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NASFA Calendar Elsewhere in This Issue Te Shutle August 2010 The Next NASFA Meeting is 21 August 2010 at the Regular Time and Location Upcoming Con†Stellation XXIX ConCom Meetings are scheduled for 28 August and 11 & 16 September—see the calendar for details to have a card table available there “if anyone wants a spades/ d Oyez, Oyez d bridge game.” We need ATMM volunteers for September and all (well, The next NASFA Meeting is Saturday 21 August 2010 at most) months beyond. the regular time (6P) and the regular location. Meetings are CONCOM MEETINGS at the Renasant Bank’s Community Room, 4245 Balmoral The next Con†Stellation XXIX concom meeting will be Drive in south Huntsville. Exit the Parkway at Airport Road; Saturday 28 August at 3P, at the Renasant Bank meeting head east one short block to the light at Balmoral Drive; turn room. We’re getting very close to the con so all department left (north) for less than a block. The bank is on the right, just heads and staff/volunteers are strongly encouraged to come to past Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant. Enter at the front door of this and all subsequent meetings. There is a full list of meetings the bank; turn right to the end of a short hallway. in the NASFA Calendar elsewhere in this issue. AUGUST PROGRAM SHUTTLE NEWS The August program will be the more-or-less-annual NASFA The next issue of the Shuttle will hopefully carry news of the Auction. Bring money and donations for the auction. Genre Worldcon (just as this one does of the NASFiC). Other than the books and DVDs are always popular, of course but most any- Worldcon converge, the September issue promises to be thing that will raise a few bucks is welcome. skimpy as time will be short to complete it while getting ready ATMMs for Con†Stellation. In particular, we’ve asked PieEyedDragon The August After-The-Meeting Meeting will be a pool party to hold on to the next several chapters of of No Need for a Ring at Russell McNutt’s house—902 Drake Avenue SE in Hunts- until more time (and possibly space) is available later this year. ville. Enter through the garage door (the door will be up and the NASFA CALENDAR ONLINE light on) and straight through to the pool area. Do not enter the NASFA has an online calendar on Google. Interested parties main house (Russell’s parents retire early). The lower level of can check the calendar online, but you can also subscribe to the the house is accessible from the pool area and Russell promises calendar and have your Outlook, iCal, BlackBerry, or other Continuing Our 30th Year of Publication! Inside this issue… News and Info .......................................................................2 NASFiC/ReConStruction Trip Report ...................................3 NASFA Calendar ..................................................................2 Awards at NASFiC ...............................................................9 Minutes of the July Meeting ..................................................3 Letters of Comment ............................................................11 Deadline for the September issue of The NASFA1 Shuttle is Friday 3 September 2010 calendar automatically updated as events (Club Meetings, Con- nolan Caves adds the language of Star Trek’s great warrior race com Meetings, local sf/f events) are added or changed. to a tour of their most popular cave.” IS HUNTSVILLE GEEKY? OnlineUniversities.com has named Huntsville one of their 10 geekiest cities—number 8 on their list at <tinyurl.com/geek- News & Info cities>. RENOVATION TO INCREASE RATES As of 1 October 2010 several membership rates for Renova- tion, the 2011 Worldcon, will increase. The full adult attending NASFA Calendar rate will go from $160 to $180. Similar increases will occur for conversion rates. The family attending rate (2 adults plus 2 or AUGUST more dependent children) will increase to $460. 05–08 . NASFiC 10/ReConStruction—Raleigh NC. The rate for attending children (0–16) will remain $75 and 05 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Canticle for that for attending young adults (17–21) will remain $100. Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr; 6P. These rates are based on the person’s age as of 17 August 2011. 06–08 CrisisCon—Huntsville AL. Adult Supporting memberships will also remain unchanged at 07 DayCon—Clarksville TN. $50. 08 BD: Jim Woosley. All these rates are valid through the end of February 2011. 12 BD: Sue Thorn. HUGO AWARD SHOWCASE 13–14 Onyx Con—Atlanta GA. Several winners and nominees from the 2009 Hugo Awards 13–15 Horror Film Festival—Atlanta GA. have been collected in Hugo Award Showcase 2010, to be 14* Con†Stellation concom meeting—3P, at Renasant Bank. available from Prime Books <www.prime-books.com>. The 14 BD: Edward Kenny. volume also features a cover by Hugo winning artist Donato 14 Nashville Anime Day—Nashville TN. Giancola and is edited by Campbell-winning writer Mary Rob- 14 Sukoshicon—Birmingham AL. inette Kowal. 14–15 Faerie Escape—Atlanta GA. SEIUN WINNERS 19–22 Game Fest South—Chattanooga TN. Winners of the Seiun Awards were announced at TOKON 21* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Re- 10, this year’s Japanese national convention. In the translated nasant Bank. Program: More-or-Less Annual NASFA categories, the winners are: Auction. ATMM: Russell McNutt’s house. Translated Novel .......................The Last Colony, John Scalzi 21 BD: Deb Denton. Translated Short Story ..............“Dark Integers,” Greg Egan 27–28 Paranormal Scarefest—Murfreesboro TN. UC RIVERSIDE ANNOUNCES AWARDS 28* Con†Stellation concom meeting—3P, at Renasant Bank. The University of California, Riverside <www.ucr.edu> has SEPTEMBER announced the Eaton Awards for Lifetime Achievement for 02 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Foundation, Samuel Delany and Harlan Ellison. The awards are for 2010 Isaac Asimov; 6P. and 2011 respectively. Ellison will accept his award at the next 02–06 Aussiecon 4/68th World Science Fiction Convention— Eaton Science Fiction Conference <eatonconference.ucr.edu/ Melbourne, Australia. 2011/frontpage.php>, to be held 11–13 February 2011 at the 03 BD: David K. Robinson. Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside. 03–05 Mephit Furmeet—Memphis TN. PROMETHEUS AWARDS 03–06 Dragon*Con—Atlanta GA. The Libertarian Futurist Society <www.lfs.org> has an- 06 Labor Day. nounced the winners of this year’s Prometheus Awards. The 09 BD: Mike Cothran. awards will be presented at Aussiecon 4, this year’s Worldcon. 10–12 OutsideCon 23—Burns TN. The winners are: 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. Best Novel .....................................The Unincorporated Man, 11* Con†Stellation concom meeting—3P, Tentatively at Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin (Tor Books) Renasant Bank. Hall of Fame .............“No Truce with Kings,” Poul Anderson 12 BD: Pat Butler. VAN NAME DONATES 100% OF SALES 12 Grandparents Day. Author Mark Van Name has pledged to give 100% of his 16* Con†Stellation concom meeting—all day, at the con- proceeds from hardcover sales of Children No More (Baen) to vention hotel. NOTE: This is the setup meeting Thurs- Falling Whistles <www.fallingwhistles.com>, a charity that day before the con. Also stay tuned for a pre-convention helps rehabilitate and reintegrate child soldiers in the Congo. dinner that evening. The novel’s official release date is 3 August 2010. 17–19 Con†Stellation XXIX—Huntsville AL. CAVE TOURS IN KLINGON 17 Citizenship Day. Just in time for fans visiting Australia for Worldcon, the Je- 25* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Renasant nolan Caves (175 kilometers west of Sydney) have added a Bank. Program: Convention Postmortem. NOTE: Date new language for their tours, Klingon. changed due to Con†Stellation. Well, they probably don’t know anything about Worldcon 25–26 Comic Con—Nashville TN. and if they do it probably didn’t bear on their decision, but it’s 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. still an odd coincidence. A spokesman for the attraction ex- 30–03 SIEGE—Atlanta GA. plained that “In the Star Trek universe, Jenolan Caves was first OCTOBER immortalized in the Next Generation episode ‘Relics,’ through 01–03 Archon 34—St. Louis MO. the naming of a ‘Sydney Class’ Starship - the USS Jenolan. 01–03 GameCon—Memphis TN. “Now, this relationship will be developed further, when Je- 07 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Replay, Ken 2 Grimwood; 6P. September 25), and Maria seconded. The motion carried with 11 Columbus Day (Observed). three opposed. 12 Columbus Day (Traditional). Doug has an action to contact the bank to reserve their meet- 15 BD: Robert Buelow. ing room for September 25 for the NASFA meeting. 16* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Re- Doug asked for volunteers to run Con†Stellation 31. Do we nasant Bank. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. want to do a relaxicon? If Doug is chair, he will definitely do a 22–24 Geek Media Expo—Nashville TN. relaxicon. We will need volunteers, so Doug said, “start plan- 22–24 Necronomicon—St. Petersburg FL. ning your railroads now.” 22–24 Capclave 10—Washington, DC. Based on a recent occurrence at LibertyCon, Wyman pro- 24 United Nations Day. posed that if there’s any medical emergency at a con we’re 25 BD: Marie McCormack. running, we take it seriously. 28–31 World Fantasy Convention 36—Columbus OH. Sam had no spammish email. And the people rejoiced. 29–31 HallowCon—Chattanooga TN. ANNOUNCEMENTS 31 Halloween. Jack’s daughter will have a baby August 4. NOVEMBER CONVENTION BUSINESS 02 Election Day. The concom (Con†Stellation convention committee) did four 04 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: The Fifth Head hours of con discussion that day. of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe, 6P. Anita has booked Gene Wolfe as Guest of Honor for Con† 05–06 Comic & Fantasy Convention—Memphis TN. Stellation 2011. 07 Daylight Saving Time ends. Sam won’t be at next month’s auction, so we will need a 11 Veterans’ Day.
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