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Volume 32 Number 12 Issue 389 May 2020 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR This took me a little longer than planned. I wanted to Superior Achievement in Short Fiction get some reviews in, but someone told me to press forward and Kiste, Gwendolyn – “The Eight People Who Murdered send this issue out quickly. Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra’s Great news local writer and OASIS regular Owl Going Diary)” (Nightmare Magazine Nov. 2019, Issue 86) back won the Stoker for best Novel for Coyote Rage. Congratulations. Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection A lot of events have gone virtual. I checked some of Tremblay, Paul – Growing them out. I will write a bit more on that. It is amazing what can Things and Other Stories now be done with our current level of communication (William Morrow) technology.

The Hugos and Retro Hugo finalists are out. All of the Superior Achievement in a finalists for Novelette and are available online, though if you can please donate money to themagazine. Screenplay Peele, Jordan – Us Next month, comments on virtual events, the Nebula (Monkeypaw Productions, Winners, and some reviews. Perfect World Pictures, Dentsu, The Horror Writers Association (HWA) presented Fuji Television Network, the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® in a livestreamed Universal Pictures) ceremony on April 18. (source File 770) Superior Achievement in an 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® Anthology Datlow, Ellen – Echoes: The Superior Achievement in a Novel Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories (Gallery/Saga Press) Goingback, Owl – Coyote Rage (Independent Legions Publishing) Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction Kröger, Lisa and Anderson, Melanie R. – Monster,

Superior Achievement in a First Novel She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Read, Sarah – The Bone Weaver’s Orchard (Quirk Books) (Trepidatio Publishing) Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction Kiste, Gwendolyn – “Magic, Madness, and Women Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Nzondi – Oware Mosaic (Omnium Gatherum) Charlotte Perkins Gilman” (Vastarien: A Literary

Journal Vol. 2, Issue 1) Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Gaiman, Neil & Doran, Colleen – ’s Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse Books) Addison, Linda D. and Manzetti, Alessandro – The Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Place of Broken Things (Crystal Lake Publishing) LaValle, Victor – Up from Slavery (Weird Tales Magazine #363) (Weird Tales Inc.)

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 32 Issue 389 May 20120Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $25.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $6.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 592905, Orlando, FL 32859-2905. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or [email protected]. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole. Page two May 2020

May OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People

OASFiS Business Meeting Suspended due to COVID 19 Steve Cole (407) 379-1530 [email protected] SciFi Light Susan Cole 407-275-5211 TBD. Please check website [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-314-5506 [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 To contact for more info: [email protected] OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] 1945 Retro Hugos Finialists Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Best Novel Patricia Wheeler [email protected] • The Golden Fleece, by Robert Graves (Cassell) Any of these people can give readers information about the • Land of Terror, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Edgar club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan Rice Burroughs, Inc.) • “Shadow Over Mars” (The Nemesis from Terra), Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science by (Startling Stories, Fall 1944) Fiction, November 1944) • Sirius: A of Love and Discord, by Olaf Stapledon (Secker & Warburg) Best Short Story • The Wind on the Moon, by Eric Linklater • “And the Gods Laughed”, by Fredric Brown (Macmillan) (Planet Stories, Spring 1944) • “The Winged Man”, by A.E. van Vogt and E. • “Desertion”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Mayne Hull (Astounding Science Fiction, May- Science Fiction, November 1944) June 1944) • “Far Centaurus”, by A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction,January 1944) Best Novella • “Huddling Place”, by Clifford D. Simak • “The Changeling”, by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944) Science Fiction, April 1944) • “I, Rocket”, by (, • “A God Named Kroo”, by Henry Kuttner (Thrilling May 1944) Wonder Stories, Winter 1944) • “The Wedge” (“The Traders”), by • “Intruders from the Stars”, by Ross Rocklynne (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944) (Amazing Stories, January 1944) • “The Jewel of Bas”, by Leigh Brackett (Planet Sto- Best Series ries, Spring 1944) • Captain Future, by Brett Sterling • “Killdozer!”, by (Astounding • The Cthulhu Mythos, by H. P. Lovecraft, August Science Fiction, November 1944) Derleth, and others • “Trog”, by Murray Leinster (Astounding Science • Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson/Lester Dent Fiction, June 1944) • Jules de Grandin, by Seabury Quinn

Best Novelette • Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs • “”, by Fredric Brown (Astounding Science • The Shadow, by Maxwell Grant (Walter B. Gibson) Fiction, June 1944) Best Related Work • “The Big and the Little” (“The Merchant Princes”), by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, Au- • Fancyclopedia, by Jack Speer (Forrest J. Acker- gust 1944) man) • “The Children’s Hour”, by Lawrence O’Donnell • ’42 To ’44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Hu- (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Sci- man Behavior During the Crisis of the World Rev- ence Fiction, March 1944) olution, by H.G. Wells (Secker & Warburg) • “City”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science • Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, by George Fiction, May 1944) Gamow (Cambridge University Press) • “No Woman Born”, by C.L. Moore (Astounding • Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Strato- Science Fiction, December 1944) sphere, by Willy Ley (Viking Press) (Continued on page 3) • “When the Bough Breaks”, by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Page three May 2020

(Continued from page 2) Best Editor, Short Form • “The Science-Fiction Field”, by Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944) • John W. Campbell, Jr. • “The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a • Oscar J. Friend Critical Appraisal”, by (The Acolyte, • Mary Gnaedinger Fall 1944) • Dorothy McIlwraith • • Raymond A. Palmer Best Graphic Story or Comic • W. Scott Peacock • Buck Rogers: “Hollow Planetoid”, by Dick Calkins (National Newspaper Service) Best Professional Artist • Donald Duck: “The Mad Chemist”, by Carl Barks • Earle Bergey (Dell Comics) • Margaret Brundage • Flash Gordon: “Battle for Tropica”, by Alex Ray- mond (King Features Syndicate) • Boris Dolgov • Flash Gordon: “Triumph in Tropica”, by Alex Ray- • Matt Fox mond (King Features Syndicate) • Paul Orban • The Spirit: “For the Love of Clara Defoe”, by Man- • William Timmins ly Wade Wellman, Lou Fine and Don Komisarow (Register and Tribune Syndicate) Best Fanzine • Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk”, by • The Acolyte, edited by Francis T. Laney and Samu- Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, el D. Russell Inc.) • Diablerie, edited by Bill Watson

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form • Futurian War Digest, edited by J. Michael Rosen- • The Canterville Ghost, screenplay by Edwin Har- blum vey Blum )from a story by Oscar Wilde, directed • Shangri L’Affaires, edited by Charles Burbee by Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)) • Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited • The Curse of the Cat People, written by DeWitt by Forrest J. Ackerman and Myr- Bodeen, directed by Gunther V. Fritsch and Robert tle R. Douglas Wise (RKO Radio Pictures) • Le Zombie, edited by Bob Tucker • Donovan’s Brain, adapted by Robert L. Richards and E.E. Evans from a story by Curt Siodmak, producer, director and editor William Spier (CBS Radio Network) Best Fan Writer • House of Frankenstein, screenplay by Edward T. • Fritz Leiber Lowe, Jr. from a story by Curt Siodmak, directed • Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas by Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures) • J. Michael Rosenblum • The Invisible Man’s Revenge, written by Bertram Millhauser, directed by Ford Beebe (Universal Pic- • Jack Speer tures) • Bob Tucker • It Happened Tomorrow, screenplay and adaptation • Harry Warner, Jr. by Dudley Nichols and René Clair, directed by René Clair (Arnold Pressburger Films Page four May 2020

2020 Hugo Finalists Best Short Story

Best Novel • “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019) • The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane • “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang Anders (Tor; Titan) (Tor.com, 23 October 2019) • Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Pub- • “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers lishing) Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019) • The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; An- • “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny gry Robot UK) Magazine, January/February 2019) • , by Arkady Martine (Tor; • “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow Tor UK) (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019) • Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Pub- • “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on lishing) the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, by • The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019) Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK) Best Series Best Novella • The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Or- • “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted bit UK) Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Pica- • InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW) dor)) • Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz) • The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/ • Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gol- Gallery) lancz) • The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark • Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; (Tor.com Publishing) Del Rey UK) • In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com • The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit Publishing) US; Orbit UK)

• This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El- Best Related Work Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletch- er Books) • To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers • Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton) Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US) Best Novelette • Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)) • “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. • The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Mon- Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019) sters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square) • “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy • The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019) (Unbound) • “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah • “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019) Speech”, by Jeannette Ng • Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Col- • Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and di- lection (Amazon)) rected by Arwen Curry

• “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, Best Graphic Story or Comic 10 July 2019) • “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/ Alfred A. Knopf; Picador)) • Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image) • LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)

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(Continued from page 4) Best Editor, Short Form • Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Mar- jorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image) • Neil Clarke • Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, • Ellen Datlow letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge) • C.C. Finlay • Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. • Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image) • Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas • The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by • Sheila Williams Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image) Best Editor, Long Form Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form • Sheila E. Gilbert • Avengers: Endgame, screenplay by Christopher • Brit Hvide Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios) • Diana M. Pho • Captain Marvel, screenplay by Anna Boden, Ryan • Devi Pillai Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, directed by • Miriam Weinberg Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Walt Disney Pic- Navah Wolfe tures/Marvel Studios/Animal Logic (Australia)) •

• Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Best Professional Artist Douglas Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studi- os/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation) • Tommy Arnold • Russian Doll (Season One), created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, di- • Rovina Cai rected by Leslye Headland, Jamie Babbit and Nata- • Galen Dara sha Lyonne (3 Arts Entertainment/Jax Media/ Netflix/Paper Kite Productions/Universal Televi- • John Picacio sion) • Yuko Shimizu • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, screenplay by • Alyssa Winans Chris Terrio and J.J. Abrams, directed by J.J. Abrams (Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm/Bad Ro- Best Semiprozine bot) • Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele • Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews (Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures) • Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio produc- ers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Connolly and Alasdair Stuart • Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing • The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, Schofield, directed by Valeria Migliassi Collins social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art di- (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Televi- rector Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian sion) White • The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel • FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video) Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, • Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, written by Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, directed by Ni- • Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine cole Kassell (HBO) Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dan- • The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, written by Jon te Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi (Disney+) • Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. • Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/ Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC) managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika En- • Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, written by sign and Steven Schapansky Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, directed by Stephen Williams (HBO) (Continued on page 6) Page six May 2020

Best Fanzine Best Fan Artist

• The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea • Iain Clark James • Sara Felix • Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor • Grace P. Fong Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf • Meg Frank • Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J • Ariela Housman Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, • Elise Matthesen John Coxon and Steven H Silver • nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo) • Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur • The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Ga- • Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen) via Baker-Whitelaw • Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)

Best Fancast • Dragon Pearl, by (Disney/) • Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll) • Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, • Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet) Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace • The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; • Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & Hot Key) presented by Claire Rousseau Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo) • The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe • Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, • Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility) Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, pro- • R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility) ducer Andrew Finch • Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility) • Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Nibedita Sen (2nd year Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders • of eligibility) • The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink Tasha Suri (2nd year of and Shaun Duke • eligibility) Best Fan Writer • Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility) • Cora Buhlert • James Davis Nicoll • Alasdair Stuart • Bogi Takács • Paul Weimer • Adam Whitehead

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1706-24 Eva Rd. The warm weather will be here soon, so we are getting our balcony cleaned up and set up so that we can enjoy it, sit outside, Etobicoke, ON have lunch there, etc. We finally have our trip photos ready, so we have finally started getting them on our Facebook page. CANADA M9C 2B2 I had a lost of focus for a few days and needed to adjust to a new routine. It is a downer that I cannot see a film in a theater where it is meant to be seen. Still we have to what we can until testing increases. April 11, 2020 So, with all these cancellations, what is everyone doing with their time? Have you heard anything about virtual conventions, other than the upcoming virtual Worldcon in New Zealand? I just got Dear OASFiSians: word about a virtual con being planned about Amazing Stories magazine, so once that is set up, I will get the word out.

I did an anime con online. It was good and what one expects from an anime con. Still one misses traditional interaction with I will make this quick…got issue 387 of the Event Horizon, and the presenters and fellow fans. will whip up a loc to see if I can get it into issue 388. Let’s try it… So many nominees, and I barely recognize a handful of names. The field has truly left me behind. Nonetheless, it’s good to see that it does continue onwards. Many thanks for this, and we will see you all with the April issue, Real Soon Now. I suspect much of this is pre-COVID-19, pre-self-isolation, and pre-social distancing, and pre-cancelling everything. It’s a As always I hope you can catch up with the field. Any thoughts shame…so much was set up and planned, and all of it has had to on the Retro Hugos? be cancelled. I know of so many people who are stressing over the fact they have to stay inside so much, but for us, it’s business as usual. How many of you are actually enjoying being at home Yours, Lloyd Penney. so much, and getting so much done? We’re actually enjoying it. OASFiS P.O. Box 592905 ORLANDO, FL 32859-2905