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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 2:30 Pm
1 Wednesday, March 18, 2020 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Pre-Opening Refreshment Ballroom Foyer ********** Wednesday, March 18, 2020 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Opening Ceremony Ballroom Host: Jeri Zulli, Conference Director Welcome from the President: Dale Knickerbocker Guest of Honor Reading: Jeff VanderMeer Ballroom “DEAD ALIVE: Astronauts versus Hummingbirds versus Giant Marmots” Host: Benjamin J. Robertson University of Colorado, Boulder ********** Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 1. (GaH) Cosmic Horror, Existential Dread, and the Limits of Mortality Belle Isle Chair: Jude Wright Peru State College Dead Cthulhu Waits Dreaming of Corn in June: Intersections Between Folk Horror and Cosmic Horror Doug Ford State College of Florida The Immortal Existential Crisis Illuminates The Monstrous Human in Glen Duncan's The Last Werewolf Jordan Moran State College of Florida Hell . With a Beach: Christian Horror in Michael Bishop's "The Door Gunner" Joe Sanders Shadetree Scholar 2 2. (CYA/FTV) Superhero Surprise! Gender Constructions in Marvel, SpecFic, and DC Captiva A Chair: Emily Midkiff Northeastern State University "Every Woman Has a Crazy Side"? The Young Adult and Middle Grade Feminist Reclamation of Harley Quinn Anastasia Salter University of Central Florida An Elaborate Contraption: Pervasive Games as Mechanisms of Control in Ernest Cline's Ready Player One Jack Murray University of Central Florida 3. (FTFN/CYA) Orienting Oneself with Fairy Stories Captiva B Chair: Jennifer Eastman Attebery Idaho State University Fairy-Tale Socialization and the Many Lands of Oz Jill Terry Rudy Brigham Young University From Android to Human – Examining Technology to Explore Identity and Humanity in The Lunar Chronicles Hannah Mummert University of Southern Mississippi The Gentry and The Little People: Resolving the Conflicting Legacy of Fairy Fiction Savannah Hughes University of Maine, Stonecoast 3 4. -
World Fantasy Convention 2003 Convention Fantasy World
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE ADDRESS [email protected] www.worldfantasy2003.org USA Annandale, VA 22003-1734 VA Annandale, 7113 Wayne Drive Wayne 7113 World Fantasy Convention 2003 Convention Fantasy World Progress Report Three The Washington Science Fiction Association presents: The 29th Annual World Fantasy Convention October 30th – November 2nd, 2003 Author Guest of Honor Brian Lumley Author Guest of Honor Jack Williamson Celebrating 75 years of Writing (Since Jack will not be able to attend, we shall be arranging a taped interview and other celebrations) Publisher Guest of Honor W. Paul Ganley Artist Guest of Honor Allen Koszowski Master of Ceremonies Douglas E. Winter Hyatt Regency Wachington on Capitol Hill © 2001 by Allen Koszowski Washington, DC USA 2003 World Fantasy Award Nominees _ _ _ _ _ _ Novel The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) Fitcher’s Brides Gregory Frost (Tor) The Facts of Life Graham Joyce (Gollancz) Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip (Ace) The Scar China Miéville (Macmillan U.K.; Del Rey) Novella Seven Wild Sisters Charles de Lint (Subterranean Press) A Year in the Linear City Paul Di Filippo (PS Publishing) c/o Jerry Crutcher Coraline Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins) Box 1096 Post Office “The Least Trumps” Elizabeth Hand (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists) [email protected] “The Library” Zoran Zivkovic (Leviathan 3) Membership Registration Rockville, MD 20849-1096 USA Short Story “Creation” Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02) “The Weight of Words” Jeffrey Ford (Leviathan 3) “October in the Chair” Neil Gaiman (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists) “Little Dead Girl Singing” Stephen Gallagher (Weird Tales Spring 2002) “The Essayist in the Wilderness” William Browning Spencer (F&SF 5/02) Anthology The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Editors (Viking) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection Ellen Datlow &Terri Windling, Eds. -
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Uneven Development in Charles De Lint's Urban Fantasy Matthew
Fantasy as a Peripheral Modernism: Uneven Development in Charles de Lint’s Urban Fantasy Matthew Rettino Department of English McGill University, Montreal April 2016 A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts © Matthew Rettino 2016 Rettino 2 Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction: Fantasy as a Peripheral Modernism .......................................................................... 6 Urban Fantasy in Context ......................................................................................................... 13 Outline of the Present Work ..................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 1: Fantasy as a Modernism of the Capitalist World-System ........................................... 22 Magic Realist Aesthetics and World Literature ........................................................................ 24 The Emergence of Fantasy as Modernism ................................................................................ 29 Chapter 2: Uneven Development in Canada: Multiculturalism and Colonialism in Moonheart . 46 Plot of Moonheart .................................................................................................................... -
Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the 'Feel' Dorotta Guttfeld
65 Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the ‘Feel’ Dorotta Guttfeld, University of Torun, Poland This is our Golden Age – argued Stephen Higgins in his editorial of the 11/1997 issue of Aurealis, Australia’s longest-running magazine devoted to science fiction and fantasy. The magazine’s founder and editor, Higgins optimistically pointed to unprecedented interest in science fiction among Australian publishers. The claim about a “Golden Age” echoed a statement made by Harlan Ellison during a panel discussion “The Australian Renaissance” in Sydney the year before (Ellison 1998, Dann 2000)64. International mechanisms for selection and promotion in this genre seemed to compare favorably with the situation of Australian fiction in general. The Vend-A-Nation project (1998) was to encourage authors to write science fiction stories set in the Republic of Australia, and 1999 was to see the publication of several scholarly studies of Australian science fiction, including Russell Blackford’s and Sean McMullen’s Strange Constellations. Many of these publications were timed to coincide with the 1999 ‘Worldcon’, the most prestigious of all fan conventions, which had been awarded to Melbourne. The ‘Worldcon’ was thus about to become the third ‘Aussiecon’ in history, accessible for the vibrant fan community of Australia, and thus sure to provide even more impetus for the genres’ health. And yet, in the 19/2007 issue of Aurealis, ten years after his announcement of the Golden Age, Stephen Higgins seems to be using a different tone: Rather than talk of a new Golden Age of Australian SF (and there have been plenty of those) I prefer to think of the Australian SF scene as simply continuing to evolve. -
A Vicar's Life
A Vicar’s Life: Rural communities at the heart of BBC documentary Four clergy in the Diocese of Hereford were the focus of A Vicar’s Life, a six-part documentary series broadcast on BBC Two in 2018. The observational documentary followed three established vicars and a new curate over a six-month period as they ministered at the heart of rural communities, christening babies, marrying couples and burying loved ones. Camera crews spent six months capturing the life and times of parishes stretching from the beautiful small market town of Much Wenlock in the north of the diocese, to Breinton and the west of Hereford and up into the Black Mountains. However, this series was no Vicar of Dibley as their modern day rural ministry sees them tackle pressing social problems of today including, homelessness, dementia, farm sell offs and supporting refugees. This is all against the backdrop of a Church looking to grow today’s generation of Christians, as well as balance the books and maintain hundreds of historic churches. The series shows inspiring local leadership sharing a Christian message of hope and the breadth of church experiences, which are ensuring there is a church for the future for all people in all places. The Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd, Richard Frith said: ‘I’m delighted that the spotlight is on the worship and faith in action in our rural diocese and on the incredibly valuable role our clergy and church members play in communities large and small. ‘In these times of austerity cuts and a reduction in the voluntary sector the Church is often the only organisation left helping those in need, particularly in our very rural parts where the church building itself is the only focal place where a community can gather together. -
Cycle of Prayer
Cycle of Prayer 08 September 2019 - 11 January 2020 Diocese of Chester Key: C = Clergy LM = Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) (Pastoral Worker) (Youth Worker) Diocesan entries from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer are in italics. Chester Diocesan Board of Finance. Church House, 5500 Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4GE. Tel: 01928 718834 Chester Diocesan Board of Finance is a company limited by guarantee registered in England (no. 7826) Registered charity (no. 248968) Foreword I’ll never forget, after a long walk with my Dad, in Pendle, Lancashire, sipping a pint in a pub and chatting to the locals. Five minutes later I was surprised to turn to see my Dad placing his arthritic hand into the dirty palms of a particularly burly local farmer as they bowed their heads in prayer. I didn’t quite know where to look or what to do, so I lowered my head and kept quiet. It seemed like the right thing to do, and it helped me avoid the gaze of the growing number of amused boozy onlookers. That was my first and slightly embarrassing introduction to prayer. Since then I’ve travelled a long way, but I still remember the first tentative steps I took for myself. I also remember just how uncomfortable and alien praying felt to me. For those well versed in the lifelong discipline of prayer, it can perhaps be easy to forget just how strange the whole thing can be to start. I am grateful to one good colleague from many years ago who shared with me the William Temple quote: ‘When I pray, coincidences happen, when I don’t they don’t.’ As you pray during this period, please pray for those who are just starting and giving it a go. -
Friends of Holland House
Contact Friends of Holland The Friends of Holland House support the House via Holland House ministry of the House, its Trustees, Warden or and Staff through counsel, prayer, financial [email protected] support and practical assistance See the latest news of the New Year 2019 Friends of Holland House Friends on the House Be a Friend to Holland House website: www.hollandhouse.org • Come along to programme events - look out for some new opportuni- The Friends of Holland House support the ministry of the House, its ties this year. Click on About for the Trustees, Warden and Staff through counsel, prayer, financial support and Friends’ pages • Wear one of the Friends of Holland House badges (available from Re- practical assistance ception) when you are in the House and tell others about us • Sign up for a poster to display in your church or organisation See page 3 for Friends • Volunteer at Holland House - see the Friends’ pages on the website for Weekend 2019 details Bishop Robert in Conversation with…….. suggestions Friday 3rd May— HOLLAND HOUSE • Remember the staff and all who visit Holland House in your prayers Sunday 5th of May The new year sees the beginning of an POP-UPS Welcome to … 2019 exciting new programme of events at WHAT’S ON AT HOLLAND HOUSE? Look out for ‘Pop-up’ events at Holland House— Holland House including Friends’ Bishops in Friday 18th January Friendly Lunch and Talk : Bellringing in English History and Literature with Tim Keyes, these are advertised on Chair, Bishop Robert Patterson, sitting email, FaceBook, Twitter Conversation 12 noon, £16 and the HH website - down in conversation with eight including PUR—Pop-up Church of England Bishops. -
SF Commentarycommentary 80A80A
SFSF CommentaryCommentary 80A80A August 2010 SSCCAANNNNEERRSS 11999900––22000022 Doug Barbour Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) Bruce Gillespie Paul Ewins Alan Stewart SF Commentary 80A August 2010 118 pages Scanners 1990–2002 Edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia as a supplement to SF Commentary 80, The 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 1, also published in August 2010. Email: [email protected] Available only as a PDF from Bill Burns’s site eFanzines.com. Download from http://efanzines.com/SFC/SFC80A.pdf This is an orphan issue, comprising the four ‘Scanners’ columns that were not included in SF Commentary 77, then had to be deleted at the last moment from each of SFCs 78 and 79. Interested readers can find the fifth ‘Scanners’ column, by Colin Steele, in SF Commentary 77 (also downloadable from eFanzines.com). Colin Steele’s column returns in SF Commentary 81. This is the only issue of SF Commentary that will not also be published in a print edition. Those who want print copies of SF Commentary Nos 80, 81 and 82 (the combined 40th Anniversary Edition), should send money ($50, by cheque from Australia or by folding money from overseas), traded fanzines, letters of comment or written or artistic contributions. Thanks to Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) for providing the cover at short notice, as well as his explanatory notes. 2 CONTENTS 5 Ditmar: Dick Jenssen: ‘Alien’: the cover graphic Scanners Books written or edited by the following authors are reviewed by: 7 Bruce Gillespie David Lake :: Macdonald Daly :: Stephen Baxter :: Ian McDonald :: A. -
Surnames As a Science
m KIN AMES AS A SCIENCE ROBERT FERGUSON, M.P., F.S.A., F.S.A. (SCOT.) ; AUTHOR OF "THE TEUTONIC NAME-SYSTEM." xo LONDON : GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL, NEW YORK : 9, LAFAYETTE PLACE. 1883. LONDON : R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. TO MRS. R. H. DANA (nee LONGFELLOW), OF BOSTON, MASS., IN MEMORY OF EARLY AND VALUED FRIENDSHIP, AND OF DAYS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN, PASSED AT CRAGIE HOUSE, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. THAT portion of our surnames which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and so forms a part of the general system by which Teutonic names are governed, is distinctly a branch of a science, and as such has been treated by the Germans, upon whose lines I have generally endeavoured to follow. It has been a part of my object to show that this portion of our surnames is a very much larger one than has been generally supposed, and that it includes a very great number of names which have hitherto been otherwise accounted for, as well as of course a great number for which no explanation has been forthcoming. Nevertheless, while claiming for my subject the dignity of a science, I am very well aware that the question as to how far I have myself succeeded in treating it scientifically is an entirely different one, vi PREFACE. and one upon which it will be for others than myself to pronounce an opinion. This work is of the nature of a supplement to one which I published some time ago under the title of The Teutonic Name-system applied to the Family- names of France, England, and Germany (Williams and Norgate), though I have been obliged, in order to render my system intelligible, to a certain extent to go over the same ground again. -
Progress Report 1
Contents Greetings from the Chair 4 2017 Site Selection Results 6 Guests of Honor 8 Membership 12 Hotels 13 Culture 16 Exhibits 19 Programming 21 Charity 22 Hugo Awards 25 Worldcon 76 in Helsinki 26 Call for Bids 29 Volunteer for Worldcon 30 Members List 32 Editor: Chris Castro Contributors: Ric Bretschneider, Christine Doyle, Jill Eastlake, Marsha Glassner, Diane Osborne, Kevin Roche, Kevin Standlee Graphic Design: JC Arkham Layout: Chris Castro “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, “World Science Fiction Convention”, “Worldcon”, “NASFiC”, “Hugo Award”, and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award Rocket are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. From the Chair OK, here we go—the first Official Progress Report from Worldcon 76 in San Jose! The World Science Fiction Convention is, to me, the World’s Fair of fandom. No other event brings together fans and creators, regardless of genre or medium, under one “big tent” with the face-to-face intimacy of Worldcon. There are lots of big pop culture conventions (quite a few bigger than Worldcon), but none of them feature the “everybody creates this event together” culture that makes Worldcon such a unique international gathering. Just last month at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland, I had the privilege of announcing our final two Guests of Honor, artist John Picacio and musician Frank Hayes, who join GoHs Spider Robinson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pierre and Sandy Pettinger, and our posthumous Ghost and gHost of Honor Edgar Pangborn and Bob Wilkins. We look forward to sharing their talents in person with you next August, and I’m sure they are working on cunning plans with my Program and Exhibits divisions already. -
Sf Commentary 94
SF COMMENTARY 94 June 2017 64 pages IN THIS ISSUE: COLIN STEELE BRUCE GILLESPIE LEIGH EDMONDS ROBERT DAY JENNIFER BRYCE RANDY BYERS STEPHEN CAMPBELL ELAINE COCHRANE DITMAR (DICK JENSSEN) JEANETTE GILLESPIE MIKE GLYER STEVE JEFFERY CAROL KEWLEY PATRICK MCGUIRE LLOYD PENNEY ALEX SKOVRON STEVE STILES TONY THOMAS CASEY WOLF RAY WOOD Cover: Steve Stiles: ‘Mages’. SF COMMENTARY 94 June 2017 64 pages SF COMMENTARY No. 94, June 2017, is edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough, VIC 3088, Australia. Phone: 61-3-9435 7786. AVAILABLE ONLY FROM EFANZINES.COM: Portrait edition (print page equivalent) at http://efanzines.com/SFC/SFC94P.PDF or Landscape edition (widescreen): at http://efanzines.com/SFC/SFC94L.PDF or from my NEW email address: [email protected] FRONT COVER: Steve Stiles: ‘Mage’. :: BACK COVER: (and p. 3): Randy Byers: ‘Cannon Beach’. Artwork: Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) (pp. 24, 28, 29); Stephen Campbell (p. 24); Elaine Cochrane (p. 26); Taral (p. 49); Casey Wolf (p. 60); Claude Perrault (p. 62). PHOTOGRAPHS: Jeanette Gillespie (pp. 24, 27); LynC (p. 24); Ian Roberts (p. 27); Dick Jenssen (p. 29); Leigh Edmonds (pp. 21, 38–9); Ray Wood (pp. 51–2); Casey Wolf (p. 62). 4 THE FIELD Colin Steele 30 LEIGH EDMONDS’ ‘HISTORY OF 4 End of an era at The Canberra Times AUSTRALIAN FANDOM’ PROJECT 6 Books about SF and fantasy 35 ON HOT PURSUIT OF FANZINE 9 Australian young adult fiction TREASURE: THE PERTH TRIP 9 British science fiction Leigh Edmonds 13 British alternative world SF 14 British fantasy, dark fantasy, horror