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Te Shutle May 2013 The Next NASFA Meeting is Saturday 18 May 2013 in Conjunction With Picnic

ConCom Meeting also 18 May; see below for details

Please check the below the Table of Contents each d Oyez, Oyez d month to submit news, reviews, LoCs, or other material. We will generally need to enforce that deadline strictly. The next NASFA Meeting will be at Saturday 18 May PROGRAMS AND ATMMs 2013 but not at the regular time or location. The May meeting Future programs include: will be subsumed into the More-Or-Less Annual NASFA Pic- • June: TBD. nic/Cookout. That will start at 2P at Sam & Judy Smith’s house • July: Field trip to the Von Braun Astronomical Society Plane- and last until they kick us out of their house. See the map on tarium for “Life in page 2 for directions. the Universe” with Gena Crook. Stay tuned for further de- MAY PROGRAM & ATMM tails. The May program and After-The-Meeting Meeting will also • August: “Adding Bling to Your Costume” with Angela from be subsumed into the Cookout/Picnic. Sci-Quest . CONCOM MEETINGS • September: The More-Or-Less Annual NASFA Auction. The next Con†Stellation XXXII concom meeting will be Please start saving stuff to donate. Saturday 18 May 2013 during the Picnic/Cookout; check with • October: Con†Stellation XXXII Post-Mortem. Mary & Doug Lamper for details. • November: Max Rosenthal, a former manager on the Hubble The general plan going forward will be to have a concom program, shares personal stories and highlights of the Hubble meeting each club meeting Saturday, until we get close enough development and its remarkable pictures. to the con to need to accelerate that schedule. Generally these • December: Holiday Party (volunteer host(s) needed). will be at the church when possible, though see above for this We need ATMM volunteers for June and almost all future month’s plan. months. (November is tentatively spoken for, but otherwise it’s CHANGING SHUTTLE DEADLINES pretty much wide open.) The latest tweak to the NASFA Shuttle schedule shifted the FUTURE CLUB MEETING DATES usual repro date somewhat to the right (roughly the weekend Remaining scheduled NASFA meeting dates for 2013 are before each meeting) but much of each issue will need to be all the normal 3rd Saturday. As noted above, this month’s put to bed as much as two weeks before the monthly meeting. meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday, but will be incorporated Continuing Our 33rd Year of Publication

Inside this issue… NASFA Calendar ...... 3 News & Info ...... 2 Awards Roundup ...... 4 Minutes of the April Meeting ...... 2 DeepSouthCon Awards ...... 6 Map to Cookout/Picnic ...... 2 Letter of Comment ...... 7

Deadline for the June 2013 issue of The 1NASFA Shuttle is Monday 26 May 2013 into the More-or-Less Annual NASFA Picnic/Cookout. /duff2013.pdf>. JOINING THE NASFA EMAIL LIST IS ASIMOV HISTORICAL ENOUGH? All NASFANs who have email are urged to join the NASFA There’s a petition sponsored by Philadelphia Weekly up at email list, which you can do online at to convince the Penn- NASFAEmail>. The list is usually low traffic, though the rate sylvania Historical Marker Commission to put up a marker for is rather variable. Generally the list is limited to announce- the apartment in West Philly where lived from ments about club activities plus the occasional message of gen- 1942 to 1945. It’s been pointed out, though, that what may eral interest to north-Alabama sf/f/h/etc. fans. Non NASFAns really be needed is privately-raised funds to make and install are welcome to join the list, but please only do so if you’re the plaque should the commission be convinced. interested in the above restricted topics—posts unrelated to the COMIC CONVENTION DELAYED BY MANHUNT those purposes are strongly discouraged and could result in you The Boston Comic Con was being asked to leave the list. delivered a blow when the city of Boston went on lockdown NASFA CALENDAR ONLINE following the Boston Marathon bombings. It has been resched- NASFA has an online calendar on Google. Interested parties uled for 3–4 August 2013. can check the calendar online, but you can also subscribe to it SFWA ELECTION RESULTS, SERVICE AWARD and have your Outlook, iCal, BlackBerry, or other calendar Results of the and Writers of Amer- automatically updated as events (Club Meetings, Concom ica latest election have been announced. The Meetings, local sf/f events) are added or changed. You can incoming slate of officers (effective 1 July 2013) is view the calendar online at . President ...... Steven Gould Vice-President ...... Rachel Swirsky Secretary ...... Susan Forest Treasurer ...... Bud Sparhawk News & Info South/Central Regional Director...... Lee Martindale Overseas Regional Director ...... Tansy Rayner Roberts TAFF WINNER ANNOUNCED In separate SFWA news, Michael Payne has been selected Jim Mowatt won the 2013 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund race in for the 2013 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award. an east-to-west year and will travel to this year’s , Payne has been the coordinator for SFWA’s Circulating Book LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio. Mowatt received 91 votes ver- Plan for over 2 decades. This scheme circulates books among sus 16 for Theresa Derwin, 1 for Hold Over Funds and 13 for interested SFWA members, for the express purpose of helping No Preference. The full voting breakdown is available at the inform them as Nebula voters. TAFF website . DUFF VOTING OPEN Voting for the 2013 Down Under Fan Fund has opened. This is a south-to-north year so the nominees are from Australasia April Minutes and will travel to LoneStarCon 3. The vote is between Clare by Steve Sloan, Secretary, aka the Steve without pulps McDonald-Sims and Bill Wright, both of Australia. Full voting rules can be found on the ballots at

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2 Association was called to order on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in 10–12 Nashville Comic Con—Nashville TN. the Madison satellite location of Willowbrook Baptist Church 12 Mother's Day. at 6:16:40P by President Mary Lampert. We had a guest named 14 BD: Nancy Whittle. Steve, who brought a few classic science fiction pulps for the 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. club to look at. 17–19 MOBICON XVI—Mobile AL. OLD BUSINESS 18* Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—To be held in None. conjunction with the More-or-Less Annual NASFA NEW BUSINESS Cookout/Picnic at Judy and Sam Smith’s house. Sam had mail. Does anyone need coupons for Momma 18* NASFA Meeting—To be held in conjunction with the Goldberg’s Deli? He also received a card from Sparkle City More-or-Less Annual NASFA Picnic/Cookout at Sam Comics in New Jersey saying that they buy comics. and Judy Smith’s house. The Cookout/Picnic starts at There was a digression about who is a “brony.” The discus- 2P. sion prompted Doug to ask if we need to redo the geek hierar- 19 BD: David O. Miller. chy. Tracey asked Mike K. to write a column about it in the 20 Victoria Day. next Shuttle to educate her. [Such an article will have to wait, if 23–27 Game Fest—Atlanta GA. it ever happens at all. In the meantime, check out for version 2.0 of the chart in ques- 24–26 Oasis 25—Orlando FL. tion. -ED] 24–26 NashCon—Franklin TN. Sam reported that the concom (Con†Stellation convention 24–26 Phoenix Festival—Birmingham AL. committee meeting) discussed the Square credit card reader for 25 JABECon—Lebanon TN. smart phones. A credit card reader would allow the convention 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. to take credit cards, and also allow credit card payments for 27 Memorial Day. club-related stuff. According to Sam, the club and convention 29 BD: John F. Kennedy. bank accounts are currently with BB&T, and they have a better 31–02 ConCarolinas—Charlotte NC. credit card deal than Square’s. 31–02 Hamacon—Huntsville AL. The new Steve was introduced, and members of the club 31–02 Fanboy Expo—Knoxville TN. around the room introduced themselves to him. JUNE CONVENTION BUSINESS 01–02 Lolita Convention—Atlanta GA. Per tradition, Mike K. reported that “there will be a con” this 02 BD: Lloyd Penney. year. 06 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Some Kind of According to Doug, we now have a complete slate of guests. Fairy Tale, ; 6P. Our Guest of Honor will be Larry Correia, our Artist GoH will 07–09 Sci Fi Summer Con—Atlanta GA. be Kurt Miller, our Fan GoH will be Darrell Osborn, and our 08–09 Con Kasterborous—Huntsville AL. Mistress of Ceremonies will be Stephanie Osborn. 13 BD: Bill S. We have a flyer. 13–16 World Horror Convention—New Orleans LA. There was a digression about making sure Darrell “Doc” 14–16 Hypericon—Nashville TN. Osborn actually stays for panels this year since he’ll be a guest 14–16 EyeCon: Apocalypse—Atlanta GA. of honor. This eventually led to a discussion of Rocket City 14–16 Rocket City FurMeet—Huntsville AL. NOTE: Can- Rednecks and somebody in an alien costume. celled for 2013; to be rescheduled for 2014. Craig had no news about next year’s con. 14 Flag Day. Fortunately, the Alabama A&M homecoming will not be the 14 BD: Ali Scanland. same weekend as this year’s Con†Stellation, so we won’t have 15* Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—3P, at Wil- to compete for hotel rooms. lowbrook Madison. NOTE: Location is subject to con- Sam moved to adjourn at 6:31:03P. firmation; please stay tuned to email. For the program, Kevin “Fritz” Fotovitch ran his game 15* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Wil- “Fannish Family Feud.” The Redshirts family defeated the lowbrook Madison. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. Black Knights. Mary and Doug Lampert hosted the After-the- 15–16 Comic & Anime Con—Knoxville TN. Meeting Meeting at the meeting location at Willowbrook 16 Father's Day. Madison. 17 BD: Jeff Freeman. 21 Summer Solstice (20 June in Mountain time zone and westward). 21 BD: PieEyedDragon. NASFA Calendar 21–23 Anime Blues Con—Memphis TN. 24 St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec). MAY 28–30 LibertyCon 25—Chattanooga TN. 01 Día del Trabajo. 28–30 Seishun-Con—Atlanta GA. 01 BD: Russell McNutt. 29-30 Creation: Star Trek—Nashville TN. 02 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Falling Free, 29-30 Bayoucon—Lake Charles LA. Lois McMaster Bujold; 6P. JULY 03–05 Outlantacon/Gaylaxicon—Atlanta GA. 01 Canada Day. 04 Collectors Showcase—Knoxville TN. 02 BD: Deb Stone. 05 Cinco de Mayo. 04 Independence Day. 05 Easter (Orthodox). 05–08 Discworld Convention—Baltimore MD. 06 May Day. 09 Nunavut Day. 10 Día de la Madre. 11 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: The Bloody 3 Chamber and Other Stories, Angela Carter; 6P. Best Fan Correspondent ...... Robert Lichtman 12–14 Anime Southeast—Sevierville TN. Best Fanzine Cover ...... Banana Wings #50, Dan Steffan 12–14 Sweet Apple Con—Nashville TN. Number One Fan Face ...... Dan Steffan 18–21 Play On Con 6—Birmingham AL. Best Fan Website ...... , Bill Burns 20* Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—3P, at Wil- Lifetime Achievement Award ...... Elinor Busby lowbrook Madison. NOTE: Location is subject to con- CLARKE AWARD ANNOUNCED firmation; please stay tuned to email. Chris Beckett is the winner of the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke 20* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Wil- Award for Dark Eden (Corvus). The lowbrook Madison. Program: VBAS Planetarium, “Life announcement was made 1 May 2013 at a ceremony during the in the Universe,” Gena Crook. ATMM: TBD. SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival . 20 Nashville Anime Day—Murfreesboro TN. The prize included a £2013 cash award and a commemorative 24 BD: Jay Johns. engraved bookend. 26–28 Fandomfest—Louisville KY. WINNERS 26-28 Fright Night Film Fest—Louisville KY. The winners of the 2013 Ditmar Awards (for Australian sf writing and related activity) 29 BD: Mark Paulk. have been announced. The winners are: AUGUST Novel ...... Sea Hearts, (Allen & Unwin) 01 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Left Hand of Novella or Novelette ...... “Sky,” Kaaron Warren Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin; 6P. (Through Splintered Walls) 05 Civic Holiday (Canada). Short Story ...... “The Wisdom of Ants,” Thoraiya Dyer 08 BD: Jim Woosley. (Clarkesworld December 2012) 12 BD: Sue Thorn. Collected Work ...... Through Splintered Walls, 14 BD: Edward Kenny. Kaaron Warren (Twelfth Planet) 16–17 OnyxCon—Atlanta GA. Artwork ...... Kathleen Jennings, cover art for 17* Con†Stellation XXXII Concom Meeting—3P, at Wil- Midnight and Moonshine (Ticonderoga) lowbrook Madison. Fan Writer ...... Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work 17* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Wil- including reviews in Not If You Were The Last Short Story lowbrook Madison. Program: “Adding Bling to Your On Earth Costume,” Angela (Sci-Quest). ATMM: TBD. Fan Artist ...... Kathleen Jennings, for body of work 21 BD: Deborah Denton. including “The Game” and “The Tamsyn Webb 29–02 LoneStarCon 3 -- San Antonio TX. Sketchbook” 30–02 Dragon*Con—Atlanta GA. Fan Publication in Any Medium ...... The Writer and 31–02 Mephit Furmeet—Memphis TN. the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO New Talent ...... David McDonald The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on the William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review ...... third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large nearby Tansy Rayner Roberts, for “Historically Authentic Sexism convention being held that weekend—in which case we often in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That.” (Tor.com) move the meeting to the second or fourth weekend.) The regu- EDGAR AWARD WINNERS lar meeting location is the Madison campus of Willowbrook Winners of the 2013 Edgar Awards winners were announced Baptist Church, (old Wilson Lumber Company build- by the Mystery Writers of America ing)—7105 Highway 72W. The Executive Committee meeting at a banquet 2 May 2013 at the NYC Grand Hyatt Hotel. Some (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business meeting is at 6P. The pro- sf/f/h genre works were among the winners, though of course gram is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to attend any of the meet- the exact crossover is a matter of opinion. The full list of win- ings. There is usually an after-the-meeting meeting with direc- ners can be seen online at . CRISPIN NAMED IAMTW GRANDMASTER The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has named Ann C. Crispin as the recipient Awards Roundup of their 2013 Grandmaster Award (aka the Faust). Her work has included novels in several universes including Alien, Pirates of FAAn AWARDS GIVEN the Caribbean, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starbridge, V, and Witch The 2013 Fan Activity Achievement Awards were presented World. at Corflu XXX , held 3–5 May 2013 at SCRIBE AWARD NOMS the Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center in Portland Speaking of the IAMTW, they have announced the nominees OR. The awards are oriented toward fanzines and related fan for the 2013 Scribe Awards for excellence in media tie-in writ- activity. The winners were: ing. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at Comic- Best Fanzine, Single Issue ...... Trap Door #29, Con to be held 18–21 July in San Robert Lichtman, ed. Diego CA. By category the nominees are: Best Personal Fanzine ...... A Meara for Observers, Scribe Award Original Novel Noms Mike Meara, ed. Star Trek: Rings of Time, Greg Cox Best Genzine or Collaboration ...... Chunga, Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling , Robert Jeschonek Randy Byers, Andy Hooper, and carl juarez, eds. Star Trek: The Persistence of Memory, David Mack Best Fan Writer ...... Andy Hooper Darksiders: The Abomination Vault, Ari Marmell Best Fan Artist ...... Dan Steffan Pathfinder: City of the Fallen Sky, Tim Pratt Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Dungeons and Dragons: Online Skein of Shadow, Marsheila 4 Rockwell Minto Suite Hotel in Ottawa ON, 4–6 October 2013. By cate- Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die!, Mikey Spillane andMax Collins gory the nominees are: Scribe Award Adapted Novel Noms Aurora Noms Best Novel—English Clockwork Angels, Kevin Anderson Destiny’s Fall, Marie Bilodeau (Dragon Moon Press) Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Greg Cox Thunder Road, Chadwick Ginther (Ravenstone Books) Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (YA novelization), Stacia Food for the Gods, Karen Dudley (Ravenstone Books) Deutsch The Silvered, Tanya Huff (DAW Books, Inc.) Poptropica: Astroknights Island, Tracey West Triggers, Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada) Scribe Award Audio Noms Healer’s Sword: Part 7 of the Okal Rel Saga, Lynda Williams, Dark Shadows :The Eternal Actress, Nev Fountain (EDGE) Dark Shadows: Dress Me in Dark Dreams, Marty Ross Aurora Noms Best YA Novel—English : Companion Chronicles Project Nirvana, Cavan The Calling, Kelley Armstrong (Harper Teen) Scott Above, Leah Bobet (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic) STURGEON & CAMPBELL NOMS Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1), Finalists have been announced for the 2013 John W. Camp- (Razorbill Canada) bell (for best science-fiction novel of the year) and the Theo- Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow (TOR Teen) dore Sturgeon (for best short science fiction of the year) Me- Dissolve, Neil Godbout (Bundoran Press) morial Awards. The awards will be announced and presented at Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero, Michell Plested (Five Rivers) a banquet during the Campbell Conference to be held 13–16 July 2013 at “Happily Ever After,” Marie Bilodeau (When the Villain Comes the University of Kansas and the Oread Hotel in Lawrence KS. Home, Dragon Moon Press) John W. Campbell Noms “Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop,” Suzanne Church (Clarkesworld The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit) #68, May 2012) Any Day Now, Terry Bisson (Overlook) “Delta Pi,” Matt Moore (Torn Realities, Post Mortem Press) Existence, David Brin (Tor) “Knights Exemplar,” Al Onia (On Spec #90, Fall 2012) The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross “The Walker of the Shifting Borderland,” Douglas Smith (On (Tor) Spec #90, Fall 2012) Empty Space, M. John Harrison (Night Shade) Aurora Noms Best Poem/Song—English Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit) “Hold Fast,” Leah Bobet (Strange Horizons, 11 June 2012) Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey) “Zombie Descartes Writes a Personal Ad,” Carolyn Clink (Tes- The Fractal Prince, Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor) seracts Sixteen, EDGE) Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds (Ace) “A sea monster tells his story,” David Clink (The Literary Re- Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer, Adam Roberts (Gollancz) view of Canada, July/August 2012) 2312, (Orbit) “Roc,” Sandra Kasturi (Come Late to the Love of Birds, Tight- Slow Apocalypse, John Varley (Ace) rope Books) , G. Willow Wilson (Grove Press) “The Ghosts of Birds,” Helen Marshall (Phantom Drift 2: Theodore Sturgeon Noms Valuable Estrangements, Wordcraft of Oregon) “Things Greater Than Love,” Kate Bachus (Strange Horizons Aurora Noms Best Graphic Novel—English 19 March 2012) Raygun Gothic GMB Chomichuk (Alchemical Press) “Immersion,” Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld June 2012) Goblins, Tarol Hunt (webcomic) “Scattered Along the River of Heaven,” Aliette de Bodard West of Bathurst, Kari Maaren (webcomic) (Clarkesworld January 2012) Weregeek, Alina Pete (webcomic) “The Grinnell Method,” (Strange Horizons 3 Sep- Looking for Group, Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza (web- tember 2012 and 10 September 2012) comic) After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress Aurora Noms Best Related Work—English (Taychon) On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society “The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future,” Jay Lake Shanghai Steam, Ace Jordyn, Calvin D. Jim, and Renée Ben- (Subterranean Spring 2012) nett, eds. (EDGE) “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” (- Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing, speed August 2012) Sandra Kasturi and Halli Villegas, eds. (ChiZine Publica- “Mono No Aware,” Ken Liu (The Future Is Japanese) tions) “Nahiiku West,” Linda Nagata (Analog October 2012) Hair Side, Flesh Side, Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications) Eater of Bone, Robert Reed (PS Publishing) Blood and Water, Hayden Trenholm, ed. (Bundoran Press) “The Peak of Eternal Light,” Bruce Sterling (Edge of Infinity) Aurora Noms Best Artist “(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky,” E. Catherine Richard Bartrop, illustrations for fiction on Reality Skimming Tobler (Clarkesworld November 2012) blog An additional prospective finalist (“Close Encounters,” Andy GMB Chomichuk, Raygun Gothic (Alchemical Press) Duncan (The Pottawottamie Giant)) was removed from con- Costi Gurgu, cover art for Inner Diverse (Starfire World Syndi- sideration by Duncan, a juror. cate) NOMS Michelle Milburn, cover art for Gathering Storm and Healer’s Nominees for the 2013 Aurora Awards (for sf/f/etc. works Sword, (EDGE) and activities by Canadians) have been announced. The awards Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications are voted on by members of the and Aurora Noms Best Fan Publication Fantasy Association. They will be presented at Can-Con 2013 In Places Between: The Robyn Herrington Short Story Contest, (hosting Canvention 33), to be held at the Renée Bennett, ed. 5 Winners will be announced at 24 , to be held 11–14 July 2013 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. The nominees are: The Rebel Award (for fannish activity) and the Phoenix Shirley Jackson Novel Noms Award (for professional sf/f activity) are traditional awards Immobility, (Tor) given out by DeepSouthCon and are governed by the DSC Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishers) Bylaws. These are lifetime achievement awards (though it is The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (ROC) perfectly possible to win both if one has both pro and fan The Devil in Silver, Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau) credentials). Multiple awards can be given. They can be Edge, Koji Suzuki (Vertical, Inc.) summarized as being for the fans or pros who has done the Shirley Jackson Novella Noms most for Southern Fandom. 28 Teeth of Rage, Ennis Drake (Omnium Gatherum Media) The Ruble Award is not given by DSC, but is traditionally I’m Not Sam, Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee (Sinister Grin at that con. It is a tongue-in-cheek award (usually, but not Press/Cemetery Dance Publications) always, given with a good measure of affection) for the per- The Indifference Engine, Project Itoh (Haikasoru/VIZ Media son who has done the most to Southern Fandom. LLC) This year’s DeepSouthCon 51 was held in conjunction Delphine Dodd, S.P. Miskowski (Omnium Gatherum Media) with JordanCon V , held 19–21 April “Sky,” Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls, Twelfth 2013 at the Doubletree Hotel in Roswell GA. Award winners Planet Press) were: Shirley Jackson Novelette Noms Rebel Award ...... Regina Kirby and M. Lee Rogers “Wild Acre,” Nathan Ballingrud (Visions Fading Fast, Pen- Phoenix Award ...... James Oliver Rigney, Jr (aka Robert dragon Press) Jordan); posthumous; accepted by his wife Harriet McDougal “The Wish Head,” (Crackpot Palace, William Ruble Award ...... Pat Gibbs Morrow) “The Crying Child,” Bruce McAllister (originally “The Bleed- Space Cadet, R. Graeme Cameron, ed. ing Child,” Cemetery Dance #68) Reality Skimming blog, Michelle Carraway, content coordina- “The House on Ashley Avenue,” Ian Rogers (Every House is tor Haunted, ChiZine Publications) Speculating Canada blog, Derek Newman-Stille, ed. “Reeling for the Empire,” Karen Russell (Tin House, Winter BCSFAzine, Felicity Walker, ed. 2012) Broken Toys, Taral Wayne, ed. Shirley Jackson Short Fiction Noms Aurora Noms Best Fan Filk “How We Escaped Our Certain Fate,” Dan Chaon (21st Cen- Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Concert at FilKONtario 22 tury Dead, St. Martin’s) Debs & Errol (Deborah Linden and Errol Elumir), Songs in the “Little America,” Dan Chaon (Shadow Show: All New Stories Key of Geek CD in Celebration of , William Morrow) Brooke Lunderville, International Guest of Honour Concert at “A Natural History of Autumn,” Jeffrey Ford (Magazine of Consonance Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2012) Kari Maaren, Body of Work “Bajazzle,” Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Concert at NEFilk 22 ConCertino 2012 Press) Aurora Noms Best Fan Organizational “Two Houses,” (Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Evelyn Baker, Amy De Ruyte, and Peter Halasz, Executive Celebration of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow) Committee of WFC Toronto, 2012 “The Magician’s Apprentice,” Tamsyn Muir ( Andrew Gurudata, Organizing the Constellation Awards, To- #359) ronto Shirley Jackson Collection Noms Sandra Kasturi, Helen Marshall, and, James Bambury, Co- The Woman Who Married a Cloud, (Subterra- Chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series, Toronto nean Press) Sandra Kasturi and Laura Marshall. Co-Chairs, Toronto The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories, (PS SpecFic Colloquium: Beyond the Human Publishing) Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Col- Windeye, Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press) lide, Calgary Crackpot Palace, Jeffrey Ford (William Morrow) Aurora Noms Best Fan Related Work Errantry, (Small Beer Press) Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards Remember Why You Fear Me, (ChiZine Pub- voter package lications) Helen Marshall, “The Book is Dead; Long Live the Book!”: Shirley Jackson Anthology Noms Some Thoughts on the Coming of eBooks, lecture at the 21st Century Dead, , ed. (St. Martin’s) 2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium Night Shadows, Greg Herren and J.M. Redmann, eds. (Bold Michael Matheson, compilation and maintenance of the Can Strokes Books) Spec Fic List Black Wings II, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS Publishing) Lloyd Penney, for fanwriting and letter and article writing for Exotic Gothic 4: Postscripts #28/29, Danel Olson, ed. (PS Pub- fanzines and e-fanzines lishing) , “Hive Minds, Mind Hives” lecture at Toronto Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Brad- SpecFic Colloquium bury, Sam Weller and Mort Castle, eds. (William Morrow) SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMS LOCUS AWARDS NOMS Nominees for the 2012 Shirley Jackson Awards has shirleyjacksonawards.org> have been announced. The awards announced the “finalists” in the 15 or so category of the 2013 are named in honor of author Shirley Jackson (1916–1965). Locus Awards. Voting for these awards is conducted in a single 6 round, with the top 5 places in each category announced as Ah, there I am on the calendar again. June 2 is on a Sunday nominal finalists, even though the winner has been determined. this year, so I hope there will be the time and opportunity for Winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend, some celebrations. I will turn the tender age of 54. to be held 28–30 June 2013 in Seattle WA. Should there be more news to pass along, I will, but it is a The full list of nominees is too lengthy to print here, but can quiet time, and the weather here is starting to get really nice, be seen online at . of Steam on Queen, the street fair that has been EISNER AWARDS NOMS called the largest steampunk event in the world. Over 4300 Nominees for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards attended last year, we’re hoping for even more this year, and have been announced by Comic-Con International. The full list once again, we will be vendors there. of nominees (5–6 persons or works in each of almost 30 cate- That’s all for now, take care, and see you next issue. gories) is too lengthy to be printed here, but can be found on- line at . Nominations are by [Your assessment of the possible winners in this year’s World- jury. Final voting is by comics industry professionals. con and NASFiC votes is interesting, but I wonder if it’s cor- rect. You’re right that the Orlando Worldcon bid seems to have a more pop culture bent than any previous Worldcon, but I wonder if that is as much of a disadvantage as you might think. Letter of Comment It’s been several years since there was a competitive race (that is, one with two or more non-hoax bids). In the absence of such EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC-EMOC -EMOC competition, it’s hard to draw any firm conclusion on voting trends, but it’s my impression that Site Selection voting totals Lloyd Penney 1 May 2013 have generally gone up (though no where near as much as Hugo voting totals). A general increase in voters could dilute 1706-24 Eva Road resistance to a nontraditional bid. As for Helsinki, I believe Etobicoke ON their biggest drawback isn’t cost, distance, or even a possible Canada M9C 2B2 language barrier—it’s the perceived lack of experience of the committee in Worldcon-type/sized cons. In the NASFiC vote, It’s Mayday, and as the day progresses, I intend to get a lot of you’re certainly right that Phoenix has a major edge in experi- writing done today. I have the April Shuttle here, and it’s ence, or at least so it would appear. I’d not thought of NASFiC slightly past time to get a contribution in. in terms of geography before. While it’s true that most of the 10 Worldcon bids… I doubt we will be voting for any of the to date have been in the southern half of US (Seattle, in the Worldcon bids listed, but if I was a betting man, I think Spo- Pacific Northwest, being the most notable exception) it doesn’t kane would win for 2015. It’s someplace people haven’t been look to my Southern (or, if you prefer, Southeastern) eyes like before, the Orlando bid has a decided media/anime flavour to it there’s an exceptionally strong regional bias. Three NASFiCs which might turn some voters off, and as exotic as Helsinki have been in California (Los Angeles, San Diego, and Ana- sounds, I don’t think there’s a lot of people who could afford to heim). Two have been in the Southwest (Austin and Phoenix). go that far. A Detroit NASFiC is just down the highway from One has been in the lower Midwest (St. Louis MO/Collinsville me, but we’ve supported past bids, and NASFiC seem to be a IL). That leaves three in what we think of around here as southern US phenomenon. Phoenix has a ton of experience of Southern states (Louisville KY, Atlanta GA, and Raleigh NC). staging major conventions of all interests, so I expect they will Atlanta was something of an anomaly—being hosted by win it. I have been told more about a Montreal in 2017 bid, and Dragon*Con—but I’m sure some of the others have their own as soon as I learn more about it, I will let you know. claim to anomaly-ness. It is something of a pity that here have I haven’t heard of any candidates for CUFF yet, in spite of been no NASFiCs in Canada (or, hmm... Mexico) but within this being the first day of voting. I will keep an ear open… the US the biggest regions in which no NASFiC has been held and if you haven’t seen the Aurora nominees yet, let me would be the Mountain West (assuming one doesn’t include know. Once again, I am a nominee for the Aurora for Best Arizona in that definition), the Northeast, and the upper Mid- Fan Related Work for letters of comment and articles for fan- west. Detroit would fit well in that latter definition and might zines and e-fanzines. garner some votes from those who wish diversity. -ED]

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