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The SHUTTLE September 2001 The Next NASFA Meeting Ð 15 September 2001 Ð is the Annual NASFA Picnic/Cookout { Oyez, Oyez { Remaining Con Stellation The next NASFA meeting will be 15 September 2001. XX ConComs Set This will be the annual NASFA picnic/cookout. Note that the location has changed since earlier announcements Ñ see the The remaining con committee meetings for Con Stellation separate article. XX have been set. Meetings will take place 13 September, 27 There will also be a September Birthday Party on the September, 11 October, and 18 October 2001. The last of these 15th, at the Cucci-Pietruszka estate. Again, see the separate is the meeting at the hotel the Thursday before the convention. article for details. The rest of them will be eating meetings at Mike KennedyÕs Due to the length of our Worldcon report in this issue, we house. will be holding LoCs, zine reviews, and some other items for The food theme for the 13 September meeting will be the October issue. Òhoofed food.Ó [DonÕt blame me, IÕm just the messenger. -ED] All the eating meetings will start with dinner at 6:30P and the meeting proper following. Food themes for the remaining meetings are yet to be decided. NASFA Picnic Moved Mike KennedyÕs house is at 7907 Charlotte Drive in Huntsville. Call him at 256-883-5922 if you need directions. The annual NASFA picnic/cookout has been moved to Mike KennedyÕs house. It will still start at 1P Saturday 15 September and will take the place of the September club meeting. Original host Robin Ray has an ongoing family September Birthday Party emergency (please keep her grandmother, who is ill, in your thoughts) and was concerned she might have to cancel at the Ray Pietruszka and Nancy Cucci will be hosting a party in last minute. honor of various September birthdays starting 8P on 15 Sep- The picnic will run 1P to 4P. Please bring your drink, tember 2001. Plan to bring a drink and a dish to share. something to throw on the grill, and a side dish to share. Call Nancy or Ray at 256-772-3587 if you need directions Contact Mike at 256-883-5922 if you need directions. to their house at 211 Evalyn Street in Madison. Inside this issueÉ NASFA Calendar............................................................2 Retro Hugo Awards .................................................7 Minutes of the August Meeting ......................................2 Business Meeting Report.........................................8 NASA Seeks Name for Observatory ..............................2 Hugo and Campbell Awards ...................................9 British Fantasy Awards Nominations .............................3 Site Selection Results ............................................10 Review of ConGlomeration ............................................3 Masquerade Winners .............................................11 Fiction: No Need for a Dragon, Part 6 ............................5 Art Show Awards ..................................................12 Special Worldcon Section Sidewise Awards ...................................................12 Introduction .............................................................5 Spectrum Awards ..................................................12 Worldcon Report by Tom Feller .............................6 Web Art Awards....................................................12 Worldcon Report by Sue Thorn..............................6 Golden Duck Awards ............................................13 Worldcon Report by Mark Paulk ............................6 Other Awards ........................................................13 Chesley Awards .......................................................7 Hugo and Campbell Nomination Statistics............16 Deadline for the October 2001 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 28 September 2001. 1 26 BD: Michael R. Stone. NASFA Calendar 31 New YearÕs Eve Ñ Party anyone? SEPTEMBER OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 03 Labor Day. 09 BD: Mike Cothran. The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on 09 Grandparents Day. the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case 13 Con Stellation ConCom meeting Ñ 6:30P at Mike we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) KennedyÕs house; food theme Òhoofed food.Ó The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at 15* NASFA Picnic Ñ 1Ð4P at Mike KennedyÕs house. BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive Also September Birthday Party at Nancy Cucci and Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business Ray PietruszkaÕs house, 8P. meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to 17 Citizenship Day. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 18 Rosh Hashanah. meeting meeting with directions available at the program. 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. 27 Yom Kippur. 27 Con Stellation ConCom meeting Ñ 6:30P at Mike KennedyÕs house; food theme TBD. August Minutes 29 BD: Nelda Kathleen Kennedy. by Samuel A. Smith, Achy OCTOBER The August meeting of the North Alabama Science Fic- 08 Columbus Day (Observed). tion Association was called to order on Saturday, August 18, 12 Columbus Day (Traditional). 2001 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 6:21:03P by 11 Con Stellation ConCom meeting Ñ 6:30P at Mike President Mary Ortwerth, who gaveled and cricketed us! KennedyÕs house; food theme TBD. OLD BUSINESS 13* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at The wood sculptures (from last monthÕs program) are still BookMark. ATMM TBD. NOTE change of date here! due to Con Stellation. Randy needs your old books and CDs for the annual 15 BD: Robert Buelow. NASFA Auction Real Soon Now! (It was decided to have the 18 Con Stellation ConCom meeting at the hotel. Stay auction in November, which means Randy needs your stuff (in tuned for details on dinner with the conÕs guests. order to have time to take it to Booklegger for credit) by the end 19Ð21 Con Stellation XX: Camelopardalis Ñ Huntsville AL. of the October meeting.) 24 United Nations Day. NEW BUSINESS 25 BD: Marie McCormack. Crickets? 26Ð28 2001: A Necronomicon Odyssey Ñ Tampa FL. CONVENTION BUSINESS 27 Gabrielle Mitchell. 563 visitors to the Con Stellation web site, 85 visitors to 28 Daylight Saving Time ends. the DeepSouthCon 40 web site. 31 Halloween. Anita will be ordering the T-Shirts the first week of September. If you have any color and/or size preferences, now NOVEMBER is the time to let her know! 01Ð04 World Fantasy Convention Ñ Montreal. ANNOUNCEMENTS 06 Election Day. We have a guest! (Kim Stiles, who saw us in the newspa- 09Ð11 Tropicon 20 Ñ Hollywood FL. per.) 11 VeteransÕ Day (Traditional). The meeting was adjourned at 6:33:47P. The program was 12 VeteransÕ Day (Observed). Science Fiction Pictionary (would this be a good name for a 16Ð18 Exoticon 4 Ñ Metairie LA. rock band?). The After-The-Meeting Meeting was held at 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at Mike KennedyÕs place. BookMark. ATMM Ñ Mike KennedyÕs house. 22 BD: Nancy Renee Peters. 22 Thanksgiving Day. 23 BD: Michael D. Kennedy. NASA Seeks Name for New 23 BD: Wilson ÒBobÓ Tucker. 29 BD: Howard Camp. Space Observatory 30 BD: Richard Gilliam. NASA is looking for a ÒfriendlyÓ name for a new space- DECEMBER based infrared observatory. One goal of the Space Infrared 07Ð09 Smofcon 19 Ñ York UK. Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Ñ which is scheduled to be 12 BD: Toni Weisskopf. launched in the summer of 2002 Ñ is to search for planets in 15 Bill of Rights Day. other solar systems. Further information about the telescope 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at can be found at <sirtf.caltech.edu>. BookMark. ATMM TBD. Spokeswoman Doris Daou said ÒWe are hoping to tap the 17 BD: Robin Ray. creativity of the public to find a name suitable for this impor- 19 BD: Harry Warner, Jr. tant mission that will help enrich our knowledge of the uni- 25 Christmas Day. verse.Ó 2 The deadline for nominations is 20 December 2001. The about the naming contest, including a way to enter over the name must be accompanied by a short essay explaining the web, can be found at <sirtf.caltech.edu/namingcontest/>. reasons behind the suggestion. If the name of a person is Perhaps you can think of a science fiction author, or a proposed, the person must be deceased. Further information scientist, who deserves this honor. British Fantasy Awards Nominations The nominations for the 2001 British Fantasy Awards COLLECTION have been announced. Winners will be announced during the The Conan Chronicles, Robert E. Howard (Gollancz) British Fantasy SocietyÕs Ò30th Birthday BashÓ in London 23 Dark Matters, Terry Lamsley (Ash-Tree Press) September 2001. A special award, the Karl Edward Wagner Midnight Man, Stephen Laws (Silver Salamander) Award, will be decided by committee and also announced at Phantom & Fiends, R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Robert Hale) the Awards Ceremony. Further information can be found at Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim Newman (Alchemy Press/ <www.britishfantasysociety.com>. Airgedl‡mh Publications) NOVEL (The August Derleth Award) SHORT FICTION Hush, Tim Lebbon and Gavin Williams (Razorblade Press) ÒThe Handover,Ó Michael Marshall Smith (Dark Terrors 5) Mr. X, Peter Straub (HarperCollins) Naming of Parts, Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing) Perdido Street Station, China MiŽville (Macmillan) ÒNo Story in It,Ó Ramsey Campbell (Dark Terrors 5) The Ragchild, Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis (Razorblade ÒThe Taking,Ó Stan Nicholls (Swords Against the Millen- Press) nium) Silent Children, Ramsey