[CircularOfJanus] March 2015 Circular of Janus

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Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 March 2015
 Volume 36, Issue 3

Contents:
   Summary of the February Club Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   Meeting Agenda
   New Books – from Locus
   Mark Your Calendars
   A Few Cool Things to Do Near Indy
   The Latest Awards News
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

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Summary of the February Club Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The club met on February 7 at Valley Mills Christian Church. All officers
were present. There were about 35 people all told. We had one guest, Bob.

We approved the January meeting minutes as published. We got a Treasurer's
Report, then convention reports. Jeff for 2015 announced Arlan Andrews and
Christopher Dunn will be guests. He's looking at a Fan GoH. Everything is
pretty much on track. PopCon is the week before us, but trying not to
screw us over. We will have a free table there selling badges. Laura for
2016 sent the first draft of the first batch of contracts to the Board, is
taking suggestions for Featured Guests, working on her budget, and looking
into doing something like the ribbons that are given out at Penguicon. Joe
for 2017 has preliminary agreements from Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon.
Kim Richey will be the Science Guest. He's looking at possibly inviting
Marc Gunn and/or Tom Smith. His theme is “On a wing and a spell.”

Andy summarized the last Board meeting. We scheduled future Board
meetings, spent a huge chunk of time on the detailed budget, looked into
how to make elections faster, and talked about committees.

In Old Business, Stephen had the signed-and-ready-to-go Membership Cards
in his car and would distribute them after the meeting. Mike would check
in with the Kinsey SF Art people.

In New Business, we dealt with the annual appointments. In Board
Appointments, Lynette is heading the Outreach Committee with assistance of
Laura, Ian, Kat, Joe, Shaun, and Beckie. Club and Convention Archivist
will be Bob Richey and Webmaster is Jeff Thompson with Joe Greene and
Lynette as assistants. The Audit Committee was tabled. Other positions we
have had in the past or have had suggested in the past that are either
unneeded this year, covered by the Board, some other committee, or a
ConCom position are Promotional Events Coordinator, Online Coordinator,
Indianapolis-Area Club & Con Ambassador, Print Buyer, and Hotel Liaison.
For Presidential Appointments, Member Services is Kat R, Newsletter Editor
is Lynette Cowper (Tina is interested in assisting), Club Quartermaster is
Anjala and Dillan if they still want it. Welcoming Committee or
Coordinator was tabled. Other suggested/historic positions that are either
unneeded this year, covered by the Board, or some other committee are
Member Activities, Club Historian, and Meeting Location Search Committee.
We discussed Club Activities. Next month's after meeting is Weird Science.
If you are going out to do something fun, post it to the CoJ Facebook
page.

In Announcements, Kat R mentioned the 7Sins Kickstarter, and also that she
had been in a hit-and-run, but was fine, with a new car. Chris C said
Studio Grill is running Back to the Future October 21st. Bob Richey is
looking for Programming ideas. Nathan T and Kathryn had new jobs and John
B is looking for one. Randy said The Wind Rises was a sweet movie. Deb
Hunt is looking for actors for Little Con of Horrors for the convention.
Wendy was in the running for the Tweet of the Day on Monday. Lynette
mentioned Ren had just turned 17 and she was turning 50 the next day. Joe
Greene warned everyone against opening emails purporting to be from
Anthem.

And that was it for February!

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March Meeting Agenda
 The Circle of Janus
 March Meeting
 March 7, 2015

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests
    Officer and member attendance
    Passing out Treasurer's Report (if available)
    February meeting minutes
 Communications
    Treasurer's Report
    Convention Report, InConJunction 35
    Convention Report, InConJunction 36
    Convention Report, InConJunction 37
    Board Report
    Committee Reports, if needed
       Member Services Report
       Member Activities Report
       Audit Committee
       Archivist
       Quartermaster
       Outreach Coordinator
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Appointments
       Board Appointments
          Audit Committee
       Presidential Appointments
          Welcoming committee or coordinator
          Club Quartermaster
             Are Anjala and Dillan still willing?
    Membership Cards
    Election Procedures
    Kinsey SF Art Installation
 New Business
    Activities
       March Non-meeting
       April Post-Meeting
       April Non-meeting
       May Post-Meeting
 Announcements
 Close of meeting – Chaos

Our regular meeting will be followed by the awesome Dr. Rob Pyatt doing
his Weird Science talk. If you missed this at InConJunction, or want to
catch it again, don't miss it!

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New Books
 From locusmag.com

March 2015
   Adams, John Joseph, ed. • Operation Arcana • (Baen, anth, tpb)
   Bishop, Anne • Vision in Silver • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Brennan, Marie • Voyage of the Basilisk • (Tor, hc)
   Brett, Peter V. • The Skull Throne • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Briggs, Patricia • Dead Heat • (Ace, hc)
   Carriger, Gail • Prudence • (Orbit US, hc)
   Cooper, Brenda • Edge of Dark • (Prometheus/Pyr, tpb)
   Datlow, Ellen, ed. • The Doll Collection • (Tor, anth, hc)
   Grant, Mira • Rolling in the Deep • (Subterranean Press, hc)
   Gregory, Daryl • Harrison Squared • (Tor, hc)
   + Joshi, S. T., ed. • Black Wings of Cthulhu, Volume Three • (Titan US,
anth, tpb)
   Kinsella, W. P. • The Very Best of W. P. Kinsella • (Tachyon
Publications, cln, tpb)
   Leigh, Stephen • The Crow of Connemara • (DAW, hc)
   Lovegrove, James • World of Water • (Rebellion/Solaris US)
   Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Old Venus • (Bantam,
anth, hc)
   McGuire, Seanan • Pocket Apocalypse • (DAW)
   Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Madness in Solidar • (Tor, hc)
   Simmons, Dan • The Fifth Heart • (Little, Brown, hc)
   Teppo, Mark, ed. • Thirteen: Stories of Transformation • (Resurrection
House/Underland Press, anth, tpb)
   Tregillis, Ian • The Mechanical • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Valentine, Genevieve • Persona • (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, hc)
   Vance, Jack • The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five: Grand Crusades
•(Subterranean Press, cln, hc)

April 2015
   Birmingham, John • Emergence • (Ballantine Del Rey)
   Bray, Libba • Lair of Dreams • (Little, Brown, nvl-ya, hc)
   Cherryh, C. J. • Tracker • (DAW, hc)
   Friedman, C. S. • Dreamseeker • (DAW, hc)
   Guran, Paula, ed. • Blood Sisters • (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, anth,
tpb)
   Guran, Paula, ed. • New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird • (Prime Books,
anth, tpb)
   Kowal, Mary Robinette • Of Noble Family • (Tor, hc)
   Lebbon, Tim • The Silence • (Titan US, tpb)
   + Pratchett, Terry • Dragons at Crumbling Castle • (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt/Clarion, nvl-ya, hc)
   Rawn, Melanie • Window Wall • (Tor, hc)
   Turtledove, Harry • Joe Steele • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Wilson, Robert Charles • The Affinities • (Tor, hc)

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Mark Your Calendars

March 2015

   6: Chappie
   6: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   6-8: GAD-CON - Baltimore, MD
   6-8: GnomeCon - Savannah, GA
   6-8: Horror Realm - Pittsburgh, PA
   6-8: Intercon - Chelmsford, MA
   6-8: Kawa Kon - St. Louis, MO
   6-8: MarsCon - Bloomington, MN
   6-8: PAX East – Boston, MA
   6-8: Plattecon - Platteville, WI
   6-8: WTH Con - Greensboro, NC

   7: CoJ meeting - VMCC
   7: South Bend Comic Book Con - South Bend, IN

   8: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
   8: Ash Comic Book Show - Caribbean Cove Hotel & Conf. Ctr.

   12: Randy Porter's birthday
   12-15: Operacon - Milwaukee, WI

   13: Cinderella
   13: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
   13: Cathy Dailey's birthday
   13: Janet Dailey's birthday
   13-15: A&G Con - Covington, KY
   13-15: Cleveland ConCoction - Cleveland, OH
   13-15: COSCON - Butler, PA
   13-15: Genericon - Troy, NY
   13-15: Indiana Comic Con - Indianapolis Convention Center
   13-15: Lexington Comic and Toy Convention - Lexington, KY
   13-15: Madicon - Harrisonburg, VA
   13-15: Naka-Kon - Overland Park, KS
   13-15: Planet Comicon, Kansas City - Kansas City, MO
   13-15: PrinceCon - Princeton, NJ
   13-15: Tennessee Game Days – Franklin, TN
   13-15: Triad Anime Convention - Winston-Salem, NC
   13-15: TwisterCon 2015 – Midwest City, OK

   14: IAS Meeting & Public Lecture - Holcomb Observatory

   15: Arabella Rollison's birthday

   17: David Happli's birthday
   17: Amanda Dailey-Weaver's birthday
   17: Dee Ann Moore's birthday
   17: Laura and Nathan Terhune's anniversary

   19-22: AdeptiCon - Lombard, IL
   19-22: Chi-Fi - Chicago, IL

   20: Insurgent
   20: Total Solar Eclipse - Look. up in the sky!
   20-22: CoastCon - Biloxi, MS
   20-22: FantaSciCon - Dalton, GA
   20-22: HorrorHound Weekend - Cincinnati, OH
   20-22: Kigacon - Newport News, VA
   20-22: Kitsune Kon - Green Bay, WI
   20-22: MACE West - Hickory, NC
   20-22: MidSouthCon - Memphis, TN
   20-22: MillenniCon - Cincinnati, OH
   20-22: Shuto Con - Lansing, MI
   20-22: Sukoshi Con: Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
   20-22: Tri City Anime Con - Johnson City, TN
   20-22: Vericon - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

   21: Mike & Lynette Cowper's anniversary
   21: Christine Boylan & Eric Heisserer Signing - Aw Yeah Comics, Muncie, IN
   21-22: A-Lot-A-Con - Oneonta, NY
   21-22: SC Comicon - Greenville, SC

   24-28: Ray Bradbury Film Series - Bloomington, IN

   25: Neil Thompson's birthday

   26: Chris Canary's birthday
   26-29: Ambercon - Detroit, MI
   26-29: Gary Con - Lake Geneva, WI

   27: Home
   27-29: Anime Detour - Bloomington, MN
   27-29: Conbust - Northampton, MA
   27-29: EvilleCon - Evansville, IN
   27-29: GZG ECC - Owego, NY
   27-29: (Re)Generation Who - Hunt Valley, MD
   27-29: SIMCON - Rochester, NY
   27-29: Zenkaikon - Lancaster, PA

   28: CoJ Board Meeting – VMCC
   28-29: Conference On Middle-earth - Albany, NY
   28-29: Gem City Comic Con - Dayton, OH
   28-29: Myrtle Beach Comic Con - Myrtle Beach, SC

April 2015

   1: Judy Eudaly's birthday
   1-30: Ronald Hawkins' SF exhibit - Monrovia Public Library

   2-5: Frolicon - Atlanta, GA
   2-5: Minicon - Minneapolis, MN

   3: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   3-5: Anime Boston - Boston, MA
   3-5: Anime Punch - Columbus, OH
   3-5: ConGlomeration - Louisville, KY
   3-5: Great Philadelphia Comic Con! - Oaks, PA
   3-5: Middle Tennessee Anime Convention - Nashville, TN
   3-5: T-MODE - Rockville, MD
   3-5: Taiga Con - Atlanta, GA

   4: Mark Bischoff's birthday
   4: Total Lunar Eclipse - Look, up in the sky!

   9-12: Furry Weekend Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

   10: Kyra Shidler's birthday
   10-12: Ad Astra – Toronto, ON
   10-12: CODCON XX - Glen Ellyn, IL
   10-12: Maelstrom - Morristown, NJ
   10-12: Midwest Media Expo - Detroit, MI
   10-12: Odyssey Con - Madison, WI
   10-12: Protospiel – Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
   10-12: Steel City Con - Monroeville, PA

   11: CoJ meeting - VMCC (Note the date!)
   11: Kim Richey's birthday
   11: IAS Meeting & Public Lecture - Holcomb Observatory
   11-12: East Coast Comicon - Secaucus, NJ

   12: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   15: Melissa Kocias's birthday
   15-19: Ebertfest - Champaign, IL

   16-19: FilKONtario - Mississauga, ON
   16-19: Tekkoshocon - Pittsburgh, PA

   17: Selfless
   17-18: Albany Games Fest - Albany, NY
   17-19: 1d4Con 2015 – Winchester, VA
   17-19: Anime St. Louis - Collinsville, IL
   17-19: LexiCon Tabletop Gaming Convention - Lexington, KY
   17-19: New England Super Megafest Comic-Con - Marlborough, MA
   17-19: Who's Yer Con - Wyndham Indianapolis West
   17-19: Windy City Pulp & Paperback Convention - Lombard, IL

   18-19: Midorifest - West Portsmouth, OH
   18-19: NashiCon - Columbia, SC
   18-19: Shikacon - Bristol, VA
   18-19: Tora-Con - Rochester, NY

   19: Jessica Carrico's birthday

   22: Mark Racop's birthday
   22-23: Lyrids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   23: Jeff Thompson's birthday
   23: Ronald Hawkins' SF presentation - Monrovia Public Library

   24: Susan Parker's birthday
   24-26: Gaming Hoopla – Milwaukee, WI
   24-26: LittleWars - St. Charles, IL
   24-26: MepaCon - Scranton, PA
   24-26: No Brand Con - Eau Claire, WI
   24-26: Penguicon - Southfield, MI
   24-26: RavenCon - Richmond, VA
   24-26: TrekTrax Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

   25: McCloud Nature Park Stargaze - North Salem, IN

   28: Brian Davidson's birthday

   29: Theresa Shidler's birthday
   29: Harry Bunn's birthday

   30-5/3: Morphicon - Columbus, OH

May 2015

   1: Avengers: Age of Ultron
   1: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   1-3: Borderwars - Kansas City, KS
   1-3: CincyCon - Cincinnati, OH

   2: CoJ meeting - VMCC

   3: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
   3: Ash Comic Book Show - Caribbean Cove Hotel & Conf. Ctr.

   5-6: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   7-10: World Horror Convention - Atlanta, GA

   8-9: 2D Con – Bloomington, MN
   8-10: Albacon - Albany, NY
   8-10: AniMinneapolis - Minneapolis, MN
   8-10: Marcon - Columbus, OH
   8-10: Outlantacon - Atlanta, GA
   8-10: Sukoshi Con: Bowling Green - Bowling Green, KY

   9: IAS General Meeting & Public Lecture - Link Observatory
   9: South Bend Comic Book Con - South Bend, IN
   9-10: Lumberton Comic Book and Toy Show - Lumberton, NC

   11: Barry Childs-Helton's birthday

   14: Deb Hunt's birthday
   14-17: Geekway to the West – St. Louis, MO

   15: Mad Max: Fury Road
   15-17: Anime Central - Rosemont, IL
   15-17: Heroicon - Decatur, IL
   15-17: Motor City Comic Con - Novi, MI
   15-17: Nauticon - Provincetown, MA
   15-17: Sci-Fi Valley Con - Altoona, PA
   15-17: Steampunk World's Fair - Piscataway, NJ
   15-18: Costume-Con - Charleston, SC

   16: CoJ Board Meeting – VMCC
   16-17: Apple-Seed Comic Con - Fort Wayne, IN
   16-17: MSP Comicon - St. Paul, MN
   16-17: Tidewater Comicon - Virginia Beach, VA

   17: Kat Robertson's birthday

   18: Mike Wickliff's birthday

   19: Cheryl Miller Andrews's birthday
   19: Debbie Happli's birthday

   21-25: Game-o-Rama - Atlanta, GA

   22: Tomorrowland
   22-24: Animazement - Raleigh, NC
   22-24: Anime North - Toronto, ON
   22-24: Cherry Capital Comic Con (C4) - Traverse City, MI
   22-24: CONduit - Salt Lake City, UT
   22-24: ConQuest – Kansas City, MO
   22-24: Mobicon - Mobile, AL
   22-24: TimeGate - Atlanta, GA
   22-25: Balticon - Baltimore, MD
   22-25: MediaWest*Con - Lansing, MI
   22-25: WisCon - Madison, WI

   27: Lynn Ciurej's birthday

   28-31: MomoCon - Atlanta, GA

   29: Insidious: Chapter 3
   29-31: Awesome Con D.C. - Washington, DC
   29-31: ConCarolinas - Charlotte, NC

   30-31: WonderFest - Louisville, KY

   31: Katt McConnell's birthday

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A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy and Nearby

Potted Potter - The Unauthorized Harry Experience: The uproarious two-man
show, written by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, takes Harry Potter
fans of all ages on a magical journey. Weaving through character changes
in ridiculous wigs and props, the duo even instructs guests to play a
real-life game of quidditch. Tickets: $37.50-$65.
   March 19 to March 22
   Old National Centre

Ray Bradbury: From Science to the Supernatural: Ray Bradbury was one of
the best-known science fiction and fantasy writers of our time, producing
such enduring works as The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and The
Illustrated Man. This series explores the breadth of Bradbury’s
imaginative writing on screen. All screenings will have academic
introductions and many will be followed by discussions.
   Tuesday March 24, 7:00pm: Bradbury TV and Shorts Program (1962-1989);
Thursday March 26, 7:00pm: It Came From Outer Space - 3D (1953); Friday
March 27, 6:30pm: A Sound of Different Drummers (1957) and 9:30pm:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966); Saturday March 28, 3:00pm: Moby Dick (1956) and
6:30pm: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).
   Indiana University Cinema, 1213 E 7th St, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.
Free, but requires tickets.

Worlds of Chesley Bonestell: The "Father of Modern Space Art," American
painter, designer and illustrator, Chesley Bonestell, transports visitors
into the future in this exhibition featuring eleven paintings as well as
numerous examples of the artist’s work in popular culture.
   Through April 26
   Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL

Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Transformers fans of all ages can
preview new characters and designs at this exhibit, as well as autobots
Optimus Prime, Grimlock and Bumblebee.
   March 7 to July 26
   Children's Museum

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The Latest Awards News
 Nebula Awards Nominees

Novel
   The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison
   Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon
   Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie
   The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
   Coming Home, Jack McDevitt
   Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

Novella
   We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory
   Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress
   “The Regular,” Ken Liu
   “The Mothers of Voorhisville,” Mary Rickert
   Calendrical Regression, Lawrence Schoen
   “Grand Jeté (The Great Leap),” Rachel Swirsky

Novelette
   “Sleep Walking Now and Then,” Richard Bowes
   “The Magician and Laplace’s Demon,” Tom Crosshill
   “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” Alaya Dawn Johnson
   “The Husband Stitch,” Carmen Maria Machado
   “We Are the Cloud,” Sam J. Miller
   “The Devil in America,” Kai Ashante Wilson

Short Story
   “The Breath of War,” Aliette de Bodard
   “When It Ends, He Catches Her,” Eugie Foster
   “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye,” Matthew Kressel
   “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family,” Usman T. Malik
   “A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide,” Sarah Pinsker
   “Jackalope Wives,” Ursula Vernon
   “The Fisher Queen,” Alyssa Wong

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
   Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
   Captain America: The Winter Soldier
   Edge of Tomorrow
   Guardians of the Galaxy
   Interstellar
   The Lego Movie

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
   Unmade, Sarah Rees Brennan
   Salvage, Alexandra Duncan
   Love Is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson
   Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, A.S. King
   Dirty Wings, Sarah McCarry
   Greenglass House, Kate Milford
   The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, Leslye Walton

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Have something for the newsletter? We welcome announcements, news items,
reviews, and artwork. Email it to circularfile at circleofjanus dot org by
the Thursday before the last Saturday of the month for inclusion.

Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus is Saturday, March 7, 2015, at
Valley Mills Christian Church, 5555 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, IN,
starting at 7:00 pm. A ConCom meeting will precede it at 5:30 pm. Don't
forget Dr. Rob Pyatt will be doing his Weird Science talk afterward.

Officers
   Board Chairman – Andy Andrews
   President – Melissa Kocias
   Vice-President – Kim Richey
   Secretary – Beckie Margedant
   Treasurer – Stephen Kendall
   Sergeant at Arms – Lynette Cowper
   InConJunction 35 ConChair – Jeff Thompson
   InConJunction 36 ConChair – Laura Edwards
   InConJunction 37 ConChair – Joe Greene

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