It's the weekend - time for some fun

The weekend is well upon us, so it's time to let loose and enjoy yourself.

Our suggestion? Sit down with a good game, some good friends, and have some good ol' fashioned fun.

Here are a few highlights of the games that we carry:

Eternas
--Plays like the classic game Four in a Row, only in three dimensions! Quick and easy to learn, though it'll take a lot of strategy to pull off a win.
--2 players, suggested ages 6 and up.

What? - The Party Game
--The opposite of Truth and the extreme of Dare.
--Played in category rounds with every player writing an answer to the category question. The Questioner will then collect all the answers and read them out loud while players take turns guessing who-said-what! No matter how you play it, everyone will laugh hilariously at the outrageous, dead honest lies that will leave them saying, "Whaaaaat?"
--5 or more players, ages 14 and up.

7 Wonders
--Our featured game for the months of May and June.
--Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural resources of your lands, take part in the eternal march of progress, develop your commercial relationships and assert your military might.
--2 to 7 players, ages 13 and up.
--A typical game takes about 30 minutes.

Looking for something else? Browse our online Games section, or stop into your nearest McNally Robinson Booksellers to see our entire selection!

Weekend Sweets

With that much fruit on top, these tarts are practically health food.

Come get your daily dose of fresh, tasty fruit at our Patisserie counter.

The May/June Bookseller is now online.

The May/June issue of our newsletter The Bookseller is now available online.

Click here to view The Bookseller, Winnipeg.
Click here to view The Bookseller, Saskatoon.

2013 Locus Award finalists have been announced

This year's finalists for the Locus Awards, sponsored by the Locus Science Fiction Foundation, have been announced. Here are the shortlists, broken down into categories:

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks
• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold
• Caliban's War, James S.A. Corey
• 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
• Redshirts, John Scalzi

FANTASY NOVEL

• The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin
• The Drowning Girl, Caitlin R. Kiernan
• Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal
• Hide Me Among the Graves, Tim Powers
• The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

• The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi
• Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow
• Railsea, China Mieville
• Dodger, Terry Pratchett
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Catherynne M. Valente

FIRST NOVEL

• Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed
• vN, Madeline Ashby
• Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
• The Games, Ted Kosmatka
• Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson

For a complete list that includes all of the categories of the Locus Awards, see Locus Online's website.