Volume 29 Number 10 Issue 351 March 2017 OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 29 Issue 351 March 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 $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 Infinity Con March 3-4 Florida Gateway College Howard Conference Center 149 SE College Place Lake City, FL 32025 Guests: Martin Pierro (Indie Publisher) Michael Koske (actor, The Walking Dead) 501st Legion and others. $15 for the weekend, $10 per day infinityconfl.com Omni Expo March 3-5 Florida Hotel and Convention Center 1500 Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL 32809 Guests: Chris Rager (voice actor) Josh Martin (voice actor) Leslie Wilkerson (voice actor) Paul St. Peter (voice actor) Brian Muir (Film Industry Sculptor) Rob Sims (voice actor) Tiffany Ciper (webcomic artist) And others $50 at the door for weekend www.omniexpo.com A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Great Month. I went to SyFy Bartow and saw friends from Stone Hill. Please note that some of the Nebula short fiction nominees may be available online. Please check Oasfis Convention on Facebook or OasisCon on Twitter for links to the stories. Next month pictures from ICFA, and with luck a review. Infinity Toy and Comic Con March 4 Holiday Inn 1724 N. Alafaya Trail Orlando, Florida 32826 Guests: Chuck Dixon (comic book writer) Roland Mann (comic book writer) Barry Gregory (comic book writer) Javier Lugo (comic book artist) Dimitri Diatchenko (actor) $8 admission www.infinitytoyandcomicon.com Ultracon March 4 Universal Palms Hotel 4900 Powerline Road Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 $10 admission www.ultraconofsouthflorida.com/ Florida Anime Experience March 10-12 Park Inn by Radisson Resort and Conference Center 3011 Maingate Lane Kissimmee, Florida Guests: Amanda Miller (voice actor) Cherami Leight (voice actor) Christina Vee (voice actor) Kate Higgins (voice actor) Stephanie Sheh (voice actor) $45 for 3 days at the door, $20 Fri and Sun, $25 Sat www.floridaanime.com Hero Hype March 11 Miami Airport Convention Center 711 NW 72nd Ave Miami, FL 33126 $10 admission www.herohype.com
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Volume 29 Number 10 Issue 351 March 2017
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 29 Issue 351 March 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 $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
Infinity Con
March 3-4
Florida Gateway College
Howard Conference Center
149 SE College Place
Lake City, FL 32025
Guests: Martin Pierro (Indie Publisher)
Michael Koske (actor, The Walking Dead)
501st Legion
and others.
$15 for the weekend, $10 per day
infinityconfl.com
Omni Expo
March 3-5
Florida Hotel and Convention Center
1500 Sand Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32809
Guests: Chris Rager (voice actor)
Josh Martin (voice actor)
Leslie Wilkerson (voice actor)
Paul St. Peter (voice actor)
Brian Muir (Film Industry Sculptor)
Rob Sims (voice actor)
Tiffany Ciper (webcomic artist)
And others
$50 at the door for weekend
www.omniexpo.com
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
Great Month. I went to SyFy Bartow and saw friends
from Stone Hill.
Please note that some of the Nebula short fiction
nominees may be available online. Please check Oasfis
Convention on Facebook or OasisCon on Twitter for links to the
stories.
Next month pictures from ICFA, and with luck a
review.
Infinity Toy and Comic Con
March 4
Holiday Inn
1724 N. Alafaya Trail
Orlando, Florida 32826
Guests: Chuck Dixon (comic book writer)
Roland Mann (comic book writer)
Barry Gregory (comic book writer)
Javier Lugo (comic book artist)
Dimitri Diatchenko (actor)
$8 admission
www.infinitytoyandcomicon.com
Ultracon
March 4
Universal Palms Hotel
4900 Powerline Road
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
$10 admission
www.ultraconofsouthflorida.com/
Florida Anime Experience
March 10-12
Park Inn by Radisson Resort and Conference Center
3011 Maingate Lane
Kissimmee, Florida
Guests: Amanda Miller (voice actor)
Cherami Leight (voice actor)
Christina Vee (voice actor)
Kate Higgins (voice actor)
Stephanie Sheh (voice actor)
$45 for 3 days at the door, $20 Fri and Sun, $25 Sat
www.floridaanime.com
Hero Hype
March 11
Miami Airport Convention Center
711 NW 72nd Ave
Miami, FL 33126
$10 admission
www.herohype.com
March OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, March 12, 1:30 PM, Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806). Come join us as we discuss Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson SciFi Light
TBD
To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two March 2017
OASFiS People
Susan Cole 407-275-5211 [email protected] Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 [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 club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan.
medical attention.
Treasurer’s Report
(Numbers are rounded off).
Primary checking: $7300
PayPal account: $4400
Money in for 2017 $194
Hotel has deposit.
We need to get GOH of tickets and per diem.
Convention
Juan has asked David Plesic to do Dealers room
layout.
Juan sent out invites to guests. Needs to contact two
more.
We need to do a new email blast.
Juan is asking someone to run the Chili Cook off.
The next Con Com meeting is Feb 26.
Peggy recommended ice cream for the end of the con.
(Continued on page 7)
OASFiS Meeting 2/12/2017
Officers: Juan Sanmiguel, Tom Reed, Peggy
Stubblefield
Members: Ed Anthony, Arthur Dykeman, Ed Meskys,
Sandra Meskys
Club Business
We are looking at dates for spring picnic. April has a
lot of cons. April 2 and the April 30 are open. We
decided on April 2. Juan will check by email with the
other members. If it looks good we will reserve our
traditional pavilion.
Juan said we will met at Brick and Fire at least till
June. Peggy and Juan discussed possible more
meetings in the library. Our library contact Sarah Fisk
says that as long our meetings are public, we can get
the room for free.
Gods and Monsters is opening in its new location on
February 25. Juan will be there to hand out
newsletters and flyers.
SyFy Bartow and Time Lord Fest will be going on
February 18 & February 19 respectively.
Swampcon was smaller but interesting. There were
some talks on writing and cosplay.
The Last Starfighter will be at the Enzian on last
Sunday February 26.
ICFA is next month and the GOHs are N.K Jemisin
and Steven Erikson.
Dave Ratti is feeling better, though he needs to further
Page three March 2017
‘‘Things With Beards’’, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 6/16)
‘‘This Is Not a Wardrobe Door’’, A. Merc Rustad (Fireside
Magazine 1/16)
‘‘A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers’’,
Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 3/2/16)
‘‘Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay
Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0’’, Caroline
M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 3/16)
Bradbury
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Westworld: ‘‘The Bicameral Mind’’
Zootopia
Norton
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill
(Algonquin)
The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St.
Martin’s)
The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK;
Abrams)
Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor )
Railhead, Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch)
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Dawson)
The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sher man
(Candlewick)
The 2016 Nebula Awards nominees
(source Locus & SFWA website)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced
the nominees for the 2016 Nebula Awards (presented 2017), the
nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic
Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. The winners
will be announced at SFWA’s 51th Annual Nebula Awards
Weekend, to be held on May 18– 21, 2017 at the Pittsbirgh
Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
Novel
All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Everfair, Nisi Shawl (Tor)
Novella
Runtime, S.B. Divya (Tor.com Publishing)
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com
Publishing)
The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com
Publishing)
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com
Publishing)
‘‘The Liar’’, John P. Murphy (F&SF 3-4/16)
A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com
Publishing)
Novelette
‘‘The Long Fall Up’’, William Ledbetter (F&SF 5-6/16)
‘‘Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea’’, Sarah
Pinsker (Lightspeed 2/16)
‘‘Blood Grains Speak Through Memories’’, Jason Sanford
(Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/17/16)
“The Orangery“, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Beneath Ceaseless
Skies 12/8/16)
The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com
Publishing)
‘‘You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay’’, Alyssa Wong
(Uncanny 5-6/16)
Short Story
‘‘Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies’’, Brooke Bolander
(Uncanny 11-12/16)
‘‘Seasons of Glass and Iron’’, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit
Wood)
‘‘Sabbath Wine’’, Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
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2017 Stoker Award Nominees
(source Locus)
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Hard Light, Elizabeth Hand (Minotaur)
Mongrels, Stephen Graham Jones (William Morrow)
The Fisherman, John Langan (Word Horde)
Stranded, Bracken MacLeod (Tor)
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, Paul Tremblay (William