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Reading

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MAY 2022

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MAY 2022

  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Eyes of the Void • Orbit US, May 2022 (1st US, tp)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance • Rebellion/ Solaris, May 2022 (eb, tp)
  • NEAL ASHER • Weaponized • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2022 (eb, hc)
  • DEREK KÜNSKEN • House of Styx • Rebellion/Solaris, May 2022 (eb, tp)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Eversion • Orion/Gollancz, May 2022 (eb, hc)
  • CASSANDRA ROSE CLARKE • Singing with the Devil • Harlequin/ Carina Press, May 2022 (eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Book of Night • Tor, May 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY • Kagen the Damned • St. Martin’s Griffin, May 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER RICE • Decimate • Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, May 2022 (h, hc, tp, eb)
  • KATHLEEN O’NEAL GEAR • The Ice Ghost • DAW, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SIMON JIMENEZ • The Spear Cuts Through Water • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • GUY GAVRIEL KAY • All the Seas of the World • Penguin Random House/Berkley, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • Fair Trade • Baen, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER MOORE • Razzmatazz • HarperCollins/Morrow, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • GUY GAVRIEL KAY • All the Seas of the World • Hodder & Stoughton, May 2022 (hc)
  • CHRISTOPHER ROWE • These Prisoning Hills • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, tp, eb)
  • TADE THOMPSON • The Legacy of Molly Southbourne • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, h, tp, eb)
  • NGHI VO • Siren Queen • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Someone in Time: Tales of TimeCrossed Romance • Rebellion/ Solaris US, May 2022 (oa, tp, eb)
  • PIERS ANTHONY • Six Crystal Princesses • Open Road, May 2022 (tp, hc, eb)
  • D.J. BUTLER • Abbott in Darkness • Baen, May 2022 (tp, eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Book of Night • Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK, May 2022 (tp, eb, hc)
  • ANDREW CALDECOTT • Momenticon • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, May 2022 (tp, eb, hc)
  • DHONIELLE CLAYTON • The Marvellers • Macmillan/Holt, May 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN • Blacktongue Thief • Orion/Gollancz, May 2022
  • SAM J. MILLER • Boys • Beasts, & Men, Tachyon Publications, May 2022 (c, tp, eb)
Comics / Graphic Novels, Montreal Area Event / Convention

Exposition: Vicolli et Ruelles at the Institute of Italian Culture in Montreal

There is an interesting exhibit at the Institute of Italian Culture in Montreal Our thanks to François Vigneault for the tip!

Exposition: Vicolli et Ruelles

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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MonSFFA Website

Fanzine to share

TNFF202204

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

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