University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 2-1-2003 SFRA ewN sletter 262 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 262 " (2003). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 78. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/78 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]. #262 Jan,-Feb, 200J Editor: Christine Mains Manacing Editor: Janice M. Bogstad Nonfiction Reviews: Ed McKnight Fiction Reviews: Philip Snyder The SFRAReview (ISSN 1M ... HIS ISSUE: 1068-395X) is published six times a year by the Science Fiction Research As­ sociation (SFRA) and distributed to SFRA SFRA Business members. Indi ... idu3.1 iswes are not for sale; however, starting with issue #256, President's Message .2 all issues will be published to SFRA's Minutes of the Executive Meeting website no less than two months after paper publication. For information about Features the SFRA and its benefits, see the de­ scription at the back of this issue. For a Interview with Greg Bear 6 membership application, contact SFRA Approaches to PerdIdo Street StatIon: Treasurer Dave Mead or get one from I Just Like Monsters 7 the SFRA website: <www.sfra.org>. SFRA would like to thank the University PSS and the Edge of the Fantastic ~ ofWisconsin-Eau Claire for its assistance PSS: Interpretive Strategies Needed IJ in producing the Review. 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Bogstad, Managing Editor 239 Broadway St. Futures: Four Novellas .2J Eau Claire, WI 54703-5553 Guardian .25 <[email protected]> Humans .26 Ed McKnight, Nonfiction Editor Conquistador .26 I 13 Cannon Lane Sword of the Rightful King 27 Taylors SC 29687 <[email protected]> Philip Snyder, Fiction Editor 109 Northumberland Road Rochester NY 14618 <[email protected]> ) SFRA President's Ifessalle Peter Brigg Pioneer 10 It will be my honour to serve as your president for the next two years The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, initially and a pleasure to speak to you through this Review column. I hope you will speak launched on May 2, 1972 and back, telling what the Association ought to be doing, fixing, and planning. You slated to operate for 21 months, can email me at [email protected] but it would be even better to develop a is believed to have finally ceased Letters to the Editor page in the Review so that thoughts can be widely shared operations. Pioneer 10 was the and debated. first man-made object to pass Our new Editor is Christine Mains ([email protected]), replacing the through the asteroid belt and ob­ long-serving Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard (to whom we all extend immense grati­ tain close up photographs of Jupi­ tude) who needs her time for her Ph.D. thesis. Janice Bogstad is in the final ter. In 1983, it became the first stages of clearing with her institution their cooperation in printing and posting man-made object to pass beyond the Review, which means she will become Managing Editor. Like every SFRA the orbit of Pluto. Officially retired President for the last little while I am determined to get the Review back on in 1997, the probe continued to schedule. The Executive has decided to come to the membership at the June transmit telemetry until April 27, conference with a proposal that the Revielv become quarterly instead of six times 2002. Its most recent signal was yearly. There is plenty of time to debate this in these pages and on the listserv. picked up on January 22 by JPL's Unlike public politicians, who either quit or run wild once elected, I Deep Space Networks. Subse­ intend to keep to what I proposed in my Candidate's Statement. We need new quent attempts to retrieve a sig­ blood, and my Conference Programme Committee, Christine Mains and Doug nal have failed. Barbour, already have eleven graduate student submissions for Guelph. We will have a special cut-rate registration for first conference attendees, and it is hoped Skylark Award Winners that will become a standard procedure for our fuhlre conferences. I also urge everyone of you to send names to Janice Bogstad, our new Vice President, so The Skylark Award, presented an­ she can personally canvass people to join SFRA. Our numbers rose by a packed­ nually at Boskone to recognize sig­ phone-booth-fulllast year but Dave Mead, our treasure of a Treasurer, tells me nificant contributions to science that we are off to a very good start this year. Should you have forgotten to fiction, was given to Patrick and renew, please do it now. Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Officially In my other hat, as Conference Chair for Guelph, I can tell you things are known as the Edward E. Smith going well. We got our sizable Canadian government grant, so our guests can Memorial Award for Imaginative come from afar. Our slate of guests, led by Geoff Ryman, is in the Call for Fiction, the Skylark has been pre­ Papers at <www.sfra.org>. We already have over 50 papers. Looking to the sented since 1966 when it was future, Beverly Friend and Betty .[\nn Hull plan to do Chicago in 2004 and your presented to Frederik Pohl. Other Executive has selected Dave Mead and Peter Lowentrout to do Las Vegas in winners have included Isaac 2005. Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Tom I\1ike Levy pushed SFRA ahead on a munber of fronts and our Associa­ Doherty. tion owes him an enormous vote of thanks. And I thank him just about every day because as Past President he is being consulted a great deal. I hope I can Nebula Ballot Released keep on pushing, and with your help we will get where we think we ought to be, which is probably different in the minds of each of us. The miracle is the Asso­ The SFWA has announced the fi­ ciation itself. nal Nebula Award ballot. The Nebula Award is decided by the Ifinutes 01 Exec Board Conlerence Call active membership of the Science Warren Rochelle Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. This year's award will be presented during the Nebula Call to Order: The Business Meeting/Conference Call was called to or­ Weekend, April 18-20, in Philadel­ der at 2 p.m. EST. 19/01/03 phia. The major nominees are: NOVEL: Eskridge, Solitaire; Gaiman, PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENTS American Gods; Le Guin, The Other 1) Peter announced that Gary \Y/estfahl has been awarded the Pilgrim Award. ( ) 2) The Pioneer Award is under discussion (committee: Philip Snyder, Pavel Frelich, and Paul Kincade). ( ~) 3) Carolyn Wendell will manage the Clareson Award this year. 4) Joan Gordon will manage the Graduate Paper Award Committee again Wind; Metzger. Picoverse; this year. Mieville. Perdido Street Station; 5) Michael Levy will handle the Mary Kay Bray Award this year. Swanwick. Bones of the Earth. NO­ VELLA: Castro. "Sunday Night Yams OFFICERS' REPORTS at Minnie and Earl's"; Chwedyk. WEB MASTER'S REPORT: PETER SANDS "Bronte's Egg"; Duncan."The Chief As Peter had to leave early, his report was given at tllls time. He noted Designer"; Finlay. "The Political the site has easy-to-update files and that he will be culling old fues. The 257-58 Officer"; Sparhawk. "Magic's Price". Review issues are now up on the site in PDF format (256 to follow shortly). NOVELETTE: Bell."The Pagodas of There was discussion of the listserv and its value as a recruitment tool. Peter Ciboure"; Bowes. "The Ferryman's Brigg noted there were 230 of 278 members on email. Peter Sands was thanked Wife"; Chiang. "Hell is the Absence for IllS work and effort on behalf of the SFRA. of God"; Frost. "Madonna of the Maquiladora"; Steele. "The Days PAST PRESIDENT: MICHAEL LEVY Between"; Stross. "Lobsters". Michael described his role as to provide Peter with wise counsel and to SHORT STORY: Emshwiller. "Crea­ conduct the elections. At present, he is passing on facts and figures to Peter and ture"; Ford. "Creation"; Lindholm, infornling him of nliscellaneous duties. One item of unfinished business is the "Cut"; McDevitt. "Nothing Ever new SFRA logo. Michael contacted Michael Brown, an artist suggested by War­ Happens in Rock City"; Pratt, ren, but there has been no follow-up by either Michael. l\1ichael offered to send "Little Gods"; Swanwick. "The Dog Brown's phone number to Peter, but after some discussion, it was decided that Said Bow-Wow". Warren should contact him, as they are personal friends. There was discussion of to whether or not there should be a deadline given for the logo project, and Pilgrim Award the creation of new letterhead stationery. The latter cannot be done until tl1e editorship of tl1e Review is settled.