The SHUTTLE February 2003 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 15 February 2003 at the Regular Time and Location { Oyez, Oyez { NASFA Calendar The next NASFA meeting will be on 15 February 2003 FEBRUARY at the regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call 01 National Freedom Day. BookMark at 256-881-3910 if you need directions. 02 Groundhog Day. The February program (7P) will be ÒSciFaikuÓ Ñ that 08 BD: Lin Cochran. is, science-fiction-themed haiku. Come supplied with some of 09 BD: Jack Lundy. the 17-syllable poems you have written ahead of time, or just 10 BD: Marcia Illingworth. write them on the spot to fit themes provided at the meeting. 11 BD: Jeanna Woosley. You can check out SciFaiku at many places on line, including 12 BD: Abraham Lincoln. <www.scifaiku.com>. 14 ValentineÕs Day. The February after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mary 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at OrtwerthÕs house Ñ 116 Sunset Ridge in Madison. Call her at BookMark. ATMM at Mary OrtwerthÕs house. 256-772-6986 if you need directions. We need ATMM volun- 17 BD: George Washington (Observed). teers for future months. 17 BD: Nancy A. Cucci. Con Stellation con committee meetings are all tentatively 21Ð23 ShevaCon 11 Ñ Roanoke VA. scheduled for the Sunday after the first Saturday each month. 22 BD: George Washington. The next meeting is scheduled at 2P on 6 April. (As always, 28Ð02 Concave 24 Ñ Horse Cave KY. stay tuned as things can change if circumstances alter.) (Calendar continued on page 2) Inside this issueÉ SFWA Announces Special Awards .........................5 Minutes of the January Meeting .....................................2 SESFA Awards Announced ....................................5 DUFF Winners Announced ............................................2 BSFA Awards Nominations ....................................5 Book Review ..................................................................3 Clarke Award Nominations .....................................6 No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 1 .........3 P. K. Dick Award Nominations ...............................6 Awards News Section Lambda Awards Nominations .................................6 Genre Films Receive Nominations ..........................4 Aurealis Awards Nominations ................................6 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot..........................4 Letters of Comment ........................................................7 Deadline for the March 2003 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 28 February 2003. 1 MARCH 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. 02 BD: Ronnie Lajoie. 30Ð01 ConCarolinas 2003 Ñ Charlotte NC. 05 Ash Wednesday. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 07Ð09 ChaosCon 5 Ñ Clarksville TN. 08 BD: Bill Payne. The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on 08 International WomenÕs Day. the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large 09 BD: Tracey Kennedy. nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case 10 BD: Kerry Gilley. we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) 13 BD: Anita Eisenberg. The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at 14Ð16 StellarCon 27 Ñ High Point NC. BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive 14Ð16 TechniCon 20 Ñ Blacksburg VA. Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to BookMark. ATMM TBD. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 15 BD: Carlo DeShouten. meeting meeting with directions available at the program. 17 St. PatrickÕs Day. 19Ð23 24th International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts Ñ Ft. Lauderdale FL. 20 Spring begins. January Minutes 21Ð32 CoastCon XXVI Ñ Biloxi MS. by Samuel A. Smith, H 22 BD: Jayson Woosley. 28Ð30 MidSouthCon 21 Ñ Memphis TN. The January meeting of the North Alabama Science Fic- 28Ð30 MadiCon Ñ Harrisonburg VA. tion Association was called to order on Saturday, January 18, 30 BD: Maurine Dorris. 2003 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 6:15:02P by President Mary Ortwerth. Mary fixed the crickets! Yay! APRIL OLD BUSINESS 01 April FoolÕs Day. The NASFA e-mail list is up and running. Send an e-mail 06 Daylight Saving Time begins. to <[email protected]> with the subject 06 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ set to ÒSubscribeÓ (without the quotes) to join. Mike KennedyÕs house. NEW BUSINESS 13 Palm Sunday. Dues are due! 15 BD: ÒUncle TimmyÓ Bolgeo. Mary (Ortwerth)Õs father is here! 15 Income Taxes due. CoastCon has sent us an e-mail inquiring as to whether or 17 Passover. not we would be interested in sponsoring an event in their 17Ð20 Fantasm 2003 Ñ Atlanta GA. consuite this year. 17Ð20 World Horror Con 2003 Ñ Kansas City MO. Sam Smith has received an e-mail from Steve Miller, who 18 Good Friday. is trying to track down an illustration Kelly Freas did for a 18Ð20 Nebula Awards Weekend 2003 Ñ Philadelphia PA. fanzine at a convention in Richmond in the mid- to late 70Õs. 19* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at We have no idea how to track that down, other than the BookMark. ATMM TBD. obvious. 20 Easter. CONVENTION BUSINESS 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. The hotel has been paid, and we are still working on this 22 Earth Day. yearÕs hotel contract, dates, and additional guests. 23 Administrative ProfessionalsÕ Day. The Con Stellation web site received 671 visitors in 25 National Arbor Day. December, the NASFA web site received 132, and the Deep- 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. SouthCon 40 web site 113. 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. There is no con committee meeting scheduled as yet. [Though subsequently one was scheduled for Sunday, Febru- MAY ary 2, at 1:30P. -SEC] 01 BD: Russell McNutt. There is a con committee e-mail mailing list now working, 03 BD: Martha Knowles. similar to the NASFA e-mail mailing list. If youÕre on the 04 Con Stellation Con Committee Meeting (tentative) Ñ Con Stellation con committee, and not on the con committee Mike KennedyÕs house. e-mail mailing list, send an e-mail to <concom-list- 11 MotherÕs Day. [email protected]> with the subject set to ÒSub- 14 BD: Debbie Hughes. scribeÓ (without the quotes) to join. 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35:46P. The program was 16Ð18 MobiCon Ñ Mobile AL. ÒBooks and Movies in a Minute.Ó (During which Sam proved 16Ð18 Roc*Kon Ñ Little Rock AR. to everyone that he canÕt whistle.) The After-The-Meeting 17 Armed Forces Day. Meeting was held at Mike KennedyÕs place. 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at BookMark. ATMM TBD. 19 BD: David O. Miller. 19 Victoria Day (Canada). DUFF Winners Announced 20 BD: Mike Glicksohn. 23Ð25 Oasis 16 Ñ Orlando FL. The winners of the 2003 Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) 26 Memorial Day. race have been announced. Guy and Rosy Lillian are the new 2 North American DUFF delegates and will be traveling to the even though itÕs from an apparently very small publisher. I 2003 Australian national convention. took it home and immediately started reading, knowing it Reported numbers (which donÕt quite add up) are 170 would bump whatever book was already in the next spot valid ballots (138 North America; 32 Australasia) of which 158 Surprisingly to me, the other characters in the book donÕt voters expressed a preference. The Lillians received 101 first even blink an eye when they see ÒM.Ó Except for a few place votes, while Mike and Linda McInerney received 58. The customers of the restaurant who leave in shock, everybody remainder was split between Hold Over Funds (1), No Prefer- treats ÒMÓ as just another co-worker, neighbor, or customer. ence (12), and Write In (1, for Harry Warner, Jr.). I could try to go on but words do occasionally fail me. Full voting details and voter lists are to be posted on the I was quite tickled to see that a few weeks after I read the web at <home.pacbell.net/jgelb/duff2k.html>. book and recommended it to several people, CNN had a review. I hadnÕt recommended it to anyone there that I know of but I would have Ñ just as I am recommending it to anyone out there who enjoys fantasy come to the present. Read it and Sex and the Single love it. Personally, I would love to have a chance to meet ÒM.Ó Minotaur read, enjoyed immensely, now reviewed by Karen Hopkins Chances With Wolves The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, by Steve Sherrill, No Need for a Dragon with a Migraine Chapter 1 Picador, 1 November 2002, Trade Paperback, 320pp, ISBN by PieEyedDragon 0312308922, $14.00 (Also available in Hardback from John F Blair Publications, May 2000, 256pp, ISBN: 0895871971, The sun is warm and pleasant. Turtles, on rocks and jutting $19.95) snags, soak it in. Watching them, I do the same where I lieÉ at great length. If you were an immortal, accursed creation of the mis- They remind me of Mom. guided passions of gods and men, where would you be today? My new body is powerful, but my mind still needs quiet Intriguing question and one which Steve Sherrill tackles in times to complete healing. This land will assist. Lazy lakes and a, to me, ludicrous and somehow logical wayÉ crystal caverns. My soul needs this. You would be working (rrrumble) the FryDaddy at GrubÕs Ribs IÕll go fishing in the river, next month. If nothing suits, IÕll and living in the Lucky-U fly down to the ocean. Mobile Estates somewhere in The wolves ought to be good neighbors. IÕll do the same. the southeast, about a half But if their pups are endangered, I will assist. WhatÕs magic for, dayÕs drive from the Florida anyway? border. I close my eyes, and let my mind drift around my new lair, The Minotaur (now taking imprints of this landÕs features.