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Volume 31 Number 10 Issue 375 March 2019 Events Comic Con Volume 31 Number 10 Issue 375 March 2019 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Omni Expo This month was a very difficult for me personally but March 15-17 we go on.. Florida Hotel and Convention Center I include a list of recommended short fiction. I read a lot 1500 Sand Lake Road more. There is a lot of good fiction out there. Orlando, FL 32809 Please note that some of the Nebula short fiction Guests: Hisashi Kagawa (animation director) nominees may be available online. Please check Oasfis Mamoru Yokota (animation director) Convention on Facebook or OasisCon on Twitter for links to the Paul St. Peter (voice actor) stories. Matt Shipman (voice actor) Next month pictures from ICFA, and with luck a Sawa (singer) review. And others $50 at the door for weekend www.omniexpo.com Events ICFA 40 (academic conference) Comic Con Revolution March 13-16 March 2-3 Orlando Airport Marriott, Palm Beach County Convention Center Orlando, Florida 650 Okeechobee Boulevard Guest of Honor: G. Willow Wilson West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Guest Scholar: Mark Bould Guests: Chris Claremont (comic book writer) www.fantastic-arts.org Amanda Conner (comic book writer/artist) Jimmy Palmiotti (comic book writer/artist) Clearwater Comic Con Peter Rawlik (writer) March 16 And others Clearwater Public Library $40 for 2 days, $25 for Sat, $20 for Sunday 100 N. Osceola Avenue comicconrevolution.com/westpalmbeach/index.php Clearwater, FL 33755 Guests: Chuck Dixon (comic book writer) Infinity Con 6 Karl Moline (comic writer/artist) March 2-3 And others National Guard Armory Free 490 NW Lake Jeffery Rd See Facebook Page Lake City, FL 32055 $18 for bothe days, $12 for one day My-Con infinityconfl.com/ March 16 Wyndham Orlando Resort Miami Comic Con 8001 International Drive March 9 Orlando, Florida 32819 Miami Airport Convention Center Guest: R. Bruce Elliot (voice actor) 711 NW 72nd Ave Chalet Lizette Brannan (actor) Miami, FL 33126 $5 for admission, free for military personnel $15 for the day mystic-con.com www.herohype.com (Continued on page 5) OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 31 Issue 375 March 2019. 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. Page two March 2019 March OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 10, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library Susan Cole 407-275-5211 (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, FL [email protected] 32801,407-835-7325). Come join us as we discuss the Arthur Dykeman 407-314-5506 work of Adam-Troy Castro [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 SciFi Light [email protected] TBD Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 To contact for more info: [email protected] OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] February 10, 2019 Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 Officers: Juan Sanmiguel [email protected] Members: Steve Cole, Ed Meskys, Sandra Meskys, Harry Parkhurst Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. Announcements Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. Juan described SyFy Bartow. It is street festival with a Science Fiction theme in the city of Bartow, Florida. One of the staffers a girl with terminal illness and forms a bond of Vulkon (the local Star Trek convention) runs the event. The with her. members of Stone Hill will be attending. SyFy Bartow will be on February 16. Juan also read Blackfish City on one of the most highly recommended novels of 2018. It ios about a floating city near in The 40th International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts the Artic Ocean and people surviving in this post climate change will be on March 13-16, 2019. The Guest of Honor is G. Willow world. Wilson, novelist and co-creator of the new Ms. Marvel for Marvel comics. This an academic conference with many Steve read the following: professional writers attending. Her Majesty’s American by Steve White – A space opera set in a world where the American Juan suggested a few dates for the picnic. The traditional Palm Revolution. Sunday date will also be the meeting date. Juan was looking at Through the Fiery Tales by David Weber – The April 7 (after the meeting it was realized the April 28 would be Tenth book of the Safehold series better date). Juan will send out an email about possible dates. The Storm by David Drake – A new take on the Juan had a copy of the February 2019 Locus. This is the issue legend of King Arthur with the Recommended Reading list from works published in The Gulf of Time and Stars by Julie Czerneda – A 2018. start of new trilogy in the clan chronicles The are links to the best stories in Asimov’s and Analog in 2018 Steve is still following The Travelers and Manifest. Juan are online. Juan can supply the links to the stories. informed him that Netflix cancelled the series. He also saw First Man a dramatization of the Moon Landing. Juan and Steve liked Convention the film. Steve was not impressed by Mary Poppins Return. Juan, Steve and Ed discussed the books the films are based on. We need follow-up with the hotel on AV considerations. Juan heard the books were very dark and Disney lighten the story Participants have been invited. for the film. Ed said that he read the books and they were weak on plot. Tom Reed is working on a graphic. We are using the idea of a th pearl since that is the traditional gift for 30 anniversaries. Book Discussion Culture Consumed The Wizard series is one of the known works by this year Worldcon guest of Honor Diane Duane. Ed and Sandra discussed Juan saw two anime features film in the theater. the books in the series. In the books, actions have consequences. One of the side novels was interesting because it used the cats as The Silent Voice – A teen tries to redeem himself main characters. Juan was familiar her work with tie in books. for hius awful treatment of a deaf girl in She created a Horta officer in her Star Trek novels. She also elementary school wrote a history of Vulcan in Spock’s World. The book was one I Want to Eat Your Pancreas -A young man meets (Continued on page 6) Page three March 2019 The 2019 Nebula Awards finalists • “Going Dark”, Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear) (source Locus & SFWA website) • “And Yet”, A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 3-4/18) • “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced Compendium of Portal Fantasies”, Alix E. Harrow the nominees for the 2018 Nebula Awards (presented 2018), the (Apex 2/6/18) nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic • “The Court Magician”, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for 1/18) Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. Winners will be Game Writing announced at the 53rd Annual Nebula Conference to be held • Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Charlie Brooker May 16-19, 2019 at the Marriott Warner Center, Woodland Ca. (House of Tomorrow & Netflix) At the ceremony, William Gibson will become the 35th SFWA • God of War, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Grandmaster. Gaubert, Cory Barlog (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Novel • The Martian Job, M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of • The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal Games) (Tor) • Rent-A-Vice, Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of • The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Games) Harper Voyager UK) The Road to Canterbury, Kate Heartfield (Choice • Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK) of Games) • Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan) The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic • Witchmark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing) Presentation • Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga) • The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”, Written by: Megan Amram Novella • Black Panther, Written by: Ryan Coogler and Joe • Fire Ant, Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi) Robert Cole • The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com • A Quiet Place, Screenplay by: John Krasinski, Publishing) Bryan Woods and Scott Beck • The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Screenplay by: Bodard (Subterranean) Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman • Alice Payne Arrives, Kate Heartfield (Tor.com • Dirty Computer Written by: Janelle Monáe and Publishing) Chuck Lightning • Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly • Sorry to Bother You, Written by: Boots Riley Robson (Tor.com Publishing) • Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Publishing) Science Fiction or Fantasy Book • Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi Novelette (Henry Holt; Macmillan) • The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander • Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi (Tor.com Publishing) (Rick Riordan Presents) • “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections”, Tina • A Light in the Dark, A.K.
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