The SHUTTLE February 2003

The Next NASFA Meeting will be 15 February 2003 at the Regular Time and Location

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The next NASFA meeting will be 15 February 2003 FEBRUARY at the regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call 01 National Freedom Day. BookMark at 256-881-3910 if you need directions. 02 Groundhog Day. The February program (7P) will be ÒSciFaikuÓ Ñ that 08 BD: Lin Cochran. is, science-fiction-themed . Come supplied with some of 09 BD: Jack Lundy. the 17-syllable poems you have written ahead of time, or just 10 BD: Marcia Illingworth. write them on the spot to fit themes provided at the meeting. 11 BD: Jeanna Woosley. You can check out SciFaiku at many places on line, including 12 BD: Abraham Lincoln. . 14 ValentineÕs Day. The February after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mary 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at OrtwerthÕs house Ñ 116 Sunset Ridge in Madison. Call her at BookMark. ATMM at Mary OrtwerthÕs house. 256-772-6986 if you need directions. We need ATMM volun- 17 BD: George Washington (Observed). teers for months. 17 BD: Nancy A. Cucci. Con Stellation con committee meetings are all tentatively 21Ð23 ShevaCon 11 Ñ Roanoke VA. scheduled for the Sunday after the first Saturday each month. 22 BD: George Washington. The next meeting is scheduled at 2P on 6 April. (As , 28Ð02 Concave 24 Ñ Horse Cave KY. stay tuned as things can change if circumstances alter.) (Calendar continued on page 2)

Inside this issueÉ SFWA Announces Special Awards ...... 5 Minutes of the January Meeting ...... 2 SESFA Awards Announced ...... 5 DUFF Winners Announced ...... 2 BSFA Awards Nominations ...... 5 Book Review ...... 3 Clarke Award Nominations ...... 6 No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 1 ...... 3 P. K. Dick Award Nominations ...... 6 Awards News Section Lambda Awards Nominations ...... 6 Genre Films Receive Nominations ...... 4 Aurealis Awards Nominations ...... 6 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot...... 4 Letters of Comment ...... 7 Deadline for the March 2003 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is , 28 February 2003. 1 MARCH 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. 02 BD: Ronnie Lajoie. 30Ð01 ConCarolinas 2003 Ñ Charlotte NC. 05 Ash Wednesday. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 07Ð09 ChaosCon 5 Ñ Clarksville TN. 08 BD: Bill Payne. The North Alabama Association meets on 08 International WomenÕs Day. the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large 09 BD: Tracey Kennedy. nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case 10 BD: Kerry Gilley. we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) 13 BD: Anita Eisenberg. The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at 14Ð16 StellarCon 27 Ñ High Point NC. BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive 14Ð16 TechniCon 20 Ñ Blacksburg VA. Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to BookMark. ATMM TBD. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 15 BD: Carlo DeShouten. meeting meeting with directions available at the program. 17 St. PatrickÕs Day. 19Ð23 24th International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts Ñ Ft. Lauderdale FL. 20 Spring begins. January Minutes 21Ð32 CoastCon XXVI Ñ Biloxi MS. by Samuel A. Smith, H 22 BD: Jayson Woosley. 28Ð30 MidSouthCon 21 Ñ Memphis TN. The January meeting of the North Alabama Science Fic- 28Ð30 MadiCon Ñ Harrisonburg VA. tion Association was called to order on Saturday, January 18, 30 BD: Maurine Dorris. 2003 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 6:15:02P by President Mary Ortwerth. Mary fixed the crickets! Yay! APRIL OLD BUSINESS 01 April FoolÕs Day. The NASFA e-mail list is up and running. Send an e-mail 06 Daylight Saving Time begins. to with the subject 06 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ set to ÒSubscribeÓ (without the quotes) to join. Mike KennedyÕs house. NEW BUSINESS 13 Palm Sunday. Dues are due! 15 BD: ÒUncle TimmyÓ Bolgeo. Mary (Ortwerth)Õs father is here! 15 Income Taxes due. CoastCon has sent us an e-mail inquiring as to whether or 17 Passover. not we would be interested in sponsoring an event in their 17Ð20 Fantasm 2003 Ñ Atlanta GA. consuite this year. 17Ð20 World Horror Con 2003 Ñ Kansas City MO. Sam Smith has received an e-mail from Steve Miller, who 18 Good Friday. is trying to track down an illustration Kelly Freas did for a 18Ð20 Nebula Awards Weekend 2003 Ñ Philadelphia PA. fanzine at a convention in Richmond in the mid- to late 70Õs. 19* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at We have no idea how to track that down, other than the BookMark. ATMM TBD. obvious. 20 Easter. CONVENTION BUSINESS 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. The hotel has been paid, and we are still working on this 22 Earth Day. yearÕs hotel contract, dates, and additional guests. 23 Administrative ProfessionalsÕ Day. The Con Stellation web site received 671 visitors in 25 National Arbor Day. December, the NASFA web site received 132, and the Deep- 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. SouthCon 40 web site 113. 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. There is no con committee meeting scheduled as yet. [Though subsequently one was scheduled for Sunday, Febru- MAY ary 2, at 1:30P. -SEC] 01 BD: Russell McNutt. There is a con committee e-mail mailing list now working, 03 BD: Martha Knowles. similar to the NASFA e-mail mailing list. If youÕre on the 04 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ Con Stellation con committee, and not on the con committee Mike KennedyÕs house. e-mail mailing list, send an e-mail to with the subject set to ÒSub- 14 BD: Debbie Hughes. scribeÓ (without the quotes) to join. 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35:46P. The program was 16Ð18 MobiCon Ñ Mobile AL. ÒBooks and Movies in a Minute.Ó (During which Sam proved 16Ð18 Roc*Kon Ñ Little Rock AR. to everyone that he canÕt whistle.) The After-The-Meeting 17 Armed Forces Day. Meeting was held at Mike KennedyÕs place. 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at BookMark. ATMM TBD. 19 BD: David O. Miller. 19 Victoria Day (Canada). DUFF Winners Announced 20 BD: Mike Glicksohn. 23Ð25 Oasis 16 Ñ Orlando FL. The winners of the 2003 Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) 26 Memorial Day. race have been announced. Guy and Rosy Lillian are the new 2 North American DUFF delegates and will be traveling to the even though itÕs from an apparently very small publisher. I 2003 Australian national convention. took it home and immediately started reading, knowing it Reported numbers (which donÕt quite add up) are 170 would bump whatever book was already in the next spot valid ballots (138 North America; 32 Australasia) of which 158 Surprisingly to me, the other characters in the book donÕt voters expressed a preference. The Lillians received 101 first even blink an eye when they see ÒM.Ó Except for a few place votes, while Mike and Linda McInerney received 58. The customers of the restaurant who leave in shock, everybody remainder was split between Hold Over Funds (1), No Prefer- treats ÒMÓ as just another co-worker, neighbor, or customer. ence (12), and Write In (1, for Harry Warner, Jr.). I could try to go on but words do occasionally fail me. Full voting details and voter lists are to be posted on the I was quite tickled to see that a few weeks after I read the web at . book and recommended it to several people, CNN had a review. I hadnÕt recommended it to anyone there that I know of but I would have Ñ just as I am recommending it to anyone out there who enjoys come to the present. Read it and Sex and the Single love it. Personally, I would love to have a chance to meet ÒM.Ó Minotaur read, enjoyed immensely, now reviewed by Karen Hopkins Chances With Wolves The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, by Steve Sherrill, No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 1 Picador, 1 November 2002, Trade Paperback, 320pp, ISBN by PieEyedDragon 0312308922, $14.00 (Also available in Hardback from John F Blair Publications, May 2000, 256pp, ISBN: 0895871971, The sun is warm and pleasant. Turtles, on rocks and jutting $19.95) snags, soak it in. Watching them, I do the same where I lieÉ at great length. If you were an immortal, accursed creation of the mis- They remind me of Mom. guided passions of gods and men, where would you be today? My new body is powerful, but my mind still needs quiet Intriguing question and one which Steve Sherrill tackles in times to complete healing. This land will assist. Lazy lakes and a, to me, ludicrous and somehow logical wayÉ crystal caverns. My soul needs this. You would be working (rrrumble) the FryDaddy at GrubÕs Ribs IÕll go fishing in the river, next month. If nothing suits, IÕll and living in the Lucky-U fly down to the ocean. Mobile Estates somewhere in The wolves ought to be good neighbors. IÕll do the same. the southeast, about a half But if their pups are endangered, I will assist. WhatÕs magic for, dayÕs drive from the Florida anyway? border. I close my eyes, and let my mind drift around my new lair, The Minotaur (now taking imprints of this landÕs features. known simply as ÒMÓ) is no Ñ O Ñ O Ñ O Ñ longer terrifying, heÕs now a I finally figure out what was making me uneasy: I havenÕt line cook driving a Õ75 Vega. shed this skin since my rebirth! HeÕs learned to sew so he can I start shredding places around my mouth, and begin the tailor menÕs clothes to his no peel-down. This will probably take two or three days. IÕll have longer fearsome shape. To to eat it. CanÕt leave such toxic stuff lying around, considering help cope with the horror of the battles IÕve been in. My legs are short, but my body is his endless days, the Mino- supple; all 177 feet of itÕs length. taur takes solace in tinkering. I get my head finished, and realize someone close is He fixes cars, clocks, and watching me! I watch the trees as I continue shedding. I smell meals. He takes great care in wolf. the daily grooming of his ÒtransitionalÓ skin. He can no longer Ñ O Ñ O Ñ O Ñ muster the energy for confrontation, although he does offer I finish the shedding process, and rest a little while. Then sympathy or a shake of his horns at the questionable antics of I start eating my discarded skin. There are several reasons for his co-workers. In private, he sings. doing this: It is rather toxic, it leaves fewer signs of my Some of the bookÕs funniest (and saddest) moments occur presence, and no one can use or misuse it for magical purposes. with the occasional stirring of his largely dormant libido. In his It still is not tastyÉ My stomach needs something else. Fish is lifetime the Minotaur has had lovers, and they have run the not presently appealing; I think IÕll try some fresh caribou gamut in species, gender, and degree of consent or reciprocity. meat. I summon my wings and float upward. Flirtations with a saucy waitress, (think Flo from Alice) and a The strong herd is circled on a little hill, watching the few other encounters can remind one of our own attempts at small wolf pack. I float higher to get between them and the sun. dating and mating. I extend my fore claws, furl my wings, and drop! I came across this book while at Mike KennedyÕs house The caribou are nervous, looking around. They have for one reason or another and flipping through his Locus heard, seen, and smelled the wolves. magazines. While I try to not judge a book by itÕs cover I do They are not looking up! judge a book by itÕs title. This one had me eagerly scanning A thunderclap of displaced air scatters the herd in panic, through the other reviews on the same page to find it. When I as something huge flaps back skyward, holding two cows from read the premise I guffawed and at my soonest opportunity the center. One of the younger bulls, from the perimeter, falls went down to BookMark and ordered it. It came pretty quickly behind; limping with a badly-broken fore-leg: a luck-gift to the 3 others seeking meat. ity Report and Spider-Man also received Visual Effects noms. My prey are dead. I settle in at my new Òhome,Ó unhinge The Chubb Chubbs received a nod in the Short Animation my jaw, and begin the swallowing process. category. The two caribou have settled my stomach, upset from the The shortlist for the Orange Film of the Year, for the ten harsh presence of my old skin. IÕm feeling mellow. It is a warm most popular films of 2002 has mostly genre films. The full list evening. The frogs, and their insect prey, are singing. I sing too, is Monsters Inc., Star Wars Episode II Ð Attack of the Clones, wordlessly and very deep. It sounds mostly like an immense Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Spider-Man, OceanÕs bullfrog or alligator grunt. The deeper notes make the water 11, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Men in Black II, Scooby dance, and shiver the leaves and branches of trees and bushes. Doo, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Die Another Fireflies wink and dance. Two fairies keep their distance, as Day. they look me over. Ñ O Ñ O Ñ O Ñ Never any manÕs dogs, the wolves accept me; as a neutral co-predator. Especially since I seldom hunt, and my usual prey Nebula Awards is fish. The Fairies play tricks on them when here: pulling fur, throwing pine cones, and whispering. Talks with the Alpha are Preliminary Ballot helping me regain contact with my inner beast. I stayed a servant for too long. The Nebula Awards are annually voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The Preliminary Ballot for 2002 has been released; the final ballot will be mailed 15 February 2003. The Genre Films Receive Nebula Awards will be announced at the 2002 Nebula Awards Banquet to be held in Philadelphia on Saturday 19 April 2003. Nominations Items on the Preliminary Ballot are: Although the Academy Awards nominations were not Steven Barnes, LionÕs Blood (Warner Aspect, February 2002) announced in time to make this issue of the Shuttle, genre films David Brin, Kiln People (Tor, January 2002) have already received general-audience recognition with Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion (Avon Eos, nominations from other organizations. August 2001) SCREEN ACTORS GUILD Julie E. Czerneda, In the Company of Others (DAW, June Nominations for the 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild 2001) Awards (for performances during 2002) were announced , American Gods (William Morrow & Co., July Tuesday 28 January 2003. The SAG Awards cover acting in 2001) both film and television. The awards will be presented Sunday Ursula K. Le Guin, The Other Wind (Harcourt Brace, Septem- 9 March 2003 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center and ber 2001) televised on TNT at 7P (Central). Paul Levinson, The Consciousness Plague (Tor, February The only indisputably genre nomination from SAG this 2002) year is in the category ÒCast of a Theatrical Motion PictureÓ Terry McGarry, Illumination (Tor, August 2001) where the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Maureen F. McHugh, Nekropolis (Avon Eos, August 2001) (New Line Cinema) was honored. Some would argue that Patricia McKillip, Ombria in Shadow (Ace, January 2002) television thriller 24Õs noms for Keifer Sutherland (Male Actor Robert A. Metzger, Picoverse (Ace, March 2002) in a Drama Series) and for the cast (Ensemble in a Drama China MiŽville, Perdido Street Station (Del Rey, March 2001) Series) would also qualify as sf. Syne Mitchell, Technogenesis (Roc, January 2002) Interestingly, the SAG has made it known that the nomi- , Adventures in Time and Space with Max Mer- nation for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers marks the riwell (Tor, November 2001) first time the cast of films in a continuing series have been Vera Nazarian, Dreams of the Compass Rose (, nominated in consecutive years. Next year may mark the first May 2002) time it has happened three years in a row. Patrick OÕLeary, The Impossible Bird (Tor, January 2002) BAFTA Jerry Oltion, The Getaway Special (Tor, December 2001) The British Academy of Film and Television Arts an- William Sanders, J. (, August 2001) nounced nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Pamela Sargent, Child of Venus (Avon Eos, May 2001) Awards on Monday 27 January 2003. The awards will be Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids (Analog, April 2002; Tor, May presented Sunday 23 February in London and broadcast on 2002) BBC One. Stanley Schmidt, Argonaut (Tor, July 2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers leads genre films Wen Spencer, Alien Taste (Roc, July 2001) with nine nominations, including Best Film, The David Lean S. M. Stirling, The Peshawar Lancers (Roc/NAL, January Award for Achievement in Direction (Peter Jackson, who won 2002) last year in this category), Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie), , Bones of the Earth (Avon Eos, March Production Design (Grant Major), Costume Design (Ngila 2002) Dickson and Richard Taylor), Editing (Michael Horton and Mark W. Tiedemann, Compass Reach (Meisha Merlin Pub- Jabez Olssen), Sound, Special Visual Effects, and Make Up & lishing, June 2001) Hair (Peter Owen and Peter King). Ken Wharton, Divine Intervention (Ace, November 2001) Other BAFTA genre nominations include three nods to NOVELLA Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets for Production Michael A. Burstein and Shane Tourtellotte, ÒBug Out!Ó Design (Stuart Craig), Sound, and Visual Effects. Both Minor- (Analog, August 2001) 4 Adam-Troy Castro, ÒSunday Night Yams at Minnie and EarlÕsÓ (Analog, June 2001) SESFA Awards Announced Richard Chwedyk, ÒBronteÕs EggÓ (F&SF, August 2002) , ÒThe Chief DesignerÓ (AsimovÕs, June 2001) Winners of the 2002 Southeastern SF Achievement Charles Coleman Finlay, ÒThe Political OfficerÓ (F&SF, Awards (the first), administered by the online magazine sci- April 2002) fidimensions, have been announced. Winners received a cer- Pat Forde, ÒIn SpiritÓ (Analog, September 2002) tificate designed by artist Dan Henderson. Further details can Bud Sparhawk, ÒMagicÕs PriceÓ (Analog, March 2001) be found at . The NOVELETTE awards went to: , ÒThe FerrymanÕs WifeÓ (F&SF, May 2001) Life Achievement...... Stephen L. Burns, ÒLook AwayÓ (Analog, May 2002) Novel ...... DeepSix, Jack McDevitt (Eos) , ÒHell is the Absence of GodÓ (Starlight 3, Tor, Short Fiction...... ÒThe Chief Designer,Ó July 2001) Andy Duncan (AsimovÕs June 2001) Gregory Frost, ÒMadonna of the MaquiladoraÓ (AsimovÕs, May 2002) Mike Moscoe, ÒThe Job InterviewÓ (Analog, May 2002) William Sanders, ÒWhen This World Is All on FireÓ (Asi- BSFA Awards Nominations movÕs, November 2001) William Browning Spencer, ÒThe Essayist in the Wilder- Finalists for this yearÕs British Science Fiction nessÓ (F&SF, May 2002) Association Awards have been released. The awards will Allen Steele, ÒThe Days BetweenÓ (AsimovÕs, March 2001) be presented at the 2003 British National Science Fiction , ÒLobstersÓ (AsimovÕs, June 2001) convention (aka ) Ñ Seacon Õ03, to be held Shane Tourtellotte, ÒThe Return of SpringÓ (Analog, No- 18Ð21 April in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Further vember 2001) information about the BSFA Awards can be found at SHORT STORY . The M. Shayne Bell, ÒRefugees from NulongweÓ (, nominees are: May 2001) NOVEL Chris Bunch, ÒMirrorÓ (Absolute Magnitude, May 2001) Castles Made of Sand, (Gollancz) Michael A. Burstein, ÒSpaceshipsÓ (Analog, June 2001) Effendi: The Second Arabesk, Jon Courtenay Grimwood , ÒCreatureÓ (F&SF, November 2001) (Earthlight) , ÒCreationÓ (F&SF, May 2002) Light, M. John Harrison (Gollancz) ElizaBeth Gilligan, ÒIron JoanÓ (Black Gate, February 2002) The Scar, China MiŽville (Macmillan) Megan Lindholm, ÒCutÓ (AsimovÕs, May 2001) The Separation, Christopher Priest (Scribner) Jack McDevitt, ÒNothing Ever Happens in Rock CityÓ The Years of Rice and Salt, (Harper- (Artemis Magazine, August 2001) Collins) Joel Richards, ÒThe Gods Abandon AlcibiadesÓ (AsimovÕs, SHORT FICTION February 2001) , Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury) , ÒThe Djinn Who Lives Between ÒFive British Dinosaurs,Ó Michael Swanwick (Interzone Night and DayÓ (Realms of Fantasy, April 2002) #177 March 2002) William Shunn, ÒThe Veil Beyond the VeilÓ (Realms of ÒIf Lions Could Speak,Ó Paul Park (Interzone #177 March Fantasy, April 2002) 2002) Kevin G. Summers, ÒIsolation Ward 4Ó (Star Trek: Strange ÒRouter,Ó Charles Stross (AsimovÕs September 2002) New Worlds IV, Pocket, May 2001) ÒSingleton,Ó (Interzone #176 February 2002) Michael Swanwick, ÒThe Dog Said Bow-WowÓ (AsimovÕs, ÒVoice of Steel,Ó Sean McMullen (Sci Fiction 08.21.02) November 2001) ARTWORK SCRIPT Dominic Harman, Cover of Interzone #179 May 2002 Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Shrek (Dreamworks, May 2001) Peter Gric, Cover of The Third Alternative #31 July Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, The Lord of 2002 the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cin- Fraser Irving, Judge Death: My Name Is Death (page 1) ema, December 2001) 2000AD Prog 1289 1 May 2002 Joss Whedon, The Musical: Once More With Feeling (Buffy Richard Marchand, Cover of The Third Alternative #32 the Slayer, November 2001) August 2002 Joachim Luetke, interior illustration for ÒThe RoutineÓ (by Gala Blau; The Third Alternative #31 July 2002) NONFICTION SFWA Special Awards ÒThe Interrogation,Ó Nick Gevers and Christopher Priest (Interzone #183 October 2002, Christopher Priest inter- Ursula K. Le Guin has been named a Grand Master by viewed by Nick Gevers) the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). ÒIntroduction,Ó (Maps: The Uncollected The selection was made by the SFWA Board of Directors, in Big Engine) conjunction with the living past presidents of SFWA. SFWA Mapping Mars, Oliver Morton (Fourth Estate) has also named Katherine MacLean this yearÕs SFWA Author ÒOnce There Was a Magazine,Ó Fred Smith (Beccon Publi- Emeritus. Presentation of these awards will take place during cations 2002) the Nebula Awards Weekend in Philadelphia 18Ð20 April ÒThe Time MachineÓ (film review), (Electric 2003. Story 2 April 2002; F&SF August 2002) 5 Seeds of Fire, Karen Kallmaker, writing as Laura Adams Clarke Award Nominations (Bella Books) Wired Hard 3, Cecilia Tan, ed. (Circlet Press) The finalists for the 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award, for best Additional genre-related works that were nominated in- SF novel published in Britain during 2002, have been an- clude David GerroldÕs The Martian Child (Forge) and Jim nounced. The winner will be announced at a ceremony Satur- GrimsleyÕs Boulevard in the Gay MenÕs Fiction category; day 17 May 2003. Judges are Tony Cullen and Iain Emsley for Nicola GriffithÕs Stay (Doubleday) in the Lesbian Fiction the British Science Fiction Association, Doug Millard for the category; RoweÕs Queer Fear II in the Fiction Anthology Science Museum (London), and Paul McAuley and Liz Sour- category; and Lawrence SchimelÕs Found Tribe (Sherman but for the Science Fiction Foundation. The Chairman of the Asher Publishing) in both the Nonfiction Anthology and the judges is Paul Kincaid. The nominees are: Spirituality categories. KilÕn People, David Brin (Orbit) Light, M. John Harrison (Gollancz) The Scar, China MiŽville (Macmillan) The Separation, Christopher Priest (Scribner) Aurealis Awards Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) The Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson (Harper- Nominations Collins) BrinÕs novel was published in the US as Kiln People; The shortlist for the 2002 Aurealis Awards, for works of MoonÕs, in January 2003, as The Speed of Dark. HarrisonÕs and Australian , have been announced. The PriestÕs have not been published in the US. nominees are: SF NOVEL Blue Silence, Michelle Marquardt (Bantam) Echoes of Earth, Sean Williams and Shane Dix (Harper- Philip K. Dick Award Collins) Transcension, Damien Broderick (Tor) Nominations SF SHORT STORY ÒThe Imperfect Instantaneous People Mover,Ó Geoffrey The Philip K. Dick Award is given annually for science Maloney (Agog! Fantastic Fiction) fiction published in paperback original form in the United ÒLate Returns,Ó Shane M. Brown (Redsine #9) States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science ÒLucy Lucy,Ó Shane M. Brown (Aurealis #29) Fiction Society while the ceremony is sponsored by the North- ÒWalk to the Full Moon,Ó Sean McMullen (F&SF December West Science Fiction Society. Judges for this yearÕs award are 2002) Michael Blumlein, Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Nalo Hopkin- ÒWithin Twilight,Ó Chris McMahon (Redsine #8) son (chair), Donna McMahon, and Lois Tilton. First prize and FANTASY NOVEL any special citations will be announced on Friday 18 April Blood, Tony Shillitoe (HarperCollins) 2003 at Norwescon 26 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, The Crippled Angel, Sara Douglass (HarperCollins) SeaTac WA. The nominees are: The Gift, Alison Croggan (Penguin) Empire of Bones, Liz Williams (Bantam Spectra) HadesÕ Daughter, Sara Douglass (HarperCollins) Leviathan Three, Jeff VanderMeer and Forrest Aguirre, eds. The Novice, Trudi Canavan (HarperCollins) (The Ministry of Whimsy) The Storm Weaver and the Sand, Sean Williams (Harper- Maximum Ice, Kay Kenyon (Bantam Spectra) Collins) The Mount, Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press) FANTASY SHORT STORY Report to the MenÕs Club, Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer No Award Press) HORROR NOVEL The Scar, China MiŽville (Del Rey) Daughter of the Dark, Louise Cusack (Simon & Schuster) Warchild, Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect) The Gift, Alison Croggon (Penguin) Bite, Stephen Dedman (Tor) The White Body of Evening, A. L. McCann (Flamingo/ HarperCollins) Lambda Literary Awards HORROR SHORT STORY ÒOracle,Ó Kim Westwood (Redsine #9) Nominations ÒWastelands,Ó Stephen Dedman (Agog! Fantastic Fiction) ÒWhat the Tide Brings,Ó Claire McKenna (Fables and Re- The Lambda Literary Awards (aka the Lammys) are flections #2) sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation ÒWithin Twilight,Ó Chris McMahon (Redsine #8) for excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, YOUNG ADULT NOVEL and transgendered publishing in a number of categories. The Fireworks and Darkness, Natalie Jane Prior (Angus and awards will be presented at the Book Expo convention on 29 Robertson/HarperCollins) May 2003 in Los Angeles CA. This yearÕs finalists in the SF/ The Hand of Glory, Sophie Masson (Hodder Headline) Fantasy/Horror category are: Mum, Me, and the 19th C, David McRobbie (Angus and Daughters of an Amber Noon, Katherine V. Forrest Robertson/HarperCollins) (Alyson) The Starthorn Tree, Kate Forsyth (Pan) The Devil Inside, Randy Boyd (West Beach Books) YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY Queer Fear II, Michael Rowe, ed. (Arsenal Pulp Press) No Award 6 CHILDRENÕS LONG FICTION up to the plate. Chickens ;-) I certainly donÕt envy you your Astrid Spark, Fixologist, Justin dÕAth (Allen & Unwin) weather this winter. So far weÕve had very little snow (as is Eglantine, Catherine Jinks (Allen & Unwin) usual) and none of it has stuck around for long. Which is fine In the Garden of Empress Cassia, Gabrielle Wang (Puffin) by me. -ED] Lily Quench and the Treasure of Mote Ely, Natalie Jane Prior (Hodder) EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC Rhianna and the Dogs of Iron, Dave Luckett (Scholastic) CHILDRENÕS SHORT FICTION Lloyd Penney 18 January 2003 ÒThe Golden Udder,Ó Terry Denton (Allen & Unwin) ÒIn the Blink of an Eye,Ó Andrew Chapman (Spellbinders, 1706-24 Eva Road Spinouts Sapphire, Longmans) Etobicoke ON ÒOld Ridley,Ó Gary Crew and Mark McBride (Hodder) Canada M9C 2B2 ÒTashi and the Haunted House,Ó Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble (Allen & Unwin) Greetings, all Ñ I downloaded and hardprinted Volume ÒThe Two Natalies,Ó Justin dÕAth (Reel Trouble, Spinouts 23, No. 1 of the Shuttle, so here goes with some comments. Sapphire, Longmans) Having a club e-mailing list is great to get the word out fast Ñ just make sure that the club still has features that you canÕt access on e-mail, or people will ask why they belong to the club in the first place. The Web has all kinds of stuff for free, and that Letters of Comment can hurt even successful clubs. The movies IÕve seen recently are LotR: The Two Towers LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC and Star Trek: Nemesis. There are some changes from the book in The Two Towers, but not enough to change an excellent Harry Warner, Jr. 17 January 2003 story. TTT will suffer from being the middle movie, but the 423 Summit Avenue final movie next year will make it an absolute blockbuster. Hagerstown MD 21740 Nemesis was a little slow, and perhaps the best scene in the movie was Picard cracking wise at Riker and TroiÕs wedding Congratulators on your reelection to such an altitudinous reception, but it made for a good episode, and not necessarily post in the upper echelon of the royal and imperial ruling a good movie. I enjoyed it, thatÕs the main thing, although there element in NASFA. I trust that the editorship of the Shuttle will have been some parallels drawn between this movie and Wrath continue to be part of your duties. of Khan. We plan to see the second Harry Potter movie Ñ I got a headache after I read the instructions on getting tomorrow! information about your club on a computer. It sounds as bad as The Pie-Eyed Dragon with a migraine Ñ IÕd call that filling out an income tax return and it doesnÕt have the potential Excedrin Headache #1. Welcome back, and tell us of all your for resulting in a refund like a tax document. Between this item new adventures. and SherylÕs description of her problems, I feel awfully wise I suspect lots of people, including Harry Warner, are and superior in my status as a computerphobe. affected by this cold snap most of us are having. The low IÕm a great admirer of Judi Dench, but I think IÕll skip Die temperature in Toronto tonight should be around -20 degrees Another Day despite her inclusion in its cast. I wish she would Celsius, which is about 5 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. stop her bad habit of taking only small roles in movies. Mrs. Bone-chilling, no matter how you write it. Harry mentions my Brown is the only big movie role IÕve seen her in for a long comments about affording Ñ I think we are plan- while. ning to attend no more after Boston next year Ñ this level of The return of PED lives up to my hopes for the sequel. IÕve fandom is for the rich only. made a New YearÕs resolution to keep more firmly in mind Congratulations to the new club executive, and farewell what happened in the last episode so I can understand the next until next issue. episode better when it arrives a month or so later on. And I do believe that this is the totality of the comments [The club email list is just to distribute info that needs to get out that I can summon up in my decomposing brain on the January quickly Ñ it certainly shouldnÕt have any negative impact on Shuttle. Incidentally, for the second month in a row IÕm writing the social aspects of the club. You arenÕt the first person IÕve in a snowy period. WeÕve had about a half-dozen snows in the seen talk about the latest Star Trek movie as though it were a last month, each only one or two inches in depth followed by slightly-glorified TV episode. I havenÕt seen it myself, though a cold snap, so walking and driving are as dangerous ad if weÕd it was still playing locally the last time I noticed. Perhaps IÕll been getting big blizzards. I never remember any such stretch get to a weekend matinee next weekend, if itÕs still here. I canÕt of winter weather before around here. The only real advantage see paying the full tariff, though. -ED] in turning 80 is that neighbors have been shoveling my side- walk and even cleaning off my car for me, something that EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC wouldnÕt happen if I looked or actually were only 60 or 70. Michael D. Glicksohn 22 January 2003 [If youÕre a fan of Dame Dench, have you watched the TV series As Time Goes By? It ran for nearly a decade (ending in 2002 I believe) in the UK and shows up on public TV in the About twenty years ago I stopped going to see movies in states. ItÕs one of the most charming of the so-called Britcoms, the theatre. Too many rude and inconsiderate talking and funny yet touching and even romantic. As for the Shuttle, yes eating and noise-making patrons spoiled the experience for IÕll still be the editor Ñ so far no one else in the club seems to me. But in 2002 I actually saw three films in theatres: the first want the task. (Hey, sooner or later one of them will have to step (LoCs continued on back cover) 7 P. O. Box 4857 Huntsville AL 35815-4857

***************************************************************************************************************** The NASFA Shuttle is the newsletter of the North Alabama Science Fiction Association, Inc. This is the February 2003 edition (Volume 23, Number 2). NASFA Officers for 2003: President Mary Ortwerth; Vice President Mike Kennedy; Secretary Sam Smith; Treasurer Ray Pietruszka; Program Director Karen Hopkins; Publicity Director Doug Lampert. Shuttle Editor Mike Kennedy. Comments, inquiries, and contributions of writing by email to: [email protected] Ñ EDITORIAL ADDRESS (EMAIL) Comments, inquiries, and contributions of writing by snailmail to: Mike Kennedy, 7907 Charlotte Drive SW, Huntsville AL 35802-2841 Ñ EDITORIAL ADDRESS (SNAILMAIL) Dues ($), subscriptions ($), and Official Mail to: NASFA, Inc., P. O. Box 4857, Huntsville AL 35815-4857 Ñ OFFICIAL ADDRESS Contents Copyright, © 2003. All rights revert to contributors. All opinions are those of the individual authors and do not reflect club policies other than by coincidence. LoCs subject to edited printing. NASFA Dues = $15/year (Family rates available) Subscription only = $10/year Single copy = $1.50 each. ***************************************************************************************************************** (continued from page 7) Still, that doesnÕt spoil the film as far as IÕm concerned. It two Harry Potter films and the first part of LotR. And recently is a wonderful movie. But itÕs not quite what Tolkien wrote. my wife and I went to see part two of TolkienÕs masterpiece Hope yÕall have a great new year and that some Shuttle brought to the cinema. readers make it to the here in Toronto. It was indeed a memorable and remarkable piece of movie making, a film IÕll eventually own on DVD and watch repeat- [Good to hear from you, Mike. Differences between exactly edly. But IÕm not sure IÕd call it Òa fairly faithful adaptation of what Tolkien wrote and the plot of the movies clearly exist. his works.Ó I guess that depends on how liberally you interpret Some of them are probably attributable to both the visual Òfairly.Ó The book doesnÕt include an encounter between orcs nature of movies and the relatively short time they have to tell on what appear to be giant Tasmanian devils as the folk of a story. Other are artistic choices. IÕm no where near enough of Rohan head towards HelmÕs Deep, nor is there any mention of a Tolkien or movie expert to try to discern which differences Aragorn falling off a cliff and disappearing for a couple of fit in which category. What I would venture to say is that, on days. And the siege at HelmÕs Deep is eventually relieved by a strictly subjective basis, much of the heart of Tolkien comes a thousand foot soldiers and a walking-not-talking forest, not through in the movies to date. I can only hope the final piece by a horde of horsemen. of the trilogy carries this through as well. -ED]

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