Volume 29 Number 12 Issue 353 May 2017 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Recon 2017 The Florida Film Festival opened after Easter. There May 4-7 International Palms and Resort were a fair sample of SFF films. Colossal was about an 6515 International Drive alcoholic who has a strange connection to a monster attacking Orlando, FL 32819 Seoul. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas) was a $15 pre-reg, $25 at the door (HMGS members) Spanish animated film about children looking for a new life in a post apocalyptic world. My Entire High School Sinking Into $25 pre-reg, $35 at the door (non HMGS members) The Sea does a surreal take on high school life using a trippy http://www.hmgs-south.com/ animation style. Albion: The Enchanted Stallion tells the story Gator Con of a young girl who is taken by a mysterious horse to another May 13 world to save a kingdom. This is actress Castile Landon’s first Hilton Airport film and it was a good portal fantasy. 150 Australian Avenue This month is OASIS so we a re get ready for that. West Palm Beach, FL The Nebulas will also be announced during the $7 pre-reg, $10 at the door convention. Some of the short fiction is online. Guests: Chris Doohan (Scotty, Star Trek Continues) Alison McInnis (Pink Ranger, Poer Rangers) Till next time. Mark Sparacio (comic artist) Jose Delbo (comic artist) OASFiS Meeting 4/9/2017 www.gatorcon.net Megacon May 25-28 Officers: Juan Sanmiguel, Tom Reed Members: Deb Canaday, Steve Orange County Convention Center 4-Day-$99 pre-registration , $110 at the door Cole, Arthur Dykeman, Ken Konkol, Dave Ratti, 1-Day (pre)-Thu $20, Fri $35, Sat $45, Sun $35 Patty Russell 1-Day (at the door)-Thu $25, Fri $40, Sat $50, Sun $40 Guests: Stan Morrison (OASIS artist) Guests: Bill Hatfield (OASIS panelist) Stan Lee (comic pioneer) Club Business Gail Simone (comic writer) Juan wanted to thank everyone at the Kevin Smith (film writer-director) picnic, especially griller David Plesic and food Tim Curry (Frank-n-Furter, Rocky Horror) Barry Bostwick (Brad, Rocky Horror) buyer Peggy Stubblefield. Patricia Quinn (Magenta, Rocky Horror) Meat Loaf (Eddie, Rocky Horror) Juan will out for three months (June, July, and Nell Campbell (Columbia, Rocky Horror) August) on the meeting week due Felicia Day (Kinga Forrester, new MST3K) Mike Tyson (Heavyweight World Champion) to the Anime Festival Orlando, NASFiC 17, Norman Reedus (Daryl, The Walking Dead) and Worldcon 75. Tom will take over the and many more meetings. Juan will if he can do his Hugo megaconvention.com presentation at Orange County Library. OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 28 Issue 342 May 2016 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 Page two May 2017 May OASFiS Calendar OASFiS People OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, May 14 1:30 PM,Brick and Fire Pasta and Susan Cole 407-275-5211 Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave [email protected] Orlando, Florida 32806 407-426-8922). Come join us as Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 we discuss what we have been watching and reading and [email protected] do some con planning Steve Grant 352 241 0670 [email protected] SciFi Light Mike Pilletere [email protected] TBD. Please check website David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] To contact for more info: Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Award News Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan (source Locus website) 2017 Hugo Award Finalist\s Hiscock (self-published) (source Locus website) • “The Tomato Thief”, Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/5/16) • The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com Best Novel (2,078 nominating ballots) Publishing) • All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan • “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay”, Alyssa Wong UK) (Uncanny 5-6/16) • A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (Hodder & Best Short Story (1,275) Stoughton; Harper Voyager US) • “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander • The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) (Uncanny 11-12/16) • Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK) • “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit • Death’s End, Cixin Liu (Tor; Head of Zeus) Wood) • Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer (Tor) • “The City Born Great”, N.K. Jemisin (Tor.com 9/28/16) Best Novella (1,410) • “That Game We Played During the War”, Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com 3/16/16) • Penric and the Shaman, Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum Literary Agency) • “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers”, • The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 3/2/16) Publishing) • “An Unimaginable Light”, John C. Wright (God, Robot) • The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing) Best Related Work (1,122) • Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher (Blue Rider) Publishing) • Women of Harry Potter series of posts, Sarah Gailey • This Census-Taker, China Miéville (Del Rey; Picador) (Tor.com) • A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com • The View from the Cheap Seats, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Publishing) Headline) • The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley (Tor) Best Novelette (1,097) • Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, • “The Art of Space Travel”, Nina Allan (Tor.com 7/27/16) 2000-2016, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer) • “Touring with the Alien”, Carolyn Ives Gilman • Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg, (Clarkesworld 4/16) Robert Silverberg & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood) • Alien Stripper Boned from Behind by the T-Rex, Stix (Continued on page 3) Page three May 2017 Best Graphic Story (842) Best Professional Artist (817) • Black Panther, Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Ta- • Galen Dara Nehisi Coates, art by Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel) • Julie Dillon • The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man, Tom King, art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Marvel) • Chris McGrath • Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, Marjorie Liu, art by • Victo Ngai Sana Takeda (Image) • John Picacio • Paper Girls, Volume 1, Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang (Image) • Sana Takeda • Saga, Volume 6, Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples Best Semiprozine (857) (Image) • Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, G. Willow Wilson, • Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona & Nico Leon (Marvel) • GigaNotoSaurus • Strange Horizons Best Dramatic Presentation — Long (1,733) • Uncanny Magazine • Arrival • The Book Smugglers • Deadpool • Ghostbusters Best Fanzine (610) • Hidden Figures • Castalia House Blog • Rogue One • Journey Planet • Stranger Things, Season One • Lady Business • nerds of a feather, flock together Best Dramatic Presentation — Short (1,159) • Rocket Stack Rank • Black Mirror: “San Junipero” • SF Bluestocking • Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” • The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes” Best Fancast (690) • Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards” • The Coode Street Podcast • Game of Thrones: “The Door” • Ditch Diggers • Splendor & Misery • Fangirl Happy Hour • Galactic Suburbia Best Professional Editor Short Form (951) • The Rageaholic • John Joseph Adams • Tea & Jeopardy • Neil Clarke • Ellen Datlow Best Fan Writer (802) • Jonathan Strahan • Mike Glyer • Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas • Jeffro Johnson • Sheila Williams • Natalie Luhrs • Foz Meadows Best Professional Editor Long Form (752) • Abigail Nussbaum • Vox Day • Chuck Tingle • Sheila E. Gilbert • Liz Gorinsky Best Fan Artist (528) • Devi Pillai • Ninni Aalto • Miriam Weinberg • Vesa Lehtimäki (Continued on page 4) • Navah Wolfe Page four May 2017 (Continued from page 3) Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel • Likhain (M. Sereno) • Maria Alexander – Snowed (Raw Dog Screaming Press) • Spring Schoenhuth • Steve Stiles Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel • James Chambers, – Kolchak the Night Stalker: The • Mansik Yang Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe (Moonstone) Best Series (1,393) Superior Achievement in Long Fiction • The Craft Sequence, Max Gladstone (Tor) • Tim Waggoner, Tim – The Winter Box (DarkFuse) • The Expanse, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK) • The October Daye Books, Seanan McGuire (DAW; Corsair) Superior Achievement in Short Fiction • The Peter Grant/Rivers of London series, Ben Aaronovitch • Joyce Carol Oates – The Crawl Space (Ellery Queen Mystery (Gollancz; Del Rey; DAW; Subterranean) Magazine Volume #2016/Issue#8) (Dell Magazines) • The Temeraire series, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Harper Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Voyager UK) • Joyce Carol Oates – The Doll-Master and Other Tales of • The Vorkosigan Saga, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) Terror (Mysterious Press) John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Superior Achievement in a Screenplay Award] (933) • Robert Eggers – The VVitch (Parts and Labor, RT Features, • Sarah Gailey Rooks Nest Entertainment, Code Red Productions, Scythia • J.