Volume 28 Number 8 Issue 338 January 2016

Volume 28 Number 8 Issue 338
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
January 2016
Events
Well it’s a New Year. Congratulations to the new
Tampa Anime Day
officers and thanks to the previous ones.
January 9
Reminder that memberships are up and dues need to be
Embassy Suites Tampa-Brandon
paid at the next meeting, sent to the PO Box, or register on the
10220 Palm River Road
website.
Tampa, FL, 33619
Contact me if you need the following:
$4 at the door
www.tampa.animeday.net/
 to be removed or added to the OASFIS People box
on page 2
DeLand Collectibles Show
 To add a non FL convention to my Convention/
January 10
Event listings
Volusia County Fairgrounds
 If you want your birthday listed in the EH
3150 E. New York Ave.
See you next month.
Deland, FL 32724
$5 admission
Guests: Tommy Castillo (OASIS Artist guest of Honor)
Suzanna :Leigh (actor)
OASFiS December Christmas Party 12/08/2013
John Martino (Paulie, The Godfather)
Phantasmogoria (Victorian Steampunk group)
Attendance: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy
More guests listed on website.
Stubblefield, Arthur Dykeman, Ed Anthony, Hector Hoghlin,
cfcollectibles.com/?page_id=27
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
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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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
[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.
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January 2016
OASFiS People
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.
To contact for more info:
407-823-8715
This list was compiled by Tom Croom of Wasabi Anime.
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Arthur Dykeman
Mike Pilletere
David Ratti
Juan Sanmiguel
2016 Florida Conventions
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Susan Cole
Steve Grant
For more info contact Steve Grant
OASFiS Business Meeting
Steve Cole
JAN 9, Tampa Anime Day (Tampa)
JAN 10, Deland Comics & Collectibles Show (Deland)
JAN 10, Floridacon (Miami)
JAN 15-17, Supernatural Official Convention (Jacksonville)
JAN 15-17, Magic City Comic Con (Miami)
JAN 15-18, Otronicon (Orlando)
JAN 16-17, The Comic Book Connection Comic Book &
Toy Show (Daytona Beach)
JAN 22-23, Auburndale City Con (Auburndale)
JAN 23, Orlando Anime Day (Orlando)
JAN 30, BTL Collectibles Show (Miami) – happens
monthly
JAN 30, Tampa Bay Toy Expo (Tampa)
JAN 31, Orlando Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)
FEB 4-7, Coastal Magic Convention (Daytona Beach)
FEB 5-7, Amelia Con (Amelia Island)
FEB 6, Fusion Con (New Port Richey)
FEB 6, Jacksonville Anime Day (Jacksonville)
FEB 12-14, Rapier Con (Jacksonville)
FEB 13, Infinity Toy and Comic Con (Orlando)
FEB 13-14, SwampCon (Gainesville)
FEB 19-21, Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo (Ft. Lauderdale)
FEB 19-21, Pensacon (Pensacola)
FEB 20, SyFy Saturday (Bartow)
FEB 21, Retr-O-Rama Pop Culture Collectibles Show
(Jacksonville)
MAR 4-6, Omni Expo (Orlando)
MAR 5-6, CONjure (Orlando)
MAR 12-13, Fanboy Expo (Lakeland)
MAR 12, Silver-Con (Fort Lauderdale)
MAR 17-21, CruiseCon (Jacksonville, Aboard a Cruise
Ship)
Patricia Wheeler
407-275-5211
[email protected]
407-275-5211
[email protected]
407-328-9565
[email protected]
352 241 0670
[email protected]
[email protected]
407-282-2468
[email protected]
407-823-8715
[email protected]
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.
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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January 2016
Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2015
From Amazon.com
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
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
Studio
BV
Gross
$750M
7
The Shepherd’s Crown (Tiffany Aching) by Pierce
Brown
Juriassic World
Uni
$652M
$459M
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Avengers: Age of Ultron
BV
8
3
4
Inside Out
BV
$274M
9
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
6
Minions
The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay Part 2
Uni
$353M
10
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie
LGF
$241M
11
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
by Neil Gaiman
The Martian
Fox
$225M
9
$201M
12
Alice by Christina Henry
Cinderella
BV
10
Spectre
Sony
$197M
13
13
Ant-Man
BV
$180M
Golden Son (The Red Rising Trilogy, Book 2) by
Pierce Brown
14
Home
Fox
$177M
14
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
15
Hotel Transylvania 2
SpongeBob Movie:
Sponge Out of Water
Sony
$168M
15
Par
$162M
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian
Tregillis
16
Alive (Book One of the Generations Trilogy) by
Scott Sigler
Rank
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2
7
8
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Movie
Star Wars: The Force
Awakens
WB
$153M
LG/S
$168M
17
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: (The Song of Shattered
Sands: Book One) by Bradley P. Beaulieu
The Peanuts Movie
The Kingsman: The
Secret Service
Fox
$129M
Fox
$128M
18
Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels Novel) by Ilona Andrews
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Zeroes by Chuck Wendig
The Good Dinosaur
BV
$115M
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Letters to Zell by Camille Griep
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Tomorrowland
BV
$93M
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Terminator: Genisys
The Maze Runner: The
Scorch Trials
Par
$89M
Fox
$81M
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Ted 2
Uni
$81M
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Goosebumps
Sony
$79M
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Pixels
Paddington
Sony
$78M
W/Dim
$71M
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Mad Max: Fury Road
The Divergent Series:
Insurgent
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January 2016
Letters of Comment
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.
1706-24 Eva Rd.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9C 2B2
November 15, 2015
World Fantasy is more of a pro event and they like to keep it
that way.
Dear OASFiSians:
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.
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.)
Fixed. Thank you.
Unfornutaley I re broke my wrist and need to have it look at as I
put this
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 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.
I saw the results. Great for Julie Czerneda. I hope you are
nominated again next year.
ContraFlow…Rob Sawyer is always a good guest. It’s hard to
find anyone as erudite as Rob, and he certainly does his
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
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.
Clermont Comic Con
Raphael from the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
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January 2016
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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January 2016
Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2015
From io9.com
By Andrew Liptak
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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
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The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Fallout (Lois Lane) by Gwenda Bond
3
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky
Chambers
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Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
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Ghost Fleet by August Cole and P.W. Singer
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Nemesis Games (The Expanse) by J ames S.A. Corey
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/
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Gene Mapper by Taiyo F ujji
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Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman
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Crooked by Austin Grossman
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Lightless by C.A. Higgins
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Dragon Heart by Cecelia Holland
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth) by N.K. J emisin
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Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie
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/
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Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
15
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (translated by J oel
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
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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
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Vermillion by Molly Tanzer
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The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian Tregillis
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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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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Gold Fame Citrus by Clair Vaye Watkins
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Updraft by Fran Wilde
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Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Wilson
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Radiance by Catheryn Valente
Holiday Matsuri
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
OASFiS
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