[CircularOfJanus] June 2012 Circular of Janus
Lynette R. F. Cowper
lcowper at prismnet.com
Sat Jun 2 12:36:52 EDT 2012
Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
The Circular of Janus
May 30, 2012
Volume 33, Issue 6
Contents:
President's Reflections - Lynette R. F. Cowper
Summary of the May Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
Summary of the May Board Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
Mark Your Calendars
New Books - from Locus
June Meeting Agenda
Meeting Info & Club Officers
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President's Reflections
by Lynette Cowper
Well, summer is here with all its summer blockbuster movies, conventions,
and vacations. Don't forget to reserve your room for InConJunction. And,
as you're out and about, be sure to look for opportunities to promote the
club and the convention.
Check out the Mark Your Calendars for movie, conventions, and other events
you might enjoy.
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Summary of the May Meeting
by Lynette Cowper
The club met on May 5. All the officers except Vice-President Kyra and
InConJunction 33 ConChair Melissa were in attendance. We had a couple
guests-- Perry, a friend of the Thompsons, and Kevin Harris, creator of
the game Zombie Fried and friend of Kat's.
After the April Minutes and Treasurer's report, Kathie reported on
InConJunction. She had flyers and encouraged everyone to grab them early,
as she often has to leave meetings early due to her health. We are behind
our usual numbers for rooms and pre-registrations, but otherwise are
moving along. We talked a bit about using Square for credit cards. We
covered InConJunction 33 and 34 briefly, then Andy gave a Board report.
Laura talked about Indy Pride and still needing volunteers. We went over
plans for member activities. Laura reported on Penguicon.
We moved to Old Business. We're still working on Membership Cards and
Membership Loans. Lynette passed out pages 4 & 5 of the Bylaws for people
to look through. We talked about the Audit Committee. Then we talked about
the Meeting Location Search Committee, which currently consists of Tracey
Rollison. Anyone who has ideas of places to meet, email Tracey. Lynette
announced that Laura would be taking over the Inner Circular.
We had no New Business, so we moved to announcements and that was it!
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Summary of the May Board Meeting
by Lynette Cowper
The Board met at the Marriott on the 26th. All the officers except
Secretary Laura Edwards were present, though President Lynette Cowper was
only present virtually via Skype. Drew volunteered to take notes. No one
else was present. We went through convention reports for InConJunction 33
and 34 briefly, then dealt with this year's con. Kathie's had contact with
most of the GoHs about flights and rooms and other things. Our room nights
are lagging behind previous years. We covered cash registers, Gaming,
Blood Drive and Charity Auction, hall and author tables, the wiki,
dealers, advertising, and possibly reaching out to the SCA to do some
panels or programming.
We discussed whether there would be any problems with Kyra moving to
Cincinnati. Her new job is weekdays only, so it isn't a problem for her to
come back to Indy on the weekends for meetings.
And that was it!
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Mark Your Calendars
June 2012:
1: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
1: Piranha 3DD
1: Snow White and the Huntsman
1-3: ConCarolinas 2012 - Charlotte, North Carolina
1-3: DucKon - Schaumburg, IL
1-3: HamaCon - Huntsville, AL
2: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
3: Andy Andrews's birthday
4: Partical Lunar Eclipse - Look, Up in the Sky!
5: Venus Transit – IMA
7-10: Colossalcon - Sandusky, OH
8: Prometheus
8-10: AnimeNEXT - Somerset, NJ
8-10: OMGcon - Paducah, KY
9: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
9: New Astronomers Group - Link Observatory
9: Indy Pride (CoJ/InConJunction have a booth) – Legion Mall
9-10: Knoxville Comic & Anime Con - Knoxville, TN
10: CoJ Board meeting, 6pm - Skype
10: Chuck Budreau's birthday
10: Ash Comics - Ramada Inn
12: David Lee Pancake's birthday
14-17: AnthroCon - Pittsburgh, PA
15: The Tortured
15-17: Anime Blues Con - Memphis, TN
15-17: Anime Mid-Atlantic - Chesapeake, VA
15-17: Link Campout - Link Observatory
15-17: SoonerCon - Oklahoma City, OK
15-17: Too Many Games - Oaks, PA
17: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
18: Greg Dunn's birthday
18: Dillan & Anjala Dick's Anniversary
19: Mike Suess's birthday
19: Kevin Spencer's birthday
21: Stargazing - Johnson County Public Library, Clark Pleasant Branch
21-24: Another Game Con (AnCon2012) - Hudson, OH
21-24: Midwestcon - Cincinnati, OH
22: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
22: Brave
22: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
22-24: 4th Street Fantasy Conversation - Minneapolis, MN
22-24: DieCon 12 - Collinsville, IL
22-24: Seishun-Con - Atlanta, GA
23-24: JAFAX - Allendale, MI
27: Reed Hartman's birthday
28-7/1: SFRA Conference - Detroit, MI
29-7/1: Anime Festival Wichita - Wichita, KS
29-7/1: AniMinneapolis - Bloomington, MN
29-7/1: Fandomfest - Louisville , Kentucky
29-7/1: Hetalia Con! - Indiana Convention Center
29-7/1: Northeast Filk Convention - Boxborough, MA
30: Doug Rollison's birthday
July 2012:
2: Ellen Schuck Patterson's birthday
3: The Amazing Spider-Man
4-7: ALCON - Chicago
4-8: Dexcon - Morristown, NJ
5-8: CONvergence - Minneapolis, MN
6: Dillan Dick's birthday
6-8: InConJunction - Indianapolis Marriott
6-8: AnimeWorld Indianapolis - Sheraton at Keystone Crossing
6-8: Anime Midwest - Lisle, IL
6-8: Anime Punch: Fieldcon - Morgan County, OH
6-8: Chiisaicon - Shepherdsville, KY
6-8: Polaris - Toronto, ON
10: Kristin Looney's birthday
11: Beckie Margedant's birthday
12: Venus at Greatest Brilliancy - Look, Up in the Sky!
12-15: Readercon - Burlington, MA
13-15: Anime SouthEast - Sevierville, TN
13-15: G-Fest - Rosemont, IL
13-15: Ikasucon - Grand Wayne Convention Center, Ft. Wayne
13-15: Sangawa Project - Pittsburgh, PA
14: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
14: New Astronomers Group - Link Observatory
14: Sukoshicon: Athens - Athens, GA
15: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
15-17: Persacon - Huntsville, AL
16: Jeff & Kathie Thompson's anniversary redux
19-22: Historicon - Fredricksburg, VA
19-22: Indiana Family Star Party - Prairie Grass Observatory,
Frankfort, IN
20: The Dark Knight Rises
20-22: LibertyCon - Chattanooga, TN
20-22: N.A.P.P.A. Con - Decatur, AL
20-22: Quincon 27 - Quincy, Illinois
20-22: Tokyo in Tulsa - Tulsa, OK
21-22: SoyCon - Rolling Meadows, IL
22: Stephen Kendall's birthday
22: Ryu-Kon - Canandaigua, NY
23: Ricky Lile's birthday
23: Ron Hawkins's birthday
25: Kathie Thompson's birthday
25: Amanda Erwin's birthday
27: The Watch
27-29: Conbravo - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
27-29: Confluence - Pittsburgh, PA
27-29: Otakon - Baltimore, MD
27-29: WausaubiCon - Wausau, WI
28: Public Star Gaze - McCloud Nature Park, North Salem
28-29: Fantasy Gamer's Conclave - Cary, NC
28-30: Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower - Look, Up in the Sky!
30-8/5: World Boardgaming Championships - Lancaster, PA
31: Kim Huff's birthday
August 2012:
1: Susan Rati Lane's birthday
3: Kent Raquet's birthday
3: Total Recall
3-5: AnimeWorld Chicago - Rosemont, IL
3-5: Diversicon - Saint Paul, MN
3-5: Godaikocon - Pontiac, MI
3-5: Otakuthon - Montreal, Quebec
3-5: Shore Leave - Baltimore, MD
3-5: Starfleet IC - Memphis, TN
4: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
4: Tosho-con - Rockville Centre, NY
9-11: Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention - Hunt Valley, MD
9-12: Pulpfest - Columbus, OH
10-12: AniMiniCon SoHo - New York, NY
10-12: NatsuCon - Collinsville, IL
10-12: VividCon - Chicago, IL
11: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
11: New Astronomers Group - Link Observatory
11-12: Sukoshicon: Louisville - Louisville, KY
11-14: Perseids Meteor Shower - Look, Up in the Sky!
16-19: Game Fest South - Chattanooga, TN
16-19: GenCon Indy 2012 - Indianapolis, IN
17: ParaNorman
17-19: Link Campout - Link Observatory
17-19: Motaku - Kansas City, MO
19: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
22: Keith Chike's birthday
23-26: FanExpo Canada - Toronto, Ontario
24: The Apparition
24-26: MatsuriCon - Columbus, OH
24-28: Feral! - Algonquin Park, ON
25: Scott Picha's birthday
25: Fort Wayne Comic Book Convention - Fort Wayne, IN
25: Public Star Gaze - McCloud Nature Park, North Salem
26: Ash Comics - Ramada Inn
30-9/3: Chicon/WorldCon - Chicago IL
31: Deidre Rynard's birthday
31: The Possession
31-9/2: Mephit Furmeet - Memphis, TN
31-9/2: Meta Con - Minneapolis, MN
31-9/3: Dragon*Con - Atlanta, GA
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New Books
From locusmag.com
June 2012
Aaronovitch, Ben • Whispers Under Ground • (Ballantine Del Rey)
Anderson, Kevin J., ed. • Blood Lite III: Aftertaste • (Simon &
Schuster/Gallery, anth)
Brin, David • Existence • (Tor, hc)
Carroll, Jonathan • The Woman Who Married a Cloud • (Subterranean
Press, cln, hc)
+ Corey, James S. A. • Caliban's War • (Orbit US, tpb)
Davidson, Maryjanice • Undead and Unstable • (Berkley Sensation, hc)
Erikson, Steven • The Devil Delivered and Other Tales • (Tor, cln, tpb)
Evenson, Brian • Windeye • (Coffee House Press, cln, tpb)
Flewelling, Lynn • Casket of Souls • (Ballantine Spectra)
Grant, Mira • Blackout • (Orbit US)
Guran, Paula, ed. • Obsessions: Tales of Irresistible Desire • (Prime
Books, tpb)
Hamilton, Laurell K. • Kiss the Dead • (Berkley, hc)
Hartwell, David G., & Jacob Weisman, eds. • The Sword & Sorcery
Anthology • (Tachyon Publications, anth, tpb)
Hartwell, David G., & Kathryn Cramer, eds. • Year's Best SF 17 •
(Harper Voyager US, anth)
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • Permeable Borders • (Fairwood Press, cln, tpb)
Jemisin, N. K. • The Shadowed Sun • (Orbit US, tpb)
Koontz, Dean • Odd Apocalypse • (HarperCollins UK)
Lachlan, M. D. • Lord of Slaughter • (Orion/Gollancz, hc/tpb)
Lackey, Mercedes, & Rosemary Edghill • Dead Reckoning • (Bloomsbury
USA, nvl-ya, hc)
Lackey, Mercedes • Home from the Sea • (DAW, hc)
Melko, Paul • The Broken Universe • (Tor, hc)
Millet, Lydia • The Shimmers in the Night • (Small Beer Press/Big Mouth
House, nvl-ya, hc)
Nix, Garth, & Sean Williams • Troubletwisters: The Monster •
(Scholastic Press, nvl-ya, hc)
Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter • The Long Earth • (Harper, hc)
Pratchett, Terry • The World of Poo • (HarperCollins, nvl-ya, hc)
+ Reynolds, Alastair • Blue Remembered Earth • (Ace, hc)
Scalzi, John • Redshirts • (Tor, hc)
Silverberg, Robert • The Best of Robert Silverberg • (Subterranean
Press, cln, tpb)
+ Wallace, Sean, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Steampunk • (Running Press,
anth, tpb)
Williams, Liz • Worldsoul • (Prime Books, tpb)
July 2012
Adams, John Joseph, ed. • Other Worlds Than These • (Night Shade Books,
tpb)
Anderton, Jo • Suited • (Angry Robot US)
Armstrong, Kelley • Thirteen • (Penguin/Dutton, hc)
Bernobich, Beth • Queen's Hunt • (Tor, hc)
Bledsoe, Alex • Wake of the Bloody Angel • (Tor, tpb)
Bova, Ben • Orion and King Arthur • (Tor, hc)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-ninth
Annual Collection • (St. Martin's Griffin, anth, tpb)
Frei, Max • The Stranger's Magic • (Overlook Press, hc)
Guran, Paula, ed. • The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012 Edition
• (Prime Books, anth, tpb)
Horton, Rich, ed. • The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 •
(Prime Books, anth, tpb)
+ Joyce, Graham • Some Kind of Fairy Tale • (Random House/Doubleday, hc)
Kasturi, Sandra, & Halli Villegas, eds. • Imaginarium 2012: The Best
Canadian Speculative Writing • (ChiZine Publications, anth, hc/tpb)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. • Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart •
(Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
McCaffrey, Anne, & Todd McCaffrey • Sky Dragons • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
Nix, Garth • Sir Hereward and Master Fitz • (Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
Parker, K. J. • Sharps • (Orbit US, tpb)
Resnick, Mike • The Incarceration of Captain Nebula and Other Stories •
(Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
Spencer, Wen • Elfhome • (Baen, hc)
Stross, Charles • The Apocalypse Codex • (Ace, hc)
Tregillis, Ian • The Coldest War • (Tor, hc)
Vande Velde, Vivian • Deadly Pink • (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt/Harcourt, nvl-ya, hc)
Weber, David • War Maid's Choice • (Baen, hc)
Weller, Sam, & Mort Castle • Shadow Show: All-New Stories in
Celebration of Ray Bradbury • (HarperCollins/Morrow, tpb)
Zettel, Sarah • Dust Girl • (Random House, nvl-ya, hc)
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June Meeting Agenda
June 2, 2012
LifeJourney Church.
Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
Introduction of guests and member attendance
May meeting minutes
Communications
Treasurer's Report
Convention Report, InConJunction 32
Convention Report, InConJunction 33
Convention Report, InConJunction 34
Board Report
Outreach Committee
Indy Pride
Pagan Pride
Member Activities
June Meeting
Final con work.
June Non-Meeting
Are we too busy with Pride and the ConCom on the 16th?
July Non-Meeting
Anyone want to volunteer?
August Meeting
August Non-Meeting
September After-the-Con Bash
When and Where?
Other Communications
Old Business
Member Cards
Bylaws Caucus
This month, go over the InConJunction Bylaws and mark issues
Membership Loans
New Business
Anything else?
Announcements - one per person please
Close of meeting - Chaos
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Meeting Info
The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be Saturday, June 2, 2012,
at the LifeJourney Church (formerly Jesus Metropolitan Community Church
- same location, new name), 2950 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN, starting
at 7:00 pm. There is a ConCom meeting preceding it from 5:15 to 6:45
(Note: There is also a ConCom meeting on June 16 at the hotel).
Officers
Board Chairman - Andy Andrews
President - Lynette Cowper
Vice-President - Kyra Shidler
Secretary - Laura Edwards
Treasurer - Kent Raquet
Sergeant at Arms - Ricky Lile
InConJunction 32 ConChair - Kathie Thompson
InConJunction 33 ConChair - Melissa Kocias
InConJunction 34 ConChair - Andrew Happli
The Circular of Janus is a publication of the Circle of Janus Science
Fiction Club of Central Indiana. Subscription is included with membership,
$15.00/year. For information write to Circle of Janus, P.O. Box 68514,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-0514.
Lynette R. F. Cowper, Editor
--
Lynette R. F. Cowper
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and
by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." --
Galileo
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