Volume 30 Number 3 Issue 356 August 2017
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR This month started with the ICCON 3 a gathering of Seeker Con fans and creators. I even joined in on a panel on Doctor Who. August 12-13 Then I went to the North American Science Fiction Cool Stuff Games Convention (NASFiC) 2017. It was in San Juan Puerto Rico. Waterford Lakes This was the first time a NASFiC was held in Latin America. I Orlando, FL was in a few panels and worked registration. It was a fun time Gaming con and I hope to write about it soon. warhorn.net/events/seeker-con I had a nice day at Southern Media Con, enjoying the company of the Stone Hill group. I also checked out Seminole Jacksonville Comic and Toy Show County Library’s Fan Fest. It was well attended by future fans. August 13 Then I saw Dawn of the Dead (Saturday) and Day of the Dead Ramada Convention Center (Sunday) at the Enzian as part of their tribute to director George 3130 Hartley Road Romero. Jacksonville, F As I write I am getting ready to go to Worldcon 75 in $5 at the door Helsinki. Check Facebook page Next month the Hugo Winners and maybe NASFIC 2017 report. Mizucon August 25-27 Events Miami Marriott Dadeland 9090 S. Dadeland Blvd Metrocon Miami, Florida, 33156 August 3-6 Guest: Greg Ayers (voice actor) Tampa Convention Center John Swasey (voice actor) 333 S. Franklin St MegaRan (musician) Tampa, Florida 33602 and others Guests: Steve Blum (Spike, Cowboy Bebop) $35+$2.92 for 3 days Scott McNeill (voice actor) mizucon.com Cristina Vee (voice actor) Vic Mignogna (Kirk, Star Trek Continues) Pensacola Comic Con and others August 19-20 $85 + tax at the door Pensacola Interstate Fair (Expo Hall & Conference metroconvetions.com Hall) 6655 Mobile Hwy Megaplex Pensacola Florida 32526 August 4-6 Guests: Corbin Bernsen (actor) Doubletree by Hilton Martin Klebba (actor) 10100 International Drive Eddie Dezeen (actor) Orlando, Florida, 32821 Rick Cosnett (actor) Guests: Kodi (fursuit Guest of Honor) And many more Rick Griffin (artist Guest of Honor) $40 at the door for 2 days $50 at the door, $30 per day at the door www.pensacolacomiccon.com/ megaplexcon.org (Continued on page 2)
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 30, Issue 356, August 2017. 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 323 Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323 . 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 (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 August 2017
August OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, August 13, 1:30PM Brick and Fire Pasta and Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave [email protected] Orlando, Florida 32806 407-426-8922). join us as we Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 discuss Soul Summoner by Elicia Hyder [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 To contact for more info: 407-823-8715 [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] SciFi Light David Ratti 407-282-2468 TBD [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715
[email protected] For more info contact Steve Grant Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected] OASFiS Meeting Date: 7-23-2017 Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan Officers: Tom Reed and Juan Sanmiguel Members: Steve Cole, Ken Konkol, David Lussier, Dave Ratti Guests: Christine , Ryan Gillespie, Bob Yazel (Continued from page 1) Venue: Orange County Main Library (Downtown Orlando) Juan began a discussion of the 2017 Hugo finalists. He SakuraNatsu explained the history of the Hugos and the rules. Juan looked at August 26 Gainesville Garden Club the finalists in the following categories. 1350 NW 75th St Best Novel Gainesville, FL 32605 Best Novella Free sakuranatsu.webs.com Best Novelette Best Short Story Infinity Toy and Comic Com August 26 Best Graphic Story Holiday Inn Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form 1724 Alafaya Trail Orlando, FL 32826 Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form $8 at the door Best Professional Artist Best Fan Artist Defenders. The show features Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Best Series Cage, and Iron Fist. The trailer had a cameo by Stan Lee. The show will not be run by the same people who ran Iron Fist. Iron Juan indicated which works were available in the Orange County Fist is generally thought to be the worst of the Marvel Netflix Library and online. Juan ended the talk with a video recording of series. N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo acceptance speech for Best Novel (read by Alyssa Wong). Steve Cole pointed out that there was plot hole in Wonder Woman. The film does not explain what happens to the rest of Culture Consumed the crew of the German warship attacking Thymscira (Paradise Juan, Patty Russell, and Ed Anthony saw Give Back to Island). Juan thought that they died in the attack on the beach. Hogwarts, a musical based on the Harry Potter book series. The Steve and others said that they would not have sent all of the show covered all of the books in 90 minutes and used songs from crew of the ship to the attack. It bothered Ken that it was set in Broadway musicals and pop hits. World War I. Juan heard it was done to distinguish the film from Captain America. Juan mentioned the proposed HBO series Confederate, set in an alternate world where the Confederacy won the Civil War. The Steve also recommended a new series by Margaret Weis and show will be created by the same team that adapted Game of Robert Krammes, The Dragon Brigand. He sees it as magic Thrones. David Lussier did not think this world was possible. punk rather than steampunk. Juan read a Twitter essay by N.K Jemisin that explained why the Tom saw Valerian and enjoyed it. Juan saw it too but thought the show was a bad idea. He agreed with Jemisin. leads were a bit flat. Tim saw the trailer for the next Marvel Netflix series, The (Continued on page 4) Page three August 2017
Award News • On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories, Tina Connolly (Fairwood) The World Fantasy Awards finalists are: A Natural History of Hell, Jeffrey Ford (Small (source Locus website) • Beer)
Best Novel • Vacui Magia, L.S. Johnson (Traversing Z Press) • Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga) • The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu • Roadsouls, Betsy James (Aqueduct) (Saga; Head of Zeus)
• The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit Best Artist UK) • Greg Bridges • The Sudden Appearance of Hope, Claire North Julie Dillon (Redhook; Orbit UK) • Paul Lewin • Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff (Harper) • • Jeffrey Alan Love Best Long Fiction • Victo Ngai • The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing) Special Award, Professional • The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle • L. Timmel Duchamp, for Aqueduct Press (Tor.com Publishing) • C.C. Finlay, for editing F&SF • Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire • Michael Levy & Farah Mendlesohn, for Children’s (Tor.com Publishing) Fantasy Literature: An Introduction (Cambridge • “Bloodybones”, Paul F. Olson (Whispered Echoes) University Press) • A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com • Kelly Link, for contributions to the genre Publishing) • Joe Monti, for contributions to the genre
Best Short Fiction Special Award, Non-Professional • “Das Steingeschöpf”, G.V. Anderson (Strange • Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies Horizons 12/12/16) • Neile Graham, for fostering excellence in the genre • “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke through her role as Workshop Director, Clarion Bolander (Uncanny 11-12/16) West • “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The • Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer, for their Starlit Wood) publication The Fantasy Illustration Library, • “Little Widow”, Maria Dahvana Headley Volume Two: Gods and Goddesses (Michael (Nightmare 9/16) Publishing) • “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me”, Rachael • Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for K. Jones (Clockwork Phoenix 5) Uncanny • Brian White, for Fireside Fiction Company Best Anthology • Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mike Allen, ed. (Mythic The awards will be presented during the World Fantasy Delirium) Convention, held November 2-5, 2017 at the Wyndham • Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed. (PS Riverwalk in San Antonio TX. The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have Australia) demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to • Children of Lovecraft, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Terry Brooks and Marina Warner. Horse) • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Karen Joy Fowler & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner) • The Starlit Wood, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga)
Best Collection • Sharp Ends, Joe Abercrombie (Orbit US; Gollancz) Page four August 2017
(Continued from page 2) nothing spectacular, as they have been in previous years. Ken asked some questions about the plot of War of the Planet of Tomorrow as I write, there is a steampunk event in neighbouring the Apes. He was not clear about the motives of the different Mississauga, and we will have a patch of field to pitch a tent and human factions in the story. Juan gave his explanation, and set up our tables. wondered if they will do a film with a spaceship landing on the Earth with Apes in power. This was set up in the first of the new films, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, where a TV news story Issue 355…I will start here by asking who of the membership is discusses the disappearance of a spaceship. at the San Diego Comic Con, seeing it’s on right now? A Toronto fan, who’s been to Florida cons before, Dave Ross, is at SDCC as Business Powdered Toast Man. Juan and Peggy will be looking at the finances from OASIS 29 before announcing plans for OASIS 30. No one I know went to SDCC. Given how they limit their Juan will be at Worldcon during the August meeting, so Tom numbers and getting a membership/ticket is very competitive it is will run the meeting and the book will be Soul Summoner by hard con to get into. This is a pity because if you look there a lot Elicia Hyder. of smaller panels not in the big hall which sound interesting. Ken has offered his house for a future meeting. Juan has concerns not having a meeting in a public place but asked Tom to Sounds like you’re once again discovering how expensive hotels discuss this at the next meeting. are when you want to stage your convention. Around here, some Tom will talk with Michael Pilletere on new blogging program conventions are moving from the suburbs into the big city, but for the website. they are a minority. Some are moving into the suburbs to find cheaper hotels, and there’s even a few cons who are leaving Juan thanked Sarah Fisk of the Orange County Library for hotels entirely, shrinking in size and renting church basements. I helping out with putting the meeting/discussion together. don’t know how long it will be until our conventions are crowded Meeting adjourned at 3:40PM out entirely.
Letter of Comment I am more optimistic that there can be space for smaller cons. Not everybody wants to go to crowded shows.
1706-24 Eva Rd. I think I am done for the moment…the massive catchup Etobicoke, ON continues, and it’s only the fact this is Friday that allows that to CANADA M9C 2B2 happen. Take care, all, and see you with the next monthly issue.
July 21, 2017 Yours, Lloyd Penney.
Dear OASFiSians:
I am so far behind, and I have two issues of the OASFiS Event Horizon to comment on, so here goes. Volume 30, as well… congratulations on so many years!
Issue 354…Good to see Oasis continues on as your local convention. I see more and more people online wondering how much longer we can all continue with our conventions. Other newer fans may come in and change the convention you love around to reflect their interests, which you may not share.
Worldcons are a thing of the past for us, so I hope that those who are able to go to Finland for Worldcon 75 have themselves a fine time. Great costumes; you should see the ones we wore at Motor City Steam Con, the annual steampunk event in the Detroit area. Great fun all around.
My letter…our sales at Anime North were relatively good, but Page five August 2017 ICCON 3
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