Volume 13, Issue 3 June/July ConNotations 2003 The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society

Harry Potter: The Book, The Featured Inside SF Tube Talk Special Features DVD and The Movie All the latest news about Harlan Ellison Returning to Phoenix Scienc Fiction TV shows Harry Potter - The Book, The DVD, by Lee Whiteside The Movie The New Harry Potter Book - Harry Harry Potter and the Chamber of Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Secrets DVD: 24 Frames Plus our Regular Features: The sequel is better than equal All the latest Movie News Harry Potter and the Order of the By Shane Shellenbarger Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, the fifth in the by Lee Whiteside CASFS Business Report best-selling series has been scheduled for Harry Potter and the Chamber of release on Saturday, June 21, 2003. Look for Secrets - Synopsis The Costume Closet Event Calendar a lot of bookstores to have special sales With Harry Potter trying to settle into Facepainting & Costuming starting at midnight for those who can’t his 2nd year at Hogwarts School of by John Wheeler Club Listings wait until the morning. Following is a Witchcraft and Wizardry, odd preview of the book from the publisher: occurrences force Harry, Hermione ConClusion FYI “I say to you all, once again - in the Granger, and Ron Weasley into solving World Horror light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are the mystery of the Slytheran heir. Things by Mike Willmoth Convention List & only as strong as we are united, as weak as go from bad to worse when a house elf Generic Registration Form we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for named Dobby warns Harry to stay away spreading discord and enmity is very great. from Hogwarts and creates so much Non-Genre by Genre We can fight it only by showing an equally mischief at the Dursley’s house that Non-Genre Books by Genre Authors And strong bond of friendship and trust.” Harry becomes a virtual prisoner. It’s up So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end to Ron, Fred, and George Weasley to aid Letters To Editor of Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. in Harry’s escape with the aid of their In Memory of But as Harry enters his fifth year at wizard dad’s flying car. Harry and Ron make use Brooke Bauerlein school, it seems those bonds have never of the car again when they can’t A Novel Idea been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort’s penetrate the train station barrier on to Upcoming Releases rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world Platform 9 and ¾. After they crash land of SF/F Books between those who believe the truth about the car into the Whomping Willow at his return, and those who prefer to believe Hogwarts and barely escape expulsion, In Our Book it’s all madness and lies - just more trouble Harry and Ron think that their luck has Reviews of New SF/F Books from Harry Potter. changed for the better. They couldn’t be Add this to a host of other worries for more wrong. Harry… Harry begins to hear voices issuing ReAnimation A Defense Against the Dark Arts from the walls speaking of murder and Anime Reviews teacher with a personality like poisoned death. When Harry finds Filtch’s cat, honey ( cont’d on page 8 ) ( cont’d on page 8 )

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TV News & Previews “Fearless” This youthful ensemble Movie News crime drama uncovers the FBI’s best-kept By Lee Whiteside secret: an elite Special Investigations Unit By Lee Whiteside This time we’ve got info on what we’ll (SIU) staffed with the finest young agents It’s the all comic movie news report see on the broadcast networks this fall in to infiltrate and apprehend society’s (since that’s pretty much all of the genre the way of new and returning shows plus dangerous new class of young criminals. movies with any recent news) this issue! lots of info on the new shows starting this Born with a genetic defect, 23-year-old In pre-production with filming set to start this summer is “Son of the Mask”, a summer on the cable networks. agent Gaia (Rachael Leigh Cook, “She’s sequel to “The Mask”. Jim Carrey, the At press time, the broadcast networks All That”) lacks one of the most basic human instincts: fear. While her partners star of the original movie, will not be just finished their annual up front involved this time. It will focus on the Ryan (Eric Balfour, “24,” “Six Feet Lee Whiteside presentations to advertisers announcing mask of Loki and will pass through several their plans for the fall. Fans of several Under”) and Harmony (Bianca Lawson, “Dawson’s Creek,” “Save The Last hands in the movie, not just one central shows had to wait until these been previewed online and in theatres. Dance”) suspect she has a secret, they character. In negotiations to play one of presentations to find out if their favorite these, a struggling cartoonist who is But, that’s still not all for The Matrix: show was coming back or not. Here’s a have no choice but to trust her. Whether Reloaded. On June 6th, a IMAX version her rare mutation is an important asset or a coping with fatherhood, is Jamie Kennedy rundown of what’s new and returning next (The Jamie Kennedy Experiment) plus of the movie will debut on more than 35 deadly liability for the unit remains to be season. Alan Cumming (X2) is likely to be playing IMAX screens across the country and in The WB will be bringing back seen. Ian Somerhalder (“The Rules of Loki. November, Matrix: Revolutions will open Smallville, Charmed, and Angel and Attraction,” “Young Americans”) and X2 opened to gangbuster box office, at IMAX theatres the same day it opens in adding two new partially genre shows to Erich Anderson (“Unfaithful,” taking in $150 million domestically in the regular theatres.. Unlike Attack of the their mix. They will be moving Smallville “Felicity”) also star. Fearless is from first ten days. In an interview with Clones or Apollo 13, which had to be to Wednesday nights at 8 pm ET/PT, 7 pm executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer production designer Guy Dyas on shortened to two hours, this will be a full CT/MT and keeping Angel in the second (“Black Hawk Down,” “Pearl Harbor”), countingdown.com, he revealed a bit length version of the movie on the giant hour of prime time on Wednesday. Jonathan Littman (“CSI,” “Without a about what we can expect for X3. He screen. IMAX technology now allows Charmed will stay in it’s current time slot Trace”), Jeremy Littman (“Law & indicated that The Beast and Colossus will longer movies and they won’t have to shorten the Matrix movies to make them on Sunday nights. The new shows with Order,” “Strong Medicine”), Vincent Ngo likely turn up in the next movie in major and Evan Charnov for Jerry Bruckheimer roles and that the X-Men Danger Room fit into a time limitation some genre elements will be Tarzan and According to a Marvel press Jane on Sunday nights following Television and Warner Bros. Television will likely be used, having been designed for the second movie but was cut from it. conference, a Fantastic Four movie is on Charmed and Fearless on Tuesday nights Production Inc. As for Angel, the season finale set Look for X3 in the summer of 2005. the fast track to be out in November of following The Gilmore Girls. Fearless will As expected, The Matrix: Reloaded 2004. Marvel chief Ava Arad has indicated also get repeats on Sunday night leading things up for the new season with Angel and crew taking over Wolfram and Hart. opened to record breaking numbers, taking that he would like to see George Clooney off their EasyView repeat block at 5 pm ET/ in the highest ever Thursday opening day in the role of Reed Richards and that PT, 4 pm MT/CT and the WB will air As expected, Charisma Carpenter will not be returning as a regular cast member and amount with $42 million and an opening serious negotiations and in progress with episodes from the first two seasons of the actor. Directing the movie looks to be her character Cordelia Chase will either weekend take of $92 million in the US, Smallville in the 7 pm ET/PT, 6 pm CT/MT giving the movie a total of $134 for it’s Peyton Reed (Bring It On), who indicated time slot as Smallville: Beginnings. remain in a coma or make occasional guest in one interview that they don’t have a appearances once she recovers. Joining four day opening weekend. By mid-week it From the WB Press Release: “Tarzan was already close to catching up to X2, script ready to film yet and that Mark the show as a regular will be James and Jane” This thrilling, contemporary which slowed down considerably and was Frost is currently working on a draft. Also twist on the timeless legend of Tarzan Marsters as Spike. How he will fit into the at $176 million after it’s first three in the works for 2004 for Marvel are Iron turns the popular tale into an urban new setup is unknown, especially weekends. And that is just the start for Fist, directed by Steve Carr and starring adventure, an intriguing mystery and, following the Buffy finale, but it should be The Matrix. June 3 sees the release to Ray Parks as a martial artist who “fights most of all, an unconventional love story. interesting. The door is also open for other home video of the animated short film evil with his consummate fighting skill From the day two decades ago that young Buffy characters to turn up on the show as collection Animatrix, which features nine backed with the ability to strike with a John Clayton’s parents died and left him well. Joss Whedon has said he will be anime films from 7 of the world’s leading punch of superhuman force”, The alone in the African jungle, he was raised devoting more time to the show now that it Anime directors that provides a visionary Punisher, starring Thomas Jane by apes and has emerged as the fearless is the only one he has on the air and other fusion of CG-Animatrion and Japanese (Dreamcatcher) and directed by first-time director Jonathan Hensleigh, and Blade 3 Tarzan (newcomer Travis Fimmel). writers will come over from Buffy as well. Anime. The shorts are all tied into the According to co-creator David Greenwalt, world of the Matrix, some of which have Captured by his billionaire uncle, Richard ( cont’d on page 4 ) Clayton (Mitch Pileggi, “The X-Files”), the new setup with Wolfram and Hart will the CEO of powerful Greystoke Industries, not always be a smooth Tarzan is returned, against his will, to his relationship. family’s home - New York City. Resisting “Obviously, they wish captivity, he escapes into the concrete to corrupt all our people,” Greenwalt said WANTED TO BUY!!! jungle of New York City where he encounters the strong-willed NYPD in a zap2it.com detective Jane Porter (stage actress Sarah interview, “and all of our Currently paying cash for the following: Wayne Callies). Jane’s perfectly ordered people wish not to be RPG books like Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 3rd life is turned upside-down by Tarzan’s corrupted. Some of them ED D&D D20, Shadowrun, some older White Wolf, Middle Earth role Playing dangerous yet profoundly untainted will be corrupted, some morality. Romantically involved with of them won’t be. Gunn and more! another member of the force, Detective is going to become the Avalon Hill, SPI, GMT, Columbia, GDW and other board games! Michael Foster (Johnny Messner, “Tears coolest. You’ll be seeing Magic The Gathering Cards From Beta, Unlimited, Revised, Arabian Nights and him in beautiful suits. of the Sun”), Jane is left to choose Legends between reason and instinct, civilization And you know, Fred has and pure humanity, her head and her heart. never had money and a Lord of the Rings and Legend of the five rings CCG”s Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (“Juwanna Mann”) car and a place of her Battletech & older Miniatures own before, so she’s and Sarah-Jane Potts (“Felicity”) also Battletech books star. “Tarzan and Jane” is from executive going to be living a little producers Laura Ziskin (“Spider-Man,” wilder than ever. Lorne Looking for anything New, Used, opened, unopened, painted and unpainted! “Pretty Woman”), David Gerber (“The is in heaven, because he gets to talk to Michael Lost Battalion”), P.K. Simonds (“Party of Please call 480-807-5086 with what you have! Five,” “Beauty and The Beast”), writer/ Jackson and all the co-executive producer Eric Kripke entertainment people. (“Truly Committed”) and director/ Angel has got eyes ( cont’d on page 5 ) Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 3 the Spiderman filming schedule around the first Matrix movie) to review the resides in, where he is challenged by 24 Frames (cont’d from page 3 ) his needs, allowing him time to heal before movie storyboards with a stunt terrifying monsters which include a giant he had to do anything he couldn’t handle. coordinator showing that Macquire could scorpion, a giant serpent and the Roc, a bringing back Wesley Snipes for the third The producers and the studio didn’t think handle the job. Following a physical exam 40-foot-tall bird made of ice and snow. go at the vampire hunter role. that way and planned to go ahead without and harness tests, Maguire was back on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Of course there is also Spiderman II, him and get a new actor, Jake Gyllenhaal. the movie, albeit a bit more humble Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in this bringing back Tobey Maguire as Peter Macquire blames himself for following his experience. third installment of the popular sci-fi Parker, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane miscommunication that made the situation In the continuing Superman movie action saga as a cyborg from the future Watson and featuring Alfred Molina as worse. Macquire got support from saga, director Brett Ratner did end up once again becoming involved in the Dr. Otto Octavius aka Dr. Octopus. Universal chief Ron Meyer (who is the leaving the project and Warner Bros. is affairs of twentysomething John Connor According to a report in the Los Angeles father of Macquire’s girlfriend) in now looking for another director (and still (Nick Stahl) and his first battles with the Times, Maguire at one point was encouraging him to fight for the role and looking for a super actor). Latest rumors SkyNet machine network, including a new dismissed from the movie due to back also helping with dealing with the are that McG (Charlie’s Angels) and Terminator, T-X (Kristanna Loken). problems following his role as a jockey in Columbia chief Amy Pascal. Producer Joel Jonathan Frakes are being considered for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of “Seabiscuit”. According to the report, Silver helped Macquire arrange for a the directing job. In other DC movie news, the Black Pearl - Set in the Caribbean Sea Macquire assumed that they would work doctor (who also treated Keanu Reeves on Wonder Woman has a new screenwriter in in the 17th century, this is the story of a Philip Levens, who has been writing for gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow the Smallville TV series. (Johnny Depp), who teams up with the ~ Memorial for Brooke Lynne Bauerlein ~ Filming starts in June for the fourth daughter (Keira Knightley) of a governor movie based on The Crow, called “The (Jonathan Pryce) to stop the evil plan of a Brooke Lynne Bauerlein, was the loving daughter, of Crow: Wicked Prayer”. Edward Furlong ship of dangerous pirates (led by Jeffrey Michael & Shannon Bauerlein. She was put on this earth plays ex-con Jimmy Cuervo who is Rush) who are trying to reverse an ancient for only a very brief, but happy time. Born into a murdered along with his girlfriend, Lily curse that leaves them stuck between life (Emmanuelle Chriqui), by Luc Crash and death, with the light of the moon caring, and devoted family, On July 20, 1999, she was (David Boreanaz) and his satanic gang, revealing their skeletons, like some kind of taken by a tragic accident on May 15, 2003. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as part undead monsters. Also stars Orlando The time she graced us with her presence, she brought of a ritual for Crash to become an immortal Bloom (Legolas in Lord of the Rings). all the happiness a beautiful child could give to any demon. Cuervo comes back as The Crow Looks to possibly be a halfway decent family. The looks of an angel, the wit and intelligence to avenge their deaths. movie inspired by the Disney theme park she displayed, were far beyond her 3 little years. Her Movie Previews for June and July ride. father Michael, adored her, as we all did, and one felt While June is a bit slow for new genre The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen releases, July is one of the busiest genre - Based very loosely on the Alan Moore that on the day she was born, it truly made him into a months in a long time. Check the calendar graphic novel epic of the same name, this man. She was a happy and wonderful little girl, who for the scheduled release dates. is the story of a group of characters drawn made everyone who met her, fall in love. Her little The Hulk - In this adaptation of the long- from famous works of literature, including sister Joelle, will miss her “Little Mommy”, as she was running Marvel comic “The Incredible Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), Dorian known, for taking care of Joelle, as only a devoted Hulk,” research scientist Dr. Bruce Gray (Stuart Townsend), The Invisible “older” sister could. Please keep her, and our family in Banner’s (Eric Bana) failed experiments Man (Tony Curran). Tom Sawyer (Shane your hearts and your prayers. cause him to mutate into a monstrously West), Mina Murray (Peta Wilson), powerful and savage green-skinned Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah) and Dr. A Brand New Friend behemoth whenever he loses control of Jekyll (Jason Flemyng), banding together in Loving Memory his emotions. Jennifer Connelly plays his to combat criminal undertakings of the The heavens are much brighter, there’s a new star in love interest Betty Ross, Nick Nolte plays highest order near the turn of the 19th Bruce’s dangerous father, and Sam Elliott century. the sky. plays Betty’s father, the tough-as-nails Johnny English - Johnny English stars She left us very suddenly’ and never said goodbye. General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. Rowan Atkinson (The Black Adder, Mr. We saw the light within her eyes,and somehow didn’t Lots of CGI Hulk action from the trailer and Bean) as an accident-prone MI-7 agent on know, that it if you can’t wait for the movie to find out a mission to rescue Britain’s crown jewels was shining from her, for soon she had to go. what happens in it, check out Peter and save the country and the monarchy There must be little angels, that need a brand new David’s novel based on the movie that is from a Machiavellian French business friend, already in the stores. magnate. John Malkovich (Ripley’s 28 Days Later - A virus that locks those Game) portrays the scheming Sauvage ’Cause there’s no other reason, this precious life infected into a permanent state of killing and Ben Miller (The Parole Officer) is could end. rage, is accidentally released from a British Johnny’s sidekick Bough. Double- So little angel babies, research facility. Carried by animals and platinum recording artist Natalie whose lives were cut so humans, the virus is impossible to contain, Imbruglia makes her feature film debut as short, and spreads across the entire planet. special agent Lorna Campbell, the object Twenty-eight days later, a small group of of English’s desires. The movie opened Be sure to make her happy, survivors are trapped in London, caught in very well worldwide in April and a sequel she’s your beautiful a desperate struggle to protect themselves is already in the planning stages. reward. from the infected. As they attempt to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of salvage a future from the apocalypse, they Life - This time around, archaeologist and Catherine Bauerlein, find that their most deadly enemy is not explorer extraordinaire Lara Croft For my grandaughter the virus, but other survivors. (Angelena Jolie) journeys to a temple, Charlie’s Angels - The sequel reunites sunken underwater, that leads to a sphere Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and that contains the mythical Pandora’s Box, Lucy Liu as the indomitable crime-fighting only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, heroines. In the Angels’ new adventure, the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate, the captivating trio once again who’s in league with a bad guy named If anyone woud care to demonstrates their expertise as espionage Reiss who wants to use the Box as a send a donation to the and martial arts, and disguise. doomsday weapon. bauerlein family, to help Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - The Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - The defaray the cost of latest Dreamworks animated effort tells an continuing adventures of spy siblings Juni funeral, and hospital entirely new Sinbad (Brad Pitt) adventure and Carmen Cortez (Daryl Sabara and in which Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer), the Alexa Vega), this time with segments of expenses, you may send goddess of Chaos, steals the “Book of the movie in 3-D! Sylvester Stallone stars them to: Peace”, and frames Sinbad for the crime. as the Toymaker, who creates a virtual Michael Bauerlein Setting out to prove his innocence (and reality video game that Carmen is put into 3366 east Glade Circle save the life of his best friend, Proteus the and Juni must rescue her. Mesa Arizona, 85204 Shapeshifter, voiced by Ralph Fiennes), Sinbad travels to the realm that Eris

Page 4 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 Kingdom Hospital which will likely begin Tru Calling - What would you do if Charlotte Morgan’s four children. Jake was SF Tube Talk (Cont’d from page 3) airing January. From the ABC press you could relive a day? If you’re Tru the golden child that every parent dreams open, always looking for the screwing, but release: Using the Danish miniseries Davies (Eliza Dushku “Buffy the Vampire of having. Following in his father’s meanwhile, they can use the full faith of “Riget” (a.k.a. “The Kingdom”) as a Slayer”), you’d save lives. Tru is a smart, footsteps, he decided to become a cop. Wolfram & Hart to help the people they point of inspiration, master of horror sexy recent college graduate who – when And, on his first day on the job, Jake was need to help.” Stephen King gives this story a unique her high-powered medical internship falls murdered. We rejoin the Morgan family a UPN has dropped The Twilight Zone and menacing American touch. King through – finds herself working the year after Jake’s death. Jake now is our in favor of Jake 2.0, which will take over himself describes it as “ER” crossed with midnight shift at the New York City narrator, watching his family from beyond the 9 pm ET/PT, 8 pm CT/MT slot that “The Shining.” Kingdom is a hospital morgue. One night, Tru questions reality with amusement, longing and never- Twilight Zone spent last season in. The whose bizarre population includes a when she thinks she hears a beautiful ending curiosity as their true lives are network is also expanding their comedy brilliant surgeon who lives in the murder victim asking for her help. But the revealed to him. Jake is not a ghost, but in block so Jake 2.0 is the only new drama basement, a nearly blind security guard next morning, our heroine wakes up to find many ways he is still a part of the lives of on the network. and a nurse who regularly faints at the that she is back at the beginning of that the people he loves, and he still has From the UPN Press release on Jake sight of blood. But when patients and staff very same day – twelve hours before a unresolved issues. 2.0: “Jake 2.0” stars Christopher hear the voice of a girl crying through the murder that only she knows about is set to By turns heart-breaking and life- Gorham (“Felicity”) as Jake Foley, a halls and a patient destined for life as a take place. With the clock ticking, Tru is affirming, joyful, combative and computer technician who is transformed paraplegic miraculously recovers, they are compelled to traverse the city of New York complicated, Still Life is a beautiful into a secret agent for the National dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism over those next twelve hours to prevent celebration of love, life and family. Mark Security Agency (NSA) after he is or unseen powers... at their own peril. this wrongful death, while at the same time Piznarski (“Once and Again,” “My So- accidentally infected with nanites based Returning for its third season will be rescuing members of her own family from Called Life,” “Everwood”) directs Still on the real life, beyond-state-of-the-art Alias, sticking to its current Sunday night their dangerous and self-destructive lives. Life, from 20th Century Fox Television and nanotechnology that reduces the size of a time slot. It appears to be upping the genre Directed by renowned filmmaker Phillip Original Television. Production Company: computer to the molecular level. Upon the element with the season finale seeing the Noyce (“The Quiet American”), Tru 20th Century Fox Television and Original discovery of his new mind-boggling completion of the Rambaldi machine by Calling combines the sexiness and speed Television; Executive Producers: Marty powers, he begins to operate at an atomic Sloane but no revelation on what it does. of “Alias” with the procedural crime Adelstein, Neal Moritz, Kip Koenig, Dawn level -- possessing superhuman strength, However, the ending with Sydney format of “CSI.” Tru Calling is from 20th Parouse, Marti Noxon; Writer: Kip lightning-fast speed, heightened hearing, awakening two years in the future has Century Fox Television and Original Koenig; Director: Mark Piznarski; Cast: magnified vision and the telepathic some fans speculating that time travel is Television and comes from executive Jensen Ackles as Max, David Keith as abilities to communicate with computers. involved. We’re going to have to wait until producer/writer Jon Feldman (“American Ben, Susanna Thompson as Charlotte, The NSA soon realizes he is an untested September for any answers. Dreams,” “Roswell,” “Dawson’s Creek”). Audrey Marie Anderson as Emily, asset and forms a Special Ops team with NBC, as usual, has no genre shows on Cast: Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies, Shawn Jeanette Brox as Daisy, Morena Baccarin him at its core. Jake 2.0 also features tap, sticking with their comedies and Law Reaves as Harrison, Jessica Collins as as Maggie. Jake’s love interest, Congressional staffer and Order franchise. CBS has one genre Meredith, A.J. Cook as Lindsay, Heath With the broadcast season over with, Sarah Heywood (Marina Black, “Six Feet related show in Joan of Arcadia, a modern Freeman as Cameron, Zach Galifianakis the cable channels start picking up the Under”); Jake’s roommate Darin (Matt day Joan of Arc, that will air Friday nights as Davis. slack in the genre series. June sees the Czuchry, “Young Americans”); senior at 8 pm ET/PT, 7 pm CT/MT. CBS Wonderfalls (Slated for Mondays at start of Season Seven of Stargate SG-1 agent Kyle Duarte (Philip Anthony- describes it as “Not your typical family 8:00 p.m., ET, beginning in January) Set and the return of Tremors: The Series Rodriguez); senior agent Louise Beckett show. Not your typical family. Will Girardi against the backdrop of Niagara Falls, from hiatus on the SciFi Channel as well as (Judith Scott, “C.S.I.: Crime Scene (Joe Mantegna) is the new police chief of Wonderfalls is a funny, provocative and the debut of Showtime’s Dead Like Me. Investigation”), and research doctor Arcadia, California. Helen (Mary magical one-hour dramedy about Jaye July sees the continuation of the second Diane Hughes (Keegan Connor Tracy, Steenburgen), his smart, tough wife, is Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), an season of The Dead Zone and possible “Final Destination 2”). Jake 2.0 is trying to get their 19-year-old son Kevin underachieving twenty-something the start of season two of Jeremiah. produced by Roundtable Entertainment in (Jason Ritter), who was disabled in a car souvenir shop worker whose life is forever SciFi’s new Friday lineup of Tremors: association with Viacom Productions, Inc. wreck a year earlier, to take an interest in changed after she has what her family calls The Series, Scare Tactics and Cleopatra Executive producers are Gina Matthews life again. Luke (Michael Welch), their “an episode.” That’s when inanimate 2525 didn’t hold up very well once the (“What Women Want”), Grant Scharbo other son, is a nerdy 15-year-old who animal figures – toys, cartoon images, broadcast networks started their sweeps. (“Deep Core”) and Silvio Horta (“The thinks he has it all figured out. And Joan anything in the form of an animal – begin With sagging ratings, SciFi quickly pulled Chronicle”). (Amber Tamblyn), their 16-year-old talking to her, and their cryptic messages Tremors and Cleopatra 2525, bringing The season finale of Enterprise has daughter, is a typical teenager oblivious to set into motion a chain of events that back repeats of Stargate SG-1's sixth set things up for a new direction for the her treacherous surroundings. But family invariably lead her into the lives of others season, but leaving Scare Tactics on. series with Archer and crew taking off into life in the Girardi household has just in need. Described by its creators Bryan They also moved up Roar two hours on The Delphic Expanse with a refitted ship in become a bit more complicated: God has Fuller (“Star Trek: Voyager”) and Todd Wednesday night. In June and early July, order to protect Earth from the alien decided to talk to Joan. And that’s not Holland (“Malcolm in the Middle”), with Roar will be airing the remaining episodes menace, the Xinti, introduced in the finale. something a teenager wants to handle. tongues firmly in cheek, as “Touched by a of the series that were never broadcast in According to Scott Bakula “...the idea of Joan of Arcadia traces the overlapping Crazy Person,” the series focuses on Jaye the US in its original run on FOX. Tremors this peaceful exploration that we took off lives of the Girardis as it focuses on the as she meddles in, muddles up, and will return to the channel on June 20th, with is changed forever.” In one interview family’s evolution and on Joan’s now even ultimately betters the lives of herself, her moving to the 8 pm ET/PT time slot from Rick Berman, he indicated “I think more interesting journey toward eccentric family of overachievers, and the preceding Stargate SG-1. our final episode of the season is going to womanhood. God help her. God help the eclectic variety of strangers that cross her Stargate SG-1 season seven starts in be quite startling because we’re going to Girardis. path. Over the course of this series Jaye full force on SciFi Channel on June 13th. do a cliffhanger that will put a new twist FOX is coasting on the success of will discover that the world around her SciFi will start of the night with a one hour on the series as it enters its third year. their reality series and has a slew of new really is a magical place, and that the Stargate SG-1: The Lowdown special ...we’re not talking about a tiny change. dramas for this season, cancelling Firefly seemingly random events in her life are which will recap the events of the last We’re talking about a change that is going (with three episodes unaired), John Doe, actually all part of something much greater. couple of seasons to get viewers ready for to, to some degree, alter our mission and, and Futurama (although they still have Wonderfalls is from 20th Century Fox the new season which sees the return of to some degree, change the tone of the around eight episodes left they will likely Television and Regency Television. Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson which series. We’re going to be dealing with burn off this summer). Production Companies: 20th Century Fox was set up in the season Six finale. some new, non-Starfleet people coming on For the fall, they will introduce Tru Television and Regency Television; Following the special, SciFi will air the first the ship [who will] add a little muscle for Calling starring Eliza Dushku (Faith on Executive Producers/Writers: Bryan two episodes of the season that night with the potentially violent situations our crew Buffy the Vampire Slayer) on Thursdays Fuller, Todd Holland; Director: Todd Fallen and Homecoming where SG-1 will be coming up against.” at 8 pm ET/PT, 7 pm CT/MT. Squaring off Holland; Cast: Caroline Dhavernas as discovers Daniel Jackson alive and living ABC is regrouping after their failures against the final season of Friends on Jaye, Katie Finneran as Sharon, Tyron on an alien world, with no memory of who with their new genre dramas last season NBC may not be the smartest move, but if Leitso as Eric, William Sadler as Darrin, he is and then they return to Jonas (Push, Nevada, Dinotopia, Veritas: The FOX sticks with the show, it might have a Diana Scarwid as Karen, Adam Scott as Quinn’s home world where they discover Quest and Miracles all went down in short chance to get an audience. For mid- Aaron. the Gou’ald are after its naquadria. In order) and they will not have any new season, FOX plans Wonderfalls and Still Still Life tells the story of an American Fragile Balance (an episode that has genre shows on their fall schedule. For Life. From the FOX press release on these family, the Morgans, through the eyes of been in the works for a couple of seasons), midseason, they do have Stephen King’s new shows: Jake Morgam, the eldest of Ben and ( Cont’d on page 6 ) Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 5 them and compete for prizes. Life on Mars the only episode specific info that has Twilight Zone (1980’s), Beauty and the SF Tube Talk (Cont’d from page 5) will simulate a group of two colonies of been mentioned is that one of these will Beast, Max Headroom and Farscape. a teenage boy shows up at the SGC people living on Mars with them feature Johnny Smith versus a tornado There is still one episode from season claiming to be Jack O’Neill -- while the real competing with each other for survival. that seems to have a mind of its own. In two of The Dead Zone that has not yet colonel has gone missing. In Orpheus, Other series include Lab Rats (using order to get the new batch of episodes aired and may never air, though. The Teal’c and SG-1 must risk everything to humans as Lab Rats), Psychic produced, some new production staff has episode originally titled “The Hunt For rescue his son and his mentor from a Jaffa Investigators (real-life psychics been brought on of genre credentials. Osama” and later renamed to just “The prison. In Revisions, the team gates to a investigating crimes), and a Halloween Coming on as head writer and co-executive Hunt” was pulled by a nervous USA climate-controlled environment amidst a Illusionist Special. producer is Karl Schaefer, who created Network at the time of the impending Gulf toxic wasteland, whose people are all Movies coming up on SciFi in June Eerie, Indiana and Strange Luck. Joining War. According to Michael Piller, USA linked to a central computer. Lifeboat sees and July include Encrypt (June 14) where the staff as a creative consultant will be may never air the episode and we may Daniel’s mind taken over by disembodied a former Army captain mounts a Mike Cassutt, who was worked on ( cont’d on page 7 ) crew members when SG-1 finds a crashed alien space ship. Space Race has SG-1 reconnaissance help an alien spacecraft compete in a race, mission for a powerful but they soon learn that there may be more overlord in a desolate at stake than the finish line. In Avenger future Earth - realizing ConKopelli 2.0, an SGC scientist creates a computer too late the virus to be used to disable enemy devastating true Stargates -- but succeeds in shutting reason behind the down the entire gate network. task. Grant Show Westercon 57 SciFi has announced a big (Melrose Place) and development slate with several dramas and Vivian Wu (Strange July 2-5, 2004 reality shows in the works for next year World) star. Webs and beyond. The most likely series to (June 28) sees a junk Litchfield Park, Arizona make it to air is Stargate: Atlantis, which man stumble upon a would follow on from the end of Stargate: familiar-looking SG-1 where a secret base left by the parallel universe originators of the Stargate is found in the covered in monstrous C.J. Cherryh - Author Guest of Honor most unlikely of places-on Earth buried spider webs ... and a within the ruins of the legendary mutant spider-woman David Cherry - Artist Guest of Honor civilization Atlantis. The implications of who follows him back this discovery lead the team to a distant that could likewise Heather Alexander - Music Guest of Honor universe, where they find a primitive destroy our own Earth. human civilization threatened by a sinister Likely airing in July is John Hertz - Fan Guest of Honor new enemy. Other series in development Bugs where giant, include Dead Lawyers where sleazy mutant bugs take over Our Theme: Mythology of the SouthWest lawyers come back from the dead to a city’s subway defend those they screwed over; The tunnels, eating Divide, about a late night radio psychic, through any human his dead twin sister, and the local coroner who crosses their team up to fight crime; Legion, about a paths! A city engineer man who sells his soul to the devil to save teams with a biologist Membership: his daughter’s life and discovers the price to exterminate the Location: he pays is to leave his family and travel insect problem - but the earth destroying the minions of can they finish the job Supporting: $30 darkness, and perhaps free himself from before the queen eternal damnation; Painkiller Jane, about breeds a new batch? Wigwam Resort Attending: $60 thru a marine officer who is exposed to a Over on the USA 300 Wigwam Blvd. biochemical weapon that changes her Network, The Dead 07/31/03 genetically, endowing her with incredible Zone is continuing its Litchfield Park, Arizona More later and at the door self-healing powers; Suture Girl, based on second season with a Spawn character that is a beautiful six new episodes 623 -935-3811 former advertising executive that after starting July 6th. being violently murdered by a serial killer While the last new Rooms: $105 is literally stitched back to life and imbued episode in April, Zion, Suites: $135 with special powers by a mysterious was originally billed as gypsy woman. the season finale, USA Room rate includes gratuity for Miniseries in the works include a four Network decided to bellman (check in/out), maid Contact Info: hour remake of “The Thing” and “6 Days order a new batch of service, as well as unlimited use ‘til Sunday”, a six hour series in which J.T. six episodes to extend Neumeyer stumbles upon a mysterious the second season of the Health Facilities, Valet and briefcase foretelling his own gruesome instead of formally Resort Parking, Bicycles, Shuttle ConKopelli murder -- in just six days. 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Page 6 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 problems and anxieties of a young woman than Justice League and will feature stand- figures out a way to change back, he must (cont’d from page 6 ) SF Tube Talk on her own, albeit “undead”, and learning alone half hour episodes. According to contend with being a human sized rat and have to wait for a DVD release to see it. more about life now than when she was Cartoon Network Senior VP of animation, having to function in the human world. At The episode has Johnny recruited by a alive. Sam Register, they wanted a show that 11:30 pm will be Stripperella, created by special “Remote Viewing” group within the For those of you wanting to see the would appeal to the younger kids that may Stan Lee and starring Pamela Anderson, CIA to help them to track down Osama Bin final six episodes of Odyssey 5, Showtime not get Samauri Jack and Justice League. who provides the voice and moves for Laden. The story was written by a former has still not scheduled them and may The main continuing villain will be Slade, Erotica Jones, a stripper by night and the CIA agent that has participated in real never air them at this point. It is possible who is based on the comics character superhero Stripperella by later night. remote viewing activities with the teleplay they may air in July, but Showtime has not Deathstroke: The Terminator. Also causing Filling out the block will be the original being done by Michael Taylor. Piller has made any announcements. July is likely problems for the teens will be Dr. Light, episodes of Ren & Stimpy, airing uncut made available on the official website the (although, again, no official announcement Thunder and Lightning, Gizmo, Mammoth and digitally remastered. script for the episode. Check out the April has been made by Showtime) to see the and Jinx plus a couple of new creations, In the way of industry news, the Jim 17th “From Michael Piller” on return of Jeremiah for its second season Cinder Block and Mumbo. The show will Henson company has finally been sold by www.thedeadzone.net for a PDF of the on Showtime, possibly paired up with be earth based (initial reports indicated the German firm EM-TV. After speculation script. Dead Like Me. As the second season they would be fighting an alien menace) that Disney, Saban or other media Showtime has scheduled Dead Like starts, Jeremiah, Markus and Erin are still and will be set in a fictional West Coast companies would buy what remained of Me for Friday nights at 11 pm starting on being held captive at Valhalla Sector. city that’s “San Francisco meets San the studio (EM-TV had sold off many of June 27th. From creator Bryan Fuller Jeremiah spends some surprising time with Diego meets Los Angeles” and won’t deal the companies rights), it ended up being (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Carrie”) comes his father, Devon, and is shown around by with the grown-up superheroes in the DC Jim Henson’s heirs, Brian Henson and his this comically offbeat original series about Devon’s assistant Libby (Joanne Kelly). universe, although Aqualad will make an four siblings, that bought the studio back Georgia “George” Lass (Ellen Muth), a Kurdy is still free but being hunted and he appearance. The animation will show more from EM-TV for $78 million. They had disaffected teenager who’s surprised to meets up with a mysterious stranger, Mr. of an Anime influence that other recent originally sold the company for $680 discover that an afterlife really exists after Smith (Sean Astin - Sam in Lord of the Warner Bros. superhero efforts. million in 2000 on promises that they she’s struck and killed by a piece of the Rings) who has some cryptic messages for Debuting on June 26 on Spike TV (the would have the backing to do more with MIR space station that hurtles to Earth. Kurdy. Kurdy must work with Chen Lee, new name for the former TNN) will be a their Muppet Characters and develop There, she finds that she’s been assigned Theo, and Markus’s secret love Meaghan new adult animation block called “The other projects. As it turned out, EM-TV to be a “reaper,” delivering souls to their to rescue Jeremiah and the others from Strip” at 10 pm ET/PT Thursdays. Leading didn’t deliver on any promises and pretty eternal reward under the watchful eye of Valhalla Sector. Expect a lot of twists and off the block will be the “Ren and Stimpy much sold off a lot of the valuable assets her by-the book boss Rube (Mandy turns in the second season as J. Michael Adult Party Cartoon” with all new of the company, including the Sesame Patinkin). Other reapers are Betty Straczynski has written the bulk of the episodes produced by Ren & Stimpy Street characters and . Henson does still (Rebecca Gayheart) who is a “bubbly and episodes with the departure of Sam Egan creator John Kricfalusi. Expect things to have the rights to The Muppets, The oft-times bubble headed beauty”, Roxie after the first season. be even grosser than the original run of Muppet Babies, The Fraggles, The (Jasmine Guy), a “no-nonsense reaper Cartoon Network will debut The Teen the series on Nick at Night. Next at 10:30 Hoobs, Farscape and Bear in the Big who moonlights as a meter maid to pick up Titans on July 19th at 9 pm ET/PT. As pm is Gary The Rat, in which Kelsey Blue House plus the Henson Creature extra cash”, and Mason (Callum Blue), a previously announced, the show will Grammar (“Frasier”) stars as the voice Shop. With their dad’s company now back “regular guy who attempts to help George feature Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy of Gary Andrews, a New York attorney under their full control, Brian Henson in her transition.” George must learn to (aka Changeling) and Raven. The show who is so unscrupulous and immoral that plans to work on returning the Muppets to cope with her new life, adjusting to all the will be geared towards a younger audience he wakes up one morning to discover that he’s turned into a six-foot rat. Until he ( Cont’d on page 8 )

Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 7 Phoenix is over 255,000 words compared making over use of the front channels for a SF Tube Talk (cont’d from page 7 ) Harry Potter Book (from page 1) with over 191,000 words in Harry Potter great deal of the film. The John Williams a successful franchise, following on the A venomous, disgruntled house-elf and the Goblet of Fire. The new book is score is mixed well without inappropriate success of their A Very Muppet Christmas Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor 38 chapters long, one more than Harry stressing of unimportant elements. Well movie on NBC last year. What this means Quidditch team Potter and the Goblet of Fire. done! to the future of Farscape is unknown, but And of course, what every student Harry Potter and the Chamber of Henson has always been a big supporter dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Harry Potter DVD (from page 1) Secrets – Extras of the show and will likely work on Level exams I don’t know how much longer the bringing it back in some form now that …and you’d know what Harry faces Mrs. Norris, petrified by some unknown producers of the Harry Potter series of they have control of the purse strings. during the day. But at night it’s even force, the writing on the walls speak of the DVD’s can hope to keep the sets at just Vivendi Universal has indicated they worse, because then he dreams of a single mysterious Chamber of Secrets and the two discs. In the Harry Potter and the are definitely wanting to sell of their door in a silent corridor. And this door is heir of Slytheran. When Harry speaks Sorcerer’s Stone DVD set, (HPatSS from entertainment assets, which include SciFi somehow more terrifying than every other Parsal-tongue to fend off a snake that here on in) seven deleted scenes were Channel, USA Network and Universal nightmare combined. Malfoy conjures up during a duel, people available (after a bit of puzzle solving) and Television. There are many possible new In the richest installment yet of J.K. begin to suspect that Harry is responsible in Harry Potter and the Chamber of owners, including Marvin Davis, Viacom Rowling’s seven-part story, Harry Potter for the attacks and that he is the heir. Secrets DVD set,(HPatCoS after this) there (who would like to have a Science Fiction confronts the unreliability of the very Along the way, Harry and the gang meet are nineteen deleted or extended scenes Channel they can run Star Trek and their government of the magical world, and the Moaning Myrtle, new Defense Against the available at the touch of a remote button. other genre properties on), and Barry impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, and In HPatSS you can poke about (in a limited Diller. Look for a deal with someone to be Despite this (or perhaps because of it) enigmatic, Tom Riddle. After Hermione way) in several locations at Hogwarts announced within the next month or two. Harry finds depth and strength in his brews up a Poly Juice Potion to disguise such as the Great Hall, the Library, the friends, beyond what even he knew; the boys and Harry and Ron determine Gryffindor Common Room, Harry’s Room, boundless loyalty, and unbearable that Malfoy isn’t the heir, they consort and areas of Diagon Alley, such as FYI sacrifice. with giant spiders to find out why Hagrid Ollivanders, Eeylops Owl Emporium, and Though thick runs the plot (as well as is sent to Azkaban Prison upon suspicion Gringotts Bank. In the HPatCoS DVD set the spine), readers will race through these that he opened the Chamber. It’s up to you get to explore Dumbledore’s Office, PUBLICATION NOTICE: CASFS pages, and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, Harry and Ron to save the victims of the the Chamber of Secrets, and check out MEMBER STILL MAKES GOOD. wishing only for the next train back. Chamber beast when Hermione joins the areas of Diagon Alley that were never by MICHAEL GRIFFIN Harry Potter and the Order of the growing list of the Monster’s prey. shown in the film. You can also preview six Phoenix is absolutely superb and will Harry Potter and the Chamber of scenes from the EA Games demo, see The third academic paper in a series delight all J.K. Rowling’s fans. She has Secrets - Picture Quality trailers from both films, creep into the will be out soon in the 2003 volume of the written a brilliant and utterly compelling Just like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, escape from the Journal of Literary Semantics. The title is new adventure, which begins with the Sorcerer’s Stone, this is a great transfer. spiders in the Forbidden Forest, create a ‘More Features of the Mythic Spacetime words: The wizarding world of Harry Potter is as slide show in Colin’s Darkroom, enjoy the many faces of that Renaissance Man, Algebra.’ See previous issues of “The hottest day of the summer so far real and believable on the small screen as was drawing to a close and a drowsy Gilderoy Lockhart, watch an exclusive Connotations (vol 10 no. 1, vol 11 no. 5) it is on the silver screen. Depth, texture, silence lay over the large, square houses and detail all shine in this conversion to interview with author, J.K. Rowling and for notices of the first two papers. This of Privet Drive.... The only person left DVD. screenwriter, Steve Kloves, and share one expands the uses of math and logic to outside was a teenage boy who was lying Harry Potter and the Chamber of humorous and interesting moments with model storytelling and language flat on his back in a flowerbed outside Secrets - Audio the cast as they reveal background processes. Try as I might, I am still unable number four. When viewing the film in Dolby Digital information about their characters and to achieve Professor Harold Shea’s results Later in the novel, J.K. Rowling writes: 5.1 sound it was very good, overall. Action secrets of the making of the film. as narrated by L. Sprague de Camp. “Dumbledore lowered his hands and scenes take full advantage of the 5.1 range There also a DVD-ROM segment on Merely by uttering logic, he could be surveyed Harry through his half-moon and depth, especially scenes like the the 2nd Disc, but it crashed my computer transported to mythic worlds. Regardless, glasses. ‘It is time,’ he said ‘for me to tell Whomping Willow attack and Battle with so many times that I gave up trying to use a fourth paper is now in the works. you what I should have told you five the Basilisk very appealing to me. The rear it, so here’s the summery of what’s years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am channels didn’t seem to get much use available; “15 special features including: going to tell you everything.’” except during the action sequences, The One VoiceDVD technology will allow Harry Potter and the Order of the users to navigate through the DVD-ROM features and access set top features using only their voices; an animated, interactive Hogwarts timeline; a slider puzzle challenge; printable magic trading cards; jigsaw puzzles, matching challenges, downloadable screensavers and more”. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Conclusion Without having to set up the World of Harry Potter, the scriptwriter is able to bring the viewer into the action quicker and with greater ease. The darker tone to this film will engage older viewers without overly disturbing younger viewers. The things that I would most like to see are a more cohesive way of adding back in the deleted and expanded scenes, adding director and cast commentaries, and cross referencing the background materials and interviews, similar to what was done with the X-Men 1.5 DVD, almost like creating a pre-Directors Cut. That would be magic indeed! WWW.HarryPotter.Com WWW.WarnerVideo.Com http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/ index-2.html

Page 8 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 The New Harry Potter surveyed Harry through his half-moon party floors, but wasn’t concerned since I discount and put me down. I didn’t have glasses. ‘It is time,’ he said ‘for me to tell sleep deeply. to pay for them immediately, so that was Book - Harry Potter and you what I should have told you five All of the Hilton’s function space is on good. She gave me the party packet the first floor. The basement contains complete with instructions on how things the Order of the Phoenix years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.’” offices, fitness center, indoor / outdoor worked and a map on where to shop for pool and sauna. The function space kind food and beverages. Harry Potter and the Order of the of wraps itself around the restaurant / I headed over to Registration and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over 255,000 words compared Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, the fifth in the lounge in a U-shape. Pitch Meetings, Film found Ann. I gave her the suite check and with over 191,000 words in Harry Potter Room and Writers Workshop were up she was a happy camper. Her sister who best-selling series has been scheduled for and the Goblet of Fire. The new book is from Café Weatherby and bar. The was helping handed me my reg packet and release on Saturday, June 21, 2003. Look 38 chapters long, one more than Harry smoking lobby is in front of the bar while I took it up to the room to go through after for a lot of bookstores to have special Potter and the Goblet of Fire. the non-smoking lobby is in front of the selecting 4 free paperback books from a sales starting at midnight for those who front desk. That is mostly the left (north?) pile from Time-Warner. Unfortunately, I can’t wait until the morning. Following is a half of the first floor. The right (south?) had been given someone else’s packet, preview of the book from the publisher: ConClusion side of the U had Main Programming, Art Michael Williams (Tech Crew), so I “I say to you all, once again - in the Show, Dealers Room and more headed back downstairs to get mine. light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are World Horror Convention 2003 Review programming. To the right of the turn to Someone I spoke to in the elevator was only as strong as we are united, as weak by Mike Willmoth DR and Pgm was first floor conference or flabbergasted that they could give me as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for sleeping rooms for Programming, Green someone else’s since IDs were required. This year’s WHC (#13) was held in Room and Operations. Hospitality was on Well, they thought they knew me. Once I spreading discord and enmity is very Kansas City, Missouri, at the Hilton KC the 11th floor with smoking across the hall got the correct one I checked it for great. We can fight it only by showing an Airport over Easter Weekend (Thursday from non-smoking suites. As the accuracy. My badge indicated that I was equally strong bond of friendship and April 17 thru Sunday April 20). Guests-of- convention transpired most folks found the Grand Master Award Administrator, trust.” Honor were: Author Graham Masterton; the rooms behind the restaurant to be which I was, and got a few comments So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end Mistress of Ceremonies Laurel K. underutilized and hard to find. Some tables throughout the con. Besides the Pocket of Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. Hamilton; Special Guest Forrest J. were placed outside Main Programming for Program they had inserts from publishers But as Harry enters his fifth year at wizard Ackerman; Publisher Don D’Auria; Artist Registration and Merchandise Sales. A and such along with the Program Book. school, it seems those bonds have never Nick Smith; Writers Workshop Guest Voodoo (Message) Board was outside Art The cover art was by Nick Smith, of been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort’s Mort Castle; and Grand Master Award Show. Some more tables in a L-shape were course, and former local (Phoenix) GoH Winner Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Graham rise has opened a rift in the wizarding near the turn to the Dealers Room or to Mitchell Bentley had worked on the PB. Masterton could not attend at the last Con Ops where Worldcons had a presence Not much else was going on so I had world between those who believe the truth minute because of his wife’s health. Not on Friday and Saturday (Boston in 2004 dinner, watched TV and crashed. about his return, and those who prefer to surprisingly, lots of folks were and KC in 2006 bid). Boston didn’t do My roommate rolled in around 8am on believe it’s all madness and lies - just more disappointed and some even demanded a much other than hand out fliers. KC did Thursday. We chatted for awhile and then trouble from Harry Potter. refund. Go figure. quite well in upgrading locals to friend-of- I got up to shower and dress. I tried Add this to a host of other worries for Other participants included: John Paul the-bid status. On Sunday Forrey hung breakfast downstairs and found a buffet Harry… Allen, C. Dean Andersson, Jane Archer out there to sell some of his stuff and to waiting which was fairly good. I strolled A Defense Against the Dark Arts (aka Nina Romberg), Michael Arnzen, do autographs. down the corridor to see what was open. teacher with a personality like poisoned Robin Wayne Bailey, Trey Barker, Alan I didn’t spot anyone I knew Dealers Room was kind of open, so I honey Beatts, Gary Braunbeck, Bill Breedlove, immediately upon my first sweep, so I strolled through and found folks still Edward Bryant, Ginjer Buchanan, Cullen A venomous, disgruntled house-elf visited the restaurant for a late lunch. setting up. Dealers on the map showed Bunn, P.D. Cacek, Alan Clark, Matt Since KC is on Central Daylight Time and I Catalyst Press, W. Paul Ganley, Medium Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Cardin, James S. Dorr, Jill Eden, Barbara am on Mountain Standard Time I was off Rare Books, Offworld Designs, Darren Quidditch team J. Ferrenz, Darren Floyd, W. Paul by 2 hours. So, their 3pm lunch was just Floyd, Meisha Merlin Publishing And of course, what every student Ganley, Beverly A. Hale, Donna Halleran, about right for me. Traffic was light and I (involved with putting out local Adam dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Nancy Hathaway, James Hollaman, Brian had a quiet lunch, a sandwich and fries, Niswander’s horror novels), Yard Dog Level exams Hopkins (who became the Author GoH which as acceptable. I found out about the Press, Otto Filip, Borderland Books, …and you’d know what Harry faces once GM notified them he couldn’t make Easter Brunch on Sunday where they were Weird Tales, Edge Books, Lone Wolf, during the day. But at night it’s even it), Ron Horsley, George Ibarra, Charlee taking reservations already, so I put mine Necro Publications, Marietta Publishing, worse, because then he dreams of a single Jacob, Tori Jacobs, Tina Jens, Briane in. 1pm was the earliest I could do it since Alan Clark, Hathaway Studios, MudCat door in a silent corridor. And this door is Keene, Lee Killough, Joe Konrath, they were already sold out for the earlier Studios, Pegasus Publishing and some Warren Lapine, Jennifer Lawler, M. somehow more terrifying than every other times. I knew there was a WHS board individual bookstores and people. One, Stephen Lukac, Michael McCarty, E.C. meeting on Sunday from 10am 12noon, so Dave Kaufman, was selling New Age nightmare combined. McMullen Jr. (aka Feo Amante), Joe that was just fine. Apparently, they music by former band members of In the richest installment yet of J.K. Nassise, Weston Ochse, Mike Oliveri, usually hold the brunch in the same room Tangerine Dream, etc. I bought one from Rowling’s seven-part story, Harry Potter Gene O’Neill, Jenny Orosel, Monica where Main Programming was located, so him later in the weekend. confronts the unreliability of the very O’Rourke, Thomas Roche, Judy Rohrig, they planned on holding it in the Art Show was pretty much set up with government of the magical world, and the Joel S. Ross, Brad Sinor, Michael Slade, restaurant and backroom instead. wire frames in either squares or rectangles, impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. David Sparks, Fara Spence, Dawn M. After lunch I killed some time by much like ChiCon 2000 had at Worldcon, Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Stanley, Karen E. Taylor, Melinda watching TV and taking a nap, since I had except they draped black velvet behind the Harry finds depth and strength in his Thielbar, Jeanette Thompson, been up late the night before departure wire for contrast. The room could have friends, beyond what even he knew; Christopher Treagus, John Urbancik, trying to get stuff done. I wandered used more light, but everyone had room to Robert W. Walker, Simon Wood. boundless loyalty, and unbearable around in early evening and found wander and not hit anything. I noticed in Because my own mother-in-law wasn’t Hospitality open. Mike McCain, the fellow the Pocket Program that their Video Room sacrifice. feeling well enough to travel she and my I met in Minneapolis selling WHC2003 opened at 5pm with Schlock. Later in the Though thick runs the plot (as well as wife stayed home while I went to KC on memberships at World Fantasy 2002, was weekend they offered Vampirella, Amazon the spine), readers will race through these my own. I took a non-stop flight on running it and we had a nice chat. He had Women on the Moon, The Howling, pages, and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, Southwest Airlines for about 2.5 hours put out some frozen smoked meat that the Return of the Living Dead II, etc. These wishing only for the next train back. and arrived in the early afternoon on Chair, Dee Willis, had smoked personally. were shown multiple times during the Harry Potter and the Order of the Wednesday. The hotel had an airport I ate some as I was hungry and it was weekend. Several had to do with folks Phoenix is absolutely superb and will shuttle, so I called them for a pickup. I good. Sodas, chips, salsa and alcohol were attending the convention. delight all J.K. Rowling’s fans. She has waited about 10 minutes before the vehicle present. I hung out there for a bit before Main programming started at 4pm with written a brilliant and utterly compelling arrived, then only a few more minutes hitting Con Ops to try to find their Party Roundtable Real Live Chat, Are There down the freeway to the hotel. The nice new adventure, which begins with the Coordinator (PC), Tina Black. She had Any Taboos Left?, Creating Fiction From woman who checked me in was my focal reserved a suite for WHC2004 (Phoenix) Fact and a Reading. Readings occurred words: point throughout the weekend for any for Saturday evening and I had to pay for every 30 minutes all weekend. Next came “The hottest day of the summer so far questions I had and was quite pleasant, as it along with the ice we allegedly had Supernatural vs Sociopaths, Crossing was drawing to a close and a drowsy were the rest of the hotel staff. Since my reserved. Once I connected up with her I Genres, and Opening Ceremonies. Here is silence lay over the large, square houses roommate, a fellow World Horror Society was told to give the Treasurer, Ann where the Mistress of Ceremonies of Privet Drive.... The only person left board member, wasn’t due to arrive until Donovan, the party check. When I asked introduced the guests after the Chair outside was a teenage boy who was lying Thursday morning, I commandeered one about the ice she said we hadn’t reserved introduced her. When she got to Nick flat on his back in a flowerbed outside of the beds, unpacked my clothes into one any. I corrected her by saying that I had Smith he quickly interrupted, said number four. drawer of the dresser, zipped through the asked for clarification about the number of something hard to understand and Later in the novel, J.K. Rowling writes: television channels to get an idea of what bags it would take to fill a bathtub. She allegedly witty, and piped down. She just the hotel had to offer, did a quick wash-up “Dumbledore lowered his hands and apologized, told me, and I selected 3 bags. stared at him, threw away her index card and headed downstairs to check things She agreed to give me the pre-con ( cont’d on page 10 ) out. I was on the 10th floor, one of the Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 9 ( cont’d from page 9 ) freeway and spent 2 hours trying to cram stuck near the elevators. I made sure we around 450 attendees, sold about $4500 in ConClusion 18 years worth of updates into it. She had were represented properly. The party the Art Show and about $2000 raised at with notes, and said to the audience to get home for Easter with her family and I started out slow, but got crammed quickly the Charity Auction benefitting the something like “Well, so much for my had to get back to finish getting ready for and finally petered out around 12:30am. American Heart Association. No one was notes!” She finished with the rest of the our party that night. I dropped off the We cleaned up, got Hospitality to come present to bid for 2005. We had a few folks guests and the Vice Chair came up with vehicle at the airport, caught the shuttle down for the leftovers which filled a large express interest in volunteering for gift bags for everyone except Quinn. Hers back to the hotel and then made tub and several sacks, and we closed up. I Phoenix next year. From there we went into was the GM Award and was on display in photocopies of our new fliers in Con Ops dropped off the keys at the front desk and the closed portion of the meeting and did the Art Show. That was kind of odd since for a donation. crashed. our business. The CA was actually after all guests should be treated equally. I Some of the events I missed were Sunday was the WHS annual meeting the meeting and I found out later how they mentioned it to the concom later when Werewolves Yesterday, Today and at 10am. This is where the board meets in did. Also on Sunday was What Scares they asked what I thought of the con. The Tomorrow, Internet Publishing, Annual public for the first hour and in private for You?, Tell Us A Story Uncle Forrey, theme for KC was Cow-thulu, from H.P. Jobs in Hell Pool Party, The Nick Smith the second hour. We got an update from Horror Poetry, Horror Religion and Lovecraft’s Cthulhu fame, and that night Experience, Bodies in a Barrel: A Look at Dee and Ann on this year’s con. They had ( Cont’d on Page 15 ) they had a Casino named after their Kansas City Killers and Unsolved mascot. Turn Out the Lights finished the Mysteries, How Not to Look evening. I looked for parties and found a Like a Dweeb, Writer’s couple, but hung out in Hospitality Workshop Section A Part 2 mostly. of 2, An Hour With Brian A. Friday brought more interesting stuff. Hopkins, Giving the Kiddies Self Promotion and Marketing, An Hour Nightmares, Paranormal or With Mort Castle, The Long Dark Road Overactive Imagination?, An Ahead: The Future of Horror, Short Hour With Don D’Auria, Fiction Writing It, Selling It, Reading It. Forensics and Autopsies and Look What’s Happened To Dracula, The DNA Evidence, Oh My!, If a Art of Horror, Teenage Angst, Make Your Picture is Worth a 1000 Own Mask Hands-on Workshop, Words Where’s My Check?, Overlooked Masterpieces of Horror, Still Ghostly After All These Learning From the Past, HWA: The Years: The Appeal and Coming Years, Writer’s Workshop Section Persistence of the A Part 1 of 2, The Making of 13 Horrors, Supernatural Horror Story, Don’t Stop!, Small Press, An Hour with An Hour With Chelsea Quinn Forrest J. Ackerman, Reviews: Doing Yarbro, How to Write a Them, Getting Them, Surviving Them, Horror Bestseller, It’s Alive! Urban Fantasy The Next Frontier?, An Is Character Development Hour with Laurell K. Hamilton, Giants of Missing in Horror?, The the Genre, Pixels vs Paper, Horror in the Next Big Thing, Writer’s Gaming Industry, Just One More Story in Workshop Section B Part 1 a Bucket o’ Guts, Hollywood Dreams (or of 2, Writing and Publishing Nightmares, As the Case May Be), How Non-Fiction and Columns, Not To Be A Starving Artist, Mass Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust, Autographing and Reception, Morbid Art Show Reception, Curiosity Open Mic Night, Dance of the International Horror Guild Macabre Masked Ball, Flash Fiction Special Presentation, Night Contest and Druid Ritual. Foolery Entertainment by Early in the day I went to breakfast the Trans Iowa Canal with the Webberts (Jim and Doreen) so Company, The Brian Keene we could shop for our Saturday night Family Entertainment Hour party at Walmart. The map I was given and the annual Gross Out was less than accurate and we had quite Contest. an experience with finding the right exit I attended the Artists and doubling back miles later to find the Reception and found all the entrance to the shopping center. We wine and cheese gone. ended up buying far more than we really Devoured. Ravaged. needed, but made sure we wouldn’t run Fortunately, they had a big out anytime that evening. Since I had an container of soft drinks and I opportunity to attend a Kansas City found something to sip while Royals baseball game with a friend’s wandering the reception. I husband I opted to do that in the evening managed to meet a couple of and missed the Mass Autographing. I artists that I had not met understand it went well. I checked out the before and say hello to a few Open Mic Night and it was reasonably I did. Later, I noticed that well attended. The Dance was poorly more wine had appeared (and attended with not much energy while I was disappeared), but no food left there. Surprisingly, they had food along but crackers. So, I hit with the cash bar, which I’ve never seen at Hospitality before entering a dance before. I spent my evening hitting our party suite which just parties by publishers and checking out happened to be down the hall Hospitality as usual. No more smoked from my room. Earlier I had meats, darn! gotten keys for me and Saturday started with a GoH Brunch Doreen so we could begin which I did not attend. I had scheduled to decorating. We also stored rent a car Friday evening and to drive 2 all the party supplies in the hours east to Columbia, MO, to meet up corner of my room so we with a friend from St. Louis (2 hours farther could move them in easily. to the east). She and I became friends on a That we did pre-reception, so European tour in 1980 and had stayed in at 9pm we opened the doors contact through the years. We last saw to anyone interested in each other 18 years ago. I got a late start hearing about WHC2004 and and arrived 45 minutes after our agreed WFC2004 next year in upon time, but the weather in KC really Phoenix. There was some was bad. Lots of rain, slow traffic and problem with the party signs construction. I was also driving a van downstairs from the hotel, so since the car rental agency had no the con was consolidating vehicles of my class available. We met at them onto a board of sorts, Applebee’s Restaurant just off the but each other floor had fliers Page 10 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 11 Page 12 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 13 Calendar of Events - June-July 2003 To have your event or meeting listed please email [email protected] (This is a free service. All release dates are tentative) JUNE 7PM Westercon 57 Meeting JULY [email protected] Embassy Suites North room 3005, June 1 - Sunday [email protected] July 2 - Friday July 23 - Wednesday UFP Meeting - Video Production - Tempe, 2PM Hexacon 13 Meeting Movie - Sinbad: Legend of the 7 Seas Border’s SF Book Discussion [email protected] borders books 75th Ave & Bell JB’s I-17 & Indian School Movie - Encrypt (SciFi Channel) Movie - Terminator 3: Rise of the Mach. 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Page 14 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 ConClusion ( cont’d from page 15 *****Castle In The Sky *****Spirited Away ReAnimation Pioneer, 125 mins, G Pioneer, 125 min, 13 up Spirituality,) Censorship In Horror, DVD $29.99, VHS $19.99 DVD $29.99, VHS $19.99 Writer’s Workshop Section B Part 2 of 2 and Closing Ceremonies. There the Chair ***** KiKi’s Delivery Service We begin with a chase through a A petulant, ten year old girl, Chihiro gave a brief speech, thanked the guests ***** Castle In The Sky flying ship, with all the passengers going (voice by Daveigh Chase) and her greedy and attendees for coming, had several ***** Spirited Away after the young girl, Sheeta (Anna Paquin), parents are on the way to their new home other folks talk or whatever, and ***** Treasure Planet a young princess. She jumps overboard to when they enter into an alternate reality. announced that we’d be selling **** IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 1st avoid capture and is rescued by her Passingthrough a tunnel they find what memberships for next year at Reg. Quarter - Make Up Exam powerful crystal necklace which floats her they think is a deserted amusement park. All together Phoenix sold 11 attending **** IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 2nd down to safety in the legendary sky- Her parents stuff themselves until they and 1 supporting memberships for World Quarter - Pop Quiz Horror 2004 along with 3 supporting ones kingdom of Laputa. She is rescued by Pazu turn into pigs, and Chihiro discovers for World Fantasy 2004. I then handed out **** Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special (voice of James Van Der Beek), a young they’re trapped in a resort for traditional dealers packets in the Dealers Room that *** Sailor Moon S: Heart Collection resourceful boy who works in a small Japanese gods and spirits. Chihiro is really impressed folks. They shut down *** Magical Girl Pretty Sammy mining town. Pazu and Sheeta share the advised by a boy named Haku (Jason and I went out to dinner with some of the * Sorcerer On The Rocks common goal of finding the fabled island Marsden) to request a job from Yubaba staff for Korean. I got to see downtown of Laputa, the castle in the sky, to fulfill (Suzanne Pleshette), the greedy witch who KC doing that and upon returning went to ***** KiKi’s Delivery Service Pazu’s dreamquest and learn the secrets of rules the spa. She gets a job as a cleaning find the dead dog party. Well, there was Pioneer, 105 mins, G Sheeta’s clouded heritage. They team up girl in a devil-filled onsen (Japanese bath none because they gave the suites up DVD $29.99, VHS $19.99 to outrun the military and a band of house), where she contends with eight- early to please the hotel and save some pirates. The pirates are led by hard-bitten legged spider-men, gorgeous sky-dragons, money. It seems there was another group In Hayao Miyazaki’s magical Kiki’s matriarch Dola (voice of Cloris Leachman), and a silent, love-struck wraith and purges in house that wanted to check in and use Delivery Service, we follow Kiki (voiced and are a rowdy yet dumb group of a river god suffering from human pollution, them. However, some folks did parties and by Kirsten Dunst), a 13-year-old girl who brothers who are after Laputa’s treasure. rescues the mysterious No-Face, and I ran into a friend from Seattle’s WHC2001 leaves her family on the night of a full The military is led by the evil but civilized befriends Yubaba’s kindly twin, Zeniba who took me to another party with his moon to spend her first year as an Muska (voice of Mark Hamill),who is after (Pleshette again). The untapped qualities roommate. Mort Castle was there and a apprentice witch on her own. With her Laputa’s secret powers to make himself Chihiro discovers within herself (resolve, fellow who had no place to stay since his ruler of the world. They all race to get to bravery, and love) keep her from being bus was cancelled to go home. Since my trusty cat Jiji (voiced by Phil Hartman) by her side she flies off to find the perfect the abandoned castle of Laputa, which has corrupted by the greed that pervades roommate had left early that afternoon I been overgrown with vines and plant life Yubaba’s mini-empire and enables her to had him stay with me and help defray spot in a faraway city. Once there she is costs. We all talked for hours until it was befriended by a bakery owner (voiced by and whose only inhabitants are animals aid Haku and save her parents time to crash. Debbie Reynolds) who helps her start her and the robots who take care of the mag- The DVD extras include: “Spirited Monday I rousted my new roommate own business, a high-flying delivery ical garden. As the three groups converge Away” introduction by John Lasseter; so we could check out. I ran into the service and Tombo, (voiced byMatthew on the castle Sheeta must discover her The art of “Spirited Away”; The Nippon fellows from the night before and we went Lawrence ) a boy who dreams one day of past and use her ancient knowledge to television special - The Making of the downtown for barbecue which I had not flying, struggles with the temporary loss save Laputa from destruction Film; Select story board-to-screen had while there yet. We dropped my of her magical abilities, and finally gains The DVD has 2 discs and the extra comparison; Behind the microphone with roommate off at the bus terminal, ran by much in the way of self-confidence features include “Castle in the Sky” Suzanne Pleshette and Jason Marsden; the post office to mail a banner home that This DVD release contains two discs. introduction by John Lasseter; Complete and Original Japanese trailers. The most KC had given us for next year, did lunch Extras include Introduction by John story boards; Behind the microphone with interesting extra feature is the Nippon and went back to the hotel. When it was Lasseter, Behind The Microphone - voice James Van Der Beek and Cloris Leachman; Television Special on the making of time to leave we took the shuttle to the talent featurette with Kirsten Dunst and and the Original Japanese trailers. I don’t Spirited Away. The camera crew was airport and I flew home in about 3 hours. It Phil Hartman, Original Japanese trailers know if the VHS version has any of the allowed to film Hayao Miyazaki at work. was much warmer when I returned, but and the Complete Japanese story boards. I extras but it is dubbed in English. It’s fascinating to watch the visionary drier after KC’s crummy weather (although don’t know if the VHS version has any of This, too, is a great family film. I highly director explaining how individual it was dry enough to see that ball game). the extras but it is dubbed in English. recommend this whole set to everyone. - movements should be animated, and even Since then we’ve been working on Stephanie L Bannon ( Cont’d on page 16 ) WHC2004 and WFC2004 taking advantage Kiki’s Delivery of our contacts made in KC during Service is also available WHC2003. as part of a Miyazaki 3 All in all the convention went well. Pack (Spirited Away/ Some pros complained about the schedule. Castle in the Sky/Kiki’s Some others complained about Graham Delivery Service) for $65- not attending, like the con had anything to $80 depending on where do with that. Things ran well and everyone you shop. See below for I met had a great time. All the staff was reviews of the other two pleasant and dealt with the problems as films. they came up with a smile on their faces. Kiki is one of those Next year we hope to carry on the tradition wonderful family of successful Phoenix WHCs (having done 1994 and 1998 previously) at the now experiences, a picture familiar Embassy Suites Phoenix North that doesn’t speak down Hotel. If you’d like more information about to kids or up to adults. I this year’s con, please visit throughly enjoyed this www.whc2003.org. For next year visit film when I received a www.leprecon.org/whc2004 or VHS version for review whc2004.leprecon.org. Or you can give me several years ago. I am so a call at 480-945-6890 or email at glad it has been released [email protected]. If you’d like on DVD since the tape information about bidding a future WHC, I finally wore out from am the Future Bids Coordinator for the being played repeatedly. WHS board. You can also visit This is a must have for www.worldhorrorsociety.org for details the Anime fan and will about bidding and running a WHC. appeal to the non-Anime fan as well. - Stephanie L Bannon

Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 15 ReAnimation (cont’d from page 15 ) classics. No video collection can be extras section includes her character bio up for nudity, violence, violence against complete without a copy of Treasure with an assortment of pictures. The extras women, sexual humor, alcohol and tobacco performing the little dance the frog-master Planet. - Stephanie L Bannon section also includes the original Japanese use. It will certainly appeal to 15 year old does to welcome the No-Face to Yubaba’s opening without credits. boys (and those who haven’t grown past bath house. **** IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 1st Evil continues to threaten the earth in that age). Even the Hunt game seems This is a wonderful film, fully Quarter - Make Up Exam the form of a mysterious Silence, alluded geared to juvenile male interest with deserving of all the awards it has won ( Pioneer, 100 mins, 13+ to by the outer Sailor Scouts Uranus, belching males and girls in baths Academy Award for Best Animated DVD $29.99 Neptune, and Pluto. Meanwhile Rei’s encountered on the path to slay to the Feature Film, Winner of the 2002 Japanese premonition of destruction grows stronger monster. The rest of us would do better to Academy Award for Best Picture and the In IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 1st and she can nearly make out the face of go out and buy Sorcerer Hunters and give Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival). I Quarter - Make Up Exam, Hibiki Amawa the figure standing above the ruins of the this one a pass. can’t recommend this film enough... An needs a job to afford the rent. If he city, holding a glaive. Slowly pieces are ( As a post script, several of us absolute must for everyone, Anime fans doesn’t, his dog is to be Inu Stew. Hibiki falling into place to reveal who and what watched this one afternoon and the and non-fans, this film is suitable for decides to apply at the local high school, the Messiah of Silence is and the Sailor females universally thought Shibas was a children but there is so much substance but they only accept female teachers. Scout of Destruction: Sailor Saturn. jerk and the guys were split between jerk that adults will enjoy it again and again. A Hibiki, in fear of his dog and the land lady, In spite of the new developments in and funny ) - Stephanie L Bannon classic! - Stephanie L Bannon must dress as a woman to get the job. these six episodes and the series winding I like IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 1st to a close, there is a definite lack of A Novel Idea - Book Releases for ***** Treasure Planet Quarter it’s sexual humor and the suspense. These episodes feel just like all Disney, 95 mins, PG determination of Hibiki Amawa I also the rest with some plot development June/July 2003 DVD $29.98, VHS $24.99 enjoy how Hibiki keeps referring to himself thrown in. Sailor Moon has always By Dawn Mullan as a man when he is dressed as a woman. - captured a fun sense of adventure, The basic story has captivated Sean Martin however, and that is still true here. There’s With the many books arriving on store children and adults for generations. Now lots more posing, good fighting evil, shelves during the height of the summer Disney has taken Treasure Island into **** IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 2nd morals to each episode, and a cute, sitcom- season, some releases are more eagerly space in this animated version. Quarter - Pop Quiz ish humor. I enjoyed watching this DVD, anticipated than are others. Take for Jim Hawkins (voice of Joseph Gordon- Pioneer, 75 mins, 13+ but more for following the developments instance, J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and Levitt) is a young man who has grown up DVD $29.99 in the story and the development of the Order of the Phoenix; children and reading tales of pirates and adventures on Hotaru’s character than being entertained the high seas. He stumbles upon a dying In IMyMe! Strawberry Eggs: 2nd by the plots of each episode. Heart adults alike have waited almost impatiently man who hands him a map and warns him Quarter - Pop Quiz, The Vice- principal is Collection 5 ends leaving you wanting the for the new installment of this successful to “Beware the cyborg” shortly before he catching on to Hibiki’s secret. She has next and last DVD to find out how fantasy series. Having nearly nine passes on. It is a treasure map to the ordered a Physical exam for not only the everything comes together. - Jennifer hundred pages of new revelations, this fabled Treasure Planet, a distant world students. Hibiki has to figure out a way to Bohling book will easily become a number one best where hundreds of space pirates have escape it or every one will know she is seller. stashed their loot a distant world where really a he. And to top it off, The boys are **** Magical Girl Pretty Sammy Likewise, have Star Trek and Star Wars hundreds of space pirates have stashed showing their true nature by wiring the Pioneer, 325 mins, 13+ their loot. Certain this is the adventure music room to have the “annual” bust size DVD $44.99 readers awaited new books that will he’s been dreaming off, Jim and his friend contest, and the teachers don’t approve. continue the adventures of these popular Dr. Doppler (voice of David Hyde Pierce), The girls must find some way to stop it. In Magical Girl Pretty Sammy, Sasami franchise series. June releases include join the crew of the spaceship R.L.S. Added to Hibiki’s problems, he is worried meets a strange lady named Tsunami. Strange New Worlds VI (Star Trek), Dean Legacy and Captain Amelia (Emma he may have a bra fetish, and he doesn’t Tsunami tells Sasami that she has been Wesley Smith; Homecoming: The Thompson) as they set out to find the know if it is normal. chosen to be a Magical Girl. Sasami, now Homecoming Adventure, Book 1 (Star fabled Treasure Planet. He soon becomes I liked this volume of IMyMe! as the new Magical Girl, faces love-love- Trek: Voyager), The Farther Shore: The close friends with Long John Silver (voice Strawberry Eggs for the many problems monsters, crazed computer nerds and by stage veteran Brian Murray), the Hibiki must weasel out of. - Sean Martin weird green blobs. To top it off, Sasami Homecoming Adventure, Book 2 (Star cyborg cook of the Legacy who even has must face a mysterious rival named Pixy Trek: Voyager), and The Last Roundup an artificial Cuisinart arm. Soon Long John **** Tenchi Muyo! Pretty Sammy/ Misa, who serves Ramia, a Tsunami rival (Star Trek) by Christie Golden; The Last Silver reveals his plans to Jim - plans that Mihoshi Special in ruling the Magical World. Amazingly Roundup (Star Trek); Star Trek Creatures, include instigating a mutiny and Pioneer, 165 mins, 13+ enough, Pixy Misa is Sasami’s best friend, Decipher and Star Wars - Clone Wars: The attempting to take control of the ship. DVD $29.99 Misaou. Defense of Kamino, John Ostrander and When Jim refuses to take part in the I liked Magical Girl Pretty Sammy for Jan Duursema. These series also have mutiny he soon finds himself attempting to In Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special, the unique costumes, amazing characters defend law and order against a spacecraft Mihoshi wakes up to Ayeka’s screaming with their colorful personalities, and the July releases with Genesis Force (Star full of reckless men. and ends up telling a story to prove she is density of Mihoshi and Tsunami. - Sean Trek: The Next Generation), John Vornholt; The DVD extra features include a one of the galaxy police’s best. Mihoshi Martin- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Do Comets Visual Commentary, audio commentary, a tells how she and her partner, Kiyone, Dream?, S.P. Somtow; Force Heretic III: Family Menu, a Behind-The-Scenes Menu, save the universe. Just so every one * Sorcerer On The Rocks Reunion (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Deleted Scenes, an Alternate Ending, the understands, Mihoshi uses every one in ADV, 60 mins, 15 up Book 17), Sean Williams and Shane Dix; RLS Legacy Game, a virtual 3-D tour of the the Masaki household as characters. In DVD $24.98 and, Destiny’s Way (Star Wars: The New ship including a challenge to the ultimate the end Mihoshi reminisces about Kiyone treasure hunt, Disney’s Animated Magic, and states how she misses her friend and This is a stand alone story set in the Jedi Order 14), Walter Jon Williams. Behind the scenes with Walt Disney partner. I enjoyed this anime for Mihoshi’s same world as the hit fantasy series Book releases coinciding with movie Feature Animation Chairman Roy Disney, thoughts on how she is one of the Galaxy Sorcerer Hunters but from what I am told counterparts comprise of The Hulk: The DisneyPedia: The Life of A Pirate Police’s best, and how the Masaki there is no similarity between the two. Beast Within, Scout Driggs; Terminator 3: Revealed, Fun and interesting tales of the household residents are offended by the Sorcerer On The Rocks is the story of The Rise of the Machines, David Hagberg age of piracy, a Still Art Galleries, fact that they are being used as the an abusive sorcerer, Shibas Scotch, who in June; and The Cradle of Life (Lara Croft: Character Galleries, Animation Featurette, characters in Mihoshi’s story and are very hunts down other sorcerers for money, a Tomb Raider), Dave Stern; in July. Dimensional Staging, Merging 2D and 3D upset with what happens to the characters bounty hunter in other words. He is Worlds, Music Featurette and a Music they portray. - Sean Martin accompanied, well actually served, by As well as these fan favorite releases, Video. Kiss, a werewolf elf girl, Genmi, a junior many other books in the science fiction / I missed Treasure Planet in the *** Sailor Moon S: Heart Collection 5 warrior with a crush on Shibas, and the fantasy genre will be heading toward theaters since the trailors weren’t all that Pioneer, Uncut, 145 min, 13 + curvaceous “Sister of the Gold Cross” Gin bookstores. Comprising this list are X- exciting. All I can cay now is that I’m sorry DVD $29.99 Fizz, a nun (who wants to redeem him). Men/Red Skull: The Chaos Engine Book 3, I didn’t go see it and I don’t understand The characters are not particularly Steven Roman and Stan Timmons; why it didn’t do better in theaters. This is This is the fifth DVD of six in the Heart likeable, the relationship of Shibas to the Tantras, Scott Ciencin and Troy Denning; a wonderfully entertaining version of the Collection series. Physical features of the girls is nothing but abusive. While the Treasure Island story. The animation is DVD are 6 episodes, English and Japanese animation is superb the plot, if there is Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas: Legend great .... seamlessly combining traditional language versions, and a reversible cover: one, is just an excuse for a lot of T&A and of the Seven Seas, Ellen Weiss and hand-drawn characters against computer- one side with story summary and features, the ending leaves one feeling that this was DreamWorks; The Road to Middle-Earth: generated backgrounds. In my opinion the other purely pictures. The menu of this a pilot for a series that was mercifully not this will become one of Disney’s animated DVD focuses on Sailor Mars and the made. Sorcerer On The Rocks is rated 15 ( Cont’d on page 17 ) Page 16 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 That was 90% paint in the effect, with a Mardi Gras Costumes (McDonald & sheer swimsuit to hide the naughty bits. Granite Reef, Scottsdale) is the other. I But it was a “wow” piece, so people told order a lot from the manufacturers, directly me at the time. off their websites. It was inexpensive as well: One palette Facepainting and bodypainting can be of orange, one palette of black, one palette very useful tools in the transformation of a of white, two “sealers” to prevent sweat costume design from something plain into from ruining it, and that was it. The “wow” with little expense in cash, but palettes, which were used completely, more expense in time. Additionally, it’s were $16 each. I don’t know about the fun. That’s why I am a Facepainter: swimsuit, it wasn’t mine. The point is that because people pay me to have fun. a costume like that was less than $100 You can see some of John’s total. facepainting and bodypainting work on You can make it even simpler. Last his web site at http://members.aol.com/ year’s CopperCon masquerade winner (a eocenepainting/me.htm visual parody combining “Attack of the Facepainting and Costuming Clones” and “The Dukes of Hazzard” - A Novel Idea (cont’s fom page 16) Ed) included “Daisy Dooku,” done with a By John T. Wheeler Revised and Expanded Edition, Tom $6 palette of Lime Green and a sponge. Shippey; Justice League Adventures The costume costs were not incurred by (Justice League of America Archive), As people have seen over the last two me, but my partners said they were years, facepainting and bodypainting can inexpensive. The point again was that we Gardner Fox; The First Men in the Moon, be very valuable tools in costuming. They got a bigger effect by using inexpensive H. G. Wells, Ursula K. Le Guin help to accentuate the transformation from face paints. Would the Twi’lek Daisy have (Introduction); Doctor Who the Cabinet of a “normal” person into something exotic looked as good without it? Light, Daniel O’Mahoney due out in June. and totally different. That is what I do as a You too can take your costume to a July list of book releases include Facepainter, I transform people. I make new level with facepainting and Waterdeep, Troy Denning; Have Space them “not me”. bodypainting, and it’s not that hard. The Suit, Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein; You can completely transform yourself brands I recommend you try out, because Changing Planes: Stories, Ursula K. Le with makeup to be virtually everyone has their favorites: Snazaroo Guin; Battlestar Galactica, Richard Hatch; unrecognizable, to be someone or (which I use), Mehron ( I like them too), Giants of the Genre: Interviews with something else. Even when you look in a and Fardel. Ben Nye is more of a theatrical Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror’s mirror, you don’t see you. That will help makeup, but has its uses mostly for with the role of the character in the Hollywood-type stuff. Greatest Talents, Michael McCarty; Seven costume because “you” are not there There are only a couple of places to Crows, John Vornholt; Hidden Empire (The anymore. get this stuff in town. Easley’s (5th & Saga of the Seven Suns, Book 1), Kevin J. Think of it this way. Take the tiger lady McDowell, Phoenix) is by far the biggest. Anderson; Stephen King’s The Dark I did at the Sunspree for a CopperCon. Tower: A Concordance, Vol. 1, Robin Furth.

Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 17 I Have No Mouth and I Must Fletcher, an Archer, golden Alyline, a had the author done so. Instead, we follow Scream” Author Returns To In Our Book Dancer, Xundoe, a Demontech Magician an Air Force fighter pilot who is tasked to and many others. These became the Corps escort the remaining live alien from Speak in Valley Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 they learn to lead. It might not have been Roswell to a secure facility in Nevada. by Shane Shellenbarger Edited by Nancy Kress what Lord Gunny planned but it was Most of the story is very standard fare ROC trade paperback, 231 pp., $14.95 effective. and there are few surprises. Besides the Award winning author, Harlan Ellison, Additionally romance rears its ugly spin behind the reason for the crash, the The cover sums it up well: the year’s will be returning to the Valley of the Sun to head making difficult the lives of Spinner author introduces one other new idea that best science fiction and fantasy chosen by speak on September 10th, 2003 at Estella and Haft. Between Alyline and Doli, Maid is made from whole cloth. I was hoping for the Science Fiction Writers of America. Mountain Community College and at Primrose and Maid Marigold, not to a more thoughtful exploration of the We get a novella by Jack Williamson, mention Zweepee, their lives are “facts” that most UFO adherents believe, Glendale Community College. A Learning novelettes by Kelly Link and James Patrick Grant applied for by Rod Freeman, EMCC complicated indeed. crafted into an entertaining story. What I Kelly, and short stories by Severna Park Our heroes fare northward seeking a got was a juvenile-level stock UFO English Department Head, facilitates and Mike Resnick. The excerpt from Ellison’s speaking engagement. The other port that can take them back to Frangeria. monster story. There is no character Catherine Asaro’s novel ‘The Quantum They are still on this trek at the end of development, very short chapters (3 to 5 academic involved in the project is Hannes Rose’ breaks off at a point guaranteed to book Two with the enemy in hot pursuit. pages) and an annoying tendency of the Kvaran, GCC faculty member in economics send you to the bookstore if only to look I recommend this to anyone who likes author to use the exact same word over and mathematics. Kvaran’s Learning Grant up the next sentence. Part of her Skolian Military fiction and is willing to slog and over and over again. All his characters in 1999 brought Ellison back to speak in Empire series, the story combines gothic through a number of volumes before “grin” and they do so in every chapter; the Phoenix Metro area for the first time romance with science fiction. It starts with reaching the end of a very long novel. they don’t smile in varying degrees nor do since he served as Guest of Honor at the the royal heroine’s unwilling marriage to a Personally I love it.–Gary Swaty they ever frown. The only facial 1978 World Science Fiction Convention, mysterious stranger whose face is always expression he allows them is grinning. I IguanaCon. covered. In their wedding carriage, “she Operation Roswell found this extremely tedious and strongly Entitling the talk, “Dreams with Sharp brushed the hood back from his head – by Kevin D. Randle suspect that no editor ever actually Teeth: Weaving Biting Commentary Into and nearly screamed.” Hey, it really is $25.95, TOR, 432 pp finished this book. Unfortunately, I did Fiction,” Professor Freeman told me that science fiction. Besides stories, we have finish the book; mostly because it took no the presentation is not only for the short essays surveying every subgenre, This is yet another attempt to actual thought to do so.- Catherine Book students of the two colleges, but is open lists of nominees and past award winners, convince us that “the truth is out there.” to the community at large. “My hope,” and an informative introduction and Betty The author is “an authority on alien A Circle of Cats said Freeman “is that Mr. Ellison will also Ballantine appreciation. Only six stories is abduction” and is now trying to offer By Charles de Lint speak in varied contexts to audiences too few to be a representative anthology. another spin on what really happened in Illustrated by Charles Vess This isn’t that, it’s the best of the best. - including the EMCC Honor’s Program, 1947. The twist, and I admit it is new, is Viking, 45 pages, New York 2003, $17.99 Michael Griffin students in English and interdisciplinary that an over-zealous Army General classes including Storytelling, Sociology, actually shot down the craft that crashed Charles de Lint and Charles Vess have Demontech: Onslaught in Roswell. The ramifications of this action produced a beautiful little volume which and Humanities as well as faculty By David Sherman members. Time permitting, of course.” are hinted at but never really explored. It any parent would love to read to a small Del Rey N.Y. 2002 Paperback $6.99 might have made a more interesting story child and which any second or third grader The schedule of events has not yet & been established. Demontech: Rally Point ( Cont’d on page 19 ) http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/index.jsp By David Sherman http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/ Del Rey N. Y. 2003 Paperback $6.99 http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/its/webdial/ webdial.php?name=freeman Imagine a dimension close-by to ours http://staff.gc.maricopa.edu/%7Ehkvaran/ where magic is strong. Imagine also an evil ruler who wishes to conquer his world. He has his magicians cast about looking for books which give him an edge. What do they get a complete set of U.S. Army Technical Manuals. The magicians set to work to figure out how to use magic to get the devices in the manuals to work. Thus: Demontech. Imagine a second much smaller country with its Magicians casting about looking for something, anything to counter this menace. They conjure and conjure and suddenly there appears before People on the outside think there’s them a United States Marine Corps something magical about writing, that you Gunnery Sargent in full ceremonial regalia. go up in the attic at midnight and cast the He becomes Lord Gunny and creates the bones and come down in the morning with Frangerian Marines. His book, “Lord a story, but it isn’t like that. You sit in Gunny Says” becomes the Bible and back of the typewriter and you work, and Training Manual for the Corps. Every that’s all there is to it. Grunt has a copy. Harlan Ellison Our story concerns two Grunts, isolated from their units in a far country who must face the hated enemy in impossible numbers and somehow survive. Haft and Spinner must form a Corps of their own. They do it almost accidentally as they acquire allies along the way, some of them encumbrances, some of them helpful. They are just Grunts. Gradually they learn and grow into the leaders they must be. They acquire Page 18 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 In Our Book (cont’d from page 18) an excellent storyteller who brings this tracker. And that’s the normal part of his is joined by Baron Glass and a clubfooted turbulent time to life in a way modern life. With his alien senses, he is brought in and handed library apprentice who, would treasure and read many times. readers can truly enjoy. The characters are to help police on a series of kidnappings, unknowingly, is a signed member of A small girl exploring in the woods is believable, the plot is well thought out, but that brings him to the attention of a Grimhold. near death from snake bite. A circle of cats and the action sequences well written. rogue agent from Homeland Security and This is a complex, multi-layered book forms around her and works cat magic This book is a fitting end to a good series. the Temple of New Reason, who kidnap with unexpected twists and turns. The upon her to save her life. When she wakes While I enjoyed this book, strong sexual his son. Not fully recovered from the last characters are three dimensional rife with up she is a kitten. The story involves her content may offend some readers. - time he was killed, He will get killed again flaws, desires and dreams. The military search to find a way to regain girlhood. On William B. Whitmore as he pursues his son, and tries to save aspects are well handled, the virtues and this journey she meets a number of the world...again. failings well defined. This is a keeper, even magical creatures of various sorts. She The Long Hot Summoning The story is a good blend of action, if the thought of one more Arthurian must be determined and honorable. by Tanya Huff science fiction and mystery. The pace is volume engenders the need for Maalox. The story is told well in de Lint’s Daw, 413 pp, $6.99 fast and engrossing the characters are well Buy it...it is a darn good read. - Pam Allan wondrous simple prose. The illustrations rounded. It is a real page turner and hard are elegant. The book is a wonder and a The Long Hot Summoning is the third to put down. It’s a keeper. - Pam Allan. Stolen delight, an object of marvelous beauty. - – book of The Keeper’s Chronicles. by Kelley Armstrong Gary Swaty Diana Hansen has finally The Eyes Of God Viking, 399 pp, $24.99 graduated....from high school, and can get by John Marco Deathstalker Legacy on with life. Diana is a Keeper with the Daw, 779 pp, $6.99 Stolen is the sequel to Bitten, and is by Simon R. Green ability to reweave possibilities of time and volume two of the Women Of The ROC, 472 pages, $23.95 space to keep the balance between the The Eyes Of God stands alone. Otherworld, forces of Light and Darkness. So who Although not shown as series, a future Elena Michaels, the only living female The Paragons are the finest protectors would guess that her first summoning hardcover’s title suggests it is a spin off or werewolf, finds the “other races” of legend of law and order in the universe, and Finn would land her in the shopping mall from second in a series. Akeela, the young king are being tracked down and imprisoned by Durandal was the finest of all Paragons. If Hell with her trusty sidekick Sam, now a of Liiria, has made peace with the enemies an evil Internet millionaire, Tyrone you don’t believe me just ask his publicity cat..formerly an angel. When she calls in in a war that had gone on for years. He is Winsloe. When she is captured She must agents, they will tell you it’s truly true. But her sister Claire, and her cat Austin given the daughter of the other king in not only survive, but save the other when Lewis Deathstalker is named King’s [always a cat] for reinforcements, they find marriage. Cassandra is beautiful and “races”, Shaman, coven witches, vampires Champion Finn Durandal is out raged and a lot more than they expected in the accomplished. And Akeela falls in love. He demons and whoever else from extinction. only the overthrow of the king will do for “otherside’ mall. Toss in a reviving evil assigns Lukien, his foster brother and the With the help of pack, she and some other revenge. And so starts Deathstalker mummy, and her bewitched archeologist, champion of Liiria to bring his bride to him, legendary creatures must not only defeat legacy by Simon R. Green. Set in the an archeological intern who belongs in and to be her protector. They fall in love, Winsloe and his mercenary army but also Deathstalker universe but two hundred Scooby Doo, Buffy the Vampire Slayer in- betray Akeela, and are found out and eradicate all traces of the of the research years after the Deathstalker trilogy jokes, Arthur, the Eternal king, with a revealed by a jealous knight. [shades of and testing that had been done. Deathstalker Legacy is a stand alone first round table of street kids turning into King Arthur] Cassandra develops a deadly This a fast paced adventure that holds book of a new set of characters. Its to bad elves. You have the wildest graduation illness and Lukien is sent to a mythical your interest and makes the world of the Mr. Green could not come up with a new party-cum -war in any malls history. kingdom to get a magical amulet to save supernatural seem normal. It is a fun read, story to go with them. As in the first This is a rollicking romp combining her life. He gets it, but kills the wife of the and leaves you looking forward to the next trilogy you get an improbably amoral urban fantasy and action you will really owner. As a result the cure carries a curse: book - Pam Allan sociopath as the villain, a young idealistic enjoy. - Pam Allan the person saved will live, but no human youth falsely accused of capital offenses eyes may look upon her. Lukien is then The Standing Dead forced to run for his life while trying to Bitter Waters banished. Sixteen years later, Lukien by Ricardo Pinto save the galaxy at the same time, and a by Wen Spencer returns to Liiria and the kingdom of Akeela Tor, 560 pp, $27.95 Quest for a mythical individual out of Roc , 308 pp, $6.99 the Mad to rescue Cassandra and warn the history who can miraculously save the Jadori of an oncoming invasion. The The Standing Dead is the second day. Sound familiar? If you have read the Bitter Waters is the third in the Ukiah matching amulet is found to be in the fairy volume of The Stone Dance of the first three Deathstalker books it Oregon series. tale kingdom Of Grimhold. Akeela wants it. Camelion and is preceded by The Chosen. should.While I found Deathstalker Ukiah Oregon is unique. He has Cassandra. fears that a gentle people will The Three Lands make up a world of Legacy mildly enjoyable my advise to accelerated senses. Raised by wolves, be wiped out. She dies, but Lukien rides to harsh contrast. In the center is Oskarum, a anyone who wants to get it is to wait for it domesticated by two women, and trained warn the Jadori and Grimhold of the to come out in paperback. Lacking new by a private investigator as detective and invasion. He will protect what he may. He ( Cont’d on page 20 ) ideas or plot twists this book is just not worth the $23.95 that they want for it. - William B. Whitmore

Guardian of the PromiseMerlin’s Descendants #4 by Irene Radford $24.95, DAW, 544 pages

This book starts with the latest generation of the descendants of Merlin as teenagers. Eager to prove themselves each sets out in a different way to claim the title of Pendragon. Deirdre, daughter of Griffin and Roanna, goes off to Paris to combat werewolves, while Donovan’s daughter Betsy seeks the heritage through the power of blood magic. Hal, Donovan’s son, has the hardest battle for he fights the beast within us all. Who will prove worthy of the title of Pendragon? Set in Elizabethan England just prior to the sailing of the Spanish Armada this book is a delight to read. Ms. Radford is Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 19 In Our Book (cont’d from page 19 ) who have discovered a forerunner artifact. and put the king’s cousin on the throne, agency has been tracking the immolations They confront them and send them off allowing the inquisition entry to the for five years. But as Nate sought the paradise ruled by The Masters. It is also a with a discovers’ reward. When another country. Add to that mix, Alessandra’s answers, government agents were closing place of decadence, of sadistic dreams and saurian gets a report to them of a potential body is stolen, and her soul imprisoned for in on him in the name of national security. power games. The rest of the world lies in scientific discovery, they rush into action use in the plot. The Duca is still away But none of the investigations could have barbarism and exists to serve the Masters. to chart the collision of two black holes. fighting the Turks. Can Luciana save her predicted the final outcome. This is a page Carnelion becomes the lover of one of the This, in turn puts them in confrontation sister, herself, the kingdom, and her turner with a few extra twists. It is tightly twin gods, Osidion. They are kidnaped with the confederacy, but they save the marriage? written, with good characters and plenty during one of the power games, shipped Confederacy crews that would have driven This is a tightly plotted, fast moving of action. It’ll keep you reading after your out in urns, and sold to slavers. Carnelion them off. When her former freebooters adventure in a European 17th century bedtime. - Pam Allan keeps them both alive as they are rescued discover what might be a Forerunner data world combining the intrigue of the The Peshawar Lancers by barbarians from Undersky. Carnelion collection artifact, they must face the DiMedici’s Italy and the world of the learns to love the tribe, and honor their by S.M. Sterling Confederacy again and a representative of Gypsies. With well drawn characters and ROC, $6.99, 482 pages virtues, Osidion, seeing only things to a rival Asborg house. With much difficulty plenty of action, this is a rush out and buy manipulate on his return to Oskarum and they do so and survive to bring home the for fantasy lovers, but save time for the In the mid-1870’s a violent spray of comets power, begins to force change in the scientific bacon. Grandmaster Anderson, reading. It is hard to put down. - Pam hit earth, decimating cities, erasing structure, taking power, and building a one the fields most respected writers, has Allan shorelines, and changing the world’s new army. Carnelion. Torn between again given us still another printed reason climate. The northern hemisphere was respect for the people, and his love of to regret his demise. This is another good Stranger Inside devastated. the survivors rebuilt in the Osidion must find a way to survive and one. - Pam Allan by Seven Krane southern lands. Today half the world is help the tribe. They, in turn, can only Daw, 443 Pp, $6.99 ruled by the British Empire with it capital in question where his loyalties lie. - Pam Magic’s Silken Snare Delhi. Captain Athelstane King is a young Allan by Elizabeth Gilligan Stranger Inside is a science fiction officer in the cavalry, nobody particularly Daw, 560 pp, $6.99 mystery with [ overtones of the X Files]. important. So why has the Russian secret For Love and Glory Jimmy Somerset was the only survivor of service put a huge bounty on his head? In by Poul Anderson Magic’s Silken Snare is the first the fatal conflagration that killed his fact why have they been trying to kill of Tor, 304 pp, $24.95 volume if a series Titled Silken Magic. It parents. He shouldn’t have survived, but his family for three generations? What stands alone nicely. somehow did. He has been slipping make them so important? through the cracks in the child welfare For Love and Glory is a stand alone Luciana, the full blooded Romani wife These are the questions that must be system ever since. Now he is forced into a and possibly Mr. Anderson’s last book as of the Duca di Drago, is the titular head of answered if Captain King hopes to live. he died in 2001. One can hope he was a government sponsored for troubled teens. but more importantly these are the the silk trade in Tyrrhia. Her sister, The program really wanted Jimmy because few unpublished manuscripts ahead. Alessandra, has been at court and is questions that must be answered if the Lissa Windholm, an Earth type human he might prove the key to mysterious teen entire Empire is to survive! preparing to wed a captain in the guard. spontaneous combustion. Nate Adriano, a from Asborg, and Karl, her saurian Mr. Sterling has created an imaginative With only the owl’s warning, Alessandra computer whiz who worked for the LAPD academic partner are studying Jonna, a alternate history. The Peshawar Lancers is and her captain are dead and the court for years, now has his own Forensic data new planet, when they meet another pair filled with intrigue to overthrow the rulers (Cont’d on page 21 )

Page 20 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 In Our Book (cont’d from page 20) Cold Streets number five in the liaden universe. with his own agenda. They must find and by P.N. Elrod Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have created render inoperable Silverdeath, the weapon a fast paced adventure story and a Ace Hardcover, 380 pp, $22.95 a thrilling, fast paced action adventure. of continental destruction that could end suspenseful political thriller. His character While it is book five in a series it is also a all life. Presently Silverdeath is in the development is excellent you readily Cold Streets is a continuation of the very fine stand alone story. The characters hands of a conquering king and his empathize with the protagonists and his Vampire Files series of novels. In Cold are well developed, the story line is military. The plot has more twists than a villains are realistically colorful. this is an Streets, Jack Fleming has crisis complete and the references to thing that bag of pretzels, and no character ends up excellent book that I would heartily multiplication problems. The reporter happened in past novels teases you to as he or she began. turned vampire P.I. and night club owner read the rest of the series without recommend to all. - William B. Whitmore It’s a page turner that earns it’s higher finds himself pursued by a sociopath/ detracting from the current story. The than usual price. Time to raid the Piggy The Gathering Storm kidnapper/murderer who wants to use romantic interaction between Val Con and Volume Five of Crown of Stars Jack’s talents and a potential gang Miri makes for an intensely personal and bank or impair your plastic balance. - Pam by Kate Elliott takeover by Hog Bristow over the almost engaging conflict between the Allan DAW, 624 pages, $24.95 dead body of his friend Gordy. And protagonists. Their struggle to begin a Myrna, the Ghost has to get her ethereal new life on a low tech world where they Kate Elliott is an excellent author. In The two cents worth in. Jack is almost drained have no money and are unable to speak Gathering Storm she has engaging of blood, tortured by Hog and left as dead. the language is imaginative but realistic characters, an interesting story line and Now he must come back again to restore and the efforts of their friends and enemies suspenseful cliffhangers as she cuts from the status quo. Set in 1938 Chicago, this is to find them makes for a good secondary character to character. I am sure that her a hard-bitten Hammet type novel with a story line of intrigue. fans who have followed the crown of stars supernatural twist. I have enjoyed the I would strongly recommend Carpe Diem series are eagerly awaiting the release of series and this maybe the best yet. If you to everyone. It is a fine story that will this book. However after 211 pages I am haven’t read any of them, you have appeal to people of a variety of tastes. - confused. The relationships and something to look forward to. If you miss William B. Whitmore motivations of the characters of this book Forever Knight, you’re in luck. Time to go have obviously been developed over the book shopping. - Pam Allan Voyage of the Shadowmoon course of the prior four books and by Sean McMullen because I have not read the prior books I Carpe Diem Tor Books, 496 pp, $27.95. find myself lost. The constant references by Sharon lee and Steve Miller to people and events from prior books ACE, $6.99, 325 pages Voyage of the Shadowmoon, is a high requires that those books have been read adventure fantasy epic that stands alone. before this one in order to fully follow the Val Con Yos’Phelium and Miri Robertson The Shadowmoon is a small unobtrusive story line. While I would recommend the are married, stranded on a derelict space wooden schooner whose passengers are series to any fan of the epic series genre ship and about to be killed by their swore much more than they seem. There is Laron, based solely on the quality of MS Elliott’s enemies. In desperation they make a blind the seven hundred year old vampire in a writing in this book, I do not recommend jump to an unknown world. Their drive fourteen year old’s body, Rovel, the this book as a stand alone novel. - destroyed by the jump, they are stranded warrior-sorcerer, Verlander the priestess of William B. Whitmore on a proscribed planet. So starts book a dying order and Durskal, a castrated king HexaCon 12 Thank You!!! to our hard-working volunteers who made this convention better. We are pleased to offer a membership into HexaCon 13, July 25-27, 2003. If you do not see your name on this list,and feel that it should be, please contact us: HexaCon, PO Box 62613, Phoenix, AZ, 85082, or email: [email protected] ----Pass-thru memberships are neither transferable nor refundable and are only available for HexaCon in 2003. Tom Adkins R. Loop DeVault Vaughn Lynn James Robinson Doreen Adkins JT Drews Darkyr Malys Carlos Ross Joel Agee Craig Dyer Dave Martin Christi Ross Brandon Allen Judy Erickson Kim Martin Walter Sanville Rachel Amberson Tony Ewing Kitty McDonald-Neal Jason Sato Dawn-Lyn Andrews Jim Faoro Phil McElfresh Lisa Schoop Rick Andrews Roland Farmer Tracey McElfresh Amanda Shelton Matthew Andrews Brian Fields Michael Morris Jonathan Shepard Noah Antwiler Jesse D. Foster Aaron Mongillo Cristi Simila Stephanie Bannon Jammie Foster Zoe Mora Len Sippel Bill Banks Chuck “The Duke” French John D Mountcastle David Smoker Jarrod Barger Game Depot (GM Badge) Brandy Munk Barry Snider Rob Beckwith Jasmin Gaties Amanda Munk Robert Snook Mark Boniece Gary F Goodman Kyrie Munk Mark St Clair Jon Bonnell Joe Hedges Wayne Myers Brod Stollar Damon Box Harley Herrin Travis Neal Dannel (Dan) Stoltz Jennifer Boyd Lori Herrin Gerald Nesrid Jim Strait Krista Bricker Glenn Hoepfner Ken New Gary Swaty Tate Brinton Charles Hopkins Mariellen Novaco Gus Talbott Dan Brugman Charmain Hopkins David Oakes JB Talbott Scott Cabram David Hungerford Amanda Marie Osman Garrion Talbott Chuck Cady Ken Keller Tom Pesta Paul Tanton Tasha Cadyl Ian Kelly Andrea Pesta Sue Uttke Chris Campbell Scott Kennedy Ray Powers Krista Walker Nick Castander Ray Kneip Randy Pratchett Brian Walrath Dave Clyborne Daniel Kochheiser Josh Pyle Lee Whiteside Peter Couleur Tim Kohler Justin Quarantella Ian Wolf RC Craigo Rachel Korthals Nissa Ramsey Alvin Wyzerbiski Jackie Cuneo Matt Lang Steve Ramsey Ric Zaller Chris C. Culver Myron Lieberman Kirk Rausch Russell Deneault Rachel Lieberman Andre Richards Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 21 month in January thru September and the THE JEDI KNIGHTS Meetings are the 3rd Contact Mike McLaughlin at (602)461- Club second Friday in October, November and Sunday of each month. For more 5842 or write 1730 W Emelita Place December at JB’s Restaurant, 2560 W. information call Carol Alves, Publicity, #2025, Mesa AZ 85202-3144 or Indian School in Phoenix, AZ. Write PO (760)244-9593 or write Jedi Knights, c/o [email protected] Listings Box 62613, Phoenix, AZ 85082-2613 or Jim Lowerre, 12291 Meade Street, call Stephanie L. Bannon (602)973-2341 Garden Grove, CA 92841-3629 RAW GAMES (Role-players & (EDITOR’S NOTE: Please check your club listing for information. Web www.casfs.org Wargamers, Inc.) Role-players & for errors. Please send corrections and updates to the LEPRECON, INC. One of the two Wargamers, Inc. is the Valley’s oldest editor in writing to P.O. Box 62613, Phoenix AZ C.R.O.F.T. Celtic Reenactment of Phoenix area corporations that put on role-playing and wargaming club. 85082 or via email at [email protected]) Fellowship and Trades is Phoenix based yearly con-ventions. Best described as SF/ Currently meeting at 8159 W. Weldon in Reenactment group specializing in the F gene-ralists with a main thrust into SF/ Phoenix every Sunday from 3pm-9pm ADRIAN EMPIRE A medieval and western European renaissance. As an org- F art. Guests are welcome. The meetings (except during conventions and other renaissance recreationist club. Sword- anization, it is our goal to promote felow- are quarterly on the second Saturday of special events). Open to new members - fighting, arts, banquets, masquerades, ship while researching lifestyles and Febr-uary, May, August & November call (602) 849-9515. www.rawgames.org dances. meets every Wednesday night trades concurrent with the Celtic Peoples unless otherwise notified. August is the from 7-10pm at Encanto Park. All are from 400 BC until 1746 AD. Although annual meeting where board positions are REBEL LEGION - JUNDLAND welcome. Free. most members claim Scots, Irish or deter-mined. For more information, write OUTPOST The Jundland Outpost is a Welsh an-cestry and do Celtic re- PO Box 26665, Tempe, AZ 85285; call small band of Rebels which form a part of ARIZONA LANBASHERS LEAGUE enactment, it is our intent to open Mike Willmoth, 480-945-6890, Email the rapidly growing Rebel Legion. A collaboration of computer gaming participation to anyone with an interest in [email protected] While it's main focus is Star Wars enthusiasts, the Arizona LANbashers period crafting and enter-tainment, no www.lepercon.org costuming, much like it's 501st counter- League throws quarterly LANparty matter what his/her ethnicity. The sense part the Dune Sea Garrison, the Jundland events. Between parties, support is given of being a real village surround-ing Croft MIB The Men in Black is the official Outpost's mission is to brighten up the to local groups who wish to advertise is vital to promote a feeling of family and organization of field operatives for Steve lives of children and Star Wars fans of all their own gatherings. We have no set fellowship which was a reality in earlier Jackson Games. They attend local con- ages across the Phoenix Metro area and genre of games and play anything from times. Croft is a family-oriented and kid- ventions to demonstrate and promote eventually other parts of Arizona as well. strategy games to first-person shooters to friendly organization.C.R.O.F.T. mem- products of Steve Jackson Games. The Members also make appearances with driving/flying simulations. No annual bers can be found demon-strating in also schedule demos in local gaming other Star Wars organizations as part membership is required and admission to events such as the Highland Games, stores. If you have a gaming store or of a joint effort to help with Charities and an event ranges from $5-$15. See our Scarborough Fair, and the Arizona convention that you would like to have events around Arizona. webpage for current events. Email: Renaissance Festival. Web page http:// official Steve Jackson Games represen- If you have an event you would like us to [email protected] Web: http:/ www.crofters.org tation at, please contact the MIB Arizona appear at, please contact us at www.lanparty.com/all/ VoiceMail: 602- Cell Leader at [email protected]. 306-9339 THE DARK ONES (Dark-wunz) n. 1) [email protected]. An organization formed for the expres- SCIENCE FICTION CONTINUUM THE AWAY TEAM: The Away Team, sion and exploration of various cultural ORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE The Science Fiction Continuum: An is a general sci-fi appreciation group that themes including, but not limited to, the FICTION CLUB meets last Wednesday Independ-ent Star Trek and Sci-Fi club in meets once a month for discussion of Dark Ages and the Renaissance through of every month (except Dec.) We Phoenix, AZ. The SFCOM is an active various sci-fi news regarding several forms of art including, but not limited to, frequently have author guest speakers. club that participates in Local Phoenix, mediums to include: television, movies, painting, drawing, writing, photography, You’re all welcome and South-western Star Trek and Sci-Fi video, books, comics, magazines, collect- spoken word, and acts of characterization. to come if you’re in the area. We meet conventions and movies. The SFCOM ing, and so forth. The meetings are 2) a member of this organization. 3) in Fullerton, about 5 miles north of has three different divisions. The SFCOM comprised of news, review and comment, Infor-mation available at Disney-land. For more details ph. Greg itself, a free group where fun is the name BBS/computer news and help, meeting www.darkones.org at [949] 552-4925 or send a message to of the game. The Deep Space SolarFlare new members, video presentations, our listserve [email protected] (DSSF) an active member club in the games, and socializing fun! Food and DAYSTAR HOLT Arizona’s first and International Federation of Treker’s drinks are provided, via a $3 munchie fee longest-running Elfquest fan club. PAReX is a non-profit, just for fun (IFT). This group is based on DS9 (a (per meeting) to compensate the host. Daystar meets to talk about EQ and organization dedicated to the prolifera- space station). And the IKV Sto-Vo-Kor (No other fees are involved.) The elec- related stuff, develop characters, publish tion of robotics as a hobby. Monthly (Independent Klingon Vessel). A Klingon tronic home of the Away Team, is the stories in our ‘zine Playelf and create an meetings will be held and will be an- Bird of Prey, roaming the desert looking Lightspeed Space Station BBS at (520) annual calendar. Other common interests nounced under the Meeting Information for battle. Are the Fed’s too soft, looking 325-6674.... Member ages for the group include music, belly dance, camping and page, http://www.parex.org/ for combat, feel the call to glory. This is range from 13-40-something with both of course, SF. Membership is free (18 or meetinfo.htm. All interest-ed persons are the ship for you. Member-ship in the male and female members. Other activities over) and is attained by group vote after invited to participate. We are currently in SFCOM is free! To join DSSF or the Sto- include null-modem link gamefests, group you attend two meetings or holt-related the process of getting organized and Vo-Kor a nominal fee for the national theater movie viewings, convention trips get-togethers. Meetings are usually the becoming an official organization with clubs involved and uniforms. For further and more. Have sci-fi fun in a relaxed, low- first Saturday of each month; for more tax status. Web page: http:// information contact President John structure environment. NO RUBBER EARS info, call Tom or Janice at (602) 581- www.parex.org/ E-mail Contact: John Nelson at (602) 409-7169 or on the ALLOWED!! For questions, you can call 2258. They have a website up at http:// Kittelsrud, [email protected] internet at; [email protected] or the BBS, or write to: LSS c/o R. Martin; members.home.net/jeanderson/ check out our web site. http:// 2522 N. Sparkman Blvd.; Tucson, AZ daystarholt.html THE PHOENIX FANTASY FILM www.thesfcom.com 85716 SOCIETY A Phoenix based club THE EMPIRE OF CHIVALRY AND interest-ed in the entire realm of SF, SFACE (Speculative Fiction And Com- BASFA Local Tuscon science fiction STEEL, INC. The Empire of Chivalry Fantasy and Horror film. PFFS has been puter Enthusiasts) Phoenix College’s one group that puts on TusCon. Contact us at and Steel specializes in the general in existence for 25 years, meeting every 6 and only connection to the worlds of PO Box 2528, Tucson AZ 85702-2528 or recreation of the culture of the Middle weeks in mem-ber’s homes. Dues are $10 speculative fiction, including science [email protected]. Ages inc-luding all of the Art Forms, per year. Mem-bership includes newslet- fiction, fantasy, and horror as well as our website at home.earthlink.net/~basfa/ Events (Feasts, Tournaments, Ceremonies ters, an annual film awards and various table top, live action and internet gaming, and Wars) and Combat Arts covering the outings. For information, contact PFFS, SFACE also serves as a guide through the CENTRAL ARIZONA SPECULATIVE years of 800AD up to 1650AD and any P.O. Box 34023, Phoenix, AZ 85067 or Internet - both teaching basic use and FICTION SOCIETY, INC. (CASFS) The location within Europe or its explored call David Storck at (602) 274_7404, utilizing as a source of speculative fiction. non-profit corporation that puts on territories. For more information contact e_mail: [email protected]. For more info contact Dr Ray Bromley at CopperCon conventions, SmurfCons, Bart Smith (Phoenix) (602)937-6995 or bromley.ray@ a1.pc.maricopa.edu. The HexaCons, occasional regional cons, and Leonard Bird (Tucson) (520)742-2432 Web: RAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SFACE Web site is found at http:// publishes Con-Notations. Best described www.galandor.org A Live Action Theatre Troupe based out www.pc. maricopa.edu/departments/ as SF/F generalists with a strong bent of the ASU campus in Tempe, AZ. It is studentact/organizations/sface/ towards literary SF/F. Guests welcome - dedicated to the game Werewolf: The meets at 8pm on the last Friday of each Apocalypse by White Wolf publishing. ( cont’d on page 23 ) Page 22 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3 Club Listings ( Cont’d from page 22 ) Rocket Launch every October. Visit Arizona. We get together in both the www.sssrocketry.org for membership Phoenix and Tucson areas. To subscribe, information, directions to the launches and send an empty message to z-philes- SHADOWKEEP BBS Intelligent conver- meetings, and to read the monthly [email protected] sation, awesome graphics, stupendous newsletter, “Newton’s Minutes.” door games, unworldly filebank, RPG UNITED FEDERATION OF PHOE- forums, QWK message system and online TARDIS is a Phoenix-based General SF/ NIX A Phoenix area Star Trek and RPG BBS-mode-rated games! Our BBS is Fantasy Fan Club, specializing in general SciFi fan club. We are a social mainly RPG oriented and we offer many International media SF/Fantasy since club that meets every two weeks at services to GMs and players. No fees 1983. TARDIS meets every two weeks at various locations around the Phoenix neces-sary for users who post intelligent different locations around the valley. area. The UFP has been meeting for over messages! $5 in credits to new users. Over Activities include watching videos, 25 years of continuous activity. Dues are 20 conferences and 10 doors to choose discussions, parties, fund-raisers, auc- $15/per year prorated when you join; no from! Shadowkeep BBS - PCBoard 15.2/M tions, games, camping trips and outings. restrictions. Membership includes - US Robotics 28.8 Modem. Phoenix, AZ We also maintain an active presence at membership roster and monthly newslet- (602)245-0919; Connect at 2400-28800 local conventions. TARDIS publishes a ter. Come to any two meetings at no monthly inform-ative news-letter, The obligation. For information, write the THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE Index File, with a national circulation UFP at PO Box 37224, Phoenix, AZ ANACHRONISM The kingdom of which is included with mem-bership. 85069, or call Jim Strait at (602) 242- Atenveldt doth lie in the state of Arizona. Annual membership is just $12.50. You 9203. Web page: http://www.U-F-P.org Within the fair kingdom can be found six can contact us at 2243 W Wagon Wheel or Email to [email protected] Baronies: Atenveldt, Mons Tonitrus, Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85021, Voice Mail at Twin Moons, SunDragon, Tir Ysgithr (602) 864-0901, E-mail TARDIS- WESTERN SCIENCE FICTION and Ered Sul. For more information on [email protected] or visit http:// ASSOCIATION (WesternSFA) A non- any of these or for general information on www.primenet.com/~jgeorge/tardis.html profit corporation that sponsors the thy past tomorrows thou mayest contact ConRunners seminars and is sponsoring Mistress Myrddina o Dolwyddelan (Terry TEKWAR FAN CLUB Sanctioned by the 2004 Westercon. Dedicated primarily Schwartz) PO Box 584, Sonoita AZ the series’ production companies and the to educational activities relating to 85637 (520)455-5835 Email: USA Network! It is THE information literature, music, and visual and perform- [email protected] www.atenveldt.org conduit between the fans and the series! ing arts, especially in the genres of Fan club membership will bring you the science fiction, fantasy, costuming, THE SOUTHWEST COSTUMER’S following 1) subscription to the info filled gaming and science. Applicants for GUILD The Southwest Costumers Guild Tek Informer newsletter; 2) official membership in WesternSFA must be is a loose organization of persons TekWar Fan Club membership card and sponsored by a current active interested in all facets of historical, kit. Membership is by regular mail only WesternSFA member. Dues are $10 cultural, science fiction, fantasy, and and the newsletter and mater-ials will not yearly plus a $5 non-refundable applica- humor costume. Members are often seen be reproduced electron-ically. To join the tion fee. General Meetings are held on on stage and behind the scenes at local action and initiate your annual member- the first Friday of February, May, August and regional Science Fiction Conven-tion ship, make check or money order out for and November, usually at the home of a masquerades. They meet on the last $12.50 to: Official TekWar Fan Club member. Guests are welcome. For more Sunday of each month at various mem- (Membership section), 2522 N Sparkman info contact Craig Dyer at WesternSFA, bers’ homes in the greater Phoenix area. Blvd., Tucson AZ 85716-2417 PO Box 87457, Phoenix AZ 85082, (602) For details. Southwest Costumers Guild, 973-2341, Email: [email protected]. PO Box 39504, Phoenix, AZ 85609 or T.H.E.M. is ASU’s science fiction and Webpage: www.westernsfa.org Randall Whitlock at [email protected] fantasy club. Weekly meetings are held or www.southwestcostumersguild.org on the Arizona State University campus, with dates and places to be announced SPACE ACCESS SOCIETY Space after the semester starts. For more Access Society’s sole purpose is to information, [email protected] promote radically cheaper access to space, www.themonline.org ASAP. We think it’s possible within ten years, with a little luck and a lot of hard TUCSON FAN ALLIANCE E-Mail work. Join us and help us make it Address is [email protected] or happen! SAS membership is $30 for one [email protected]. year, which gets you emailed Space Access Updates the instant they pass final USS STORMBRINGER The Storm- edit, plus discounts on our annual confer- bringer is a correspondence Star Trek fan ence on the technology, politics, and busi- club chapter of Starfleet, Intl. based out of ness of radically cheaper space trans- Tucson AZ. The chapter was commis- portation, featuring leading players in sioned as the USS Stormbringer NCC- the field. Email us at: 74213, attached to Division 31, Starfleet [email protected] Web Covert Operations, on 10/31/98. As of 11/ page: www.space-access.org/ 29/98 there were 32 members. There are no dues other than the $15 for joining STARBASE TUCSON Tucson Arizona Star-fleet Intl.. Members are scattered based Star Trek club. For info call Geof What is CASFS? world wide but the primary clusters are in Wood at (520) 746-1822 or write Star- What is really behind putting on a convention? What the funds raised by a Tucson, AZ and Plano, TX. They don’t base Tucson; 3314 E. Benson Hwy; convention used for? Why not attend a meeting and find out? We’re the sponsor of meet on a regular basis since they are a Tucson AZ 85706. Email: ConNotations, CopperCons, HexaCons, SmerfCons and other conventions. We are correspondence chapter. Their web site is: [email protected] a charitable, non-profit organization that exists to further science fiction, fantasy http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/ and science fields in Arizona. CASFS currently meets at the JB’s Restaurant at 9505/ and their contact/CO is Capt. Dave SUPERSTITION SPACEMODELING 2560 W Indian School Rd in Phoenix (NW corner of I-17 and Indian School). The Pitts, [email protected]. SOCIETY is Arizona’s club for builders meetings begin at 8PM and are held on the last Friday of the month Jan. Through of model and high_power rockets and Sept. And on the second Friday of the month Oct through Dec. Everyone is invited Z-PHILES are the ariZona x-PHILES. We those who love to see them fly. Launches to attend two meetings as a guest (non-member). Membership rates are $12/year maintain a mailing list for news and get- plus an initial $3 application fee and rates are pro-rated for the amount of the year are held on the second Saturday morning togethers of fans of the X-Files living in remaining. For more info Call: Stephanie L. Bannon (602)973-2341 Webpage: of each month in Rainbow Valley. SSS www.casfs.org email: [email protected] hosts the annual G. Harry Stine Memorial Volume 13 Issue 3 ConNotations Page 23 Steele; Featured Filk Guest: Nancy Louise D/T/Q Suite $118 S/D/T/Q. Info: Loscon Convention Freeman. $30 (child $15) thru 7/1/03, $40 11513 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, NonGenre by Genre (child $25) after. Info: POBos 368, CA 91601 Phone: (818) 760-9234 [LASFS Non-Genre Works By Chelsea Quinn Listings Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3681. Email: Club-house; leave message E-mail: Yarbro [email protected]. Website: [email protected] Web: http:// This is the first of my little ConRunners 5 (Phoenix AZ) June 14, http://trfn.clpgh.org/parsec/conflu www.loscon.org/loscon/30/index.html 2003 A day long seminar on fan-run Bibliographic squibs on Non-Genre works by SF and Fantasy Authors. I can take no science fiction conventions. Are there Bubonicon 35 (Albuquerque, NM) August DarkCon 2004 (Phoenix, AZ) Jan 9-11, things you would like to see at local credit for the information on Chelsea 22-24, 2003 Howard Johnsons East. 2004 Winter Gaming & SF/F Convention Quinn Yarbro as I note below. I have conventions? Have you ever wondered Guests: Author: Charles De Lint, Artist: Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, excluded her Science Fiction, Fantasy and what goes on behind the scenes in TBA, Toastmistress: Melinda M. AZ Memb: $20 Hotel Rates: Embassy planning a convention? Then this is the Snodgrass Memb: $22 thru May 26. Hotel Suites Phoenix North, 2577 E. Greenway Horror. place for you! Come, let your ideas be Howard Johnson East, 15 Hotel Circle NE Rd, Phoenix, AZ (602) 375-1777. Rooms: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro heard and pick up some tips from others. (Eubank & I-40) Albuquerque NM $79 S/D, $89 T, $99 Q (plus tax) (VANESSA PRYOR) Registration opens at 8:30AM. Our (296)4852 or 800-877-4852 Rates: $55 S/D/ Info: (623) 435-9700; Email: (C.Q. YARBRO Morning Session will be from 9AM to T/Q Info: NMSF Conference, PO Box [email protected]; website: (QUINN FAWCETT) 1PM and the topic is Convention Security. 37257, Albuquerque NM 87179 www.darkones.org (TERRY NELSEN BONNER) Lunch Break 1PM-2PM Afternoon Session This is only a LISTING of her non- 2PM to 4PM: Guest Liaison; 4PM-6PM CopperCon 23 (Phoenix, AZ) Sept 5-7, Gallifrey One's Fifteen Minutes of Fame genre titles, to check for availability and/or Post LepreCon 29 discussion. We will 2003 Literary oriented SF/F Convention (Los Angeles, CA) Feb 13-16, 2004 The price of a title, go to www.myunicorn.com, provide soda, coffee, tea and light Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, Airtel Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA the web page and store of Ms. Lucie munchies Membership: $15 For more info: Arizona Guests: Author GoH: Connie Guests: Colin Baker, Peter Davison + many MacDougall who permitted the use of ConRunners, PO Box 67457, Phoenix AZ Willis, Artist GoH: David Mattingly; Music more Memb: $30 thru 5/31/03, $35 thru 8/ material from her wonderful Chelsea Quinn 85082 or call 602-973-2341 GoH Larry Warner Memb: $30 thru 4/30/03, 31/03, $40 thru 11/30/03, $45 thru 1/31/04 Yarbro bibliography. The full Bibliography [email protected] $35 thru 8/25/03, $40 at the door Hotel and $50 at the door. can be found on her site. www.westernsfa.org Rates: Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Info: Gallifrey Conventions, Post Office Written as CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO 2577 E. Greenway Rd, Phoenix, AZ (602) Box 3021, North Hollywood, CA 91609 WESTERN NOVELS Westercon 56 (SeaTac, WA) July 3-6, 375-1777. Rooms: $79 S/D, $89 T, $99 Q Email: [email protected] 2003 Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel. The Law in Charity 1989 (plus tax) Info: CopperCon 23, PO Box Charity, Colorado 1993 Guests: Writer: Bruce Sterling, Artist: Lisa 62613, Phoenix, AZ 85082, Phone (480) 423- World Horror Convention 2004, (Phoenix Snellings, Toastmaster: Connie Willis, Written As VANESSA PRYOR 0649, Email: [email protected] ; AZ) April 8-11, 2004 Embassy Suites A Taste of Wine 1982 Science: Dr. Michio Kaku Science, Fan: Website: www.casfs.org Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ Written As C.Q. YARBRO Saul Jaffe, Editor: Claire Eddy, Member- Guests: Editor Guest of Honour: Stephen ship rates thru May 1, 2003: $65 attending, Conjecture 2003 (San Diego, CA) Oct 3- Jones; Toastmaster: David Morrell; More The Charlie Moon Series (Mysteries) $30 Supporting Hotel: Doubletree Seattle 5, 2003 DoubleTree Mission Valley Hotel, To Be Announced Memberships: $100 thru Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon 1976 Airport Hotel. 18740 International Blvd in San Diego CA. GoH: Robert Charles 3/31/03, $110 after Hotel Rates: $88 S/D/T/ Music When Sweet Voices Die 1979 Seatac, WA Room rates are $109.00 per Wilson Memb: TBA Info: ConJecture, Box Q (plus tax); Embassy Suites Poison Fruit 1991 night plus tax for up to 4 people. (206) 927388, San Diego CA 92192 email: Phoenix North, 2577 E. Greenway Rd, Cat’s Claw . 1992 246-8600 for reservations Info: Westercon [email protected] website: Phoenix, AZ (602) 375-1777 Written As QUINN FAWCETT 56, PO Box 1066, Seattle, WA 98111 Phone: www.conjecture.org Info: World Horror 2004, c/o LepreCon, Madame Victoire Vernet Mysteries (206) 723-9906, Email: [email protected] Inc. PO Box 26665, Tempe AZ 85285; (480) Napoleon must Die ...... 1993 Web: http://www.wester56.org/ TusCon xXx (30) (Tucson, AZ) Nov 14-16, 945-6890; e-mail: [email protected]; Death Wears a Crown ...... 1993 2003 at the InnSuites Hotel, GOH: website: www.leprecon.org/whc2004 Mycroft Holmes Mysteries HexaCon 13 (Phoenix AZ) July 25-27, Yvonne Navarro, Musical GOHs: Maya The Adventures of Mycroft Holmes ...... 2003 Embassy Suites Phoenix North, and Jeff Bohnhoff. Memberships: $40 LepreCon 30 (Phoenix AZ) May 7-9, 2004 1994 Gaming starts on Friday and runs 24 hours until Sept 6, 2003, and $45 after that and at Sheraton Crescent Hotel, Phoenix, AZ Against the Brotherhood ...... 1997 until Sunday 4PM. Events include RPGA, the door. Children (ages 3-12) are 1/2 Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention Embassy Row ...... 1998 LARP, LAN Party, CCG, Battletech and current adult rates. Hotel: InnSuites Hotel, with an emphasis on Art Artist GoH: The Flying Scotsman ...... 1999 much more. Also Anime and a full 475 North Granada, Tucson AZ 85701 Per Donato Giancola; Local Artist GoH: WITTEN AS TERRY NELSEN BONNER consuite. THURSDAY EVENTS for pre- night rates are $69 (studio room) or $79 (2- Sylvana Anderson; Other Guests TBA registered members only include Barry New South Wales Series room suite). Reservations: 1-877-446-6589, Sheraton Crescent Hotel, 2620 W. Dunlap The Outback ...... 1983 Bard’s Movie Previews and Giveaways Fax: 520-623-8922, Local: 520-622-3000 Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021 Room Rates: $79 and a game schedule that starts at 1PM Info: TusCon, PO Box 2528, Tucson AZ S/D, $99 T/Q +tax 602-943-8200 or 800-423- Thursday. Memb: $20 until 6/30/2003, $25 85702-2528 or at [email protected]. 4126 Memberships are $25 through 8/30/ at the door. Hotel: info: Embassy Suites Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/ 03, $30 thru 12/31/03; Kids 7-12 half price, Phoenix North, 2577 W. Greenway Road, Kids 6 & Under Free (with Adult Letters to the Editor Phoenix, AZ 85023-4222, (602)375-1777 Loscon 30 (Burbank CA) November 28-30, membership) Write: LepreCon 30, PO Box Room Rates: $74 S/D, and include a full 2003 Burbank Hilton and Conven-tion 26665, Tempe, AZ 85285, Phone: (480) 945- Well, ConNotations fans - here’s your breakfast and happy hour.Info: Center hat we have departed Writer Guest: 6890 ,Email: [email protected] chance to be heard. We’d like to know www.hexacon.org or 602-973-2341 Fred Saberhagen; Artist Guest: Teddy Web: http://www.leprecon.org/lep30 what you like and don’t like about our Harvia; Fan Guest: Jack L. Chalker. publication. We’re in the throes of doing Confluence 2003, (Pittsburgh, PA) July Membership: $35 thru 7/31/03 Hotel Rates: ConKopelli, Westercon 57 ( Litchfield lots of new things and we really need to 25-27, Four Points Sheraton, Moon Burbank Hilton, 2500 Hollywood Way, Park, AZ) July 2-5, 2004 Wigwam Resort, Township, Pittsburgh, PA. GoH: Allen know what we’re doing right …or wrong. Burbank CA (818)843-6000 Rooms: $98 S/ Litchfield Park, AZ Guests: Author GoH: You can address your comments to the C.J. Cherryh; Artist GoH: David Cherry; Generic Convention Regestration Form Music GoH: Heather Alexander ; Fan GoH: publication in general or to any particular John Hertz Info: Arizona in 2004 PO Box staff writer or contributor. Our Letters 67457 Phoenix, AZ 85082 Email: Editor, Catherine Book, will screen all Name:[email protected] Web: http:// letters and direct them to the addressee or Badge Name:______www.conkopelli.org relevant party for a response. Letters and responses will be printed, space Address:______World Fantasy Convention 2004 (Tempe, permitting. So, please, take a moment to AZ) Oct 28-31, 2004, Tempe City/State/ZIP:______Mission Palms, Tempe, AZ Guests: To Be write and let us know we’re being read. Announced Memberships: $100 thru 5/30/ You can reach us at: Phone:______Email:______03, $110 after Hotel Rates: $155 S/D/T/Q [email protected] Enclosed is $______for ______memberships for (plus tax); Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, or AZ (800) 547-8705 Info: World Fantasy ConNotations ______convention. 2004, c/o LepreCon, Inc. PO Box PO Box 62613 (See calendar for mailing address) 26665, Tempe AZ 85285; (480) 945-6890; e- Phoenix, AZ 85082-2613 More info on __ Masquerade __Art Show __Volunteer __ Other mail: [email protected]; website: www.leprecon.org/wfc2004 Page 24 ConNotations Volume 13 Issue 3