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Post 4 of 8: The Break!

Get your Bheer & Chips!
It’s time for the break!

 

 

NEWS

BBQ in Maisonneuve Park: Sadly only 5 of us turned up to enjoy the really nice weather. The park was lovely, even if lacking a pond, and the washrooms in the chalet were clean. Keith brought the new propane BBQ. It was fast and efficient.

In Memoriam: We are grateful to Danny Sichel who arranged to have Maureen Whitelaw and Marc Durocher included in the ceremony at Chicon. Thanks also to Joe for sending the screen shots to our fb group.

 

Have you paid your dues? Please check with Joe! A lot of memberships are overdue!

DISPLAY

Brian Knapp sends us photos of Jiro Horikoshi’s bird plane which appears in the beginning of Hayao Miyazaki’ s anime “The Wind Rises”, also some screenshots from the film and the Paul Valery quote. Watch the YouTube clip.
https://youtu.be/RVsN5H4g5Qw

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Keith Braithwaite has sent us the photos of the preliminary work on a new stop motion project.

“The images show, first, the animation armature, then the creature sculpt over the armature, the creature itself, and finally, the creature textured, using aluminium foil, which I expect will reflect the light during the stop-motion process and create an interesting shining, crystaline or energy monster! Next step is to build the animation model, and try some photographic tests to see how it looks on screen.
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 RAFFLE PRIZES

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HG Wells: First Men in the Moon, cold cast resin, 5.25 inches long.

Game donated by Brian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip

1982 – Prix Boréal 1982 – Prix Rosny-Aîné 1982 – Grand Prix de la science-fiction française From Sylvain’s collection

Toy train ornament, design by Keith Fenton, cut by CPL from 1/4 inch cherry, 9cm

Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy

Vernor Vinge: Tatja Grimm’s World, excellent condition. Cover by Tom Kidd

Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell: Design for Great-Day Good condition

Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back

First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.
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Meeting of Aug 13, 2022

Links to all the posts for our August 13 meeting in order:

POST 1 OF 7: INTRODUCTION AND AGENDA

POST 2 OF 7: SUMMER MEGA-QUIZ!

POST 3 OF 7: SHOW-AND-TELL

POST 4 OF 7: BREAK!

POST 5 OF 7: SCI-FI “BALDERDASH” GAME

POST 6 OF 7: “WHAT ARE YOU READING/WATCHING?”

POST 7 OF 7: WRAP-UP, ANSWERS TO SUMMER MEGA-QUIZ

The meeting of August 13 was recorded and can be viewed here:

Protected: Zoom Meeting of August 13, 2022

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POST 4 OF 7: BREAK!

This is Post 4 of 7, and it’s time for a quick break!

Got your bheer and Chips? Excellent! Let’s tour the displays!

Wayne has been working on models, Dan is working on two headpieces.  Josée has created a lovely display for a mermaid. Click thumbnails to view full size!

From Wayne’s Glover’s workbench:

From Josée Bellemare’s workbench:

From Dan Kenney’s workbench:

Raffle Prizes! All you need to do is participate in today’s meeting!

RAFFLE PRIZES

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Board game published by Metagaming Concepts in 1982 as MicroGame #21, donated by Brian

Game donated by Brian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip

1982 – Prix Boréal 1982 – Prix Rosny-Aîné 1982 – Grand Prix de la science-fiction française From Sylvain’s collection

Toy train ornament, design by Keith Fenton, cut by CPL from 1/4 inch cherry, 9cm

Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy

B5 Season 5, trading cards, from Sylvain’s legacy. Condition: Still in original wrap. (I think it is the original, looks sealed)

Sylvain’s desk toy, shuttle and ringed planet

Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back

First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.
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Raffle Prizes & Show & Tell

Show and Tell

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Dan Kenney has completed the diorama for his Blue Dragon and is now starting work on a new headpiece, a blend of Klingon & Jem-Hadar. His next project will be a full Jem-Hadar mask.

Wayne Glover send us pictures of his models:

Raffle Prizes! All you need to do is participate in today’s meeting!

RAFFLE PRIZES

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Board game published by Metagaming Concepts in 1982 as MicroGame #21, donated by Brian

Game donated by Brian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip

16 stories by well-known authors, intro by Greg Bear, condition: new

Tentacles, free-standing jigsaw puzzle designed by Judy Peterson, cut by CPL from birdseye maple. About 16 cm long.

Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy

B5 Season 5, trading cards, from Sylvain’s legacy. Condition: Still in original wrap. (I think it is the original, looks sealed)

The first part  is a reprint of Clarke’s Against the Fall of Night, second part is a “sequel” by Gregory Benford that takes place many years later. Condition good, dust jacket shows wear but no tear.

Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back

First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.

 

 

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MonSFFA meets today at 1:00 o’clock!

Spend the afternoon with MonSFFA at our virtual picnic!

On line at http://www.monsffa.ca & by zoom

Time: Jul 23, 2022 13:00 Eastern Time

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking the link:
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Post 4 of 8: Time for the Break!

Post 5 of 8: Time for the Break!

Club news, raffle prizes, display table

Get yer bheer & chips, it’s time for the break!
Why do fen spell bheer with an “h”? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bheer
CLUB NEWS
  • We have a Field trip to the Rail Museum, Delson, on the 18th of June.
  • The Picnic in the Park is scheduled for July 9th.
  • Our return to in-person meetings may happen in August!
  • Danny is looking for your submissions to WARP! Send in your art, stories, photos, puzzles, etc! <warp@monsffa.ca>
  • Got an idea for a future presentation? We need your input!
THE VIRTUAL DISPLAY TABLE

From Mark Burakoff

From Wayne Glover: All 1/72

Starfury MK I, CRF-105C Arrow, Shuttlecrart MK13, RAF B-25C Michell III Medium Bomber, RAF Lancaster MKI Heavy Bomber
PT-109 Torpedio Boat, Hawk MKIX Fighter, Eagle Transport, Runabout USS Rio Grande, US Navy Skipjack Class SSN

1/350 Bird of Prey landed, and also the Bird of Prey along side of Colonial One & the Federation Shuttlecrart

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Daniel Kenney has been creating a diorama for his Blue Dragon. Click the thumbnail to view photos full size.

RAFFLE PRIZES

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Board game published by Metagaming Concepts in 1982 as MicroGame #21, donated by Brian

Game donated by Brian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip

16 stories by well-known authors, intro by Greg Bear, condition: new

Tentacles, free-standing jigsaw puzzle designed by Judy Peterson, cut by CPL from birdseye maple. About 16 cm long.

Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy

Sequel to King Kong, being released just nine months after and is the second entry of the King Kong franchise. Sylvain’s collection

Trade paperback, donated by CPL, condition: new

Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back

First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.

 

 

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Meeting of May 14, all posts in order

Missed the meeting? Here below are all the posts in order, and members will shortly receive the link to view the zoom recording.

We invite you to add your comments to the posts.

Meeting Agenda

Post 1 of 8: Introduction, Quickie Quiz

Post 2 of 8: The Terrors of Topanga Canyon (Part I)

The next two sessions were on zoom, but we invite you to go to the pages and add your contribution in the comments.

Post 3 of 8: What Are You Reading/Watching?

Post 4 of 8: Show-and-Tell

Post 5 of 8: Time for the Break!

On Zoom, we discussed other stories about time travellers who tried to bring an older civilization up to our standards. Do join the discussion by leaving your comments on the page.

Post 6 of 8: So Many Connecticut Yankees – A Panel Discussion on a Certain Type of Time-Traveller

Post 7 of 8: Absent Friends—Remembering the MonSFFen We’ve Lost

Post 8 of 8: Wrap-Up

 

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Meeting of April 9: Posts in order

It was a great meeting. We had a wonderful guest, Lonny Buinis, and Joe Aspler gave us a trip down memory lane with his presentation on Expo ’67.

If you missed it, we have the links to the posts in order below, and members will be able to view the recorded zoom in the private section of our website. http://www.monsffa.ca/?page_id=21823

Post 1 of 8: Introduction, Quickie Quiz

Post 2 of 8: Virtual-Reality Planets

Post 3 of 8: Time for the Break!

Post 4 of 8: Expo 67—The Future is Now

Be sure to read post 5 in which Keith lists his top ten alliterative comic book character names and top ten cool cars and trucks.

Post 5 of 8: Your SF/F Top-Ten Lists

Even though we ran an hour over time, we did not have time for the last item on our agenda, the What are you reading or watching segment. However, we encourage folks to answer the question in the comments!

Post 6 of 8: What are You Reading/Watching?

Even if you attended the zoom meeting, you will want to read up on the answers to the quiz. There is a lot of background information!

Post 7 of 8: Show-and-Tell, Answers to Quickie Quiz

Post 8 of 8: Thank You, Wrap-Up, Next e-Meeting Date

 

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Post 3 of 8: Time for the Break!

Get yer bheer, chips, and chocolate eggs; it’s time for the break!
Why do we spell bheer with an “h”?  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bheer
CLUB NEWS
  • Danny is looking for your submissions to WARP! Send in your art, stories, photos, puzzles, etc! <warp@monsffa.ca>
  • Got an idea for a future presentation? We need your input!
DISPLAY TABLE

Josée sends us pictures of Easter Dragon eggs. She writes:

I’m sending a couple of pictures for display for the meeting this Saturday. They are elemental dragon eggs. Each one represents an element of nature : fire, water, earth and air. I also made a special base for each egg.

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Dan Kenney has been constructing ratlines for his Chinese Junk/Pirate ship.

 

Wayne Glover has been building the HMS Bounty, scale 1/110

 

More of Wayne’s models, all at the same scale 1/72:

Submarine USS Skipjack , Runabout (DS9) , Eagle (Space 1999) , MK 9 Hawk (Space 1999), MK 1 Starfury (Bab 5) , Type 16 Shuttle (Star Trek) , CF-105C Arrow, Lancaster BK 1

RAFFLE PRIZES (Click to view full size)

Special for this meeting: Expo package from Joe Aspler, to accompany his presentation: Visions of the Future.

Winners are welcome to pick up their prizes from Joe in Kirkland, (especially the book & the poster) to save the club money on mailing.

. Expo 67 poster: 19″ x 25″. This is an original poster, the most popular end-of-Expo souvenir. This is printed on lightweight coated paper, not heavy poster stock, so it’s a bit creased around the edges. Shipped in a mailing tube.
. Expo 67 Theme Pavilions – a large illustrated book, bilingual text, with preface by Commissioner-General Pierre Dupuy and Introduction by Gabrielle Roy. Man the Creator, Man the Producer, Man the Explorer, Man the Provider, Man and His Health, Man and the Community, Habitat 67, Labyrinth [Experimental National Film Board of Canada pavilion; the forerunner to IMAX]. Hardcover, 27cm x 29cm, 156 pages, colour

My personal Expo collection: 2,500 pictures (mostly mine, plus estate sale slides and a few pictures from the internet), plus scans of documents, press releases, magazines, brochures, programs, etc. I supply this on a 32GB USB key, which the winner can then keep! The 1967 pictures are mostly scanned B&W negatives – B&W was my budget at the age of 13. Later pictures and estate purchases are mostly scanned from colour slides.

 

Mecha Japanese Capsule Toy, donated by Brian Knapp

Stug III Neko Girl, Japanese Capsule toy, donated by Brian.

From Sylvain’s legacy: A set of Dr Who Trading cards

From Sylvain’s collection, a bag of  20 LotR heads, 4 cm tall, sample image:

Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy

Sequel to King Kong, being released just nine months after and is the second entry of the King Kong franchise. Sylvain’s collection

Three issues of Mad Magazine from the 1970s, including January 1978 – their very first Star Wars parody.

Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back

First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.

 

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Guest Speaker at our April 9th meeting

Guest Speaker, Lonny Buinis, to present “Virtual Reality Planets” April 9th MonSFFA Meeting

Virtual Reality objects have been around on websites for a while, helping to market everything from jewelry to automobiles. Lonny Buinis will take us on a tour of the solar system and beyond in “VR'”. We’ll compare century-old and modern maps of the planets Mercury, Mars, and Saturn by transforming them into 3D globes. Our tour will include modern space art superimposed on a Hubble map of Jupiter, exoplanets, and more. Lonny will demonstrate how you can use your fingers or any pointing device to “Hold a planet in your hands!”

Bio:Lonny Buinis is one of 200 space artists worldwide in the International Association of Astronomical Artists. He has degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology in physics and computer science. In 2016, the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey named one of its observatories after him for his decades of volunteer work there.

link: https://www.astronomyinmotion.com/bioLB.html

Websites:
https://www.astronomyinmotion.com
https://marsatyourfingertips.com