Ray Bradbury Has Inspired Generations of Readers to Dream, BUBONICON FRIEND AMONG Think and Create," the Statement Said
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ASFACTS 2012 JULY “S UMMER RAINS , S TUPID DRAINS ” I SSUE ROGERS & D ENNING HOSTING PRE -CON PARTY Patricia Rogers and Scott Denning will uphold a local fannish tradition when they host the Bubonicon 44 Pre-Con Party 7:30-10:30 pm Thursday, August 23, at their home in Bernalillo – located at 909 Highway 313. The easiest way to reach the house is north on I-25 to exit 242 east (Rio Rancho’s backdoor and the road to Cuba). At Highway 313, turn right to head north. Look Martian Chronicles and Something Wicked This Way for the Country Store, the John Deere sign and Mile Comes , died June 5 after a lengthy illness. He was 91 Marker 9. Their house is on the west side of the road, with years old. plenty of parking on the shoulder. Bradbury "died peacefully [in the] night, in Los An- In addition to socializing, attendees can help assem- geles, after a lengthy illness," his publisher, Harper- ble the membership packets, and check out the 2012 con t Collins, said in a written statement. -shirt with artwork by Ursula Vernon. Bradbury's books and 600 short stories predicted a Please bring snacks and drinks to share, plus plates, variety of things, including the emergence of ATMs and napkins, cups and some ice. As with any hosted party, live broadcasts of fugitive car chases. please help keep the house clean and in good shape! "In a career spanning more than 70 years, Ray Bradbury has inspired generations of readers to dream, BUBONICON FRIEND AMONG think and create," the statement said. "A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to 50 books, as well as ANNOUNCED NEBULA WINNERS numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated The 2011 Nebula Awards were presented on May writers of our time." 19, 2012, in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, Bradbury wrote the screenplay for John Huston's held in Arlington, Virginia. Walter Jon Williams was classic film adaptation of Moby Dick . He adapted 65 of Toastmaster, and Astronaut Michael Fincke was the key- his stories for TV's The Ray Bradbury Theater and won note speaker. CONNIE WILLIS , Bubonicon friend, was an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree . honored with the 2011 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for her lifetime and achievements in the field. Novel: Among Others by Jo Walton; Novella: “The UPCOMING ASFS M EETINGS Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson; Novelette: • August 10, 2012: Preview of Bubonicon 44, some “What We Found” by Geoff Ryman; Short Story: “The kind of game show, and announcements of Buboni- Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu; Ray Bradbury Award for con 45 chair candidates. Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: Doctor Who: “The • August 17: Bubonicon 44 Gofer Gathering. Be on Doctor’s Wife” ; and Andre Norton Award for Young hand to pick your work hours & receive bribes. Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book: The Freedom • September 21: Bubonicon 44 & Chicago World- Maze by Delia Sherman. con reports. Also, election of the Bubonicon 45 Octavia Butler and John Clute received the Solstice chair if needed (voting rules will apply). Note: This Award. Bud Webster received the SFWA Service Award. meeting is a week later than usual. • October 12: Election of 3 club officers & some- FAHREINHEIT 451 LEGEND DIES thing fun. Plus the Halloween issue of ASFACTS (deadline Sunday, October 7). From CNN.com • November 9: An interesting talk, we hope. Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, whose imagi- • December 14: Dessert Cook-Off and Holiday Film nation yielded classic books such as Fahrenheit 451, The Shorts. Plus the annual issue of SithFacts . Craig Chrissinger, normal editor. Darth Vader, guest editor each December. Please Send All Correspondence to — PO Box 37257, Albuquerque, NM 87176-7257. Phone: (505) 266-8905. E-mail: [email protected]. ASFACTS published February, April, July & October for the Albuq SF Society. SITH FACTS out each December. NEXT DEADLINE : Sun, Oct 7. Club Officers: Kevin Hewett & Craig Chrissinger, co-Zec Secs (505) 266-8905. Jessica Coyle, Moderator. Randi Hewett, Al- ternator. HAL 9000, Advisor. Bubonicon Co-Chairs: Kristen Dorland (505) 459-8734 & Craig Chrissinger. Rats! Don’t Panic. “In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back." he wrote in a WILD THINGS AUTHOR DIES book of essays published in 2005. "Occasionally I wonder From NYTimes.com why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most impor- my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that tant children’s book artist of the 20th century, who comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior." of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and Ray Douglas Bradbury was born August 22, 1920, in hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche, died Waukegan, Illinois. He moved with his family to Los May 8 from complications of a recent stroke in Danbury, Angeles in 1934, at age 13, and in 1937 discovered the Conn. He was 83 years old. Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. Through that or- Roundly praised, intermittently censored and occa- ganization he met Forrest J Ackerman, Hannes Bok, Ed- sionally eaten, Sendak’s books were essential ingredients mond Hamilton, Ray Harryhausen, Robert A. Heinlein, of childhood for the generation born after 1960 or there- Henry Kuttner, and many other friends who would go on abouts, and in turn for their children. He was known in to become SF luminaries. particular for more than a dozen picture books he wrote Bradbury's death brought immediate reaction from and illustrated himself, most famously Where the Wild his literary and film peers, as well as the White House. Things Are , which was simultaneously genre-breaking "For many Americans, the news of Ray Bradbury's and career-making when it was published in 1963. death immediately brought to mind images from his work, Among the other titles he wrote and illustrated are In imprinted in our minds, often from a young age," Presi- the Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981), dent Obama said. "His gift for storytelling reshaped our which together with Where the Wild Things Are form a culture and expanded our world. But Ray also understood trilogy; The Sign on Rosie’s Door (1960); Higglety Pig- that our imaginations could be used as a tool for better glety Pop! (1967); and The Nutshell Library (1962), a understanding, a vehicle for change, and an expression of boxed set of four tiny volumes. our most cherished values. There is no doubt that Ray will Sendak’s work was the subject of critical studies and continue to inspire many more generations with his writ- major exhibitions; in the second half of his career, he was ing, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and also renowned as a designer of theatrical sets. His art friends." graced the writing of other eminent authors for children Director Steven Spielberg said, "He was my muse and adults, including Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tol- for the better part of my sci-fi career. He lives on through stoy, Herman Melville, William Blake and Isaac Bashevis his legion of fans. In the world of science fiction and fan- Singer. tasy and imagination he is immortal." In 1964, the American Library Association awarded Bradbury received the 2000 National Book Founda- Sendak the Caldecott Medal, considered the Pulitzer Prize tion Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American of children’s book illustration, for Where the Wild Things Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts and a 2007 Pul- Are . His other awards include the Hans Christian Ander- itzer Prize Special Citation. Bradbury had lived in Los sen Award for Illustration, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Angeles since his family moved there from his native Award and, in 1996, the National Medal of the Arts, pre- Waukegan, Illinois, to look for work during the Great sented by President Bill Clinton. Twenty-two of his titles Depression. have been named New York Times best illustrated books He is survived by his four daughters, Susan Nixon, of the year. Ramona Ostergren, Bettina Karapetian and Alexandra Maurice Bernard Sendak was born in Brooklyn on Bradbury, and eight grandchildren. His wife of 57 years, June 10, 1928; his father, Philip, worked in the garment Marguerite, died in 2003. district of Manhattan. Sendak’s companion of a half- The biography released by his publisher quoted a century, Eugene Glynn, a psychiatrist who specialized in story in which Bradbury recounted meeting a carnival the treatment of young people, died in 2007. Sendak’s magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. Electrico touched the 12 personal assistant, Lynn Caponera, worked for him almost -year-old Bradbury with his sword and commanded, as long while living at his Ridgefield home. No immedi- "Live forever!" ate family members survive. "I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard," Bradbury said. "I started writing every day. I never stopped." 2012 LOCUS AWARDS NAMED Sam Weller, Bradbury's biogra- pher and friend, said in a posting on The winners of the 2012 Locus Awards were an- his website June 6, "I'll never see nounced on June 16 during the Locus Awards Weekend you again. I'll never see you again. in Seattle, WA. Among the winners are Santa Fe’s I'll never see you again.” George R.R. Martin, former Bubonicon toastmaster Gard- Page 2 ASFACTS , July 2012 ner Dozois, and next year’s Bubonicon co-GoH Tim Pow- artwork for convention fliers and program books.