SFContario News

Membership rate going up at the end of the month

Diane — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:54:39 +0000

Just a reminder folks. The membership rate will be increasing after March 31st. Sign up now, if you haven’t already, for the better rate.

Worth seeing again

Murray — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:35:17 +0000

if you have not seen Chris Garcia’s speech upon winning the Best Fanzine Hugo Award, last year in Reno Nevada during Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon.

See it now, or see it again: it’s still amusing. One of Chris’s four 2012 Hugo nominations is for this speech.

And here are all of the 2012 Hugo Awards nominations.

Congratulations, Chris and Jo

Murray — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:24:23 +0000

SFContario 3 Guest Chris Garcia is nominated for not one, not two, not three, but four Hugo Awards.
However Chris is not in competition with another SFContario 3 Guest, Jo Walton. Jo is a nominee in the Best Novel category.
Chris is working his way toward Best Novel. Last year, after winning the Hugo for Best Fanzine, Chris announced he wants to win a Hugo in every category and that he thinks Novel will be most difficult.

George Martin in Toronto

Murray — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:20:38 +0000

If you did not see or hear Martin during one of his appearances, you can see the author of the Song of Ice and Fire series intervewed by Stroumboulopoulos

Spring General Meeting May 12

Alex — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:35:20 +0000

The Spring General Meeting of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Society of Upper Canada, the parent entity of SFContario, will take place on May 12, 2012 at 2:00PM in the meeting room of the World’s Biggest Bookstore.

The World’s Biggest Bookstore is located at 20 Edward St., Toronto. To get to the meeting room, go to the second floor, straight to the back, up 4-5 stairs, and to the left.

According to the by-law, “To qualify as a voting member, one must:

have paid a membership fee in the current year, and
have attended two previous general meetings (not including the current meeting) in the current year or the two previous years.”

So anyone who attended both SFContario 1 and SFContario 2, and who is a paid member of SFContario 3, may vote at this meeting.

One director will be elected at this meeting. Alexander von Thorn’s term expires and he is eligible for reelection. By-law amendments and other Society business and reports may be presented at this meeting. A concom meeting will follow the society meeting.

[Note the time change to 2:00 PM, not 1:00 PM.]

First edition Hugo nominee for $2

Murray — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:54:33 +0000

Multiple Chapters-Indigo-Coles stores, in Mississauga, anyway, are giving away like-new Tor hardcover first editions of Robert Charles Wilson’s 2010-Hugo-nominated Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America. OK: $2 for a hardcover with a $32.95 Canadian price is pretty free. Julian Comstock is a wonderfully-written alternative future history set in what is, in our reality, the upper United States and eastern Canada. Look for this great book on the sales table.

CUFF: Send a Fan to Calgary!

Leah — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:02:17 +0000

The voting is now open for this year’s CUFF delegacy to the Canvention at When Words Collide in Calgary this August.

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Nebula Award Nominations announced!

Diane — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:40:29 +0000

This years Nebula Award Nominations have been announced. Congratulations to SFContario 3′s author guest of honour, Jo Walton, whose novel, Among Others, is a nominee for Best Novel!

Want to meet our author guest of honour?

Diane — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:05:48 +0000

Jo Walton will be at Bakka Phoenix on Saturday February 25th, to celebrate the trade paperback release of Among Others, an excellent novel. Come out if you can to meet her. It’s at 3 PM, it will be a great time, and there will be cookies!

Short Story Deadline

Murray — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:45:23 +0000

If you have not started, you still have a few days to write a story to submit to the inaugural Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest.
Deadline is Feb. 15.
For details see Friends of the Merril Contest.