Volume 30 Number 9 Issue 362 February 2018 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Comic Book Connection If you have not renewed your membership and wish to February 10--11 do so, please contact us or renew on the website. Holiday Inn Checkout the Locus website for their recommended 11083 Nurseryfields Drive reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just Jacksonville, FL 32256 looking for something new to read. $10 for 1 day, $15 for 2 Days At the Playwrights Roundtable Table Launch there thecomicbookconnection.com were four plays (half) were Science Fiction/Fantasy. Some of them might be shown at 2018 Fringe Festival in May, SyFy Bartow Next month I hope to do a review and the Nebula final February 17 ballot should be out. Main Street Bartow, FL Events A SF themed street fair Free Florida Pop Con Search on Facebook for more info February 2-4 Orlando Live Events Costal Magic 6405 S. US Highway 17-92 February 22-25 Fern Park, FL 32720 The Shores Resort Guests: George Lowe (voice actor) 2637 S Atlantic Ave, Butch Patrick (Eddie, The Munsters) Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118 And many others, see website Guests: Lucienne Diver (writer) $55 for 3-Day, $20 for Fri & Sun, $25 for Sat Aria Kane (writer floridapopcon.net Aletha Kontis (writer) And many others see website Rapier Weekend pass $90 February 8-11 coastalmagicconvention.com Doubletree by Hilton at the Jacksonville Airport Pensacon 2101 Dixie Clipper Drive, February 23-25 Jacksonville, Florida, 32218, USA Pensacola Bay Center Gaming convention 201 E Gregory Street $20 for Friday and Saturday, $10 for Sunday Pensacola, FL, 32502 www.rapiercon.com Guests: Neal Adams (comic artist) Dan Wells (writer) Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek:TNG) Jim Butcher (writer) Birthdays And many others see website Weekend pass $80 www.pensacon.com Pat Sims February 9 (Continued on page 2) OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 30 Issue 362, February 2018 Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society (OASFiS). 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Page two February 2018 February OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 11, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Steve Cole 407-275-5211 Library (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, [email protected] FL 32801,407-835-7325). Come join us as we discuss the Susan Cole 407-275-5211 works of Spider Robinson and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-314-5506 Sci Fi Light [email protected] TBD Steve Grant 352 241 0670 [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] To contact for more info: David Ratti 407-282-2468 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] (Continued from page 1) Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 Comic Con Revolution [email protected] February 24 Palm Beach County Convention Center Any of these people can give readers information about the 650 Okeechobee Boulevard club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Guests: Adam-Troy Castro (writer) novellas being published. Novellas seem to be making a Chris Claremont (writer) comeback due to being under 40,000 words. He went on to give a Peter Rawlik (writer) disclaimer about not being there to validate fandoms. All of the And many others see website books in the presentation were published in the last calendar $30 for the day www.comicconrevolution.com year. There are 26 books in the presentation. All of them were found on best seller lists. Juan mentioned that he has read about a January 21, 2018 third of the books on the list and encouraged anyone who might have read any of the books to chime in with thoughts. Officers: Juan Sanmiguel, Rocio Flores The Power: Charlotte said she read it and it held her interest for a Members: Steve Cole, Ed Anthony, Harry Parkhurst bit and found it interesting to see the gender power dynamic flip. Robert indicated that there were some political tones as well. Guests: Marinela Ortiz, Charlotte Hunter, Sarah Fisk, Robert Steele The Bear and the Nightingale: Marinela found it a bit frightening with all of the religious aspects behind it but found Some brief introductions were made. the folklore interesting as the story progressed. She mentioned Marinela talked about herself being blind, an author and that she received an advanced copy of the next book in the series previously studied humanities and writing rhetoric at UCF. She and plans to read it. Juan asked if the books leaves stuff dangling is getting ready to go back to school and get her grad certificate and Marinela said it did finish with a cliffhanger. to become an assistive technology specialist. Sci-Fi has been one City of Brass: Charlotte currently reading it. She says that it has of her favorite genres and one of her favorite series is by Jim started out very well. Charlotte goes into the story. She says the Butcher The Dresden Files. It is more fantasy but does have Sci- author is not great with action scenes but her characterization is Fi. She is also a published author and working on her third book quite good. She is very entertained. The story is in Cairo and the which deals with a blind person about to survive a zombie French are there after Napoleon. Well written. A short discussion apocalypse. Juan asked is she ever read World War Z. One of continued on action scenes. the stories is about a blind Japanese hermit. He was a Hiroshima survivor who was blinded by the blast and decided to live out in Persepolis Rising: Discussion ensued about the series and the tv the woods. A short discussion ensued about how the Japanese show. This book ends in cliffhanger. culture and other cultures view people with disabilities. The House of Binding Thorns: Juan said he was intrigued by Charlotte Hunter introduced herself. She saw the meeting the character Madeline who is a scientist addicted to Angel advertised in the library materials and decided to stop by. She Essence which provides a euphoric feeling. prefers middle grade and YA books and enjoys reading Science Fiction in those genres. Walkaway: Robert asked what is the moral of the story? Juan responded that if there is a moral then seems to be a political one. Last year Juan did include a collection and there are more (Continued on page 4) Page three February 2018 Award News Writing (Original Screenplay) Philip K. Dick Award Nominees • Get Out, written by Jordan Peele (source Locus website) • The Shape of Water, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, story by Guillermo del • The Book of Etta by Meg Elison (47North) Toro • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit) • After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun (The Animated Feature Film Unnamed Press) • The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt (Angry Robot) • The Boss Baby • Revenger Alastair Reynolds (Orbit) • The Breadwinner • Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton • Coco Mifflin Harcourt) • Ferdinand • All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com) • Loving Vincent The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction originally published in paperback form in the United States. Short Film (Animated) • Dear Basketball The winner and any special citations will be announced on • Garden Party Friday, March 30, 2018 at Norwescon 41 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington. • Lou • Negative Space Academy Awards Speculative Fiction finalists (source File 770) • Revolting Rhymes Best Picture Cinematography • Get Out • Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049 • The Shape of Water • Don Laustsen, The Shape of Water Directing Costume Design • Jordan Peele, Get Out • Jacqueline Durran, Beauty and the Beast • Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water • Luis Sequeira, The Shape of Water Actor in a Leading Role Film Editing Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water Actress in a Leading Role Foreign Language Film Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water On Body and Soul – Hungary Actor in a Supporting Role Music (Original Score) Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water • Alexandre Desplay, The Shape of Water • John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Actress in a Supporting Role Music (Original Song) Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water • “Remember Me,” Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, from Coco Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Logan, screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, story by James Mangold (Continued on page 4) Page four February 2018 (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 2) Production Design If you have a 3D printer, you basically have a replicator so why would you need to steal other people’s resources.