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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
OASFiS
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
OASFiS
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
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FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
OASFiS
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. For
more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2013
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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
(Continued from page 1)
Letters
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
(Continued on page 4)
Page three March 2013
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
Page four March 2013
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
(Continued on page 5)
The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
(Continued from page 2)
Page five March 2013
Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
OASFiS
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ORLANDO, FL 32859-2905
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Volume 25 Number 10 Issue 304 March 2013
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 24 Issue 292 March 2012. 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.
Events
Sun Coast: CGA show (collectibles, gaming, and comics)
March 2
Grace Community Center
4151 Hancock Bridge Parkway
North Fort Myers, Florida
$8 or $6 with a can of food per person
http://suncoast.cgashows.com/home.php
Megacon
March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
3-Day-$58.04(pre) $60(at door) ,
1-Day $24.99 (pre) $25 (at door)
Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist)
Paul Vincenti(OASIS artist)
Gail Simone (comic writer, Batgirl)
Chris Claremont (comic writer,Classic X-Men)
George Perez (comic artist)
Darwyn Cooke (comic artist)
Patrick Stewart (Picard, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Jonathan Frakes (Riker, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Michael Dorn (Worf, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Marina Sirtis (Troi, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
OASIS Meeting
Date: 10 February 2013
Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield
Members: Dave Ratti, Kim Darin, Patty Russell, Robert
Dickinson, Judy Dickinson, Hector Hoghlin, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Ray Eaton, Norm Liddle, Denise Liddle
Old Business: Picnic is the seventh of April, Downey Park
pavilion One. Fǖd. Coordinate menu.
Dues are 35 dollars.
New Business: Megacon (media, comics and anime) Advice
from Juan—Buy tickets early and go on Friday when you can get
in easily. The whole Next Generation caste is appearing. The
convention is March 15-17.
ICFA (March 20-23) at the Airport Marriott. after Megacon
with Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson.
Some discussion of Hansel and Gretel (no one’s seen it), Oscar
Nominated animated shorts.
Sci-Fi weekend in Jacksonville for 2 days in April, prior to Star
Trek movie premier.
Cory Doctorow appearing in Coral Gables at Books and Books
on February 15
(Continued on page 2)
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
I had some personal stuff going on this month, so
nothing here review wise. I might try to next month but as you
can see locally, March is a big month in Central Florida
Please note that some of Nebula short fiction nominees
may be available online.
Next month pictures from Megacon (maybe a Megacon
report) and ICFA.
Wil Wheaton (Wesely Crusher, Star Trek:The
Next Generation)
Dave Prowse (Star Wars, Darth Vader)
and many more
www.megaconvention.com
ICFA 33 (professional conference)
March 21-25
Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida
Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman
Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson
Guest Scholar: Constance Penley
Special Guest Emeritus : Brain Aldiss
www.iafa.org
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806) Come join us as we discuss The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. SciFi Light Saturday March 23, 6 PM, restaurant to be
decided. Will be discussing the work of Gene Wolfe.
Updates will be on the website and Facebook pages. 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.
others that the female character making the final solve was a
good element.
Special: Sci Fi Light at Raga’s Indian Restaurant, Scalzi’s
Redshirts.
Next club meeting, the book is The Long Earth by Stepehen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett.
Also, John Scalzi has a serial novel for 99cents a chapter at
Kindle/Amazon. The Human Division
Convention Business:
Hotel: Walk thru on Feb 23rd, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Panel ideas and Programming: (from Patricia):
1. Is your e-reader spying on you.
2. What line is mine.
3. Wheel of Time is done, was it worth the wait and 13
books.
4. JJ Abrahams and Mickey—saviors or destroyers of
Star Wars 5. Star Trek supporting characters—from
Neelix to Quark, why we loved/hated them.
6. Writing a short story in an hour.
7. Still waiting for zombies to jump the shark
8.Feasiblity of mining asteroids
9. Alien abduction by Derek Demeter
10. Panel on New Star Trek movie.
Other stuff and ideas:
Invite David Palmer (Emergence).
Places to leave fliers. Full Sail Advertising. Twitter blasting
advertising.
Gaming.
Build your own zombie, from Plants vs to Walking Dead:
How to get up and get chomping. Cryptid/cryptozoology.
Volunteers.
Star Trek panel ideas (USS Farragut fan-films).
Doctor Who Panel Ideas. (Companions contest—best,
worst, and who’s next?)
Supernatural Panel Ideas.
The Big Bang Theory panel Ideas.
More Trivia.
Chili night
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A homage to the
‘80’s, about a Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
(MPORPG) that has occupied everyone. First person, the main
character is determined to solve the puzzles leading to a fortune,
but others are competing with him. Multiple worlds within the
game itself. Some opinions that creator of game had Asperger’s,
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Letters
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Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
February 17, 2013
Dear OASFiSians:
Thank you for issue 303 of the Event Horizon. Once again, I will
try to write up some comments on what I see in this particular
issue. Always a challenge, clubzines cater to the member rather
than the casual reader, but here goes anyway.
If there’s any convention down where you are I’d like to go to,
it’s the International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, or
ICFA. I met Neil Gaiman in at the Worldcon in Montreal in
2009, and it would be great to renew acquaintances. He doesn’t
get to Toronto often enough.
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“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria
Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu
(Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo
(Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Looper
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and
Fantasy Book
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday
UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for
Young Readers)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu
Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
The 2012Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18- 20, 2012 at the San Jose in San
Jose, CA. Gene Wolfe will awarded the Damon Knight Grand
Master Award.
Novel
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW;
Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion
Press)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy
Kress (Tachyon)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors”, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis”, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
Novelette
The Pyre of New Day”, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth
Books of SF Wars)
“Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant
& Other Stories)
“The Waves”, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas”, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com
1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com
8/22/12)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story
“Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill
(Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce
the Final Ballot for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA
(see www.horror.org ) is the premiere writers organization in the
horror and dark fiction genre, with nearly 1000 members. We
have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories
since 1987 (see http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm ).
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards Committee
congratulate all these Bram Stoker Award Nominees.
Notes about the voting process appear after the ballot listing.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of
Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA
Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance
Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death
(Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno
Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These
Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic
History of the Burning Times (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County
(Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin
Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake
(Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily
Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of
Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – “Righteous “(Psychos, Black Dog and
Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March
2012)
Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations,
Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC
TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark
Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games
(Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
(Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
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The first Hobbit movie…I did enjoy it, didn’t think it was too
long(it went by fairly quickly, anyway), but thought that with the
book originally meant for a child, the book might not yield three
movies. The judges, all of us, are still deciding it, but if the
schedule could be amended so that we wouldn’t have to wait a
full year for the second movie… It’s unfair that we are compar-
ing this movie and its upcoming successors to the Lord of the
Rings movies we all loved.
My letter…the Toronto Tea Festival was a surprisingly good
time, and the Murdoch Mysteries lunch was well attended. We
may be going to a formal spring tea east of Toronto next
month…assuming it’s warm enough to do so.
That’s all for now…off to you asap, and see you with the next
issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
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Cory Doctorow Reading
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon
Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson –
Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected
Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories
(Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion
Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and
Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven,
Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois
University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON
eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the
Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital
Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik
Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
Academy Awards
(source Wikipedia entry)
Speculative Fiction winners
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Best Animated Short
Paperman – John Kahrs
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Cory Doctorow was at Books
and Books in Coral Gables,
FL on February 15 as part of
his book tour for his novel
Homeland which is a sequel
to Hugo nominated novel
Little Brother
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