MonSFFA’ s Executive: MonSFFA CALENDAR OF EVENTS Bernard Reischl Except where noted, all MonSFFA meetings are held President Sundays at 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Espresso Hotel, St-François Room, 1005 Guy Street, corner René Lévesque. Keith Braithwait Vice-president Programming is subject to change, check our website for latest developments. Sylvain St-Pierre Treasurer JANUARY 16 Appointed Positions: BoA Elections PR, Membership, editor of Impulse 2012 Calendar Planning MonSFFA Radio Show. Keith Braithwaite FEBRUARY 20 Web Master Bernard Reischl SF Couples Editor of WARP (Josée Bellemare) Cathy Palmer-Lister Calendar Shoot (Bring your models, costumes, etc) Board of Advisors (BoA) MARCH 13 All members in good standing! Future of the Space Program Please help us plan your activities! Guest Speakers: David Schulman & Paul Simard Avoiding the Doomsday Rock On the Cover (Cathy Palmer-Lister) A Gallifreyan Security agent and his technician APRIL 17 work at upgrading his TARDIS. How to sell SF & F Collectables on eBay Art by MonSFFan, Marquise Boies (Theresa Penalba) Pets in Science Fiction (Danny Sichel) Write to us: MAY 15 MonSFFA c/o Sylvain St-Pierre Discarded SF & F TV & Movie Concepts 4456 Boul. Ste-Rose (Sylvain St-Pierre) Laval, Québec, Canada Harry Potter and his Royal Rip-offs! H7R 1Y6 JUNE 12 www.monsffa.com NO MEETING AT HOTEL President: Saturday: Garage Sale [email protected] Sunday: Extracurricular Activity, TBA editor: JULY 24 [email protected] MonSFFA BBQ (July 31 Rain Date) AUGUST 21 Craft Workshops, Games, Sci-Fi Fair The Really Fine Print: WARP is published quarterly by the Montreal Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (MonSFFA), a nonprofit organization of fans interested in sharing their love of science fiction and fantasy. The opinions expressed in WARP are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect those of MonSFFA or the editor. To reprint any article, please contact the writer, or ask the editor to pass on your request. The use of copyrighted material is generally discouraged; burt sometimes unavoidable; our apologies to the copyright holders, no serious infringement is intended. This is an amateur production, and your tolerance is appreciated by your fans. WARP 77 / Winter 2011 / 2 T A B L E of C O N T E N T S Winter 2011 Vol. 25 01 FEATURE ARTICLES DEPARTMENTS Stargate Enterprise Part IV / 5 You’ve Got Mail / 3 Star Dracula Part II / 7 SFF Sightings / 6, 17, 25, 27 Starfleet Treachery / 12 Upcoming Conventions & Events / 4 Award News / 21 (Auroras / Constellations / Hugos) REVIEWS MonSFFA Discount Programme / 26 The MonSFFun Pages / 25 Books / 15 Tongues of Serpents / Shadowheart MONSFANDOM Movies / 15 Meeting Reports: Nov 2010 to Jan 2011 / 23 Megamind / Despicable Me / I am Number Four Levels of Fandom / 25 The Green Hornet / Battle Los Angeles / Sucker Punch CanVention never died, but has been on final Harry Potter movie will perk up the other places across the country. It doesn’t summer. The second new Trek movie get to Toronto very often, and Ad Astra should be good, and Guillermo del Toro hasn’t hosted it for many years. did leave The Hobbit to shoot At The Mountains of Madness, but I think that Jennifer Jacob’s Weeping Angel from movie has been cancelled. If it’s the movie Dr. Who certainly got some applause from I am thinking of, it was to be shot in me. I had to look up the character Toronto. afterwards, but being able to match your costume colour with your make-up and I’ve been chatting with Sebastien hair colour/wig isn’t easy. She pulled it Mineau about the Montreal Geekfest. I off, and looked like a true stone statue. had wondered if this is something that Matching the character as much as she did could be transported to Toronto. Looks is a tribute to her research and costuming like it’s comics, anything creative and a lot skills. of fun. If there was to be a Toronto Dear MonSFFen: Geekfest, this fan-run event could take Thank you for another issue of Warp, It’s a shame that language, or not some serious attendance away from the no. 76 this time. I recognize the being to understand it, keeps us away from local pro-fun cons. I would also like to see cover…Mark and Lindsay made quite the good stories. Valérian et Laureline, in their a Maker Faire here to showcase the local mark at the Dr. Who/Steampunk party the bande dessinée format, must have artisans, but there is something held twice Friday night of Polaris 24. I believe they provided those good stories to last for 42 a year called the Bazaar of the Bizarre, won some major prizes that night, and years. Sylvain, was the series cancelled, or which does much the same, plus show off Yvonne and I were there, too, and we won did it come to a logical conclusion? Looks some of our steampunk jewellers some goodies as well. A most enjoyable like the latter, but financial concerns have Allo, JP! We got to meet Jean- evening, and the first time we’d won taken so many good things away from us. Philippe Cardin for the first time at anything for our costuming in decades. Yay, radio shows! If you do more, Futurecon, where he ran a great Con*Cept More inside that cover… take them on the road to other room party, serving up a delicious maple My letter…I continue to do voice conventions, and maybe I can help out. whiskey whose name escapes me (hic)… work for university film projects. I did two Movies? I’ve never been a comics reader, He asked if we were coming to Con*Cept, this week, and may have two more tapings so much of what’s listed really don’t and we can’t make any commitments right this Monday. And then, I will have a job appeal, but seeing Sir Patrick Stewart as now. We couldn’t afford to travel in 2010, interview on Tuesday! Wish me luck! The Sinbad could be interesting. Of course, the and may have to make the same decision WARP 77 / Winter 2011 / 3 for 2011, outside of Worldcon, and even season starts soon, and Ad Astra is in a borrowed our art panels. It’s a fun event, that’s not firm. month! a gathering of everyone and anyone with Yours, some sort of Geekish passion: technology, Great speculation by Keith Lloyd Penney SF/F, gaming, and so on. Braithwaite on Montreal fandom. I am in HI, Lloyd! touch with Geoff Bovey via Facebook. I’d JiPi has discovered room parties, and like to read more on Montreal fandom in Good to hear about possible jobs, we is having waaaay too much fun, LOL. I’m the years before the mid-70s, and see what really hope to see you at some conventions glad he’s taking a good chunk of the it consisted of. I recently read about a this year! Con*Cept responsibilities off my back, his letter to one of the major pulp magazines enthusiasm is catching. I could use a few We’ve been having a lot of fun with of the 60s from a reader in Montreal, who more like him! the radio plays. I believe they are now all hinted at activities. We need some research recorded and in post production. I guess I will see you at Ad Astra? into older Montreal fandom. I missed going to Geekfest this All done, and many thanks. Wish me Yours in Fandom, year–family events, but JiPi was hosting luck for some more employment very Cathy the Con*Cept table there, and they soon, and take care…the local convention Upcoming Events April 1-3, FilkONtario 21, Mississauga, July 15-17, Polaris 25, Richmond Hill, September 25, Word on the Street, ON www.filkontario.ca ON www.tcon.ca Toronto, ON http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/to April 10, BuffCon 28 (model July 22-24, Condition Furry, London, ronto competition), Buffalo, NY ON http://www.conditionfurry.ca/ http://www.ipmsniagarafrontier.com/ September 30-Oct 2, V-Con, July 30-31, TFCon, Toronto, ON Vancouver, BC, http://www.vcon.ca/ April 8-10, Ad Astra, 30th year! http://www.tfcon.ca/ www.ad-astra.org July 30-31, ConBravo, Burlington, VT October 1-3, Cape & Kimono, Quebec, April 9-10, HobbyStar ComicCon, http://conbravo.com/ QC http://www.capekimono.com Toronto, ON http://www.hobbystar.com/ May 20-22, KeyCon, Winnipeg, MB Oct 7-9, Salute to Supernatural, April 16 - 17, Sci-Fi on the Rock, St http://www.keycon.org/ Toronto, ON John, NL http://www.scifiontherock.com/ http://www.creationent.com/cal/supernat August 12-14, Otakuthon, Montreal, ural_toronto.htm April 29-May 1, Canadian National QC http://www.otakuthon.com/ Steampunk Exhibition, Toronto, ON October 14-16, Con*Cept 2011, August 12-14, When Words Collide, www.steampunkcanada.ca/exhibition.htm Montreal, QC www.conceptsff.ca Calgary, AB April 29-May 1, Eeriecon 13th , Niagra http://whenwordscollide.org/ October 27-30, World Fantasy Convention, San Diego, CA Falls, NY www.eeriecon.org th August 17-21, Renovation, 69 World www.wfc2011.org/html/mainmenu.html May 8, Montreal ComicCon, Montreal, Con, Reno, NV QC http://www.renovationsf.org/ October 29, Ajax Model Show, Ajax, http://www.montrealcomiccon.com/ ON no website August 25-28, FanExpo, Toronto, ON May 13-14, Noreastcon 40: IPMS http://www.fanexpocanada.com/ November 18-20, SF ConTario, Region 1 Regional (model competition); Toronto, ON http://sfcontario.ca/ September 2-5, Dragon Con, Atlanta, Albany, NY GA http://www.dragoncon.org/ November 12-13, Hal-Con, Halifax, NS http://www.aloder.freeyellow.com/ http://hal-con.com/ September 9-11, Can-Con 2011, May 20-23, Gaia Gathering, Montreal, Ottawa, ON http://www.can-con.org/ December 2-4, SMOFcon 29, QC www.gaiagathering.ca Amsterdam, Netherlands September 17-18, ComicCon, May 27-29, Anime North, Toronto, ON http://www.smofcon29.org/ Montreal, QC www.animenorth.com http://www.montrealcomiccon.com/ Dec 30-Jan 1? (Dates TBA) June 3-5, What the Fur? Montreal, QC September 24, Capcon 2011 (model Futurecon, Toronto, ON http://www.whatthefur.ca competition); Ottawa, ON http://futurecon.wordpress.com/ June 11-12, Grand Roludothon, http://www.ipmsottawa.com/capcon/inde Montreal, QC http://www.roludo.ca/ x.htm WARP 77 / Winter 2011 / 4 Stargate Enterprise Part IV Josée Bellemare r Doyle walked in out, destination Atlantis.” the mess hall and “Aye Sir.” Dput a notice on the The ship started moving, slowly at first and picking up speed.