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The SHUTTLE July 2004

The Next NASFA Meeting will be 17 July 2004 at the Regular Time and Location

Con Stellation ConCom Meeting 8 August 2004, 2P, Mike KennedyÕs House

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The next NASFA meeting will be 17 July 2004 at the JULY regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call BookMark at 01 Canada Day. 256-881-3910 if you need directions. 02 BD: Deb Stone. There will be an election for 2005 con chair at the July 04 Independence Day. meeting. The July program will be Lord of the Rings Trivial 04 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike Pursuit. KennedyÕs house. Note: Cookout after the meeting. The July after-the-meeting meeting will be a pool party 16Ð18 Conestoga Ñ Tulsa OK. at Russell McNuttÕs house. The usual rules (bring your favorite 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at drink and a food item to share) apply. BookMark. Program: LotR Trivial Pursuit. ATMM: The next Con Stellation XXIII: Delphinus concom meet- Pool Party at Russell McNuttÕs house. ing is scheduled for Sunday 8 August 2004 (2P, Mike Ken- 23Ð25 LibertyCon 17 Ñ Cleveland (near Chattanooga) TN. nedyÕs house). Future concom meetings are tentatively sched- Note Hotel Change from original announcement. uled for 5 September, 19 September, 3 October, and 14 23Ð25 Trinoc*coN 2004 Ñ Durham NC. October. All but the last of those are Sunday meetings at Mike 25 ParentsÕ Day. KennedyÕs house. The 14 October meeting is the last-minute 24 BD: Jay Johns. Thursday meeting at the hotel. (continued on page 2)

Inside this issueÉ Minutes of the June Meeting ...... 2 Awards Roundup ...... 3 NASFA Receivables ...... 3 Letters of Comment ...... 6 Deadline for the August 2004 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 6 August 2004. 1 29 BD: Mark Paulk. we often move the meeting to the second or fourth weekend.) The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at AUGUST BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive 06Ð08 ConGlomeration 2004 Ñ Louisville KY. Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 06Ð08 Crescent City Con 2004 Ñ Metairie (New Orleans) meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to LA. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 08 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike meeting meeting with directions available at the program. KennedyÕs house. 08 BD: Jim Woosley. 13Ð15 Armadillocon 26 Ñ Austin TX. 14 BD: Edward Kenny. June Minutes 21* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at by Jim Kennedy, the disgruntled BookMark. Program: TBD. ATMM: Pool Party at Russell McNuttÕs house. The June meeting of the North Alabama 21 BD: Deborah Denton. Association was called to order on Saturday, 19 June, 2004 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 18:31:50 by Presi- SEPTEMBER dent Mary Ortwerth. (The meeting immediately descended 02Ð06 Noreascon Four/ 62 Ñ Boston MA. into disorder.) The very lame crickets were heard repeatedly. 03Ð05 Outside Con 17 Ñ Dickson TN. Doug asked asinine questions. 03Ð06 Dragon*Con 2004 Ñ Atlanta GA. 03Ð06 Mephit Furmeet 2004 Ñ Memphis TN. OLD BUSINESS 05 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting (Tentative) The d*mn crickets wouldnÕt shut up. Ñ Mike KennedyÕs house. There are no Shuttles downstairs, except in MikeÕs car. 06 Labor Day. ÒThere he isÓ was heard repeatedly. 09 BD: Mike Cothran. (Was any of this actually old business? See below.) 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. NEW BUSINESS 12 Grandparents Day. It is new that there is no old business. 16 Rosh Hashanah. We need to elect a chair for the next Con. Elections will 17 Citizenship Day. take place next month. (Warning! Be present, or be elected!) 18* More-or-less Annual NASFA Picnic Ñ Location and Sam Smith was pre-nominated by Jim Kennedy. Mike Time TBD. Cothran seconded. 19 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting (Tentative) Mike Cothran made lame observations. Ñ Mike KennedyÕs house. Mike Kennedy refused to pass around a suspicious green 22 Atumunal Equinox. leaf. 24Ð26 Anime Weekend Atlanta 10 Ñ Atlanta GA. CONVENTION BUSINESS 24Ð26 Fencon Ñ TX. The next Con Committee meeting will be held on Sunday, 25 Yom Kippur. 04 July at Mike KennedyÕs house [now past]. Mike will be 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. cooking out of doors. All are invited to show up and join the 30Ð03 Archon 28 Ñ St. Louis MO. ConCom. [Probably, it would have been more effective to threaten, ÒShow up, or join the ConCom.Ó] OCTOBER A working meeting will be held on Saturday, 26 June [now 03 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting (Tentative) past] at MikeÕs house to make drapes for the pipe & drape stuff Ñ Mike KennedyÕs house. that weÕre making. Mary will pick the time, but it will not be 11 Columbus Day (observed). before 1100. 12 Columbus Day (traditional). On Sunday, 20 June [now past], a meeting will be held at 14 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ at the con the home of Louise Kennedy (MikeÕs mother) to finalize hotel. design. 15Ð17 Con Stellation XXIII: Delphinus Ñ Huntsville AL. Web site hit counts were not reported, because Sam was 15Ð17 Necronomicon Õ04 Ñ Tampa FL. regrettably absent. 15 BD: Robert Buelow. Sewing geekdom was discussed. 16* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at Mike Cothran would not shut up. BookMark. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. NOTE: Math was discussed (or at least integrals). The meeting date will probably be changed to 23 There were more disintegrating discussions. October. Doug discussed his multi-lingual background. 24 United Nations Day. The meeting was 25 BD: Marie McCormack. adjourned at 18:48:50. 28Ð31 World Convention 2004 Ñ Tempe AZ. The program was a group 31 Daylight Savings Time Ends. reading of an adap- 31 Halloween. tation of a movie, not to be named. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO The After-The-Meeting The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on Meeting was held around the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large and in the pool at Russell nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case McNuttÕs house. art by Sheryl Birkhead 2 both funding and the award venue for the last 8 years. Nonethe- NASFA Receivables less the award ceremony was apparently quite successful and by Randy B. Cleary the future of the award looks good, at least in the near term. Also announced at the ceremony were next yearÕs judges, Here are the items received by NASFA since last time. Carol-Ann Kerry Green and Mark Greener for the BSFA, Alabama Arts, Volume XX, Number 1, Alabama State Mark Bould and Justina Robson for the SF Foundation and Council on the Arts, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110, Montgom- Dave Palmer for the Science Museum. ery AL 36130-1800; 334-242-4076; BRAM STOKER AWARDS WINNERS Ñ This magazine has 40 pages of articles about Alabama folk Winners of this yearÕs Bram Stoker Awards music and art. were announced Satur- ConNotations, Volume 14, Issues 2Ð3, April/MayÐJune/ day 5 June 2004. The Stokers, given annually by the Horror July 2004; Editor Stephanie L. Bannon; Central Arizona Writers Association, honor superior achievement in horror Society, P. O. Box 62613, Phoenix AZ fiction and related fields. The Life Achievement and Specialty 85082; Ñ These news zines had 20 and Press Awards were announced in advance. 24 newsprint pages each of SF media news, reviews, and club Novel...... lost boy lost girl, and convention listings. (Random House) De Profundis, 370Ð372, MarchÐJuly 2004; Editor Marty First Novel ...... The Rising, Brian Keene (Delirium) Cantor; c/o The Los Angeles Society, 11513 Long Fiction ...... ÒClosing Time,Ó Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood CA 91601; Jack Ketchum (Peaceable Kingdom) Ñ These club zines have club minutes, Short Fiction ...... ÒDuty,Ó Gary A. Braunbeck (Vivisections) event calenders, and info. Fiction Collection ...... Peaceable Kingdom, Fantastic Book Club Flyer, DNA Publications, Inc., P. O. Jack Ketchum () Box 2988, Radford VA 24143-2988. Anthology ...... Borderlands 5, Elizabeth and Memphen, 279Ð281, September 2002ÐMarch 2004; Edi- Thomas Monteleone, ed. (Borderlands Press) tor Greg Bridges; Memphis Science Fiction Association, P. O. Nonfiction ...... The Mothers and Fathers Italian Box 820514, Memphis TN 38182-0514; 901-664-6730 Ñ Association, Thomas F. Monteleone (Borderlands Press) Note the new address. These three club zines have art work by Illustrated Narrative ...... The Sandman: Endless Nights, Tom Foster, club news. Issue 281 was filled with memorials to (DC Comics) Dal Coger, P. L. Caruthers-Montgomery, and Sid Jones. Screenplay ...... Bubba Ho-Tep, Nice Distinctions, 5 & 6; Editor Arthur D. Hlavaty; 206 Don Coscarelli (Silver Sphere) Valentine Street, Yonkers NY 10704-1814; 914-965-4861; Work for Younger Readers ...... Harry Potter and the Ñ These personal zine had six pages Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling (Scholastic) each of discussion and essay style writing. Poetry Collection ...... Pitchblende, OASFiS Event Horizon, Volume 17, Number 1, Issues Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press) 200Ð204, MarchÐJuly 2004; Editor Leslie R. Hammes; The Alternative Forms ...... The Goreletter, Michael Arnzen Orlando Area Science-Fiction Society, P. O. Box 592905, (e-mail newsletter, ) Orlando FL 32859-2905; ; 407-263- Specialty Press Award ...... Earthling Publications 5822 Ñ These five small club zines have club minutes, events, (Paul Miller) and info. Life Achievement ...... Anne Rice and SFSFS Shuttle Volume 1, Issues 2Ð3, MayÐJune 2004; Martin H. Greenberg Editors George Peterson and Chris Negelein; South Florida SESFA AWARD NOMS Science Fiction Society, P. O. Box 70143, Fort Lauderdale FL The Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Awards 33307-0143; Ñ These club zines have six pages were founded in 2001 to honor accom- each (with a new look) with cover illos, club news, and media/ plishment in science fiction, fantasy, or horror by individuals book reviews. born or living in the Southeastern United States. The awards Ttop book promotional card, by Jeffrey J. Testin, are administered by online scifidi- . mensions and voted on by registered SESFA members. SESFA Awards are given in three categories: Lifetime Achievement, Best Novel, and Best Short Fiction (<40,000 words). Novels and short fiction from the previous calendar Awards Roundup year are eligible. Nominees for the current awards have been announced. CLARKE AWARD WINNER Best Novel of 2003 The 18th Arthur C. Clarke Award (announced 12 May Hyperthought, M. M. Buckner () 2004 at a ceremony at the English Heritage Lecture Theatre, Omega, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books) London) was won by Neal StephensonÕs Quicksilver. Pattern Recognition, William S. Gibson (G. P. PutnamÕs The Clarke Award Sons) is a juried award for the best science fiction novel published in Veniss Underground, Jeff VanderMeer (Prime Books) the UK in the previous year. The judges this year were Mark Best Short Fiction of 2003 Bould and Geoff Ryman for the Science Fiction Foundation, ÒDaddy Mention and the Monday Skull,Ó Iain Emsley and Carol-Ann Kerry Green for the British Sci- (Mojo, Aspect) ence Fiction Foundation, and Dave Palmer for the Science ÒThe Door Gunner,Ó (The Silver Gryphon, Museum. Golden Gryphon) This has been a difficult year for the Clarke Award, losing ÒThe Haw River Trolley,Ó A. Duncan (The Silver Gryphon, 3 Golden Gryphon) Neil Gaiman (Shadows Over Baker Street) ÒThreads,Ó Jessica Reisman (SciFicton, 8/23/2003) Short Story ...... ÒClosing Time,Ó Neil Gaiman Lifetime Achievement in SF/F/H (McSweeneyÕs Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales) Robert E. Howard Collection ...... Changing Planes, Murray Leinster Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) WOODEN ROCKET AWARDS WINNERS Anthology ...... The YearÕs Best Science Fiction: Winners of the 2004 Wooden Rocket Awards, for best SF Twentieth Annual Collection, and Fantasy websites, have been announced. The awards are , ed. (St. MartinÕs) sponsored by SF Crowsnest and voted on at their web site. Nonfiction/Art ...... The Sandman: Endless Nights, More details, including lists of runners-up in each category, Neil Gaiman, et al. (Vertigo) can be found online at . The winners are: Magazine ...... The Magazine of Fantasy & Best Online Magazine...... Science Fiction Weekly Science Fiction Book Publisher ...... Tor Best Print-to-Web Magazine ...... Locus Online Artist ...... NOMS Best Author Site ....Orson Scott Card The final ballot for the 19th annual Chesley Awards has Best Artist Site...... Bob Eggleton been released. The awards are given by ASFA, the Association Best Gallery Site ...... Worlds of Wonder of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists , and named for the great astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell. Best Print Publisher Site ...... Tom Doherty Associates The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Noreascon Four. This yearÕs ballot recognizes works and achievements from Best E-book Publisher Site ...... Baen Webscriptions 2003. The nominees are: Cover Illustration, Hardcover Best E-book Site .....J. A. Edwards , cover of City (Clifford D. Simak; Science Best Official Movie Site ...... The Lord of the Rings Fiction Book Club) , cover of The Fairy Rebel (Lynne Reid Banks; Best Fan Movie Site ....DuneWorld Delacort) Best Official TV Site ...... Stargate SG.1 Stephen Youll, cover of Lord of Snow and Shadows (Sarah Ash; ) Best Fan TV Site ...... Firefly Fans David Bowers, cover of Paladin of Souls (Lois McMaster Best Online SFF store ...... Other Realms Bujold; Eos) , cover of Transitions: The Artwork of Todd Best Fan Site Home Page...... Lockwood (Collin & Brown) Kinuko Y. Craft, cover of Wolfskin (Juliet Marillier; Tor) Best Directory Site ...... SadGeezerÕs Guide to Cult TV Cover Illustration, Paperback Sci-Fi Peter de S•ve, cover of Calling on Dragons (Patricia C. Best Convention/Society Site...... Dragon*Con Wrede; Magic Carpet Books) Jean Pierre Targete, cover of Dragon Blood (Patricia Briggs; Best Foreign Language Site ...... SFU: Le Portail de la Ace) Science Fiction du John Jude Palencar, cover of Hidden Warrior (Lynn Fle- welling; Bantam Spectra) FOUNTAIN AWARD WINNER Brom, cover of The Moons of Mirrodin (Will McDermott; The Speculative Literature Foundation has announced the ) results of its first Fountain Award: ÒThe SpecialistÓ by Alison Mark Harrison, cover of Paper Mage (Leah R. Cutter; Roc) Smith, published in McSweeneyÕs Quarterly Concern. More Jody Lee, cover of The Riven Shield (Michelle West; DAW) information can be found online at . ham; Wizards of the Coast) WINNERS Cover Illustration, Magazine Locus magazine has announced the winners of the 2004 Stephen Daniele, cover of Dungeon #98, May 2003 Locus Awards. Complete results of this yearÕs readers poll Bob Eggleton, cover of F&SF July 2003 were announced in their July 2004 issue. The awards will be Donato Giancola, cover of Dragon #307, May 2003 presented at a ceremony at Noreascon Four, this yearÕs Stephen Hickman, cover of Weird Tales #330 Worldcon, Friday 3 September 2004. The winners are: , cover of Realms of Fantasy August 2003 SF Novel ...... Ilium, (Subterranean; Eos) Gaming Related Illustration Fantasy Novel ...... Paladin of Souls, , Cavern of the Snow Witch (Fighting Fantasy Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos) game book, Wizard Books UK) First Novel ...... Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Todd Lockwood, (a Dungeons & Dragons (Tor) accessory, Wizards of the Coast) Young Adult Novel ...... The Wee Free Men, Richard Sardinha, ÒSilver DragonsÓ (interior art for Dracon- (HarperCollins) omicon, Wizards of the Coast) Novella ...... ÒThe Cookie Monster,Ó Donato Giancola, ÒSword of CaldraÓ (card art for Mirrodin, (Analog October 2003) a Magic expansion set, Wizards of the Coast) Novelette ...... ÒA Study in Emeralds,Ó Matt Wilson, Unapproachable East (a 4 accessory, Wizards of the Coast) stainless-steel medallion of the Sunburst from a design by Color Work, Unpublished Marcel GagnŽ. The winner will be announced in September Tom Kidd, ÒBooth TreesÓ (oil) 2004. Jurors for this year are Caterina Edwards, Claude Lalu- Donato Giancola, ÒGandalfÓ (oil) mi•re, Yves Meynard, Michelle Sagara West, and Lyle Weis. David Deen, ÒHappy HourÓ (colored pencil) The nominated works are: Omar Rayyan, ÒThe Raspberry TreeÓ (watercolor) Blind Lake, (Tor) Michael Whelan, ÒSheÓ (acrylic) The Bone House, Luanne Armstrong (New Star Books) Monochrome Work, Unpublished Initiation, Virginia Frances Schwartz (Fitzhenry & White- Gary Lippincott, ÒAutumn FaeriesÓ (watercolor and pencil) side) Lawrence Allen Williams, ÒBlack Rose, Black ThornÓ Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood (McClelland and Stewart) (acrylic) A Place So Foreign and 8 More, Cory Doctorow (Four Walls Tom Kidd, ÒMagic for DummiesÓ (pencil) Eight Windows) Mael, ÒNarn i H”n HœrinÓ (ink) MYTHOPOEIC AWARDS NOMS , ÒThe Ribbon Falls at TealÕs GapÓ (pencil) Finalists for the 2004 Mythopoeic Awards have been announced. The awards Sheila Rayyan, for ÒAlephestraÓ (Realms of Fantasy June are given to fiction and nonfiction related to the Inklings Ñ J. 2003) R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. Award Iassen Ghiuselev, for AliceÕs Adventure in Wonderland (Simply winners will be announced at the banquet held during Mythcon Read Books) 35, 30 JulyÐ2 August 2004 in Ann Arbor MI. , for A Circle of Cats (; Viking) Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Todd Lockwood, for ÒCrossing Into EmpireÓ (Realms of Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos) Fantasy June 2003) Fudoki, (Tor) Alan M. Clark, for ÒLujinÓ (Flesh & Blood #13) Changing Planes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) Brian Froud, for The Runes of Elfland (Ari Berk and Brian In the Forests of Serre, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace) Froud; Abrams) Sunshine, Robin McKinley (Berkley) Three Dimensional Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for ChildrenÕs Literature Johnna Klukas, ÒThe Colony Ship Oengus OCÓ (wood) The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) Real Musgrave, ÒFantastic Flying FluffballsÓ (resin) The Hollow Kingdom, Clare Dunkle (Holt) Laura Reynolds, ÒGryphon MageÓ (mixed) Inkheart, Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House) Gary Lippincott, ÒJackÓ (bronze) The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury USA) Lisa Snellings-Clark, ÒSheepÓ (paper machŽ) The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) Product Illustration Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies David A. Cherry and Mark Sinclair, ÒAge of Mythology: Tolkien the Medievalist, Jane Chance, ed. (Routledge) The Titans ExpansionÓ (box art, Microsoft/Ensemble Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Studios) Lord of the Rings, Matthew Dickerson (Brazos Press) Dean Morrissey, ÒAnna of the CeltsÓ (fine art print, Greenwich Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth, Workshop) John Garth (Houghton Mifflin) , ÒCall for EntriesÓ (poster for Spectrum 11) C. S. Lewis, Poet: The Legacy of His Poetic Impulse, Don W. Allen Koszowski, ÒCthulhu Takes on WashingtonÓ (2003 King (Kent State University Press) book bag) Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Justin Thavirat, ÒThe Frozen ThroneÓ (box art for WarCraft in General Myth and Fantasy Studies III expansion set, Blizzard Entertainment) Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life, Mike Ashley Art Director (Carroll and Graf) Arnie and Cathy Fenner (Spectrum 10) A Charmed Life: The Spirituality of Potterworld, Francis Howard and Jane Frank (The Haggard Project) Bridger (Darton Longman & Todd) Irene Gallo () Vampire in Contemporary American Culture: What Dawn Murin (Wizards of the Coast) Becomes a Most, William Patrick Day (Univer- Contribution to ASFA sity Press of Kentucky) Alan Beck and Holly Bird (for ASFA Quarterly art direction) The Myth of the American Superhero, John Lawrence and David Deen (for ÒThe SummonsÓ ASFA promo art) Robert Jewett (Eerdmans) Maurizio Manzieri (for Kinuko Y. Craft interview, Spring/ Beatrix PotterÕs Peter Rabbit: A ChildrenÕs Classic at 100, Summer ASFA Quarterly) Margaret Mackey, ed. (Scarecrow) Teresa Patterson (work for ASFA above and beyond officer National Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nine- duties) teenth-Century England, Jennifer Schacker (University Geoffrey Surrette (for maintenance of the ASFA website) of Pennsylvania Press) Artistic Achievement CAMPBELL AND STURGEON AWARDS WINNERS Kinuko Y. Craft Todd Lockwood The John W. Campbell Award for best SF novel of the Maurice Sendak Charles Vess year was presented to Jack McDevittÕs Omega (Ace). The SUNBURST AWARD NOMS Award for best short SF of the year was Nominations for this yearÕs Sunburst Award presented to Kage BakerÕs ÒThe Empress of MarsÓ (Asi- , an annual prize for Canadian movÕs July 2003). The winners were announced Friday 9 July Literature of the Fantastic, have been announced. Authors 2004 during the Campbell Conference in Lawrence KS. must be either Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. The As previously announced, four persons were formally award consists of a cash prize of $CDN1000 and a hand-crafted inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, 5 sponsored by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy I put the last issue to bed, but as it would have been the only loc Society and the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the I might well have held it for this issue even had it arrived a few Study of Science Fiction. Mary Shelley and E.E. ÒDocÓ Smith days earlier. After so many years on Òhiatus,Ó restarting a con were inducted posthumously. Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison (Xanadu) is not really much different from starting one from were induced as living authors. The Hall of Fame will hence- scratch. There are some expectations held over by older fans forth be located at SeattleÕs Science Fiction Museum and Hall like myself who were in fandom contemporaneously with of Fame. XanaduÕs first incarnation, but if they are to succeed in the long The Campbell is a juried award in which novels are run theyÕll need to get most of both their staff and attendees nominated by publishers and the winners are selected by a from people who have little or no idea about their history. -ED] committee of seven academics and authors chaired by Gunn. Other members of the committee this year were Gregory Benford, Paul A. Carter, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Chris McKitter- POC-POC-POC-POC-POC-POC-POC-POC-POC-POC ick, Pamela Sargent, T. A. Shippey, and Ian Watson. Stories are nominated for the Sturgeon Award by a com- mittee of reviewers and editors chaired by Chris McKitterick, Sheryl Birkhead 26 June 2004 and the winners were chosen by , James Gunn, 25509 Jonnie Court and Kij Johnson, with the assistance of Noel Sturgeon, Theo- Gaithersburg MD 20882 dore SturgeonÕs daughter. Greetings (agh Ñ still have the May ish). Congratulations to all the various (and varied) award winners listed. Letters of Comment Sounds as if you enjoyed Xanadu Ñ at least they can add you to their list for next year! Shrek 2 is on my list (hey Ñ IÕm into 2 just now, Matrix EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC 2 and X-Men 2). I intended to go to a midday showing before school let out but I missed that slot of opportunity. Now I need to add Harry Potter to the list again. Lloyd Penney 14 June 2004 Ah Ñ watch CSI? They had a furry encounter episode. I have no idea if any of the convention information in that 1706-24 Eva Road episode is accurate or notÉ Etobicoke ON I need to dig out the Worldcon PR that has the ballot in it Canada M9C 2B2 so I can get it mailed out in time. This year I could not (at least not yet) come up with a ÒmascotÓ for Noreascon so I could do ItÕs getting to be IÕm late responding to the Shuttle, a small pastel piece for the TAFF/DUFF auction Ñ so I may but at least, I am responding. HereÕs some words on the May have to dig out an older piece to donate, sigh. issue. Have a great summer. Yep, had my birthday on June 2É IÕm now 45. One late present I got was a layoff from my new jobÉ not enough work, [I saw the episode of CSI you mention. Yeah, I also donÕt know and IÕm an unnecessary expense after the company performed how much of their description of a furry con is Òrealistic,Ó but a very expensive move from one street to another. So, the job even if it was spot on (which seems unlikely given that it is a hunt continues once again. TV show after all) one has to remember that CSI takes place in Congratulations to Dan Caldwell and group on the revival Las Vegas and the Rocket City FurMeet takes place in of Xanadu. ItÕs getting tougher to keep conventions going, and Huntsville. One might expect things to be a bit, er, tamer here. to keep the[m] interesting [É] and vital. IÕve expressed my IÕve seen all the Ò2Ó movies you mention (albeit on TV in the own opinions in that with every convention in our area, some case of X-Men 2) but wonÕt be going to see the latest Potter. I of us are simply going through the motions, and that we attend suppose one day my friends will corner me with a fistful of out of habit, rather than interest. Yet, itÕs our friends that also DVDs and ÒforceÓ me to sit through all of them -ED] keep us coming backÉ perhaps thatÕs one of the few attrac- tions left. Greetings, PieEyed! ParentsÉ what are you going to do EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC with them, even if one of them is Gamera? TheyÕre never happy, no matter what your accomplishments are. My locÉ the new job I mentioned in the loc here (at CMI) Lloyd Penney 26 June 2004 is the one I was just laid off from. I have the worst luck when it comes to employment, and I have to find something real 1706-24 Eva Road soon. However, I have found some interesting jobs I have Etobicoke ON applied to, so I am hopeful for better luck. Canada M9C 2B2 I imagine this is too late to get into the June Shuttle, so save it for the July, and IÕll keep my eye out for the regular Many thanks for the June Shuttle. I am finally showing announcementÉ unless itÕs already there, probablyÉ See you signs of organization by getting to the newest issue before the with the next correspondence. deadline. Then again, I havenÕt been getting many fanzines lately. LetÕs hope weÕre all taking a collective break before [Bummer about the job, of course. HereÕs hoping youÕll land resuming our hectic schedules. on your feet soon. I actually got your email just a day or so after I never saw the first Shrek movie, and to be honest, I 6 probably wonÕt see the second one. I gather theyÕre funny, but full of coolers and other alcoholic beverages, plus lots of non- anything that looks derivative, and both Shreks seem very perishable snacks like chips), but Saturday night, weÕll hit the derivative, doesnÕt appeal to me. IÕm usually very careful with other parties and have ourselves a time. my $13.95. ThatÕs how much movies cost here. Time to goÉ many thanks, and I look forward to another IÕve never been to a furry con, and while I have local issue soon. fannish friends who are furries, and one who is a fursuiter, I doubt IÕd ever go to such a con. However, given the diversity [IÕm not entirely sure what you mean by derivative with respect of fandom, itÕs interesting to hear about such events. In my to the Shrek movies. Do they reference (constantly!) other vicinity, there is Camp Feral, a furry camp held in Algonquin movies (or more-general cultural memes)? Yep. But much of Provincial Park to the north of me, and a convention in Ottawa, this is either as homage or satire Ñ both hard to accomplish with the initials C-ACE, is transforming itself from a furry art without the reference and neither derivative per se. As for con to a general SF&F artistic convention. going to furry cons, as I indicated in my Rocket City FurMeet Hello, Pie-Eyed, old thing, I hope youÕve been well and review itÕs not something that will ever float my boat, and I staying out of bait shops. You prove to be an accomplished wouldnÕt have gone to this one had it not been so convenient. diplomat in dealing with opposition. (And inexpensive in the sense of not requiring travel or a hotel Perhaps another reason why I am relatively on scheduleÉ room.) I must say, however, that I sensed a great feeling of the big annual convention is nearly upon us. July 2Ð4 is community at RCFM. In that respect it greatly reminded me of Toronto Trek 18, and it is expected to get it usual 3500 people. the way most of us want our general-interest sf cons to feel. We will be hosting a party on Friday night (our living room is -ED]

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***************************************************************************************************************** The NASFA Shuttle is the newsletter of the North Alabama Science Fiction Association, Inc. This is the July 2004 edition (Volume 24, Number 7). NASFA Officers for 2004: President Mary Ortwerth; Vice President Mike Kennedy; Secretary Sam Smith; Treasurer Ray Pietruszka; Program Director Karen Hopkins; Publicity Director Doug Lampert. Shuttle Editor Mike Kennedy. Comments, inquiries, and contributions of writing by email to: [email protected] Ñ EDITORIAL ADDRESS (EMAIL) Comments, inquiries, and contributions of writing by snailmail to: Mike Kennedy, 7907 Charlotte Drive SW, Huntsville AL 35802-2841 Ñ EDITORIAL ADDRESS (SNAILMAIL) Dues ($), subscriptions ($), and Official Mail to: NASFA, Inc., P. O. Box 4857, Huntsville AL 35815-4857 Ñ OFFICIAL ADDRESS Contents Copyright, © 2004. All rights revert to contributors. All opinions are those of the individual authors and do not reflect club policies other than by coincidence. LoCs subject to edited printing. NASFA Dues = $15/year (Family rates available) Subscription only = $10/year Single copy = $1.50 each. *****************************************************************************************************************

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