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Volume 26 Number 9 Issue 315 February 2014

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Comic Book Connection Swampcon Rising was a great event. There is a short February 8-9 report in the issue. Holiday Inn & Suites If you have not renewed your membership and wish to Ocala Conference Center do so, please contact David Lussier or myself. 3600 SW 38th Avenue Checkout the Locus website for their recommended Ocala, FL 34474 reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just $5 Admission looking for something new to read. thecomicbookconnection.com Next month I hope to do a review and the Nebula final ballot should be out. Bold City Comics February 15-16 Brewster's MegaPlex Orlando Anime Day 845 University Blvd N. Jacksonville, FL 32211 February 1-2 Guests: Rags Morales (comic artist) International Palms Resort & Convention Center Doug Sneyd (comic artist) 6515 International Drive Diamond Dallas Page (wrestler) Orlando, FL 32819 Admission not known $4 at the door each day, Military Personnel free freshcomics.us/convention/boldcity-2014/fl-jacksonville www.orlando.animeday.net Cayden’s Game Crawl

February 19-23 Costal Magic Jacksonville, FL February 6-9 At a different gaming store in each day see website Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort Free 100 North Atlantic Avenue warhorn.net/events/caydens-game-crawl Daytona Beach, FL 32118 Guests: Lucinne Diver Pensacon February 21-23 Linnea Sinclair Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel Aria Kane 200 E Gregory Street And many others Pensacola, FL, 32501 General Registration has sold out. Guests: Joe R. Lansdale Charity signing on Sat free (see website) Timothy Zahn Single day memberships maybe available (see website) Walter Koenig coastalmagicconvention.wordpress.com And many others Weekend pass $80.15, One day pass $33.74 Birthdays http://www.pensacon.com

Pat Sims February 9 (Continued on page 2)

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 26 Issue 315, February 2014. Published 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 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323. 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 February 2014

February OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 9, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire Steve Cole 407-275-5211 (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, [email protected] FL 32806,407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Mars Inc by [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 Sci Fi Light [email protected] Saturday February 15, 6:00 PM, TBD. Please Steve Grant 352 241 0670 check website. [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] To contact for more info: David Ratti 407-282-2468 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 (Continued from page 1) [email protected] Comic Book Connection February 22-23 Any of these people can give readers information about the Holiday Inn & Suites club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. 2300 State Road 16 & I4 St. Augustine, FL $5 Admission thecomicbookconnection.com  A Calculated Life, Anne Charnock (47North)  The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, Cassandra Rose Ultracon Clarke (Angry Robot) February 22-23  Self-Reference Engine, Toh EnJoe, translated by Sheraton Suites Ft. Lauderdale Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru) 555 NW 62nd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309  Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit) Guests: Allen Bellman (comic artist)  Life on the Preservation, Jack Skillingstead Mark Sparacio (comic artist) (Solaris) D.C. Douglas (voice actor)  Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book fo $10 at the door, 10% off before con Science Fiction, Ian Whates, ed. (Solaris) ultraconofsouthflorida.com  Countdown City, Ben H. Winters (Quirk)

Steampunk Cruise The awards are presented annually to a distinguished work of Feb 25-March 2 science fiction published in paperback original form in the Port Canaveral, FL-Bahamas-Bayonne,NJ United States. Guests: G.D. Falksen Standard cabin $709 per person The winner and any special citations will be announced April 18, steampunkcruise.com 2014 at 37 in SeaTac WA.. For more, info see www.philipkdickaward.org Award News SFWA Grandmaster announced (source Wikipedia entry) (source Locus website) Speculative Fiction nominees

Samuel R. Delany was named the 2013 Damon Knight Memorial Best Picture Grand Master Award winner. Delany is the writer of Dhalgren, Gravity Star in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, and many other novels, short fiction. He has won 2 Hugos and 4 Nebulas. The award (Continued on page 3) will be presented at the 49th Nebula Weekend on May 15-18th, 2014, in San Jose, CA at the San Jose Hilton. OASIS Meeting Minutes Date: 1-12-14 Philip K. Dick Award Officers: Peggy Stubblefield, David Ratti, David Lussier, Patty (source Locus website) Russell, Members: Arthur Dykeman, Hector Hoghlin, Dave Lussier, Kim The Philip K. Dick Award nominees are (Continued on page 3) Page three February 2014

(Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 2) Darin Best Director Guests: Bob Yazel, Ken Knokol Alfonso Cuaron- Gravity Meeting notes: Patricia's and Juan's anticipated absences were noted and they Best Actress were missed. Sandra Bullock - Gravity Juan's notes were read, and his desire to sell Oasfis garage sale things at work approved. Best Writing—Original Screenplay Spike Jonze - Her Peggy will look into the community center at Fashion Square Mall as another place for Oasfis monthly meetings. Best Animated Feature The Croods – Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, and Kristine Sci Fi Lite is next Saturday, 1/18, at Lolailo the Original. Belson Despicable Me 2 - Pierre Coffin, Chris Renud, Chirs Hurricane Who's Christmas episode viewing party was a success, Meledandri and a summary of 50th Anniversary and other Who news Ernest and Clementine - Benjamin Renner and Dedier discussed. Hurricane Who's June 14th tickets will be on sale Brunner soon. Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzki Season 3 of Sherlock began - the protagonist survived the fall! Atlantis has found it's audience. Agents of the SHIELD Feb. 4th Best Animated Short episode will be featuring Stan Lee in a juicy role. Ken said 47 Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden Ronin featuring Keeanu Reeves as a half- Samurai distracts Get a Horse! - Lauren McMullan and Dorothy McKim from the true story. He also didn't recommend Saving Mr. Banks. Mr. Hublot - Lauren Witz and Alexandre Espigares Frozen was recommended as fun but forgettable, based on Possessions - Shula Morita Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen. Ender's Game had Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Laucher mixed reviews, since it condenses several books into one, and the protagonist is older than in the books. Kim gave thumbs up to the Best Original Score new Grisham book, Sycamore Row. Peggy proposed that a book Gravity - Steven Price be chosen for discussion each meeting, even if we have time to Her -William Butler read only a few chapters. Mars, Inc. by Ben Bova will be our February book. In noting other good books, Peggy is rereading Best Original Song James Herriot's books, Dave Ratti is reading James P. Hogan, “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Pharrell Williams Bob is reading Pandemonium, sequel to Fragment, and Treasurer “Let It Go” from Frozen - Karen Anderson-Lopez and David Lussier is reading Under the Graveyard Sky by John Robert Lopez Ringo. Arthur is enjoying the Doctor Who comic, “The Girl Who “The Moon Song” from Her - Karen Orzolek and Spike Loved Dr. Who” by Paul Cornell who has also written three Jonze episodes of Doctor Who and several novels. Best Sound Editing This led into Juan's talk, given by Secretary Pat, about the best Gravity - Glenn Fremantle SF Books of 2013, which was well- received. The list was based The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge and on the io9’s 2013 Best Novels list. The list is below. Thanks to Chris Ward all for their edits and comments, and to President Peggy for a great first meeting. Best Sound Mixing Gravity - , , Christopher Benstead and  Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross  Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey (Daniel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher Abraham & Ty Franck) Boynes, Michael Hedges, , and Troy  The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Johnson  The Ocean at the End of the Lane by  NOS4A2 by Joe Hill  Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh Best Production Design Gravity - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Godwin, and Joanne  The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Woollard  The Best of All Possible Wolds by Karen Lord Her - K.K Barrett and Gene Serdena  Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie  London Falling by Paul Cornell

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Best Cinematography Swampcon Rising Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Makeup and Hairstyling Swampcon Rising was held at the Reitz Student Union The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny at the University of Florida on January 18-19, 2014. Richard Lee Byers and William Hatfield were Guests of Honor. Memberships Best Film Editing were free. Gravity –Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger The convention decided to place the artist alley and fan tables in the breezeway in front of the Student Union. On both Best Visual Effects days temperatures dipped into the 50s and it was windy. There Gravity – , Chris Lawrence, , and was not a lot of traffic in the breezeway and after a few hours Neil Corbould many of the groups that had tables decided to leave. Part of the The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug – , Eric Student Union were not available due to construction. Hopefully Saindon, David Clayton, and Eric Reynolds next year, the tables can be placed inside the building. – Chris Townsend, Guy Williams, , and Stone Hill, the group which puts on Necronomicon, did The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozeich, Edson several panels. The panels were on Doctor Who, the CW Williams, and network, the Marvel movie universe, Sherlock Holmes, and Star Star Trek: Into Darkness - , , Wars vs. Star Trek. The panel on the CW looked at the SF/ Ben Grossman, and /Superhero shows on the Network. These included Arrow, Supernatural, The Tomorrow People, The Originals, and Smallville. The Doctor Who panel allowed the panelists and audience to discuss the recent season and what they would like to see in the show’s future. The Marvel panel examined the recent 1706-24 Eva Rd. Marvel films. Etobicoke, ON CANADA M9C 2B2 Propeller Anime, and Orlando anime club, did 4 panels on Sunday. The panels covered supporting characters of anime, a January 29, 2014 death match between anime characters, the Best of 2013, and the Best of 1990s. Dear OASFiSians: The Best of 2013 included the following anime:

Many thanks for the January Event Horizon, and it’s much  Attack on Titan – In an alternate world, humans are on the bigger than the usual! It’s got to be full of pictures…let’s see verge of extinction due to man-eating giants. A young boy what I can say about them. grows up to fight back with his friends.  Little Witch Academia – A crowd source funded short film Looks like 2013 was a great year for most fans, and 2014 holds about a witch school. lots of promise. I sincerely hope it does for me… the job hunt  Kill La Kill – A girl searches for her father’s killer with a continues ever onwards. Not many jobs for me are there to apply sentient school uniform and a scissor blade in a post- to. However, time for more searching, and hopes that the spring apocalyptic future. will be a little better. And, a little warmer wouldn’t hurt.  Yowapeda – A high school freshmen discovers his talent as bike rider and joins the school’s cycling team My first memories of were going to Chicon IV in  Kick-Heart – A story of love in the world of wrestling. 1982, and almost immediately running into Forry Ackerman… The Best of 1990s included: several times over the five days of the convention. I think your most enjoyable Worldcon is your first one. My favorite personal  Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water – Jewel thieves tries to Worldcon moment was going up on stage in Montréal in 2009 to steal a pendant from a mysterious young girl in this announce a Hugo, followed by being nominated for a Hugo in steampunk world. 2010.  Ghost in the Shell – A cyberpunk mystery with a cyborg protagonist who questions her humanity. Juan, the .pdf I downloaded says that there is 60 pages in it. In  Neon Genesis Evangelion – Teenagers pilot mecha to going through it, I am finding that the issue has six pages in it, defend humanity from giant monsters. A good combination and the .pdf contains ten copies of this six-page zine. Definitely of action and teen angst. very odd, but that’s okay. Thanks for this issue, and see you with  Macross Plus – Two pilots are testing new airplanes. Their the next one. rivalry takes a new level when they compete for the affections of an idol singer. Yours, Lloyd Penney  Golden Boy – A happy go lucky 20 something goes from job to job having fun adventures with attractive women. Sorry about the file you got Lloyd. That is the mailing file I use  Revolutionary Girl Utena – A tomboy wants to become a for the hardcopies I send out. It has been fixed. Thank You. (Continued on page 5) Page five February 2014

(Continued from page 4)  Perfect Blue – A young idol singer tries to transition to an prince and goes to a surreal high school. acting career while being stalked by a crazy fan.  Princess Mononoke – A cursed prince searches for a cure to his curse and discovers a conflict between a wolf-girl and For each of the presentations, the opening credits or in trailers town. Nature is out of balance and it must be restored. were shown.  Cowboy Bebop – Bounty hunters trying to make ends meet and not get killed. This is set in time when the solar system The convention was well attended and covered several is well colonized. fandoms. Next year I may submit some literary programming items for consideration. Swampcon Rising

Clockwise starting at the upper left The CW panel: Amber Hollingsworth, Ann Morris, Michael Hinaman, and Victoria Meredith (left to right) Kent Ward and Shamus Oddish(left to right) of Propeller Anime discuss the best anime of the 1990s A Slytherin student, A local Ghostbuster team with containment unit and friend Catwoman and Joker in masquerade dress OASFiS PO Box 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323

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