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Asfacts July11.Pub ASFACTS 2011 JULY “R AINSTORMS , N OT WILDFIRES ” I SSUE ROGERS & D ENNING HOSTING PRE -CON PARTY Patricia Rogers and Scott Denning will uphold a local fannish tradition when they host the Bubonicon 43 Pre-Con Party 7:30-10:30 pm Thursday, August 25, at their home in Bernalillo – located at 909 Highway 313. The easiest way to reach the house is north on I-25 to exit 242 east (Rio Rancho’s backdoor and the road to Greenberg held a doctorate in Political Science Cuba). At Highway 313, turn right to head north. Look (1969) and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green for the Country Store, the John Deere sign and Mile Bay until his retirement in 1996. He founded book pack- Marker 9. Their house is on the west side of the road, ager Tekno Books, which produces about 150 titles per with plenty of parking on the shoulder. year and has over 2,300 published books translated into In addition to socializing, attendees can help assem- 33 languages. Greenberg received four genre Lifetime ble the membership packets, and check out the 2011 con Achievement Awards: the Milford Award in science t-shirt with artwork by John Picacio. fiction, the Solstice award in science fiction, the Bram Please bring snacks and drinks to share, plus plates, Stoker award in horror, and the Ellery Queen award in napkins, cups and some ice. As with any hosted party, mystery. please help keep the house clean and in good shape! Working solo and with notable colleagues includ- ing Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, Greenberg ed- BUBONICON FRIEND AMONG ited scores of science fiction anthologies, as well as works in other genres and reference works. Notable aca- ANNOUNCED NEBULA WINNERS demic titles include the Writers of the Twenty First Cen- tury series of anthologies reprinting critical articles on The 2010 Nebula Awards were presented Saturday, writers, co-edited with Joseph D. Olander; and the May 21, in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, Through Science Fiction series, co-edited with Harvey held in Washington, DC. Among the winners were Bu- Katz and Patricia Warrick, intended for teachers. bonicon friend Connie Willis of Colorado. Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis; No- UPCOMING ASFS M EETINGS vella: “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky; Novelette: “That • August 5, 2011: Preview of Bubonicon 43, a Di- Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James nosaur Lords update from Victor Milan, and an- Stone; Short Story (tie): “Ponies” by Kij Johnson and nouncements of Bubonicon 44 chair candidates. A “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison. week earlier than usual due to the Reno Worldcon. Ray Bradbury Award (screenplay): Inception ; An- • August 12: Bubonicon 43 Gofer Gathering. Be on dre Norton Award: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry hand to pick your work hours & receive bribes. Pratchett. • September 16: Bubonicon 43 & Reno Worldcon Alice Sheldon (aka James Tiptree, Jr.) and Michael reports. Also, election of the Bubonicon 44 chair if Whelan received the Solstice Award. John E. Johnston needed (voting rules will apply). Note: This meet- received the SFWA Service Award. ing is a week later than usual. • October 14: The election of 3 club officers, and something fun. Plus the Halloween issue of AS- ANTHOLOGIST GREENBERG DIES FACTS (deadline Sunday, October 9). • November 11: An interesting talk, we hope. Anthologist and academic Martin H(arry) Green- • December 9: Dessert Cook-Off and possible Holi- berg died June 25 after a long battle with cancer. He was day Film Shorts. Plus the annual issue of SithFacts . 70 years old. Craig Chrissinger, normal editor. Darth Vader, guest editor each December. Please Send All Correspondence to — PO Box 37257, Albuquerque, NM 87176-7257. Phone: (505) 266-8905. E-mail: [email protected]. ASFACTS published February, April, July & October for the Albuq SF Society. SITH FACTS out each December. NEXT DEADLINE : Sun, Oct 9. Club Officers: Kevin Hewett & Craig Chrissinger, co-Zec Secs (505) 266-8905. Jessica Coyle, Moderator. Harriet Engle, Al- ternator. HAL 9000, Advisor. Bubonicon Co-Chairs: Kristen Dorland (505) 459-8734 & Craig Chrissinger. Rats! Don’t Panic. A full obituary will appear in the August 2011 issue 12, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa of Locus . Ave NE (between San Mateo and San Pedro, south of Montgomery). All attending volunteer workers at this meeting will receive some kind of goodies, be it choco- 2011 LOCUS AWARDS NAMED late, a t-shirt or other promotional materials. The winners of the 2011 Locus Awards were an- If interested, please email Julie Pascal at nounced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in [email protected]. Seattle WA, June 24-26. Full coverage of the ceremony will run in the August 2011 issue of Locus . JOEL ROSENBERG DIES The winners are: Best Science Fiction Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Author Joel Rosenberg died June 2 following respi- Connie Willis; Best Fantasy Novel: Kraken by China ratory problems that led to a heart attack, brain damage Miéville; Best First Novel: The Hundred Thousand and organ failure. He was 57 years old. Rosenberg is Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin; Best Young Adult Book: best known for his Guardians of the Flame fantasy se- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. ries, but he wrote nearly 30 books, including SF and Best Novella: The Lifecycle of Software Objects by mysteries. Ted Chiang; Best Novelette: “The Truth Is a Cave in the Rosenberg’s first story was “Like Gentle Rains” in Black Mountains” by Neil Gaiman; Best Short Story: Asimov’s (1982), and his first novel was The Sleeping “The Thing About Cassandra” by Neil Gaiman; Best Dragon , beginning the Guardians of the Flame series Magazine: Asimov’s ; Best Book Publisher: Tor; Best about roleplaying gamers drawn into a fantasy world, Anthology: Warriors edited by George R.R. Martin & which continued for nine more volumes 1983-2003. Gardner Dozois; Best Collection: Fritz Leiber: Selected Other series include the Keepers of the Hidden Ways Stories by Fritz Leiber. trilogy, the Metzada series, the D’Shai sequence, the Best Editor: Ellen Datlow; Best Artist: Shaun Tan; Mordred’s Heirs series, and the Sparky Hemingway Best Non-Fiction Book: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue mysteries. with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Born May 1, 1954 in Winnipeg, Canada, Rosenberg Curve by William H. Patterson, Jr.; and Best Art Book: grew up in North Dakota and Connecticut, and attended Spectrum 17 edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner. the University of Connecticut. He was also well known as a gun instructor and 2nd Amendment activist. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Felicia Herman, and HELP NEEDED AT BUBONICON their two daughters. See the July issue of Locus for a It’s true! Volunteers or “gofers” are needed to help complete obituary. out at Bubonicon 43 the weekend of August 26-28 at the Sheraton Albuq Airport Hotel. We’re looking for people GENRE BOOKS STILL DISCUSSED who can donate three, five or even 10 hours of their time during the con to help things run smoothly and give the The Droids & Dragons SF Book Group meets 7:30 committee workers much needed breaks from time to pm Monday, July 18, in the greeting cards area of Page time. One to discuss Territory , a western fantasy by Emma It should be noted that some positions require the Bull. The group then focuses on Nebula-nominated M.K. handling of money, so don’t volunteer for those if you’re Hobson’s The Native Star on August 15. uncomfortable doing so. And we will be checking Meetings of D&D are open to all interested readers badges at doors to on the third Monday of each month. Books for discus- meeting rooms, the sion are chosen two months in advance, and group mem- gaming space and the bers receive a 20% discount on selected novels. For con suite this year. more information, contact Yvonne at [email protected] Volunteer workers will or Craig at 266-8905. receive some sort of promo swag, and be in a drawing for addi- MYTHOPOEIC FINALISTS ANNOUNCED tional goodies! The Mythopoeic Society announced the 2011 My- The Volunteers thopoeic Award Finalists in late May. Winners will be (Gofers) Organizational announced at Mythcon 42, to be held July 15-18 in Al- Meeting will take place buquerque, NM, at the MCM Elegante Hotel. 7:30 pm Friday, August Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature: Page 2 ASFACTS , July 2011 Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay, Redemption in In- TH digo by Karen Lord, The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia CHUCK BACK FOR 5 SEASON A. McKillip, A Cup of Normal by Devon Monk, and NBC got the jump on all the networks mid-May by Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn. announcing its 2011-2012 fall and midseason television Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Litera- schedule. As expected, the network picked up new ture: Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher, I shows Grimm and Awake , along with renewing Chuck Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett, The Grimm for a fifth and final season of 13 episodes. Legacy by Polly Shulman, Toads and Diamonds by However, there were some surprises. Chuck has Heather Tomlinson, and The Queen’s Thief series: The been moved to Fridays at 7 pm MST, followed by the Thief, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia and A fairy-tale-laden Grimm at 8 pm. As for Inception -esque Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner. Awake , it's planned for midseason. Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies: “We wanted to do some reinvigorating on Friday Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien ed- night,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Green- ited by Bradford Lee Eden, Tolkien on Fairy-stories: blatt, during a conference call with journalists.
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