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SHUTTLE April 2000 Our 20Th Year of Publication The SHUTTLE April 2000 Our 20th Year of Publication The Next NASFA Meeting will be 15 April 2000 at the Regular Time and Location Oyez, Oyez Bradbury Play in The next NASFA meeting will be 15 April 2000 at the Production regular time (6P) and the regular location (room 130 of the Madison City Municipal Building). Jack Lundy sends word that a new play based on the work The April program will be David Pettus speaking on Doc of Ray Bradbury is being produced at the Ritz Theater in Savage. David is a new NASFA member but has been a fan for Sheffield AL. ÒThe World of Ray Bradbury,Ó a showcase of many years. He promises visual aids (books and art) at the seven separate Bradbury works he adapted for the stage, is set meeting plus a pointer to a Doc Savage web site. to run 19Ð21 May. The April after-the-meeting meeting will be at Russell Bradbury was quoted in the Florence Times/Daily McNuttÕs house Ñ 902 Drake Avenue SE. ThatÕs east on as saying ÒI love the immediacy of the theater. Drake from the Parkway, past Whitesburg. The house is ItÕs incredibly rewarding to have flesh-and-blood actors roughly across from Randolph School and has a circular drive. act out characters youÕve had in your head for years.Ó Call Russell at 650-3195 or show up at the club meeting to get He also said he hopes to be on hand for the May 21 perform- more exact directions. ance. First ConCom Meeting in May Co-chair Mike Cothran has announced that the first held in May at a time and place to be decided. This will not be Con Stellation XIX: Virgo con committee meeting will be an eating meeting. Inside this IssueÉ Special Award News Section Tennessee Renaissance Festival News ...........................2 Nebula Awards ........................................................4 NASFA Calendar............................................................2 Chesley Awards.......................................................4 Minutes of the March Meeting .......................................2 Stoker Awards .........................................................5 NASFA Receivables .......................................................3 More Award News ..................................................6 Book Review ..................................................................3 Letters of Comment ........................................................6 Deadline for the May 2000 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 28 April 2000. 1 JUNE Tennessee Renaissance 11 BD: Rhett Mitchell. 14 Flag Day. Festival 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. The annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival is coming in 18 FatherÕs Day. May. The festival will be open every Saturday and Sunday in 28Ð02 SFRA 2000 Ñ Cleveland OH. May, plus Memorial Day 29Ð02 Dragon*Con 2000 Ñ Atlanta GA. (29 May) and Friday 5 May for ÒSchool Day.Ó JULY Admission is $12 for 01 Canada Day. adults, $5 for children 02 BD: Deb Stone. 5Ð12, free for younger 04 Independence Day. children. Season passes are 06 BD: Mary Axford. $40. (Add tax to all prices.) 08Ð09 2000 J. W. Campbell Conference Ñ Lawrence KS. The festival is located 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the between Franklin and Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. Murfreesboro TN on 24 BD: Jay Johns. Highway 96 near Triune. 28Ð30 Rivercon XXV Ñ Louisville KY. This is the final For more information Rivercon. contact Mike Freeman 29 BD: Mark Paulk. 615-395-9950. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large NASFA Calendar nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) APRIL The regular meeting location is room 130 of the Madison City 01 April FoolÕs Day. Municipal Building. The Executive Committee meeting (if 03 BD: Kevin Ward. scheduled) is held at 5P. The business meeting is held at 6P. 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the The program begins at 7P. Anyone is welcome to attend any of Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM at Russell the meetings. There is usually an after-the-meeting meeting McNuttÕs house (see page 1 for address and direc- with directions available at the program. tions). 15 BD: Uncle Timmy. 16 Palm Sunday. 20 Passover. March Minutes 21 Good Friday. by Samuel A. Smith, fluid 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. 23 Easter. The March meeting of the North Alabama Science Fiction 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. Association was called to order on Saturday, March 18, 2000 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. in Room 130 in the Madison City Municipal Building at 6:19P by President Anita Eisenberg. Barney remains the smashee of MAY honor Ñ our sacrificial Ewoks are firmly entrenched in Mike 11Ð14 World Horror Con 2000 Ñ Denver CO. and MarieÕs home. 13* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at the OLD BUSINESS Madison City Municipal Building. ATMM TBD. Randy Cleary: Remember to donate for the auction later NOTE: This meeting date was advanced one this year. week due to conflict with DSC. Anita Eisenberg: I forgot the crickets! (Chirp!) 14 BD: Debbie Hughes. At this point, it was noted that we need to hold a (co-)chair 14 MotherÕs Day. election for the 2001 Con Stellation. After considerable dis- 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. cussion and a truly incredible amount of digression, Marie 19Ð21 Son of BeachCon/DeepSouthCon 38 Ñ Jeckyll Island McCormack was elected to the post as sole chair of GA. Con Stellation XX, in an 8Ð4 victory over Mike Kennedy. 19Ð21 Nebula Awards Weekend Ñ New York NY. NEW BUSINESS 19 BD: David O. Miller. Incoming eggs! 20 Armed Forces Day. CONVENTION BUSINESS 20 BD: Mike Glicksohn. There was much discussion of possible guests for this 22 Victoria Day. yearÕs Con Stellation. We are still lacking an Artist Guest of 26Ð28 LibertyCon 14 Ñ Chattanooga TN. Honor, and an MC. (Any volunteers?) 26Ð28 Oasis 13 Ñ Orlando FL. Mike Cothran announced that Con Committee meetings 26Ð29 TachyCon 11 Ñ Orlando FL. for this yearÕs Con Stellation would begin in April. 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. ANNOUNCEMENTS 29 Memorial Day. We have received our annual ÒCareÓ package from 2 Baen Books (Thanks Toni!), containing: A Civil The meeting was adjourned at 7:00P. The program was to Campaign, Apocalypse Troll, Earthweb, Worlds of Honor, be on comic books, but the guest speaker didnÕt show. The Change of Command, Borderlands of Science, and Cradle substitute program was ÒHow to Draw, the Nancy Cucci Way.Ó of Saturn. Look for reviews in future issues of the NASFA The After-The-Meeting Meeting was held at Jim and Tracey Shuttle. KennedyÕs home. NASFA Receivables by Randy B. Cleary The following items were received by NASFA over the Memphis Science Fiction Association, P. O. Box 820534, last few months: Memphis TN 38182-0534; 901-664-6730; Bridge Publications, Inc. Promotional Material, Bridge < [email protected] > Ñ 10 pages of club Publications, Inc., 4751 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles CA information and book and con reviews. Neat cyborg girl on the 90029 Ñ Promotional flyers for the book, A Very Strange Trip cover. by Dave Wolverton, the movie Battlefield Earth, and the OASFiS Event Horizon 151, February & 152, March Writers of the Future contest. 2000, Leslie R. Hammes, The Orlando Area Science-Fiction De Profundis 327, January 2000, Scott Beckstead, c/o Society, P. O. Box 940992, Maitland FL 32792-0992; 407- The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 11513 Burbank 263-5822 Ñ February had 4 pages of club information. March Boulevard, North Hollywood CA 91601 Ñ 16 (digest) pages was 6 pages with part one of a short fiction piece by Dean S. of club happenings and a reading list. Warren. Fandom Directory 19 Order Flyer, FANDATA Publica- The Reluctant Famulus 55, Summer 1999, Tom Sadler, tions, 7614 Cervantes Court, Springfield VA 22153-1608; 1- 422 West Maple Avenue, Adrian, MI 49221-1627; 517-264- 888-FANDATA; < [email protected] >. 4115; < [email protected] > Ñ Issue 55 (in memory of Kronos March, April, 2000 D. A. Hussey, Middle Tennes- George ÒLanÓ Laskowski) had 77 pages of personal essays, see Science Fiction Society, 115 38th Avenue North, Nashville lots of art (color covers), book reviews, and many letters of TN 37209; < [email protected] >; < http:// comments. Hugo nomination quality. Check it out. www.geocities.com/area51/dimension/4242/ > Ñ These e- SFSFS Shuttle 140, Carlos Perez, February/March 2000, zines contained club information, fan news, science news, South Florida Science Fiction Society, P. O. Box 70143, Fort convention listings, and more. Lauderdale FL 33307-0143 Ñ 20 pages of essays, reviews, Memphen 264, February 2000, Greg Bridges, The club information, and letters of comments. Now, Now, Be Civil by Mike Kennedy A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold, Baen Books, Miles, being Miles, manages to screw up his great cam- 1999, Hardcover, ISBN 0-671-57827-8, 405pp, $24.00 paign to win EkaterinÕs heart, alienating her. More used to planning a battle or outwitting a clever political opponent, Though reviewed in the Shuttle only two months ago (by MilesÕ strategies arenÕt exactly suited to the more tender Jim Woosley) I couldnÕt resist putting in my two cents worth subject of love. But there is plenty else occurring to keep after I finished the book. The copy I have is one of the books his (and everyone elseÕs) attention. No space battles this kindly provided by Baen Books in their annual care package. time around, but political intrigue abounds in the (Of course, they arenÕt being entirely unselfish since these are background while love is front and center. The wedding of books they are promoting for the Hugo Awards.) Emperor Gregor Vorbarra is approaching and driving every- Though I have read a number of the books in BujoldÕs one to distraction.
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