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To Sunday 31St August 2003
The World Science Fiction Society Minutes of the Business Meeting at Torcon 3 th Friday 29 to Sunday 31st August 2003 Introduction………………………………………………………………….… 3 Preliminary Business Meeting, Friday……………………………………… 4 Main Business Meeting, Saturday…………………………………………… 11 Main Business Meeting, Sunday……………………………………………… 16 Preliminary Business Meeting Agenda, Friday………………………………. 21 Report of the WSFS Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee 27 FOLLE Report 33 LA con III Financial Report 48 LoneStarCon II Financial Report 50 BucConeer Financial Report 51 Chicon 2000 Financial Report 52 The Millennium Philcon Financial Report 53 ConJosé Financial Report 54 Torcon 3 Financial Report 59 Noreascon 4 Financial Report 62 Interaction Financial Report 63 WSFS Business Meeting Procedures 65 Main Business Meeting Agenda, Saturday…………………………………...... 69 Report of the Mark Protection Committee 73 ConAdian Financial Report 77 Aussiecon Three Financial Report 78 Main Business Meeting Agenda, Sunday………………………….................... 79 Time Travel Worldcon Report………………………………………………… 81 Response to the Time Travel Worldcon Report, from the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention…………………………… 82 WSFS Constitution, with amendments ratified at Torcon 3……...……………. 83 Standing Rules ……………………………………………………………….. 96 Proposed Agenda for Noreascon 4, including Business Passed On from Torcon 3…….……………………………………… 100 Site Selection Report………………………………………………………… 106 Attendance List ………………………………………………………………. 109 Resolutions and Rulings of Continuing Effect………………………………… 111 Mark Protection Committee Members………………………………………… 121 Introduction All three meetings were held in the Ontario Room of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The head table officers were: Chair: Kevin Standlee Deputy Chair / P.O: Donald Eastlake III Secretary: Pat McMurray Timekeeper: Clint Budd Tech Support: William J Keaton, Glenn Glazer [Secretary: The debates in these minutes are not word for word accurate, but every attempt has been made to represent the sense of the arguments made. -
SF COMMENTARY 81 40Th Anniversary Edition, Part 2
SF COMMENTARY 81 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 2 June 2011 IN THIS ISSUE: THE COLIN STEELE SPECIAL COLIN STEELE REVIEWS THE FIELD OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: DITMAR (DICK JENSSEN) THE EDITOR PAUL ANDERSON LENNY BAILES DOUG BARBOUR WM BREIDING DAMIEN BRODERICK NED BROOKS HARRY BUERKETT STEPHEN CAMPBELL CY CHAUVIN BRAD FOSTER LEIGH EDMONDS TERRY GREEN JEFF HAMILL STEVE JEFFERY JERRY KAUFMAN PETER KERANS DAVID LAKE PATRICK MCGUIRE MURRAY MOORE JOSEPH NICHOLAS LLOYD PENNEY YVONNE ROUSSEAU GUY SALVIDGE STEVE SNEYD SUE THOMASON GEORGE ZEBROWSKI and many others SF COMMENTARY 81 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 2 CONTENTS 3 THIS ISSUE’S COVER 66 PINLIGHTERS Binary exploration Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) Stephen Campbell Damien Broderick 5 EDITORIAL Leigh Edmonds I must be talking to my friends Patrick McGuire The Editor Peter Kerans Jerry Kaufman 7 THE COLIN STEELE EDITION Jeff Hamill Harry Buerkett Yvonne Rousseau 7 IN HONOUR OF SIR TERRY Steve Jeffery PRATCHETT Steve Sneyd Lloyd Penney 7 Terry Pratchett: A (disc) world of Cy Chauvin collecting Lenny Bailes Colin Steele Guy Salvidge Terry Green 12 Sir Terry at the Sydney Opera House, Brad Foster 2011 Sue Thomason Colin Steele Paul Anderson Wm Breiding 13 Colin Steele reviews some recent Doug Barbour Pratchett publications George Zebrowski Joseph Nicholas David Lake 16 THE FIELD Ned Brooks Colin Steele Murray Moore Includes: 16 Reference and non-fiction 81 Terry Green reviews A Scanner Darkly 21 Science fiction 40 Horror, dark fantasy, and gothic 51 Fantasy 60 Ghost stories 63 Alternative history 2 SF COMMENTARY No. 81, June 2011, 88 pages, is edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia. -
ASFA Chesley Awards
ANNUAL I o * ASFA Chesley Awards Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book Best Cover Illustration: Magazine Best Interior Illustration Best Gaming-Related Illustration Best Product Illustration st Art Director st Three-Dimensional Art st Monochrome Work: Unpublished st Color Work: Unpublished yard for Contribution to ASFA yard for Artistic Achievement ] ANNUAL ASFA CHESLEY AWARDS Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book David Bowers Kinuko Y. Craft Donato Giancola Todd Lockwood Don Maitz Stephen Youll for Paladin of Souls for Wolfskin for City for Transitions: for The Fairy Rebel for Lord of Snow by Lois McMaster by Juliet Marillier by Clifford D. Simak The Artwork of by Lynne Reid and Shadows Bujold (Tor, June 2003) (SFBC, 2003) Todd Lockwood Banks by Sarah Ash (E os, October 2003) (Collin ft Brown, (Delacort, May 2003) (Bantam Spectra, May 2003) July 2003) Cove Best 2 3 4 Brom James Gurney Mark Harrison Jody Lee fo' The Moons of Mirrodin for Cowboy Feng's for Paper Mage for The Riven Shield by Will McDermott Spacebar and Grille by Leah R. Cutter by Michelle West (WoTC, September 2003) by Steven Brust (ROC, March 2003) (DAW, July 2003) (Tor, March 2003) over illustration: raperoac 6 7 8 Todd Lockwood John Jude Palencar Peter de Seve Jean Pierre Targete for Tangled Webs for Hidden Warrior for Calling on Dragons for Dragon Blood by Elaine Cunningham by Lynn Flewelling by Patricia C. Wrede by Patricia Briggs (WoTC, March 2003) (Bantam Spectra, July 2003) (Magic Carpet Books, 2003) (Ace, January 2003) HARRY POTTER 8 The Amazing Success Story 11 Cove Best Stephen Daniele Bob Eggleton Donato Giancola Stephen Hickman Gahan Wilson for Dungeon #98, for FEtSF, for Dragon #307, for Weird Tales #330 for Realms of Fantasy, May 2003 July 2003 May 2003 August 2003 Best Interior Illustration ' i X g n - Alan M. -
Hugo Nomination Details for 2005
Interaction Complete Nomination Statistics Page 1 of 10 Hugo Nomination Details for 2005 As required by the WSFS Constitution, we report the top 15 vote recipients in each category, plus any others which received at least 5% of the nominations cast in that category. We validated the eligibility and names/titles of all nominees who might have affected the final ballot, but did not attempt to validate nominees who received fewer nominations. There were 546 total valid nominating forms submitted, of which 436 were electronic. Interaction Complete Nomination Statistics Page 2 of 10 Best Novel (424 nominating ballots, 230 titles, 1360 votes) 96 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) 55 Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross (Ace) 46 Iron Council by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan) 37 River Of Gods by Ian McDonald (Simon & Schuster) 33 The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks (Orbit) ------------ final ballot complete ------------ 54 Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) - Declined nomination 32 Newton's Wake by Ken McLeod (Orbit) 28 Light by M. John Harrison (Bantam) 27 Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (Ace) 27 Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) 26 Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart (Small Beer Press) 26 The Family Trade by Charles Stross (Tor) 24 Air by Geoff Ryman (St. Martin's Griffin) 24 Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz) 23 The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster UK) 22 A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Gollancz) Best Novella (249 nominating ballots, 84 titles, 557 votes) -
NASFA 'Shuttle'
The SHUTTLE July 2004 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 17 July 2004 at the Regular Time and Location Con Stellation ConCom Meeting 8 August 2004, 2P, Mike KennedyÕs House { Oyez, Oyez { NASFA Calendar The next NASFA meeting will be 17 July 2004 at the JULY regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call BookMark at 01 Canada Day. 256-881-3910 if you need directions. 02 BD: Deb Stone. There will be an election for 2005 con chair at the July 04 Independence Day. meeting. The July program will be Lord of the Rings Trivial 04 Con Stellation XXIII ConCom Meeting Ñ Mike Pursuit. KennedyÕs house. Note: Cookout after the meeting. The July after-the-meeting meeting will be a pool party 16Ð18 Conestoga Ñ Tulsa OK. at Russell McNuttÕs house. The usual rules (bring your favorite 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at drink and a food item to share) apply. BookMark. Program: LotR Trivial Pursuit. ATMM: The next Con Stellation XXIII: Delphinus concom meet- Pool Party at Russell McNuttÕs house. ing is scheduled for Sunday 8 August 2004 (2P, Mike Ken- 23Ð25 LibertyCon 17 Ñ Cleveland (near Chattanooga) TN. nedyÕs house). Future concom meetings are tentatively sched- Note Hotel Change from original announcement. uled for 5 September, 19 September, 3 October, and 14 23Ð25 Trinoc*coN 2004 Ñ Durham NC. October. All but the last of those are Sunday meetings at Mike 25 ParentsÕ Day. KennedyÕs house. The 14 October meeting is the last-minute 24 BD: Jay Johns. Thursday meeting at the hotel. (continued on page 2) Inside this issueÉ Minutes of the June Meeting ..........................................2 Awards Roundup ............................................................3 NASFA Receivables .......................................................3 Letters of Comment ........................................................6 Deadline for the August 2004 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 6 August 2004. -
World Fantajy Convention 1995
WORLD FANTAJY CONVENTION ■ 1995 PROtREH REPORT #2 LEXICON URTHUS A DICTIONARY FOR THE URTH CYCLE MICHAEL ANDRE-DRIUSSI F O REWORD BY G E N E W () L F E a brief Lexicon for Gene Wolfe's Book of The New Sun. The Urth of the New Sun, and Empires of Foliage and Flower as well as shorter stories © including glosses on Biblical Allusions. Archaic English Words, Latin Terms Military and Civic, Extinct and Exotic Animals, Diverse Arms and Armor, Ships of Sail and Oar, Kabbalistic Notions © in addition to Myths and Legends from Rome, Greece, Persia, Arabia, China, Oceania, and South America O "Andre-Driussi has done an impressive amount of research . lexicon Urthus is an invaluable reference tool to one of science fiction's genuine monuments, and any serious reader of Wolfe will want to keep it close by. " —Washington Post "For those whose curiosity will not let them rest, lexicon Urthus provides a convenient and well-researched glossary . Ihe book is handsomely produced, with illustrations, charts, and timelines, and it provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. a useful reference and a good deal offun. " —Locus "Lexicon Urthus mines the Rook of the New Sun for allusions and references, laying bare Wolfe's handiwork. A perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's) work." —Science Fiction Age "Driussi's research has been exhaustive . it's headspinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some interesting, others jawdropping. " — Ihe New York Review of Science Fiction ORDER FORM Name: Street Address: City, State, Zip: please make check or money order for $39.95 in U.S. -
The World Fantasy Convention 1996
The World Fantasy Convention 1996 Program & Schedule of Events Cafe Cthulhu is hidden. Cafe Cthulhu is located behind the bar. Cafe Cthulhu is haunted. Cafe Cthulhu is haunted by the spirit of the spoken word. Readings every half-hour! Cafe Cthulhu Weekend hours: Thursday 5pm till Midnight Friday 10am till 8:30pm and also 11PM till 1:30am Saturday 10am till 1:30am Sunday 10am till 7pm Cafe Cthulhu open Mike: Thursday 1 0:30pm till Midnight Sunday 5:30pm till 7pm Secret Map to Cafe Cthulhu Registration Hotel World Fantasy Convention 1996 The Many Faces of Fantasy Guests ofjjonor Katherine Kurtz Joe R. Lansdale Ron Walotsky Ellen Asher Toastmaster Brian Lumley Page 1 Table of Contents Introduction................................................................ 3 Event Area Map.......................................................... 4 Schedule of Events............................................... 5-11 Dealers Room Map.................................................. 12 Dealer Listing........................................................... 13 1996 Award Nominees...................................... 14-15 Previous Winners................................................ 16-21 Art Show Artists Listing............................................. 22 Membership List..................................................23-27 The Shadow over Schaumburg................................28 World Fantasy Convention 1996 Pocket Program is copyright© 1996 by the 1996 World Fantasy Convention. Cover art copyright © by Ron Walotsky. All rights reserved. -
Author List for Advertisers This Is the Master Set of Authors Currently Available to Be Used As Target Values for Your Ads on Goodreads
Author List for Advertisers This is the master set of authors currently available to be used as target values for your ads on Goodreads. Use CTRL-F to search for your author by name. Please work with your Account Manager to ensure that your campaign has a sufficient set of targets to achieve desired reach. Contact your account manager, or [email protected] with any questions. 'Aidh bin Abdullah Al-Qarni A.G. Lafley A.O. Peart 029 (Oniku) A.G. Riddle A.O. Scott 37 Signals A.H. Tammsaare A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 50 Cent A.H.T. Levi A.R. Braunmuller A&E Kirk A.J. Church A.R. Kahler A. American A.J. Rose A.R. Morlan A. Elizabeth Delany A.J. Thomas A.R. Torre A. Igoni Barrett A.J. Aalto A.R. Von A. Lee Martinez A.J. Ayer A.R. Winters A. Manette Ansay A.J. Banner A.R. Wise A. Meredith Walters A.J. Bennett A.S. Byatt A. Merritt A.J. Betts A.S. King A. Michael Matin A.J. Butcher A.S. Oren A. Roger Merrill A.J. Carella A.S.A. Harrison A. Scott Berg A.J. Cronin A.T. Hatto A. Walton Litz A.J. Downey A.V. Miller A. Zavarelli A.J. Harmon A.W. Exley A.A. Aguirre A.J. Hartley A.W. Hartoin A.A. Attanasio A.J. Jacobs A.W. Tozer A.A. Milne A.J. Jarrett A.W. Wheen A.A. Navis A.J. Krailsheimer Aaron Alexovich A.B. Guthrie Jr. A.J. -
Science Fiction Chronicle V15n09 Porter (Aug 1994)
A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER by Roger Zelazny; illustrated by Gahan Wilson Roger Zelazny, winner of both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award, and the author of the popular Amber series, pens a brilliant novel inspired by horror images from classic film and fiction. "A madcap blend of horror tropes and fantasy." — Science Fiction Chronicle ARTHUR WAR LORD BOOK 2: FAR BEYOND THE WAVE by Dafydd ab Hugh The spectacular second volume of Dafydd ab Hugh's innovative time travel novel, begun in Arthur War Lord, set in Arthurian England. ISAAC ASIMOV'S ROBOTS IN TIME: INVADER by William F. Wu A continuation of the fantastic series {Predator, Marauder, Warrior, Dictator and Emperor), using Asimov's robot universe to center on an exciting chase through time. BLACK THORN, WHITE ROSE edited by Ellen Datlow *k Terri Windling World Fantasy Award-winners Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling return to the realm of myth and the fantastic begun in Snow White, Blood Red. "Extraordinarily fine.... A book to be savored.' - Roger Zelazny An AvoNova Book/William Morrow Hardcover Coming in September 1994 ^S^KS C EDITOR & PUBLISHER Andrew I. Porter BOOK REVIEWER THE MONTHLY SF AND FANTASY NEWSMAGAZINE Don D'Ammassa August 1994 / Volume 15, Number 9 / Issn 0195-5365 / Wmie #175 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Headlines 4 Vincent Di Fate, Jo Fletcher, Gibson Novelization to Pocket for $200,000.. .Kij Johnson Wins Sturgeon Stephen Jones, Harris Lentz III, Award; "No Award" First for Campbell Award. .Jeanne Cavelos Quits Abyss Frederik Pohl, Jeff Rovin, for Academic Life. ..Raven Books is New UK Fantasy/Horror Line. -
Interaction Souvenir Book 3
Interaction We have made much of the fact that this is a British Worldcon, but we must never forget that it is being held in Scotland. “Let them know where they should visit whilst they’re here” was the original brief; but honestly, who reads the Souvenir Book during the convention. It is the Souvenir Book after all, and a souvenir is designed to bring back memories not provide them ex ante. So we have complemented Ken MacLeod’s views on Scotland with some ‘postcards’ which we hope will bring back memories for you of your trip to Scotland. (J&EH) OUTSIDE THE ARMADILLO Ken MacLeod We lived in a maisonette in Finsbury Park in North Darwin a clergyman. You do not even have to go London. A maisonette is like a flat, but with two that far back: you can still see the corridor where storeys. Below us was another maisonette, and we Darwin was sick after an anatomy class, and lived in a whole block of them. The lower row had decided not to become a doctor. front gardens, and each garden had a cherry tree in it. So, every early summer, our front window faced So it is a place to watch for ghosts and time on to a mass of pinkish white blossoms. travellers, and still a place where the future is shaped – and for all we know, reshaped. You can Until one day, when our neighbour below had a visit the museum and find yourself face to face party in his front garden. He sawed down the tree with Dolly, the first cloned mammal. -
Artist Showcase 2012
Artist Showcase 2012 Edited by Colin Harris and Sara Felix ASFA is proud to be the offi cial sponsor of the Artist Showcase Please join us for the 27th Annual Chesley Award Ceremony this Friday, August 31st at 7:30 p.m. in Comiskey (just one fl oor up the escalator from the art show), followed by the Art Show Reception in the Hyatt Ballroom. Be sure to check the pocket program for any time or location changes. You too can be a part of what makes ASFA great. Find the ASFA Suite in your program book and come on up to visit and become a member. You can also sign up online via our website, anytime. e membership of ASFA would like to congratulate al of this year’s Chesley Award nalists. ank you fo being an inspiration fo us a ! ese are this yea’s nominees fo Best Cove I ustration: Best Inteio I ustration Best Monocrome Work: the 27th annual Chesley awads. Hadbac Book Julie Dilon Unpulished e Chesleys are naed fo the Tom Kid great a ronomical artist, Chesley Sco Gustafson Justin Gerard Bone e , and began in 1985 as Stephan Martiniere Ryohei Hase Stephen Hickman a means fo the Science Fiction Lee Moyer Greg Staples Joāo Ruas and Fantasy art comunity to Cli Nielsen J. P. Targete Raoul Vitale recognize indiidual works and Greg Staples Alen Wiliams acieveents duing a gien yea. is yea’s awads are fo works Best Cove I ustration: and acieveents created from Paperbac Book Best Best Prouct I ustration January 1 to Decebe 31, 2011. -
NASFA 'Shuttle' Aug 2005
The SHUTTLE August 2005 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 20 August 2005 at the Regular Time and Location See Article Below for Concom Meeting Dates July Minutes { Oyez, Oyez { by Steve Sloan, Secretary and Disgruntled Batman Movie-Goer The next NASFA meeting will be 20 August 2005 at the regular time and location. The July meeting of the North Alabama Science Fiction The August program will be ÒWorldcon Show and TellÓ Association was called to order on Saturday, July 16, 2005 in by world traveler Sam Smith. the BookMark upstairs meeting room at 6:20:05P by President The August after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mike Mary Ortwerth. The Barney picture on the plinth got whacked Cothran and Marie McCormackÕs house. one last time before retirement. The wrapup of PieEyedDragonÕs current adventure will OLD BUSINESS have to wait a couple of issues, though it is possible it could run First up, we elected a Con Chair for Con Stellation XXV next month if NASFiC coverage runs short of expectations. A in 2006. Because she was a candidate with a possible conflict teaser for the next adventure will run next month if at all of interest, Mary turned the election proceedings over to Mike. possible. There were no further nominations this month, so there were three sets of nominees: Doug and Mary as co-chairs; Kevin Omel; and Anita and Marie as co-chairs. Mia called a point of order, asking if KO approved of being a candidate. Yes, he had Concom Meetings Set agreed to this earlier.