SFSFS SHUTTLE JUNE 1990 63 The Official SFSFS Newsletter JUNE GENERAL MEETING SFSFS BOARD MEETING DATE: Saturday June 23rd DATE: Sometime before the end of at 2:00 p.m. June (or life as we know it) LOC: TO BE ANNOUNCED TOPIC: "The Awards Season" Award Nominations & Other All Subcommittee Chairs are to Reccomended Works of 1989. have their budqets ready for discussion and approval. LOC: The Riverland Branch of the Broward County library Call 407-392-6462 for Information. 2710 West Davie Blvd. Take 1-95 to Davie Blvd, qo west FILK MEETING to Riverland Rd. The library is on the SW corner. DATE: Saturday June 9th at 7:30 pm LOC: The Siclari/Stern residence CREATIVE WRITING GROUP 4599 NW 5th Ave Boca Raton DATE: Sunday June 24th at 2:00 pm Call (407) 392-6462 for info. LOC: 3685 Coral Springs Drive Coral Springs Carol Gibson 305 345—9326 The Creative Writing Group is MEDIA RESEARCH essentially a support group for those who’d like to flex their We are qettinq toqether to literary muscles. All interested attend a number of select films. SFSFS members are welcome. Those Please contact Carol Gibson at who come equipped with munchies 305-345-9326 if you would to be will be doubly blessed. notified of upcominq events. (5 CONTENTS Mee t ing s................... Page 1 Dispatch From The Helm...Page 3 SFSFS News................ Page 4 OASIS III Report.............. .......................... Page 4 5 & 6 Fete Update. ............... Page 7 & 8 Book Reviews.............. Page 9 -13 LoC rs...................... Page 14 & 1 5 Short Fiction....... .....Page 15 It Came In The Mail......Page 16 EDITOR: Gerry Adair B i r thday s ...................Page 16 Submissions Deadline.... Page 16 Thank You And Goodnight..Page 16 CONTRIBUTORS: Con—siderations...........Page 1 7 Joe Siclari, Edie Stern & World Horror Con...... ...Page 17 Waldo Lydecker. ID ART: Phil Tortorici OR LOGO: Phil Tortorici SFSFS LOGO: Gail Bennett COLLATER, STAPLER, STAMP STICKER & PURVEYOR OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR THE EDITOR: Marion Lean Send art, poetry, reviews, LoC s , etc. to: Gerry Adair 1131 Harmony Way Royal Palm Beach, Fl 33411 407 793-7581 FAX #: 407 833-0646 THK SFSF8 SHUTTLE June 1090 69 The Ocuth Florida S o 1 en o er F* 1 o 1 on Sooler't.V' Iw as Florida non — profit eduoational o o ar *c> o ra 1 on reoocrniBad the Internal ■Revenue Service xjrn <1 er ar »er o t, 1 on 501 < o > <9 >. General membership i. w *18 er ar er sear C *1 for children >» The views earn a oolnlonw SMpr»B»ed are those o f t/Tacr ak mjc t* Ta o ar » and artists and not* n e e » » ® a a- i 1 v those pub 1 1 sher . Why y O U read inq t.Tx is? BttMPECR 5URBUM $•) F* B F* « « II 1.7 T T I., W. P <:f r» DISPATCH FROM THE HELM IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN It’s hiqh time we talked about the number one threat confrontinq the youth of America these days! Crack Cocaine? Nope! Satanic Cults? Don’t be ridiculous! Ganq violence... AIDS... Promiscuity? Hell, they’re easy to deal with. Judqinq by the flood of ink used to condemn it, the number one threat facinq our kids today is exposure to TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE MOVIE. Apparently hundreds of parents have run screaminq from neiqhborhood theaters clutchinq their qlassy-eyed, traumatized children to their chests after only 35 to 40 minutes exposure to this insidious threat, bemoaninq the lack of qood, wholesome family entertainment. Disney entertainment. Entertainment that instills healthy, virtuous and, above all, non-violent behavior. "Have A Nice Day" behavior. I’m curious. What did these parents think they were takinq their kids to see? We’re talkinq teenage mutant ninjas here. Somehow or other the title miqht lead one to expect somethinq other than the ambience of "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm". Rebecca never could handle a Sai worth a damn anyway. What these bastions of qood sense claim would be preferable is a return to the values exemplified by our own childhood role models. I don’t know about you, but a society characterized by the problem- solvinq skills of Popeye, the social qraces of the Three Stooqes and the level-headed temperament of Donald Duck sounds more like one of the inner circles of Hell to me. Speakinq of Donald, I wonder how many parents, who feel that The Disney Channel makes an ideal baby-sitter, cauqht that vintaqe WW II cartoon in which "The Duck" (as Georqe Plimpton calls him), mistakenly believinq that he has lost the lower half of his body, accepts a revolver from a weepinq Serqeant Pete, and puts it to his head to remedy his predicament. Now there’s a value worth incorporatinq into a formative psyche; if you should ever become handicapped, you can always perform your very own 32 caliber lobotomy. I must have taken my kids to a different Ninja Turtle flick. Sure there was violence, but, more importantly, (if you cared enouqh to see it) an equal amount of emphasis was placed on the values of friendship, loyalty, honor, and love of family (if a rat and four turtles can be described as family). The only blatant act of senseless violence committed in the film occurs in the final battle between Splinter and Shredder. It is committed by Shredder and results in his death. The turtles themselves fiqht only when provoked and always within a strict code of honor. I seem to recall a certain "Masked Rider Of The Plains" who operated within similar restrictions every Saturday morninq of my childhood. Each installment contained the obliqatory shoot-out, fist-fiqht and chase but repeatedly emphasized that force was only to be used when no other options were available and never, never to kill. Hi-Yo, Silver! (Who were those masked turtles?) That’s why my boys & I took in TMNT on Easter Sunday instead of stayinq home & watchinq THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. With any luck, they picked up some values I think are important. At least, with a nod to Lenny Bruce, they didn’t learn to kill Christ when He comes back. Till next month, I’ll see you on the Dark Side. SFSFS SHUTTLE, JUNE ’90 PAGE 3 SFSFS NEWS Welcome to our new General Dana Reed, Prudy Taylor Board member, Janice Scott Reader. and Richard Lee Byers have tentatively aqreed to appear as Greq Zentz is alive and well quests at TROPICON 9. and livinq in Jacksonville. He forwards his best regards to the Douq Wu may be doinq a solo qiq membership. He also re-newed his at the WISHBONE GRILL on S Miami General membership. (Rumor has it Avenue sometime in early July. he was so dazzled by the new Gee, I wonder who miqht be on hand Shuttle that he couldn’t help to help him qet down and qet himself.> filky! Speakinq of filky, ORION’S BELT, "with any luck at all" Terri Wells is about to travel on. should have a tape available by She and her husband will be movinq late Summer, early Fall. to New Jersey in early June. Her new address: Peqqy Dolan reports that Charles Terri Wells L Fontenay has arranqed a special 239B Willow Turn tour of the Salvador Dali museum Mount LaureL, NJ 08054 for those attendinq the upcominq (609) 727 - 3225 Travellinq Fete in St Petersburq. Take qood care, Terry. We’ll miss She adds, "Get those memberships you! and hotel reservations in." NOW ! >. I OASIS III REPORT A few random observations and opinions... HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS I hope other participants had it a bit better than I did. The Plaza Inn reminded me of an aqinq hooker who hopes that, by some miracle, the thick application of powder and paint will conceal her aqe. The qiant Plaster of Paris fruit in the courtyard added just the riqht deqree of tackiness. John Waters would love this place. The thermostat in my room was unable to lower the temperature below 78. The shower provided cold and lukewarm tricklinq water. On the positive side, a score of restaurants and convenience stores were easily accessible by foot. The Baker Street Grill had exceptional seafood. FILM PROGRAM Livinq proof that the video revolution is killinq film programs at Cons. My son & I arrived about 10 minutes after the scheduled start time for ROGER RABBIT to find the room empty and the equipment off. The poor Gofer who tried to help didn’t seem to have the faintest idea how to qet the audio & video to work simultaneously. We finally qave up. Any schedule that includes ALPHAVILLE, however, can’t be all bad. As for Doctor X and Monique, the least said the better. I haven’t seen that kind of stunned "deer frozen in the headliqhts" look on an audience since the 1972 4th of July Talent Show in Kenosha, Wisconson when Chief Gunner’s Mate Gary Spacek downed a qallon and a half of Brick oven beans and tried to fart the Overture to Die Fledermaus. SFSFS SHUTTLE JUNE ’90 PAGE 4 OASIS III REPORT Gary's act, besides being incredibly difficult to follow, had more socially redeeming qualities than that of Dr X and his zaftig companion. I hope to initiate the "Bring John Zacherley to a Florida Con as Toastmaster" fund to show how it's really done! DEALER'S ROOM A pleasant assortment of items at good prices. I added two Arkhams to my collection without having to take out a second mortgage.