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Volume 27 Number 4 Issue 322 September 2014 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Amelia Con September 5-7 It was a busy August. First I went to Conjure and got to Atlantic Recreation Center spend some time with some local fans and pros. Then I went to 2500 Atlantic Avenue France and saw the American Cemetery in Normandy. Then I Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 went to London for Worldcon. Along the way I stopped at Guests: Caitlin Blackwood (actress, Doctor Who) Cardiff, Wales to see the Doctor Who Experience. I will be Sonny Strait (voice actor) working on my NASFiC and Worldcon report this month. I am John Beatty (voice actor) trying a new way of con reporting. I planning to have the Detcon Micah Solusod (voice actor) 1(NASFiC) report for next month and Worldcon ready by Ayu Sakata (voice actor) November. In November , I will have pictures of from $10 online or $12 at the door Necronomicon as well. www.ameliacon.com As always I am willing to take submissions. Fanboy Expo See you next month. September 12-14 211 North Tampa Street Events Tampa, FL 33602 Guest: Lee Majors (actor) Umicon Richard Anderson (actor) September 5-7 Jewel Staite (actor) Plaza Resort &Spa Dean Stockwell (actor) 600 N. Atlantic Avenue And many more Daytona Beach, FL 32118 $40 for 3-Day, $20 per day Guests: J.Michael Tatum(voice actor) fanboyexpo.com Justin Cook (voice actor) John Swayse (voice actor) Creative Con Aaron Dismuke (voice actor) September 13 $40 for three day, $20 for Fri and Sun, $30 for Sat Gulf Coast State College at the door Union West www.umicondaytona.com Panama City, FL Guests: Chris Arrant (writer) Dawn Duvurger (actress) Gary Brookins (comic strip artist) Birthdays $10 for the day www.pccreativecon.com/ Susan Cole - Sept. 3 Colleen O’Brien Sept. 26 (Continued on page 2) OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 27 Issue 322, September 2014. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $25.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $7.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 592905, Orlando, FL 32859-2905. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or [email protected]. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole. Page two September 2014 September OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People Steve Cole 407-275-5211 OASFiS Business Meeting [email protected] Sunday, September 14, 1:30 PM, , Brick and Fire Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South [email protected] Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806). Come and join in the Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 discussion on The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratcheet. [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 SciFi Light [email protected] TBA. Check website and Facebook page. Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] To contact for more info: Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler [email protected] Mythicon September 19-21 Any of these people can give readers information about the Doubletree by Seaworld club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. Orlando, FL Guests: John Swasey (voice actor) Guests: Richard Hatch (actor, Battlestar Galactica) Dameon Clarke (voice actor) Dr. Story Musgrave (astronaut) Eric Stuart (voice actor) William Hatfield (writer) Marianne Miller (voice actor) $45 General Admission pre-reg 3 Day, $45 for 3 days at the door, $30 for Fri and Sat, $50 at the door per day $25 for Sun scicontampa.com www.mythicconventions.com Huricon Orlando Comic Book Connection September 25-28 September 20-21 International Palms Resort and Convention Center Holiday Inn 6515 International Drive 5905 Kirkman Road Orlando, FL 32819 Orlando, FL $15 pre-reg for members and 25 for non-members $5 at the door per day Gaming thecomicbookconnection.com www.hmgs-south.com/ Palm Con OASIS Meeting Minutes September 27-28 Date: 8-10-14 Palm Beach County Convention Center Officers: Peggy Stubblefield, Dave Lussier, Dav id Ratti 650 Okeechobee Boulevard Members: Patricia Wheeler, Arthur Dykeman, Hector Houghlin West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Guest: Allen Bellman (Golden Age Comic Artist) Guests: Bob Yazel Jose Delbo (comic artist) Old Business: $20 pre-reg for the weekend and $25 at the door www.palmcon.net Con stuff—Bob suggest James Patterson as a Guest of Honor. Patricia recommended skipping Bujold since she has turned Klingon Feast down previous invitations. September 26-28 LaPlaya Resort There was discussions on consuite. We need to have better 2500 North Atlantic Ave communications with everyone in the future. Daytona Beach, FL 32118 $45 before Sep 1, $50 after Sep 1 Book Discussion: Under the Graveyard Sky by John Ringo www.klingonfeast.com Dave Ratti read it and gave a synopsis. Sound like good material for a television mini-series for the Syfy Channel Sci-Con September 26-28 OASIS member Mark Wise has books to donate. Grand Hyatt 2900 Bayport Drive Tampa, Florida, USA, 33607 (Continued on page 4) Page three September 2014 Conjure Counterclockwise starting on the upper left: Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Superman-Red Son and Donna Troy, The Shadow, (left to right) Dementia von Grimm, Candy Keane and Candy’s mother (I did not get her name) Page four September 2014 (Continued from page 2) Kent Ward and Shane Morawaski of the Propeller Movies: The members have seen Lucy, Hercules, of the Anime anime club and podcast gave us the history of Trigger, a Galaxy, and Sharknado studio founded by former employees of Gainax, the anime studio started by fans in the 80s. Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Other views: Ohtsuka established the studio in 2011. Trigger first produced a Races in media was discussed. low budget, but very funny web animated series called Inferno Cop. Their next production was a short film called Little Witch Peter Capaldi will debut as the new Doctor in the episode “Deep Academia, a humorous look at a magical school, written by Breath”on August 23rd. Jarrod Cooper, con chair of Hurricane Ohtsuka and directed by Masahiko Otsuka. A Kickstarter Who, is having a viewing party for the episode. campaign funded a follow-up film and reached its goal in under 5 hours. Trigger’s biggest success is the series Kill La Kill, an Word Crime is a new single/music video by Weird Al over top comedy about a post-apocalyptic high school, revenge Yankovich. and clothing. Kill La Kill was popular with fans and critics. Daryl Surat of the Anime World Order podcast looked Sci Fi lite at the series and films that were referenced in Kill La Kill. He Next month’s Book Discussion: Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free played clips from these earlier works and compared them to Kill Men La Kill. Some of these works included Project A-Ko, Fist of the North Star, Armored Troopers VOTOMS, and Aim for the Ace. Door prize was a Doctor Who T-Shirt. Surat posted a complete list of all the references on the Anime World Order under the title “List of titles shown at Otakon Anime Festival Orlando 15 2014”. Daryl Surat and his co-host Gerald Rathkolb looked at the history of Ninja in Anime. Their talk became broader, since Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) 15 took place on July 25 they discussed the appearance of ninja in Western film. They -27, 2014, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive. showed one of the earliest anime releases in the United States, The Guests of Honor were Sean Schemmel (Goku, Dragonball Z Magic Boy (released in 1961 by MGM). The film is about a boy Kai), Kari Wahlgren (Haruko, FLCL), Stephanie Shea (Sailor with magical powers that are ninja-like. The first use of the word Moon, Sailor Moon), Cristina Vee (Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon), “ninja” in a Western film was You Only Live Twice, where it Erica Mendez (Ryuko Matoi, Kill La Kill), Lucien Dodge was a name given to special operatives in the Japanese secret (Waver Velvet, Fate/Zero), and Ruben Langdon (Dante, Devil service. Other works shown included Ninja Scroll, Naruto, May Cry). Ursuei Yatsura, Ninja III: The Domination and The Octagon The convention came back to its traditional hotel, the (starring Chuck Norris). Surat and Rathkolb pointed out that Wyndham on International Drive. Last year, the hotel went while ninjas are renowned for their stealth, most films and shows through a renovation that redistributed the convention space. have ninjas that stand out in a crowd. Naruto wears a shirt of Parts of the old convention center were demolished in favor of safety orange and most the ninjas of the film Ninja: Silent outdoor restaurants. The new areas that were built to make up for Assassin have the word “ninja” embroidered on their the lost space were adequate: the con had the same amount of headbands.