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Volume 27 Number 12 Issue 342 May 2016

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR FlaMinGoCon The Florida Film Festival opened up the month. There May 14 211 Trinity Place were some great SFFH films including High Rise (based on a West Palm Beach, FL novel by JG Ballard), Embers, Belladonna of Sadness (anime), $10 at the door, $8 pre-reg April and the Extraordinary World (animated), and Phantom Gaming Convention Boy (animated). There were two films about fan culture: flamingocon.org/ Slash and Raiders: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever.

Spooky Empire had rock legend and Comic Book Connection Collaborator Alice Cooper and great costumes. May 21-22 OASIS 28 went well. Good energy and fannish fun. Holiday Inn 2300 State Road 16 The Hugos are out so it time for a review. Nebula St. Augustine, FL 32084 Winners next month. Till next time. $10 Admission thecomicbookconnection.com OASFiS Meeting 4/10/2016 Megacon Officers: Tom Reed, Peggy Stubblefield, Juan Sanmiguel May 26-29 Members: Ed Anthony, Deborah Cannaday, Arthur Dykeman, Orange County Convention Center Hector Hoghlin, David Ratti, Patricia Russell 4-Day-$95 pre-registration , $100 at the door Guests 1-Day (pre)-Thu $20, Fri $35, Sat $45, Sun $35 1-Day (at the door)-Thu $25, Fri $40, Sat $50, Sun $40 Handling Convention stuff for this meeting. Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist) Bill Hatfield (OASIS panelist) Juan, Arthur, and Tom discussed the OASIS 28 Program Book. (OASIS Guest of Honor) (comic pioneer) Patty and Juan brought stuff for Charity Auction. Frank Miller (comic writer artist) (film writer-director) Dave, Patty, Juan, and Peggy discussed registration. William Shatner (Kirk, Star Trek) George Takei (Sulu, Star Trek) We will be meeting in May 8, at the Seminole Library. The (Uhura, Star Trek) book will be Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (, Batman (1966)) Burt Ward (, Batman (1966)) We discussed the announcement of the new Dragon Award. Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter, Agent Carter) Michelle Gomez (The Master, Doctor Who) Juan will contact the hotel about site visit on April 15 and when Billy Piper (Rose, Doctor Who) the boardroom is available. Ming-Na Wen (May, Agents of SHIELD) Anthony Daniels (C-3P0, ) Juan discussed possible dates for OASIS 29. OASIS 30 is in Kevin Conroy (Batman, Batman Animated) consideration for Deep South Con 2018. and many more megaconvention.com Meeting adjourned at 3PM

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 27 Issue 342 May 2016 Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $25.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $6.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 592905, Orlando, FL 32859-2905. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or [email protected]. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent Page two May 2016

May OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, May 8 1:30 PM, Jean Rhein Central Branch Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Library (Downtown Orlando, 215 N. Oxford Casselberrry Fl [email protected] 32707 407-665-1500). Come and join us as we discusss Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 Seraphina by Rachel Hartman [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 SciFi Light [email protected] TBD. Please check website Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 To contact for more info: [email protected] OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected]

Award News Any of these people can give readers information about the (source Locus website) club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan

2016 Finalist\s

Best Novel (3,695 nominating ballots)  “If You Were an Award, My Love”, Juan Tabo & S. Harris (voxday.blogspot.com 6/15)  “Space Raptor Butt Invasion”, Chuck Tingle (self-published)  The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher (Roc)  The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US) Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (2,904)  Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)  Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)  Avengers: Age of Ultron  , Neal Stephenson (Morrow; The Borough Press)  Ex Machina  Mad Max: Fury Road Best Novella (2,416)  The Martian

 Star Wars: Awakens  Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)  , Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)   The Builders, Daniel Polansky (Tor.com) Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (2,219)

 Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)  Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel  Doctor Who: “Heaven Sent” Entertainment)  Grimm: “Headache”   Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” Best Novelette (1,975)  My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: “The Cutie Map:

Parts 1 and 2”  “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)  Supernatural: “Just My Imagination”  “”, , (Uncanny 1-2/15)  “Obits”, (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams) Best Related Work (2,080)

 “What Price Humanity?”, David VanDyke (There Will Be War: Volume X)  Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of , 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini  “Flashpoint: Titan”, Cheah Kai Wai (There Will Be War: (Castalia House) Volume X)  SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Vox Best Short Story (2,451) Day (Castalia House)  “Asymmetrical Warfare”, S. R. Algernon (Nature 3/15)  “Safe Space as Rape Room”, Daniel Eness (castaliahouse.com)  “The Commuter”, Thomas A. Mays (Stealth) (withdrawn at this time of writing)  “The Story of Moira Greyland”, Moira Greyland (askthebigot.com)  “Seven Kill Tiger”, Charles Shao (There Will Be War: Volume X) (Continued on page 3) Page three May 2016

 “The First Draft of My Appendix N Book”, Jeffro Johnson  Tangent Online (castaliahouse.com) Best Fancast (1,267) Best Graphic Story (1,838)  8‐4 Play  Invisible Republic: Vol 1, Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman; art by Gabriel Hardman (Image)  Cane and Rinse  Erin Dies Alone, Grey Carter; art by Cory Rydell  HelloGreedo (dyingalone.net)  The Rageaholic  The : Overture, Neil Gaiman; art by J.H. Williams  Tales to Terrify III (Vertigo)  The Divine, Boaz Lavie; art by Asaf Hanuka & Tomer Best Fan Writer (1,568) Hanuka (First Second)  Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams (ffn.nodwick.com) Douglas Ernst  Best Professional Editor Long Form (1,764)   Morgan Holmes   Jeffro Johnson  Sheila E. Gilbert  Shamus Young  Liz Gorinsky   Jim Minz Best Fan Artist (1,073)  Toni Weisskopf  Matthew Callahan Best Professional Editor Short Form (1,891)  disse86  Kukuruyo  John Joseph Adams  Christian Quinot  Neil Clarke  Steve Stiles  John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo  Sheila Williams Award] (1,922)

Best Professional Artist (1,481)  *Pierce Brown  *Sebastien de Castell  Lars Braad Andersen  Brian Niemeier  Larry Elmore  *Andy Weir  Michal Karcz  *Alyssa Wong  Abigail Larson *Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.  Larry Rostant There were 4,032 nominating ballots received from members of

Sasquan, MidAmeriCon II, and 75. Best Semiprozine (1,457)

 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Awards will be given on August 20 at MidAmericon  Daily Science Fiction II, 2016 Worldcon, in Kansas City MO.

 Sci Phi Journal

 Strange Horizons

 Uncanny

Best (1,455)

 Black Gate (withdran at this time of writing)  Castalia House Blog  File 770  Superversive SF (Continued on page 4) Page four May 2016

(Continued from page 3) Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (123) 1941 Retro Hugos Finalists (source Locus website)  The Adventures of : ‘‘The Baby from Krypton’’  The Invisible Man Returns Best Novel (352 nominating ballots)  Looney Tunes: ‘‘You Ought to Be in Pictures’’  Kallocain, Karin Boye (Bonnier)  Merrie Melodies: ‘‘A Wild Hare’’  Gray Lensman, E.E. ‘‘Doc’’ Smith (Astounding Science-  Pinocchio Fiction 1/40) Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (250)  , A.E. Van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction 12/40)  The Ill–Made Knight, T.H. White (Collins)  Dr. Cyclops  The Reign of Wizardry, (Unknown 3/40) Fantasia  Best Novella (318)  Gordon Conquers the Universe  One Million B.C.  ‘‘The Mathematics of Magic’’, L. Sprague de Camp &  The Thief of Bagdad Fletcher Pratt (Unknown 8/40)

 ‘‘The Roaring Trumpet’’, L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Best Graphic Story (92) Pratt (Unknown 5/40)  ‘‘Coventry’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-  Batman #1 (Detective Comics, Spring 1940) Fiction 7/40)  ‘‘The Origin of the Spirit’’, (Register and  ‘‘If This Goes On…’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Tribune Syndicate 6/40) Science-Fiction 2/40)  Captain Marvel: ‘‘Introducing Captain Marvel’’, Bill  ‘‘Magic, Inc.’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Unknown 9/40) Parker & C.C. Beck (Whiz Comics #2, 2/40)

 Flash Gordon: ‘‘The Ice Kingdom of Mongo’’, Alex Raymond & Don Moore (King Features Syndicate, 4/40) Best Novelette (310)  The Spectre: ‘‘The Spectre’’/’’The Spectre Strikes!’’, Jerry  ‘‘Farewell to the Master’’, Harry Bates (Astounding Science Siegel & Bernard Baily ( #52/53, 3/40, -Fiction 10/40) 4/40)  ‘‘Blowups Happen’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-Fiction 9/40) Best Professional Editor Short Form (183)  ‘‘The Roads Must Roll’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-Fiction 6/40)  John W. Campbell  ‘‘It!’’, (Unknown 8/40)  Dorothy McIlwraith  ‘‘Darker Than You Think’’, Jack Williamson (Unknown  Raymond A. Palmer 12/40)  Best Short Story (324) Best Professional Artist (86)*  ‘‘Robbie’’, ( 9/40 as ‘‘Strange Playfellow’’)   ‘‘Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’’, (Sur 1940)  Margaret Brundage  ‘‘Martian Quest’’, (Astounding Science-  Edd Cartier Fiction 2/40)  Virgil Finlay  ‘‘The Stellar Legion’’, Leigh Brackett ( Winter 1940)  Frank R. Paul  ‘‘’’, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-  Hubert Rogers Fiction 1/40) Best Fanzine (63)

 Futuria Fantasia  Le Zombie (Continued on page 6) Page five May 2016 Spooky Empire Retro

All picture descriptions are from left to right. Top Row: Kylo Ren, The Governor and Negan fro The Walking Dead (Local Fans John Reid Adams, and- Lyn Adams), Pinhead from the Hellraiser films, Tom Marvolo Riddle (aka Lord Voldermort) Bottom Row: The Master and a one of his ladies from Manos: The Hands of Fate, Musician Alice Cooper Page six May 2016

(Continued from page 4) Philip K. Dick Award  Novacious (source Locus website)  Spaceways The 2016 Philip K. Dick Award winner has been announced:  Voice of the Imagi-Nation Apex by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot). Special Citation went to

Archangel by Marguerite Reed (Arche). Best Fan Writer (70)

The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of  science fiction originally published in paperback form in the  . The winner and special citation were announced  H.P. Lovecraft on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 39 at the DoubleTree  Arthur Wilson ‘‘Bob’’ Tucker by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac, .  Harry Warner British SF Association Awards There were 481 nominating ballots received from members of (source Locus website) Sasquan, MidAmericon II, and Worldcon 75. Best Novel *The Best Professional Artist category has six finalists due to a  The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard tie for fifth place. (Gollancz)

The awards will be presented at MidAmericon II, 2016 Best Short Story Worldcon, in Kansas City, MO.  “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)

Best Artwork Cover for Ian Whates’s Pelquin’s Comet, Jim Burns (Newcon)

 “Songbird”, Vincent Sammy (Interzone 3-4/15)

Best Non-Fiction Rave and Let Die: The SF and of 2014, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill)

The awards were presented at the 67th Eastercon, Mancunicon, on March 26, 2016 in Manchester, UK. For more information, 2016 Clarke Award see the BSFA website. (source Locus website) Pulitzer Prize The six titles on the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist for best (source Locus website) science fiction novel published in 2015 have been announced:  The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Becky Chambers ’s collection Get in Trouble () was a (Hodder & Stoughton) finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the Fiction category, announced April 18, 2016. The prize went to The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh  Europe at Midnight, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris) Nguyen (Grove Press).  The Book of Phoenix, Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton) Edgar Awards  Arcadia, Iain Pears (Faber & Faber) (source Locus website)

 Way Down Dark, J.P. Smythe (Hodder & Stoughton) “Obits” by Stephen King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams) won the  Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor) Edgar Award for Best Short Story.  This year’s judges are Liz Bourke, Leila Abu El Hawa, David The 2016 Edgar Awards were presented by the Mystery Writers Gullen, Andrew McKie, and Ian Whates. Andrew M. Butler is of America in a ceremony held April 28, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt chair of judges. Tom Hunter is awards director. Hotel in City.

As previously announced, Walter Mosley was named the 2016 The winner will receive a £2016 prize and a commemorative Grand Master. engraved bookend. The winning title will be announced in August 2016. Page seven May 2016 OASIS 28

First Row: Fannish Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me Perry Bruns, Elizabeth Schechter, Brad Aiken, A Lee Martinez, Shaun Duke, Paul Vincenti, Masquerade Participants: Julia Langston (Time Lord), Susan Dillion (Bridget von Bismark), Nicola Talantino (StarFleet Captain) Second Row: “Horror Renaissance “: Jeff Carroll, Owl Goingback, Richard Lee Byers, and Sandra McDonald Third Row: “Short Fiction”: Jamie Marchant, Rick Wilber, Nick DiChario, Sandra McDonald, José Iriarte, Gary Roen Page eight May 2016 Letters of Comments Binging is very good for strongly serialized shows.

1706-24 Eva Rd. Etobicoke, ON CANADA M9C 2B2 We are getting more ready for our trip to England…all rooms are April 19, 2016 ready, we’ve decided what we want to go and see, the flights are arranged, and with just a few more calls, we will be totally ready to go. Dear OASFiSians:

That’s all for now, take care, see you with the next one. Thank you for issue 341 of the Event Horizon, and there must be something to say about what’s inside. Let me have a look, and perhaps I can say it, or at least type it up here. Yours, Lloyd Penney.

—— The description of the Batman vs. Superman movie…I doubt I’d Thanks for e-mailing the zine. ever see it in the theatres, so getting the full description saves me about $15. Characters like Superman and Batman are so often I agree with your review of Batman v. Superman. I liked it as a interpreted and re-interpreted these days, I think they simply Batman movie, but not as a Superman movie. become empty suits for the next actor to wear. One Superman or

Batman can be so different from the past one. Best wishes,

Tom Feller

My letter… binge-watching The Magicians may be how we do it, Snyder did not get Superman. Unfortunately the film has made too. A few years ago, we bought everything connected with money and that will justify more films like this. I am not sure Babylon 5, and we spent the entire winter bingeing from time to people at the top of the studio will realize their mistake and cour time, and we watched it all. We’d like to do it again. We had a correct. great time at the Toronto Comic Con, and Yvonne got her picture taken with Jason Isaacs. Ad Astra is in about ten days, and we’ll be getting ready for it shortly. OASIS 28

Bill Hatfield at the piano. Page nine May 2016 OASIS 28

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