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Birthdays Pat Sims February 9 Volume 25 Number 9 Issue 303 February 2013 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR OASIS Meeting Date: 13 Jan 2013 Wow it was a busy January with Swampcon and Time Officers: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy Stubblefield Lord Fest. Both were great events. Thanks to the Swampcon Members: Dave Plesic, Judy and Rob, Arthur Dykeman, Kim staff for giving me a table. Thanks to Arthur Dykeman and Darin, Dave Lussier, Ed Anthony, Patty Russell Julia Langston for their help at Time Lord Fest. Guests: If you have not renewed your membership and wish to do so, please contact Micahel Pilletere or myself. Checkout the Locus website for their recommended Old Business: Elections – Current officers Mike Pilletere reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just (Treasurer, at work), Steve Grant(Vice President at work) Patricia looking for something new to read. (President), Peggy (Secretary) Next month I hope to do some reviews and hopefully the Nebula final ballot should be out. Pay your dues On the end of Fringe New Business: Juan visited SwampCon. at UF On January 18, 2012, the last episode of Fringe was Peggy mentioned LosCon broadcast on Fox Network. Fringe was on for about four years Location of meeting: Brick and Fire. Other venues were (five television seasons), consisting of 100 episodes. It discussed. Libraries, churches, hospitals, and malls were followed FBI Agent Oliva Dunham (Anna Torv), Dr. Walter suggested. Please bring any suggestions to club. Bishop (John Noble) and his son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) as they investigated crimes involving fringe science. Fringe Spring Picnic- The dates suggested were Mar 24 or Apr 7. We was the spiritual successor of The X-Files, since both shows will take Pavilion One away from the water. (Continued on page 4) ICFA—International Conv of Fantastic in the Arts. will be on the Award News 4th week of March. Neil Gaiman and Kij Johnson will be the SFWA Grandmaster announced writer guest of honor. (source SFW A website) Media Discussion: The Hobbit film of Jackson, 2012— many Gene Wolfe was named the 2012 Damon Knight Memorial thought it was too long. Grand Master Award. Wolfe is the writer of the Book of the New Sun series. The award will be presented at the 48th Plays— Ed Anthony discussed the current Players Round Table Nebula Weekend on May 16-19th, 2013, in San Jose at the San (PRT) production. There was a play called 93 Days about the end Jose Hilton. of the world. The play was written by former OASIS member David Strauss. There was also a play set in a fantasy world and (Continued on page 2) another about a couple that meet at a furry con. Birthdays Special: Con 2013 Hotel Walk through end of Jan/early Feb GOH: Seanan Maguire. Juan will send a link to a podcast Pat Sims February 9 (Continued on page 3) OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 25 Issue 303, February 2013. 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 $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 February 2013 February OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 10, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire Steve Cole 407-275-5211 (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, [email protected] FL 32806,407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 Sci Fi Light [email protected] Saturday February 16, 6:00 PM, Raga (W. Sand Steve Grant 352 241 0670 Lake Road Orlando, FL 32819) . We will be the works of [email protected] John Scalzi. For more info contact Steve Grant Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 To contact for more info: [email protected] OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected] (Continued from page 1) Any of these people can give readers information about the Philip K. Dick Award club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. (source Locus website) The 2012 Philip K. Dick Award nominees have been announced: “Song of the Body Cartographer”, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (Phillipines Genre Stories) Blueprints of the Afterlife, Ryan Boudinot (Black Cat) “Limited Edition”, Tim Maughan (Arc Magazine 1.3) Harmony, Keith Brooke (Solaris) “Three Moments of an Explosion”, China Miéville Helix Wars, Eric Brown (Solaris) (Rejectamentalist Manifesto) The Not Yet, Moira Crone (UNO) Fountain of Age, Nancy Kress (Small Beer) Adrift on the Sea of Rains, Ian Sales (Whippleshield) Lovestar, Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories) Lost Everything, Brian Francis Slattery (Tor) Best Non-Fiction The awards are presented annually to a distinguished work of “The Complexity of the Humble Space Suit”, Karen science fiction published in paperback original form in the Burnham (Rocket Science) United States. “The Widening Gyre”, Paul Kincaid (Los Angeles Review of Books) The winner and any special citations will be announced March The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, Edward 29, 2013 at Norwescon 36 in SeaTac WA.. James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge University Press) The Shortlist Project, Maureen Kincaid Speller For more, see www.philipkdickaward.org The World SF Blog, Lavie Tidhar (chief editor) Best Art British Science Fiction Award (source Locus website) Ben Baldwin for cover of Dark Currents (Newcon) Blacksheep for cover of Adam Roberts’s Jack Best Novel Glass (Gollancz) Dominic Harman for cover of Eric Brown’s Helix Dark Eden, Chris Beckett (Corvus) Wars (Rebellion) Empty Space: a Haunting, M. John Harrison (Gollancz) Joey Hifi for cover of Simon Morden’s Thy Kingdom Intrusion, Ken Macleod (Orbit) Come (Jurassic London) Si Scott for cover artwork of Chris Beckett’s Dark Jack Glass, Adam Roberts (Gollancz) Eden (Corvus) 2312, Kim Stanley-Robinson (Orbit) The awards will be voted on by members of BSFA and the Best Short Fiction British Annual Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon). Winners “Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld #69) will be announced during the 2013 Eastercon, March 29 – April 1, 2013 at the Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford. The Flight of the Ravens, Chris Butler (Immersion) (Continued on page 3) Page three February 2013 (Continued from page 1) Academy Awards which McGuire appeared on. (source Wikipedia entry) Juan discussed the idea of a soliciting a guest artist. It Speculative Fiction nominees was suggested to table that until the hotel walk through. Ads: at various cons, a Time Lord fest in Tampa next Sat, UCF anime con Knightro-con the week after us. Email Best Animated Feature blasts. Thank yous. Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Gaming: pending Frankenweenie – Tim Burton Finding helpers to work the con. ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord Suggestion to move con from Memorial Weekend for OASIS 27 Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore was discussed. A lot of people like that weekend. There is a lot going on in the Memorial Day weekend in Orlando: Fringe Best Animated Short Festival, an anime con, Mayhem (horror con) and Time Gate Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee (Doctor Who con in Atlanta) Fresh Guacamole – PES Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin Juan will look into getting Deep South Con, a floating O'Reilly convention in the south, try for 2014 or 2015--pending. The Longest Daycare – David Silverman Paperman – John Kahrs Date of Con-Con: Jan 27th, Sunday Afternoon at Tu Tu Tango at 2 p.m. Best Original Score Skyfall—Thomas Newman Special: Best Novels of 2012, presented by Juan. This was from the io9 website. Best Original Song 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson—space mystery, “Skyfall” from Skyfall hard scifi The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Best Sound Editing Baxter—alternate earths Skyfall –Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers Intrusion by Ken MacLeod—genetic sci Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson—political Best Sound Mixing computer fantasy Skyfall—Scott Milan, Greg P. Russell, and Stuart Wilson The Killing Moon & The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin—fantasy dreams vs reality Best Production Design Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey-Dan Hennah, Ra McKillip—anthology of fantasy Vincent, Simon Bright Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan—mystery of literature Best Cinematography Skyfall-Roger Deakins vN by Madeline Ashby—artificial intel/android laws Best Makeup and Hairstyling Redshirts by John Scalzi—space mystery with The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey– Peter Swords King, some humor Rick Findlater, Tami Lane Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed—zombies meet Moslem government/ Best Costume Design culture Mirror Mirror –Eiko Ishioka The Dog Stars by Peter Heller—post-apocalyptic Snow White and the Huntsman—Colleen Atwood brother saga Best Visual Effects Juan’s Choices: Existence by David Brin, Capt Vorpatril’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold, Pirate Cinema by Cory Saindon, David Clayton, and R.
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