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Te Shutle June 2017 The Next NASFA Meeting is 6P Saturday 17 June 2017 at the New Church Location ☛NOTE THE NEW START TIME☚ Concom Meeting 3P; New Church Location, 17 June 2017

ond meeting at this location, and the first meeting at the new d Oyez, Oyez d time. See below for directions to the church. See the map in last ! month’s issue for a closeup of parking at the church as well as The next NASFA Meeting will be 17 June 2017, at the NEW how to find the meeting room (“The Huddle”), which is close to regular meeting location and the NEW regular time (6P). It’s still one of the back doors toward the north end of the church. the Madison campus of Willowbrook Baptist Church, but that JUNE PROGRAM has moved about a mile to 446 Jeff Road. This will be the sec- At press time, the June program is TBD. JudySue is (are?)

New Church ~0.8 miles Ch-Ch-Changes Location north of US 72 Map To ! Willowbrook Madison Per a vote at the May 2017 NASFA Meeting, the times of 446 Jeff Road NW New the NASFA Business Meeting, Program, and After-the-Meet- Huntsville AL 35806 Meeting ing Meeting have all been changed—each to begin a half hour earlier than in the recent past. Road Jeff Location • The Business Meeting will start at 6P. • The Program will start at 6:30P. US 72W • The ATMM will start after the Program, nominally at 7:30P. (aka University Drive) ! Kroger These changes were made so we can continue to have most Shopping ATMMs at the church and still accommodate a hard deadline Center

of 10P, at which time the alarm for the church is enabled. Slaughter

(Thus we must be packed up, have cleaned up the area, and be Road out of the building before that time.) These changes are effec- Old Church

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Continuing Our 37th Year of Publication

Inside this issue… ! News & Info ...... 2 Nominations ...... 4 Minutes of the May Meeting ...... 3 Awards Roundup ...... 5 NASFA Calendar ...... 3 Letter of Comment ...... 9 Deadline for the July 2017 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Monday 26 June 2017 working on something, but it is not confirmed. JUNE ATMM News & Info At press time, the host(s) for the June After-The-Meeting ! Meeting is (are) TBD. Technically, the location is also un- HUGO NOMS: FAN ARTIST LIST CHANGES AGAIN known, but it will almost certainly be at the church. The usual Another finalists in the Fan Artist Hugo category has been rules will apply—that is, please bring food to share and your removed due to a lack of non-commercial work in 2016. Man- favorite drink. Also, please stay to help clean up. We need to be sik Yang himself brought this to the convention’s attention. The good guests and leave things at least as clean as we found them convention response, in part, was: “We appreciate his bringing especially as this will be only the second time we use this new the matter to our attention, and regret that we were not able to location for the ATMM. clarify the situation sooner.” CONCOM MEETINGS This is the third change to this part of the ballot. The revised The next Con†Stellation XXXV Concom Meeting will be at list of finalists for the Fan Artist category is: 3P on 17 June May 2017—the same day as this month’s NAS- Ninni Aalto Elizabeth Leggett Vesa Lehtimäki FA meeting. It will be at the NEW church building. There will Likhain (M. Sereno) Spring Schoenhuth Steve Stiles be a dinner break between the concom and the club meeting. HUGO VOTER PACKET RELEASED In general, Con†Stellation XXXV Concom Meetings An electronic packet containing material from many of the are expected to be at 3P on the same day as the club meeting, at 2017 Hugo Awards finalists has been made available to Support- least until we need to go to two meetings a month. Note, ing, Attending, Youth and First members of this year’s though, that the date of the July Concom Meeting is TBD. Worldcon. Members should use their custom link to the online Other exceptions for the date/time/place of meetings may be Hugo balloting system to find the material. Much of the material made if (for instance) the club does a “field trip” program like is available in multiple formats (EPUB, MOBI, and/or PDF). we did for the Huntsville Art Museum in 2016. Downloads must be completed by the voting deadline (15 FUTURE PROGRAMS July 2017; 11:59P Pacific Daylight Time). • July: Stephanie Osborn reading from A Very UnCONven- WORLDCON MEMBERSHIP UPDATE tional Christmas, 3rd in the Division One series. Worldcon 75 in Helsinki announced (via Twitter) an updated • October: Con†Stellation XXXV Post-Mortem. membership count in late May at which time they were nearing • December: NASFA Christmas Party. Stay tuned for more 4500 Attending members and 7000 total members. Exact num- info on the location as we get closer. bers were 4488 Attending members (of which 1141 had quali- JudySue would love to hear from you with ideas for future fied for the First Worldcon reduced rate) and 6944 total mem- programs—even more so if you can lead one yourself! bers. A little math then says there are a bit under 2500 Support- FUTURE ATMMs ing members [among which I number myself -ED]. We need volunteers to host After-the-Meeting Meetings for GAME WRITING NEBULA IS COMING all future months in 2017, beginning in July. Please email The & Writers of America to volunteer or inquire. sfwa.org> has announced that a new Nebula Awards category FUTURE CLUB MEETING DATES/LOCATIONS for game writing is to be added. It is expected to be awarded Most meetings in 2017 will be on the normal 3rd Saturday at first in 2018, though that date may not be set in stone. Game the normal time and meeting location. (Allowing for the fact writers became eligible for SFWA membership last year. that the church has moved and we have moved with them.) FUTURESCAPES WRITING CONTEST There’s currently one known exception: The 2017 Futurescapes short story contest is open for entries from non-professional than usual (that is, 22 July) due to a conflict with Deep- writers. (Contest rules define “professional” for their purposes.) SouthCon 55/ConGregate 4. The theme of the contest this year is “Blue Sky Cities”— that is CHANGING SHUTTLE DEADLINES “stories set in a near-future city where significant strides have In general, the monthly Shuttle production schedule has been been made toward improving air quality, climate adaptation, or moved to the left a bit (versus prior practice). Though things even net positive impacts on climate and air quality.” are a bit squishy, the current intent is to put each issue to bed as There is a $2000 first place prize and five $500 prizes for much as 8 days before each month’s meeting. runners up. The entry deadline is 13 October 2017. See the Please check the deadline below the Table of Contents each URL above for complete rules. month to submit news, reviews, LoCs, or other material. SFPA POETRY CONTEST JOINING THE NASFA EMAIL LIST The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association has All NASFAns who have email are urged to join the NASFA opened submissions for their 2017 Poetry Contest . There are three categories: NASFAEmail>. The list is usually low traffic, though the rate is ▪ (poems 1–10 lines or prose poems 0–100 words) rather variable. Generally the list is limited to announcements ▪ Short (11–49 lines or prose poems 101–499 words) about club activities plus the occasional message of general ▪ Long (50+ lines or prose poems 500+ words) interest to north-Alabama sf/f/h/etc. fans. Non NASFAns are There are first–third prizes of $100/$50/$25 in each category. both encouraged and welcomed to join the list, but please only Winners will also be published. The entry deadline is 31 Au- do so if you’re interested in the above restricted topics. gust 2017. See the URL above for complete rules. NASFA CALENDAR ONLINE NESFA SHORT STORY CONTEST NASFA has an online calendar on Google. Interested parties The New England Science Fiction Association is accepting can check the calendar online, but you can also subscribe to it entries for their annual sf/f short story contest . The contest is open to “amateur and updated as events (Club Meetings, Concom Meetings, local sf/ semi-professional writers” trying “to reach the next level of f/h/etc. events) are added or changed. You can view the calen- proficiency.” Entries are open through 1 September 2017 or dar online at . until the limit of 50 entries is received. The winner and runners 2 up will be announced at Boskone 55 , to (FGoH 2013), Stephanie Osborn (MC 2011–2013, Sci. Guest be held 16–18 February 2018 at the Westin Waterfront Hotel in 2016), "Uncle Timmy" Bolgeo (FGoH 1984), Anita Feller Boston MA. See the URL above for the full set of rules. (FGoH 1999), Tom Feller (FGoH 1999), Steve Francis (FGoH JOAN AIKEN FUTURE CLASSICS WRITING CONTEST 2001), Sue Francis (FGoH 2001), Marcia McCoy Illingworth Entries are being accepted for the Joan Aiken Future Classics (FGoH 1993), Gary Shelton (FGoH 2009), Sue Thorn (FGoH Prize 1994), Adrian Washburn (FGoH 1995), Louise Herring-Jones, for middle-grade fiction. The contest is sponsored by the A.M. Bryan Jones, Dan Thompson. [And more are being added. -ED] Heath literary agency and the estate of Joan Aiken. The winner Meeting adjourned at 18:56:13.3: Accurate but unnecessary will receive £1,000. precision timing courtesy of Sam Smith, additional unneces- The entry deadline is 31 July 2017. The contest is open to sary precision which has a roughly 10% chance of accuracy “un-agented children’s book writers resident in the UK or Ire- courtesy of Jim Kennedy. land.”! See the URL above for complete rules. ! ! NASFA Calendar May Minutes ! by Doug Lampert JUNE ! 01 BD: Glenn Valentine. Due to the absence of Steve Sloan, Doug Lampert took min- 02 BD: Lloyd Penney. utes. I blame Sam, he gave me the paper. 03–04 Walker Stalker—Nashville TN. The disorder was called a meeting at 18:37:55. 06 D-Day Observance. “The crickets echo strangely in here.” 09–11 Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo—Atlanta GA. New Location; Mary wonders how many people are at the 10–11 Con Kasterborous—Huntsville AL. old location. 14 Flag Day. We had signs, some of them blew away, much discussion of 16–18 Hypericon—Nashville TN. signage and its possible location. 14 BD: Ali Scanland. OLD BUSINESS 17* Con†Stellation XXXV Concom Meeting—3P, at Wil- Nope. lowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be at the church’s NEW BUSINESS new location. It was suggested that we move the meeting time to 6P and the 17* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- program to 6:30P so as to of the new location earlier. lowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be at the church’s Judy moved, “What he said.” Motion appears to die due to new location. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. lack of a second. 17 BD: Jeff Freeman. Sam moved, “Move the meeting time to 6P, the program to 18 Father’s Day. 6:30P, and the after the meeting to 7:30 so as to get out by 9:30.” 21 BD: PieEyedDragon. Judy seconds. 21 Summer Solstice. Mary calls the vote, and claims it came out 3 to 3 due to un- 22–25 UtopiaCon—Nashville TN. dercounting for votes. Revote gives a pass by 5 to 3. 23–24 Geekin Out—Dothan AL. Sam, Judy, and Shelly will all miss the July meeting which 23–25 HamaCon—Huntsville AL. was moved to the 22nd to avoid a conflict with DSC, which 23–25 Sci Fi Summer Con—Atlanta GA. Sam may well be the only one going to. Doug moves to move 23–25 Fanboy Expo—Knoxville TN. the meeting back, motion dies due to lack of a second. Sugges- 26 Eid al-Fitr. tion to move back to the 15th is discussed but with no vote as 30–02 LibertyCon 30—Chattanooga TN. Sam needs to check church availability, and JudySue need to 30–02 Magic City Con—Birmingham AL. check on program availability. [For now, the meeting remains JULY on the 22 July. It has been confirmed that other people can un- TBD* The date/place/time of theJuly Con†Stellation XXXV lock/lock the church if necessary. -ED] Concom Meeting(s) is (are) TBD. CON BUSINESS 01 Day. There will be a convention in 2017. 02 BD: Deb Stone. We have art. [Probably to be used for the Memory Book. -ED] 02 Atlanta Comic Convention—Atlanta GA. Insert movie info from web page, hmm, not seeing it. [That’s 04 Independence Day. because it isn’t there yet. -ED] 06–09 Play On Con—Birmingham AL. There will be a hall costume contest. 07–09 Blues Con 7—Memphis TN. Charity is the Library. 08–09 Heroes & Villains—Nashville TN. David O. Miller health news. [Was ill, is recovering. -ED] 08–09 C1 Comicon—Ringgold GA. Buy T-shirts. 14–16 DeepSouthCon 55/ConGregate 4—High Point NC. Get a room. 14–16 Cos-Losseum Con—Atlanta GA. Get a membership. 15 BD: Courtney Clark. Tell your friends. TBD* The date/place/time of theJuly Con†Stellation XXXV We have guests: Guest of Honor: , Concom Meeting(s) is (are) TBD. Artist Guest of Honor: David O. Miller (AGoH 1993, FGoH 22* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- 1998), Mistress of Ceremonies: Toni Weisskopf (MC 1991, lowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be at the church’s FGoH 2012), (GoH 1986 & 2015), Randy new location. ALSO NOTE: This is one week later than Cleary (AGoH 1997), David Drake (GoH 2006), Les Johnson usual due to DeepSouthCon 55/ConGregate 4. Program: (MC 1997), Theresa Mather (AGoH 2006), Darrell Osborn Stephanie Osborn reading from A Very UnCONventional 3 Christmas, 3rd in the Division One series. ATMM: TBD. convention being held that weekend—in which case we often 23 Parents’ Day. move the meeting to the second or fourth Saturday.) The regu- 24 BD: Jay Johns. lar meeting location is the new location of the Madison campus 27 National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. of Willowbrook Baptist Church—446 Jeff Road NW. The Ex- 28–30 SciFi Fantasy Fest—Hoover AL. ecutive Committee meeting (if scheduled) is before the busi- 29 BD: Mark Paulk. ness meeting. The business meeting is at 6P. The program is at 29 Zombie Pub Crawl—Atlanta GA. 6:30P. Anyone is welcome to attend any of the meetings. There 29–30 Rob-Con—Bristol TN. is usually an after-the-meeting meeting (starting at about 7:30P) AUGUST either at the church or with directions available at the program. 01 Tisha B’Av. ! 04–06 Akaicon—Nashville TN. ! 07 Purple Heart Day. 08 BD: Jim Woosley. Aurora Awards Noms 12 BD: Sue Thorn. The ballot for the 2017 Aurora Awards (for sf/f/h by Canadian authors and related cate- 12 Gump City Comic Con—Montgomery AL. gories) has been announced. In addition to honoring works/ 14 BD: Edward Kenny. activities from 2016, this year includes a special Best of the 18–20 Star Fleet International—Kenner LA. Decade category “for works first published between 2001 and 19* TENTATIVE Con†Stellation XXXV Concom Meet- the end of 2010 by Canadians.” ing—3P, at Willowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be A voter’s package (for members of the Canadian Science Fic- at the church’s new location. tion Fantasy Association) with most of the books, anthologies, 19* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- and short fiction is available. Voting will be by CSFFA members lowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be at the church’s from 15 July through 11:59:59 EDT 2 September. Winners will new location. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. be announced at Hal-Con 2017/Canvention 37 , 19–20 Eclipse Con—Hopkinsville KY. to be held 22–24 September 2017 at the World Trade & Conven- 21 BD: Deborah Denton. tion Centre in Halifax NS. By category, the nominees are: 21 Senior Citizens Day. AURORA AWARDS NOVEL NOMS 26 Women's Equality Day. Company Town, Madeline Ashby (Tor) 26–27 Brick Universe—Knoxville TN. The Courier, Gerald Brandt (DAW) 26–27 Onyxcon IX—Atlanta GA. The Nature of a Pirate, A.M. Dellamonica (Tor) 31–04 Con—Atlanta GA. Children of Earth and Sky, (Viking Canada) SEPTEMBER Stars Like Cold Fire, Brent Nichols (Bundoran) 01–03 Mephit Fur Meet—Memphis TN. Quantum Night, Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada) 01–04 Discworld Convention—New Orleans LA. AURORA AWARDS YA NOVEL NOMS 02 Eid al-Adha. Icarus Down, James Bow (Scholastic Canada) 02 National Book Festival—Washington DC. The Wizard Killer (Season 1), Adam Dreece (ADZO) 04 Labor Day. Day of the Demon, Randy McCharles (self-published) 08–10 OutsideCon 30—Burns TN. Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience, Michell Plested (Evil Alter Ego) 08–10 Wizard World–Nashville TN. Heir to the Sky, Amanda Sun (Harlequin Teen) 09 BD: Mike Cothran. Door into Faerie, Edward Willett (Coteau Books) 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. AURORA AWARDS SHORT FICTION NOMS 11 Patriot Day. “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood) 12 BD: Pat Butler. “Living in Oz,” Bev Geddes (Strangers Among Us) 15 National POW/MIA Recognition Day. “Frog Song,” Erika Holt (Strangers Among Us) 16 Día de la Independencia. “When Phakack Came to Steal Papa, A Ti-Jean Story,” Ace 16* TENTATIVE Con†Stellation XXXV Concom Meet- Jordyn (On Spec #103) ing—3P, at Willowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be “Age of Miracles,” Robert Runté (Strangers Among Us) at the church’s new location. “Marion’s War,” Hayden Trenholm (Strangers Among Us) 16* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- AURORA AWARDS POEM/SONG NOMS lowbrook Madison. NOTE: This will be at the church’s No award, due to insufficient eligible nominees. new location. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. AURORA AWARDS GRAPHIC NOVEL NOMS 16–17 Memphis Comic Expo—Memphis TN. Angel Catbird Volume One, Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christ- 17 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. mas, and Tamra Bonvillian (Dark Horse) 18 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (observed). Crash and Burn, Kate Larking and Finn Lucullan (Astres) 21 Rosh Hashana. It Never Rains, Kari Maaren (itneverrainscomic.com) 22 Fall Equinox. Weregeek, Alina Pete (weregeek.com) 22–24 FenCon 14—Dallas TX. Earthsong, Crystal Yates (earthsongsaga.com) 24 Gold Star Mother's Day. AURORA AWARDS RELATED WORK NOMS 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts, 28–01 Anime Weekend Atlanta—Atlanta GA. Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, eds. (Laksa) 29–01 Monsterama—Atlanta GA. Superhero Universe: Tesseracts Nineteen, Claude Lalumière 30 Yom Kippur. and Mark Shainblum, eds. (EDGE) OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO Clockwork Canada, Dominik Parisien, ed. (Exile Editions) The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on the Enigma Front: Burnt, Celeste A. Peters, ed. (Analemma) third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large nearby Lazarus Risen, Hayden Trenholm and Mike Rimar, eds. (Bundoran) 4 AURORA AWARDS VISUAL PRESENTATION NOMS at the 51st SFWA Nebula Conference, held 18–21 May 2017 at the Arrival Dark Matter, Season 2 Killjoys, Season 2 Pittsburgh Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh PA. The winners are: Murdoch Mysteries, Season 9 Orphan Black, Season 4 AnLab Novella ...... “The Coward’s Option,” AURORA AWARDS ARTIST NOMS Adam-Troy Castro (March 2016) Samantha M. Beiko James Beveridge AnLab Novelette .“Detroit Hammersmith: Zero-Gravity Toilet Melissa Mary Duncan Erik Mohr Dan O’Driscoll Repairman [Retired],” Suzanne Palmer (September 2016) AURORA AWARDS FAN ORGANIZATIONAL NOMS AnLab Short Story ...... “In the Absence of Instructions Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, co-chairs, Chiaroscuro to the Contrary,” Frank Wu (November 2016) Reading Series: AnLab Fact Article ...... “Energy for the Future,” R. Graeme Cameron, chair, VCON 41, Surrey BC Richard A. Lovett (July–August 2016) Sandra Kasturi and Angela Keeley, co-chairs, 2016 AnLab Poem ...... “Somebody I Used to Love Asks Me SpecFic Colloquium Who Marie Curie Is,” Carly Rubin (March 2016) Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, executive, Can*Con AnLab Cover ...... December 2016 by Vincent DiFate 2016, Asimov’s Novella ...... “Lazy Dog Out,” Randy McCharles, chair, When Words Collide, Suzanne Palmer (April–May 2016) Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau, and Nicole Lavigne, co-chairs, Asimov’s Novelette ...... “I Married a Monster from Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa Outer Space,” Dale Bailey (March 2016) Sandra Wickham, chair, Creative Ink Festival, Burnaby, BC Asimov’s Short Story (tie) .....“The Mutants Men Don’t See,” AURORA AWARDS FAN RELATED WORK NOMS (August 2016) and “All That Ron S. Friedman, Villains and Conflicts presentation, When …,” Rich Larson (September 2016) Words Collide, Calgary Comic Expo, and File 770 Asimov’s Poem ...“After,” Herb Kauderer (October–November 2016) Kari Maaren, Concert, SFContario Asimov’s Cover Artist ...... Donato Giancola Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM SPECIAL AURORA AWARDS BEST OF THE DECADE NOMS The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced that they will The Onion Girl, (Tor) be giving a Special Prometheus Award to the webcomic Freefall , by The Blue Ant Trilogy, (Berkley) Mark Stanley. The award will be presented (along with other , Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada) Prometheus Awards) at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki Finland. The Neanderthal Parallax Series, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor) CÓYOTL AWARDS Blind Lake, (Tor) Winners of the 2016 Cóyotl Awards (for ! anthropomorphic fiction) were announced during Furlandia ! , held 26–28 May 2017 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel in Portland OR. The winners are: Awards Roundup Novel ...... The Digital Coyote, Kris Schnee ! Novella ...... The Goat, Bill Kieffer NEBULA AWARDS Short Story ...... “400 Rabbits,” Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden Winners of the 2016 Nebula Awards and Anthology ...... Gods with Fur, , ed. other SFWA Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction ROSWELL AWARD & TOMORROW PRIZE & Fantasy Writers of America . (Some awards Winners of the 2017 Roswell Award and Tomorrow Prize have been announced by Sci-Fest L.A. (unfortunately canceled for 2017) and LitFest (Tor.com Publishing) Pasadena (held 20–21 May 2017 at vari- Novelette ...... “The Long Fall Up,” William Ledbetter (F&SF) ous venues in Pasadena CA). Short Story ...... “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” The Roswell Award (for short sf—up to 1500 words—by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood) adults) was won by Richard Larson for “Fifteen Minutes Award for Outstanding Dramatic Hate.” The award included a $500 cash prize. Presentation ...... Arrival, Directed by , For the Tomorrow Prize (for short sf by LA County high Screenplay by , /Film- school students), a winner and two runners up were selected. Entertainment//Xenolinguistic There were $250/$150/$100 cash prizes. Award for YA SF/F Book .....Arabella of Mars, Winner ...... Joseph Springer, “The Most Satisfying Sound” David D. Levine (Tor) Second Place ...... Leslie Le, “The Dead Light” 2017 Damon Knight Grand Master Award ...... Third Place ...... Samuel Fischbach, “Aether.Reality” Solstice Award ...... Peggy Rae Sapienza (posthumous) and RT AWARDS Toni Weisskopf Winners of the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice and Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award ...... Jim Fiscus Career Achievement Awards BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE —announced recently—include those in a number of sf/f-relat- The winner of the prestigious 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize ed categories. Those winners include: (for “excellence, origi- Career Achievement (Paranormal) ...... Sherrilyn Kenyon nality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the Career Achievement () ...... Ilona Andrews world”) is genre novel The Power by Naomi Alderman Career Achievement (SF/F) ...... Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking). The award includes a £30,000 prize. Paranormal Romance ...... The Beast, J.R. Ward (Berkley) ANALOG ANLAB & ASIMOV’S READERS’ AWARDS Paranormal Worldbuilding ...... The Undoing, Winners of the 2016 Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Shelly Laurenston (Kensington) Laboratory Awards and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards were announced Paranormal Fantasy Romance ...... Eidolon, 5 Grace Draven (Balestra) Jasper Hotel in Melbourne VIC Australia. Continuum hosted Paranormal Futuristic Romance ...... Born of Legend, this year’s Australian National Science Fiction Convention. In Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s) addition to the Ditmar’s proper, other awards (the last two in Urban Fantasy ...... Marked in Flesh, Anne Bishop (Roc) this list) were presented. The winners are: Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding ...... The Dirt on Ninth Grave, Novel ...... The Grief Hole, Darynda Jones (St. Martin’s) Kaaron Warren (IFWG Publishing Australia) Digital or Self-Published Urban Fantasy ....No Good Dragon Novella or Novelette ...... “Did We Break the Goes Unpunished, Rachel Aaron (self-published) End of the World?,” Tansy Rayner Roberts (Defying Paranormal Romantic Suspense ...... Deadly Silence, Doomsday, Twelfth Planet Press) Rebecca Zanetti (Forever) Short Story ...... “No Fat Chicks,” YA Paranormal/Fantasy ...... Stealing Snow, Cat Sparks (In Your Face, FableCroft Publishing) Danielle Paige (Bloomsbury) Collected Work (tie) ...... Defying Doomsday, SF ...... Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench (Twelfth Planet Press) and Becky Chambers ( Voyager) Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann (PS Publishing) Fantasy ...... A Gathering of Shadows, V.E. Schwab (Tor) Artwork ....Shauna O’Meara, for illustration in Lackington’s 12 ...... The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) Fan Publication in Any Medium ...... 2016 Australian SF AUDIE AWARDS Snapshot, Greg Chapman, Tehani Croft, Tsana Dolichva, Winners of the 2017 Audie Awards (for “distinction in audiobooks and spoken- Landéesse, David McDonald, Belle McQuattie, Matthew word entertainment”) have been announced. There are several Morrison, Alex Pierce, Rivqa Rafael, Tansy Rayner Roberts, genre categories and winners in some general categories have Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs, and Matthew Summers genre connections. Some of the relevant wine include: Fan Writer ...... Foz Meadows, for body of work Audiobook of the Year ....The Underground Railroad, Colson Fan Artist ...... No Award—the only nominee, Whitehead, read by Bahni Turpin (Penguin ) Kathleen Jennings, withdrew Audio Drama ....In the Embers, Jerry Stearns and Brian Price, New Talent ...... Marlee Jane Ward read by Robin Miles, Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, and a full William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review ...... The cast (Great Northern Audio Theatre/Blackstone) Rebirth of Rapunzel: a mythic biography of the maiden in Male Narrator ...... Jerusalem, , read by the tower, Kate Forsyth (FableCroft Publishing) Simon Vance (Recorded Books) A. Bertram ...... Bill Wright, Fantasy ...... The Hike, Drew Magary, read by who has been in for 59 years Christopher Lane (Brilliance) Peter McNamara Achievement Award ...... Rose Mitchell Middle Grade ...... How to Train Your Dragon: VOGEL AWARDS How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury, Cressida Cowell, read by Winners of the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Awards (for sf/f/h works and activity by Original Work ...... The Dispatcher, John Scalzi, read by New Zealand citizens and residents) were announced at Lexi- Zachary Quinto (Audible) con , held 2–4 June 2017 at the Sun- Paranormal ...... Ghost Gifts, Laura Spinella, read by court Hotel in Taupo New Zealand. The winners are: Nicol Zanzarella (Brilliance) Novel ...... Into the Mist, Lee Murray (Cohesion Press) Science Fiction ...... : The Force Awakens, Alan Dean Youth Novel ...... Light in My Dark, Jean Gilbert and Foster, read by Marc Thomson (Penguin Random House) William Dresden (Rogue House Publishing) Short Stories/Collections ...... The Brink, Austin Bunn, read by Novella/Novelette ...... The Convergence of Fairy Tales, Austin Bunn, Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, Ralph Lister, Amy Mc- Octavia Cade (Book Smugglers) Fadden, Mikael Naramore, and Nick Podehl (Blunder Woman) Short Story ...... “Splintr,” A.J. Fitzwater (At the Edge, Excellence in Design ...... Geek Feminist Revolution, Paper Road Press) Kameron Hurley, design by Jessica Daigle, read by C.S.E. Collected Work ...... At the Edge, Dan Rabarts and Cooney (HighBridge/Recorded Books) Lee Murray, eds. (Paper Road Press) Excellence in Marketing ...... Battlefield Earth: Professional Artwork ...... Cover for At the Edge, A Saga of the Year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard, read by Josh Emma Weakley (Paper Road Press) Clark, Scott Menville, Jim Meskimen, Phil Proctor, Stefan Professional Production/Publication ...... That Kind of Planet, Rudnicki, Fred Tatasciore, and a full cast (Galaxy) Emma Weakley (Random Static) Excellence in Production ...... Alien: Out of the Shadows, Dramatic Presentation ...... This Papier Mache Boulder is Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs, read by Rutger Hauer, Corey Actually Really Heavy, Andrew Beszant and Christian Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Nicholson (Little Hero Productions) Andrea Deck and Mac McDonald (Audible) Fan Production/Publication ...... Summer Star Trek: COLORADO BOOK AWARDS Mirror, Mirror, Enterprise Entertainment Winners of the 2017 Colorado Book Awards (for “accom- Column Series (Book Smugglers) plishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustra- Fan Artist ...... Keith Smith, for contributions to Novazine tors and photographers”) were announced recently. In the Best New Talent ...... Eileen Mueller Genre Fiction category the winner was Carrie Vaughn’s col- Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror ....Lee Murray lection Amaryllis and Other Stories (Fairwood). Services to Fandom ...... Lynelle Howell DITMAR (AND OTHER) AWARDS SELECTED FRENCH AWARDS Winners of the 2017 Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards were announce at Contin- Those selected for presentation here are for works translated from uum 13 , held 9–12 June 2017 at the English, as those available only in French (or other non-Anglophone 6 languages) are unlikely to be of much interest to Shuttle readers. CRYSTAL KITE AWARDS Winners of the 2017 Prix Imaginales were announced at Winners of the 2017 Crystal Kite Awards , held 18–21 May 2017 in awards/crystal-kite-member-choice-award> (for regional excel- Épinal. The winner in the Special Jury Award category lence in children’s books) have been announced by the Society (which included a 500 euro prize) was for J.R.R. of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Some, though not Tolkien: Author of the Century (translated by Aurélie Brémont). all, of the books are of genre interest. The full list of winners is Winners of the 2017 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire were pre- at . sented at the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo. They had been announced Baen Books has opened voting on their annual Year’s Best earlier. Some categories of Anglophone interest include: Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award Foreign Novel ...... Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi . The nominees are the Foreign Short Fiction .....“The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” 15 works published in The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Vol. 3 (David Afsharirad, ed.) from Baen. You can vote Foreign YA Novel ...... The Girl Who Circumnavigated online (there’s a link at the URL above; registration required) Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making and or by mail (see instructions at the URL above). The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels The winner will be announced at Dragon Con , to be held 1–4 September 2017 in Atlanta GA. The Jacques Chambon Translation Prize ...... Patrick Marcel winner will receive an inscribed plaque and a $500 prize. for translating Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy CAMPBELL & STURGEON AWARDS NOMS Prix Special ...... The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, Finalists for the 2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Hélène Collon and Nouveaux Millénaires and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced. The winners will be The Premio Italia awards were recently given at StarCon Italia announced at the 2017 Campbell Conference . Those ku.edu/campbell-conference.htm>, to be held 16–18 June 017 selected for presentation here are only for those tied to English, at the University of Kansas Student Union in Lawrence KS. as those available only in Italian (or other non-Anglophone lan- Finalists for the Campbell (for best sf novel) are: guages) are unlikely to be of much interest to Shuttle readers. Zero K, Don DeLillo International SF Novel ....Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson Translator ...... Stefania Bronzoni Into Everywhere, Paul J. McAllen Series ...... Star Trek Continua The Medusa Chronicles, Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter TV Series ...... Stranger Things Everfair, Nisi Shawl Alberto Lisiero Award (for “someone who contributes to the Occupy Me, Tricia Sullivan popularity and quality of sf”) ...... Charles Stross Rosewater, Tade Thompson PHILIP K. DICK SF FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS Central Station, Lavie Tidhar Winers of the Philip K. Dick Festival The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Awards have been announced. The Arrival of Missives, Aliya Whiteley The festival was held 25–30 May 2017. The winners are: Alien Morning, Rick Wilber Philip K. Dick Feature ...... The Tomorrow Paradox Underground Airlines, Ben Winters (2016, USA) Director: Bruce Wemple Azanian Bridges, Nick Wood Biopic ...... A Life Gone Wild (2016, USA) Finalists for the Sturgeon (for best short sf) are: Director: Maryanne Bilham-Knight Nina Allan, “The Art of Space Travel” (Tor.com 27 July 2016) Documentary ...... Gods Among Us: The Science of Contact Amal El-Mohtar, “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” The Starlit (2016, USA) Director: Caroline Cory Wood: New Fairy Tales,Dominik Parisien and Navah Horror Feature ..Vilsen (2016, Sweden) Director: Rasmus Tirzitis Wolfe, eds. (Saga Press) Dramatic Feature ...... The End of the Lonely Island Carolyn Ives Gilman, “Touring with the Alien,” (Clarkesworld (2016, China) Director: Renchao Wang April 2016) African American, Latino, and Any Person Of Color SF Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom, (Tor.com February 2016) Film ...... Synchronous (2016, Colombia) Ian R. MacLeod, “The Visitor From Taured” (Asimov’s Sep- Director: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez tember 2016) Animated Film ...... Waking Dreams (2014, USA) Sam J. Miller, “Things with Beards,” (Clarkesworld June 2016) Director: Brad Jones and Jacob Carah Dominica Phetteplace, “Project Empathy” (Asimov’s March 2016) Virtual Reality ...... I, Philip (2016, France) Catherynne M. Valente, “The Future is Blue,” Drowned Director: Pierre Zandrowicz Worlds, , ed. (Solaris Books) Philip K. Dick Short ...Peter (2014, UK) Director: Jane Topping Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey (Tor.com, 13 October 2016) SF Short ...... Sociopaths (2016, Japan) Director: A.T. WELLMAN AWARD NOMS Experimental SF Film ...... Adam (2016, Denmark/ Nominees for the 2017 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Horror Short ...... The Plan (2016, France) Fantasy have been announced. The winner will be announced Director: Pierre Teuliéres at ConGregate , to be held 14–16 July Singularity, Eschaton, and Beyond Film ...... Oak (2016, UK) 2017 at the Radisson Hotel in High Point NC. The nominees are: Director: Yann Giroud Death’s Bright Day, David Drake (Baen Books) Web Series ...... Mission Backup Earth (2016, Germany) Steeplejack, A.J. Hartley () Director: Alexander Pfander Pawn’s Gambit, Darin Kennedy (Falstaff Books) Trailer ...... The Plague Doctor (2014, USA/Italy) Shadow and Flame, Gail Z. Martin (Orbit Books) Director: Emanuele Mengotti War Pigs, Jay Requard (Falstaff Books) 7 MYTHOPOEIC AWARDS NOMS ANTHONY AWARDS NOMS Finalists for the Mythopoeic Awards (for various work relating to “”) have been an- anthony-awards> (for mystery writing) have been announced. nounced. Winners will be announced during Mythcon 48 Though not an sf/f/h award per se, many of the nominees are of , to be held from genre interest. A full list of this year’s nominees can be seen at the 28–31July 2017 at the St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the URL above. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon 2017, to be University of Illinois in Champaign IL. By category, the finalists are: held 12–15 October 2017 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto Canada. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Noms BISEXUAL BOOK AWARDS NOMS Will Do Magic for Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct) Finalists for the 2016 Bisexual Book Awards have been announced by the Bi Writers Kingfisher, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace) Association. In the category, the finalists are: The Raven Cycle, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic) Necrotech, K.C. Alexander (Angry Robot) Thessaly Trilogy, (Tor) Labyrinth Lost, Zoraida Cordova (Sourcebooks Fire) Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature Noms The Painted Crown, Megan Derr (Less Than Three) The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and For the Clan, Archer Kay Leah (Less Than Three) Their Holy Dog, Adam Gidwitz (Dutton) An Accident of Stars, Foz Meadows (Angry Robot) The Mapmakers Trilogy, S.E. Grove (Viking) Enchanted Soles, Sasha L. Miller, ed. (Less Than Three) The Rat Prince, Bridget Hodder (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The full list of nominees in all categories can be seen at When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin (Little, Brown) . Winners The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick) will be announced at a ceremony to be held 10 June 2017 at the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies Noms at Westbeth Artists Community in NYC. Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty: Majesty, Splendor, and Transcen- CAINE PRIZE NOMS dence in Middle Earth, Lisa Coutras (Palgrave-Macmillan) The shortlist for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing Approaches to Teaching Tolkien’s and Other has been announced. Though not an sf/f/h Works, Leslie Donovan, ed. (Modern Language Association) award per se, at least some of the nominees are of genre interest. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell, A list of this year’s nominees along with links to the stories can J.R.R. Tolkien; , ed. (Houghton Mifflin) currently be seen at . The winner The Chapel of the Thorn, Charles Williams; Sørina Higgins, ed. (who will receive a £10,000 prize) will be announced at a cere- (Apocryphile) mony to be held at Senate House Library, London on 3 July The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. 2017. Other shortlisted writers will each receive a £500 prize. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams, Philip Zaleski SUNBURST AWARDS LONGLIST and Carol Zaleski (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The longlists for the 2017 Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth & Fantasy Studies Noms of the Fantastic have been announced. The shortlist for each category will Aisling Byrne (Oxford University Press) be announced in late June. Winners will be announced in Fall Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval 2017. By category, the nominees are: Church, Richard Firth Green (University of Pennsylvania Press) Sunburst Adult Fiction Noms Children’s : An Introduction, Michael The Spawning Grounds, Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Knopf Canada) Levy and (Cambridge University Press) Company Town, Madeline Ashby (Tor) The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction, Gabrielle Lissauer (McFarland) Three Years With the Rat, Jay Hosking (Hamish Hamilton) Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms’ Folk and Spells of Blood and Kin, Claire Humphrey (Thomas Dunne) Fairy Tales, Jack Zipes (Princeton University Press) The Witches of New York, Ami McKay (Knopf Canada) ELGIN AWARD NOMS Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Thomas Dunne) Candidates for the 2017 Elgin Award (for genre poetry books published in 2015 and The Angels of Our Better Beasts, Jerome Stueart (ChiZine) 2016) have been announced by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Necessity, Jo Walton (Tor) Poetry Association. With over 50 entries in the two categories Last Year, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) (chapbooks and full-length books) the list is a bit long to pub- Sunburst YA Fiction Noms lish in the Shuttle. It can be seen at and includes links to some of the works. Canada) DIANA JONES AWARD NOMS The Hill, Karen Bass (Pajama) Nominees for the 2017 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Transferral, Kate Blair (Dancing Cat) Gaming have been announced. Worlds of Ink and Shadow, Lena Coakley (HarperCollins) It’s a diverse group, covering board games, a card game, an The Inn Between, Marina Cohen (Roaring Brook) RPG, a LARP, and a convention. The winner will be an- Julia Vanishes, Catherine Egan ( Canada) nounced 16 August 2017. The nominees are: The Skids, Ian Donald Keeling (ChiTeen) The Beast—card game; Aleksandra Sontowska and Kamil Wę- Flickers, Arthur Slade (HarperCollins) grzynowicz (Naked Female Giant) Sheldon Unger vs The Dentures of Doom, Jeff Szpirglas (Star End of the Line—LARP; Bjarke Pedersen, Juhana Pettersson, Crossed) and Martin Elricsson The Road to Ever After, Moira Young (Doubleday Canada) Gen Con—games convention Sunburst Short Story Noms Gloomhaven—board game; Isaac Chidress (Cephalofair Games) “Naïve Gods,” Brad C. Anderson (Lazarus Risen) The Romance Trilogy—role-playing games; Emily Care Boss “La Corriveau,” K.T. Bryski (Strange Horizons 3 October 2016) (Black & Green Games) “The Dog and the Sleepwalker,” James Alan Gardner Mars—board game; Jacob Fryxelius (Fryxgames) (Strangers Among Us) 8 “The Seven O’Clock Man,” Kate Heartfield (Clockwork Canada) I’d love to see Steve win back to back rockets! “All That Robot…,” Rich Larson (Asimov’s September 2016) Just watched Suicide Squad and liked it a lot more than I was “Caro in Carno,” Helen Marshall (The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu) expecting. “Until There is Only Hunger,” Michael Matheson (Upside Seeing that John (Purcell) won TAFF, I am doubly glad I Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling) remembered to vote this year. “The Night Stylist,” Peter Norman (Pulp Literature August 2016) NAFF seems to be a new fund to me, but really is not a new “The Eye of The Swan,” Kelly Robson (Tor.com 11 October 2016) fund. I lost track in which Australian funds I may vote (well “The Second Waltz,” Madeleine Thien (Catapult 17 October 2016) more accurately would be donate)—not having Australian “The Men from Narrow Houses,” A.C. Wise (Liminal Stories funds on hand and knowing there are conversion fees. I hope Spring/Summer 2016) all the various funds are healthy these days. “The Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Not having actually seen the Canadian Star Trek stamps, they ap- Scrimshaw (1841),” A.C. Wise (The Dark July 2016) pear much more attractive than the US stamps. I really need to re- ! member those eclipse stamps and get a supply when they are available. ! While looking or the ASFA listings it dawned on me that I actu- ally have no real idea how much the various artists are paid for Letter of Comment such top quality works and for what rights. Anyone have an idea? ! I spent a little while researching any sf/f audiobooks available LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC-LOC from the library (and its resources) by some of the author names I ! still recognize—such as Cherryh—no luck. Just skimming all the Sheryl Birkhead 19 26 May 2017 award listings had me looking for more current sf to listen to. 25509 Jonnie Court Guess I may have to broaden the list of names on my search list Gaithersburg MD 20882 Are any Shuttle readers planing on getting to Finland this ! year? I am woefully out of touch, but hope to read conreports. I Yeah, I was timely for one month or so. At least I am close to am curious about the finances—state subsidies? How will the being on time… convention fare economically… and so on. I hope someone (or Just watched Hidden Figures (courtesy of ). Better many someones) post pies from the con and of the environs. late than never and I enjoyed the whole thing. I have always Looks as if this just might make it to the mailbox today— liked (and been good at) Math. No one ever told me I should fingers crossed. not be good at it and I settled for a Math minor in college ! (would have been a double Major, but I just could not see my [RE your question about how much genre artists make (and for way to even trying Math Physics). what rights)—the person I know best who could address that is I see that Steve Stiles is on the Hugo ballot (fanartist of Randy Cleary (who was formerly a Director of ASFA). I’ll try to course). That makes one person with whose work I am famil- prompt him to respond in the next issue. You mention a few iar! Sigh. I also see that John Purcell won TAFF—glad I voted movies that you have “belatedly” seen; well, you’re much more after so many years of forgetting! up-to-date than I am, Sheryl. I watch what is probably way too I also enjoyed Pushing Daisies. If 13 episodes were filmed much on the tube (and in my case it is actually a tube at least part but only 10 aired, is there any may to see the remaining three? of the time as my TV sets are relatively ancient) so at present I Wiki lists 9 episodes for season 1 and 13 for season 2… Aha— have no inclination to add Netflix or Hulu or Amazon Video or any found a website that lists 9 episodes for Season 1 and 13 for other streaming service to the mix. Thus, if it hasn’t appeared on Season 2 for viewing—so when I get a chance, I’lI see if… I non-premium cable I haven’t seen it. I do keep an intermittent eye never realized three episodes were not aired in the US. (See— on streaming services as they improve their coverage of live sports all knowledge is found in fanzines.) —one of these days they’ll be good enough I’ll cut the cable. But I have not been “able” to take NSAIDs for “ever”—yeah, the then, I’ve been fighting this last 7–10 days with my DSL provider, pits for minor joint pains and other aches , etc. The hand specialist so I’m not sure I want to depend on that resource for the large ma- said that leaves me with heat and cold until I have to graduate to jority of in-home entertainment. (Even new books depend mostly steroids. Since I have never taken them, have no idea if they will be on web downloads for me.) As for a list of Pushing Daisies tolerated. Hope Lloyd and Yvonne do brisk sales at the two con- episodes, or indeed those of most any TV show, my go-to resource ventions he mentions (guess by now the cons are history?). would be IMDB . I’m not sure they would get it Just saw the (now old?) Star Wars: Rouge One. Maybe I am right RE episodes that when unaired in any given market, but they just getting jaded, but, while I enjoyed it, I noticed more action should at least have a complete list of eps as well as at a link to for action’s sake(?) and less plot. So, yes, enjoyed and nice eye Amazon Video if it’s available there. Other stuff, hmm… The candy. Fantastic Beasts… was also seen and enjoyed—I am NASFA Picnic/Cookout was fun, as always. Too much food. thinking of getting the DVD solely so I can take a closer look at Many games of Killer Cutthroat Spades (though I didn’t play this the beasts (as I did with Avatar!). Those sf (etc.) movies on the year) and other games. Much socializing. As for donating to NAFF Netflix list are slowly becoming available, but more seem to be (or any other non-US fund that uses PayPal) the currency-related hot on their heels and releasing later… fees aren’t horribly stiff. Most US-dollar-only transactions have a Oops—just checked the mail—next Shuttle is here, so this is fee of 2.9% + 30¢. For USD-to-non-USD transactions, it’s around put on a temporary hold! a half to one-and-a-half percentage points higher plus some fixed Sounds like the Cookout/Picnic was time well spent… in that no amount in the “to” currency (only 30¢ Australian for that country, notes were generated—so a good time must have been had by all! IIUC). Those fees are taken out of the recipient’s money but— After seeing Steve Stiles onto the fanartist category in the barring extremely small donations—the large majority of what Hugo nominations, it meant that I was familiar with one nomi- you’d send ends up in the recipients hands. And, as for audio- nee’s work. Then Mansik Yang was replaced by Elizabeth books, this ish happens to address those by listing genre works that Leggett. I am still left with being familiar with only one in the won an Audie Award. A number of other genre works were nomi- category. Guess it is just as well that I am not eligible to vote. nated for Audies—you might check their website or Locus. -ED] 9 P. O. Box 4857! Huntsville AL 35815-4857

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