June - OASFiS

Volume 20 Number 1 Issue 237
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
Really busy last month so nothing new review wise.
May do one of the Hugo novels and the new Silver Surfer
comic by Joe Straczynski. This month is an experiment in pictures (thanks Hector). It looked OK on my inkjet printer so I
am hoping they look good on the laser printer I use at UCF.
Thanks again to everybody at the con.
Events
All Collectibles Show
June 21-24
OrlandoFashion Square Mall
3201 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL
Free
www.comicbookconventions.com/allcollectiblesshow2.htm
Florida Supercon
June 22-24
Ft. Lauderdale Marriot North
6650 N Andrews Ave,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
$25 for 3 days at the door
Guests of Honor: Kevin Conroy(Batman),
Riki Simons (Gir, Invader Zim)
Roy Thomas (Comic Legend)
Dana Snyder (Shake, Aqua Teen
Hunger Force)
George Lowe (Space Ghost:Coast to
Coast)
John Wesley Shipp (Flash)
Dick Giordano (Comic Legend)
Sheldon Moldoff (Comic Legend)
www.floridasupercon.com
June 2007
Award News
Nebula Awards Winners
(from Locus Online)
Winners of this year's Nebula Awards, presented by the Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, were announced this
evening, Saturday May 12, 2007, in New York City.
NOVEL
Seeker, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
NOVELLA
“Burn”, James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications)
NOVELETTE
"Two Hearts", Peter S. Beagle (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)
SHORT STORY
"Echo", Elizabeth Hand (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)
SCRIPT
Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt,
and Donald H. Hewitt
ANDRE NORTON AWARD
Magic or Madness, Justine Larbalestier (Razorbill)
As previously announced, James Gunn was presented the Damon
Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, and D.G. Compton was
named Author Emeritus. Ronald D. Moore was Toastmaster. The
SFWA Service Award was presented to Brook and Julia West.
Birthdays
Roger Sims– June 8
Arthur Dykeman - June 10
(Continued on page 2)
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 20, Issue 237, June 2007. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by
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June 2007
OASFiS People
June OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting
Sunday, June 10, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library
(Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL
32801,407-835-7323). Come join us as we discuss Hugo
Short fiction nominees (see oasis.org).
Steve Cole
To contact for more info:
OASFiS Business Meeting
Mike Pilletere
David Ratti
407-823-8715
The Asimov’s and Analog Reader’s Poll Winner were alos
announced at the Nebula Weekend.
(SF Signal web site)
Susan Cole
Arthur Dykeman
Juan Sanmiguel
Pat and Roger Sims
Dick Spelman
The winners of Analog's Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards
are:
Patricia Wheeler
* Best Novella: "The Good Kill" by Barry B. Longyear
(November)
* Best Novelette: "Lady Be Good" by John G. Hemry (April)
* Best Short Story: "Kyrie Eleison" by John G. Hemry
(September)
* Best Fact Article: "The Great Sumatran Earthquakes of 2004
-5" by Richard A. Lovett (October)
* Best Cover: September 2006 by Jean-Pierre Normand
The winners of Asimov's Readers' Awards are:
* Best Novella: "The Walls of the Universe" by Paul Melko
(April/May)
* Best Novelette: "Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi
(December)
* Best Short Story: "Impossible Dreams" by Tim Pratt (July)
* Best Poem: "Remembering the Future" by Darrell
Schweitzer (October/November)
* Best Cover Artist: J.K. Potter (March)
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Any of these people can give readers information about the
club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan.
Finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Short Fiction are
as follows:
(Source Center for the Study of Science Fiction Website)
Paolo Bacigalupi -”Yellow Card Man”, Asimov's Dec
Michael F. Flynn -“Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the
Earth”, Asimov's Oct/Nov
Jeffrey Ford - “Botch Town”, The Empire of Ice Cream, Golden
Gryphon
Ian McDonald -”The Djinn's Wife”, Asimov's Jul
Paul Melko - “The Walls of the Universe”, Asimov's Apr/May
Robert Reed - “A Billion Eves”, Asimov's, Oct
M. Rickert -”You Have Never Been Here” Feeling Very Strange
Benjamin Rosenbaum “The House Beyond Your Sky”
Strange Horizons, Sept
Christopher Rowe - “Another Word for Map Is Faith”
F&SF Aug
William Shunn —”Inclination”, Asimov's, Apr/May
Michael Swanwick —“Lord Weary's Empire”, Asimov's Dec
Robert Charles Wilson—”The Cartesian Theater” ,
Futureshocks, Roc
Robert Charles Wilson - “Julian: A Christmas Story” PS
Publishing chapbook
The award is presented during the Campbell Conference Awards
Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as the
focal point of a weekend of discussions about the writing,
illustration, publishing, teaching, and criticism of science fiction
In the News:
(From USA Today)
SF writers Arlan Andrews, Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Jerry
Pournelle and Sage Walker attended a conference on Homeland
Security dealing with future threats. For more info check out:
www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-05-29-deviant-thinkerssecurity_N.htm?csp=34
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June 2007
OASIS 20 Pics
Above
OASIS 20 Opening Ceremonies
Left to right: Mike Resnick,
Michael Bishop,
Kathleen Ann Goonan
(behind Joe Haldeman),
Joe Haldeman,
Paul Vincenti
(behind by Joe Haldeman),
Robert J. Sawyer,
Mike Conrad,
Stan Morrison,
Mary Hanson-Roberts,
OASIS Trivia Master/Anime Consultant,
Tom Smith
Left:
Yvonne Wisdom, “Guardian Angel”
Right:
Ruth Ellen Hoglin, “Demon Fairy”
Pictures from Hector Hoglin
OASFiS
P.O. Box 592905
ORLANDO, FL 32859-2905
Gaming by FRAG
Plus the usual suspects...
Gaming by FRAG
Plus the usual suspects...
Artist
Guest of Honor
Paul Vincenti
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for more guest announcements...
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