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The SHUTTLE August 2004 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 21 August 2004 at the Regular Time and Location The Next Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting will be 2P, 5 September 2004 at Mike KennedyÕs House { Oyez, Oyez { NASFA Calendar The next NASFA meeting will be 21 August 2004 at the AUGUST regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call BookMark 06Ð08 ConGlomeration 2004 Ñ Louisville KY. (256-881-3910) if you need directions. 06Ð08 Crescent City Con 2004 Ñ Metairie (New Orleans) The August program will be Òcoin-struction.Ó Hone your LA. science fiction or fantasy imagination with building projects 08 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike using pocket change (bring a bunch!) and special connectors KennedyÕs house. (supplied). 08 BD: Jim Woosley. The August after-the-meeting meeting will be the final 13Ð15 Armadillocon 26 Ñ Austin TX. club pool party of the summer at Russell McNuttÕs house. The 14 BD: Edward Kenny. usual rules (bring your favorite drink and a food item to share) 21* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at apply. BookMark. Program: Coin-struction. ATMM: Pool The next Con Stellation XXIII: Delphinus concom meet- Party at Russell McNuttÕs house. ing is scheduled for Sunday 5 September 2004 (2P, Mike 21 BD: Deborah Denton. KennedyÕs house). Future concom meetings are scheduled for 19 September, 3 October, and 14 October. All but the last of SEPTEMBER those are Sunday meetings at Mike KennedyÕs house. The 14 02Ð06 Noreascon Four/Worldcon 62 Ñ Boston MA. October meeting is the last-minute Thursday meeting at the 03Ð05 Outside Con 17 Ñ Dickson TN. hotel. 03Ð06 Dragon*Con 2004 Ñ Atlanta GA. DonÕt forget the September NASFA meeting will be the 03Ð06 Mephit Furmeet 2004 Ñ Memphis TN. more-or-less-annual NASFA picnic. Marie McCormack and 05 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike Mike Cothran will host (210 Vincent Road in Huntsville). KennedyÕs house. WeÕll gather starting early afternoon (2P-ish) until we drop. 06 Labor Day. Bring a drink and a dish to share. Grills will be available. 09 BD: Mike Cothran. Inside this issueÉ Spider-Man 2 Review .....................................................4 Minutes of the July Meeting ...........................................2 Awards Roundup ............................................................5 LibertyCon 17 Review....................................................2 Letters of Comment ........................................................6 Deadline for the September 2004 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 3 September 2004. 1 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at 12 Grandparents Day. BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive 16 Rosh Hashanah. Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 17 Citizenship Day. meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to 18* More-or-less Annual NASFA Picnic Ñ 2P-ish until attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- whenever at Mike & MarieÕs house. NOTE: This meeting meeting with directions available at the program. takes the place of the regular September meeting. 19 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike KennedyÕs house. 22 Atumunal Equinox. July Minutes 24Ð26 Anime Weekend Atlanta 10 Ñ Atlanta GA. by Samuel A. Smith, Jewel-Liar (not!) 24Ð26 Fencon Ñ Dallas TX. 25 Yom Kippur. The July meeting of the North Alabama Science Fiction 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. Association was called to order on Saturday, July 17, 2004 in 30Ð03 Archon 28 Ñ St. Louis MO. the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 6:13:50P by Presi- dent Mary Ortwerth, the Gavel, and the Crickets (Sam pre- OCTOBER warmed-up his cranky digital recorder). 03 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike OLD BUSINESS KennedyÕs house. Mike Kennedy: Is moving the October meeting new 08Ð10 Ditto 17 Ñ Orlando FL. business or old business? 11 Columbus Day (observed). Mike Cothran and Marie McCormack volunteered their 11 Thanksgiving Day (Canada). house for the September NASFA picnic. The picnic will be on 12 Columbus Day (traditional). the regular meeting day in September, and the regular meeting 14 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ at the con at BookMark will not be held that month. hotel. Election of the 2005 Con Stellation chair (or co-chairs): 15Ð17 Con Stellation XXIII: Delphinus Ñ Huntsville AL. In addition to Sam Smith, who was pre-nominated at the June 15Ð17 Necronomicon Õ04 Ñ Tampa FL. meeting, additional nominations were received for Anita Eis- 15Ð17 Capclave 2004 Ñ Vienna VA. enberg and Marie McCormack as co-chairs, and Doug Lam- 23* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at pert and Mary Ortwerth as co-chairs. After much digression BookMark. Program: Con Stellation Post Mortem. (but I digress), Anita Eisenberg and Marie McCormack were ATMM: TBD. NOTE: This is one week later than elected co-chairs for the 2005 Con Stellation. (Welcome back, usual due to Con Stellation. Marie!) They immediately announced that this will probably 24 United Nations Day. be Con Stellation XXIV: Lepus. (BunnyCon!) 24Ð31 Sci-Fi Sea Cruise Ñ departs from Galveston TX. NEW BUSINESS 25 BD: Marie McCormack. Mike Kennedy: We need to move the October NASFA 28Ð31 World Fantasy Convention 2004 Ñ Tempe AZ. meeting, since it conflicts with Con Stellation. After much 29Ð31 HallowCon Õ04 Ñ Chattanooga TN. discussion, it was decided to move the October meeting to be 31 Daylight Savings Time Ends. one week later than usual, on Saturday 23 October. 31 Halloween. Randy Cleary announced that he has a collection of flyers for upcoming conventions. NOVEMBER CONVENTION BUSINESS 02 Election Day. Mike Kennedy is thinking he might ÒdressÓ for the Chair- 11 VeteransÕ Day. manÕs Reception at the con, should any others be inclined to do 11 Remembrance Day (Canada). so as well. (No further comment.) 12Ð14 Mace Ñ High Point NC. Mike has proofs of stickers for ÒClan KennedyÓ to be 13Ð14 CoastCon Jr. XIII Ñ Biloxi MS. NOTE: Changes given out at the con. seem to be in the wind for this convention, so check There was much discussion of dolphins. for updated information before making plans. The next Con Committee meeting will be held on Sunday, 20* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at 8 August at 2:00P at Mike KennedyÕs house [now past]. After BookMark. Program: TBD. ATMM: Mike Ken- this, con committee meetings go to two per month. nedyÕs house. We have received word that Pat McAdams has a job again, 22 BD: Nancy Renee Peters. at a bookstore in Nashville. Congratulations Pat! 23 BD: Mike Kennedy. The meeting was adjourned at 6:44:19P. The program was 23 BD: Wilson ÒBobÓ Tucker. LotR Trivial Pursuit. The After-The-Meeting Meeting was a 25 Thanksgiving Day. pool party at Russell McNuttÕs house. 29 BD: Howard Camp. 30 BD: Joshua Kennedy. 30 BD: Richard Gilliam. LibertyCon 17 OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO a Convention Review The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on by Mike Kennedy the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case LibertyCon 17 was held 23Ð25 July 2004 at the Holiday we often move the meeting to the second or fourth weekend.) Inn in Cleveland TN. (Cleveland is couple of dozen miles up 2 I-75 from Chattanooga. LibertyCon moved to this hotel after Directions on the convention website provided the few clues losing their original choice a few months before the con.) one needed to get to the hotel with no missteps. The view from Invited guests included Literary GoHs Larry Niven and Jerry the hotel, which is on top of a good-sized hill, was quite nice. Pournelle, Artist GoH Steve Hickman and MC David Weber. Since I was going to run a room party for Con Stellation Other notables expected to attend included Steven E. Cobb, Friday night and since I didnÕt get out of Huntsville as early as David Deitrick, Eric Flint, Sharon Green, Dr. Les Johnson, Dr. I wanted to, much of my time between arrival and Liberty- Greg Matloff, Dr. Travis Taylor, Hank Reinhardt, and Toni ConÕs Opening Ceremony was spent unloading the car, schlep- Weisskopf. ping things to my second-floor room (no elevator, unfortu- LibertyCon is one of my favorite cons to attend for a nately), and setting up for the party. I did have one problem relaxing, fun time. Though they did have a few teething with my room Ñ the air conditioner was completely iced over problems in the new hotel (about which more later) they didnÕt and thus functioning poorly Ñ but the hotel promptly reme- disappoint this year. died it. Score one for the good guys. Finding the hotel proved to be no bid deal. ThereÕs only the I did get set up for the party (including posting notices, one Holiday Inn in Cleveland and itÕs quite near the Interstate. etc.) in time to take a breather for a while and make it to the 3 Opening Ceremony. This appeared to be the first time that earlier this summer.) David Weber had been a convention MC, but he did a nice job I did have time to make the rounds of the con, though, and and got the convention off to an official start. The ceremony say my goodbyes to many. I was already pulling out of the was scheduled for only a 30-minute slot (which was plenty of parking lot when Ken Moore flagged me down and told me that time) followed by a 30-minute autograph session. In the latter there was a major traffic jam on I-75 southbound, apparently case 30 minutes was decidedly not plenty of time, especially caused by several wrecks earlier in the day. Rather than sweat since it has been quite a while since GoHs Niven and Pournelle that out, I decided to stay and ended up scratching up four for have appeared in this part of the country.