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Elisabeth Vonarburg listed for Best novel
2019 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire First Round Nominations
Elisabeth Vonarburg listed for Best novel
The nominations for the 2019 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced. This is in effect a longlist, and in a few weeks the jurors will issue their shorter second round of nominees. The awards will be presented on June 9 at the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo, France.
(Période de sélection : janvier 2018 à décembre 2018)
Pas de neige blanche cette année et la tempête de gilets jaunes n’affecte pas la brasserie l’Européen, où se déroule de nouveau la réunion annuelle du GPI, en ce samedi 19 janvier 2019.
Roman francophone / Novel in French
- BonheurTM de Jean BARET (Le Bélial’)
- Dernières fleurs avant la fin du monde de Nicolas CARTELET (Mü Éditions)
- Le Cycle de Syffe, tomes 1 & 2 de Patrick K. DEWDNEY (Au diable vauvert)
- Chroniques de l’étrange, tomes 1 à 3 de Romain D’HUISSIER (Critic)
- Entends la nuit de Catherine DUFOUR (L’Atalante)
- Frankenstein 1918 de Johan HELIOT (L’Atalante)
- Susto de luvan (La Volte)
- Rouille de Floriane SOULAS (Scrineo)
- Les Pierres et les Roses, tomes 1 à 3 d’Elisabeth VONARBURG (Alire)
For the complete long list of nominations, see
https://gpi.noosfere.org/2019.php#corps
Fanzine to share!
Lebyl has sent us the February issue of CyberCozen. In this issue he publishes the letter he received from Stan Lee.
This month’s roundup:
- Even more write-ups about the legendary Stan Lee (of the Marvel universe) fame – and various related links
- Yes! We have [a concise version of] “Sheer Science” this month
- I’ll be continuing the multi-part review of Zion’s Fiction in the next issue – Hope you enjoyed the first part(s)
- – As usual, interesting tidbits from various websites.
– Your editor, Leybl Botwinik
Tentative MonSFFA Programme for 2019
We have a tentative programme worked up for 2019. I think everything suggested at the January planning session has been slotted in, but there are still a few items near the end of the year that can be juggled if necessary.
The programme is on our website here:
but if you prefer, you can download and print the schedule in a grid format.
SOUTH POLE AURORA VIDEO
SOUTH POLE AURORA VIDEO: Imagine living and working in darkness, 24 hours a day for 6 months out of every year. Robert Schwarz does just that. He’s a professional telescope operator for the Keck Telescope Array at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. And his hobby is astrophotography. For the past 14 winters, he has been taking pictures of the south polar night, witnessing scenes unlike anyplace else on Earth. His work is highlighted in a newly-released video entitled “South Pole | Night In Antarctica.”
A longtime contributor to Spaceweather.com, Robert Schwarz is a pioneer in cold-weather astrophotography. At the South Pole, temperatures routinely drop below -70o C. Modern DSLR cameras are not made for such temperatures. LCD displays freeze instantly, mirror mechanisms get stuck, batteries fail, and time-lapse sequences often end after only 30 or 40 frames. To mitigate these problems, Robert has developed heated camera housings and motorized trackers with insulation, allowing his optics to follow the pirouette of the stars overhead even in deep Antarctic cold.
Cinematographers Christoph Malin and Martin Heck created the video using a year’s worth of Schwarz’s unique footage. They’re looking forward to more. Right now, Robert is traveling to the South Pole for a record-setting 15th “overwinter,” and of course he’s taking his cameras. Stay tuned!
February Impulse and WARP 103 are now available
WARP 103 and the February Impulse are now available for download!
For WARP 103, Click here.
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NB: Paper copies of both will be available to members at the meeting on the ninth, but the on-line version makes following up on links much easier.
NEXT CLUB MEETING IS THIS WEEKEND
NEXT CLUB MEETING IS THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, February 9, 12:00PM-5:00PM
Hôtel Espresso, 1005 Guy St., St-François Room (second floor)
MEETING THEME: In honour of Valentine’s Day, wear an article of red clothing, or better yet, donate some chocolates to our snack table!
PROGRAMME
12:00PM-2:00PM
SATURDAY SCI-FI CINEMA MATINÉE—IT’S ABOUT TIME! (Early-Bird Programming): As time travel is on the agenda this afternoon, we offer a selection of time travel-themed movies and ask MonSFFen to choose one of them for review!
2:00PM-3:00PM
A TIME TRAVELLER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE: Tips for the rookie time-traveller on surviving in the future with no knowledge of the technology or understanding of new societal norms, and in the past while avoiding accusations of witchery or the accidental erasure of your own timeline!
3:00PM-3:30PM
MID-MEETING BREAK: Fund-raising raffle; discussion of and updates regarding club business
3:30PM-4:30PM THE MONSFFA DEBATES: We pit debating teams against each other on a number of questions and ask our audience to decide on the winners!
Dragon causes safety concerns
Tregarth dragon sculpture prompts police road safety warning”.
Click here to view photos of the dragon, as well as the downed oak the sculptor used to carve it.
A giant wooden dragon has prompted a police warning to drivers not to slow down to look at it after an accident and numerous near-misses.
The seven-metre (25ft) carving, called Y Ddraig Derw – the oak dragon – looks down on the A5, near Tregarth, Gwynedd.
Fanzines to Share!
From Montreal fan, Jeff Boman: the Bosulliman Press, which is on line here.
The The National Fantasy Fan Federation sent us three issues of Tightbeam and one of Ionsphere.
2018 Locus Recommended Reading List
Published in Locus magazine’s February 2019 issue, the list is a consensus by Locus editors, reviewers, and other professionals…..
Essays by many of these contributors, highlighting and discussing their particular favorite books and stories, are also published in the February issue, along with the Magazine Summary and Book Summary for 2018.
If you do not subscribe to Locus, you can see the top choices by clicking here.
http://locusmag.com/2019/02/2018-locus-recommended-reading-list/