MonSFFA will hold its last regular meeting of 2024 this Saturday, November 23! We will gather in our usual “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel at 1:00PM. (The last club activities of the year, our Christmas and Holiday celebrations, will take place in early December.)

With the season upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring are Christmas/Holiday-themed SF in both print and on screen. We’ll also be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025! Your input is welcome and valued!

Note: the latest issue of Impulse will be distributed electronically tomorrow. However, due to the ongoing nation-wide postal strike, the print version will not be mailed out, as usual. Copies will be made available at the soonest possible date, for those who may be collecting the news bulletin.

See You All This Saturday…

Just a quick reminder to all that this month, November, the club will be meeting a little later in the month than usual. We are scheduled to gather in our familiar “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel on Saturday, November 23, at 1:00PM.

With the season soon upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring is Christmas/Holiday-themed SF&F. We’ll also be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025!

See You All on the 23rd!

Greetings fellow sci-fi fans!

As the final paperwork on our recent Super Sci-Fi Book Sale is completed, I wanted to take a moment to express my personal gratitude, as well as that of the club, to all MonSFFA members, and friends of the club, who answered the call and volunteered to help with the sale. On the eve of the event Friday night, on the Saturday morning of the sale, and late-afternoon/evening, post sale, folk stepped up to help us unload and cart boxes of books, set-up our sales tables, and then pack it all up at day’s end. This is a monumental task, and we greatly appreciate your efforts on behalf of MonSFFA; our book sale simply could not happen without the help of volunteers, so again, thank you!

We are also very appreciative of the many donations of books—in some cases whole carloads!—that we received. So a “Thank You” is in order, as well, to all who donated to the cause. This annual book sale is a major fund-raising event for our club; know that all proceeds are directed to MonSFFA’s operating budget.

Our treasurer will report on the sale during the upcoming November 23rd regular club meeting, but I can tell you that this 2024 installment of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale was quite well attended and added north of $800 to the club’s coffers. It had been some five years since we had held the sale, the yearly event having been scuttled during the pandemic and post-pandemic period, and frankly, we were unsure of the number of people who might return after such a prolonged hiatus, given lingering post-pandemic anxieties. We were very pleased to see a good turnout, resulting in one of our more lucrative results! So, a final thank you is proffered to all who attended and availed themselves of the fantastic bargains we had on offer!

Happy reading, everyone, and we’ll see you at next year’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale!

Follow the club at www.MonSFFA.ca, and drop in to one of our regular meetings to see what we’re all about!

Keith Braithwaite, President, MonSFFA

It’s Back! Tomorrow Will See…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 19, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Don’t Walk, Run to Le Nouvel Hotel on René-Lévesque Ouest for this Super Sci-Fi Event! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

It’s Almost Here! Just Days To Go Until…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just three days, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

Coming Soon…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just one week, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

Coming Soon…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just two weeks, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

Books released this month

OCT 2024

• HARLAN ELLISON & J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, EDS. • The Last Dangerous Visions • Black­stone Publishing, Oct 2024 (oa, hc, eb)
• ISABEL CAÑAS • The Vampires of El Norte • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Oct 2024 (1st UK, h, tp, eb)
• GABINO IGLESIAS • House of Bone and Rain • Titan Books UK, Oct 2024 (1st UK, h, pb, eb)
• NEAL STEPHENSON • Polostan • HarperCollins/Morrow, Oct 2024 (1st US, hc, eb)
• INDRAPRAMIT DAS, ED. • Deep Dream: Science Fiction Ex­ploring the Future of Art • MIT Press, Oct 2024 (an, tp, eb)
• ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • The Best Horror of the Year • Volume Sixteen, Start/Night Shade, Oct 2024 (an, tp, eb)
• PAULA GURAN, ED. • The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 5 • Start/Pyr, Oct 2024 (an, tp, eb)
• HUGH HOWEY & JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS, EDS. • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 • HarperCollins/Mariner, Oct 2024 (an, tp, eb)
• ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Sto­ries: Fifth Annual Collection • Au­dioText/Infinivox, Oct 2024 (an, tp, eb)
• OLIVIE BLAKE • Januaries • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2024 (c, hc, eb)
• OLIVIE BLAKE • Januaries • Tordotcom, Oct 2024 (c, hc, eb)
• KATE ELLIOTT • The History of the World Begins in Ice: Stories and Essays from the World of Cold Magic • Fairwood Press, Oct 2024 (c, tp, hc, eb)
• NALO HOPKINSON • Jamaica Ginger and Other Con­coctions • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2024 (c, tp, eb)
• JOHN KESSEL • The Presidential Papers • PM Press, Oct 2024 (c, tp, eb)
• JOE R. LANSDALE • In the Mad Mountains: Stories In­spired by H.P. Lovecraft • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2024 (c, tp, eb)
• JULIET E. MCKENNA • Polestars 10: Different Times and Other Places • NewCon Press UK, Oct 2024 (c, tp, hc, eb)
• NUZO ONOH • Where the Dead Brides Gather • Ti­tan Books UK, Oct 2024 (c, h, pb, eb)
• HARRY TURTLEDOVE • Other People’s Playgrounds • Sub­terranean Press, Oct 2024 (c, hc, eb)
• JANEEN WEBB • Scorpion Girl • PS Publishing UK, Oct 2024 (c, hc, tp)
• KEVIN J. ANDERSON • Nether Station • Blackstone Publish­ing, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• KELLEY ARMSTRONG • I’ll Be Waiting • St. Martin’s, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• RICHARD CHIZMAR • Memorials • Simon & Schuster/Gal­lery, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• NICK CUTTER • The Queen • Simon & Schuster/Gal­lery, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• DELILAH S. DAWSON • It Will Only Hurt for a Moment • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• KATHE KOJA • Catherine the Ghost • Clash Books, Oct 2024 (h, tp, eb)
• KIM NEWMAN • A Christmas Ghost Story • Titan Books UK, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• RIVERS SOLOMON • Model Home • Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux/MCD, Oct 2024 (h, hc, eb)
• STEPHEN BAXTER • Fortress Sol • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• C.J. CHERRYH & JANE S. FANCHER • Alliance Unbound • Astra House/DAW, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• ERIC FLINT & JODY LYNN NYE • 1635: The Weaver’s Code • Baen, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• KIM HARRISON • Demon’s Bluff • Ace, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• KEVIN HEARNE • Candle & Crow • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• FREYA MARSKE • Swordcrossed • Tor/Bramble, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• FREYA MARSKE • Swordcrossed • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• ALAN MOORE • The Great When • Bloomsbury USA, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• ALAN MOORE • The Great When • Bloomsbury UK, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• EHIGBOR OKOSUN • Exiled by Iron • Harper Voyager US, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• EHIGBOR OKOSUN • Exiled by Iron • Harper Voyager UK, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• JEFF VANDERMEER • Absolution • Macmillan/MCD X FSG Originals, Oct 2024 (hc, eb)
• KELLEY ARMSTRONG • Schemes & Scandals • Subterranean Press, Oct 2024 (na, hc)
• NGHI VO • The City in Glass • Tordotcom, Oct 2024 (na, hc, eb)
• MICHAEL KELLY, ED. • Northern Nights • Undertow, Oct 2024 (oa, tp, eb)
• SUSANNA CLARKE • The Wood at Midwinter • Bloomsbury USA, Oct 2024 (ss, hc, eb)
• SUSANNA CLARKE • The Wood at Midwinter • Bloomsbury UK, Oct 2024 (ss, hc, eb)
• BLAKE CROUCH • Run • Penguin Random House/Bal­lantine, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• R.S.A. GARCIA • The Nightward • Harper Voyager US, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• KEVIN HEARNE • Candle & Crow • Orbit UK, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• BETHANY JACOBS • On Vicious Worlds • Orbit US, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• BETHANY JACOBS • On Vicious Worlds • Orbit UK, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• H.G. PARRY • The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door • Orbit US/Redhook, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• H.G. PARRY • The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door • Orbit UK, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• CARRIE VAUGHN • The Naturalist Society • Amazon/47North, Oct 2024 (tp, eb)
• SARAH PINBOROUGH • Blood • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2024 (v, pb, eb)
• SARAH PINBOROUGH • Magic • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2024 (v, pb, eb)
• KENDARE BLAKE • Warrior of Legend • HarperCollins/Quill Tree, Oct 2024 (ya, hc, eb)

Coming Next Month…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to announce the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just one month, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

5) THANK YOU

We thank club members Joe Aspler, Cathy Palmer-Lister, Mark Burakoff, and Keith Braithwaite for their contributions to this afternoon’s programming, with a nod, as well, to all of our contributing participants, and everyone who helped to plan and run this meeting. Finally, of course, we thank all of you who joined us here in person, and on ZOOM; don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together (www.MonSFFA.ca). 

6) NEXT MONTH’S EVENT: THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

In place of our regular club meeting, next month, we are pleased to invite all MonSFFen, their families, friends, and the general public to the long-awaited return of our Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, on Saturday, October 19; doors open to the public from noon to 3:30PM.

Heads-up all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to undertake the post-pandemic relaunch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre. And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! The More you Buy, the More you Save! (Cash-Only Sales, Please.) 

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO! Open to the Public!

Spread the word! Please let your family, friends, and neighbours know about this book sale!

Folk volunteering to help with set-up are asked to arrive early, at 10:00AM, and we thank you in advance for your help!

7) SIGN-OFF

Thanks for taking part, today; we hope to see everyone at the book sale next month!