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(SFFCONZ, Inc.) non-profit society won the bid to host Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. the 78th World Science Convention at the TSB Bank Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced Arena and Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, New by Worldcon 76, the 76th World Science Fiction Con- Zealand July 29-August 2, 2020, receiving 643 of the 726 vention, on August 19 during a ceremony held at the San votes cast. There were no other registered candidates. Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. Re- Santa Fe’s George RR Martin will be the toastmaster. becca Roanhorse, NM author and Bubonicon 50 partici- And the Utah Organization won the bid to pant, won in two categories: host the 13th North American Science Fiction Conven- BEST NOVEL: by N.K. Jemisin, BEST tion (NASFiC) at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, : by , BEST NOV- UT July 4-7, 2019, receiving 171 of the 192 votes cast. ELETTE: “The Secret Life of Bots” by Suzanne Palmer, There were no other registered candidates. NASFiC hap- BEST SHORT STORY: “Welcome to your Authentic Indian pens whenever a Worldcon is held outside of North Experience™” by Rebecca Roanhorse, BEST RELATED America (as in the case of Worldcon 77, which will be WORK: No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters held in Dublin, Ireland). NASFiC 2019 will be held in by Ursula K. Le Guin, conjunction with Westercon 72. For more information, BEST GRAPHIC STORY: Monstress Volume 2: The see the Utah for 2019 website. Blood by Marjorie Liu with art by Sana Takeda, BEST Voting for both sites was open to members of World- DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - LONG: Wonder Woman, con 76 who paid voting fees. BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - SHORT: : “The Trolley Problem,” BEST EDITOR SHORT FORM: Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, BEST EDITOR LONG FORM: Sheila E. Gilbert, BEST SE- Tananarive Due received the Octavia Butler/L.A. RIES: World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold, Banks Memorial Award from the United California Afri- BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: Sana Takeda, BEST can-American Bookclubs (UCAAB) during the 12th an- SEMIPROZINE: Uncanny, BEST FANZINE: File 770, BEST FANCAST: Ditch Diggers, BEST FAN WRITER: Sarah Gai- ley, BEST FAN ARTIST: Geneva Benton, JOHN W. CAMP- PCOMING EETINGS BELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [Not a Hugo U ASFS M Award]: Rebecca Roanhorse, and THE WORLD SCIENCE • TV Talk & Club Elections Tonight! FICTION SOCIETY (WSFS) AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG Investigator Benjamin Radford is here to talk ADULT BOOK: Akata Warrior by . about his behind-the-scene experiences on a Hunter-style TV show with visual aids. 1943 RETRO HUGO WINNERS And then, 3 Offices need to be filled for January- December 2019, and the “theme/challenge ingre- Winners for the 1943 Retro Hugo Awards, honoring dient” for December chosen. work from 1942, were announced by Worldcon 76, dur- • November 9: visit! ing an award ceremony held at the San Jose McEnery • December 14: The 14th ASFS Dessert Cook- Convention Center in San Jose, CA: Off, and short SF-oriented holiday . Plus, BEST NOVEL: Beyond This Horizon by Anson Mac- the annual issue of SITHFACTS will be distributed Donald ( A. Heinlein), BEST NOVELLA: “Waldo” (deadline Mon, Dec 10). Clean-up help wanted! by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein), BEST NOV- • January 11, 2019: Club round-table discussion ELETTE: “Foundation” by , BEST SHORT of what members read in 2018... STORY: “The Twonky” by C.L. Moore & , nual Fall Into Fiction conference, held September 21-22, 2018 at the Long Beach Marriott in Long Beach, CA.

The award includes a trophy in the shape of California In a ceremony August 25 at Bubonicon 50 at the Al- and was presented to Due by Steven Barnes. buquerque Marriott Uptown Hotel, Green Slime Mistress “UCAAB was created as a way for African- Jessica L. Coyle (with assistance from the Slime Time American book clubs in California to network, support, Puppets) presented with recognition of and promote our reading groups, black-owned independ- their wretchedness in the last 12 months: bookstores, and the authors we love to read.” For REGULAR TELEVISION: Marvel’s Inhumans (Pilot more information, see the UCAAB site. was needlessly shown in expensive IMAX. seems

slapped together, and is incoherent and a cheap-looking SF BOOK GROUP READS ON mess. The worst Marvel adaptation in years. Bad writing, with cheap sets & costumes.) The Droids & SF Book Group meets 7:30 COMING ATTRACTIONS: DC Titans (Too , pm Monday, October 15, at Jason’s Deli (northwest cor- bad costumes and makeup, and DC wants a $8.00 a ner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway NE) to discuss month to watch the series on their streaming service.) Ninefox Gambit by . The group then meets ADULT MOVIE: Winchester (Tired funhouse horror November 19 to talk about The Three Body Problem by with no shocks. The script is batty and clichéd. It’s a Cixin Liu. waste of .) Meetings of D&D are open to all interested readers KIDS MOVIE: Show Dogs (Seems way longer than it on the 3rd Monday each month. Books for discussion are really is, and is really bad. It has odd CGI mouths on the chosen two months in advance, and group members re- animals, and a lot of inappropriate humor in a “kids” ceive a 20% discount on them. For more info: Leah at movie [bikini waxing?].) [email protected] or Craig at 266-8905. TOYS: Dive Characters and Crazy Foam Wonder Woman (Not sure what the manufacturers were BARNES WINS FORRY AWARD thinking – these both look like “adult” toys or “personal massagers.”) The Los Angeles Society (LASFS) selected Steven Barnes as this year’s recipient of the For- 2018 AWARDS WINNERS ry Award for lifetime achievement in the SF field Locus Online reported mid-September. The award, named for Winners of the 2018 were an- Forrest J Ackerman, has been presented annually since nounced at on September 1 in GA: 1966. Past winners include , Andre Norton, BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Artemis by Andy , and . [Info from File 770] Weir, BEST FANTASY NOVEL: Oathbringer by , BEST YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE NOV- GRR MARTIN CONVERSES WITH EL: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, BEST OR FANTASY NOVEL: A Call JOHN PICACIO FOR SF IN SF to Vengeance by , & Thomas Pope, BEST NOVEL: Uncharted by Santa Fe’s George RR Martin appeared on stage in Kevin J. Anderson & Sarah A. Hoyt, BEST MEDIA TIE-IN conversation with artist John Picacio on August 14 at the NOVEL: Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray, historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA, reports Locus BEST HORROR NOVEL: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen Online. The event was hosted by SF in SF, with proceeds King & Owen King, from ticket sales benefitting the Locus Science Fiction BEST COMIC BOOK: Mighty by & Foundation. An of nearly 600 (including vari- Russell Dauterman, BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL: Brandon ous luminaries in town for Worldcon) gathered for Sanderson’s White Sand: Volume 1 by Brandon Sander- a wide-ranging discussion that stretched over more than son, Rik Hoskin & Julius M. Gopez, BEST TV SERIES: two hours (with a Q&A period). , and BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTA- Picacio and Martin covered topics including Game of SY MOVIE: Black Panther. Thrones and other media adaptations of Martin’s work, Finalists in various gaming-related categories were his love for SF art, his writing process, his early success- also announced. es and setbacks, his work in the Wild Cards shared uni- verse, his views on the importance of Worldcon, and ad- TH vice for young writers. (When Picacio asked how the 44 SATURN AWARD WINNERS forthcoming Song of Ice and Fire volume The Winds of Wikipedia – The 44th , presented by Winter is going, Martin roared, “I’m working on it!” to the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror applause.) Soma FM recorded the discussion for a Films and honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy, episode of their SF in SF podcast.

Page 2 ASFACTS, October 2018 horror, and other belonging to in Desrocher-Romero, revealed that he had left “nearly 50 , television, home media releases, and local theatre scripts” when he died, any of which “could one day be productions were held in June 27, 2018, in Burbank, CA. developed into films.” Nominations were announced on March 15. In film, Dan Klaus is currently rewriting The , a Black Panther led the nominations with 14, the third novel that Romero had been writing before his , and most nominations in the awards' history as the film Desrocher-Romero says that a movie he had been work- scored nominations in every eligible category; it was fol- ing on called Road Of The Dead is still happening lowed by Star Wars: The Last Jedi with 13, and (though it has “sputtered” recently). Runner 2049 and with nine each. On “George was a prolific writer,” Desrocher-Romero TV, The Walking Dead led the nominations for the notes, “He loved to write, and we have 40, 50 scripts that fourth year in a row with seven, followed by newcomer he’s written, and a lot of it is very good.” She also adds : Discovery with five. Seven individuals earned that he “had a lot to say, and he still does,” so she’s going two nominations, including two Best Writing nomina- to make it her “mission” to ensure that Romero has a tions for Michael Green and nominations on both film chance to tell the stories he wanted to tell before he died. and TV for actress . She also has concrete plans to release a little-seen In film, Black Panther won the most awards with film that Romero made in 1973 that is “scary” but “not a five, including Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release horror movie,” and she says it’s about ageism. and Best Director, followed by Star Wars: The Last Jedi with three and Coco with two. On TV, Better Call Saul and : The Return won the most awards with ACTRESS CELESTE YARNALL DEAD three each (ending The Walking Dead's four-years long The Hollywood Reporter – Celeste Yarnall, who streak as the top-winning show), followed by Star Trek: appeared opposite Elvis Presley in Live a Little, Love a Discovery, and The Walking Dead with two each. Nota- Little, had a memorable turn on Star Trek, and donned a ble wins included 's record-tying third Best loincloth to play "the original flower child" in the jungle- Actor win for Star Wars: The Last Jedi (34 years after his set classic Eve, died October 7. She was 74. second win for 1983's ), making him Yarnall, a " queen" who was terrorized by a the first person to have won three Saturn Awards for the headless in Beast of Blood (1971), died at her same role on film, and 's second Best Per- home in Westlake Village, CA, her husband, British artist formance by a Younger Actor win for Spider-Man Nazim Nazim, told The Hollywood Reporter. She was Homecoming, making him the first person to win the diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2014, and award twice for the same role, or to win it on two consec- turned to a crowdsourcing site to help pay her medical utive years. expenses. 2049 won Best , "She was magnificent in everything she did," Nazim won for Best , The Shape of Water said. "She was my beloved queen." They were together took Best , won for for nine years. Best Action or , and Three Billboards Yarnall is known to Star Trek fans for her portrayal Outside Ebbing, Missouri won for Best Film. Gal of Yeoman Martha Landon on the October 1967 episode Gadot won for Best Actress for her title role in Wonder "The Apple," in which Chekov (Walter Koenig) can't Woman. Coco, Pixar's animated film, won for Best Music help but fall for her. (She appeared as herself – one of 42 and for Best Animated Film. Trek alums – in the 2018 sci-fi comedy Unbelievable!!!!! In TV, won Best Superhero Adaptation, and was a regular on the convention circuit for years.) won Best SF Series, The Walking Dead won While attending the 1967 Cannes , Yar- for Best Horror series, Outlander won for Best Fantasy nall was spotted by producer Harry Alan Towers, who series, Better Call Saul was named Best Action-Thriller was in search of a girl to star as the jungle goddess in his series, and Twin Peaks: The Return was named Best 1968 film. According to the actress, he yelled and point- Presentation. ed, 'Stop that girl! That's my Eve!'" She took the role as the scantily clad Eve, who is the long-lost granddaughter of , but later called the film “one of the worst movies of all time.” In Live a Little, Love a Little, also released in 1968, Yarnall played Ellen, a girl at a party who reasons she by Sam Barsanti, io9.com, 10-7-18 and Presley can't hook up because he's a Sagittarius. Un- Much like with every other famous creator who has deterred, he tries to woo her by singing "A Little Less ever died, it sounds like George Romero left behind a Conversation." vast archive of unreleased work that the people who con- A native of Long Beach, CA, Yarnall was discovered trol his estate are now looking to capitalize on. Speaking by Rick and Ozzie Nelson while she walked past their with ComicBook.com, Romero’s wife, Suzanne studio offices on the way to an audition. She appeared on

Page 3 ASFACTS, October 2018 an episode of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet in ART SHOW AWARDS: Professional to Elizabeth Leg- 1962, and then played college kids in Jerry Lewis' The gett, Amateur to Rebecca Hewett, Student to Roberta Ice- Nutty Professor and Jack Lemmon's Under the Yum Yum Johnson, and Beast of Show Tree, both released in 1963. (theme) to Aubrey Elise Snellings. In 1964, Yarnall became the 25th and last woman All in all, the con went very elected Miss Rheingold. She moved from Los Angeles to well thanks to every individual who New York and made personal appearances for the brewer pitched in! So, a tip of the con- while modeling and doing commercials. com’s hats to everyone who con- Yarnall played a seductress in The Velvet tributed their time & efforts! Vampire (1971), produced by , and ap- BUBONICON 51 will be held peared in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Mechanic, August 23-25, 2019 – normal and Scorpio before concentrating on commercial real weekend – at the Albuquerque Marriott Uptown estate for years. She also earned a Ph.D. in nutrition. (Louisiana & I-40), with Guests of Honor Allen Steele & She reappeared in Fatal Beauty in 1987, Driving Me Ursula Vernon, Toastmaster Darynda Jones, and Guest Crazy, Midnight Kiss, and Born Yesterday in 1993. Artist Greg Spalenka. Rooms are $99 single-quad with Yarnall's TV résumé also included Bonanza, Ho- free WiFi in sleeping rooms. Con chairs are Craig Chris- gan’s , It Takes a Thief, Mannix, Bewitched, The singer and Caci Cooper once again. Man From UNCLE and the 1971 pilot for Columbo. Good luck to the 2019 team! Next year’s con-com has to find a new Master of Ceremonies for the Costume Contest, and the Art Show is looking for new staff. Sug- gestions/program ideas are being taken at bubon- [email protected].

With 805 attendees, Bubonicon 50 was larger than the past two years, but still smaller than the historic at- tendances in 2015 and 2013. Overall, the weekend of “The of Science Fiction” was very success- ful, with some money targeted for various capital im- provements and special golden anniversary items. Bubonicon 50 donated $2,500 to non-profit organiza- tions. The Williamson Library Collection at Eastern NM University received $900, the Roadrunner Food Bank received $900, Albuquerque Public Library Foundation received $400, and PBS received $300. Bubonicon 50 saw three new programming partici- pants – Cynthia Felice, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Walton “Bud” Simons; plus the return of Arlan Andrews Sr, John Barnes, Nathan Long, Ian Tregillis, and Vaughn. The Art Show had 63 artists displaying their wares with sales of $14,655 – 44.5 percent of all artwork en- tered was sold. The Sunday Auction was up from the last couple of years with sales of $2,070 (Froomb went for $31). Of that, 61.6 percent went to Bubonicon. Friday’s Charity Auction also was up, raising $1,480. Bubonicon 50 marked the 7th year at the Albuquer- que Marriott Uptown, and all went very well, with only very small issues to report (the building was hit at least twice by lightning in storms that happened in the two weeks before the con). It remains true that a large per- centage of the hotel staff are closet fans! COSTUME CONTEST AWARDS: Best of Show was Sergeant Major McKee Returns From the Mumbaicon Rebellion (Don & Barbara McKee), Best of Theme was Girls of the Golden Planet (Allie Wilder & Evelyn Lew- is), Best Workmanship was Phoenix (Karen Lopez), and Most Humorous was The Six Strings of Justice (Daren Bost, Charles & Tauni Orndorff).

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