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SFRA Newsletter 259/260 University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 12-1-2002 SFRA ewN sletter 259/260 Science Fiction Research Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub Part of the Fiction Commons Scholar Commons Citation Science Fiction Research Association, "SFRA eN wsletter 259/260 " (2002). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 76. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/76 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. #2Sfl60 SepUlec.JOOJ Coeditors: Chrlis.line "alins Shelley Rodrliao Nonfiction Reviews: Ed "eNnliah. fiction Reviews: PhliUp Snyder I .....HIS ISSUE: The SFRAReview (ISSN 1068- 395X) is published six times a year Notes from the Editors by the Science Fiction Research Christine Mains 2 Association (SFRA) and distributed to SFRA members. Individual issues are not for sale. For information about SFRA Business the SFRA and its benefits, see the New Officers 2 description at the back of this issue. President's Message 2 For a membership application, con­ tact SFRA Treasurer Dave Mead or Business Meeting 4 get one from the SFRA website: Secretary's Report 1 <www.sfraorg>. 2002 Award Speeches 8 SUBMISSIONS The SFRAReview editors encourage Inverviews submissions, including essays, review John Gregory Betancourt 21 essays that cover several related texts, Michael Stanton 24 and interviews. Please send submis­ 30 sions or queries to both coeditors. If Jeff VanderMeer you would like to review nonfiction or fiction, please contact the Non Fidion Reviews respective editor and/or email The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, A1iengs, and Sorcerers 32 [email protected]. The Fantastic Vampire 33 Christine Mains, Coeditor The Encydopedia of Science Fiction Movies 34 English Department; Univ. of Calegary The King Arthur Myth in Modern American Literature 3S 2055 University Dr. NW The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction . 36 Calgary,ABTIN I N4; Canada <[email protected]> Once There Was a Magazine 31 Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Coeditor Fidion Reviews 6842 S. 40th Place & 38 Phoenix,AZ 85040 The Mysterious Island Invasion of the Sea <[email protected]> The Kafka Effekt 39 Argonaut 40 Ed McKnight, Nonfiction Editor OOs~ 41 I I 3 Cannon lane Taylors SC 29687 The Mountain Cage and Other Stories 42 <[email protected]> Kiln People 43 MindWorlds 44 Philip Snyder, Fiction Editor Heavy Planet 45 109 Northumberland Road Rochester NY 14618 Lumen 46 <[email protected]> NOTES FROMTHE EDITOR ) A.O'I"EFIlliON 'JIHIE .£1IVCo-EDnoa Christine Hains PILGRIM CAN DI DATES WANTED It's a time of transition for the Review. For one thing, I'm taking over The Pilgrim committee has begun from Barb Lucas as co-editor. My name is Christine Mains, and I'm a Ph.D. work on selecting the next Pilgrim student at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. I attended my first SFRA candidate, and nominees are conference this summer, in New Lanark :Mills, only a short bus trip away from my welcomed, from simply "suggested childhood home in Wishaw. The conference was a wonderful experience, and I names" to "names with impas­ fOWld myself eager to become more involved in SFRA... which apparendy is not sioned arguments for your difficult to do, if you're the kind of person who likes to do things. nominee." Please e-mail any As co-editor, I'm responsible for collecting news annOWlcements and suggestions to all the committee Calls for Papers of interest to SFRA members. I'd also like to see some new members: features added and some old features revived: it's been a while since we ran a [email protected], column for "Theory and Beyond" or the '~pproaching" series, and we'd like to [email protected], see more submissions for those features. We'd also like to begin rWlning a col­ [email protected] umn on "International SF'; if you're interested in contributing to such a column, we'd love to hear from you. And we're open to hearing other ideas for the Review, 2002 DIRECTORY so if you've got a suggestion, please contact either me or Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard. CORRECTIONS Robert Reginald SfRA BUSINESS P.O. Box 2845 N£wOI.: ERS San Bernardino CA 92406 H: (909) 885-1 161 The results of the 2002 SFRA elections are in and things seem to have gone much W: (909) 880-5 109 more smoothly than the latest travesty in Florida. E-mail: borgopr@g:te.net Beginning on] anuary 1, 2003 the new officers of the SFRA will be: Web: www.millefleurs.tv President Peter Brigg Interests: Bibliography; Pilgrim win­ Vice President Janice Bogstad ner Secretary Warren Rochelle In the Location Index Andrew Treasurer Dave Mead Gordon and Elizabeth Ginway Past Presiden t Michael Le'!)' were accidentally misplaced; they A few notes on the election: more than ninety votes were cast, approximately 1/3 both reside in Florida. of the membership, which is a nice turnout. Peter Brigg is the first Canadian News president of the SFRA. Exacdy 2/5 ofthe in-coming board live in Eau Claire, REVIEW POSSIBILITIES Wisconsin. Exacdy 4/5 of those elected either have or are about to chair an annual The editors of the electronic jour­ SFRA meeting (a hint to those interested in gaining power in the organization). nal Culture Machine (http:// I would like to thank all those who took part in the election for being willing to do culturemachine.tees.ac.uk) are cur­ so. rently seeking reviews for the fol­ lowing books which might be of SfRABUSINESS interest to SFRA members: Awse+.i"s""'SS"C%F Adamson, G. D. Philosophy in the Age Hichaellevy ofSdence and Capital. Barry, A. Political Machines: Govern­ ing a Technological SOCiety. It's September as I write this and school is back in session. My two years Douglas,T. Hacker Culture. as President of the SFRA are almost finished and I'm about to turn over the reins Kember, S. Cyberfeminism and Artifi­ to our newly elected leader Peter Brigg. The new SFRA Board will combine veter­ dalUfe. ans, Peter and Dave Mead, with newcomers, Jan Bogstad and Warren Rochelle. Lin, C. Copying Machines: Taking The SFRA Review and our website will also feature a combination of veteran and Notes (or the Automaton. new editors. These are all folks I know and respect so I'm sure things will go well. Mackenzie, A. Transductions: Bodies Actually my term as President has been a relative quiet one, Wllike the four years and Machines at Speed. before that when I was Treasurer and we seemed to be dealing with fiscal emergen­ cies, fires, floods, and even stranger things on an almost monthly basis. Our last two conferences, in Schenectady, NY and New Lanark, Scodand, have both ( ) gone well and I'm looking forward to upcoming conferences in Guelph, Ontario, Chicago IL, and after that, who knows? Maybe Las Vegas, maybe Texas, ( maybe even Poland, which I personally think would be an incredibly neat thing to do if we can work out the costs and logistics. MacPhee, G. TheArchnec- The SFRA does face a number of challenges, however. Our member­ ture of the Visible: Technology and ship has fallen from a high of around 310 in the mid-1990's to something just Urban Visual Culture. over 270. Needless to say this was the main impetus behind Peter Brigg's recently Pepperell. R.& Punt, M. The Postdigital established Plus One campaign. We are not unique in having a problem with Membrane: Imagination, Technology and Desire. decreased membership though. The IAFA has lost even more members over the Culture Machine is an interactive. past few years than we have. For this reason and others I have tried to advocate refereed journal of cultural studies increased cooperation between the two groups. The first concrete example of this and cultural theory.Authors should organizational cooperation is in the works even as I write. Both the SFRA and the follow the procedures outlined in IAFA have agreed to be sponsors of a new website that Hal Hall is developing at the'Submissions' section when pre­ Texas A&M, a sister site to his fabulous Science Fiction and Fantasy Research paring their book reviews and re­ Database, which will solicit bibliographies on various genre-related subjects and view articles. which should normally make them available on the web. We are also exploring, albeit tentatively, such be no more than 4.000 words in things as joint publication and, conceivably, although there may be insurmount­ length. able problems with the idea, joint memberships. If you are interested in reviewing I would like to suggest to the incoming officers of the SFRA and to the one or more of the titles listed above, please contact Joanna membership at large that we need to work on a couple of other problems as well. Zylinska, Reviews Editor. at One area in which this organization has always lagged behind the IAFA is in its [email protected], enclosing a encouragement of student members. We've improved this over the past four one-page CV in the main body of years by offering an award with a cash prize and free membership for the best your message. student paper delivered at each conference and I'm happy to note that the number of papers submitted for this competition has increased each year.
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