Science Fiction/San Francisco Issue 103 Editor-in-Chief: Jean Martin March 31, 2010 Editor: España Sheriff email: [email protected] Proofreader: Rina Weisman Compositor: Tom Becker Contents Editorial............................................................................................ Jean Martin......................................... ...................................................................... 2 Gallifrey............................................................................................ España Sheriff.................. Photos by by Andrew T Trembley................................. 5 Potlatch 19 Report........................................................................... Tom Becker...................... Photos by Tom Becker and David Levine.................... 11 Wonderland: A Tim Burton Ball.................................................... Diane B. Rooney.............. Photos by Christopher Erickson and Diane Rooney.... 17 Creation Star Trek Convention 2010 – The San Francisco Visit............................................................... Stephanie Brucker............ Photos by Debbie Esters.............................................. 20 Consonance 2010: A Fremont Invasion.......................................... Carole Parker.................... Photos by Howeird....................................................... 26 Writers Appear in “Hard Boiled” Saga......................................... By Kathe Gust.................. ...................................................................................... 31 Letters of Comment......................................................................... Jean Martin....................... ...................................................................................... 32 BASFA Minutes: Meetings 1020-24................................................ .......................................... ...................................................................................... 36 Bay Area Fannish Calendar............................................................ España Sheriff.................. Photo by Lucy Huntzinger........................................... 40 Art Credits Cover Badlands by Lucy Huntzinger Page 4 Lucy Huntzinger Science Fiction/San Francisco is the monthly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. All issues can be found at www.efanzines.com. Except as noted, all articles and photos are copyright 2010 by the original creators. Used with permission. 1 Editorial By Jean Martin and in working order now. I just need to 6:00pm and ended at 6:00am the next Editor catch up. day… this was the day after SteamX I can’t believe it’s Spring already. However, after three days of the ended. So yes, my poor body just This year is going by really fast. All the amazing Nova Albion Steampunk couldn’t cope and fell ill. events I mentioned in my January Exhibition (SteamX) and an overnight This year, so far though, has been editorial have already come to pass. The film shoot as an extra for a Star Trek unusually full (well, even more so than only thing that’s left is WonderCon on Exhibit promo film, I am once again normal!) of opportunities to perform, be Easter weekend. sick with some type of cold or flu. I’ve in panels, organize activities, and cover My new job has been going alright. barely been functioning so most of my events. Not to mention I’m being invited It’s a lot of complicated new stuff and energy has gone toward doing my work to more parties and dinners. The Greater I’m having to train myself by asking at home. Bay Area Costumers Guild fashion show questions from several people and So, for this issue, I won’t have any I was in went really well. That was my working with more people in the articles to share again. I am hoping that first time attending and I got to hang out company. Not just locally but all over after WonderCon I’ll be able to get all with friends and meet new people. The the world, which has been hard due to my articles written. I don’t have any fashion show itself, organized by Sally the time difference. But overall, I’m commitments after that con and I intend Norton, was quite amazing with liking what I’m doing and it’s exciting to take a break and catch up on sleep, different time periods and various skits being more on the forefront of what’s rest, exercise and, of course doing my and choreography. The Bay Area going on and meeting new people. stories and photos. I will definitely write English Regency Society Cyprians Ball But all this, plus actual events, has more about SteamX including the over Valentine’s weekend that I co- left me little time to write. And coupled amazing birthday party España and I organized was a smashing success. The with both my personal laptops being threw on the first night of the con and turnout, food, décor, music and dancing infected by viruses, I haven’t had time to how I survived doing four panels. I also were great. The Greco-Roman theme process photos either. My two laptops have a lot to say about my last-minute went over well, and people were raving have been in and out of repair shops for gig as an extra for a promo film that was about the ball for days on Facebook. almost two months. Both are back home shot at the Star Trek Exhibit at the Tech I did actually try to take it easy and Museum in San Jose that started at skipped some events I wanted to go to 2 these past three months. I didn’t go to being explored as well as its originality. and the characters and situations are Connie Willis’s talk in San Francisco I began watching the second season of very real. And Rupert Penry-Jones about her new novel Blackout, the Star Legend of the Seeker but haven’t gotten (husband of Dervla Kirwan, Miss Trek convention at the St. Francis Hotel, very far. It’s good but not as amazing as Hartigan in the Doctor Who episode the Edwardian Ball and the Tim Burton- the first season. As for new shows, I “The Next Doctor”) has never really inspired Wonderland ball with Abney started watching Spartacus, which has impressed me in the past until his Park. I’m glad I was able to find people Lucy Lawless and produced by Sam portrayal of Adam Carter in MI-5. So to cover all of these. And I was very Raimi and Rob Tapert. I’ve been looking I’ve been watching earlier seasons with gratified to have several people submit forward to this as I adored Xena and I him in it. Rupert was Captain Wentworth articles without my prompting. So we love this time period. It’s stylistically a in the recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s still have a good variety of articles and lot like 300 but it just feels flat and Persuasion, and while he looked packed issues. uninteresting. There’s also too much incredibly handsome in Regency attire, The last time that I was sick, I did get gratuitous sex and violence. I’ll give it a he was just so wrong for the part. He to catch up on SFF TV shows, ones that few more episodes to see if it gets any would have made a better Mr. Darcy in I’ve been meaning to talk about. I finally better. Demons on BBC has an Pride and Prejudice instead of his MI-5 got to check out Leverage, which interesting premise about the descendant co-star Matthew MacFadyen, who someone told me has some Doctor Who of Van Helsing but it’s pretty cheesy. would have been more suited as Captain references in some episodes. I found the Philip Glenister with a fake American Wentworth. Anyway, he seems to be best series original, exciting and intelligent accent also annoyed me. He was great in in cop and spy shows as I also just saw but somehow didn’t really leave any Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes but this him in the 39 Steps (remake of an Alfred lasting impression. Same with Chuck. I one you can skip. I loved the women’s Hitchcock movie) and Whitechapel got to see the second season of Being costumes though. (about a Jack the Ripper copycat) and he Human and found the emotional drama This time, while I’ve been down for was great in both of these. By the way, as gripping as the first season. This show the count with the flu, I’ve been there is a cool Lord of the Rings is one of the best out there right now and watching later seasons of MI-5 (Spooks reference in Season 3 of MI-5. And I’m wondering why it isn’t as well to you Brits reading this). I never saw Gollum himself, Andy Serkis does a known as it should be. I could really feel the first couple of seasons but I got great turn as a rock star in the episode the daily struggles of the vampire, interested in it when Richard Armitage “Celebrity” in that same season. werewolf and ghost characters as they (BBC’s North and South and Robin Anyway, after WonderCon, I only try to fit into society. Hood) joined in the seventh season. have a month or so to catch my breath I’m also enjoying Caprica very much Espionage thrillers are not usually my before BayCon rolls around. At least I because of the different human themes cup of tea but this show is intelligent don’t have any concrete plans for 3 BayCon at the moment. I’m just glad that the con is still on because I’ve already prepaid. And despite the last couple of years not being the best BayCon experiences, I still (for now) consider BayCon to be my favorite con. I would like to go on a real vacation sometime this year though. Last year, I didn’t go anywhere due to the recession. I was hoping to go to the Czech Republic to attend Vintage Dance Week with Richard Powers from Stanford. The week starts with a ball in Marienbad (a famous spa town outside of Prague) and ends with a Steampunk ball in Prague. But alas, I can’t go on vacation in July due to my work. I’m still thinking of going to Australia for Worldcon or see the last Space Shuttle launch or I may go to the Jane Austen Festival in Bath… all of these are in September. Or, just for a change, I may just go to Hawaii and leave all of fandom behind for a little while and just lie on the beach.