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August 2013 NASFA Shuttle Te Shutle August 2013 Te Next NASFA Meetng is Saturday 17 August 2013 at te Regular Locaton ConCom Meeting 17 August 2013; ConCom Meetings now twice a month; see below or Calendar for details Third Saturday meetings (17 August and 21 September) will d Oyez, Oyez d be at 3P, at the club meeting location. There will also be the usual working meetingThursday be- The next NASFA Meeting will be Saturday 17 August fore the con—10 October 2013, all day, at the hotel and various 2013 at the regular meeting location—the Madison campus of other spots (e.g., equipment pickup). Information about the pre- Willowbrook Baptist Church (old Wilson Lumber Company con dinner that evening will be available later. building) at 7105 Highway 72W (aka University Drive). Please see the map at right if you need help finding it. AUGUST PROGRAM The August program will be “Adding Bling to Your Cos- Road Jeff Kroger tume” presented by Angela from Sci-Quest <sci-quest.org>. Expect science (duh, Sci-Quest!) well beyond sequins. AUGUST ATMM US 72W The August After-The-Meeting Meeting will be hosted by (aka University Drive) Maria and Adam Grim at the meeting location. CONCOM MEETINGS The next Con†Stellation XXXII concom meeting will be 3P Saturday 17 August 2013—the same day as the club meeting at Road Slaughter the church. There will be a dinner break between the concom Map To and club meetings. Meeting Parking Future concom meetings will be on a twice-a-month sched- ule; first and third Saturdays. Location Willowbrook Madison First Saturday meetings (7 September and 5 October) will be 7105 Highway 72W after dinner. Stay tuned for locations. Huntsville AL 35806 Continuing Our 33rd Year of Publication Inside this issue… Awards Roundup ..................................................................4 News & Info .........................................................................2 No Need for a Questing Beast—Prologue ..............................5 NASFA Calendar ..................................................................2 Letters of Comment ..............................................................6 Minutes of the July Meeting ..................................................3 Art by Alan F. Beck ...............................................................7 Deadline for the September 2013 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Tuesday 3 September 2013 CHANGING SHUTTLE DEADLINES rights, and The latest tweak to the NASFA Shuttle schedule shifted the • A third to eliminate the requirement that electronic publica- usual repro date somewhat to the right (roughly the weekend tions be “opt-in” only. before each meeting) but much of each issue will need to be That last was still being discussed at press time and had not put to bed as much as two weeks before the monthly meeting. been posted to the LSC 3 website. Please check the deadline below the Table of Contents each TO THE MOON, ALICE HUNTSVILLE month to submit news, reviews, LoCs, or other material. We Moon Express <www.moonexpress.com> has opened a Pro- will generally need to enforce that deadline strictly. pulsion Development Facility in Huntsville. Moon Express FUTURE PROGRAMS AND ATMMs plans to “send a series of robotic spacecraft to the Moon for Future programs include: ongoing exploration and commercial development.” The sys- • September: The More-Or-Less Annual NASFA Auction. tems in question are said to be in the 0.1–1000 pound thrust Please start saving stuff to donate. range. Presumably these would be maneuvering and possibly • October: Con†Stellation XXXII Post-Mortem. lunar landing/takeoff thrusters. • November: Max Rosenthal, a former manager on the Hubble IS IT EASY BEING GREEN, HUNTSVILLE? program, shares personal stories and highlights of the Hubble Huntsville lands on a lot of Top 10 lists, though this one was development and its remarkable pictures. a bit of a surprise to Your Editor. TravelNerd.com placed Our • December: Holiday Party (volunteer host(s) needed). Fair City on their Top 10 List of destinations for green travel- We need ATMM volunteers for September and most future ers. They cited the Huntsville Botanical Garden and Harmony months. (November is tentatively spoken for, but otherwise it’s Park Safari as destinations, and the city’s Operation Green pretty much wide open.) We also need a volunteer for a poten- Team <www.hsvcity.com/greenteam> in the “green initiatives” tial New Year’s Eve party. category. FUTURE CLUB MEETING DATES TUCKER STORIES WANTED Remaining NASFA meeting dates for 2013 are all sched- Former Huntsvillain and current Baen Books publisher Toni uled for the normal 3rd Saturday. Weisskopf wants you—wants you to send her stories about JOINING THE NASFA EMAIL LIST Wilson “Bob” Tucker. All NASFANs who have email are urged to join the NASFA Toni notes that she started gathering material in the 1980s email list, which you can do online at <tinyurl.com/ but didn’t feel up to writing a formal biography at that time. NASFAEmail>. The list is usually low traffic, though the rate Now she does, and she wants to make sure that “this part of is rather variable. Generally the list is limited to announce- fannish history gets recorded before it’s lost.” If you have any ments about club activities plus the occasional message of gen- Tucker stories, you can send her material at <[email protected]>. eral interest to north-Alabama sf/f/h/etc. fans. Non NASFAns LE GUIN FEMINIST SF FELLOWSHIP are welcome to join the list, but please only do so if you’re The Center for the Study of Women in Society <csws. interested in the above restricted topics. Posts unrelated to those uoregon.edu>, the University of Oregon Knight Library purposes are strongly discouraged and could result in you being <library.uoregon.edu/knight/index.html>, and the Robert D. asked to leave the list. Clark Honors College <honors.uoregon.edu> have established NASFA CALENDAR ONLINE the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship “to encourage NASFA has an online calendar on Google. Interested parties research within collections in the area of feminist science fic- can check the calendar online, but you can also subscribe to it tion.” and have your Outlook, iCal, BlackBerry, or other calendar The first fellowship (to be announced early November 2013) automatically updated as events (Club Meetings, Concom will be for $3000. Information on applying for the grant can be Meetings, local sf/f events) are added or changed. You can found at <csws.uoregon.edu/?p=16615>. view the calendar online at <tinyurl.com/NASFACal>. OMNI REDUX REBOOT Science/sf magazine OMNI (1978–1998, in various forms) is being revived as online magazine OMNI Reboot <omnireboot.com>. Editor Claire News & Info Evans says she’s taking a cue from long- time OMNI editor Ben Bova and wants LONESTARCON 3 FILM FESTIVAL to shape OMNI Reboot as “a magazine Worldcon 71—LoneStarCon 3, to be held 29 August–2 Sep- about the future.” Art, and possibly other tember 2013 in San Antonio TX—has announced the lineup for material, from the original magazine is their LSC 3 Independent Film Festival <www.lonestarcon3. expected to see reuse on the webzine. org/film>. The lineup is said to include sf/f/h/comics short fea- tures and trailers “from the US, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and many countries of Europe.” Info available on the website includes a screening schedule. NASFA Calendar LONESTARCON 3 BUSINESS MEETING Speaking of Worldcon, a number of items of new business AUGUST are being mooted for the Business Meeting. An up-to-date list 01 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Left Hand of of officially submitted items can be found at <www. Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin; 6P. lonestarcon3.org/wsfs/wsfs-bm-2013.shtml>. Three of the 03 Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—after dinner, items that promise to be controversial are proposed constitu- stay tuned for location. tional amendments: 05 Civic Holiday (Canada). • One to eliminate three fan Hugo categories, 08 BD: Jim Woosley. • A second to put a floor, of sorts, on the cost of any member- 09–11 WhedonFest—Scottsville KY. ship class that includes Hugo and Site Selection voting 12 BD: Sue Thorn. 2 14 BD: Edward Kenny. Post-Mortem. ATMM: TBD. 15–17 OnyxCon—Atlanta GA. 24–27 Game Fest South—Chattanooga TN. 17* Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—3P, at Wil- 25–27 HallowCon—Dalton GA. lowbrook Madison. 26–27 Sukoshi Con—Athens GA. 17* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Wil- 25 BD: Marie McCormack. lowbrook Madison. Program: “Adding Bling to Your 31 Halloween. Costume,” Angela (Sci-Quest). ATMM: Hosted by NOVEMBER Adam and Maria Grim, at the church. 01–03 Eyecon: Vampire Diaries—Atlanta GA. 21 BD: Deborah Denton. 01–03 Fangcon—Nashville TN. 29–02 LoneStarCon 3 -- San Antonio TX. 01–03 Geek Media Expo—Nashville TN. 30–02 Dragon*Con—Atlanta GA. 02 Día de Muertos. 31–02 Mephit Furmeet—Memphis TN. 03 Comic Book & Anime Con—Marietta GA. SEPTEMBER 03 Daylight Savings Time Ends. 02 Labor Day. 07 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: At the Moun- 02 Labour Day (Canada). tains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft. 03 BD: David K. Robinson. 08–10 Anime Blast—Chattanooga TN. 05 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Ringworld, 09 Hamacon Minicon—Huntsville AL. Larry Niven; 6P. 11 Veteran’s Day. 05 Rosh Hashanah. 11 Remembrance Day (Canada). 06–08 OutsideCon 26—Burns TN. 15–16 Nerdacon v8—Columbus GA. 07 Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—after dinner, 15–17 Comic Convention—Memphis TN. stay tuned for location. 16* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Wil- 07–08 Creation: Star Trek—Nashville TN. lowbrook Madison. Program: Highlights of the Hubble 08 Grandparent’s Day. development and its remarkable pictures, Max Rosen- 09 BD: Mike Cothran. thal.. ATMM: TBD 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. 18 Día festivo en conmemoración de la Revolución Mexi- 12 BD: Pat Butler.
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