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Volume 30 Number 1 Issue 354 June 2017
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 30 Issue 354, June 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 $7.00 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.
Events
Anime Festival Orlando 16
July 9-11
Wyndham Orlando Resort
8001 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Guests: Vic Mignogna (actor)
Einleee (character designer)
Barbara Dunkelman (voice actor)
Arryn Zech (voice actor)
Josh Keaton (voice actor)
Caitlin Glass (voice actor)
Ruben Langdon (actor)
Ben Briggs (musician)
and others
$65 for all three days pre-con, $70 at con
www.animefestivalorlando.com
SWFL SpaceCon 2017
June 10
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Belltower Shops
13501 Bell Tower Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Guests: Adam-Troy Castro
Ben Bova
Rick Wilber
and others
$8 at the door
www.swflspacecon.com
Ocala Comic Con
June 10-11
Hilton Ocala
3600 Southwest 36th Ave
Ocala, Florida 34474
$25 for both days
Guests: Todd Haberkon (anime voice actor)
Eric Vale (voce actor)
Mitsuhiro Arita (video game artist)
Clay Mann (comic artist)
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Birthdays
Roger Sims– June 8
Arthur Dykeman - June 10
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
This is a sparse issue, but it was a very busy month.
We had OASIS 29 on our old weekend. The energy as
usual was good. We need to do some planning for next year.
Megacon happened and I went there for a day to see
friends and went to two panels.
I did spend a lot of time at the Orlando Fringe Festival.
There were not as many Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror this
year as there was last year. Here were the few that I saw.
• The Rocky Horror Pole Show - The group really had some
great moves and routines. I wish they had more time so I
could do/hear some of my favorite call backs.
• The Great & Powerful Tim: Magic to the Future - Tim
uses the plot of Back to the Future for his magic show. It
fun and delightful.
• Future Legend - Tod Kimbro plays an alien who sings
David Bowie songs. That is all you need to know. It was a
celebration of all things Bowie. Thank you.
• Who Me - David Tennant looks a lot like Rob Lloyd.
Lloyd's subconscious puts Doctor Who on trial. Does it
make Rob a bad person his love of Doctor Who. The
audience/jury gets to decide. This is a journey through one
man's fandom. It shows how it effects us. Thank you Rob.
• The Devil - He tries to deceive us and promotes certain
questionable politicians. Pay careful attention to his
supposed origin story, it seems fishy. From the same mind
that gave us God is a Scottish Drag Queen we got a funny
look at the most famous fallen angel of them all.
• Man From Earth - John Oldman is moving on from his
successful professorship for mysterious reason. A few of
his colleagues come to his house to say goodbye. Who is
he? Can he be who he claims? See the argument played out.
This was in the Living Room alternative venue at Fringe. A
perfect setting for this show. Based on a story Jerome
Bixby, prose writer and wrote the episodes for Star Trek
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June OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, June 11 1:30 PM, Royal Thai (1202 Semoran Blvd Orlando, Florida 32807). Came and join us as we discuss the Hugo finalist A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers.
SciFi Light Saturday June 17, 6:30pm, Shin Jung Korean Restaurant (1237 Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32803). Come joins us as we discuss the Hugo finalist The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
To contact for more info:
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OASFiS People
Susan Cole 407-275-5211 [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-314-5506 [email protected] Steve Grant 352 241 0670 [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] David Ratti 407-282-2468 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 [email protected] Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan
OASFiS Meeting 5/14/2017
Officers: Juan Sanmiguel, Tom Reed, Peggy
Stubblefield
Members: Deb Canaday, Steve Cole, Arthur Dykeman
Guests: Larry Wolfe
Discussed con business with members before official
meeting. Logistics, program book, consuite, video
room and guest of honor were discussed.
Club Business
Juan will not be able to come to meetings on June,
July, and August due to Anime Festival Orlando,
NASFiC 2017, and Worldcon 75.
We may want to move on the June meeting since that
will the anniversary of Pulse. Juan will send an email
on ideas for another meeting site.
Juan will be giving a talk on 2017 Hugos on the 4th
weekend of July at the Orlando Main Library. We
could move the meeting to that date. No one had a
problem with that, Juan will put that in the email
about the June meeting.
Juan discussed this year’s Sad/Rabid Puppies
situation.
A Closed Common Orbit will the club book for June
11.
We will try to resurrect SciFi Light with The Ballad of
Black Tom on June 17. We will me at Korean
restaurant Shin Jung. Juan will set up Facebook events
and ask Michael to update the website.
$13,000 in the bank but will be paying for the con in
the next few months will bills come in.
Convention
Larry Wolfe can cover art show and sales to members.
David Lussier can cover Con Suite for Saturday night.
We will put some recommended reading lists into the
program book. Peggy took submissions for the con.
Juan will send the gaming schedule to Tom.
Culture Consumed
Juan has seen Colossal, and Guardians of the Galaxy
in the theater. Both were worth seeing in the theater.
Juan subscribed to Starz to see American Gods , a
television shows based on Neil Gaiman’s novel.
Gaiman is active in the producing the show.
Steve likes Lucifer ending its second season. He read
the first novel of the new John Scalzi series,
Collapsing Empire. He also recommended Marco
Kloss’ first book in the Frontlines series.
Checkout Peggy’s new book on Amazon.
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Megacon 2017
Top: Comic Writers Panel (Left to Right) Jody Houser, Tom King, Gail Simone, Greg Rucka
Middle: Rocky Horror Picture Show cast: Barry Bostwick (Brad Majors), Patricia Quinn (Magenta), Nell Campbell (Columbia)
Bottom: Morticia Addams from The Addams Family, Dorothy and Glenda from The Wizard of Oz, Captain Harlock from Space
Pirate Captain Harlock, The Fourth Doctor from Doctor Who.
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Letters of Comment
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
May 19, 2017
Dear OASFiSians:
I have Event Horizon 353 with me, and I know you are all at
Oasis 29, either going crazy running the show, or enjoying
yourself, attending it. Our big annual anime event is next
weekend, so I am getting this done now before my own crazy
times arrive.
I think many of the guests at Megacon will be at the big Fan
eXpo coming up in August in Toronto. Meat Loaf was recently
in Toronto shooting a huge video, and I believe Tim Curry will
also be coming.
As I study the final ballot for the Hugos, and even the Stoker
Awards, I know I have been left behind, and no number of
podcasts is ever going to get me caught up. I also am getting e-
mails to hurry up with my Anthony Award nominations, but that
won’t happen, either. I did not nominate for the Aurora Awards,
as I felt myself to be an unqualified nominator. I suspect I will
probably vote once the final ballot is released.
One other thing I did was look at Lady Business (Blog)
recommendations for short fiction. Some of this was online and
could be read for free. I read a lot of short fiction during
Christmas time. Some of what I read made into award ballots.
Our own vendor activities…we were vending at CostumeCon 35,
and because we were stuck in the lower level of the con, out of
sight, sales were poor to non-existent for just about everyone. We
also did a hotel flea market, and sales there were poor as well.
Next weekend, as I write, is, as mentioned above, our big anime
event of the year, Anime North. There, sales should be good. If it
isn’t, I would have some doubts about the salability of our
merchandise, and whether or not people have the disposable
income to buy at cons any more.
Forty years of Star Wars…when I moved to the west coast of the
continent from Ontario in 1977, seeing this new movie called
Star Wars was one of the first things I did. It is hard to believe
that in just a few months, it will be 40 years since I first was
captivated by that amazing little movie. I look forward to each of
the Episodes…I did not see Rogue One, and only saw it as
Disney’s indicating they were in charge, and they would put in
front of us anything they wanted to make. I will wait patiently for
Episode VIII.
Anyway, time to go. I hope you are enjoying the con, and I will
be enjoying a long weekend here. See you with the next issue.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
Nebula Award Winning Writer Jeff VanerMeer
did a talk and signing at Rollins College on May
27 to promote his new novel Borne and discuss
environmental issues with writer/environmental
journalist Amy Green
Deb recommended Sole Summoner by Elicia Hyder.
Timeless got a reprieve from cancellation in lieu of a
shorter season.
Meeting adjourned at 3PM.
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(“Mirror, Mirror”, ”By Any Other Name”, ”Day of the
Dove”, “Requiem for Methuselah”)
• Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead - The group
Modern Robot gives the classic horror film the score it
deserves. It matches the mood and action of the scenes.
• Phantasmagoria's Wickedest Tales of All - A child brings
our favorite troop of storytellers to spin their tales. There is
also a tale from India. Delightfully spooky.
• Something Strange - An improve group gets a setting
from the audience and tells a story that is like an 80 SF/
thriller film. This performance was set in Slimy Fjord, FL
and some D&D playing teens had to stop a bad force from
taking over. Great fun!
Jeff VanderMeer made an appearance in Orlando a
week after OASIS.
Next month the AFO Report and maybe a review.
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Megacon 2017
Top: Comic (Left to Right) Rem, L, and Ryuk from the anime Death Note
Middle: Sith Darkwing Duck and Wizards one from Centurai IV (Marvel), Ashoka Tanno from Star Wars: Clone Wars, Kiki from
the anime film Kiki’s Delivery Service
Bottom:.Catwoman, Nightwing and Batgirl from DC Comics
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2017 Bram Stoker Awards
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced the winners
of the 2015 Bram Stoker Awards on May 14,2016 in Las Vegas.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Fisherman, John Langan (Word Horde)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Haven, Tom Deady (Cemetery Dance)
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Snowed, Maria Alexander (Raw Dog Screaming)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
The Winter Box, Tim Waggoner (Darkfuse)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
“The Crawl Space”, Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen
September-October 2016)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce
Carol Oates. (Mysterious)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Borderlands 6, Olivia F. and Thomas F. Monteleone
(Samhain)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Ruth
Franklin (Liveright)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
Brothel, Stephanie M. Wytovich (Raw Dog
Screaming)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Loreof
Edgar Allan Poe (Moonstone)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
The Witch
2017 Nebula Awards Winners The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of
America announced the winners of the Nebula
Awards on May 20, 2017.
NOVEL
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor)
NOVELLA
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
NOVELETTE
“The Long Fall Up” by William Ledbetter (The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May-June 2016)
SHORT STORY
“Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mothar (The
Starlit Wood)
ANDRE NORTON AWARD
Arabella of Mars, David Levine (Tor)
RAY BRADBURY AWARD
Arrival : (Written by Eric Heisserer based on a story by
Ted Chiang)
DAMON KNIGHT GRANDMASTER
Jane Yolan
KATE WILHEM SOLSTICE AWARD
Toni Weisskopf and Peggy Rae Sapienza
Seth Mann (comic artist)
Rob Hunter (comic writer)
Larry Watts (comic artist)
Jennifer Mercer (comic artist)
www.ocalacomiccon.com
Ocala Toy and Comic Book Show
June 24-25
Holiday Inn
3600 SW 38th Avenue
Ocala, FL 34474
$10 at the door
thecomicbookconnection.com
Orlando Toy and Comic Book Show
June 25
Holiday Inn
1724 N. Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
Guests: Tony S. Daniel (comic writer/artist)
Kyle Starks (comic writer/artist)
$15 at the door, $25 for VIP for early entry and print
oorlandotoyandcomicon.com
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OASIS 29
Top:(Left to Right) Alien Artifacts panel (Jeff Mitchell, William Hatfield, Mike Conrad), Jack McDevitt and Richard Lee Byers
(pictures from Walter Bryan)
Middle: OASIS 29 Guest of Honor Faith Hunter, Horror Panel (Richard Lee Byers, Owl Goingback, Jeff Carroll) (pictures by Walter
Bryan)
Bottom: Masquerade winner Alicia Hall, Arthur Dykeman as Clock King from Batman: The Animated Series , a Jawa from Star
Wars, Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas (first two pictures by Walter Bryan)
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