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Volume 32 Number 9 Issue 386 February 2020
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 32 Issue 386, February 2020 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
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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.
Space Coast Comic Con February 8-9 Space Coast Convention Center 301 Tucker Lane Cocoa Beach, FL 32926 Guests: Gil Gerald (actor, Buck Rogers) Alex Saviuk (comic artist) And many more $25 both days at the door www.spacecoastcomniccon.com SyFy Bartow February 17 Main Street Bartow, FL A SF themed street fair Free Search on Facebook for more info Costal Magic February 20-23 Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resortt 100 N Atlantic Avenue Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118 Guests: Lucienne Diver (writer) Sarah Nicolas (writer) And many others see website Weekend pass $100 coastalmagicconvention.com The Miami Con February 23 The Pullman Airport Hotel 5800 Blue Lagoon Drive Miami, FL 33126 Guests: Amanda Conner (comic writer) Jimmy Palmotti (comic artist) Billy Tucci (comic artist) Jeff Dekal (comic artist) Jose Delbo (comic artist) Eric Bonhomme (comic artist) Free admission Miamicon.com
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Birthdays
Pat Sims February 9
Events SSA+S Toracon February 1 Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences 717 Central Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 $7 for adults, $5 for students at the door www.ssastoracon.net/ Rapier
February 7-9
Doubletree by Hilton at the Jacksonville Airport
2101 Dixie Clipper Drive,
Jacksonville, Florida, 32218, USA
Gaming convention
Not listed on con website
www.rapiercon.com
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR If you have not renewed your membership and wish to do so, please contact us or renew on the website. Checkout the Locus website for their recommended reading list. It is a good guide if you are an award voter or just looking for something new to read. The Orlando Winter Mini-Fringe I did not get to see any SFFH plays. The Playwrights Roundtable 2020 Launch did have 2 plays The Doll by Molly Smith and The Big Brad Wolf by Ava Love Hanna. The Doll deals with a couple designing their baby . The Big Brad Wolf is a comedy dealing with free will and classic faiy tale characters. At the Central Florida Film Slam there was one short film Bodyhackers that had a SF theme. The film shows a father and daughter captured by aliens and body swapped. With a limited budget they made a good film. Next month I hope to do a review and the Nebula final ballot should be out.
February OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 9, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801,407-835-7325). Come join us as we discuss invasion in Science Fiction Sci Fi Light TBD To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
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OASFiS People
Steve Cole 407-379-1530 [email protected] 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. Any of these people can give readers information about the
Goss Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Supernova Era by Cixin Liu A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Luna: Moon Rising by Ian MacDonald Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Atlas Alone by Emma Newman The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz The Secret Commonweath by Phillip Pullman Waste Tide by Chen Quifan Storm of Locus Rebecca Roanhorse Fall by Neal Stephenson Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Wanders by Chuck Wendig The Bird King G. Willow Wilson
Juan’s sources for these books were the following webistes:
• Amazon’s Best SF/Fantasy List
• Book Scrolling
• Kirkus list by John DeNardo (Best Fanzine Hugo Winner)
• The Verge’s list by Andrew Liptak
Arthur explained The Madalorian the new Star Wars series on the Disney+ streaming service. Juan noted some parts of Madalorian culture were described in the Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars and Rebels. Harry and Steve recommended discussing Invasion for the next meeting. Juan will sent it on the next announcement. The meeting adjourned at 3:30PM.
OASFiS Meeting Date: 1-12-2020 Officers: Juan Sanmiguel Members: Steve Cole, Arthur Dykeman, Harry Parkhurst Guests: There were 4 guests for the discussion Convention Juan got a budget report from Michael and he will send out a press release shortly. We talked briefly of former Guest of honor Mike Resnick. Best Novels of 2019
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A.
Flecther Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora
Pensacon February 28-March 1 Pensacola Bay Center 201 E Gregory Street Pensacola, FL, 32502 Guests: Kevin J. Anderson Nancy Collins Jody Lynn Nye Charles E. Gannon Jim Butcher Weird Al Yankovich Tony Isabella (comic writer) Denis Lawson (Wedege Antilles, Star Wars) Phil Foglio (artist) Paul McGann (8th Doctor, Doctor Who) Katy Manning (Jo Grant, Doctor Who) Alex Kingston (River Song, Doctor Who) And many others see website Weekend pass $80 pensacon.com
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Award News
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees
(source File 770 website)
• The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (Angry Robot)
• Velocity Weapon byMegan E. O’Keefe (Orbit)
• All Worlds Are Real: Short Fictions by Susan Palwick (Fairwood Press)
• Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories by Sarah Pinsker (Small Beer Press)
• The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie (Aqueduct Press)
• The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson (Orbit)
First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 10, 2020 at Norwescon 43 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington.
The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction originally published in paperback form in the United States.
Academy Award: Speculative Fiction finalists (source File 770)
Best Picture
• Joker
Best Director
• Todd Philips, Joker
Best Actor
• Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, Joker
Best Adapted Screenplay
• Todd Philips and Scott Silver based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, Joker
Best Animated Feature Film
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• I Lost My Body
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4
Best Short Film (Animated)
• Daughter
• Hair Love
• Kitbull
• Mémorable
• Sister
Best Costume Design
• Mark Bridges, Joker
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
• Nick Lederman and Kay Georgiou, Joker
• Paul Gooch, Arjen, Tuiten, and David White, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Best Music (Original Score)
• Hildur Guōnadóttir, Joker
• John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Music (Original Song)
• “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Music by and Lyrics by Randy Newman from Toy Story 4
• “Into the Unknown” Music and Lyrics Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen II
Best Cinematography
• Lawrence Sher, Joker
Best Sound Editing
• Alan Robert Murray, Joker
• Matthew Wood and David Acord, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Sound Mixing
• Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Mark Utano, Ad Astra
• Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Tod Maitland, Joker
Best Film Editing
• Jeff Groth, Joker
Best Visual Effects
• Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aiken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick, Avengers: Endgame
• Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman, The Lion King
• Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Touhy Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Etobicoke, ON
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January 29, 2020
Dear OASFiSians:
Many thanks for the December and January issues of the Event
Horizon, nos. 384 and 385. Comments will follow as soon as I can organize my thoughts…
384… One discussion I sometimes have with friends on social
media is the future of SF conventions, and what will happen to the fan-run conventions we all grew up with. At one time, fan-
run conventions were all there were, but fans were forced to set up corporations to sign contracts and restrict liability. Professional event management corporations stepped to take
control, and that’s where we’ve been ever since. Function space at hotels will soon be out of the reach of most fan organizations,
and the demand for high-calibre guests means while fan-run cons may offer two or three main guests, the pro-run cons will offer
30 or more, and many people will choose the latter over the former. Soon, we will be simple consumers of pro cons, with no idea that we ever ran our own.
You bring up some good points. I did a look at cons in the US
and found about 30 fan run cons that seemed to be doing well. Gallifrey One is a fan run media con is doing well. The were
some stories that big pro media cons are having their own problems. The dealers were complaining about low sales and it
may be due to the stuff the con has to sell (pictures and exclusive access). Some cons focused one fandom can experience
problems if that show is no longer as popular as it was. The Walker Stalker cons have seen losses in the last year. If any of
my facts are incorrect, please let me know. I am always
optimistic that it will workout.
Great coverage of the Dublin Worldcon. My excuse for not going to Dublin last year will be my excuse for not going to New
Zealand this year…no money, no time, and to be honest now, not much interest.
385… As always, a great selection of conventions coming up, or
already past, given the date above. It truly is an indication of how out of the loop I am when I say reluctantly that I have not seen any of the movies listed on page 3, nor any of the SF or fantasy
novels listed on page 4. My interest has waned that much, mostly because I cannot afford any of those books, nor is my local
library branch likely to have those books for loan, if I was interested. What did I see? Star Trek: Discovery, the first wo
seasons (and looking forward to the third), plus I have seen the first episode of Star Trek: Picard. I am lucky in that the national
SF channel in Canada, recently renamed CTV Sci-Fi Channel, shows these programmes without the need for us to subscribe to CBS All Access, or any other subscription TV service. Discovery
is shot in Toronto, or now technically, at the CBS Studios Canada, recently opened in the neighbouring municipality of
Mississauga.
Does your library to Inter-Library Loans? I re-read Jo Walton’s Among Others for a podcast I was on and that got the main
characters the books she wanted to read. There is a lot of good stuff to read and new perspectives. I am working on reading for
the Hugos and Retro Hugos right now.
I saw Star Trek:Picard and I am engaged with it. Is The Magicians available on the channel? It is the best Fantasy show
out there. The Expanse is a old school space opera with modern sensibilities. Its worth the price of Amazon Prime.
Time to fie this off; I am sure you’re working on the next issue
now. Take care, and see you then.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
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Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick was an OASIS guest of Honor for OASIS 2 and OASIS 20. He attended several other OASISes as a participant.
I owed him a favor. Someone once attacked OASIS and me personally. Mike sent out a letter stating that the con and I had honored our promises and he was looking forward to coming. That really meant a lot to me.
Resnick was a strong writer in the short form. When I read magazines more regularly, I would always look forward to a Resnick story. The Kirinyaga stories looked at a space colony based on the Kikuyu (from Kenya) culture. “Redchapel” had Theodore Roosevelt investigate the Ripper murders. “Travels With My Cats” has a man find something wonderful while reading an old book.
He did a lot of anthologies. In his Alternate series, some of the best authors around got to look at alternate worlds in short fiction. He looked at presidents, outlaws, warriors, and the American continent, and got 2 Hugo nominations as for Best Editor.
He was an active fan. I first heard from Resnick, the chaos that was the 1968 Worldcon which included tear gas from the Berkeley riots, bees in the hotel, and the extremely long Guest of Honor speech by Philip Jose Farmer. He even wrote column of Worldcons past for the fanzine Mimosa (which can be found at jophan.org/mimosa). Resnick edited Alternate Worldcons, and Again Alternate Worldcons, which presented stories set at Worldcons in the past and future. He and Joe Siclari did a collection of Worldcon Guest of Honor speeches that was also nominated for a Hugo in the Best Related Work category.
Resnick helped writers starting out. He collaborated with them to help get the stories sold. He edited anthologies and online magazines looking for new writers. Resnick writer’s workshops and panels at several conventions.
(Below Mike Resnick at his Guest of Honor interview at Chicon 7, 2012 Worldcon)
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