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.