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Volume 25 Number 9 Issue 303 February 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 25 Issue 303, February 2013. 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 $6.00 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 592905, Orlando, FL 32859-2905. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or [email protected]. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (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.
OASIS Meeting
Date: 13 Jan 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Plesic, Judy and Rob, Arthur Dykeman, Kim
Darin, Dave Lussier, Ed Anthony, Patty Russell
Guests:
Old Business: Elections – Current officers Mike Pilletere
(Treasurer, at work), Steve Grant(Vice President at work) Patricia
(President), Peggy (Secretary)
Pay your dues
New Business:
Juan visited SwampCon. at UF
Peggy mentioned LosCon
Location of meeting: Brick and Fire. Other venues were
discussed. Libraries, churches, hospitals, and malls were
suggested. Please bring any suggestions to club.
Spring Picnic- The dates suggested were Mar 24 or Apr 7. We
will take Pavilion One away from the water.
ICFA—International Conv of Fantastic in the Arts. will be on the
4th week of March. Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson will be the
writer guest of honor.
Media Discussion: The Hobbit film of Jackson, 2012— many
thought it was too long.
Plays— Ed Anthony discussed the current Players Round Table
(PRT) production. There was a play called 93 Days about the end
of the world. The play was written by former OASIS member
David Strauss. There was also a play set in a fantasy world and
another about a couple that meet at a furry con.
Special: Con 2013
Hotel Walk through end of Jan/early Feb
GOH: Seanan Maguire. Juan will send a link to a podcast
(Continued on page 3)
Birthdays
Pat Sims February 9
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
Wow it was a busy January with Swampcon and Time
Lord Fest. Both were great events. Thanks to the Swampcon
staff for giving me a table. Thanks to Arthur Dykeman and
Julia Langston for their help at Time Lord Fest.
If you have not renewed your membership and wish to
do so, please contact Micahel Pilletere or myself.
Checkout the Locus website for their recommended
reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just
looking for something new to read.
Next month I hope to do some reviews and hopefully
the Nebula final ballot should be out.
Award News
SFWA Grandmaster announced
(source SFW A website)
Gene Wolfe was named the 2012 Damon Knight Memorial
Grand Master Award. Wolfe is the writer of the Book of the
New Sun series. The award will be presented at the 48th
Nebula Weekend on May 16-19th, 2013, in San Jose at the San
Jose Hilton.
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On the end of Fringe
On January 18, 2012, the last episode of Fringe was
broadcast on Fox Network. Fringe was on for about four years
(five television seasons), consisting of 100 episodes. It
followed FBI Agent Oliva Dunham (Anna Torv), Dr. Walter
Bishop (John Noble) and his son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson)
as they investigated crimes involving fringe science. Fringe
was the spiritual successor of The X-Files, since both shows
(Continued on page 4)
February OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 10, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806,407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Sci Fi Light Saturday February 16, 6:00 PM, Raga (W. Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL 32819) . We will be the works of John Scalzi. For more info contact Steve Grant To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
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OASFiS People
Steve Cole 407-275-5211 [email protected] Susan Cole 407-275-5211 [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected] Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan.
“Song of the Body Cartographer”, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
(Phillipines Genre Stories)
“Limited Edition”, Tim Maughan (Arc Magazine 1.3)
“Three Moments of an Explosion”, China Miéville
(Rejectamentalist Manifesto)
Adrift on the Sea of Rains, Ian Sales (Whippleshield)
Best Non-Fiction
“The Complexity of the Humble Space Suit”, Karen
Burnham (Rocket Science)
“The Widening Gyre”, Paul Kincaid (Los Angeles Review
of Books)
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, Edward
James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge University Press)
The Shortlist Project, Maureen Kincaid Speller
The World SF Blog, Lavie Tidhar (chief editor)
Best Art
Ben Baldwin for cover of Dark Currents (Newcon)
Blacksheep for cover of Adam Roberts’s Jack
Glass (Gollancz)
Dominic Harman for cover of Eric Brown’s Helix
Wars (Rebellion)
Joey Hifi for cover of Simon Morden’s Thy Kingdom
Come (Jurassic London)
Si Scott for cover artwork of Chris Beckett’s Dark
Eden (Corvus)
The awards will be voted on by members of BSFA and the
British Annual Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon). Winners
will be announced during the 2013 Eastercon, March 29 – April
1, 2013 at the Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford.
(Continued on page 3)
Philip K. Dick Award
(source Locus website)
The 2012 Philip K. Dick Award nominees have been announced:
Blueprints of the Afterlife, Ryan Boudinot (Black Cat)
Harmony, Keith Brooke (Solaris)
Helix Wars, Eric Brown (Solaris)
The Not Yet, Moira Crone (UNO)
Fountain of Age, Nancy Kress (Small Beer)
Lovestar, Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories)
Lost Everything, Brian Francis Slattery (Tor)
The awards are presented annually to a distinguished work of
science fiction published in paperback original form in the
United States.
The winner and any special citations will be announced March
29, 2013 at Norwescon 36 in SeaTac WA..
For more, see www.philipkdickaward.org
British Science Fiction Award
(source Locus website)
Best Novel
Dark Eden, Chris Beckett (Corvus)
Empty Space: a Haunting, M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
Intrusion, Ken Macleod (Orbit)
Jack Glass, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
2312, Kim Stanley-Robinson (Orbit)
Best Short Fiction
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld #69)
The Flight of the Ravens, Chris Butler (Immersion)
(Continued from page 1)
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which McGuire appeared on.
Juan discussed the idea of a soliciting a guest artist. It
was suggested to table that until the hotel walk through.
Ads: at various cons, a Time Lord fest in Tampa next
Sat, UCF anime con Knightro-con the week after us. Email
blasts. Thank yous.
Gaming: pending
Finding helpers to work the con.
Suggestion to move con from Memorial Weekend for OASIS 27
was discussed. A lot of people like that weekend. There is a lot
going on in the Memorial Day weekend in Orlando: Fringe
Festival, an anime con, Mayhem (horror con) and Time Gate
(Doctor Who con in Atlanta)
Juan will look into getting Deep South Con, a floating
convention in the south, try for 2014 or 2015--pending.
Date of Con-Con: Jan 27th, Sunday Afternoon at Tu Tu Tango at
2 p.m.
Special: Best Novels of 2012, presented by Juan. This was from
the io9 website.
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson—space mystery,
hard scifi
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen
Baxter—alternate earths
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod—genetic sci
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson—political
computer fantasy
The Killing Moon & The Shadowed Sun by N.K.
Jemisin—fantasy dreams vs reality
Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia
McKillip—anthology of fantasy
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin
Sloan—mystery of literature
vN by Madeline Ashby—artificial intel/android
laws
Redshirts by John Scalzi—space mystery with
some humor
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin
Ahmed—zombies meet Moslem government/
culture
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller—post-apocalyptic
brother saga
Juan’s Choices: Existence by David Brin, Capt Vorpatril’s
Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold, Pirate Cinema by Cory
Doctorow, Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce.
Open discussion of books read by club members.
For Next Month: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, apocalyptic
fantasy escapism game called Oasis. Interesting.
Sci-Fi Light: Suggestions Open—Not likely to happen this
month.
(Continued from page 1) Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction nominees
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore
Best Animated Short
Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin
O'Reilly
The Longest Daycare – David Silverman
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Score
Skyfall—Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Best Sound Mixing
Skyfall—Scott Milan, Greg P. Russell, and Stuart Wilson
Best Production Design
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey-Dan Hennah, Ra
Vincent, Simon Bright
Best Cinematography
Skyfall-Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey– Peter Swords King,
Rick Findlater, Tami Lane
Best Costume Design
Mirror Mirror –Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman—Colleen Atwood
Best Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric
Saindon, David Clayton, and R. Christopher White
Marvel's The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy
Williams, and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley
Henley, and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan,
Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, and Michael Dawson
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were about government agents dealing with paranormal
problems. The main difference was that The X-Files was more
focused on horror whereas Fringe had a more science fiction feel.
It always bothered me that John Noble never got an
Emmy. He played 3 aspects of the same character, Walter
Bishop. He played the regular eccentric Walter of our world, the
reserved and menacing Walter Bishop from the parallel universe,
and an earlier version Walter Bishop in a flashback episode set in
1985. Noble changed his manner and how he carried himself to
distinguish the characters. Noble really pulled it off.
There was a lot of attention to detail on the show.
When they introduced the alternate universe, there were many
subtle things in the background which indicated that one was in
another world. Every sign, poster, news headline, and even the
language were things to notice. This continued into the last
season, which was set 24 years in the future. There the changes
were more obvious with the look of the architecture and
desolation brought on by the Observers, who were invaders from
the future.
The opening credits changed to suit the episode. There
was the regular opening sequence, another for when a story was
set in the alternate universe, one for episodes that involved both
universes, an opening for the flashback episode in 1985 where
the fringe science topics that appeared included items that are
commonplace today, and the last opening sequence describing
the conflict with the invading Observers.
The best episodes forwarded the story, but also invoked
that classic science fiction sense of wonder. Below are some of
examples.
“White Tulip” – In this episode Alastair Peck is
attempting to travel in time to stop the death of his
fiancée unfortunately, the effects of time travel
have a devastating effect on where Peck lands, so
he has to be stopped. Walter Bishop tries to
convince Peck of the dangers of time travel. In the
process, Bishop explains that he is looking for a
sign that his son will forgive him. Peck listens to
Walter and goes back in time and accomplishes his
goal without collateral damage, and gives Walter
the sign he is looking for.
“Over There” – This was the season 2 finale which took
the main characters to the alternate universe. They
have to bring Peter Bishop back and prevent the
alternate universe or “other side” from destroying
our universe. It was the first close look at the
“other side”. There is a lot of action, and a really
big twist at the end, which sets up the stories for the
third season.
“Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” – Olivia Dunham is
housing Walter Bishop’s former research partner
William Bell’s mind, and that will soon kill her. To
prevent this, Walter and Peter Bishop enter Olivia’s
mind to find Bell, figure out how to safely remove
his conscience and restore Olivia. This becomes a
very trippy ride into Olivia’s mind. One portion of
the story is completely animated. The key to
solving the problem is Peter’s understanding of
Olivia.
“Letters of Transit” – This sets up the last season. The
episode takes place in 2036 and the Observers have
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
January 30, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 302 of the Event Horizon…Not sure how
much I can say with this issue, but I’ll write something, and fire it
off to you.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and New Year’s…we
sure did, and we even attended a Twelfth Night dinner party, and
had a great time.
My letter…unfortunately, that new daytime job fizzled, and I am
on the hunt again. We did see the first Hobbit movie, and any
return to Middle-Earth is a good one. I have read most of the
books listed under 20th Century novels, both fantasy and science
fiction, but when it comes to 21st Centurn novels…well, hardly
any. I wouldn’t mind a peek at that new David Brin book,
though.
The spring always brings in new things to do…this coming
weekend, there’s the Toronto Tea Festival, followed by a gather-
ing for lunch of fans of the CBC television show Murdoch Mys-
teries. Look it up…it’s not shown on US stations, as far as I
know, but it is a fan favorite in Canada, the UK, Australia and
most of Europe.
Not much of a letter, but we will see what happens when the next
issue arrives. See you then!
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
invaded and ruled the Earth under a totalitarian
dictatorship. A group of future Fringe Division
agents try to revive the original Fringe team, who
are suspended in amber. They are the only hope for
the future of mankind.
It is great to see a television show wrap all their story
arcs and not leave anything dangling in its final episode.
Hopefully, some of the episodes from last year will appear on the
Hugo ballot, and give Doctor Who a run for its money. I hope
something will take its place soon. Until then, watch out for bald
men wearing hats.
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Time Lord Fest—Tampa Clockwise starting on the upper left
A group of Doctors around the TARDIS
A Time Lord,
A Fleet of TARDISes
Swampcon
Left to Right:
Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster Joe Haldeman
Propeller Anime discuss the best anime of the 1980s
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