Science Fiction/San Francisco Issue 99 Editors: Jean Martin, Chris Garcia December 9, 2009 Copy Editor: David Moyce email: [email protected] Calendar Editor: España Sheriff Compositor: Tom Becker Contents News and Notes................................................................................ Chris Garcia..................... ........................................................................................ 2 Letters of Comment......................................................................... Chris Garcia..................... ........................................................................................ 4 Editorial............................................................................................ Jean Martin....................... ........................................................................................ 6 Alex Baker......................................................................................... Jack Avery........................ Photo by Richard Man................................................... 9 A Costume A-Faire........................................................................... Eva Barrows..................... Photo by Jean Martin................................................... 12 Steamcon to World Fantasy by Rail, Bus and Balloon........................................................... España Sheriff.................. ...................................................................................... 15 World Fantasy Con: A Fantasy World Becomes Reality.............. Jean Martin....................... Photos by Jean Martin and Kevin Standlee.................. 22 Halloween Victorian-Style............................................................... Jean Martin....................... Photos by Jean Martin.................................................. 31 The Loscon Lounge Report............................................................. España Sheriff.................. ...................................................................................... 34 BASFA Minutes: Meetings 1007-9.................................................. .......................................... ...................................................................................... 36 Bay Area Fannish Calendar............................................................ España Sheriff.................. Photo by Lucy Huntzinger........................................... 39 Art Credits Cover Round and Round by Lucy Huntzinger Science Fiction/San Francisco is the twice-monthly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. All issues can be found at www.efanzines.com. Except as noted, all articles and photos are copyright 2009 by the original creators. Used with permission. 1 News and Notes By Christopher J. Garcia Hopkinson, Julie Czerneda and Mary Robinette It’s a really good issue showing why it’s won Editor Kowal. It’s going to be huge! I’ll have more so many Nova Awards. By the time you read this, LosCon will be details later. By the way, the Novas were given out and over. I’m sorry to say I cannot read the future, There’s the 40th issue of Banana Wings out the winners were Claire, Banana Wings for but I’m sure it was a good time. I’ll be writing and it’s great stuff with articles from James Best Fanzine, and Sue Mason winning just about it later, that’s for sure. Bacon, Dave Langford, Nova Award winner barely over Alison Scott for Best Fan Artist. In The TAFF race continues with Frank Wu Claire Brialey, and Mark Plummer, a front an odd twist, I came without six votes of and Anne KG Murphy & Brian Gray battling it cover by Pat Vrizi, a BaCover from Ditmar, a winning Best Fanzine with James and Claire out for votes. They both have words in The pair of Anticipation reviews from Randy Byers for Journey Planet. That’s awesome largely Drink Tank 232 about why they should be your and Niall Harrison, both of whom write about because no American has ever won a Nova delegate. It’s a fun topic and they’ll both do our dinner at Au Pied de Cochon, and my because technically we’re not eligible, but great! article, “TAFF Viewed as a Series of Haiku.” since JP is majority a UK zine, it’s eligible and I’m along for the ride! There’s also the auction of Tuckerizations for TAFF coming, featuring some names you might have heard of. Cory Doctorow, Charlie Stross, David Brin, Elizabeth Bear, Nalo 2 Speaking of great zines that I seldom get a failure of Taral Wayne to win the Fan Artist last chance to read, largely because it only comes year, I’m beginning to think there isn’t, Bruce out once a year, there’s It Goes on the Shelf. will walk off with a Hugo at Worldcon next Ned Brooks does an incredible job with each year. issue, which may explain why it only comes Steve Green’s new zine, the Fortnightly out once a year. There are looks at books, Fix, is also up on eFanzines.com and is well magazines, and folks. It’s got a great Brad worth the time and effort. A really nice little Foster cover that I think is one of his best B zine! +W pieces in recent memory. Also, New Moon, the latest edition in the Vegas fandom is at it again. There’s issue Twilight Saga, is pretty much the greatest thing #10 of Home Kookin’ with Arnie Katz at the ever, though I totally wanna see the movie reins. It’s good stuff, though sadly I’ve only within the movie, Gambling Gods and LSD. gotten to skim. Curse this money-payin’ gig which now leaves me little time for at-work FANAC!!! Exhibition Hall is out and its fourth issue is really fun as it covers all sorts of fun. eFanzines.com is its home so go and check it out. Speaking of eFanzines, there are some great things that’ve been posted lately. First off, there’s The Panoramic Route by Guy and Rose Marie Lillian. It’s a fantastic trip report from the Lillians on their trip to Anticipation. I’m in it. That’s awesome. Guy also put out a fine issue of The Zine Dump, his zine review zine. I like that Guy guy. He’s a good guy. Bruce Gillespie is probably the World’s Top If you haven’t read Christina Lake and Fan Writer. That’s a big claim, but you go and Doug Bell’s Head, issue 8 is on eFanzines.com. read Scratch Pad, issues 71 and 72 now on It’s got a great cover and is well worth reading. eFanzines.com, and you tell me different. His Sadly, I’ve only managed to skim it, but I read zines Steam Engine Time and Scratch Pad are issue 7 and it was a delight! both great. If there’s justice, and after the 3 Letters of Comment Let us begin with the editor of one of a great Phedre in the adaptation of I see John Purcell has a copy of the the finest fanzines going today, Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel books Klingon Hamlet. I also have the Klingon Alexiad, with a LOC from Joe Major! myself. Gilgamesh. Qapla’. Dear Chris & Jean: Let me say I will say nothing against “Wear my Medal Ceremony Princess A couple of years ago one of the a naked Angelina, but let there be no Leia costume.” Yeah, wearing the Slave local radio stations changed format. To filmaic version of the Kushiel books. Leia costume would probably be a good fill in the hiatus, they played “I Am the PLEASE!!! way to be kept out of the concert. Carrie Walrus.” Only “I Am the Walrus.” Any The University of Louisville library Fisher said she really had to get in shape hour of the day or night one could turn had for some unaccountable reason a for that scene. It seems a very popular to their channel and hear goo goo a subscription to Amra, so I sat down one costume, though I don’t know if the joob… afternoon and read the two bound pillow-fighting Slave Leias or the Slave So now I must say to Lisa, when we volumes they had. (For other interests Leia bellydancing is the more interesting both get home from work, “I am thee they also had The Baker Street Journal.) version. and you are me and we are all Now that was a remarkable zine, with There’s a Slave Girl Leia t-shirt that together…” That is to say, nice comment still useful stuff written by pros. There I’ve been tempted to purchase since I on the review of Soulless, but Lisa wrote was a hardback of the best articles which don’t think I can pull off the outfit it. is now I understand a collector’s item itself. Chris Garcia replies: Noted. You costing $$$. It was divided into two So you saw the Buckaroo Banzai fest know, there was a radio show out here paperbacks which I do have. in Reno… was Big Trouble In Little on one of the college stations that got a I got a long run of Amra from China really the rewrite of Buckaroo letter from a listener who accused them Recycle Bookstore which I totally Banzai vs. the World Crime League? of over-playing Metallica’s “Master of bought and now love. Even better is Supposedly it was a spin-off and Puppets.” They responded by playing that I got a run of The Baker Street Jack Burton was supposed to be in “Master of Puppets” every other song, Journal back in the day, though it’s not BBvWCL and there’s been word of a with Guns ‘n Roses’ “Sweet Child of that big. I’ve been looking for copies of couple of groups trying to get it made Mine” played in-between. It was Ripperana and Ripperologist, both of still. awesome. which they used to hold at Stanford. See you in Raleigh. As for the naked girls from Gia I Namarie, prefer Angelina, but I think she’d make Joseph T Major 4 Always good to hear from you, Joe! is due? And, no, I’m not running it. I’d It’s a fine zine and one that’ll do Rock on! like to see it, though. well over the long haul. I love the And now…Lloyd Penney! There are reports and pictures in layouts. I’m never going to be that good Dear Jean and Chris and David and Exhibition Hall. It was a great event at it! España and Tom: (as was WindyCon) and there’s a lot of SiliCon sounded great… why was it Thank you all for yet another SF/SF, talk about the explosion in the number small? Is money that tight for everyone? issue 97. It is Remembrance Day here, of Steampunk cons coming up. It’s be Or are more people going to the larger Veteran’s Day where you are, and as of cool for a Toronto World Fantasy, conventions, especially the anime cons? today, I have finished my second day as though I’ll never turn down a reason to The Sweeney Todd event sounded very a production assistant at the Law Society go to Montreal! good indeed.