Volume 22 Number 6 Issue 264 November 2009 OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 22, Issue 264, November 2009. 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 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 Daytona Comic and Toy Show November 15 Holiday Inn & Suites (30 N. Atlantic Avenue Daytona Beach, Florida Free Guests: Martin Pierro (writer/publisher Cosmic Comics) Bill Black (AC Comics publisher) Alex Saviuk (Spider-Man artist) home.att.net/~slawsonm/Comic_Show.html Miami Book Fair November 8-15 (street fair November 13-15) Membership rates varies, check website Notable Guests: Joyce Carol Oates Jonathan Lethem www.miamibookfair.com ZonaCon November 20-22 Holiday Inn International 6515 International Drive Orlando, FL 32819 $35 for 3 days pre-reg,$45 for 3 days at the door Guests of Honor: Eric Vale (voice actor) Sybil Danning (actress, various films), Terence Zdunich (Repo:The Genetic Opera) www.zonacon.com/Home_Page.php Birthdays Dave Ratti– Nov. 24 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Whew. The state of Florida had four genre events last month. They were all interesting. Animation Supercon had most of the stars of Futurama and the show’s head writer. The convention also had game show host extraordinare Nick Roche. I got to be Nick’s Vanna for his Wheel of Fortune. It was cool to see people playing the new Rock Star with the Beatles. Spooky Empire had a track devoted to writing and literature. Owl Goingback helped organize this track. Max Brooks, writer of World War Z, gave a talk which was standing room only. Necronomicon was a blast. Thanks to Patty, Steve, and Arthur for help with the room party. It was great to see our friends at Stone Hill. The trivia team Arthur and I were on won this year with a comfortable margin. Great panels, great guests, great company. (Check out the pictures on page 3) Hurricane Who seemed to go well. I attended a fan panel and a writers panel On Friday. There were a lot of costumes. The panel on Doctor Who comics was really good with writer Tony Lee. Dr. Lynnette Potter talked about the mysteries of Lost. I saw a one man show called Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf by Toby Hadoke. It was a very funny and poignant look at Doctor Who fandom. I had a good time working and attending the Guardians of Gallifrey/OASFiS party. As I write this I plan to go see Louise Jameson and see a talk on the great Douglas Adams. This was very good for a first time convention. Next month maybe some book reviews and election info. Barry Letts One of the guests at my first convention, Omnicon II, was Barry Letts. I was told that he was the Executive Producer of Doctor Who. I kind of knew what a producer was from Star Trek. I saw Letts do his Q&A session with his good friend and script editor Terrance Dicks. He was very interesting and funny. (Continued on page 2)