Volume 30 Number 5 Issue 358 October 2017

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 30 Issue 358 October 2017. 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 323, Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or sanmiguel@earthlink.net. 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

Animate Florida

October 6-8

Miami Airport Convention Center

711 NW 72 Avenue

Miami, FL 33126

Guests: Amlie Flanagan (voice actor)

Keith Silverstein (voice actor)

Victoria Atkin (voice actor)

Paul Amos (voice actor)

Rachael Lillis (voice actor)

Eric Stuart (voice actor)

Morgan Berry (voice actor)

Dana Snyder (voice actor)

Cassandra Lee Morris (voice actor)

David Matranga (voice actor)

Stephen L. Russell (voice actor)

and many more

And many more

$65 precon for 3 days

animateflorida.com

Crucible

October 6-8

Park Inn

3011 Maingate Lane

Kissimmee, Florida, 34747

Gaming Convention

$50 for the weekend, $20 per day

crucibleorlando.com/

Fla-Min-Go-Con

October 7

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

211 Trinity Place

West Palm Beach, FL

Gaming convention

$8 precon, $10 at the door

emeraldcon.com/

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Birthdays

Patricia Wheeler—October 25

Michael Pilletere—October 26

WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Well September was disrupted by storms. I

hope you all made out OK. This delayed some things

so hopefully this month we get back on track.

I really need to work on the NASFiC 2017

report and then the Worldcon 75 report.

Happy Halloween.

October OASFiS Calendar OASFiS Meeting Sunday, October 8, 1:30 PM, ,Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806 407-426-8922). Come and join us. As we discuss Soul Summoner by Elicia Hyder SciFi Light TBA

To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715

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OASFiS People Steve Cole 407-275-5211 stevepcole@hotmail.com Susan Cole 407-275-5211 sacole@mindspring.com Arthur Dykeman 407-314-5506 adykeman@bellsouth.net Steve Grant 352 241 0670 stevegrant@embarqmail.com Mike Pilletere mike-sf@webbedfeet.com David Ratti 407-282-2468 dratti@eudoramail.com Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 sanmiguel@earthlink.net Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 pwheeler11@cfl.rr.com Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan.

WasabiCon

October 22-23

Lexinton Hotel & Conference

1515 Prudential Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32207

Guests: A.J. Michalka (actor)

Todd Haberkorn( voice actor)

$40 for 2 days at the door

www.wasabicon.com

Spooky Empire

October 7-9

Hyatt Regency Orlando

98001International Drive

Orlando, FL 32819

Guests: Richard Dreyfuss (actor)

John Cusack (actor)

Joan Cusack (actor)

Molly Ringwald (actor)

Anthony Michael Hall (actor)

Fairuza Balk (actor)

Jennifer Carpenter (actor)

Shannon Elizabeth (actor)

Daphane Zuniga (actor)

Ken Foree (actor)

Christopher Golden (writer)

Owl Goingback (writer)

and many more

$65 for 3 days at the door precon, $75 at the door

www.spookyempire.com

Creative Con

October 7-8

Marina Civic Center

8 Harrison Avenue

Guests: Richard Epcar (voice actor)

Jeremy London (actor)

Jennifer Lynn Warren (actor)

and many more

Panama City, Florida 32401

$25 for 2 Days precon, #30 at the door

www.pccreativecon.com

Comic Book Connection

October 14-15

Holiday Inn

11083 Nurseryfields Drive

Jacksonville FL

$15 for two days, $10 for one day

www.thecomicbookconnection.com

Necronomicon

October 20-22

Holiday Day Tampa Westshore—Airport Area

700 N. Westshore Blvd

Tampa, Florida 33609

$55 for 3 days at the door

Guest of Honor: Shanna Swendson

Ken Mitchroney

www.stonehill.org/necro.htm

Hero Hype Expo

October 21

Miami Airport Convention Center

711 NW 72 Avenue

Miami, FL 33126

Gaming con

$10 at the door

www.herohype.com/expo2017.html

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Jerry Pournelle

I always enjoyed his columns in BYTE. He would talk

about new computer hardware and software and the challenges of

getting them installed properly. The problem would usually be

solved and that encouraged us facing similar problems.

I did not always agree with Pounelle, but I appreciated

his point of view. I would read his articles and the textbook

(Strategy of Technologies) he co-wrote for the Air Force

Academy. They all were worth reading and made me think.

Pournelle was active in the SF community. He was the

President of Science Fiction Writers of America and help start

the Grandmaster Award. Pournelle got Harlan Ellison press

credentials to cover Voyager’s flyby of Saturn.

He was passionate about science. One of his books had

a scientific error in the first edition. If someone brought that book

to a signing session, he would check the page and pen in the

correct information.

There is at least one more book coming out that is part

of The Legacy of Heorot series that he co-wrote with Steve

Barnes and Larry Niven.

Len Wein

I saw Len Wein at a few Worldcons. At Condian

(Worldcon 1994), he did a solo panel discussing one of his most

famous creations, Wolverine. This was cool since the con was in

Canada, Wolverine’s home country. At LoneStarCon 2

Awards

(source File 770 blog)

The following are the genre winners of the Primetime Emmy

Awards.

Outstanding drama series “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)

Outstanding TV movie “Black Mirror: San Junipero” (Netflix)

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Outstanding directing in a drama series Reed Morano (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Outstanding writing in a drama series Bruce Miller (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Outstanding writing in a limited series or movie Charlie Brooker (“Black Mirror: San Junipero”)

(Worldcon 1997), he participated in the Masquerade, as

Destruction of the Endless. At another Worldcon ,Wein talked

about working for DC and Marvel with fellow writer and editor

Jim Shooter.

One of my favorite memories is Wein talking about

writing for Superman. He loved it when Clark Kent would rip off

his shirt revealing the costume while changing into Superman.

Wein would always have that scene in all of his Superman

stories.

Many of the X-Men characters Wein created will be

soon returning to theater screens. Another of his creations,

Swamp Thing, recently appeared in the animated film Batman

and Harley Quinn

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