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Volume 12, Issue 4 August/September ConNotations 2002 The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society 24 Frames SF Tube Talk ReAnimation In This Issue Movie News TV News & Previews Anime Reviews By Lee Whiteside By Lee Whiteside News & Reviews The next couple of months is pretty slim This issue, we’ve got some summer ***** Sailor Moon Super S: SF Tube Talk 1 on genre movie releases. Look for success stories to talk about plus some Pegasus Collection II 24 Frames 1 Dreamworks to put Ice Age back in the more previews of new stuff coming this ***** Sherlock Hound Case File II ReAnimation 1 theatre with some extra footage in advance fall. **** Justice League FYI 2 of the home video release and Disney’s The big news of the summer so far is **** Batman: The Animated Series - Beauty & The Beast may show up in the success of The Dead Zone. Its debut The Legend Begins CASFS Business Report 2 regular theatre sometime this month. on USA Network on June 16th set **** ZOIDS : The Battle Begins Gamers Corner 3 September is a really dry genre month, with records for the debut of a cable series, **** ZOIDS: The High-Speed Battle ConClusion 4 only the action flick Ballistic: Eck Vs *** Power Rangers Time Force: Videophile 8 Sever on the schedules as of press time. Dawn Of Destiny Musty Tomes 15 *** Power Rangers Time Force: The End Of Time In Our Book (Book Reviews) 16 Sailor Moon Super S: Special Feature Pegasus Collection II Hary Potter and the Path to the DVD Pioneer, 140 mins, 13+ Secrets DVD $29.98 by Shane Shellenbarger 7 In Sailor Moon Super S, Hawkeye, Convention & Fandom Tigereye, and Fisheye tried to find Pegasus by looking into peoples dreams. Club Listings 17 © Disney © Sci-Fi Yet, no matter what the plan or monster, Convention Listings 19 the sailor scouts will prevail. I really drawing over 6 million viewers. Executive Convention Registration Form 19 Early October sees the release of the fourth enjoyed this one. It shows that no matter Michael Piller admitted they would have Pokemon movie as well as the Jackie what you can do anything if you set your been happy with half that amount. The Art Work Chan movie, The Tuxedo, which has had mind to it and to always follow your ratings have not dropped too much with about a half dozen different release dates dreams. - Sean Martin Sherlock Front page, 19 so far this year. subsequent episodes so it’s likely the Starting out the month of August is M. series will get more than it’s initial Night Shyamalan’s “Signs”. The movie is thirteen episodes. Repeat showings at a thriller set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania other times have done so well that USA focusing on the mysterious appearance of Networks has elected to start running the a five-hundred-foot design of circles and series on the SciFi Channel, leading off SciFriday at 8 pm ET/PT and displacing © Sherlock ( Cont’d on page 9 ) ( Cont’d on page 5 ) ( Cont’d on Page 14 ) ConNotations Non-Profit Org. Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society US Postage PO Box 62613 PAID Phoenix, AZ 85082 Permit 839 Phoenix, AZ Volume 12 Issue 4 ConNotations Page 1 Other Book Groups FYI CASFS Business Report Who’s Who This Issue BORDERS OTHER WORLDS BOOK July 2002 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS DISCUSSION GROUP Managing Editor: Stephanie Bannon CASFS Sponsored Groups Third Thursday at Borders, 2402 E Co-Editor: Sue Martin Supernal Readers, Co-Editor: Gary Swaty Camelback at 6PM Graphics Editor: Craig L. Dyer GLENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY: For more info contact Eric 602-957-6660 or We have HexaCon 12 coming July 26, 27 and 28. Things are looking good. It will be Film & Video Reporter: Barry Bard 1st Thursday of each month at 5959 W [email protected] Staff Writers: Pam Allen, Barry Bard, Brown in Glendale at 7PM a wonderful Convention. If you are at all Catherine Book, Craig L. Dyer, Michael September 5: Practical Demon Keeping by BORDERS FANTASY & SCI-FI BOOK into Gaming, Attend and Enjoy. Griffin, Shane Irons, Daryl F. Mallett, Christopher Moore DISCUSSION: There is now more space for open Shane Shellenbarger, Tom Tuerff, Lee October 3: Ancient of Days by Michael Fourth Wednesday at Borders, 7320 W gaming in response to many requests. Whiteside, Randall Whitlock, Mike Bishop Bell Rd in Glendale. at 7PM. There will be gaming in all categories. Willmoth November 7: Tea With the Black Dragon July 24: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Layout & Design: Stephanie L. 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