Volume 27 Number 9 Issue 327 February 2015

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Shock Pop Con Magic City Con was a great event. I wish I had time to February 13-15 write a report. It was great talking to Greg Weisman, Mike W. Fort Lauderdale Convention Center Barr, Dan Slott, and Ann Nocenti. 1950 Eisenhower Blvd If you have not renewed your membership and wish to Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33316 do so, please contact David Lussier or myself. Weekend pass $50 Checkout the Locus website for their recommended Guests: Sylvester McCoy (7th Doctor) reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) looking for something new to read. John Waters (film director) Next month I hope to do a review and the Nebula final (comic writer/artist) ballot should be out. Gerry Conway (comic writer) And many more (see website) Coastal Magic www.shockpopcomiccon.com

February 5-8 Cayden’s Game Crawl Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort February 18-22 100 North Atlantic Avenue Jacksonville, FL Daytona Beach, FL 32118 At a different gaming store in each day see website Guests: Lucinne Diver Free Aria Kane warhorn.net/events/caydens-crawl-2-drinking-games

And many others Pulp Adventure Con General Registration through email see website February 21 Charity signing on Sat free Universal Palms Hotel coastalmagicconvention.wordpress.com 4900 N. Powerline Road Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 Swampcon: Total Annihilation No admission prices listed February 7-8 Guest: J. David Spurlock (writer/historian) Reitz Union at the University of Florida http://pulpadventure.com/ Gainsville, FL Free Admission Comic Book Connection Guests: Richard Lee Byers February 21-22 Bill Hatfield Holiday Inn & Suites More guest listed on website. 4715 Helen Huase Blvd swampcon.com Titusville, FL 32780 $10 Admission thecomicbookconnection.com Birthdays

Pat Sims February 9 (Continued on page 2)

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 27 Issue 327, February 2015. 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 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323. 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 the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole. Page two February 2015

February OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 8, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire Steve Cole 407-275-5211 (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, [email protected] FL 32806,407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss Susan Cole 407-275-5211 works of Vonda McIntyre [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 Sci Fi Light [email protected] Saturday February 21, 6:00 PM, Bistro Ciclo (7600 Steve Grant 352 241 0670 Dr. Philips Drive Suite 22 Orlando FL 32819). We will talk [email protected] about con topics, preferred panels/events from the different Mike Pilletere [email protected] conferences we've attended. David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] To contact for more info: Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected]

(Continued from page 1) Any of these people can give readers information about the Orlando Anime Day club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. February 21-22 International Palms Resort & Convention Center The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of 6515 International Drive science fiction originally published in paperback form in the Orlando, FL 32819 United States. $5 at the door each day, $7 for both days The winner and any special citations will be announced on Military Personnel free Friday, April 3, 2015 at Norwescon 38 at the DoubleTree by www.orlando.animeday.net Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington.

Academy Awards Speculative Fiction nominees Pensacon (source Wikipedia entry) February 27-Mar 1

Pensacola Bay Center Best Supportive Actress 201 E Gregory Street Meryl Streep—Into the Woods as the Witch Pensacola, FL, 32502

Guests: Kevin J. Anderson Best Animated Film Neal Adams (comic artist) Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli Jody Lynn Nye – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Raymond Feist And many others see wbsite How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Weekend pass $74.84 Bonnie Arnold http://www.pensacon.com Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Award News Yoshiaki Nishimura Philip K. Dick Award (source Locus website) Best Animated Short Film The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees The Philip K. Dick Award nominees are The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed  Elysium, Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct Press) Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove  The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter, Rod Duncan (Angry A Single Life – Joris Oprins Robot) (Continued on page 3)  The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, Meg Elison (Sybaritic Press) OASIS Meeting Minutes  Memory of Water, Emmi Itäranta (Harper Voyager) Date: 1-12-14 Officers: Peggy Stubblefield, Kim Darin, Juan Sanmiguel  Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches, Cherie Priest (Roc) Members: Arthur Dykeman, Hector Hoghlin, David Ratti, Tom  Reach for Infinity, Jonathan Strahan ed. (Solaris) Reed, Patricia Wheeler (Continued on page 3) Page three February 2015

(Continued from page 2) Juan will take flyers to Magic City Comic Con, Swampcon, and Guests: Adam Beaton, Phoebe Stubblefield, Bob Yazel Megacon. He is also considering going to movie release of The Game of Thrones season premiere. Meeting notes: What are we reading. Peggy says we need to look into the scholarship situation. Susan Cole maybe able to help us with this. Patricia is reading the new New Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch Juan and Michael are working on website updates for the Dealers Room and Artist Alley Juan is reading Alastair Reynolds Doctor Who novel The Harvest of Time There will be a con com meeting at Juan’s house on January 25 at 1:30PM Bob read Fear City

Adam Beaton is reading The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August SF Lite People have not been coming. Juan suggested to another SF Lite Peggy is working on her writing in February. There will be a SF Lite at Bistro Cloclo on February. The topic will be decided later. Phoebe is reading The Lost Prince and said it was OK. Hector mentioned Cloak and Blaster as a future place for SF Lite. TV Juan and Arthur have also been there. Most people like Agent Carter. It is limited series based on Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger. The Hector won the door prize, BBT Clue. shows is set in 1946 and deals with pre-SHIELD organization th SSR. Juan discussed the Best Books of 2014. Most came from the list Charlie Jane Anders compiled for io9. Juan added The Mirror Adam watched Ulises 31 on YouTube. It is The Odyssey in Empire by Kameron Hurley, Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie, Space. and Cibola Burn.

Arthur saw Galvant and it has its moments. Juan suggested that they discuss the work of Vonda McIntyre who will a Guest of Honor at Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon in Patricia thought The Librarians was light fun. Spokane.

Movies Meeting adjourned at about 3:30PM. Patricia did not like the last Hobbit film. Adam thought it was a good long battle. Arthur liked a bit more. Arthur and Adam thought the high frame rate effect worked. (Continued from page 2)

Best Original Score Juan talked about The Imitation Game, Mockingjay Part 1, and Interstellar—Hans Zimmer The Babadook.

Best Original Song Peggy thought the last Night at the Museum was more of a rental “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie

Cons Stuff Best Sound Editing Juan asked Peggy to handle Julie Czerneda travel arrangements The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas We are working on inviting a few more guests including the fan Interstellar – Richard King guest suggested by Bob Yazel. Best Sound Mixing Juan wants to get another room for a third track of programming Interstellar—Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark on Saturday. He will contact the hotel about it. Weingarten

Juan talked about the con on The Propeller Anime Podcast before Best Production Design talking about the best anime of 2014. He has also placed flyers Interstellar – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); on most the used book stores and independent book stores. Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner (Production Design); We will try to get flyers to Chattacon where Julie Czerneda and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) Adam-Troy Castro are Guests of Honor.

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(Continued from page 3) effort in a club that everyone benefits from. Best Makeup and Hairstyling Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and I do a list like the big one on page 2 of all conventions in Toronto David White and areas to the northeast and southwest along Lakes and Erie, plus some US cities on the southern shores. Lists like this Best Costume Design one are an excellent reference in which to play your year of fannish convention fun. Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard I heartily agree with Lev Grossman's The Magicians' Land being on the list of 2014's Best Books by Charlie Jane Anders and io9. Best Visual Effects Unfortunately for me, that book is the only one on the list I've Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, read, so I am a little biased. Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan I think we will be seeing some of those books on some award Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist ballots Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould We're still in the cold here, but soon, things should thaw, and we Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian can get to some conventions here. Our little steampunk business Hunter and Scott Fisher will have tables at two conventions between now and the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou April, so we should have the opportunity to make some money, Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer and there's also a great Steampunk gala we will going to in the London, Ontario area. 1706-24 Eva Rd. Etobicoke, ON Done for now...hope everyone is having a great winter, and is too CANADA M9C 2B2 busy being at a convention to see this today...take care, and see you the next time. January 16, 2015 Yours, Lloyd Penney. Dear OASFiSians:

Thank you for the January 2015 edition of the Event Horizon, issue 326. Looks like everyone enjoyed their Christmas, and some have started the New Year with new club responsibilities. Congrats to all, and good for you for investing your time and Magic City Comic Con Clockwise starting right Rebecca Mader (Lost and Once Upon on a Time) Karen Gillian (Doctor Who) Kevin Conroy (voice of Batman, Batman:The Animated Series) Comic writer Ann Noncenti (left to right) Comic writer Dan Slott, Mike Barr and Greg Weisman (co creator of Gargoyles) Page five February 2015 Magic City Comic Con

Top row (Left to right) The first Doctor, from Doctor Who Banba from the anime Princess Jellyfish Orion Starfleet Officer, from Star Trek Magic City Con staffer Julia Rose as the Sixth Doctor Doctor Who Bottom Row (left to right) Firebird (original creation) Jotaro Kujo, from the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Some goblins from Spider-Man comics Wakasa (a merman) from the anime Orenchi no Furo Jijou OASFiS PO Box 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323

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