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Volume 27 Number 8 Issue 326 January 2015
OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 27, Issue 326, January 2015. 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.
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
See you next month.
OASFiS December Christmas Party 12/08/2013
Attendance: Patricia Wheeler, Juan Sanmiguel, Peggy
Stubblefield, Arthur Dykeman, Roger Sims, Pat Sims, Kim
Darin, Ed Anthony, Hector Hoghlin, Ruth Hoghlin, Ken
Konkol, Bob Yazel, 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: Kim Darin
Treasurer: David Lussier
Secretary: Patty Russell
Convention Chair for 2015: Juan Sanmiguel
Events
SukoshiCon
January 3
Ramada Plaza Beach Resort
1500 Miracle Strip Parkway SE -
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
$25 at the door rate on website
Guests: Tiffany Grant( voice actor)
Alice Infinity (cosplay guest)
Kinichi (cosplay guest)
Mina Naginata (cosplay guest)
Heidi Jo (cosplay guest)
www.sukoshicon.com
Auburndale City Con
January 9-10
Auburndale Civic Center
115 West Park St
Auburndale, FL 33823
$30 all access pass, $5 Sat Exhibit Hall,
$10 Exhibit Hall&Panels, $20 Superhero Ball
Guests: William Hatfield (author)
USS Haven Star Trek Club
Dr. Paul Bearer II (Horror show host))
www.auburndalefl.com
Deland Collectibles Show
Volusia County Fairgrounds
3150 E. New York Ave.
Deland, FL 32724
$5 admission
Guests: Tommy Castillo (OASIS Artist guest of Honor)
Graven and Monica Ravenwolf (artist)
John Beatty (comic book artist)
Tod Allen Smith (Artist, Lucasfilm, and Topps)
Austin Janowsky (comic artist)
C. Bradford Gorby (illustrator & sculptor)
George Frei (illustrator)
Jeff Balke (colorist)
cfcollectibles.com/?page_id=27
(Continued on page 4)
Janaury OASFiS Calendar
OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, January 11, 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 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2014. Sci Fi Light TBD check website.
For more info contact Steve Grant
To contact for more info:
OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715
Page two January 2015
OASFiS People
Steve Cole 407-275-5211 [email protected] 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.
32. JUN 7, Daytona Beach Comic Convention, Summer
(Daytona Beach)
33. JUN 11-14, Metrocon (Tampa)
34. JUN 20-21, Ocala Comic Con (Ocala)
35. JUN 24-28. Dice Tower Gaming Con (Orlando)
36. JUN 25-28, Florida Supercon (Miami)
37. JUN 27-28, ArcadiaCon (Fort Lauderdale)
38. JUN 27-28, Walker Stalker Con (Orlando)
39. JUL 10-12, The Grand Brony Gala (Tampa)
40. JUL 17-19, Ancient City Con (Jacksonville)
41. JUL 24-26, Fanboy Expo (Tampa)
42. JUL 30-AUG 2, GeekyCon (Orlando)
43. JUL 31-AUG 2, Megaplex (Orlando)
44. JUL 31-AUG 2, Tampa Bay Comic Con (Tampa)
45. AUG 8, Florida Comics Experience (Melbourne)
46. AUG 8-9, Pensacola Para Con (Pensacola)
47. AUG 14-16, Anime Festival Orlando (Orlando)
48. OCT 2-4, Mizucon (Miami)
49. OCT 2-4, Wizard World’s Fort Lauderdale Comic Con (Fort
Lauderdale)
50. OCT 9-11, Necronomicon (Tampa)
51. OCT 30-NOV 1, Hurricane Who (Orlando)
52. OCT 30-NOV 1, Spooky Empire (Orlando)
53. OCT 31-NOV 1, WasabiCon (Jacksonville)
54. NOV 6-8, ShadoCon (Palm Harbor)
55. NOV 13-15, Rangerstop’s Superhero Toy & Comic Con
(Orlando)
56. NOV 20-22, Anime South (Fort Walton Beach)
57. DEC 6, Daytona Beach Comic Convention, Winter (Daytona
Beach)
2015 Florida Conventions
This list was compiled by Tom Croom of Wasabi Anime.
1. JAN 3, Sukoshi Con Ft. Walton Beach (Ft. Walton Beach)
2. JAN 9-10, Auburndale City Con (Auburndale)
3. JAN 11, Deland Comics & Collectibles Show (Deland)
4. JAN 16-18, Magic City Comic Con (Miami)
5. JAN 16-18, Otronicon (Orlando)
6. JAN 31, BTL Collectibles Show (Miami)
7. FEB 5-8, Coastal Magic Convention (Daytona Beach)
8. FEB 7-8, SwampCon (Gainesville)
9. FEB 8, Retr-O-Rama Collectibles Show (Jacksonville)
10. FEB 13-15, Shock! Pop! Comic Con (Ft. Lauderdale)
11. FEB 20-22, Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo (Ft. Lauderdale)
12. FEB 21, Pulp Adventure Con (Ft. Lauderdale)
13. FEB 21-22, Orlando Anime Day (Orlando)
14. FEB 27-MAR 1, Pensacon (Pensacola)
15. MAR 13-15, Bellecon (Jacksonville)
16. MAR 14-15, ALT*Con (Tallahassee)
17. MAR 14, Cosmic Comic Fest (Tampa)
18. MAR 21-22, Geek Fest Florida (Boca Raton)
19. MAR 28-29, FreeCon (Tallahassee)
20. APR 10-12, Megacon (Orlando)
21. APR 24-26, Florida Anime Experience (Orlando)
22. MAY 1-3, Sukoshi Con: Destination Anime (Panama City)
23. MAY 1-3, Jacksonville Arcade Expo (Jacksonville)
24. MAY 1-3, OASIS (Orlando)
25. MAY 8-10, Collective Con (Jacksonville)
26. MAY 15-17, May-Hem (Orlando)
27. MAY 17, North Florida Comic Con (Jacksonville)
28. MAY 22-24, Omni Expo (Orlando)
29. MAY 23-24, Space Coast Nerd Fest (Melbourne)
30. JUN 5-7, Sukoshi Con: Anime Paradise (Fort Lauderdale)
31. JUN 6-7, Hero Hype Con (Miami)
Page three January 2015
Top 25 Box Office SF/Fantasy Films for 2014
Source www.boxofficemojo.com
(Includes studio and total box office gross as 12/30/2014)
Studio abbreviations:
BV=Buena Vista (Disney)
FD=Film District
Par=Paramount
Sum=Summit Entertainment
Uni=Universal
LGF=Lionsgate
TriS=TriStar
Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2014
From Amazon.com
(sorted by New and Popular)
*=Editor’s Picks
1 Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (Outlander, Book
8) by Diana Gabaldon
2 The Martianby Andy Weir
3 *Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book
2) by Brandon Sanderson
4 Rogues edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R.
Martin
5 The Skin Game (Desden Files) by Jim Buthcher
6 Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy Book 1)
by Jeff VanderMeer
7 Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy Book 1) by Pierce
Brown
8 Raising Steam (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
9 The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
10 The Long Mars (Long Earth Book 3) by Stephen
Baxter and Terry Pratchett
11 Influx by Daniel Suarez
12 On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
13 Afterparty by Daryl Gregory
14 The First Fifiteen Lives of Harry August by Claire
North
15 The Emperor’s Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn
Throne Book 1)by Brian Staveley
16 The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent (A
Natural History of Dragons Book 2) by Marie
Brennan
17 The Three by Sarah Lotz
18 My Real Children by Jo Walton
19 Blood and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth 1)by
Jon Sprunk
20 The Detainee by Peter Liney
Rank Movie Studio Gross
1 Guradians of the Galaxy BV $333M
2 The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay
LGF $307M
3 Captain America: The
Winter Soldier
Uni $259M
4 The Lego Movie WB $257M
5 Transformers: Age of
Extinction
Par $245M
6 Maleficent BV $241M
7 X-Men: Days of Future
Past
Fox $233M
8 Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes
Fox $208M
9 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony $202M
10 Godzilla WB $201M
11 Big Hero 6 BV $200M
13 Teenage Mutants Ninja
Turtles
Fox $191M
14 Interstellar Par $177M
15 How to Train Your
Dragon 2
Fox $177M
16 The Hobbit: The Battle of
the Five Armies
WB $168M
18 Divergent LGF/Sum $117M
21 Rio 2 Fox $131M
22 Lucy Uni $127M
24 Mr. Peabody and
Sherman
Fox $112M
25 300: Rise of an Empire WB $106M
26 The Maze Runner Fox $102M
27 Noah Par $101M
29 Edge of Tomorrow WB $100M
39 Hercules Par $72M
40 The Purge: Anarchy Uni $71M
Page four January 2015
Magic City Comic Con
January 17-19
Miami Airport Convention Center
711 NW 72nd Avenue
Miami, FL, 33126
$55 for 3 days pre-con, $60 at the door
Guests: Karen Gillan (Amy Pond, Doctor Who)
Colin Baker (6th Doctor, Doctor Who)
Kevin Conroy (voice actor, Batman)
Dan Starkey (Strax, Doctor Who)
Sibel Kekilli (Shae, Game of Thrones)
Georgina Haig (Elsa, Once Upon a Time)
Austin St. John (Red Ranger, Power Rangers)
Mike Barr (comic book writer)
Greg Wisemen (producer, Star Wars Rebels)
Ann Nocenti (comic book writer & editor)
Dan Slott (writer, The Amazing Spider-Man)
Francis Manapul (comic writer and artist)
Joe Acaba (NASA Astronaut)
More guests listed on website.
www.magiccitycomiccon.com
Comic Book Connection
January 17-18
Holiday Inn Express
2300 State Road 16
St. Augustine, FL 32084
$10 Admission
thecomicbookconnection.com
Florida Pirate Con
January 30-February 1
The Riverwalk Convention Center
Veterans Memorial Park
Fort Pierce, FL
$2 Admission
Guest: Don Maitz (OASIS Artist Guest of Honor)
http://www.floridapiratecon.com
(Continued from page 1) Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2014
From io9.com
By Charlie Jane Anders
1 Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
2 Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
3 The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
4 The Peripheral by William Gibson
5 Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
6 Locked In by John Scalzi
7 Questionable Practices by Eileen Gunn
8 The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (translated by
Ken Liu)
9 The Magicians Land by Lev Grossman
10 The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert
11 California by Edan Lepucki
12 Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
13 Rooms by Lauren Oliver
14 The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
15 First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
16 The Martian by Andy Weir
17 My Real Children by Jo Walton
18 Southern Reach Trilogy (Annilation, Authority,
Acceptance)
19 Defenders by Will McIntosh
20 The Bees by Laline Paull
21 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
22 The Emperor’s Blade by Brian Staveley
Page five January 2015
Holiday Matsuri
Starting upper left and going clockwise.
Hiro Hamada and Baymax,
Zoë Hanji
Death Gun from Sword Art Online II
OASFiS
PO Box 323
Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323
Joe Fan
123 Sesame Street
Orlando, FL 32805
