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Volume 22 Number 6 Issue 264 November 2009

Events A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Daytona Comic and Toy Show Whew. November 15 Holiday Inn & Suites The state of Florida had four genre events last month. (30 N. Atlantic Avenue They were all interesting. Daytona Beach, Florida Animation Supercon had most of the stars of Futurama Free and the show’s head writer. The convention also had game show Guests: Martin Pierro (writer/publisher Cosmic Comics) host extraordinare Nick Roche. I got to be Nick’s Vanna for his Bill Black (AC Comics publisher) Wheel of Fortune. It was cool to see people playing the new Alex Saviuk (Spider-Man artist) Rock Star with the Beatles. home.att.net/~slawsonm/Comic_Show.html Spooky Empire had a track devoted to writing and literature. Owl Goingback helped organize this track. Max Miami Book Fair Brooks, writer of World War Z, gave a talk which was standing November 8-15 (street fair November 13-15) room only. Membership rates varies, check website Necronomicon was a blast. Thanks to Patty, Steve, and Notable Guests: Arthur for help with the room party. It was great to see our friends at Stone Hill. The trivia team Arthur and I were on won www.miamibookfair.com this year with a comfortable margin. Great panels, great guests, great company. (Check out the pictures on page 3) ZonaCon Hurricane Who seemed to go well. I attended a fan November 20-22 panel and a writers panel On Friday. There were a lot of Holiday Inn International costumes. The panel on Doctor Who comics was really good 6515 International Drive with writer Tony Lee. Dr. Lynnette Potter talked about the Orlando, FL 32819 mysteries of Lost. I saw a one man show called Moths Ate My $35 for 3 days pre-reg,$45 for 3 days at the door Doctor Who Scarf by Toby Hadoke. It was a very funny and Guests of Honor: Eric Vale (voice actor) poignant look at Doctor Who fandom. I had a good time Sybil Danning (actress, various films), working and attending the Guardians of Gallifrey/OASFiS party. Terence Zdunich (Repo:The Genetic As I write this I plan to go see Louise Jameson and see a talk on Opera) the great Douglas Adams. This was very good for a first time www.zonacon.com/Home_Page.php convention. Next month maybe some book reviews and election info. Birthdays Barry Letts

Dave Ratti– Nov. 24 One of the guests at my first convention, Omnicon II, was Barry Letts. I was told that he was the Executive Producer of Doctor Who. I kind of knew what a producer was from Star Trek. I saw Letts do his Q&A session with his good friend and script editor Terrance Dicks. He was very interesting and funny. (Continued on page 2)

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 22, Issue 264, November 2009. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area 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 $6.00 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 November 2009

November OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, November 8, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library Steve Cole 407-275-5211 (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL [email protected] 32801,407-835-7323). Come join us as we discuss the Susan Cole 407-275-5211 works of Hal Clement [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 Sci Fi Light [email protected] Saturday November 21, 6:30 PM, White Wolf Cafe Steve Grant 352 241 0670 [email protected] (7732 Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL). Come join us and Mike Pilletere [email protected] discuss the works of . For more info contact David Ratti 407-282-2468 Steve Grant [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 To contact for more info: [email protected] OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected] (Continued from page 1) When my appreciation of the show deepened I realized Any of these people can give readers information about the what an important man I had met. Barry Letts was the producer of Doctor Who between 1969-1974. Under his direction the show became an enormous hit. He and Dicks got really good stories out of the writers and directors. Letts also cast Tom Baker as The Doctor. Baker would become on of the most popular and successful Doctors. · "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", I really liked the inside info Letts gave out in the DVD (Asimov's 7/08) commentaries and documentaries. This showed his love and respect for the show and his work. ANTHOLOGY World Awards Winners (source Locus Web Site) · : An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, , ed. (Senses Five The 2009 winners were Press) announced today at the held October 29 - November 1, 2009, in San José, COLLECTION California. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS · The Drowned Life, · Ellen Asher (HarperPerennial)

· ARTIST

NOVEL (tie) · Shaun Tan

· The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL

· Tender Morsels, (Allen & · & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Unwin; Knopf) Press and Big Mouth House)

NOVELLA SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL

· "If Angels Fight", (F&SF · Michael Walsh (for 2/08) collections from Old Earth Books) Page three November 2009

Above: Necronomicon 2009 Guests of Honor: (left to right): Richard Lee Byers, Catherine Asaro, Patricia Briggs Above: Catherine Asaro’s concert. OASIS 21 Guest of Honor Paul (Photo: Juan Sanmiguel) Vincenti playing drums. (Photo: Arthur Dykeman) Below: The Blue Moons Necronomicon 2009 Trivia champs. (left to right) Juan Sanmiguel, Arthur Dykeman, unknown, Wade Below: Patty Russell getting ready for the OASFiS room party. Warren (Photo: Arthur Dykeman) (Photo: Arthur Dykeman/Michael Pilletere)

Left: The OASFiS room party

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