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Fanzines

Fanzine Roundup

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Quite a few zines to catch up on.

First, updates from Bill Burns:

New today at https://efanzines.com:

  • Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – March 2025
  • Opuntia #594, edited by Dale Speirs
  • Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #83
  • Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #49
  • Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #52
  • Tom Becker’s Energumdex on Taral Wayne’s Energumen page
  • Octothorpe #131, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
  • Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #76
  • Nic Farey’s This Here…#85
  • Heath Row’s The Stf Amateur, April 2025 (apazine bundle)
  • Opuntia #595, edited by Dale Speirs

From Africa, Probe – Gorgeous cover!- Gail writes: Please find attached the 203rd issue of PROBE. I have also attached the documents needed to enter the Nova short story competition for 2025. If you wish you may post these to advertise this year’s Nova.

Thank you, Gail Jamieson, Editor PROBE, www.sffsa.org.za

From the N3F :

The latest issue of The National Fantasy Fan is attached. Please NOMINATE for the Laureate Awards. TNFF202503

From Nic Farey, TH 85r 

From Garth Spencer, who writes: Happy Belated April Fool’s Day! ObdurateEye50

 

MonSFFA Website

NEXT CLUB MEETING SOON: SATURDAY, APRIL 12!

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MonSFFA’s next meeting is scheduled to take place a little over a week from now, on Saturday, April 12, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM!

We will gather at our downtown meeting locale, Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 Rene-Levesque Ouest (corner St-Mathieu) in our usual “Maisonneuve” meeting room.

Out-of-towners, as always, may join our ZOOM-chat and take part in the meeting from the comfort of home!

On the Agenda:

Sssssnakes in SF&F!

An extensive review of snakes and serpent-like beings in SF&F literature, comics, film, television, and elsewhere! There are many more than you might imagine!

Your Top Three!

What are your top three very best SF&F novels, short fiction stories, films, and television series? The crème-de-la-crème! We’re asking MonSFFen for their recommendations, the absolutely must-read/must-watch SF&F that they believe the best of the best, desert-island material; the stories in one, two, or all four of the categories we’ve outlined which others must read or watch before they die; the most memorable, thought-provokingly intelligent, important works of superior SF&F, of high entertainment value and overall quality! That stuff! Let’s discuss.

and more…

Meeting Theme: In keeping with today’s scheduled presentation, and in honour of the Chinese Year of the Snake, members are asked to bring in for our display table a cool snake toy, SF&F-themed, if possible—rubber or plastic snakes, action figures, a game or puzzle; you get the idea!

Spring is here, the snow is gone (we hope!), and so we’re looking to see as many of you as possible at our downtown meeting hall! Bring a friend! See you all there on Saturday, April 12, 1:00PM-5:00PM!

Please Note: While we strive to keep on schedule, we do, sometimes, fall behind a little, or find ourselves having to reshuffle the order of items on the agenda for one reason or another, or reschedule planned presentations/discussions. Therefore, please understand that all programming is subject to change!

Books

Locus List of Forthcoming Books

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APRIL 2025

  • NEAL ASHER • Dark Diamond • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Drop of Corruption • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Drop of Corruption • Hodder & Stoughton UK/Hodderscape, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Gifted & Talented • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Gifted & Talented • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • PATRICE CALDWELL • Where Shadows Meet • St. Mar­tin’s/Wednesday Books, Apr 2025 (ya, v, hc, eb)
  • KACEN CALLENDER • Chaos King • Tor Teen, Apr 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
  • VAJRA CHANDRASEKERA • Rakesfall • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2025 (1st UK, tp, eb)
  • P. DJÈLÍ CLARK • Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold • Tor/Starscape, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • C.S.E. COONEY • Saint Death’s Herald • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
  • ISAAC FELLMAN • Notes from a Regicide • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • DANIEL M. FORD • Advocate • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, tp, eb)
  • DARYL GREGORY • When We Were Real • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JIM C. HINES • Kitemaster • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
  • TANYA HUFF • Direct Descendant • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • AI JIANG • A Palace Near the Wind: Natu­ral Engines • Titan Books UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MARK LAWRENCE • The Book That Held Her Heart • Ace, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • Diviner’s Bow • Baen, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JEFFREY ALAN LOVE • The Last Battle at the End of the World • Flesk Publications, Apr 2025 (gn, art, tp, hc)
  • NNEDI OKORAFOR • One Way Witch • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • DANIEL PINKWATER • Jules • Penny, & the Rooster, Tachyon Publications, Apr 2025 (na, ya, tp, eb)
  • NATASHA PULLEY • The Hymn to Dionysus • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • EDEN ROYCE • Psychopomp and Circumstance • Tordotcom, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • NGHI VO • Don’t Sleep With the Dead • Tor­dotcom, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • KHAN WONG • Down in the Sea of Angels • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
  • RITA WOODS • The Edge of Yesterday • Tor/Forge, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
  • TIMOTHY ZAHN • The Icarus Coda • Baen, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)