Volume 22 Number 6 Issue 264 November 2009

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 22, Issue 264, November 2009. 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 sanmiguel@earthlink.net. 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.

Events

Daytona Comic and Toy Show

November 15

Holiday Inn & Suites

(30 N. Atlantic Avenue

Daytona Beach, Florida

Free

Guests: Martin Pierro (writer/publisher Cosmic Comics)

Bill Black (AC Comics publisher)

Alex Saviuk (Spider-Man artist)

home.att.net/~slawsonm/Comic_Show.html

Miami Book Fair

November 8-15 (street fair November 13-15)

Membership rates varies, check website

Notable Guests: Joyce Carol Oates

Jonathan Lethem

www.miamibookfair.com

ZonaCon

November 20-22

Holiday Inn International

6515 International Drive

Orlando, FL 32819

$35 for 3 days pre-reg,$45 for 3 days at the door

Guests of Honor: Eric Vale (voice actor)

Sybil Danning (actress, various films),

Terence Zdunich (Repo:The Genetic

Opera)

www.zonacon.com/Home_Page.php

Birthdays

Dave Ratti– Nov. 24

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Whew.

The state of Florida had four genre events last month.

They were all interesting.

Animation Supercon had most of the stars of Futurama

and the show’s head writer. The convention also had game show

host extraordinare Nick Roche. I got to be Nick’s Vanna for his

Wheel of Fortune. It was cool to see people playing the new

Rock Star with the Beatles.

Spooky Empire had a track devoted to writing and

literature. Owl Goingback helped organize this track. Max

Brooks, writer of World War Z, gave a talk which was standing

room only.

Necronomicon was a blast. Thanks to Patty, Steve, and

Arthur for help with the room party. It was great to see our

friends at Stone Hill. The trivia team Arthur and I were on won

this year with a comfortable margin. Great panels, great guests,

great company. (Check out the pictures on page 3)

Hurricane Who seemed to go well. I attended a fan

panel and a writers panel On Friday. There were a lot of

costumes. The panel on Doctor Who comics was really good

with writer Tony Lee. Dr. Lynnette Potter talked about the

mysteries of Lost. I saw a one man show called Moths Ate My

Doctor Who Scarf by Toby Hadoke. It was a very funny and

poignant look at Doctor Who fandom. I had a good time

working and attending the Guardians of Gallifrey/OASFiS party.

As I write this I plan to go see Louise Jameson and see a talk on

the great Douglas Adams. This was very good for a first time

convention.

Next month maybe some book reviews and election

info.

Barry Letts

One of the guests at my first convention, Omnicon II,

was Barry Letts. I was told that he was the Executive Producer

of Doctor Who. I kind of knew what a producer was from Star

Trek. I saw Letts do his Q&A session with his good friend and

script editor Terrance Dicks. He was very interesting and funny.

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November OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, November 8, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801,407-835-7323). Come join us as we discuss the works of Hal Clement Sci Fi Light Saturday November 21, 6:30 PM, White Wolf Cafe

(7732 Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL). Come join us and

discuss the works of Ray Bradbury. 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 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 pwheeler222@netzero.net Any of these people can give readers information about the When my appreciation of the show deepened I realized

what an important man I had met. Barry Letts was the producer

of Doctor Who between 1969-1974. Under his direction the

show became an enormous hit. He and Dicks got really good

stories out of the writers and directors. Letts also cast Tom

Baker as The Doctor. Baker would become on of the most

popular and successful Doctors.

I really liked the inside info Letts gave out in the DVD

commentaries and documentaries. This showed his love and

respect for the show and his work.

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SHORT STORY

· "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", Kij Johnson

(Asimov's 7/08)

ANTHOLOGY

· Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban

Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (Senses Five

Press)

COLLECTION

· The Drowned Life, Jeffrey Ford

(HarperPerennial)

ARTIST

· Shaun Tan

SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL

· Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer

Press and Big Mouth House)

SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL

· Michael Walsh (for Howard Waldrop

collections from Old Earth Books)

World Fantasy Awards Winners

(source Locus Web Site)

The 2009 World Fantasy Award winners were

announced today at the World Fantasy Convention

held October 29 - November 1, 2009, in San José,

California.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS

· Ellen Asher

· Jane Yolen

NOVEL (tie)

· The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)

· Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen &

Unwin; Knopf)

NOVELLA

· "If Angels Fight", Richard Bowes (F&SF

2/08)

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Above: Necronomicon 2009 Guests of Honor:

(left to right): Richard Lee Byers, Catherine Asaro, Patricia Briggs

(Photo: Juan Sanmiguel)

Below: The Blue Moons Necronomicon 2009 Trivia champs.

(left to right) Juan Sanmiguel, Arthur Dykeman, unknown, Wade

Warren

(Photo: Arthur Dykeman/Michael Pilletere)

Above: Catherine Asaro’s concert. OASIS 21 Guest of Honor Paul

Vincenti playing drums.

(Photo: Arthur Dykeman)

Below: Patty Russell getting ready for the OASFiS room party.

(Photo: Arthur Dykeman)

Left: The OASFiS room party

(Photo: Arthur Dykeman)

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