Monthly Archives: February 2023

Reading

Locus: new releases for February

FEB 2023

  • AYIZE JAMA-EVERETT • Heroes of an Unknown World • Small Beer Press, Feb 2023 (tp, eb)
  • CHỊKỌDỊLỊ EMELỤMADỤ • Dazzling • Headline/Wildfire UK, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • CHRIS WOODING  • The Shadow Casket • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • DAVID WEBER, ED.  • Worlds of Honor #7: What Price Victory? • Baen, Feb 2023 (oa, hc)
  • DHONIELLE CLAYTON • The Beauty Trials • Disney/Hyper­ion, Feb 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • DHONIELLE CLAYTON • The Beauty Trials • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2023 (ya, hc, eb)
  • E. LILY YU  • Jewel Box • Erewhon, Feb 2023 (c, hc, eb)
  • H.G. PARRY  • The Magician’s Daughter • Char­nel House, Feb 2023 (hc)
  • H.G. PARRY  • The Magician’s Daughter • Orbit UK, Feb 2023 (tp, eb)
  • H.G. PARRY  • The Magician’s Daughter • Orbit US/Redhook, Feb 2023 (tp, eb)
  • IAN MCDONALD • Hopeland • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • IAN MCDONALD • Hopeland • Tor, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • JANE YOLEN  • The Scarlet Circus • Tachyon Publications, Feb 2023 (c, tp, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY • Empty Graves • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Feb 2023 (c, hc)
  • KELLY BARNHILL • The Crane Husband • Tordotcom, Feb 2023 (na, a, hc, eb)
  • LUCY A. SNYDER  • Sister • Maiden, Monster, Titan Books UK, Feb 2023 (h, tp, eb)
  • LUCY A. SNYDER  • Sister • Maiden, Monster, Tor Nightfire, Feb 2023 (h, tp, eb)
  • MARINA LOSTETTER • The Cage of Dark Hours • Tor, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • MATT RUFF  • The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country • Harper, Feb 2023 (hc)
  • ORSON SCOTT CARD • Wakers • Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Feb 2023 (ya, tp)
  • RENÉE AHDIEH • The Ruined • Hodder & Stoughton UK, Feb 2023 (ya, v, hc, eb)
  • RENÉE AHDIEH • The Ruined • Penguin Random House/Putnam, Feb 2023 (ya, v, hc, eb)
  • ROSHANI CHOKSHI • The Last Tale of the Flower Bride • HarperCollins/Morrow, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • ROSHANI CHOKSHI • The Last Tale of the Flower Bride • Hodder & Stoughton UK, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SALMAN RUSHDIE  • Victory City • Penguin Random House UK/Jonathan Cape, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SALMAN RUSHDIE  • Victory City • Penguin Random House/Random House, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SAMANTHA SHANNON  • A Day of Fallen Night • Blooms­bury Circus UK, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SAMANTHA SHANNON  • A Day of Fallen Night • Blooms­bury USA, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • SCOTTO MOORE  • Wild Massive • Tordotcom, Feb 2023 (hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • Don’t Fear the Reaper • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Feb 2023 (h, hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • Don’t Fear the Reaper • Titan Books UK, Feb 2023 (h, tp, eb)
  • TOM REAMY  • Under the Holywood Sign: The Collected Stories of Tom Reamy • Subterranean Press, Feb 2023 (c, hc)
  • VERONICA ROTH  • Arch-Conspirator • Titan Books UK, Feb 2023 (na, hc, eb)
  • VERONICA ROTH  • Arch-Conspirator • Tor, Feb 2023 (na, hc, eb)
Awards, Fanzines

2023 Fanzine Activity Achievement (FAAn) Awards

From Nic Farey,  current FAAn Awards admin:

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We’re halfway through the voting window for the 2023 Fanzine Activity Achievement (FAAn) Awards, so consider this your halftime pep talk (with apologies to those who have already returned their ballots. of course).

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Attached is The Incompleat Register 2022, the voters’ guide and pro forma ballot for the 2023 FAAn awards, fanzine fandom’s only dedicated honors.

The voting deadline is midnight (Pacific time) Friday March 10 2023, and ballots must be received by then (please note this if you’re sending by snail mail). Your own name and contact details should also be clearly supplied.

The awards will be announced at Corflu Craic in Belfast, Northern Ireland on April 2 2023.

Voting is open to anyone with an interest in fanzines, no memberships of anything are required.

Publicity is welcomed. Feel free to share and distribute this as far and wide as you like.

Nic Farey
(Current FAAn Awards Administrator)

Upcoming meeting

Feb 11: Lots to talk about!

AGENDA: FEBRUARY 2023 MonSFFA Meeting

Note: Our meetings take place both on our webpage and on Zoom. To request a link to Zoom, contact <president@monsffa.ca> .

1:00PM, Post 1 of 8 (Meeting Opens!)

Release (Photos of) the Kraken! (This is a quick feature showcasing recent pictures taken of the rarely photographed giant squid, inspiration for many a sci-fi monster.)

1/72 Me263 with wooden base, Hydrocal plaster ground, static grass & Preiser figures.

1:30PM, Post 2 of 8 (We’ve Been Framed!)
Presentation—Framing Your SF/F Artwork. Keith, with membership participation presents tips on how to show off your projects to best advantage.

2:30PM, Post 3 of 8 Page and Screen: “What Are You Reading/Watching?”  (ZOOM)

wiring a model

3:00PM, Post 4 of 8 (Break): Snack Time, Virtual Display Table, Today’s Raffle Prizes (ZOOM Chat Continues)

3:15PM, Post 5 of 8 (The Purge!)
Discussion: Moderated by Cathypl–Why readers find it so hard to give up books we have loved (It’s not hoarding if it’s BOOKS!) (ZOOM) Inspired by http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=26373

4:15PM, Post 6 of 8 (Show Us Yours!)
Show-and-Tell (ZOOM Chat)

Gallery: Celebrating Famous Sci-Fi Couples (In honour of Valentine’s Day!) On line

4:45PM, Post 7 of 8 (For the Record!)
Special SF/F LP Record Offer! (Courtesy of the Legacy of Sylvain St-Pierre)

5:00PM, Post 8 of 8 (Wrap-Up!)
Thank You!

Date of Next Club e-Meeting: March 11, 13:00h. Guest speaker, Lloyd Penney

Sign-Off

Fanzines

New zines added to e-fanzines

Update from Bill Burns:

It’s been a quiet week, but added today at https://efanzines.com are:

Octothorpe #76, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line

Rich Lynch’s You’re Still on My Mind #1, a letterzine companion to My Back Pages

Archive issues of Heath Row’s apazines: Telegraphs & Tar Pits #48, 49, 50, Faculae & Filigree #17, Snow Poster Township #8, Theoretically Game #2, Explosion Containment Umbrella #6, De Profundis #582, Menace of the LASFS – February 2023

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Bill