Wayne Glover has sent us photos of his scale models which can be 
viewed under the menu tab for Activities/Scale Models/Wayne Glover.
Josée Bellemare has sent us a tutorial on creating and displaying
Dragon Eggs. This can be viewed under the menu tab for Contributors/Josée Bellemare/Making Dragon Eggs.
There is an interesting exhibit at the Institute of Italian Culture in Montreal Our thanks to François Vigneault for the tip!
Vicoli et ruelles is a multi-artist exposition focused on representations of urban life in the comics of Italy and Québec, and will presented at the Institute of Italian Culture in Montreal from April 28 to May 31.
I (François Vigneault) don’t have any pieces in the show itself, BUT I had the pleasure of creating all the incidental illustrations for the show, which will adorn the walls of the gallery, creating a life-size, immersive environment! The 24 artists included in the show include Bianca Bagnarelli, Sara Colaone, Andrea Ferraris, Cab, Samuel Cantin, Michel Hellman, Mélanie Leclerc, Djibril Morissette-Phan, Michel Rabagliati, Salgood Sam, and many more!
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ToC
Kevin Trainor Wins Kaymar Award
Neffy Nominations Are Still Open
Director’s Space
Directorate Action Report
Letters of Comment
Justin E. A. Busch — Heath Row
Treasurer’s Report
Bureaus
Birthday Card — Round Robins — Correspondence Bureau
Welcommittee — Writer’s Exchange Bureau — Fanzines — Forwarder
SerCon
Strange Adventures
Short Story Contest
An Italian knight turned saint is said to have stabbed his sword into a rock in the 12th Century.
Today, the sword can still be seen in Tuscany, but is it real? And was it the inspiration for Excalibur and King Arthur’s saga?
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0c1ymsq/the-truth-behind-the-legend-of-the-sword-in-the-stone-
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/
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.
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
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
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
This month’s roundup:
• Yiddish-related SF material dedicated to my dear departed father, David Botwinik (o”h – ע”ה ): Yoel Matveyev: “”
• Book review: “More Zion’s Fiction” Part 4: Guy Hasson’s “The Assassination”
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
Eldritch Science features a cover by Alan White, absolutely a must-see. It’s gorgeous! –CPL
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