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The SHUTTLE March 2003 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 15 March 2003 at the Regular Time and Location The Next Con Stellation XXII ConCom Meeting will be 2P Sunday 6 April 2003 at Mike KennedyÕs House { Oyez, Oyez { April ConCom Meeting The next NASFA meeting will be 15 March 2003 at the The next Con Stellation XXII con committee meeting regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call BookMark at will be held 2P Sunday 6 April at Mike KennedyÕs house Ñ 256-881-3910 if you need directions. 7907 Charlotte Drive SW, Huntsville AL. An email announce- The March program (7P) will be a presentation by ment with additional information will be sent out closer to the Bradley Carlson on ÒNext Generation Launch Technology: day. Future meetings are all tentatively scheduled for the The Blueprint to TomorrowÕs Space Program.Ó Mr. Carlson Sunday after the first Saturday each month. (As always, stay currently works on NASAÕs Next Generation Launch Tech- tuned as things can change if circumstances alter.) nology Program at Marshal. Previous assignments have in- cluded the Air Force Research Lab and NASAÕs Dryden Flight Research Center. The March after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mike KennedyÕs house (subject to change if we get another volunteer). We need ATMM volunteers for future months. This yearÕs Hugo nomination ballots have been mailed. All members of the 2003 Worldcon (Torcon 3 <www.torcon3.on.ca>) as well as last yearÕs Worldcon (ConJosŽ) are eligible to cast a nominating ballot. The deadline for casting a nomination ballot is 31 March 2003. Electronic balloting is not available this year, though you may visit TorconÕs web site to get a copy of the ballot if you need to. You must be an attending or supporting member of Torcon 3 to vote in the final Hugo selection balloting later this year. Inside this issueÉ NASFA Calendar............................................................2 Visual Effects Society Awards Announced ....................3 Minutes of the February Meeting ...................................2 Razzie Awards Nominations ..........................................4 BAFTA Awards Presented .............................................3 No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 2 .........4 Science Fiction Book Club Top 50 .................................3 No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 3 .........5 Deadline for the April 2003 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 4 April 2003. 1 19 BD: David O. Miller. NASFA Calendar 19 Victoria Day (Canada). 20 BD: Mike Glicksohn. MARCH 23Ð25 Rocket City FurMeet Ñ Huntsville AL. 02 BD: Ronnie Lajoie. 23Ð25 Oasis 16 Ñ Orlando FL. 05 Ash Wednesday. 26 Memorial Day. 07Ð09 ChaosCon 5 Ñ Clarksville TN. 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. 08 BD: Bill Payne. 30Ð01 ConCarolinas 2003 Ñ Charlotte NC. 08 International WomenÕs Day. 09 BD: Tracey Kennedy. JUNE 10 BD: Kerry Gilley. 02 BD: Lloyd Penney. 13 BD: Anita Eisenberg. 08 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ 14Ð16 StellarCon 27 Ñ High Point NC. Mike KennedyÕs house. 14Ð16 TechniCon 20 Ñ Blacksburg VA. 08 Pentecost. 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at 14 Flag Day. BookMark. ATMM at Mike KennedyÕs house. 15 FatherÕs Day. 15 BD: Carlo DeShouten. 19 BD: Julius Schwartz. 17 St. PatrickÕs Day. 21* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at 19Ð23 24th International Conference of the Fantastic in the BookMark. ATMM TBD. Arts Ñ Ft. Lauderdale FL. 21 Summer begins. 20 Spring begins. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 21Ð23 Galacticon 2003 Ñ Chattanooga TN. 21Ð23 CoastCon XXVI Ñ Biloxi MS. The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on 22 BD: Jayson Woosley. the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large 28Ð30 MidSouthCon 21 Ñ Memphis TN. nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case 28Ð30 MadiCon Ñ Harrisonburg VA. we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) 30 BD: Maurine Dorris. The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive APRIL Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 01 April FoolÕs Day. meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to 06 Daylight Saving Time begins. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 06 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting Ñ Mike meeting meeting with directions available at the program. KennedyÕs house. 13 Palm Sunday. 15 BD: ÒUncle TimmyÓ Bolgeo. 15 Income Taxes due. February Minutes 17 Passover. by Samuel A. Smith, inky 17Ð20 Fantasm 2003 Ñ Atlanta GA. 17Ð20 World Horror Con 2003 Ñ Kansas City MO. The February meeting of the North Alabama Science 18 Good Friday. Fiction Association was called to order on Saturday, February 18Ð20 Nebula Awards Weekend 2003 Ñ Philadelphia PA. 15, 2003 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 6:21:37P 19* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at by President Mary Ortwerth. The crickets have spoken! BookMark. ATMM TBD. OLD BUSINESS 20 Easter. The crickets should have kept speakingÉ 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. NEW BUSINESS 22 Earth Day. Mia is going to a con and has offered to take Con Stellation 23 Administrative ProfessionalsÕ Day. flyers. 25 National Arbor Day. Sam Smith passed around a signup sheet for people who 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. want to join the NASFA e-mail mailing list. 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. New chocolate arrived! (Love those after-ValentineÕs sales.) MAY CONVENTION BUSINESS 01 BD: Russell McNutt. We have an Artist Guest of Honor for Con Stellation, and 02Ð04 Chibicon Ñ Madison AL. Fan Guests of Honor: Don Maitz and Guy and Rosy Lillian, 03 BD: Martha Knowles. respectively. 04 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ We have dates for Con Stellation: 10Ð12 October, 2003. Mike KennedyÕs house. Sam Smith reported that the Con Stellation web site 11 MotherÕs Day. received 758 visitors in January, prior to reorganizing the web 14 BD: Debbie Hughes. site so Pat McAdams could take it over, and 158 visitors 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. afterwards. The NASFA web site received 120 visitors in 16Ð18 MobiCon Ñ Mobile AL. January. 16Ð18 Roc*Kon 2003 Ñ Little Rock AR. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35:41P. The program was 17 Armed Forces Day. ÒScience Fiction Haiku.Ó (During which Sam proved to every- 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at one that he wouldnÕt know a Haiku if it bit him.) The After- BookMark. ATMM TBD. The-Meeting Meeting was held at Mary OrtwerthÕs place. 2 Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut BAFTA Awards Presented Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner The British Academy Film Awards were presented Sun- The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester day 23 February 2003 at the Odeon, Leicester Square. The Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers picked up two BAFTA Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock awards (in the categories Costume Design and Achievement in The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks Special Visual Effects), plus the Orange Film of the Year Ñ the Timescape, Gregory Benford only award given out at the ceremony that is voted on by the To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip JosŽ Farmer public. LotR:TTT had also received nominations in over a half- dozen additional categories, including best director and best film. Visual Effects Society Awards SF Book Club Top 50 The Visual Effects Society <www.visualeffectssociety. The Science Fiction Book Club <www.sfbc.com> has com> presented the first set of what is planned to be an annual announced a list of what they consider to be ÒThe Most award on 19 February 2003. The VES Awards were created to Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, honor excellence for visual effects in feature films, television, 1953Ð2002.Ó No doubt there could be some quibbling about commercials, and music videos. Perhaps unsurprisingly, genre the title of the list, since many of the entries are in fact works did well in the awards. The winners are: comprised of multiple books. Nevertheless, hereÕs the full list: Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture: The The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Jim Rygiel, Joe The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke Dune, Frank Herbert Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures: The Sum Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein of all Fears, Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin Al Disarro Neuromancer, William Gibson Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or a ChildhoodÕs End, Arthur C. Clarke Special: Dinotopia, Mike McGee, Tim Webber, Alec Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick Knox, Ben Morris The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley Best Visual Effects in a Television Series: Firefly ÒSerenityÓ Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (pilot), Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe Kristen Branan A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Best Visual Effects in a Commercial: XBOX Mosquito, Wil- The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov liam Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mack- Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras enzie Cities in Flight, James Blish Best Visual Effects in a Music Video: So to Speak, Andrew The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Night- Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison shade Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture: The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Richard Baneham, Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, EnderÕs Game, Orson Scott Card Music Video, or Commercial: Dinotopia, Michael Eames, The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White Stephen R.
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    The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films 334 West 54th Street Los Angeles, California 90037-3806 Phone: (323) 752-5811 e-mail: [email protected] Robert Holguin (President) Dr. Donald A. Reed (Founder) Publicity Contact: Karl Williams [email protected] (310) 493-3991 “Gravity” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” soar with 8 Saturn Award nominations, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” scores with 7, “Iron Man 3,” “Pacific Rim,” “Star Trek Into Darkness and Thor: The Dark World lead with 5 nominations apiece for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, while “Breaking Bad,” “Falling Skies,” and “Game of Thrones” lead on TV in an Epic Year for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror LOS ANGELES – February 26, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June. Other major contenders that received major nominations were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great anD Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk music fable InsiDe Llewyn Davis from Joel and Ethan Coen highlighting their magnificent and original work. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating vocal performance in Spike Jones’ fantasy romance Her. For the Saturn’s stellar 40th Anniversary celebration, two new categories have been added to reflect the changing times; Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture will see Warner’s Man of Steel duking it out against Marvel’s Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark WorlD and The Wolverine! The second new category is Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series – highlighting the most promising young talent working in TV today.