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ASFACTS 2016 SPOOKTACULAR OCTOBER EDITION Fiction Convention in Kansas City, MO. The Retro Hugos are awarded 50, 75, or 100 years after a Worldcon in which the Hugos were not previ- 2016 H UGO AWARDS ANNOUNCED ously awarded. BEST NOVEL : Slan by A.E. Van Vogt, BEST NO- Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. VELLA : "If This Goes On…” by Robert A. Heinlein, Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced BEST NOVELETTE : “The Roads Must Roll” by Robert A. August 20, 2016, at MidAmericon II, the 74th World Heinlein, BEST SHORT STORY : “Robbie” by Isaac Asi- Science Fiction Convention, held in Kansas City, MO. mov, BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - SHORT : Pinoc- BEST NOVEL : The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, chio , BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - LONG : Fantasia , BEST NOVELLA : Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, BEST NOVEL- BEST GRAPHIC STORY : Batman #1 ( Detective Comics ), ETTE : “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, BEST SHORT BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM : John W. STORY : “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer, BEST Campbell, BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST : Virgil Finlay, RELATED WORK : No Award, BEST FANZINE : FUTURIA FANTASIA , and BEST FAN BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - LONG : The Mar- WRITER : Ray Bradbury. tian , BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - SHORT : Jessica New Mexico pioneer author Jack Williamson was Jones : “AKA Smile,” BEST GRAPHIC STORY : The Sand- nominated in two categories, but failed to win either one. man: Overture by Neil Gaiman & JH Williams III, BEST There were 481 nominating ballots received from PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM : Sheila E. Gilbert, members of Sasquan, MidAmericonII, and Worldcon 75. BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM : Ellen Dat- low, BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST : Abigail Larson, BEST SEMIPROZINE : Uncanny , BEST FANZINE : File WORLDCON & NASF IC S ITES SELECTED 770 , BEST FANCAST : No Award, BEST FAN WRITER : San Jose CA won the bid to host the 76th World Mike Glyer, BEST FAN ARTIST : Steve Stiles, and JOHN Science Fiction Convention in 2018, beating a bid from W. C AMPBELL AWARD for Best New Writer [Not a New Orleans, LA, by a vote of 675 to 594. The conven- Hugo Award]: Andy Weir. tion will be held in the McEnery Convention Center in The original ballot was revised May 6, 2016 when nominees Thomas A. Mays (short story) and Black Gate (fanzine) withdrew themselves from consideration. They UUUPCOMING ASFS MEETINGS were replaced by “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi • Séances Talk & Club Elections Tonight! In- Kritzer, and Lady Business , respectively. There were vestigator Benjamin Radford is here to talk about 4,032 nominating ballots received from members of “Contacting the Dead: Séances from the Victo- Sasquan, MidAmeriCon II, and Worldcon 75. Several awards for services to SF fandom were also rian Era to Modern Times” with visual aids. And then, three Offices need to be filled for January- presented. FIRST FANDOM HALL OF FAME AWARD : Ben Bova and Joseph Wrzos, FIRST FANDOM POSTHUMOUS December 2017, and the “theme/challenge ingre- HALL OF FAME AWARDS : Olon F. Wiggins, Lew Martin dient” for December chosen (see below). and Roy V. Hunt, SAM MOSKOWITZ ARCHIVE AWARD : • November 11: Author Jane Lindskold visits. Stephen D. Korshak & Ned Brooks, and FORREST J A C- • December 9: The 12th ASFS Dessert Cook-Off, KERMAN BIG HEART AWARD : Edie Stern & Joe Siclari. and short SF-oriented holiday films. Plus, the annual issue of SITH FACTS will be distributed (deadline Mon, Dec 5). Clean-up help wanted! 1941 R ETRO HUGO AWARDS WINNERS • January 13, 2017: Club round-table discussion Winners of the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards, honoring of what members read in 2016... work from 1940, were announced August 18, 2016, at a • February 10: A Talk of some sort, & ASFacts . ceremony at MidAmericon II, the 74th World Science • March 10: Perhaps the Annual Club Auction? Craig Chrissinger, normal editor. Darth Vader, guest editor each December. Please Send All Correspondence to — PO Box 37257, Albuquerque, NM 87176-7257. Phone: (505) 266-8905. E-mail: [email protected]. ASFACTS published February, April, July & October for the Albuq SF Society. SITH FACTS out each December. NEXT DEADLINE : Mon, Dec 5. Club Officers: Craig Chrissinger & Jessica Coyle, co-Zec Secs (505) 266-8905. Geneva Schult, Moderator. Julie Heffernan, Alternator. HAL 9000, Advisor. Bubonicon Chairs: Caci Cooper (505) 559-0931 & Craig Chrissinger. www.bubonicon.com San Jose, CA, on August 16-20, 2018. Guests of honor will include Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Spider Robinson. GUNN RECEIVES TEACHING AWARD San Juan, Puerto Rico, has won the bid to host the SFWA Grand Master James Gunn received an 12th North American Science Fiction Convention award from the Western Colorado State University, Lo- (NASFiC) in 2017, beating a bid from Valley Forge, PA, cus Online reported in August. Gunn is Emeritus Profes- by a vote of 233 to 182. NASFiC happens whenever a sor of English at the University of Kansas, where he also Worldcon occurs outside of North America. The conven- created the Center for the Study of Science Fiction. tion will be called NorthAmeriCon ’17, and will be held The Writing the Rockies Lifetime Achievement at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino in San Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Creative Writ- Juan, PR, on July 6-9, 2017. Guests of honor will in- ing goes each year to a committed, accomplished teacher clude Daína Chaviano, Tobias S. Buckell, Brother Guy and writer who demonstrates decades of devotion to stu- Consolmagno S.J., Javier Grillo-Marxuach, George dents. Pérez, and Paula Smith. The award was presented on July 20, 2016, in the University Center Ballroom in Gunnison, CO. 2016 A LFIE AWARDS GIVEN OUT For the second year, the Alfie Awards were pre- GREEN SLIME AWARDS HANDED OUT sented during George R.R. Martin’s Hugo Losers Party. In a ceremony August 27 at Bubonicon 48 at the They were held at midnight on August 20, 2016, at the Albuquerque Marriott Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque, Midland Theatre in Kansas City, MO. The awards, NM, Green Slime Mistress Jessica L. Coyle (with assis- named in honor of Alfred Bester (whose The Demol- tance from the Slime Time Puppets) presented the fol- ished Man was the first ever novel Hugo Award winner), lowing with recognition of their wretchedness in the last with trophies created using ’50s hood ornaments, went to 12 months: the top runner-up pushed off various categories of the SF Novel: Finches of Mars by Brian W. Aldiss Hugo Awards ballot by the Rabid Puppy slate, as well as (Bunch of scraps thrown together with inane ideas; nar- several committee choices. rative lacks cohesion and there is no plot; characters talk BEST SHORT STORY : “Hungry Daughters of Starving like sophomore philosophy majors; misogynistic & sex- Mothers” by Alyssa Wong, BEST RELATED WORK : Let- ist misconceptions.) ters to Tiptree edited by Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Comics: Fan reaction to Steve Rogers: Captain Pierce, BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL : Bitch Planet Vol 1: Ex- America #1 (Rogers secretly a Hydra deep cover agent – traordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valen- It’s not the end of an icon, folks, so chill out. Let’s see tine De Landro, Taki Soma & Robert Wilson, BEST ART- where the story goes.) IST : Julie Dillon, BEST FANZINE : Journey Planet , BEST Television: Containment on The CW (Uninspired; FANCAST : Tea and Jeopardy by Emma & Peter New- no interesting characters, story or a modicum of tension; man, BEST FAN WRITER : Alexandra Erin, SPECIAL COM- lackadaisical and plods forward with no vitality or MITTEE AWARD : Black Gate , and SPECIAL COMMITTEE spark.) AWARD : Locus Magazine . Direct To Video: Cell (Draggy & disorganized; a point seems to being made, but what is it; ho-hum zom- SF B OOK GROUP READS ON bie picture; cheap-looking, poorly lit & with erratic shaky-cam; bare-boned Stephen King story with lack of The Droids & Dragons SF Book Group meets 7:30 clarity; John Cusack sports a Nic Cage-level bad hair- pm Monday, October 17, at Jason’s Deli (northwest cor- cut.) ner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway NE) to discuss YA Movie: Jem & the Holograms (Corny, teen Lock In by John Scalzi. The group then meets November angst; cynical & confused, mediocre; often resembles a 21 to talk about Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh. mockbuster of itself, with little of the original cartoon’s Meetings of D&D are open to all interested readers premise left intact.) on the 3rd Monday each Fantasy Movie: Gods of Egypt (One of the worst month. Books for discus- costume epics imaginable; CGI looks cheap and some- sion are chosen two times shoddy; it falls flat and is outlandish; never quite months in advance, and embraces its potential lunacy; a lot of white people for group members receive a ancient Egypt; Gerald Butler looks & sounds very out of 20% discount on them. For place.) more info: Leah at skycap- Superhero Movie: Batman v Superman (Too dark & [email protected] or serious, ponderous & smothering; sense-numbing, joy- Craig at 266-8905. bludgeoning and soul-deadening 152-minute over- Page 2 ASFACTS , October 2016 plotted mayhem; simply no fun and drained of joy; no are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain.” real reason for the two DC superheroes to fight; Jesse The announcement was made at Dragon Con, held Eisenberg’s twerpy take on Lex Luthor is almost un- September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, GA. The award cele- watchable.) brates “the best in innovative fiction” and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014. Other finalists were: “Three Cups of Grief, by Star- 2016 M YTHOPOEIC AWARDS WINNERS light” by Aliette De Bodard, "The Deepwater Bride” by The Mythopoeic Society announced the 2016 My- Tamsyn Muir, “Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon, and thopoeic Awards winners at Mythcon 47, August 7, “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa 2016, in San Antonio, TX.