Volume 27 Number 3 Issue 321 August 2014

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 27, Issue 321, August 2014. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $25.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $7.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323 . To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or sanmiguel@earthlink.net. For additional information, call (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole.

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Creator Owned Expo

August 9

Fort Lauderdale Marriott North

6650 N. Andrews Avenue

Fort Lauderdale FL, 33309

Guests: Chris Berman

Laura Diaz

and many more

$10 pre-con for the day

creatorownedexpo.com

Florida Comic Experience

August 9

Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront

2605 North Highway A1A,

Indialantic (Melbourne), Florida 32903

Guests: Paul Pelletier (comic artist)

Justin Ponsor (comic colorist)

and others

$10 for the day

www.florida-comics.com

Mid-Pinellas Comic Con and Maker Faire

August 9

Seminole Community Library

9200 113th Street N

Seminole, FL 33772

Free admittance

More information in Facebook

Pensacola Para Con

August 9-10

Pensacola Interstate Fair Grounds Expo Hall

6655 Mobile Hwy

Pensacola Florida 32526

Guests: Lou Ferrigno (Hulk, The Incredible Hulk)

And many more

$10 at the door per day

pensacolaparacon.webs.com/

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Events

Conjure

August 1-3

5780 Major Boulevard

Orlando, FL 32819

Guests: Paul Vincenti (OASIS Guest)

Will Ludwigsen (OASIS Guest)

Richard Lee Byers (OASIS Guest)

Joel Hodgson (creator, Mystery Science

Theater 3000)

Nicholas Brendon (Xander, Buffy the

Vampire Slayer)

Mark Sheppard (actor)

Kelly Hu (actress)

and many more

$30 for 3 day before July 15, $40 at the door

www.conjureflorida.com

Tampa Bay Comic Con

August 1-3

Tampa Convention Center

333 S. Franklin Street

Tampa, FL 33602

Guests: Jim Steranko (comic awriter/rtist)

Marv Wolfman (comic writer)

Mike Zeck (comic artist)

and many more

$45 for 3 days both pre-con and at the door

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Getting ready for Worldcon in London. Hope to see

some of you there.

There was a lot going on last month.

We all had a great time at Patricia’s for the 4th of July.

Florida Supercon happened on 4th of July weekend in

Miami Beach. More about elsewhere in this issue.

Detcon 1, the North American SF Convention was held

last month in Detroit. It honored OASFiS member Roger Sims.

I will do a con report next month.

I did 2 presentations at Anime Festival Orlando 15.

There will also be report on this next month.

The Hugos winners will also be in the next issue.

August OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, August 10, Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806). Come join us as we discuss Under the Graveyard Sky by John Ringo.

To contact for more info: 407-823-8715 SciFi Light

Saturday, August 16, Ben Aaronovitch’s River of

London series. Site:TBD (check website)

For more info contact Steve Grant

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OASFiS People

Steve Cole 407-275-5211 stevepcole@hotmail.com Susan Cole 407-275-5211 sacole@mindspring.com Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 adykeman@bellsouth.net Steve Grant 352 241 0670 stevegrant@embarqmail.com Mike Pilletere mike-sf@webbedfeet.com David Ratti 407-282-2468 dratti@eudoramail.com Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 sanmiguel@earthlink.net Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 pwheeler11@cfl.rr.com Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan

Included in news of favorite and upcoming shows were: Doctor

Who’s new season, which starts August 23; “Intruders”

miniseries, starring ex-Doctor Who Master actor John Simm,

begins this Fall; watch for a movie adaptation of Jonathan

Strange and Mr Norell; the current Doctor Who actor, Peter

Capaldi, will star in miniseries Musketeers as Richelieu; the

movie “Edge of Tomorrow, “ based on the plot of a Japanese

story All You Need is Kill, was like a Tom Cruise version of

Groundhog Day with an alien invasion; “Dawn of the Planet of

the Apes, the current remake of Battle of the Planet of the

Apes, has lots of apes and a creepy feeling. There were "doves"

and "hawks" on both the ape and human sides. Since apes don't

feel shame or guilt, they have an advantage. Steve mentioned that

a National Public Radio special documented that female apes in

the wild will decorate their hair if an alpha female ape in their

group does it.

Patricia recommends reading The Science of Discworld. David

likes The Last Policeman. Steve recommends the Laundry series

by Charles Stross. Bob recommended the movie My Name is

Modesty," a possible tribute to the character Modesty Blaise.

Juan gave an engaging and thorough PowerPoint presentation on

the Hugo nominees in seven categories, along with a brief history

of some of the artists and authors. Contact him for any

suggestions, or a copy of the presentation.

Steve announced that Sci Fi Lite will be on the 4th Saturday of

July at Sweet Traditions in Winter Garden, and the open

discussion will be about best books read this summer. The

following Sci Fi Lite will be on the 3rd Saturday of August,

about the Rivers of London series, beginning with Moon Over

Soho.

The next OASFiS meeting will be August 10th, and the book we

will talk about will be Under the Graveyard Sky by John Ringo.

Orlando Comic Book Connection

August 23-24

Holiday Inn

8289 N. Wickham Road

Melbourne, Florida, 32819

$3 at the door per day

thecomicbookconnection.com

Orlando Anime Day

August 23-24

International Palms Resort

6515 International Drive

Orlando FL 32819

$5 per day or $7 for both days

www.orlando.animeday.net

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OASIS Meeting

Date: 7-13-14

Officers: David Lussier, Patty Russell Juan Sanmiguel

Members: Kim Darin, Arthur Dykeman, Steve Grant, Patricia

Wheeler

Guest: Bob Yazel

Our president, Peggy, was unable to attend, so David began the

meeting with convention news from Juan.

Regarding the hotel contract, wording about the Con Suite and a

waiver for food brought in for Dessert Night and the Chili Cook-

off still needs to be added. Juan will send any news of this as it

comes from the new hotel event coordinator. Juan will also wait

to invite Jeff and Ann VanderMeer until the hotel contract is

signed. All present agreed a Con Suite is desirable, and Steve

volunteered to run it if Bonny does not. Juan will ask Tom Reed

to updating the Con flyer and Oasis website.

Patricia described the July 4th club party at her lovely house as

fun, and a good mix of guests. Twenty plus people showed up,

including Judy and Rob and friends from Clermont. Michael and

Donna had a good send off to Italy (by way of Connecticut), with

two special desserts from Colleen, one being Tiramisu! Patricia

made her famous chocolate chip cookies, and both Kim and Ed

brought deviled eggs. There was much more to eat, and even late

-comers had plenty. I

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Award News

The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:

(source Locus website)

Novel:

Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, Richard Bowes (Lethe)

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent,

Marie Brennan (Tor)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow;

Headline Review)

A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)

The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)

The Land Across, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

Novella:

“Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com

10/2/13)

Black Helicopters, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)

“The Sun and I”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Summer ’13)

“Burning Girls”, Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com 6/19/13)

Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente

(Subterranean)

Short Fiction:

“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt

(Tor.com 4/24/13)

“The Prayer of Ninety Cats”, Caitlín R. Kiernan

(Subterranean Spring ’13)

“Effigy Nights”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/13)

“Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange

Horizons 1/7/13)

“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex

3/13)

Anthology:

xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, Kate Bernheimer, ed.

(Penguin)

Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, Ellen Datlow & Terri

Windling, eds. (Tor)

Dangerous Women, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois,

eds. (Tor; Voyager)

End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris

UK)

Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy,

Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Collection:

North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud (Small

Beer)

The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories,

Laird Barron (Night Shade)

The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories, Caitlín R. Kiernan

(Subterranean)

Flowers of the Sea, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press)

How the World Became Quiet, Rachel Swirsky

(Subterranean)

Artist:

Galen Dara

Zelda Devon

Julie Dillon

John Picacio

Charles Vess

Special Award – Professional:

John Joseph Adams, for magazine and anthology editing

Ginjer Buchanan, for editing at Ace Books

Irene Gallo, for art direction of Tor.com

William K. Schafer, for Subterranean Press

Jeff VanderMeer & Jeremy Zerfoss, for Wonderbook: The

Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams

Image)

Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press

Special Award – Nonprofessional:

Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Marc Aplin, for Fantasy-Faction

Kate Baker, Neil Clarke & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld

Leslie Howle, for Clarion West administration

Mieneke van der Salm, for A Fantastical Librarian

Lifetime Achievement Awards:

Ellen Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

The awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention,

Novemer 6-9, 2014 in Washington DC.

Young Reader Awards

(Source Locus website)

Detcon1, the 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention

(NASFiC), held July 17-20, 2014 in Detroit MI, has announced

the winners for its Young Readers Awards in two categories,

presented July 20, 2014:

Young Adult

The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)

Middle Grade

Handbook for Dragon Slayers, Merrie Haskell

(HarperCollins)

Winners were chosen by members of Detcon1.

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Florida Supercon

Florida Supercon was held on July 3-6 at the Miami

Beach Convention Center. Guests included: Nichelle Nichols

(Uhura, Star Trek), Carroll Spinney (muppeteer, Big Bird and

Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street), George Perez (comic

book artist and co-creator of the New Teen Titans), Timothy

Zahn (Hugo Winning writer), and Peter David (writer and OA-

SIS 21 Guest of Honor).

Florida Supercon moved from the Miami Airport Con-

vention Center to the Miami Beach Convention Center. This was

a big improvement. The convention was congested at the old

location. On Saturday, it was quite easy to get around the con-

vention. This space came at a price of higher parking fees, alt-

hough if one was willing to walk a short distance, there was free

parking on the street. Florida Supercon has found a great home.

There was a lot of good programming. There was a

combination of pro and fan panels. Fans got to discuss their fa-

vorite topics and the pros did Q&As. There were some advice

panels on producing films and comics. There were several game

shows throughout the weekend, some by local fan Nicholas

Roche. He hosted Star Trek Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

There was a lot I wanted to see, but unfortunately, I had only had

one day at the convention.

Actor William Katt discussed his career and answered

questions. Katt talked about his audition for Luke Skywalker. He

was teamed up with Kurt Russell, who was auditioning for Han

Solo. Though neither of them got the role, the audition did help

their careers. Katt got his part from Carrie because of that audi-

tion. Katt enjoyed his work on The Greatest American Hero. He

got along with his co-stars Connie Selleca, Robert Culp and crea-

tor/producer Stephen J. Cannell. Katt and Selleca were sur-

prised when they went to their first convention and saw the fans’

enthusiasm for the show. Katt was asked if he kept the costume

from the show. He said no because so few of them were made

for all three years of the show’s production. The costume was

never comfortable; it was hot in the summer and cold in the win-

ter. Katt was asked about his mother, actress Barbara Hale. She

is in her nineties and still in good health.

Peter David and Timothy Zahn discussed writing stories

in established universes. Timothy Zahn addressed the recent

announcement that Disney re-classifying the Star Wars Expand-

ed Universe (all Star Wars stories not filmed or televised) to

“what if” or alternate universe status. Zahn feels this does not

invalidate the stories he and others have written. There are ways

to fit these stories in the main Star Wars continuity. Zahn had

easy time working with Lucasfilm. When the studio had a prob-

lem with a novel, Zahn could usually work it out. When he wrote

a scene with R2-D2 piloting an X-Wing, there was a discussion

with studio representatives. At first Zahn did not understand why

they objected since the films showed R2-D2 and other droids

controlling ships. When he realized their issue was that the se-

quence was missing a scene to explain how the fighter got to

point A to B then it was easy to fix. David wrote a story called

“Skippy, the Jedi Droid” that was about the droid that malfunc-

tioned next to R2-D2 in Star Wars: A New Hope. David submit-

ted a story to a Star Wars “what if” comic, where R2-D2 was

captured, the rebellion failed, and Leia became the new ruler of

the Galaxy with Luke as her consort. David explained that dur-

ing this story Luke and Leia would have never discovered that

they were related. Lucasfilm was not comfortable with the story

and it was not published. David was successful in making Sulu’s

first name Hikaru canon. David was on the set of Star Trek VI

and suggested to George Takei to use the name given to Sulu in

the novels published by Pocket Books. They went to director

Nicholas Myer who quite casually agreed to use the name in the

film. At a screening with fellow Star Trek writers, there was

cheering when they heard the name being used. David had a

problem with his Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Q-in-

Law that was about a meeting of Lwaxana Trois and Q. There

was someone at Paramount who did not like David and was

blocking the novel’s approval. David was able to get a copy to

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who played Lwaxana Troi. She en-

joyed the book and asked Paramount when it was coming out.

After that they got the approval for the book. At a Marvel retreat

for the writers of the mutant titles, David jokingly suggested that

Magneto rip out Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton. The editors

took it seriously and explored the idea. David had to remind

them that Wolverine would be dead without a skeleton, and even-

tually they decided to have the adamantium removed from Wol-

verine’s skeleton. After the panel I asked, David if he had put a

TARDIS cameo in his Young Justice script or had the series pro-

duction team put that in. He said it was always planned to have

the TARDIS appear in the episode.

I got to meet muppeteer Carroll Spinney. People could

take pictures with him for free. When I shook his hand I told him

it was an honor to meet one of Jim Henson’s original muppeteers.

Spinney said that he always thought he and Henson would be

doing this for a long time, so Henson’s death as quite a shock. I

also bought a signed picture from Spinney.

Florida Supercon was great con. I hope to check it out

for next year and maybe do more than one day.

Carroll Spiney and a fan

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Florida Supercon 2014

Top Row: (left to right) William Katt, Peter David, moderator (unknown), Timothy Zahn

Bottom Row: (left to right) Satsuki Kiryuin and Ryuko Matoi from Kill La Kill, Zoë Hange from Attack on Titan, Yuusuke

Makishima from Yowapeda, Jinpachi Toudou from Yowapeda

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