Volume 26 Number 9 Issue 315 February 2014

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 26 Issue 315, February 2014. 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

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Comic Book Connection

February 8-9

Holiday Inn & Suites

Ocala Conference Center

3600 SW 38th Avenue

Ocala, FL 34474

$5 Admission

thecomicbookconnection.com

Bold City Comics

February 15-16

Brewster's MegaPlex

845 University Blvd N.

Jacksonville, FL 32211

Guests: Rags Morales (comic artist)

Doug Sneyd (comic artist)

Diamond Dallas Page (wrestler)

Admission not known

freshcomics.us/convention/boldcity-2014/fl-jacksonville

Cayden’s Game Crawl

February 19-23

Jacksonville, FL

At a different gaming store in each day see website

Free

warhorn.net/events/caydens-game-crawl

Pensacon

February 21-23

Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel

200 E Gregory Street

Pensacola, FL, 32501

Guests: Joe R. Lansdale

Timothy Zahn

Walter Koenig

And many others

Weekend pass $80.15, One day pass $33.74

http://www.pensacon.com

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Birthdays

Pat Sims February 9

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Swampcon Rising was a great event. There is a short

report in the issue.

If you have not renewed your membership and wish to

do so, please contact David Lussier or myself.

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.

Next month I hope to do a review and the Nebula final

ballot should be out.

Orlando Anime Day

February 1-2

International Palms Resort & Convention Center

6515 International Drive

Orlando, FL 32819

$4 at the door each day, Military Personnel free

www.orlando.animeday.net

Costal Magic

February 6-9

Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort

100 North Atlantic Avenue

Daytona Beach, FL 32118

Guests: Lucinne Diver

Linnea Sinclair

Aria Kane

And many others

General Registration has sold out.

Charity signing on Sat free (see website)

Single day memberships maybe available (see website)

coastalmagicconvention.wordpress.com

February OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, February 9, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806,407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss Mars Inc by Ben Bova Sci Fi Light Saturday February 15, 6:00 PM, TBD. Please check website. 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 407-328-9565 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.

A Calculated Life, Anne Charnock (47North)

The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, Cassandra Rose

Clarke (Angry Robot)

Self-Reference Engine, Toh EnJoe, translated by

Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru)

Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit)

Life on the Preservation, Jack Skillingstead

(Solaris)

Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book fo

Science Fiction, Ian Whates, ed. (Solaris)

Countdown City, Ben H. Winters (Quirk)

The awards are presented annually to a distinguished work of

science fiction published in paperback original form in the

United States.

The winner and any special citations will be announced April 18,

2014 at Norwescon 37 in SeaTac WA..

For more, info see www.philipkdickaward.org

Academy Awards

(source Wikipedia entry)

Speculative Fiction nominees

Best Picture

Gravity

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Award News

SFWA Grandmaster announced

(source Locus website)

Samuel R. Delany was named the 2013 Damon Knight Memorial

Grand Master Award winner. Delany is the writer of Dhalgren,

Star in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, and many other novels,

short fiction. He has won 2 Hugos and 4 Nebulas. The award

will be presented at the 49th Nebula Weekend on May 15-18th,

2014, in San Jose, CA at the San Jose Hilton.

Philip K. Dick Award

(source Locus website)

The Philip K. Dick Award nominees are

Comic Book Connection

February 22-23

Holiday Inn & Suites

2300 State Road 16 & I4

St. Augustine, FL

$5 Admission

thecomicbookconnection.com

Ultracon

February 22-23

Sheraton Suites Ft. Lauderdale

555 NW 62nd St

Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309

Guests: Allen Bellman (comic artist)

Mark Sparacio (comic artist)

D.C. Douglas (voice actor)

$10 at the door, 10% off before con

ultraconofsouthflorida.com

Steampunk Cruise

Feb 25-March 2

Port Canaveral, FL-Bahamas-Bayonne,NJ

Guests: Mary Robinette Kowal

G.D. Falksen

Standard cabin $709 per person

steampunkcruise.com

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OASIS Meeting Minutes

Date: 1-12-14

Officers: Peggy Stubblefield, David Ratti, David Lussier, Patty

Russell,

Members: Arthur Dykeman, Hector Hoghlin, Dave Lussier, Kim

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Darin

Guests: Bob Yazel, Ken Knokol

Meeting notes:

Patricia's and Juan's anticipated absences were noted and they

were missed.

Juan's notes were read, and his desire to sell Oasfis garage sale

things at work approved.

Peggy will look into the community center at Fashion Square

Mall as another place for Oasfis monthly meetings.

Sci Fi Lite is next Saturday, 1/18, at Lolailo the Original.

Hurricane Who's Christmas episode viewing party was a success,

and a summary of 50th Anniversary and other Who news

discussed. Hurricane Who's June 14th tickets will be on sale

soon.

Season 3 of Sherlock began - the protagonist survived the fall!

Atlantis has found it's audience. Agents of the SHIELD Feb. 4th

episode will be featuring Stan Lee in a juicy role. Ken said 47

Ronin featuring Keeanu Reeves as a half- Samurai distracts

from the true story. He also didn't recommend Saving Mr. Banks.

Frozen was recommended as fun but forgettable, based on

Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen. Ender's Game had

mixed reviews, since it condenses several books into one, and the

protagonist is older than in the books. Kim gave thumbs up to the

new Grisham book, Sycamore Row. Peggy proposed that a book

be chosen for discussion each meeting, even if we have time to

read only a few chapters. Mars, Inc. by Ben Bova will be our

February book. In noting other good books, Peggy is rereading

James Herriot's books, Dave Ratti is reading James P. Hogan,

Bob is reading Pandemonium, sequel to Fragment, and Treasurer

David Lussier is reading Under the Graveyard Sky by John

Ringo. Arthur is enjoying the Doctor Who comic, “The Girl Who

Loved Dr. Who” by Paul Cornell who has also written three

episodes of Doctor Who and several novels.

This led into Juan's talk, given by Secretary Pat, about the best

SF Books of 2013, which was well- received. The list was based

on the io9’s 2013 Best Novels list. The list is below. Thanks to

all for their edits and comments, and to President Peggy for a

great first meeting.

Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross

Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey (Daniel

Abraham & Ty Franck)

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

The Best of All Possible Wolds by Karen Lord

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

London Falling by Paul Cornell

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Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron- Gravity

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock - Gravity

Best Writing—Original Screenplay

Spike Jonze - Her

Best Animated Feature

The Croods – Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, and Kristine

Belson

Despicable Me 2 - Pierre Coffin, Chris Renud, Chirs

Meledandri

Ernest and Clementine - Benjamin Renner and Dedier

Brunner

Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho

The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzki

Best Animated Short

Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden

Get a Horse! - Lauren McMullan and Dorothy McKim

Mr. Hublot - Lauren Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Possessions - Shula Morita

Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Laucher

Best Original Score

Gravity - Steven Price

Her -William Butler

Best Original Song

“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Pharrell Williams

“Let It Go” from Frozen - Karen Anderson-Lopez and

Robert Lopez

“The Moon Song” from Her - Karen Orzolek and Spike

Jonze

Best Sound Editing

Gravity - Glenn Fremantle

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge and

Chris Ward

Best Sound Mixing

Gravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and

Chris Munro

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher

Boynes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Troy

Johnson

Best Production Design

Gravity - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Godwin, and Joanne

Woollard

Her - K.K Barrett and Gene Serdena

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Best Cinematography

Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Film Editing

Gravity –Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger

Best Visual Effects

Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and

Neil Corbould

The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric

Saindon, David Clayton, and Eric Reynolds

Iron Man 3 – Chris Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash,

and Dan Sudick

The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozeich, Edson

Williams, and John Frazier

Star Trek: Into Darkness - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach,

Ben Grossman, and Burt Dalton

Swampcon Rising

Swampcon Rising was held at the Reitz Student Union

at the University of Florida on January 18-19, 2014. Richard Lee

Byers and William Hatfield were Guests of Honor. Memberships

were free.

The convention decided to place the artist alley and fan

tables in the breezeway in front of the Student Union. On both

days temperatures dipped into the 50s and it was windy. There

was not a lot of traffic in the breezeway and after a few hours

many of the groups that had tables decided to leave. Part of the

Student Union were not available due to construction. Hopefully

next year, the tables can be placed inside the building.

Stone Hill, the group which puts on Necronomicon, did

several panels. The panels were on Doctor Who, the CW

network, the Marvel movie universe, Sherlock Holmes, and Star

Wars vs. Star Trek. The panel on the CW looked at the SF/

Fantasy/Superhero shows on the Network. These included

Arrow, Supernatural, The Tomorrow People, The Originals,

and Smallville. The Doctor Who panel allowed the panelists and

audience to discuss the recent season and what they would like to

see in the show’s future. The Marvel panel examined the recent

Marvel films.

Propeller Anime, and Orlando anime club, did 4 panels

on Sunday. The panels covered supporting characters of anime, a

death match between anime characters, the Best of 2013, and the

Best of 1990s.

The Best of 2013 included the following anime:

Attack on Titan – In an alternate world, humans are on the

verge of extinction due to man-eating giants. A young boy

grows up to fight back with his friends.

Little Witch Academia – A crowd source funded short film

about a witch school.

Kill La Kill – A girl searches for her father’s killer with a

sentient school uniform and a scissor blade in a post-

apocalyptic future.

Yowapeda – A high school freshmen discovers his talent as

bike rider and joins the school’s cycling team

Kick-Heart – A story of love in the world of wrestling.

The Best of 1990s included:

Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water – Jewel thieves tries to

steal a pendant from a mysterious young girl in this

steampunk world.

Ghost in the Shell – A cyberpunk mystery with a cyborg

protagonist who questions her humanity.

Neon Genesis Evangelion – Teenagers pilot mecha to

defend humanity from giant monsters. A good combination

of action and teen angst.

Macross Plus – Two pilots are testing new airplanes. Their

rivalry takes a new level when they compete for the

affections of an idol singer.

Golden Boy – A happy go lucky 20 something goes from job

to job having fun adventures with attractive women.

Revolutionary Girl Utena – A tomboy wants to become a

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January 29, 2014

Dear OASFiSians:

Many thanks for the January Event Horizon, and it’s much

bigger than the usual! It’s got to be full of pictures…let’s see

what I can say about them.

Looks like 2013 was a great year for most fans, and 2014 holds

lots of promise. I sincerely hope it does for me… the job hunt

continues ever onwards. Not many jobs for me are there to apply

to. However, time for more searching, and hopes that the spring

will be a little better. And, a little warmer wouldn’t hurt.

My first memories of Worldcon were going to Chicon IV in

1982, and almost immediately running into Forry Ackerman…

several times over the five days of the convention. I think your

most enjoyable Worldcon is your first one. My favorite personal

Worldcon moment was going up on stage in Montréal in 2009 to

announce a Hugo, followed by being nominated for a Hugo in

2010.

Juan, the .pdf I downloaded says that there is 60 pages in it. In

going through it, I am finding that the issue has six pages in it,

and the .pdf contains ten copies of this six-page zine. Definitely

very odd, but that’s okay. Thanks for this issue, and see you with

the next one.

Yours, Lloyd Penney

Sorry about the file you got Lloyd. That is the mailing file I use

for the hardcopies I send out. It has been fixed. Thank You.

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Swampcon Rising

Clockwise starting at the upper left

The CW panel: Amber Hollingsworth, Ann Morris, Michael Hinaman, and Victoria Meredith

(left to right)

Kent Ward and Shamus Oddish(left to right) of Propeller Anime discuss the best anime of the

1990s

A Slytherin student,

A local Ghostbuster team with containment unit and friend

Catwoman and Joker in masquerade dress

prince and goes to a surreal high school.

Princess Mononoke – A cursed prince searches for a cure to

his curse and discovers a conflict between a wolf-girl and

town. Nature is out of balance and it must be restored.

Cowboy Bebop – Bounty hunters trying to make ends meet

and not get killed. This is set in time when the solar system

is well colonized.

(Continued from page 4) Perfect Blue – A young idol singer tries to transition to an

acting career while being stalked by a crazy fan.

For each of the presentations, the opening credits or in trailers

were shown.

The convention was well attended and covered several

fandoms. Next year I may submit some literary programming

items for consideration.

OASFiS

PO Box 323

Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323

Joe Fan

123 Sesame Street

Orlando, FL 32805