 6, and are going bimonthly. AGS6
ObdurateEye57 From Garth Spencer in Vancouver. (Keith will like the cover.)
N3FReview202510 From the N3F, reviews of books
De Profundis #615 – December 2025 Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, oldest SFF club still running strong. They’ve got a clubhouse!!
PROBE 206X From South Africa.
ES202511 From the N3F, Eldritch Science
From Heath Row, in Madison, WI, The Wahflestomper Manifesto. Rather than issue a zine, he plans to write LoCs to all and sundry.
The Wahflestomper Manifesto shall be distributed initially to publishers and distributors of fanzines and amateur press associations that have been included in recent issues of The Zine Dump, The Incompleat Register, and Blue Moon Special. (Rest in peace, Guy H. Lillian III.)
ObdurateEye58 From Garth in Vancouver, seems to have Cheese on the mind.
Gazette202512 From the 3NF
Tightbeam375 the N3F literary fanzine. We try to cover all tastes in fandom, such as anime, comics, cosplay, films, novels, biographies, poetry, music, short stories, food, etc.
Alien comet, not an alien craft
31/Atlas is an alien comet, not an alien craft, even though it is not accelerating due only to gravity. –CPL
Space Weather News for Dec. 16, 2025
https://spaceweather.com
THE NON-GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION OF 3I/ATLAS: New data from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft and ESA’s Mars Trace Gas Orbiter confirm that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not moving under the force of gravity alone. It has a “non-gravitational acceleration.” The effect can be explained entirely by cometary outgassing, and allows astronomers to weigh the comet from afar. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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)
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
https://spaceweather.com
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.
Solar activity to cause Aurora tonight
sky might be partly clear tonight, worth looking for aurora.
Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2025
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https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com
STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORMS PREDICTED: Solar activity is suddenly high with multiple X-class and strong M-class solar flares since Monday. At least three CMEs are expected to graze or directly hit Earth this week, potentially sparking strong geomagnetic storms on Nov. 6-7. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: An X1.8-class solar flare from sunspot 4274 on Nov. 4, 2025.
Locus list of upcoming book releases
NOVEMBER 2025
- KEMI ASHING-GIWA • The King Must Die • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
- TRAVIS BALDREE • Brigands & Breadknives • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- TRAVIS BALDREE • Brigands & Breadknives • Macmillan/Tor UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- ANNE BISHOP • Turns of Fate • Ace, Nov 2025 (hc)
- BEN BOVA & LES JOHNSON • Pluto • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- ORSON SCOTT CARD • Reawakening • Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Nov 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
- M.R. CAREY • Outlaw Planet • Orbit UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- M.R. CAREY • Outlaw Planet • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
- CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN • Shiny Happy People • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Nov 2025 (ya, h, hc, eb)
- KATE ELLIOTT • The Nameless Land • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- THEODORA GOSS • Letters From an Imaginary Country • Tachyon Publications, Nov 2025 (c, tp, eb)
- BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit UK, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
- BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
- T. KINGFISHER • Snake-Eater • Amazon/47North, Nov 2025 (na, tp, eb)
- T. KINGFISHER • Snake-Eater • Titan Books UK, Nov 2025 (na, hc, eb)
- MERCEDES LACKEY, ED. • Smoke and Mirrors • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
- GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, ED. • Wild Cards: Aces Full • Tordotcom, Nov 2025 (an, hc, eb)
- RHIANNA PRATCHETT • Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch • Penguin Random House UK/Penguin UK, Nov 2025 (1st UK, nf, ya, art, hc, eb)
- CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Shadows Upon Time • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- SALMAN RUSHDIE • The Eleventh Hour • Penguin Random House UK/Jonathan Cape, Nov 2025 (oc, hc, eb)
- SALMAN RUSHDIE • The Eleventh Hour • Penguin Random House/Random House, Nov 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- JOHN SCALZI • Constituent Service • Subterranean Press, Nov 2025 (na, hc, eb)
- APARNA VERMA • The Burning Queen • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
- DAVID WEBER, ED. • Worlds of Honor #8: Changer of Worlds • Baen, Nov 2025 (oa, hc)
- ADRIENNE YOUNG • Fallen City • Titan Books UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
- ADRIENNE YOUNG • Fallen City • St. Martin’s/Saturday Books, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)