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Bonjour à l’équipe de MonSFFA,
Mon nom est Laurianne Bossé, et je suis co-responsable des Prix Aurora-Boréal 2025, remis chaque année par l’organisme à but non lucratif SFSF Boréal.
La période de nominations aux Prix est terminée. Au nom du comité organisateur, j’ai le plaisir de vous apprendre que vous avez reçu suffisamment de nominations pour être finaliste dans la catégorie suivante :
Prix Boréal – Fanédition
Ce prix sert à souligner les contributions non-professionnelles à l’enrichissement du milieu qui ne peuvent être classées dans les catégories précédentes. Sont admissibles, entre autres, les associations, fanzines, webzines et blogues. Un webzine ou blogue doit avoir publié durant l’année qui précède la remise du prix un minimum de 10 billets ou contributions relevant de la science-fiction, du fantastique ou de la fantasy, à condition qu’il ne soit pas uniquement consacré aux annonces autopromotionnelles.
pour
MonSFFA (club) – http://www.monsffa.ca/
Comme de rigueur, les Prix Aurora-Boréal vous offrent l’opportunité de décliner cette nomination si, pour quelconque raison, vous estimez qu’elle n’est pas appropriée.
La cérémonie de remise des prix se tiendra le dimanche 21 septembre, dès 15h30, dans le cadre du Congrès Boréal 2023, tenu au Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (10555 avenue de Bois-de-Boulogne, Montréal, QC, H4N 1L4). Veuillez également noter qu’un billet valide pour la journée de dimanche est nécessaire afin d’assister à la cérémonie de remise.
Félicitations, et au plaisir de vous compter parmi nous lors de la cérémonie!
Laurianne Bossé
Co-responsable des Prix Aurora-Boréal et administratrice de SFSF Boréal
If the sky is clear on the 7th, look for auroras.– CPL
A SIGMOID ERUPTION ON THE SUN: When you see an “S” on the sun, it usually means something is about to explode. On Sept. 4th, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a textbook sigmoid eruption:
Researchers have long known that sigmoid structures in the sun’s atmosphere herald strong explosions. Their magnetic field lines are twisted like a slinky. When enough tension builds up, they un-twist explosively.
This sigmoid hurled a dark plume of plasma more than 700,000 km long into space. The plume is dark because the plasma inside is relatively cool and dense–two qualities that can make potent CMEs.
The explosion hurled a CME directly toward Earth. NOAA and NASA models agree that it will reach our planet on Sept. 7th. The impact could spark a G1 to G2-class geomagnetic storm with high-latitude auroras visible during the lunar eclipse. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
SEPTEMBER 2025
Join us September 20, by Zoom or in person at the Hotel Nouvel, 1740 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, corner of St Mathieu.
Our guest speaker is Riley Rosener , a Physics Masters student at the Université de Montréal doing research on the detection and 
characterization of exoplanets. They recently moved to Montréal after doing a B.S. in Astrophysics (and a minor in History) at UChicago. They have been a long-time fan of science fiction, and particularly enjoy reading new SFF, exploring various TTRPG systems, and learning about unfamiliar history. They will be talking about the history and science behind the detection of the first exoplanets, modern developments in exoplanet astronomy, and their own research.
I was shocked today to learn of the passing of Guy Lillian, a well known and respected zine editor. Guy always had nice things to say 
about MonSFFA’s zine, WARP. I had the pleasure of meeting him at World Cons, and we often corresponded. I submitted an article to an issue of Challenger, which he published to my great delight.
Guy’s Zine Challenger was nominated 12 times for the Hugo and he was twice nominated for best fan writer, but he never took home the rocket. It would be a wonderful gesture for the next world con to award a special trophy posthumously.
A tribute to Tom Lehrer (1928 – 2025)
By Joe Aspler
Tom Lehrer was a young prodigy, in the era of white bread, crewcuts, 
and Father Knows Best. He threw, or rather, sang his spanner into the works of middle class America. He sang about STDs, which left the unaware listener in a state of unawareness. He sang about Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. He provided theme songs for World War III and sang about one time SS officer Dr. Werner von Braun. He sang The Elements – all 103 of them at the time. He received a giant boost in Britain when it was found that Princess Margaret was a fan. Most of his songs could not be played on the BBC, which turned his records into best sellers.
His influences included Broadway show tunes, Gilbert and Sullivan, and society around him. In turn he influenced Dr. Demento and Weird Al. At the age of 94, with no family to follow him, he released all of his works into the public domain. They’re there for everyone now!
In this tribute, I will look at the life, times, and songs of Tom Lehrer. Concert and recording excerpts will be shown, concluding with a final singalong.
From the N3F, the National Fantasy Fan for August
TNFF202508
From the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, De Profundis #612 – September 2025
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Bill
THE BACKWARD TAIL OF COMET 3I/ATLAS: Last month, when astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph 3I/ATLAS, they had a “Eureka!” moment. The mysterious interstellar visitor had a fuzzy atmosphere and a growing tail. Clearly, it was a comet.
However, something was not quite right. Take a look, and see if you can spot the problem:
The tail of 3I/ATLAS points almost straight toward the sun. Normally, comet dust tails are pushed away from the sun by radiation pressure. 3I/ATLAS is doing the opposite—it’s backwards.
Why? Researchers led by David Jewitt of UCLA believe they have an explanation: “It is due to the preferential sublimation of ice on the hot day side of the nucleus and the near absence of sublimation on the night side,” they wrote in a paper reporting the observations.
In other words, 3I/ATLAS *is* a comet, but only the sun-heated side is producing lots of dust. The emerging dust particles are too big for radiation pressure to bend them back into an ordinary tail.
This is unusual, but not unheard of. Solar system comets have been known to produce sunward fans or jets, typically from localized “hot spots” on their rotating nuclei. What makes 3I/ATLAS different is the dominance of its sunward plume, dwarfing a barely visible anti-solar tail behind it.
From the N3F: N3FReview202506
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