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ANSIBLE 238
MAY 2007
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CLARKE AWARD. Once again sf people gathered in the acoustic hell of the
bar at the Apollo Cinema, Lower Regent St, prior to the Clarke
presentation on 2 May -- opening event of the Sci-Fi London film
festival. Spooning up our free ice-cream in the auditorium, we learned
that M. John Harrison had won the fancy bookend and Pounds2007 cheque for
_Nova Swing_. Fred Clarke was present, and his daughter Angie Edwards
marvelled that she'd seen Paul Kincaid (still basking in the warm glow
of being an ex-ACCA administrator) smile. The judges -- one of whom said
`Langford, you dog!' -- and the current ACCA organizers Paul Billinger
and Tom Hunter didn't look particularly harrowed. General good cheer.
CONTEMPLATION. A sunny mood also prevailed at the 2007 Eastercon in
Chester. No one seemed bothered by the omission of compulsory set-pieces,
like Cyberdrome or the Masquerade, from this hastily-put-together
replacement convention; having lots of restaurants and touristy bits
close at hand also made a refreshing change from, well, Hinckley.
BSFA AWARDS. Novel: Jon Courtenay Grimwood, _End of the World
Blues_. Short: Ian McDonald, `The Djinn's Wife' (_Asimov's_ 6/06).
Artwork: Fangorn, _Angelbot_ (cover of _Time Pieces_ ed. Ian Whates).
EASTERCON 2009: the Bradford LXcon bid was unopposed. Exciting
details below!
### THE WAR IN THE AIR ###
JOHN CLUTE thought fast when returning from America the other day: `I
usually tote some books in my carry-on bag, and had planned to keep with
me a copy I'd just bought of Wilson TUCKER's _Time Bomb_ as back up
reading. But had a sudden teeny BigThink about the savants of Homeland
Security at the security gate, and stashed this obvious Terrorist Manual
in my checked luggage. We all got here safely.' Phew!
CORMAC MCCARTHY won the Pulitzer fiction prize for his post-apocalyptic
science fiction novel (though of course we mustn't call it that) _The
Road_; additionally, Ray Bradbury received a special Pulitzer citation
as `... an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.'
GERMAINE GREER refutes John Lauritsen's theory of _Frankenstein_ -- that
a great novel couldn't possibly have been written by self-educated Mary
Shelley, so Percy Bysshe must be the real author -- by ingeniously
arguing that it's such a lousy book that Mary obviously _did_ write it.
(_Guardian_, 9 April) [MMW] Such are the intricacies of feminist litcrit.
JOYCE CAROL OATES makes the traditional discovery that sf is OK if only
it's written by _the right kind of people_: `Long the province of genre
entertainments -- science fiction, dystopian fantasy, post-apocalyptic
movies -- the future has been boldly explored in recent years by such
writers as P.D. James ("The Children of Men"), John Updike ("Toward the
End of Time"), Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Oryx and Crake"),
Doris Lessing ("Mara and Dann"), and Cormac McCarthy ("The Road"). Now
comes a grim prophetic fable by the much admired British writer Jim Crace
.... (_New Yorker_ review, 30 April) [NH]
PHILIP REEVE was asked his reaction to the horror of _Mortal Engines_
being `put in the sci fi section. How do you feel about the label, do you
think it's a derogatory term?' His reply: `Well, for a long time I
avoided it, but I've started to embrace it because I'm quite proud to be
considered a sci fi author as it's so unfashionable. It's strange that
people worry about boys not reading, even though the one genre that boys
are likely to be interested in is dismissed as garbage, often by the same
people. I think it's time to stand out and be counted. I also think sci
fi should be aware of its own absurdity.' (_Literary Review_, April)
[JoH]
MITT ROMNEY, currently seeking the US Republican presidential nomination,
caused much amusement in and out of sf circles by announcing that his
favourite novel is L. Ron Hubbard's _Battlefield Earth_. (on Fox News,
29 April) Some deft spin-doctoring followed: `Romney spokesman Eric
Fehrnstrom said: "Battlefield Earth is pretty good science fiction. It's
about Earth being ruled by an alien race, sort of the way the Democrats
are running Congress."' (_Boston Herald_, 2 May) _Slate_ coverage
included a subtly apposite quote from _BE_ itself: `What in the name of
diseased crap are you reading?' (John Dickerson, 2 May). [CH] Meanwhile,
Mr Romney decided he'd meant that _BE_ was his favourite _sf_ novel, and
that his real favourite fiction was _Huckleberry Finn_.
BRYAN TALBOT's American tour for _Alice in Sunderland_ had its moments:
`The signing at Jim Hanley's Universe in New York was nearly cancelled
-- a guy jumped from the 60th floor of the Empire State Building just a
couple of hours before. He hit a ledge but one of his legs made it to the
sidewalk right outside the store and the police closed off the street.
Fortunately they'd cleaned it up and the store reopened in time for the
signing. We were shown photos of the errant (and extremely grisly) leg
by the store staff! It happened on Friday 13th.'
KURT VONNEGUT's obituaries included several `As Others See Us' moments.
The BBC noted that _Player Piano_, `led to the author being dismissed as
a science fiction writer.' Nevertheless he did what Wells, Huxley and
Orwell couldn't: `Some critics said he had invented a new literary type,
infusing the science-fiction form with humor and moral relevance and
elevating it to serious literature.' (_New York Times_, 12 April)
[CRM/NR] And James Rosen of Fox News was not afraid to put the boot into
a safely dead political foe: `His life's work, 14 novels, short stories,
plays, essays, left wing screeds, and random musings was much too quirky,
too filled with scatological humor, cosmic coincidences, and self
admitted sci-fi mumbo jumbo for him to have enjoyed stately induction
into the great pantheon of American writers.' (16 April) [JaH]
### CONCORDIAL ###
Until 6 May [] SCI-FI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL. Contact FestivalBiz, 2nd
Floor, 145-157 St John St, London, EC1V 4PY. 020 7871 4555.
23 May [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, The Star pub, West Halkin Mews, London, SW1.
6pm on; fans present from 5pm. With Stephen Hunt.
3-5 Aug [] MECON 10, Queen's Elms Village, Malone Rd, Belfast. GoH Iain
M. Banks. Pounds18 reg, Pounds20 at the door. Contact 115 Malone Rd,
Belfast, BT9 6SP.
10-12 Aug [] RECOMBINATION/HARMUNI III (Unicon 21/RPG/filk), New Hall,
Cambridge. _Now Pounds28 reg_; under-18s half price. Contact: 1 Mays Way,
Cambridge, CB4 1UB.
15-22 Sep [] MILFORD WRITERS' CONFERENCE, Trigonos Centre, Snowdonia.
Published authors only. Contact Liz Williams, Homeway House, 40 Westhay
Rd, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9TL.
13-14 Oct [] BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL COMICS SHOW, Millennium Point,
Curzon St, Birmingham, B4 7XG. Pounds10 reg; day Pounds6 Sat, Pounds5
Sun; child Pounds6 or Pounds3/day. Contact: as above.
21-24 Mar 08 [] ORBITAL (Eastercon), Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow,
London. _Now Pounds55 reg_; Pounds20 supp or junior (12-17), Pounds5
child (5-11), Pounds1 infant. Contact 8 Windmill Close, Epsom, Surrey,
KT17 3AL. Credit card bookings: www.orbital2008.org.
26-29 Jun 08 [] CONRUNNER 2008 (conrunning), Britannia Hotel,
Wolverhampton. Pounds25 reg to 30 Jun; Pounds30 to 31 Dec; Pounds35 to
31 Mar 08; Pounds40 to 21 Jun; Pounds50 at door. Day rate Pounds25.
Contact: 56 Jackmans Place, Letchworth G.C., Herts, SG6 1RH.
22-25 Aug 08 [] DISCWORLD CONVENTION 2008, Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
(NEC). Pounds45 reg or Pounds30 concessions until 1 June 2007 online
(www.dwcon.org) or 15 June by post. Online registration closes 1 August
2008 -- or earlier if the membership limit is reached. Contact PO Box
4101, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5XD.
10-13 Apr 09 [] LXCON (Eastercon), Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford. GoH Jon
Courtenay Grimwood, Tim Powers, Dirk Maggs. FGoH Mary & Bill Burns.
Pounds35 reg, Pounds25 concessions/ YA (18-25), Pounds15 junior (13-17),
Pounds5 child (5-12), infants free. Rates to rise `in the summer'.
Contact 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, S2 3HQ.
### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###
AS OTHERS SEE US. Christopher Hitchens knows our darkest secret: `The
great drawback of sci-fi is the dearth of sex from which it compels
itself to suffer (I realized when reading Leader's book that this is why
I have never bothered with the genre) ...' (review of Zachary Leader's
_The Life Of Kingsley Amis_ in _The Atlantic Monthly_, May 2007) [BNM]
MORE AWARDS. _Philip K.Dick:_ Chris Moriarty, _Spin Control_.
_BAFTAs:_ _Hogfather_ beat _Doctor Who_ for Best Visual Effects.
_Edgars_ (mystery): Matthew Graham's script for the first instalment
of _Life on Mars_ won Best TV Episode Teleplay.
_Sidewise_ (alt-history) long form: Robert Conroy, _1862_; Paul
Park, _The Tourmaline_; Charles Stross, _The Family Trade_, _The Hidden
Family_, and _The Clan Corporate_; Harry Turtledove, _The Disunited
States of America_; Jo Walton, _Farthing_. Short form: Stephen Baxter,
`The Pacific Mystery' (_The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction_);
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, `O Pioneer' (_Paradox 9_); Gardner Dozois,
`Counterfactual' (_F&SF_ 6/06); Chris Floyd, `History Lesson' (_Moscow
Times_ 2/06); Martin Gidron, `Palestina' (_Interzone_ 6/06); Brian
Stableford, `The Plurality of Worlds' (_Asimov's_ 8/06); Andrew Tisbert,
`The Meteor of the War' (_Paradox 9_).
R.I.P. _Massimo Belardinelli_ (1938-2007), Italian cartoonist who was in
the original _2000AD_ team (_Ace Trucking_, _Dan Dare_ revival,
_Slaine_), died in March aged 68. [GW]
_Christopher `Jamie' Bishop_ (1971-2007), US academic who created
digital cover art for two books by his father Michael Bishop, was killed
in the 16 April shootings at Virginia Tech (where he taught German
classes). He was 35. All sympathy to Mike & Jeri Bishop.
_Bob Clark_ (1941-2007), US director whose films included _Children
Shouldn't Play With Dead Things_ (1972), _Dead of Night_ (1974) and
_Black Christmas_ (1974), died in a car crash on 4 April; he was 65. [SG]
_Paul E. Erdman_ (1932-2007), Canadian writer whose bestselling
thrillers included near-future borderline sf like _The Last Days of
America_ (1981), died on 23 April at age 74. [PDF]
_Johnny Hart_ (1931-2007), US cartoonist famed for _BC_ and _The
Wizard of ID_, died on 7 April aged 75; the _Wizard of ID_ co-creator
_Brant Parker_ (1920-2007) died on 15 April aged 86.
_Dave Martin_ (?1934-2007), co-author with Bob Baker of eight 1970s
_Dr Who_ scripts -- one introducing the dread K9 -- died earlier this
year; he was 72. [CM]
_Gerald Perkins_ (1944-2007), US author of sf and anthropomorphic
(furry fandom) stories, died on 30 March aged 62. [EV]
_Bobby `Boris' Pickett_ (1938-2007), US pop singer who imitated
Boris Karloff for his solitary hit `Monster Mash', died on 25 March aged
69. [GW]
_George Sewell_ (1924-2007), UK actor whose long career included
roles in _UFO_ (1970-3) and _Dr Who_ (1988), died on 1 April aged 82.
[KF]
_Ralph A. Sperry_ (1944-2007), US sf author whose novel was _Status
Quotient: The Carrier_ (1981), died on 6 April. [SFWA]
_Kurt Vonnegut_ (1922-2007), who should need no introduction, died
on 11 April at age 84. Though often deceptively lightweight and laconic,
his best sf was hard to forget: _Player Piano_ (1951), _The Sirens of
Titan_ (1959), _Cat's Cradle_ (1963), _Slaughterhouse-Five_ (1969) ...
Somehow, despite verbally distancing himself from `the file drawer
labeled "Science Fiction" [...] since so many serious critics regularly
mistake the drawer for a urinal', Vonnegut kept returning to the genre
and his invented sf author Kilgore Trout, right up to his final satirical
novel _Timequake_ (1997). Media obituary coverage has been extensive.
_Dick Vosburgh_ (1929-2007), comedy writer and broadcaster who
voiced Captain Larry Dart in the _Space Patrol_ puppet series (ABC/
Rediffusion 1963-4; US _Planet Patrol_), died on 18 April; he was 77.
[PD]
_Leslie Waller_ (1923-2007), US author who novelized _Close
Encounters of the Third Kind_ and is said to have co-invented the graphic
novel with Arnold Drake in 1950, died on 29 March aged 83. [PDF]
AS OTHERS SEE US II. From a list of droll words allegedly used in the
book trade: `"Gatsby" (n.) the twice-weekly enquiry about the possibility
of a new book by Anne McCaffrey / Raymond Feist / Robert Rankin from a
sad bastard.' (_The Bookseller_, 30 Mar) [JC]
Interview with Geek Comedy Tour 3000, `a seven-member stand-up
troupe that works conventions dedicated to anime, sci-fi, video games,
and other nerdy avocations. [...] The troupe's members cite a few
downsides to working conventions: overenthusiastic fans, bad homoerotic
anime, and hygiene-impaired attendees. "That's one of the hazards of
doing geek comedy," says member Jake Young. "A lot of B.O."' (Josh
Eiserike, _Washington City Paper_, 27 April) [MMW]
MAGAZINE SCENE. Two UK rivals to _SFX_ have emerged: _SciFiNow_ (Imagine
Publishing) launched in April, and _Death Ray_ (Blackfish Publishing)
follows in May. The latter comes from Matt Bielby, who set up _SFX_ for
Future Publishing; also involved is Guy Haley, an _SFX_ editor before he
left for a stint at _White Dwarf_. Interesting times....
Bob Guccione Jr is reportedly negotiating with his father about
acquiring and relaunching _Omni_.
_The Hub_, a UK mag which launched in December 2006 and produced two
printed issues, switched to free weekly on-line publication in April:
`Despite almost selling out each issue we still operated at a loss.' See
www.hub-mag.co.uk for details.
RANDOM FANDOM. _«r Cruttenden_ lost his whiskers at Eastercon: `We raised
Pounds55 for the League of Fan Funds with the sponsored cheek-scalping.'
_Nathan Marcus Field_ was born to Alice and Dave Field on 23 April.
[SG]
_Steve Jeffery_, whose fanzine cartoon byline is `esjay', wants it
known that he's _not_ the notorious `Essjay' who used fake academic
credentials to bolster his authority as a Wikipedia editor.
_Maureen Kincaid Speller_ survived the Great Folkestone Earthquake
of 28 April: `Totally weird experience ... You haven't lived until you've
driven up a street with bricks whistling past the window! My poor ward
looks terrible. 73 uninhabitable houses at present. Place swarming with
scaffolders.'
AS OTHERS SEE US III. _On the one hand_, there are times when even the
respectable phrase isn't right: `It feels almost too confining to place
[Zoran] Zivkovic's work in the category of speculative fiction, but until
our limited language can generate a more befitting name for his genre,
the classification will have to do.' (Dave Itzkoff, _NY Times_, 15 April)
[CP] _On the other hand_ ... `_Metamorphosis_: sci-fi novella by Franz
Kafka' (_Radio Times_ listing for BBC7 _The Seventh Dimension_, 15 April)
[SJ/JS]
SMALL PRESS. _Meisha Merlin Publishing_ (USA) closes down this month
owing to `major distribution problems'. The definitive `Virginia Edition'
of Heinlein will continue elsewhere; it is rumoured (via SFWA) that all
other book rights will be or have been reverted to authors.
OUTRAGED LETTERS. _Petrea Mitchell_ was reminded of David Drake's
response to a nasty Charles Platt review by including, in various novels,
`cameos by idiotic, disgusting, or just plain dead characters named
Platt. [...] I also just read _Variable Star_, in which a C. Platt dies
unmourned, and our hero has to work out the best way to recycle him into
the minimal ecosystem of the starship. I have no idea if Spider Robinson
has something personal against Mr Platt too, or if he just wanted to join
in the beating.'
_Richard Nash_ on the claimed non-sfness of a novel (see Stephen
Baxter last issue): `Just FYI, Soft Skull (the original, North American
publisher of _Oh Pure and Radiant Heart_) would never do that, we proudly
embrace SF. That was effing Heinemann....'
FANFUNDERY. _GUFF:_ Ang Rosin won the 2007 southbound race with a first-
round majority, and will attend the Australian NatCon in June. 95 votes
cast: Johan Anglemark 15, Steve Davies 18, Anna Davour 10, Ang Rosin 49,
no pref 3.
_JETS:_ Chris O'Shea won an assisted passage to Nippon 2007, with
67 votes at round 4 of the counting: others who made it that far were Jim
de Liscard (31) and Abi Brown (26).
_TAFF:_ there is an eastbound race to Orbital (Eastercon 2008).
Candidates should provide 5 nominations (3 NA, 2 Euro), a 100-word
platform and $20 bond by 16 July. Send all this to the North American
TAFF administrator: Suzanne Tompkins, PO Box 25075, Seattle, WA 98165,
USA.
AS OTHERS SEE US IV. More downplaying of the icky sf elements in a
certain tv show, which in fact seems to be barely distinguishable from
_The West Wing_: `_Battlestar Galactica_. Less a science fiction series
and more an innovative political thriller enlivened by the occasional
intrusion of armour-plated war droids, _Battlestar_'s intoxicating mix
of gritty realism, high-calibre performances and intelligent scripting
continues to impress.' (_Scotland on Sunday_, 22 April) [HB]
C.O.A. _Chuck Connor_, 64 Chelwood Ave, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 0RE.
_Marlin Frenzel_, 654 E San Ysidro Blvd 331, San Ysidro, CA 92173, USA.
THE DOUGLAS ADAMS MEMORIAL DEBATE was held on 3 May as part of the Sci-Fi
London film festival. To ensure a properly balanced debate of such issues
as `does sci fi skew our understanding of science?', no detectable sf
author, critic or scholar was included in the panel.
THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Dept of Equine Anatomy._ `Terrence knew he would
have to stop several times and pick out his mare's hooves, but at least
it wouldn't be the thick, forelock-deep goop that could suck the shoes
off a horse ...' (Raymond Feist, `The Riftwar' in _Legends II_, 2003)
[LG]
_Neat Tricks Dept._ `He kissed Bridget lightly on the cheek and
there was an awkward moment as he pulled back while she leaned forward
to kiss the other.' (John Darnton, _The Darwin Conspiracy_, 2005) [PB]
_Dept of Lingering Heat._ `It was hotter than Hamish thought it
could get anywhere beyond a volcanic caldera.' (Kurt R.A. Giambastini,
_Unraveling Time_, 2006) [PM]
_Massage Dept._ `Elizabeth crossed her legs and stroked Ariel's
spine with a frown.' (David Weber, _Field of Dishonor_, 1994) [AC]
_Dept of Chemical Arcana._ `He wasn't a chemist, but he had spent
a couple of years studying organic chemistry. Changing just one number
or a couple of letters, he knew, could mean two very different
compounds.' (Ian Smith, _The Blackbird Papers_, 2004) [PB]
_Fortuitous Furniture Dept._ `He was sitting on a chair which
happened to be near him.' (John Brunner, _The Shockwave Rider_, 1975)
[LH]
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[] 2007
Until 6 May 07, Sci-Fi London Film Festival
25-27 May 07, Confounding Tales! (crime/sf/horror pulp), Glasgow
19-22 Jun 07, SFF SF Criticism Masterclass, Liverpool
19-22 Jul 07, Sectus 2007 (Harry Potter), London
20-22 Jul 07,Year of the Teledu, Leicester
3-5 Aug 07, Mecon 10, Belfast
10-12 Aug 07, Recombination/HarmUni III (Unicon/RPG/filk), Cambridge
30 Aug - 3 Sep 07, Nippon 2007 (Worldcon), Yokohama, Japan
31 Aug - 2 Sep 07, Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
21-23 Sep 07, Eurocon 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
21-23 Sep 07, Fantasycon 2007, Nottingham
6 Oct 07, Satellite 1, Glasgow
13-14 Oct 07, Birmingham International Comics Show, Birmingham
2-4 Nov 07, Novacon 37, Walsall
9-11 Nov 07, Armadacon, Plymouth
[] 2008
21-24 Mar 08, Orbital (Eastercon), Heathrow
Spring 08, Distraction, Newbury
3-7 May 2008, Roscon or Euroscon (Eurocon), Moscow
26-29 Jun 08, ConRunner 2008 (conrunning), Wolverhampton
6-10 Aug 08, Denvention 3 (Worldcon), Denver, USA
22-25 Aug 08, Discworld Convention 2008, Birmingham
### ENDNOTES ###
APPARITIONS.
[] 11 May: Brum Group, Britannia Hotel, New St, Birmingham. With ????.
7.45pm. Pounds3 members, Pounds4 non-members. Contact 07845 897760 or
bhamsfgroup at yahoo co uk. Forthcoming: 8 June, Rob Holdstock.
[] 7 June: Mass sf signing at Waterstones, Piccadilly, London. 5:30pm
to 7pm, with Steph Swainston, Steven Savile, Chris Dolley, Andrew
Dennis, Eric Brown, John Lambshead and David Devereux.
RANDOM LINKS. Rather than save them up for _Ansible_ each month, I now
add topical links to a sidebar column on the links page. Note the new
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APOLOGY. So many people reported Kurt Vonnegut's death, and sent the
same obituary quotations, that giving credits all round just isn't
practicable. Thanks to all! So it goes.
Untold severals of readers also pointed out this _Wired_ story, which
actually links to a Langford column but doesn't credit me for the
quoted line or the other information I supplied out of the goodness of
my heart. So it goes ...
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/news/2007/04/scifighetto_0412
MORE LETTERS. _Dave Clark:_ `American actor Tom Poston (1921-2007) has
died at 85 due to an undisclosed illness. I'm hoping that he might be
remembered for a little genre work that included _Zotz!_ and the
Henry Kuttner-penned "Masquerade" episode of the TV series
_Thriller_.' [] _Jonathan Cowie_ reminds us that _Concatenation_ was
20 years old at Easter, and adds that one of the team (Tony Bailey) is
swimming the English Channel for charity this summer:
http://www.concatenation.org/news/news4~07.html#channel~swim
INTERNATIONAL PIXEL-STAINED TECHNOPEASANT DAY was on 23 April ...
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nonfiction: =The End of Harry Potter?= (tpb Tor & Gollancz, 2007)
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date: Fri, 04 May 2007 17:49:43 +0100
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