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Volume 17, Issue 6 December / January ConNotations 2007 / 2008 The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society A Conversation with Featured Inside Alan Dean Foster Regular Features Special Features by Catherine Book SF Tube Talk A Conversation with I’ve met Alan All the latest news about Alan Dean Foster several times over Scienc Fiction TV shows by Catherine Book the past few years by Lee Whiteside and it belatedly Delving Into James Sallis occurred to me 24 Frames by Shane Shellenbarger that he would All the latest Movie News probably give by Lee Whiteside An American in Canada - Part 8 great interview. He by Jeffrey Lu was appearing at Gamers Corner the Arizona Book New and Reviews from Plus Festival this past the gaming world April and agreed CASFS Business Report to spend a few Videophile Editorials minutes with me. Reviews of genre releases Our readers share their thoughts And I was right…. on DVD I’ve always FYI been impressed Screening Room News and tidbits of interest to fans with how well- Reviews of current theatrical releases Club Listings traveled Alan is. Once he emailed me from for the past 26 years…with the exception MangaZone Palau. So, why, I wondered, did he choose of being close to sea for Alan; but since Reviews of Manga and Comics Convention List & to live in Prescott, Arizona? He was raised he travels frequently, he does get to the Generic Registration Form in LA, met his wife in California and she ocean from time to time. In Our Book was from Texas so it was a bit of a So, with all the places he’s been to in Reviews of New SF/F Books challenge to find a location that was a the last forty years, what’s left to interest CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT good compromise. It had to be mild him? He’s planning a trip to the Yap Musty Tomes climate all year long with the possibility of outer islands in Micronesia – pretty Reviews of Classic Genre books http://www.casfs.org/ConNotations/ finding a Victorian-era home with no much off the beaten path. Did he ever get tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes or to West Papua to see the Tasmanian Words of Wozdom FOR UP TO DATE INFO AND MOVIE mudslides. Prescott was featured in an wolf? Unfortunately, the local political An Eclectic Column of Musings REVIEWS BETWEEN ISSUES Arizona Highways issue and attracted climate kept him away. by M Wozny them. It turned out to be all they wanted ( Continued on page 8 ) ConNotations Non-Profit Org. 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