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Science Fiction/San Francisco Science Fiction/San Francisco Issue 163 Winter/Spring 2016 Gallifrey Cherry Blossoms Carnevale Fantastico! Gears 1756 Comic-Con Houston Sasquan ...and more! SF/SF #163! 1!Winter/Spring 2016 Science Fiction / San Francisco Issue 163 Editor-in-Chief: Jean Martin Winter/Spring 2016 Managing Editor: Christopher Erickson email: [email protected] Compositor: Tom Becker Contents Editorial ......................................................................................Christopher Erickson.............. ........................................................................................ 3 Letters of Comment ...................................................................Christopher Erickson.............. ........................................................................................ 7 Gallifrey One 2015 .....................................................................Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Christopher Erickson................................... 10 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival 2015 ...............Robbie Pleasant...................... ...................................................................................... 17 Magnifico!: A Review of Carnevale Fantastico!...................... Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Jean Martin.................................................. 18 Gears of Music, Dance, Fashion and Tea: Clockwork Alchemy 2015 ....................................................Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Christopher Erickson................................... 22 The Doctor Dances: 1756 Edition .............................................Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Jean Martin.................................................. 29 Doctor Who and Star Wars at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 ...Peter P. Lee............................. Photos by Peter P. Lee ..................................................35 San Diego Comic-Con 2015 .......................................................Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Christopher Erickson................................... 42 Mad Scientists and Wizards in Spandex: A History of Science Fiction and Fantasy in Comics ........Christopher Erickson.............. ...................................................................................... 53 Houston Travelogue ...................................................................Christopher Erickson.............. Photos by Jean Martin.................................................. 57 The Secret History of Geekiness in Houston ...........................Christopher Erickson.............. ...................................................................................... 64 “Sasquan” The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention .......Denise Robarge Tanaka.......... ...................................................................................... 65 2016 Upcoming Geek Year ........................................................Christopher Erickson.............. ...................................................................................... 71 BASFA Meetings 1309-1336 ......................................................BASFA ......................................................................................................................... 76 Bay Area Fannish Calendar ......................................................Christopher Erickson.............. .................................................................................... 109 Art Credits Cover Surf’s Up by Lucy Huntzinger Page 5 Louise Smythe Science Fiction/San Francisco is the quarterly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. All issues can be found at www.efanzines.com. Except as noted, all articles and photos are copyright 2016 by the original creators. Used with permission. SF/SF #163! 2!Winter/Spring 2016 Editorial By Christopher Erickson Managing Editor Hello again everyone. It has been a time filled with Lawn Cemetery and Memorial Park as a Victorian mourning excitement and fun. As such, we have been busy and will have event), Con-volution, the Dickens Fair and a NorCal Cosplay lots to report on. We have also been contemplating some Gathering in Fremont. changes that we have had to make. I also had a few trips that I managed to take for the later One of the changes is a positive for Jean and myself. She part of the year. One was a day trip to Mission San Carlos has gotten a much deserved change in job status, but with that Borromeo de Carmelo in Carmel and the Monterey Bay has come extra work. Since she has been working hard as of Aquarium. A couple of other trips were a bit closer. I took late, she has decided to step back from the editorial side of some time off of work to visit places I wanted to see and take management. She will still be contributing ideas, photos and photos of locally. One was the Shin Arboretum in Fremont. articles when she can, but she wants to find a good balance Another day I took photos of the beautiful sights around San and will return when she is able. With that change, I will be Mateo, Foster City and Burlingame. I took another couple of involved in the editorial side of management. days off to take advantage of the nice weather and get photos Another change will be in how we deliver our content. We around San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge and have decided to start publishing our content through History Park in San Jose. wordpress, which will allow us to publish our articles in an One of our big trips was a quick weekend jaunt to New expanded format as well as post them as soon as they are York City (which will be covered in an upcoming article) to available for publishing. We will still continue to publish our see George Takei and Lea Salonga in “Allegiance.” We also quarterly PDF format for those who prefer it, collecting all of managed to squeeze in a massive amount of sight-seeing over our articles and the events calendar. lower Manhattan. Recent costuming events that I attended was the Northern Our other big trip was our annual visit to the missions over California Renaissance Faire, the San Jose Renaissance Faire, Christmas. Jean and I visited the Mission San Rafael Arcángel the BAERS Emma Ball, the PEERS Bal de Vampire, Wizard in San Rafael and Sonoma State Park, which includes Mission World San Jose, the Gaskell Halloween Dance, two GBCGA San Francisco Solono in Downtown Sonoma. Sonoma State events (one a Doctor Who themed murder mystery and bingo Park also includes the Sonoma Barracks, the General Vallejo game at Hiller Aviation Museum, the other a trip to Cypress homestead, and the Bear Flag Monument. SF/SF #163! 3!Winter/Spring 2016 We also visited a couple of museum exhibits. The first was at the Dickens Fair) read through the story in one night and a series of exhibits on the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. held the crowd spellbound. Part of the exhibit was held at the Palace of Fine Arts (which We saw the Lyric Theater productions of “The Sound of is the only remaining portion of the original layout) and Music,” “The Pirates of Penzance,” and “Iolanthe.” The most highlighted the creation of the event space and the exhibits of interesting one was “Iolanthe,” which was about the son of a countries and manufacturers at the expo. The other gallery was fairy mother and human father who rises to become the leader featured at the California Historical Society near Moscone of both houses of Parliament. The musical satirizes Victorian Center and featured artifacts from the event such as the government while mixing in fairies. ceremonial groundbreaking shovel used by President Howard The most fun show was the Lamplighters annual Taft, posters promoting the exposition and passbooks for fair fundraiser. Their production in 2015 was a Star Wars parody goers. The Port of San Francisco building was also lit up with called “The Farce Awakens: Return of the Deadeye.” There the number “1915” to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of were lots of Gilbert and Sullivan jokes and plenty other puns the Pan-Pacific Expo. and jokes as well. The other exhibit that we saw was “Thinking Big: Ada, Jean and I spent the rest of the year watching “Star Wars: Countess of Lovelace” at the Computer History Museum. It The Force Awakens” twice, the special movie theater showcases her life, education and work as the first recognized screening of the “Doctor Who” Christmas episode “The computer programmer including her influence on the first Husbands of River Song,” and a streaming version of the modern computer makers. “Sherlock” Christmas special “The Abominable Bride.” Jean and I also attended the wedding of my best friend My favorite event of the year was the PEERS The Doctor (who was also the best mate at my wedding) in October. She Dances: 1756 ball. There was a very good turnout of costumes and her husband traveled down from Oregon to be with their and historical outfits at the dance. family and friends. Their celebration was near the beach in I have been watching more television this year. I have Half Moon Bay, so there was the smell of the sea at the enjoyed the new “Supergirl” immensely. “Once Upon A Time” outdoor ceremony. The couple included some Old World has regained some of its wonderful storytelling with the focus traditions like hand fasting and jumping onto a mat together. on Camelot and Merlin. “The Flash” has delivered on its Their reception featured a Russian tradition where the couple premise of introducing the Multiverse with the Jay Garrik eats salt and rice
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