Volume 20 Number 1 Issue 237 June 2007

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 20, Issue 237, June 2007. 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 $20.00 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 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.

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.

(Continued on page 2)

Birthdays

Roger Sims– June 8

Arthur Dykeman - June 10

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

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 pic-

tures (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.

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).

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 Mike Pilletere mike-sf@webbedfeet.com David Ratti 407-282-2468 dratti@eudoramail.com Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 sanmiguel@earthlink.net Pat and Roger Sims 407-226-2127 PatandRogerSims@cs.com Dick Spelman 407-363-2781 rspelman@cfl.rr.com Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 pwheeler222@netzero.net 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-thinkers-

security_N.htm?csp=34

The Asimov’s and Analog Reader’s Poll Winner were alos

announced at the Nebula Weekend.

(SF Signal web site)

The winners of Analog's Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards

are:

* 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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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

OASIS 20 Pics

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