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The SHUTTLE March 1999 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 20 March 1999 at the Regular Time and Location Concom Meeting 18 March 1999 at BookMark Oyez, Oyez Buck Coulson Ñ A The next NASFA meeting will be 20 March 1999 at the regular time (6P) and the regular location (room 130 of the Legend Departs Madison City Municipal Building). by Mike Kennedy For the March program, bring your metaphorical picks and shovels and get ready to roll up your sleeves as we tackle As many of you already know, long-time fan and a round table on World Building. WeÕll create our very own Shuttle contributor Buck Coulson died recently. I have science fiction or fantasy universe. Maybe youÕll even be known Buck for many years, primarily through his inspired to set some fiction there. letters in the Shuttle and elsewhere. We met in person The March after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mike only a few times, notably when he and Juanita were Fan KennedyÕs house. Guests of Honor at Con Stellation X in 1991. I was particularly saddened by BuckÕs loss, as were many fans. His place in fannish history Ñ and in prodom Ñ is secure but we would all have preferred that Concom Meeting Set his contributions go on for many, many more years. In by Mike Kennedy commemoration, therefore, I am dedicating this issue of the Shuttle to his memory. The next Con Stellation XVIII concom meeting will be held at BookMark at 6:30P on Thursday 18 March 1999. This is an eating meeting Ñ the first of the year. It was decided at the February meeting that food themes would be centered on (this is my term) Òmonsters and other things that go bump in the night.Ó (This is in honor of our Halloween date for the con this year.) So the food theme (and donÕt blame me for this one!) is Òcannibalistic homicidal maniacs.Ó Inside this issueÉ NASFA Calendar............................................................2 NASFA Receivables .......................................................3 Minutes of the February Meeting ...................................2 Special Book Review Section.........................................4 Nominations News .........................................................2 Letters of Comment ........................................................6 Deadline for the April 1999 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 2 April 1999. 1 Municipal Building. The Executive Committee meeting (if NASFA Calendar scheduled) is held at 5P. The business meeting is held at 6P. The program begins at 7P. Anyone is welcome to attend any of MARCH the meetings. There is usually an after-the-meeting meeting 02 BD: Ronnie Lajoie. with directions available at the program. 04Ð07 World Horror Con 1999 Ñ Atlanta GA. 08 BD: Bill Payne. 10 BD: Kerry Gilley. 13 BD: Anita Eisenberg. February Minutes 15 BD: Carlo DeShouten. by Samuel A. Smith, 7 cents lighter 17 St. PatrickÕs Day. 17Ñ21 20th International Conference on the Fantastic Ñ Ft. The February meeting of the North Alabama Science Lauderdale FL. Fiction Association was called to order on Saturday, February 20* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the 20, 1999 in Room 130 in the Madison City Municipal Building Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM at Mike at 6:19P by President Anita Eisenberg. Since we are still KennedyÕs house. awaiting our permanent Ewoks picture, once again Barney was 22 BD: Jayson Woosley. the smashee of honor. 26Ð28 MidSouthCon 17 Ñ Memphis TN. OLD BUSINESS 28 Palm Sunday. Q: Where are our Ewoks? A: Mike Ray is out blowing things up tonight. Maybe next month. APRIL NEW BUSINESS 01 Passover. Ray Pietruszka announced the final numbers on the 1998 02 Good Friday Con Stellation. Our income was $9,447.00 and our expenses 03 BD: Kevin Ward. were $9,765.00, giving us a net loss of $319.00. (Yes, I know 04 Easter. that doesnÕt add up, talk to Ray.) This was better than the 1997 14 BD: Gordon Cross. Con Stellation which had a net loss of $1,110.00. We canÕt 15 BD: ÒUncle TimmyÓ Bolgeo. keep this up forever, folks! 16Ð18 Galacticon 1999 Ñ Chattanooga TN. Jim Woosley: ÒImagination is more important than knowl- 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the edgeÓ A. Einstein. Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. Mike Kennedy called for a moment of silence for the dear 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. dead Suburban. Afterwards there was some discussion on the 23Ð25 Parthecon 26 Ñ Nashville TN. options for scrapping it. 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. CONVENTION BUSINESS 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. At this point, the elections for the Co-Chairs for the Y2K 30Ð02 1999 Nebula Weekend Ñ Pittsburgh PA. Con Stellation occurred. The nominees were: Anita Eisen- berg and Mike Cothran, and Mike and Robin Ray. Anita MAY Eisenberg and Mike Cothran won on an 8 to 6 vote, with one 09 MotherÕs Day. abstention. The Y2K Con Stellation will be known as 14 BD: Debbie Hughes. Con Stellation XIX: Virgo. 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo After the election, there was much digression in the land. 19 BD: David O. Miller. (Virgos! Signatures! Buttons!) 14Ð16 OASIS 12 Ñ Orlando FL. The meeting was adjourned at 6:41P. The program was the 20 BD: Mike Glicksohn. semi-annual NASFA auction, which raised some sixteen-odd 23* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the dollars for the cause. (Gotta do something to make up those Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. convention losses!) The After-The-Meeting Meeting was the 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. annual Aquarius birthday party at Nancy Cucci and Ray 28Ð30 LibertyCon 13 Ñ Chattanooga TN. PietruszkaÕs home. 31 Memorial Day. JUNE 01 BD: Glenn Valentine. Nominations News 02Ð06 SFRA 1999 Ñ Mobile AL. 11 BD: Rhett Mitchell. 1998 NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT 14 Flag Day. The Nebulas are awarded each year by the Science Fiction 19* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the and Fantasy Writers of America. The awards will be presented Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. at the Nebula AwardÕs Banquet in early May. This yearÕs 20 FatherÕs Day. nominees are: NOVELS OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO The Last Hawk, Catherine Asaro, Tor, November 1997 The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman, Ace, October 1997 the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large Moonfall, Jack McDevitt, HarperPrisim, April 1998 nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case How Few Remain, Harry Turtledove, Del Rey, October 1997 we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) The Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells, Avon Eos, The regular meeting location is room 130 of the Madison City July 1998 2 To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis, Bantam Spectra, Elfquest. January 1998 De Profundis, #319, December 1998 and #320, January NOVELLAS 1999, Editor Tim Merrigan, 11513 Burbank Boulevard, North ÒAurora in Four Voices,Ó Catherine Asaro, Analog, December Hollywood CA 91601, 818-760-9234, < http://www.lasfs.org 1998 >. These 14- and 8-page newszines of the Los Angeles Science The Boss in the Wall, Avram Davidson and Grania Davis, Fantasy Society contained itÕs usual fill of fannish news and Tachyon Publications, August 1998 minutes of the club. This may be Tim MerriganÕs last issue due ÒReading the Bones,Ó Sheila Finch, F&SF, January 1998 to dereliction of duty. NASFAÕs Shuttle is listed in their ÒIzzy and the Gather of Terror,Ó Eliot Fintushel, AsimovÕs, July receivables section. 1997 Derogatory Reference, #91, Arthur D. Hlavaty, 206 ÒJumping Off the Planet,Ó David Gerrold, SF Age, January Valentine Street, Yonkers NY 10704-1814, 914-965-4861 < 1998 [email protected] >. This 6-page perzine has reports of a ÒEcopoiesis,Ó Geoffrey A. Landis, SF Age, May 1997 few books, discusses tele-marketers, impeachment, and has NOVELETTES some LoCs. ÒThe Truest Chill,Ó George Feeley, SF Age, November 1997 File 770, Issue 128, Mike Glyer, 705 Valley View Ave- ÒTime Gypsy,Ó Ellen Klages, Bending the Landscape: SF, nue, Monrovia CA 91016, 626-305-1004 < October 1998 [email protected] >. This 18-page issue had a yellow ÒThe Mercy Gate,Ó Mark J. McGarry, F&SF, March 1998 cover by Taral and the usual fan news roundup. Some of the art ÒEchea,Ó Kristine Kathryn Rusch, AsimovÕs, July 1998 stolen from Janny Wurts and Don Maitz has been reputed to be ÒLethe,Ó Walter Jon Williams, AsimovÕs, September 1997 offered for sale by e-mail to a University of Texas student. ÒLost Girls,Ó Jane Yolen, Realms of Fantasy, February 1998 Jerry Pournelle takes up extreme sports. Guy Lillian gets SHORT STORIES blown (by bad weather). Bowen wins TAFF. People respond ÒWhen the Bough Breaks,Ó Steven Brust, The Essential Bor- on the earlier topic of the death of SF clubs. And more fine dertown, September 1998 writings and LoCs. ÒStanding Room Only,Ó Karen Joy Fowler, AsimovÕs, August FOSFAX, #194, February 1999, Editors Timothy Lane 1997 and Elizabeth Garrott, P. O. Box 37281, Louisville KY 40233- ÒFortune and Misfortune,Ó Lisa Goldstein, AsimovÕs, May 7281, < [email protected] >. This 84-page monster of a club 1997 zine for the Falls of the Ohio Science Fiction and Fantasy ÒWinter Fire,Ó Geoffrey Landis, AsimovÕs, August 1997 Association is not for the weak willed. Quake puny mortals! ÒThirteen Ways to Water,Ó Bruce Holland Rogers, Black Cats Filled with political pundits and SF criticism. and Broken Mirrors, June 1998 Kronos, January and February 1999, D. A. Hussey, < ÒTall One,Ó K. D. Wentworth, F&SF, April 1998 [email protected] >. This e-zine is the Newsletter of the 1998 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD NOMINEES Middle Tennessee Science Fiction Society. These issues con- The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for tained club doings, party reviews, a GA-Filk report, Chattacon distinguished science fiction published in paperback original comments, and Crusade TV Show news.