Volume 28 Number 8 Issue 338 January 2016

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 28, Issue 338, January 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 $6.00 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.

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Well it’s a New Year. Congratulations to the new

officers and thanks to the previous ones.

Reminder that memberships are up and dues need to be

paid at the next meeting, sent to the PO Box, or register on the

website.

Contact me if you need the following:

to be removed or added to the OASFIS People box

on page 2

To add a non FL convention to my Convention/

Event listings

If you want your birthday listed in the EH

See you next month.

OASFiS December Christmas Party 12/08/2013

Attendance: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy

Stubblefield, Arthur Dykeman, Ed Anthony, Hector Hoghlin,

Ruth Hoghlin, Ken Konkol, Theresa Miller, and Thomas Reed.

No official reports due to the Christmas party, which was a great

deal of fun. Thanks to Patricia for hosting the party. Everyone

brought excellent food, nice gifts and good companionship.

Election results:

President: Peggy Stubblefield

Vice-President: Tom Reed

Treasurer: Kim Darin

Secretary: Juan Sanmiguel

Convention Chair for 2017: Juan Sanmiguel

Events

Tampa Anime Day

January 9

Embassy Suites Tampa-Brandon

10220 Palm River Road

Tampa, FL, 33619

$4 at the door

www.tampa.animeday.net/

DeLand Collectibles Show

January 10

Volusia County Fairgrounds

3150 E. New York Ave.

Deland, FL 32724

$5 admission

Guests: Tommy Castillo (OASIS Artist guest of Honor)

Suzanna :Leigh (actor)

John Martino (Paulie, The Godfather)

Phantasmogoria (Victorian Steampunk group)

More guests listed on website.

cfcollectibles.com/?page_id=27

Magic City Comic Con

January 15-17

Miami Airport Convention Center

711 NW 72nd Avenue

Miami, FL, 33126

$75 at the door

Guests: Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald, Doctor Who)

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler, Doctor Who)

Peter Davison (5th Doctor, Doctor Who)

Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek: The Next Gen)

Caroll Spiney (Big Bird, Sesame Street)

Patricia Quinn (Magenta, Rocky Horror)

Little Nell (Columbia, Rocky Horror)

Barry Bostwick (Brad Majors, Rocky Horror)

Dan Slott (comic book writer)

Phil Jemenez (comic writer and artist)

More guests listed on website.

www.magiccitycomiccon.com

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Janaury OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, January 10, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806 407-426-8922). We will discuss The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick. Sci Fi Light TBD check website.

For more info contact Steve Grant

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.

29. MAR 19, Mandarin Mini Con (Jacksonville)

30. MAR 19-20, ALT*Con (Tallahassee)

31. MAR 20, Daytona Beach Comic Convention (Daytona

Beach)

32. MAR 26, Hero Hype Con (Miami)

33. MAR 26-27, Geek Fest Florida (Fort Lauderdale)

34. APR 1-2, Hurricane Who (Orlando)

35. APR 1-3, Collective Con (Jacksonville)

36. APR 1-3, Spooky Empire Retro [formerly “May-hem”]

(Orlando)

37. APR 2-3, Miami Hurricon (Miami)

38. APR 16-17, Space Coast Nerd Fest (Melbourne)

39. APR 22-24, Florida Anime Experience (Kissimmee)

40. APR 22-24, OASIS (Orlando)

41. APR 24, North Florida Comic Con (Jacksonville)

42. MAY 26-29, Megacon (Orlando)

43. JUN 4-5, Ocala Comic Con (Ocala)

44. JUL 1-4, Florida Supercon (Miami)

45. JUL 6-10, Dice Tower Gaming Con (Orlando)

46. JUL 15-17. Ancient City Con (Jacksonville)

47. JUL 21-14, Metrocon (Tampa)

48. JUL 29-31, Anime Festival Orlando (Orlando)

49. JUL 29-31, GeekyCon (Orlando)

50. JUL 30-31, LameCon (Land O’ Lakes)

51. AUG 5-7, Megaplex (Orlando)

52. AUG 5-7, Tampa Bay Comic Con (Tampa)

53. AUG 5-7. Wizard World Orlando (Orlando)

54. AUG 19-21, Mizucon (Miami)

55. AUG 12-14, The Grand Brony Gala (Tampa)

56. SEP 16-18, Treasure Coast Comic Con (Port St. Lucie)

57. SEP 17-18, CreativeCon (Panama City)

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2016 Florida Conventions

This list was compiled by Tom Croom of Wasabi Anime.

1. JAN 9, Tampa Anime Day (Tampa)

2. JAN 10, Deland Comics & Collectibles Show (Deland)

3. JAN 10, Floridacon (Miami)

4. JAN 15-17, Supernatural Official Convention (Jacksonville)

5. JAN 15-17, Magic City Comic Con (Miami)

6. JAN 15-18, Otronicon (Orlando)

7. JAN 16-17, The Comic Book Connection Comic Book &

Toy Show (Daytona Beach)

8. JAN 22-23, Auburndale City Con (Auburndale)

9. JAN 23, Orlando Anime Day (Orlando)

10. JAN 30, BTL Collectibles Show (Miami) – happens

monthly

11. JAN 30, Tampa Bay Toy Expo (Tampa)

12. JAN 31, Orlando Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)

13. FEB 4-7, Coastal Magic Convention (Daytona Beach)

14. FEB 5-7, Amelia Con (Amelia Island)

15. FEB 6, Fusion Con (New Port Richey)

16. FEB 6, Jacksonville Anime Day (Jacksonville)

17. FEB 12-14, Rapier Con (Jacksonville)

18. FEB 13, Infinity Toy and Comic Con (Orlando)

19. FEB 13-14, SwampCon (Gainesville)

20. FEB 19-21, Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo (Ft. Lauderdale)

21. FEB 19-21, Pensacon (Pensacola)

22. FEB 20, SyFy Saturday (Bartow)

23. FEB 21, Retr-O-Rama Pop Culture Collectibles Show

(Jacksonville)

24. MAR 4-6, Omni Expo (Orlando)

25. MAR 5-6, CONjure (Orlando)

26. MAR 12-13, Fanboy Expo (Lakeland)

27. MAR 12, Silver-Con (Fort Lauderdale)

28. MAR 17-21, CruiseCon (Jacksonville, Aboard a Cruise

Ship)

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Top 25 Box Office SF/Fantasy Films for 2015

Source www.boxofficemojo.com

(Includes studio and total box office gross as 1/6/2016)

Studio abbreviations:

BV=Buena Vista (Disney)

FD=Film District

Par=Paramount

LG/S=Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment

Uni=Universal

LGF=Lionsgate

TriS=TriStar

WB =Warner Bros.

W/Dim= Weinstein Company

Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2015

From Amazon.com

1 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (A Song of Ice and

Fire) by George R.R. Martin and Gary Gianni

2 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

3 Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

4 The Cinder Spires: The Aeronault’s Wilderness by

Jim Butcher

5 Uprooted by Naomi Novik

6 Imperial Handbook: A Commander’s Guide (Star

Wars (Chronicle)) by Daniel Wallace

7 The Shepherd’s Crown (Tiffany Aching) by Pierce

Brown

8 Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

9 The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

10 Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie

11 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

by Neil Gaiman

12 Alice by Christina Henry

13 Golden Son (The Red Rising Trilogy, Book 2) by

Pierce Brown

14 The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

15 The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian

Tregillis

16 Alive (Book One of the Generations Trilogy) by

Scott Sigler

17 Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: (The Song of Shattered

Sands: Book One) by Bradley P. Beaulieu

18 Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels Novel) by Ilona Andrews

19 Zeroes by Chuck Wendig

20 Letters to Zell by Camille Griep

Rank Movie Studio Gross

1 Star Wars: The Force

Awakens

BV $750M

2 Juriassic World Uni $652M

3 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $459M

4 Inside Out BV $274M

6 Minions Uni $353M

7 The Hunger Games:

Mockingjay Part 2

LGF $241M

8 The Martian Fox $225M

9 Cinderella BV $201M

10 Spectre Sony $197M

13 Ant-Man BV $180M

14 Home Fox $177M

15 Hotel Transylvania 2 Sony $168M

17 SpongeBob Movie:

Sponge Out of Water

Par $162M

20 Mad Max: Fury Road WB $153M

21 The Divergent Series:

Insurgent

LG/S $168M

22 The Peanuts Movie Fox $129M

23 The Kingsman: The

Secret Service

Fox $128M

24 The Good Dinosaur BV $115M

29 Tomorrowland BV $93M

31 Terminator: Genisys Par $89M

33 The Maze Runner: The

Scorch Trials

Fox $81M

34 Ted 2 Uni $81M

35 Goosebumps Sony $79M

36 Pixels Sony $78M

37 Paddington W/Dim $71M

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Letters of Comment

1706-24 Eva Rd.

Etobicoke, ON

CANADA M9C 2B2

November 15, 2015

Dear OASFiSians:

Thank you all for Event Horizon 336, and I will try my best to

earn at least some level of my keep by writing a letter of

comment. Let’s see how long it will be this time… (Juan, hope

the injuries are healing forthwith and fast.)

Unfornutaley I re broke my wrist and need to have it look at as I

put this

I actually go to few movies because my interest seems to have

faded over the last few years, but still it is good to know what is

coming out in case there is something we like that suddenly

appears. Then again, our interests have been moving into

steampunk quite a bit.

ContraFlow…Rob Sawyer is always a good guest. It’s hard to

find anyone as erudite as Rob, and he certainly does his

homework when it comes to just about any topic he’s given. I

remember years ago when more scholarly conventions, like

World Fantasy, barred people from entering if they were dressed

in costumes.

World Fantasy is more of a pro event and they like to keep it

that way.

When I downloaded the .pdf from your site, it reported being 12

pages long, but a look reveals that the six-page issue was in

the .pdf twice. No problem, but thought you’d like to know.

Fixed. Thank you.

This coming weekend is SFContario 6, which is also Canvention

35, in downtown Toronto. We will be there for the main event

on the Sunday, which is the Aurora brunch, and the awarding of

those great pointy trophies. Yvonne and I are each nominees, so

our fingers are crossed, and we hope to have some good news.

I saw the results. Great for Julie Czerneda. I hope you are

nominated again next year.

We have a con-running con the weekend after that one, and then,

we shut down for the season, and I don’t think I have another

con to go to until this coming April. Thanks for this issue, and

see you with the next one.

Yours, Lloyd Penney.

Clermont Comic Con

Raphael from the Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles

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Clermont Comic Con

Top row (left to right): Apes from the classic Planet of the Apes, local fan Lyn Adams as Marvel’s Jessica Jones,

Snape and McGonagall from Harry Potter, C1-10P aka CHOPPER from Star Wars: Rebels

Bottom Row: The Mgeacon Match Game

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Supernatural Official Convention

January 15-17

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville

225 E. Coastline Dr.

Jacksonville, Fl.

3-Day $175 General Admission

Guests: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester)

Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester)

Misha Collins (Castiel)

Mark Shepard (Crowley)

More guests listed on website.

www.creationent.com/cal/supernatural_jax.htm

Auburndale Comic City Con

January 22-23

Auburndale Civic Center

115 W Park St,

Auburndale, FL 33823

Guests: Chuck Dixon (comic book writer)

Anime Sushi (fan club)

USS Haven (fanclub)

More guests listed on website.

$15 for 2 days

auburndalefl.com/citycon/

Tampa Anime Day

January 23

The International Palms Resort and Conference Center

6515 International Drive, Orlando FL 32819

$5 at the door

www.orlando.animeday.net/

Orlando Toy and Comic Con

January 31

Holiday Inn

5905 S. Kirkman Road

Orlando, FL 32819

$5 admission

Guests: Darwym Cooke (comic writer and artist)

Tony S. Daniel (comic writer and artist)

Billy Tucci (comic writer and artist)

John Layman(comic writer)

Amanda Conner (comic writer and artist)

Jimmy Palmiotti (comic writer and artist)

orlandotoyandcomiccon.com

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Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2015

From io9.com

By Andrew Liptak

1 The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

2 Fallout (Lois Lane) by Gwenda Bond

3 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky

Chambers

4 Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

5 Ghost Fleet by August Cole and P.W. Singer

6 Nemesis Games (The Expanse) by James S.A. Corey

7 Gene Mapper by Taiyo Fujji

8 Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman

9 Crooked by Austin Grossman

10 Lightless by C.A. Higgins

11 Dragon Heart by Cecelia Holland

12 The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth) by N.K. Jemisin

13 Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie

14 Get In Trouble by Kelly Link

15 The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (translated by Joel

Martinsen)

16 The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

17 Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

18 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (A Song of Ice and

Fire) by George R.R. Martin and Gary Gianni

19 Signal to Noise by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

20 The Red Trilogy by Linda Nagata

21 Uprooted by Naomi Novik

22 The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips

23 The Child Eater by Rachel Pollack

24 Morte by Robert Reppino

25 Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

26 A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

27 The Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn

Throne) by Brian Stavely

28 Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

29 Vermillion by Molly Tanzer

30 The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian Tregillis

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58. OCT 9, North Florida Comic Show (Jacksonville)

59. OCT 28-30, Necronomicon (Tampa)

60. NOV 11, FANdom Con (Fort Walton Beach)

61. NOV 20, Clermont Comic Con (Clermont)

62. DEC 9-11, The Vampire Diaries Official Convention

(Orlando)

There are 29 events that have not been confirmed.

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Holiday Matsuri

(Continued from page 6)

Top row (left to right): Lydia from Beetlejuice, Bumblebee from Transformers, Two missionaries from The Book of

Mormon musical, Wednesday Addams from The Addams Show, Holiday Groot from The Guardians of the Galaxy

Bottom Row: Edward Scissorhands, Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, A young woman and friend

31 Gold Fame Citrus by Clair Vaye Watkins

32 Updraft by Fran Wilde

33 Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Wilson

34 Radiance by Catheryn Valente

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