Volume 29 Number 6 Issue 361 January 2018

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 29, Issue 361, January 2018. 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 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.

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Well it’s a New Year. Congratulations to the new

officers and thanks to the previous ones.

Reminder that memberships are up and dues need to be

paid at the next meeting, sent to the PO Box, or register on the

website.

Contact me if you need the following:

• to be removed or added to the OASFIS People box

on page 2

• To add a non FL convention to my Convention/

Event listings

• If you want your birthday listed in the EH

A lot of great work came out last year and in this issue

is small sample.

This month’s meeting will be a week off due to Martin

Luther King Jr. Weekend.

See you next month.

OASFiS December Christmas Party 12/10/2017

Attendance: Walter Bryan, Steve Cole, Arthur Dykeman, Ken

Konkol, Jeanne Levison, Harry Parkhurst, Juan Sanmiguel, Pat

Sims, Roger Sims and Peggy Stubblefield.

No official reports due to the Christmas party, which was a great

deal of fun. Thanks to Juan for hosting the party. Everyone

brought excellent food, nice gifts and good companionship.

Election results:

President: Juan Sanmiguel

Vice-President: Tom Reed

Treasurer: Michael Pilletere

Secretary: Rocio Flores

Events

Comic Book Connection

January 6-7

Borderlands Comics

10230 Atlantic Blvd Suite 11

Jacksonville, FL 32225

$5 for 1 day, $8 for 2 Days

thecomicbookconnection.com

Jacksonville Anime Day

January 7

Embassy Suites Jacksonville

9300 Baymeadows Road

Jacksonville, FL 32256

$5 admission

www.jacksonville.animeday.net

Paradise City Comic Con

January 12-14

711 NW 72nd Avenue

Miami, FL 33126

$55.25 for 3 Days (pre-con), $51 Sat-Sun, $34 Sat

Guests: Mercedes Lackey

Larry Dixon

Dan Wells

Wilson Cruz (Dr. Culber, Star Trek:Discovery)

Terry Farrell (Jadxia Dax, Deepspace Nine)

Scott Grimes ( Malloy, The Orville)

Shazad Latif (Tyler, , Star Trek: Discovery)

And many more (see website)

paradisecitycomiccon.com

Swampcon: Voyage

January 13-14

Reitz Union at the University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Free Admission

Guests: Bill Hatfield

More guest listed on website.

swampcon.org

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Janaury OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, January 21, 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801,407-835-7325). Come join us as we discuss works of Best Works of 2017 Sci Fi Light TBD check website.

To contact for more info:

OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715

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OASFiS People

Steve Cole stevepcole@hotmail.com Susan Cole sacole@mindspring.com Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 adykeman@bellsouth.net Steve Grant 352 241 0670 stevegrant@embarqmail.com Mike Pilletere mike-sf@webbedfeet.com David Ratti 407-282-2468 dratti@eudoramail.com Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 sanmiguel@earthlink.net Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 pwheeler11@cfl.rr.com Any of these people can give readers information about the club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan.

26. MAR 23-25, Collective Con (Jacksonville)

27. MAR 23-25, FreeCon (Tallahassee)

28. MAR 24, Gulf Coast Maker Comic Con (Seminole)

29. APR 6-8, Spooky Empire (Orlando)

30. APR 14-15, Infinity Con (Lake City)

31. APR 21-22, Daytona Beach Comic and Toy Convention 2-Day (Daytona Beach)

32. APR 21-22, Hatsume Fair (Delray Beach)

33. MAY 11-13, Dead X Fest (Tampa)

34. MAY 24-27, MegaCon Orlando (Orlando)

35. JUN 1-3, Once Upon A Time Official Convention (Orlando)

36. JUN 16, Time Lord Fest Jacksonville (Jacksonville)

37. JUN 16-17, SWFL Space Con (Fort Myers)

38. JUN 23-24, Ocala Comic Con (Ocala)

39. JUN 29-JUL 1, CEO Fighting Game Convention (Daytona Beach)

40. JUL 4-8, Dice Tower Con (Orlando)

41. JUL 12-15, Florida Supercon (Miami)

42. JUL 19-22, Metrocon (Tampa)

43. JUL 20-21, Southern Media Con (Tampa)

44. JUL 20-25, GaCuCon The Game Cruise (Miami, Aboard a Cruise Ship)

45. AUG 3-5, Anime Festival Orlando (Orlando)

46. AUG 3-5, Megaplex (Orlando)

47. AUG 3-5, Tampa Bay Comic Con (Tampa)

48. AUG 12, Jacksonville Comic and Toy Show (Jacksonville)

49. SEP 6-9, Bouchercon (St. Petersburg)

50. SEP 7-9, Ancient City Con (St. Augustine)

51. SEP 15, Orlando Comic Con (Orlando)

52. SEP 21-23, MegaCon Tampa Bay (Tampa)

53. OCT 12-14, Animate! Miami (Miami)

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2018 Florida Conventions

This list was compiled by Tom Croom of Wasabi Anime.

1. JAN 5-11, Star Trek: The Cruise Voyage 1 (Miami, Aboard a Cruise Ship)

2. JAN 6-7, CBC / Borderlands Comics 2 Day (Mini) Comic Book & Toy Show (Jacksonville)

3. JAN 11-17, Star Trek: The Cruise Voyage 2 (Miami, Aboard a Cruise Ship)

4. JAN 12-14, Paradise City Comic Con (Miami)

5. JAN 12-15, Otronicon (Orlando)

6. JAN 13-14, SwampCon (Gainesville)

7. JAN 14, Deland Comics & Collectibles Show (Deland)

8. JAN 19-21, Supernatural Official Convention (Orlando)

9. JAN 20-21, Super Toy Show (Ft. Lauderdale) – formerly Ultracon of South Florida.

10. JAN 28, Time Lord Fest Tampa Bay (Tampa)

11. JAN 28, Orlando Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)

12. FEB 2-4, Florida Pop Con (Fern Park)

13. FEB 8-11, Rapier Gaming Convention (Jacksonville)

14. FEB 10-11, Jacksonville / CBC 2 Day Comic Book & Toy Show (Jacksonville)

15. FEB 17, SyFy Bartow (Bartow)

16. FEB 22-25, Coastal Magic Convention (Daytona Beach)

17. FEB 23-25. Expedition Prototype (Kissimmee)

18. FEB 23-25, Pensacon (Pensacola)

19. FEB 24, BTL Collectibles Show (Miami) – monthly; see convention site for details.

20. FEB 24, Comic Con Revolution (West Palm Beach)

21. MAR 3, The Infinity Toy and Comic Con (Orlando)

22. MAR 7, Clearwater Comic Con (Clearwater)

23. MAR 9-11, Omni Expo (Orlando)

24. MAR 10, Miami Comic Con (Miami)

25. MAR 14-18, The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Orlando)

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Top 25 Box Office SF/Fantasy Films for 2017

Source www.boxofficemojo.com

(Includes studio and total worldwide box office gross as

of12/30/2016)

Studio abbreviations:

BV=Buena Vista (Disney)

FR=FilmRise

Par=Paramount

LG/S=Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment

Uni=Universal

LGF=Lionsgate

TriS=TriStar

WB =Warner Bros.

W/Dim= Weinstein Company

Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2017

From Amazon.com

1 Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir

2 Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanerson

3 The Book of Dust: La Balle Sauvage (Book of Dust Volume 1) by Philip Pullman

4 The Power by Naomi Alderman

5 The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth Book 3) by N.K.

Jemisin

6 American War:A Novel by Omar El Akkad

7 Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

8 The City of Brass: (The Daevabad Trilogy) by S.A.

Chakraborty

9 Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic) by V.E.

Schwab

10 The Bear and the Nightingale (Winterlight Trilogy) by Katherine Arden*

11 The Genius Plague by David Walton

12 All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha

Wells

13 Void Star: A Novel by Zachary Mason

14 When the English Fall: A Novel by David Williams

15 The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen Series) by Emily King

16 City of Miracles (The Divine Cities) by Robert

Jackson Bennett

17 Raven: Stratagem (Machineries of Empire) by

Yoon Ha Lee

18 Black Wing (Raven’s Mark) by Ed McDonald

19 The House of Binding Thorns (A Dominion of the Fallen Book) by Aliette de Bodard

Rank Movie Studio Gross

1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi BV $533M

2 Beauty and the Beast BV $504M

3 Wonder Woman WB $413M

4 Guardians of the Galaxy

Vol 2

BV $390M

5 Spider--Man:

Homecoming

Sony $334M

6 It WB (NL) $327M

7 Thor: Ragnarok BV $311M

8 Despicable Me 3 Uni $265M

9 Logan Fox $226M

10 Justice League WB $226M

13 Jumanji: Welcome to the

Jungle

Sony $186M

14 Coco BV $182M

15 The LEGO Batman

Movie

WB $176M

16 Get Out Uni $175M

17 The Boss Baby Uni $175M

18 Pirates of the Caribbean:

Dead Men Tell No Tales

BV $173M

19 Kong: Skull Island WB $168M

20 Cars 3 BV $153M

21 War for the Planet of the

Apes

Fox $147M

22 Split Uni $138M

23 Transformers: The Last

Knight

Par $130M

28 Annabelle: Creation WB (NL) $102M

31 Kingsman: The Golden

Circle

Fox $100M

33 Blade Runner 2049 WB $91M

* Amazon Editor’s pick for Best Book 2017

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Supernatural Official Convention

January 19-21

Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista

1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd

Orlando, Fl. 32830

Fri $45, Sat $80, Sun $135 General Admission

Guests: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester)

Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester)

Misha Collins (Castiel)

More guests listed on website.

www.creationent.com/cal/supernatural_orl.htm

Orlando Toy and Comic Con

January 28

The Florida Hotel

1500 Sand Lake Road

Orlando, FL 32809

$15 admission

Guests: Ryan Stegman (comic artist)

Ryan Ottley (comic writer and artist)

Tony Moore (comic artist)

Bill Tucci (comic artist)

Nick Bradshaw (comic artist)

Frank Tieri (comic writer)

orlandotoyandcomiccon.com

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Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2017

From the Verge

By Andrew Liptak

1 The Power by Naomi Alderman

2 The Bear and the Nightingale (Winterlight Trilogy) by

Katherine Arden

3 The City of Brass: (The Daevabad Trilogy) by S.A.

Chakraborty

4 Persepolis Rising (Book 7 of the Expanse) by James

S.A. Corey

5 The Strange Case of the Alchemist Daughter by

Theodora Goss

6 Strange Weather by Joe Hill

7 Star Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

8 The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

9 The Moon and the Other by John Kessel

10 Void Star by Zachary Mason

11 The Fortress at the End of Time by Joe M. McDermott

12 Luna: The Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

13 The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata

14 Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

15 The Book of Dust: La Balle Sauvage (Book of Dust Volume 1) by Philip Pullman

16 New York:2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

17 Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns

18 Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

19 All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha

Wells

20 Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

54. OCT 19-21, Necronomicon (Tampa)

55. OCT 20-21, WasabiCon (Jacksonville)

56. OCT 26-28, Lumi-Con (Tampa)

57. NOV 2-4, Shadocon (St. Petersburg)

58. NOV 4, Daytona Beach Comic and Toy Convention (Daytona Beach)

59. NOV 9-11, Rangerstop’s Superhero Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)

60. DEC 7-9, Supernatural Official Convention (Jacksonville)

61. DEC 14-16: Holiday Matsuri (Orlando)

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1 American Gods Starz

2 Legion FX

3 Rick and Morty Cartoon Network

4 Twin Peaks: The Return Showtime

5 Legends of Tomorrow CW

6 The Handmaidens Tale Hulu

7 Runaways Hulu

8 The Expanse SYFY

9 Doctor Who BBC

10 The Gifted Fox

Best Television Series 2017

The staff of io9

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Holiday Matsuri 2017

Top row (left to right): Holiday versions of DC Joker and Marvel’s Deadpool, Starfleet Science Office from classic Star

Trek, a Muppet Martian from Sesame Street, Sophie from the anime feature Howl’s Moving Castle (based on the novel by

Diane Wynn Jones)

Bottom Row: A group from the Martian company Tekkadan from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans,

Lucy and Susan Pevensie from C.S. Lewis Narnia series inspired from the films.

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