2001 HISTORY
January
 20
Author Stephanie Bedwell-Grime (pictured at right at Primedia 2001; all Primedia photos on this page are by Lynda Ciaschini) reads her short story "Family Secrets" and an excerpt from her novel Heartbeat.
27
Authors Rob Sawyer and Carolyn Clink host a wonderful house-warming/Fandom party at their new Mississauga condo. The views from their windows are to die for. Among the guests are Rick Green and up-and-coming author Douglas Smith.
February
17
The hilarious CD of the "Spock vs. Q" play, read by Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie, is played.
23–25
Many members attend the Ad Astra convention in Toronto, with GoHs Connie Willis, David Hartwell, Rick Green, and Urban Tapestry (Allison Durno, Debbie Ohi and Jody Krangle). The Toastmaster is Rob Sawyer.
March
17
Author James Alan Gardner (pictured at right; photo by John Sutherland) reads the first chapter of his novel Hunted. (The e-mail interview he did prior to the meeting is here.)
April
7
Eric Layman discusses how he builds his fictional worlds.
May
4–6
At the V-Con 26 convention in Vancouver, The Voyageur wins its second consecutive Aurora Award (pictured).
12
Attendees of the Open Meeting are greatly amazed and mightily entertained as The Stupendous Not-Remotely-Chinese Sujoy Gupta introduces his audience to the glorious world of SF and fantasy as seen through the prism of spoken and written Mandarin. (Sujoy had recently spent a year teaching English in Taiwan...)
25–27
A number of members who are fans of the TV show Nikita attend the Close Quarters Standby convention in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
June
16
Author and marine biologist Peter Watts combines the questions "Can authors write about the near future without getting stale-dated" and "Can authors write about the far future and remain comprehensible?" into the lecture topic "Three reasons why it sucks to be a science fiction writer and one reason why it maybe doesn't." (The e-mail interview he did a few weeks before the meeting can be found here.)
July
20–22
Toronto Trek convention at the Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto. Media guests include Andreas Katsulas, Armin Shimerman, Robert Trebor, Tim Choate and Michelle Nolden. The revamped Voyageur, redesigned by club member and former Voyageur Editor Sharon Lowachee and containing a new section with fiction, is launched at the club's room party in the hotel.
(Pictured, left to right, are Andreas Katsulas [G'Kar, Babylon 5], Hudson Bay member Marah Searle, and Tim Choate [Zathras, Babylon 5]. Photo by Alex von Thorn.)
August
11
Annual club picnic, Vacation on Risa, held on Toronto Island.
Aug. 30–Sept. 3
Some members attend the Worldcon, Millennium Philcon, in Philadelphia. Authors George R.R. Martin (who will also be the author GOH at the Toronto Worldcon in 2003, Torcon) and Greg Bear are interviewed.
September
22
The "Who Wants to Be Emperor of the Universe?" game furnishes many contenders for the throne. Crowned Emperor is Sujoy Gupta―He Who Amazed at the May 12 meeting.
 October
20
Author Robert Charles Wilson (pictured right; photo by Paul Bobbitt) reads from his recent novel The Chronoliths. (The e-mail interview he did before the meeting can be found here.)
November
1–4
Some members attend the World Fantasy Convention in Montreal. Authors Guy Gavriel Kay and Charles de Lint are interviewed.
9–11
The Primedia convention, held at the Toronto Airport Days Hotel, is entitled Conthulhu: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, Horror & Fantasy. Unfortunately, both the media guests (Harry Groener of Buffy and Andy Hallett of Angel) cancel, leading to a smaller-than-expected turnout. The panels are a lot of fun.
December
 1
The annual Christmas party food-extravaganza. Pictured around the buffet table are, clockwise from middle left, Luke van Belkom, Susan Sutherland and the Hudson Bay's fearless leader, Lynda Ciaschini. Photo by Paul Bobbitt.
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