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SFRA Newsletter University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 8-1-2001 SFRA ewN sletter 253 Science Fiction Research Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub Part of the Fiction Commons Scholar Commons Citation Science Fiction Research Association, "SFRA eN wsletter 253 " (2001). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 72. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/72 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. #1sa Ju/y/AUtJ.1HI Coeditors: Barbara Lucas Shelley Rodrigo Blancliard Nonfiction ReriewS" lIeil Barron fiction Reriews: Shelley Rodrigo Blancliard The SFRAReview (ISSN 1068-395X) is published six times a year by the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) and distributsd to SFRA mem­ bers.lndividual issues are not for sale. For information about the SFRA and its benefits, see the description at the back of this issue. For a membership application, contact SFRA Treasurer Dave Mead or get one from the SFRA website: <www.sfra.org>. SUBMISSIONS The SFRAReview editors encourage submissions, including essays, review essays that .cover several related texts, and interviews. Please send submis­ sions or queries to both coeditors. If you would like to review nonfiction or fiction, please contact the respective editor and/or email [email protected]. Barbara Lucas, Coeditor 1352 Fox Run Drive, Suite 206 Willoughby, OH 44094 <[email protected]> Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Coeditor & Fiction Reviews Editor 6842 S. 40th Place Phoenix, AZ 85040 <[email protected]> Neil Bar~on, Nonfiction Reviews Editor I 149 Ume Place Vista, CA 92083-7428 <[email protected]> Visit Us At: www.sfra.org SFRA BUSINESS PRESI.ENr~S NESSA#;E Hichael Levy RECENTAND FORTHCOMING BOOKS SFRA2001 Schenectady, NY * Denotes a book to be reviewed. May 24-27,2001 Write to rneilbarron@ Despite my usual battles with the airlines, I had a great time in Schenectady hotmail.com if you judge your­ this year. Jan finder, Barb Chepaitis,Joe Berlant, and their associates at LASTSFA self qualified to review. Publi­ threw a very good conference with a wide range of papers. Our guests of honor, cation dates are tentative, and c.]. Cherryh, David Weber,Jane Yolen, and Vincent Di Fate were accessible and delays are common. more than willing to share their time with conference goers. Weber, in particular, Ackerman, Forrest J. seemed to be constantly surrounded by interested folks. All four guests gave Ackermanuscripts: Non-Fiction individual presentations on their work, and the three authors did an enjoyable Fangoria. Sense of Wonder panel on how they became writers and where they got their ideas (other than Press, February 200 I. Schenectady). Jane Yolen's presentation on her two young adult Holocaust nov­ Alschuler,WilliamA. The Science of els, The Devils Arithmetic and Briar Rose, was a particular highlight for me person­ UFO's. St Martin's 200 I. An ally, although c.]. Cherryh's description of the writer's life and its startling simi­ astronomer; authors of The Phys­ larities to that of a person suffering from psychosis was also rather intriguing. ics of Star Trek, examines the Joan Slonczewski, who has become a fixture at SFRA in recent years, did an possible scientific principles at excellent science presentation entitled "Carbon Nanotubes: Building for the Space work if, in fact. extraterrestri­ Age." I spent a fair amount of time dealing with SFRA business, but managed to als have visited Earth. He re­ hear a number of worthwhile papers, including Carol Stevens on the picturebooks mains skeptical, although of David Weisner, David Ketterer on Margaret Atwood's The BlindAssassin, Alan doesn't rule out extraterrestri­ Elms on Cordwainer Smith's psychotherapy, Matt Wolf-Meyer on apocalypse als a priori. fiction, and Yeonman Kim on William Gibson's !dorn. Other long-term SFRA Anthony, Piers. How Precious Was members who presented at the conference included Joe Sanders, Betty Hull, Eliza­ That While. Tor, July 200 I. beth Davidson, Ted Krulik, and Barbara Bengels. Among a large number of Memoir continuing his Bio of newer SFRA members and graduate students presenting, I heard particularly good an Ogre (1988), which ended things about papers by Javier Martinez, Alison Crane, Shelley Rodrigo-Blanchard, at age fifty. and Eric Drown. Our unusually large number of overseas presenters included * Ashley, Mike. Algernon Blackwood: Larissa Mihaylova, Elisabeth Kraus, Martin Griffiths, and Wu Yan. My apologies An Extraordinary Ufe. January to the many other participants who I don't have room to name. 2002. The banquet and awards presentation was well attended. The Graduate Barker; Martin. et. al. The Crash Student Paper Award went to Sonya Fritzsche for her essay on East German Controversy: Censorship Cam­ science fiction; the Clareson Award for service to the field of SF scholarship went paigns and Film Reception. Wall­ to Mack Hassler, one of our former presidents and the long time editor of flower Press (UK)/Columbia Extrapolation; the Pioneer Award for the best critical essay of 2000 went to De University Press (US distribu­ Witt Douglas Kilgore for his piece in SF Studies on Vonda McIntyre; and the tor), October 200 I. Pilgrim Award for life achievement in the field went to Dave Samuelson, who * Been. Kirk H. Exploring C.S. Lewis's several times insisted that he didn't deserve it, but then gave a brilliant paper The Chronicles of Narnia. which demonstrated exactly why he did. The introductory and acceptance speeches Beacham, March 200 I. for each of the awards will appear in this or future issues of the Revi~ depending Bloom, Harold, ed. Margaret on when their final drafts reach us. Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. The SFRA Board also discussed several important transitions at the Chelsea House, 200 I. conference. Extrapolation, as you probably already know, will be leaving Kent State * Broeker, Randy. Fantasy of the 20m next year. Although several possible new homes for the journal are being consid­ Century: An Illustrated History. ered, no final decision has been reached as I write this message. Neil Barron, our Collectors Press, October long-time Non-Fiction Review Editor, has decided to resign his post and we are 2001. currently looking for a replacement. Speaking of transitions, we're also planning Brom, Gerald. The Offerings:TheArt the "transition" across the Atlantic Ocean for our first overseas conference at New ofBrom. PaperTiger (UK),Oc­ Lanark in Scotland, UK, from June 28-30 2002. There should be information on tober 2001. this upcoming event elsewhere in the Review, or check our website at www.sfra.org. Brooker, Will. Batman Unmasked: Farah Mendlesohn, our New Lanark conference coordinator, has put together an Analyzing a Cultural /con. Con­ exciting lineup of award-winning writers, including Pat Cadigan, Paul McAuley, tinuum, June 200 I. and Ken MacLeod, and the venue, the home of Robert Owen's great Utopian * Burger, Patrick R. The Political Un­ conscious of the Fantasy experiment, is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my life. I hope to see you there. SFRA BUSINESS Subgenre of Romance Fic­ SFRA EXEt:"rlrE BOAS.: "1."rEs tion. Edwin Mellen Press, Submitted by Wendy Bousfield 2001. Carretero, Gonzales, Margarita & Encarnacion Hidalgo Tenorio, The SFRA Executive Board met over dinner Friday night (5/25/01), eds. Behind the Veil of Familiarity: during the 2001 conference in Schenectady. Present were Michael Levy (president), C.S. Lewis (1898-1998). Peter Alan Elms (Immediate Past President), Wendy Bousfield (Secre~ary and Recor~er), Lang, 2001. David Mead (freasurer), and Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard (coeditor, SFRA RevtCu1. * Chance, Jane. Tolkien's Art: A My­ Among the issues discussed were (1) spending an unu~ually l:rrg~ treasure balance, thology in England. Revised edi­ (2) planning for future SFRA conferences, (3) SFRAs publicatIOn program, and tion. University Press of Ken­ (4) vacancies on SFRA committees. tucky, November 200 I. David Mead reported that, as of May 2001, SFRA had substantial bal­ * Chance,Jane. The Lord of the Rings: ances in both checking and savings accounts. Since maintaining a larg~ balance The Mythology of Power. Sec­ could result in tax problems, SFRA is faced with the happy task of spending more ond edition. University Press money. The following were suggested: (1) hire a consultant to design a ?ew of Kentucky, October 200 I. accounting system; (2) replace the Executive Board's January conference call WIth a Collings, Michael. Story Teller: The face to face meeting; (3) spend more money on the annual conference; and (4) OffidalOrson Scott Card Bibliog­ reduce SFRA dues from $80 to $75. raphy. Overlook Connection For SFRA 2004 and future conferences, Board members suggested com­ Press, April 200 I. bining SFRA with another conference or convention. We also discussed having Collings, Michael. Hauntings: The the conference at the same place each year, preferably an airport hub. Offidal Peter Straub Bibliography. Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard raised several issues connected WIth the SFRA Overlook Connection Press, Review. Since Neil Barron has resigned as non-fiction book review editor, we agreed August 2000. to post a job description on the SFRA lists:rv and website .. Shelley brought a Daffron, Benjamin Eric. Romantic sample of the Review that had been photocopl.ed rathe.r than pnn~e.d. The xeroxed Doubles: Sex and Sympathy in Review looked very similar to the printed verSIOn, haVIng the additional advantage British Gothic Literature, 1790- of being less expensive and more convenient for the editors. The Board gave 1830.
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