Montreal Area Event / Convention

Salon Medievale in Montreal

Fans of the Middle Ages may want to check this out.

Salon Medievale / Montreal Medieval Fair

May 13-14-15, Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, 3000 Viau St, Montreal

 

For more information, Click Here

or the facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/SalonDeLaPassionMedievale/

Salon de la Passion Médiévale

 
English will follow
Vous pouvez dès maintenant vous procurer les billets pour le salon de la passion médiévale 2022 qui se tiendra les 13, 14 et 15 mai au centre Pierre Charbonneau, 3000 Viau St, Montreal, Quebec H1V 3J3.
Des activités pour toute la famille seront au rendez-vous, spectacles variés, artisans de partout au Québec, musique et ambiance inégalée, c’est une édition à ne pas manquer.
On vous attend en grand nombre pour reconnecter avec notre loisir et encourager nos artisans.
Les billets sont maintenant disponibles en ligne directement au: https://tinyurl.com/5bbexw3h
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Tickets are now available for the 2022 Medieval Passion Fair which will be held on May 13, 14 and 15 at the Pierre Charbonneau Center, 3000 Viau St, Montreal, Quebec H1V 3J3.
Activities for the whole family, various shows, artisans from all over Quebec, music and unparalleled atmosphere, this is an edition not to be missed.
We are waiting for you in large numbers to reconnect with our hobby and encourage our artisans.
Tickets are now available online directly at: https://tinyurl.com/4xz4xvyf
Fanzines

Fanzine Round-Up

More fanzines to share, enjoy!

From  R-Laurraine Tutihasi in Arizona, PurrMew86

is always an enjoyable read. First thing I look for is the critter cam pictures and of course, Mike’s astronomy shots. This issue of Purrmews has a photo of his observatory dome.

Joe Major sent us Alexiad: Alex122

Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Reviewer’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Eclipse News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Horse News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hugo Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Last Closet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nebula Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Serpent’s Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Worldcon News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Book Reviews
JTM Jameson, Bullard of the Space Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Sayeret Matkal Operators, Entebbe Declassified. . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Veal, Igor’s Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Random Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Richard A. Dengrove, Tom Feller, John Hertz, Trinlay Khadro,
Lloyd Penney, AL du Pisani, George W. Price, John Purcell, Darrell
Schweitzer, David M. Shea, Taral Wayne
Comments are by JTM or LTM
Trivia: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Art:
Sheryl Birkhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 8

Now available from e-fanzines:

Opuntia #522, edited by Dale Speirs

Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – April 2022

Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #22

Octothorpe #55, a regular fannish podcast by Liz Batty, John Coxon and Alison Scott, is now on line

 

Astronomy News

Solar Activity: Watch for Auroras!

Space Weather News for April 20, 2022
https://spaceweather.com
https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY: The sun unleashed another X-class solar flare today, causing a deep shortwave radio blackout over southeast Asia and Australia.  Intensifying solar activity has resulted in more than 19 flares during the past 24 hours alone. Even farside sunspots are getting in on the act. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

Don’t miss another solar flare: Subscribers to our Space Weather Alert Service received a text message about today’s X-flare while it was happening.
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Above: An X2.2-class solar flare on April 20, 2022. Credit: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

 

NAKED-EYE SUNSPOTS: Yesterday in Poland, a flock of cranes flew across the setting sun. Among them were sunspots. “Active sunspot complex AR2993-94 is so big that it was easily visible to the naked eye,” says Marek Nikodem, who photographed the flyby:

It’s true. The primary dark cores of AR2993-94 are twice as wide as Earth. Technically, this makes them “naked-eye” objects. Be careful, though. Looking at the sun can damage your eyes. Safe solar filters are strongly recommended.

Earth itself provided the filter for Nikodem’s photo. Low-hanging clouds and haze dimmed the sun enough for photography. Just to be on the safe side, though, he pointed his camera using the electronic viewscreen–not the optical viewfinder.

more images: from Carlos Stehli of Lima, Peru; from Thom Peck of Poway, California; from Daisuke Tomiyasu of Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan; from David Kriegler of Gulf Shores, Alabama; from Paolo Bardelli of Sumirago (Varese), Italy

Anime

Brian’s top ten favourite anime series

Brian’s top ten favourite anime series

Brian had prepared an elaborate slide show for our meeting on the 9th, but because of the copyright restrictions on YouTube we were unable to post his Zoom presentation. There are a lot of anime fans in our membership, so he was asked to send us his slides. Hopefully, if the technology co-operates, you will be able to load the film clips from the slides yourself.

If you have Powerpoint, you can download the slide show to your computer by clicking here: 10 Favorite Anime

To view as a pdf, click here: 10 Favorite Anime

Fanzines

Fanzine to Share

Eldritch Science features a cover by Alan White, absolutely a must-see. It’s gorgeous! –CPL

ES2021051

Message from George Phillies:
For the puzzled, yesterday’s mailing was indeed a mailing of the current issue of our fiction zine, Eldritch Science. The file should have been labelled ES202204.PDF. It was the correct file. Apologies for the error.

Fiction
3 … The Visitor by Alan White
6 … If Music Be the Fruit of Love
by Jack Mulcahy
16 … Harde Science Fiction by David Rich
29 … The Landing at the Somme
by Patrick McKay
39 … A Bad Turn by Adrian Rayner
45 … Jump Jiving by Lyle Hopwood
48 … The Prudence of Silver by Sean Jones

Poetry
6 … Time Travel Bucket List
by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
15 … Astral Planes by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
15 … Marooned by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
28 … How God Created Evolution
by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
38 … The Dream Library
by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
45 … Wind Walker and Guest
by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Art
Front Cover … Alan White
3 … The Visitor by Alan White
5 … Lady of the Clouds by Angela K. Scott
14 … Lion Lore by Angela K. Scott
24 … Crystal Effect by Angela K. Scott
27 … Dragorn by Angela K. Scott
35 … Centaur by Angela K. Scott
48 … Collaboration by Angela K. Scott

Astronomy News

EARTH-DIRECTED CME

Space Weather News for April 11, 2022
https://spaceweather.com
https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

EARTH-DIRECTED CME: A dead sunspot exploded today. The corpse of AR2987, which decayed days ago, erupted, and the debris is heading straight for Earth. A CME expected to arrive on April 14th could spark moderately-strong G2-class geomagnetic storms. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

CME Alerts: Subscribers to our Space Weather Alert Service receive instant text messages when significant CMEs hit Earth’s magnetic field.
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Above: Old sunspot AR2987 erupting on April 11, 2022. Credit: NASA/SDO

 

Corona meetings from home

Meeting of April 9: Posts in order

It was a great meeting. We had a wonderful guest, Lonny Buinis, and Joe Aspler gave us a trip down memory lane with his presentation on Expo ’67.

If you missed it, we have the links to the posts in order below, and members will be able to view the recorded zoom in the private section of our website. http://www.monsffa.ca/?page_id=21823

Post 1 of 8: Introduction, Quickie Quiz

Post 2 of 8: Virtual-Reality Planets

Post 3 of 8: Time for the Break!

Post 4 of 8: Expo 67—The Future is Now

Be sure to read post 5 in which Keith lists his top ten alliterative comic book character names and top ten cool cars and trucks.

Post 5 of 8: Your SF/F Top-Ten Lists

Even though we ran an hour over time, we did not have time for the last item on our agenda, the What are you reading or watching segment. However, we encourage folks to answer the question in the comments!

Post 6 of 8: What are You Reading/Watching?

Even if you attended the zoom meeting, you will want to read up on the answers to the quiz. There is a lot of background information!

Post 7 of 8: Show-and-Tell, Answers to Quickie Quiz

Post 8 of 8: Thank You, Wrap-Up, Next e-Meeting Date

 

MonSFFA Website

The SFWA Magic Awakens Bundle

The SFWA Magic Awakens Bundle – Curated by Sherrie Cronin and the SFWA:  https://storybundle.com/fantasy

If a smooth sea never made a skilled mariner, then a tranquil world never forged a powerful hero: Meet fourteen budding sorceresses, wizards, and magic wielders of all ages and types as they face horrible threats that force them to confront their nascent abilities and to strengthen their powers and themselves. Then join each character on their own thrilling adventure once the Magic Awakens!

SFWA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, advancing, and supporting science fiction and fantasy writing in the United States and elsewhere. This year the SFWA Independent Authors Committee had the pleasure of sorting through nearly two hundred excellent books as we narrowed our selection down to these fourteen special stories.

You can read more about them here, and make sure to click on each cover for a synopsis, reviews and preview of each book!

Available from April 6 to April 28.

MonSFFA Website

Fossils of dinos killed by asteroid

Scientists have presented a stunningly preserved leg of a dinosaur.

The limb, complete with skin, is just one of a series of remarkable finds emerging from the Tanis fossil site in the US State of North Dakota.

But it’s not just their exquisite condition that’s turning heads – it’s what these ancient specimens are purported to represent.

The claim is the Tanis creatures were killed and entombed on the actual day a giant asteroid struck Earth.

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740

Montreal Science Fiction and Fantasy Association