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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 Neil Gaiman 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. Peter David (OASIS Guest of Honor) Stan Lee (comic pioneer) Patty and Juan brought stuff for Charity Auction. Frank Miller (comic writer artist) Kevin Smith (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 Nichelle Nichols (Uhura, Star Trek) book will be Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Adam West (Batman, Batman (1966)) Burt Ward (Robin, 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, Star Wars) 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 Science Fiction 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 Hugo Award 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 Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow; The Borough Press) Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road Best Novella (2,416) The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published) Binti, 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” “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang, (Uncanny 1-2/15) “Obits”, Stephen King (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 Gene Wolfe, 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 Sandman: 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) Mike Glyer Morgan Holmes Vox Day 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 Ellen Datlow Jerry Pournelle 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 Worldcon 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 Fanzine (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 Superman: ‘‘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) Slan, A.E. Van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction 12/40) The Ill–Made Knight, T.H. White (Collins) Dr. Cyclops The Reign of Wizardry, Jack Williamson (Unknown 3/40) Fantasia Best Novella (318) Flash 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’’, Will Eisner (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 (More Fun Comics #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.