Monthly Archives: September 2019

Events and Conventions

Looking for something to do?

Using information from Lloyd Penney, Dom Durocher, and Lynda Pelley, we have compiled a list of events that might be of interest to MonSFFen and friends.

There are two model shows I know will be attended by at least a few of our members! Sept 28 in Ottawa and Sept 29 in Laval.

Take a look!

These are the events for September.

September 13-15, 2019 Albacon, Albany, NY, GoH Bruce Coville
http://2019.albacon.org/

September 21 – Royal Medieval Faire, Waterloo Park West, Waterloo. http://www.royalmedievalfaire.org , or see Facebook page.

September 21-22 – Windsor ComicCon, Caesars Windsor Casino & Hotel, Windsor.  www.windsorcomicon.com.

September 22 – Peterborough ComiCon, Evinrude Centre, Peterborough. Admission: $5. www.popculturecanada.ca.

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September 28, 2019 CAPCON, IPMS Ottawa’s biennial scale plastic model contest, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa https://www.ipmsottawa.com/

September 27-29 – Kimikon, Enercare Centre, Toronto. Anime convention. For more information, http://www.kimikon.ca

September 28 – FrightCon, Nepean Sportsplex, Nepean. For more information, see Facebook page.

September 28-29 – Tri-City Super Con 2, Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener. For more information, http://www.tricitysupercon.com.

September 29 – Toronto Comic Book Show Fall 2019, Montecassino Hotel & Event Venue, Toronto. For more information, http://www.torontocomicbookshow.com.

September 29, 2019 model show / competition, Laval, QC, Pavillon du boisé, 3235 Boul. St Martin Est, Laval. Admission: $6 adults, $5 children .http://www.ipmsrealcote.com/ipmsrealcote.htm or https://www.facebook.com/IPMSRealCote/

Events and Conventions

Scintillation update from Jo Walton

Scintillation Update from Jo Walton

It’s getting closer! I’m really looking forward to it now.

Scintillation membership closes next Sunday, 22nd, at midnight Montreal time. If you’ve been waiting to buy a membership, if you have friends who want to come OR if you want to convert from supporting to attending, do it before that. We mean this! We have a proper membership button on the website now. https://scintillation.ca/index.php/registration or email members@scintillation.ca with any queries. We will not do at the door registration.

And now, fun things.

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Friday afternoon expeditions include a tour of the old port, a trip to Jean Talon Market, a trip to the Jardin Botanique and other activities. You don’t have to decide any of them in ahead of time, you can decide at dim sum or at the last minute. But if you want to do the tea tasting with Jon Singer at Camellia Sinensis, you have to pay for it in advance using the website, where it explains how to do it https://scintillation.ca/index.php/registration

Program(me) is done, and up on the website now, including brief panel descriptions. I think it’s OK and fairly self-explanatory, but if you spot errors or want to ask anything reply to this email. This year we’re doing 60 minute panels in 75 minute slots, to give time for bathroom breaks, moving between rooms, and over-run. We’re also doing an “In Conversation” series in the reading room, which I think will be terrific. We’re having a Joy of Reading panel on Sunday morning, and we’d be delighted if you bring along readings you love to share, which must be written by somebody else, not you, and not more than 5-10 monites max. https://scintillation.ca/index.php/programme

 

Fanzines

Zines to share!

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I hope members take the time to view the zines I’ve been posting. Some are perzines, some are club zines, all have interesting content.
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Street closures affecting our meeting

Traffic disruptions this weekend

Do check for highway and street closures before driving to our meeting on Saturday, the 14th.

http://www.quebec511.info/en/Carte/Default.aspx
https://www.radiocirculation.net/

Jacques Cartier Bridge will be Major trouble

  • Montreal Gazette,

For the second week in a row, levelling and paving work will cause major closures on the lanes and ramps of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Here’s what you need to look out for on the roads this weekend.

JACQUES CARTIER BRIDGE

On the Longueuil side, the bridge exit ramps toward Route 132 East and West will be closed from 10 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

Also during that time, two out of three lanes will be closed at the exit of the bridge on the Montreal side, in the direction of De Lorimier Ave. North.

HIGHWAY 20

Highway 20 West will be closed between the Turcot and Saint-Pierre Interchanges from 11:59 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

TURCOT

The ramp from Highway 15 South (Décarie) to Highway 720 (downtown) will be closed from 11:59 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

The ramp from Highway 20 East to Highway 15 North will be closed at the same time.

Exit 2 (Atwater Ave.) on Highway 720 will also be closed at that time.

HIGHWAY 15

Highway 15 North will be closed between Exit 58 (Highway 10 West, Île-des-Soeurs) and the entrance to De la Vérendrye Blvd. from 11:30 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

LOCAL ROAD CLOSURES

Notre-Dame St. West will be closed between Monk Blvd. and Carillon Ave. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Astronomy News

ANOTHER POSSIBLE INTERSTELLAR COMET!

Astronomers have discovered a likely interstellar object — the second after Oumuamua — and this one’s a comet that will pass nearest the Sun later this year.

From Sky and Telescope:

Meanwhile, images show that the incoming object sports a faint but distinct coma and the barest hint of a tail — something ‘Oumuamua lacked — and thus appears to be a comet. Astronomers are no doubt eager to get spectra of the new find to determine what compounds might be escaping from its surface.

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From Astronomy Magazine

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/09/astronomers-may-have-just-discovered-an-interstellar-comet-visiting-our-solar-system

While ‘Oumuamua wasn’t seen until it was on its way out of the solar system, C/2019 Q4 is still on its way in — and should remain visible for a year. With current orbit calculations, C/2019 Q4 is expected to reach its closest approach to the Sun in December 2019, providing astronomers with time to observe it more closely. The comet will likely come within 2 AU of the Sun, which is outside the orbit of Mars. Though currently around a brightness magnitude around 18 —too dim to be seen with a small telescope — the comet is expected to brighten to around 15th magnitude.
Space Weather News for Sep. 12, 2019
https://spaceweather.com
https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

A POSSIBLE INTERSTELLAR COMET: A new comet just discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov is rocketing through the solar system too fast for the sun’s gravity to hang onto it. Indeed, it appears to be a visitor from the stars. Interstellar Comet Borisov will make its closest approach to the sun and to Earth in Dec. 2019. Get the full story and observing tips on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com

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Above: Comet Borisov is currently beyond the orbit of Mars. Click here to play with a 3D visualization of the comet’s approach courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Events and Conventions

VCON is cancelled

The kind of fan-run convention we all love is failing. We’ve known this for a long time, but when stalwarts like VCON and Ad Astra struggle with issues of failing attendance, lack of volunteers, cost of hotels, we have to wonder if the days of the fan run con are numbered.

Read the comments, too, as there is a fuller explanation there.

Also, if you are on Facebook, visit the Ad Astra group and join the discussion there.
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FANZINES TO SHARE

Fanzines to share!

From Leybl in Israel, CyberCozen. This issue has interesting articles about the possibility of live on exo-planets. Also, a link to the Icon site in English.

CyberCozen

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Local Sensors detect…Book news!

  1. Locus list of forthcoming Books
  2. Best Series Hugo: Eligible Series from 2019
  3. Margaret Atwood on Testaments

1. Locus list of forthcoming books is here.

These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” from the September 2019 issue of Locus Magazine, covering September 2019 – June 2020. daThe list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see Locus Magazine. (Subscribe!)

The list is tentative and subject to change by publishers, especially for books scheduled later in the year. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) non-fiction, (c) collection, (oc) original collection, (na) novella, (a) associational, (om) omnibus, (eb) ebook, (an) anthology, (pi) pictoral and other, (art) art and others, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in, (nv) novelette, (ss) short story, (hc) hardcover, (tp) trade paperback, (ph) pamphlet, (pb) paperback, (oa) original anthology, (b) biography, (v) paranormal romance, (pm) poetry.

 

2. Best Series Hugo: Eligible Series from 2019

Apparently, it is not too early to start thinking about nominating for Hugo Best Series.  Check out the list begun by JJ on File 770.

http://file770.com/best-series-hugo-eligible-series-from-2019/

 

3. There have been several interviews with Margaret Atwood.

I found these two interesting.

The first from the CBC includes  a youtube interview in which she discusses protesters dressing as handmaids.
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In this one, the launch from London, and more on her writing:

She’s done a lot of writing on Pelee Island. Why is it such a good place to write?  “Nobody calls!” she replied.

She wrote some of her latest book, a sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” on the island. “The Testaments” will be published on Tuesday, with an initial print run of half a million copies.

The book’s launch, in London, will be streamed to over 1,300 cinemas around the world.

And can Atwood give us any hints? “We know from book one that Gilead ends,” she said. “But we don’t know how. But we’re a little closer to knowing how.”

“Is there hope in the second book?” Teichner asked.

“Tons of hope,” she laughed. “Lots and lots of hope.”

When Teichner asked, “In this whole process and the explosion of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and its ripples in culture, what are you most proud of?” Atwood replied, “I’m Canadian, Martha. We don’t do proud of!”

What do you do?  “Less embarrassed by!” she laughed.

 

MonSFFA Website

NEXT CLUB MEETING THIS WEEKEND & SEPTEMBER 2019 e-IMPULSE NOW AVAILABLE

Attention MonSFFA Members:

The September 2019 e-Impulse is now available!

Click here to preview or download it:

e-ImpulseSeptember2019(PDF)

This issue is also now archived on the “Impulse” page of this Web site.

NEXT CLUB MEETING IS THIS WEEKEND

SATURDAY, September 14, 11:30AM-5:00PM, St-François Room (second floor), Hôtel Espresso, 1005 Guy St., Downtown Montreal 

Meeting Theme: Superheroes! Wear a T-shirt or other article of clothing sporting your favourite comic book superhero!

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11:30AM-12:45PM (Pre-Meeting Session)

Utopia Planitia Shipyards Competition: MonSFFA’s 2019 group project continues as our build teams finish assembling and detailing their scratchbuilt model spacecraft, then paint and weather them! If possible, additional time will be allotted in order to allow the completion of this project.

1:00PM-2:00PM

Can You Separate the Art from the Artist?: Should we judge artists solely upon their works? Can a terrible person still be considered a great sci-fi writer or filmmaker? Is it reasonable to impugn creators for attitudes, language, or actions that would only by today’s standards be considered inappropriate? Discuss!

2:00PM-2:30PM

Mid-Meeting Break: Fund-raising raffle; brief discussion of recent club business

2:30PM-3:30PM

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…?: How well do you know your superheroes? Game  in which players are challenged to identify comic book superheroes from just a quick, partial peek at their costumes!

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Local Sensors detect…

In this issue of local sensors detect…

  1. A podcast for fans of Ray Harryhausen
  2. A new dinosaur from Japan
  3. If you’ve 250K to spend, they’ve got a helmet for you
  4. Victorian fantasy series Carnival Row, streaming on Amazon Prime Video
  5. A letter from Gene Roddenberry, read by Robert Picardo

 

  1. Interesting podcast for fans of Ray Harryhausen.

2. A new dinosaur from Japan

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A nearly complete fossilised skeleton of kamuysaurus japonicus, or ‘Japanese dragon god,’ is seen on display during the Dinosaur Expo 2019 at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo

Japanese scientists have identified a new species of dinosaur from a nearly complete skeleton that was the largest ever discovered in the country, measuring eight metres (26 feet) long.

The team named the dinosaur “Kamuysaurus japonicus,” which means “Japanese dragon god,” according to a statement issued by the university.  READ MORE

3.  Need a helmet for your Star Wars costume? Minimum bid: 250K. https://www.icollector.com/David-Prowse-Darth-Vader-screen-used-signature-mask-and-helmet-from-Star-Wars-Episode-V_i34247459

4. Victorian fantasy series Carnival Row, streaming on Amazon Prime Video 

Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, Carnival Row is an Amazon Original, a dark and steamy fantasy where mythological faeries are refugees among an intolerant human population.  READ MORE

5. A rare letter from Gene Roddenberry in support of the Planetary society.  

Robert Picardo reads the letter from Gene Roddenberry. Watch on YouTube.

See the actual letter: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/misc/20180907_gene-roddenberry-the-planetary-society.html

In 1980, the creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, wrote a letter and sent it out to a Star Trek fans mailing list. In the letter, Gene invited his fans to join us on our mission to explore the cosmos. Hear the letter as read by Robert Picardo, listen to his Jean-Luc Picard impression, and see inside Bill Nye’s office for more Star Trek artifacts on hand at The Planetary Society. Read the letter here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/s…