Ansible 261, April 2009
From Dave Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 5AU. Web news.ansible.co.uk. Fax 0705 080 1534. ISSN 0265-9816 (print) 1740-942X (e). Logo: Dan Steffan. Cartoon: Brad Foster. Available for SAE, Juba Jelly or Python Whiffets.
Festival of Fools
Mark Chadbourn was first to leak the unexpected news that 'The Solaris SF/F imprint has been put up for sale by its owner, Games Workshop.' This year's Solaris titles should all appear as scheduled, though, 'as will every book announced up to early 2010.' (2 March) 'Ah, schadenwossname ... so hard to spell,' added the sacked founding editor Marc Gascoigne. Simon & Schuster UK, who distribute GW's Solaris and Black Library imprints, have reportedly considered acquiring Solaris.
Harlan Ellison ('Doctor, I have this terrible sense of déjà vu.') is suing CBS-Paramount over non-payment for exploitation of his Star Trek episode 'City on the Edge of Forever'. Also named in the suit, for persistent failure to act on his behalf, is the Writers Guild of America with a token claim of one dollar. (Deadline Hollywood Daily, 16 March)
Warren Lapine's Tir Na Nog Press has bought Realms of Fantasy magazine (cancelled by Sovereign Media): monthly publication should continue seamlessly with the May issue. Editors: 'Shawna McCarthy and Doug Cohen have agreed to stay on in their current capacities.'
Dave McKean's UK 'fantasy' postage stamps come out on 16 June.
Stephenie Meyer has a sincere flatterer: 'Lady Sybilla' blithely announced a sequel to Meyer's megaselling Twilight, using Meyer's characters and titled Russet Noon. The publisher, AV Paranormal (seemingly a front for the author), has an interesting view of IP law: 'Copyright laws protect writers from unauthorized reproductions of their work, but such reproductions only include verbatim copying. Characters are only copyrightable if their creator draws them or hires an artist to draw them.' [DKMK] A vast Monty Python foot is poised to crash down.
Terry Pratchett was named Campaigner of the Year in The Oldie magazine's regular 'Oldie of the Year' awards on 24 February.
Christopher Priest was announced as winner of the European SF Society Grand Master award at Eurocon in Italy. [MAH] Ansible: 'May we start calling you Emeritus?' Chris: 'A mere "Grand" will do.'
Michael Swanwick gazed at contemporary art: 'I recently went to the Tate Modern where there's a major installation by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster titled TH.2058, based on SF disaster novels and movies. The enormous Turbine Hall has been re-imagined as a shelter from an endless rain and filled with bunk beds and oversized copies of famous sculptures. (The rain has made them grow, see, so they've been taken indoors before they get so large as to be a problem.) Trade paperbacks of a rather good selection of classic and contemporary science fiction novels are scattered about on the bunks as something for the refugees to read. One of them, I noticed was M.P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud, with an intro by John Clute. So at the BSFA meeting a day later I was able to inform Clute that his work was on display in the Tate.'
Convainquish
Click here for longlist with links.
All April • Dublin: One City, One Book events in Dublin: the 2009 book is Bram Stoker's Dracula. See www.dublinonecityonebook.ie.
10-13 Apr • LXcon (Eastercon), Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford. £55 reg, £30 concessions/under-25s/supp, £20 under-17s, £5 under-12s, under-5s and pre-1965 Eastercon veterans free. Advance booking closes 3 April. £70 at the door, or per-day rates: £15 Fri, £25 Sat, £25 Sun, £15 Mon. Contact 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, S2 3HQ.
17 Apr • BFS Open Night, The George, 213 Strand, London, WC2R 1AP. 7:30pm; people will be there earlier. PS Publishing launch.
22 Apr • BSFA Open Meeting, The Antelope, 22 Eaton Terrace, London, SW1W 8EZ. 5/6pm onward. With Amanda Hemingway.
24-26 Apr • Alt.Fiction, QUAD centre, Derby. POSTPONED, first to 20 June 2009 and now to 2010. Contact 01332 715434. (The former organizers no longer work for the event sponsor, Derby Council.)
29 Apr • Clarke Award presentation, London. By invitation.
29 Apr - 4 May • Sci-Fi London (film), Apollo Piccadilly Cinema, 19 Regent St, London, SW1Y 4LY. Box office 020 7451 9944.
30 Apr - 3 May • Dead by Dawn (horror film festival), Filmhouse Cinema One, 88 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ. Starts 10pm or later on 30 April. £65. Box office 0131 228 2688. Also: 2 May, 'Spawn of Dawn' selections from DbD in Cinema Two. £25. Starts midnight Sat.
31 Jul - 2 Aug • Constitution (sf/f/RPG and Unicon) hosting HarmUni 4 (filk), Murray Edwards College (New Hall), Cambridge. £20 reg, rising to £25 on 17 April and £30 on 1 July. Child prices will also rise. Contact 207 Campkin Rd, Cambridge, CB4 2LE.
11-13 Sep • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln. £30 reg, rising to £35 in May. Online booking (£1 surcharge): steampunk.synthasite.com.
18-20 Sep • Fantasycon, Britannia Hotel, 1 St James St, Nottingham. Now £60 reg (BFS members £50), rising to £70 (£60) on 1 July. Contact Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire, CW9 8PQ.
10-11 Oct • Octocon 2009 lost its Dublin venue: the Park Inn Hotel has closed. New venue expected soon, with no date change. GoH Mike Carey, Dave Lally. Contact octocon2009 at gmail com.
24-31 Oct • Milford (UK) Writers' Conference, Snowdonia. Published authors only. £420 inc full board. Contact c/o Homeway House, 40 Westhay Rd, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9TL.
19-21 March 10 • Corflu, Winchester Hotel, Winchester. £40/$55 reg or £10/$15 supp to 31 May 09. Rooms £80/night twin/double. Sterling: Pat Charnock, 45 Kimberley Gardens, London, N4 1LD. US$: Robert Lichtman, 11037 Broadway Tce, Oakland, CA 94611-1948, USA.
25-28 Mar 10 • World Horror Convention, Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton. Further guests: Dave Carson, David Case, Les Edwards ('Edward Miller'). £60 reg. Contact PO Box 64317, London, NW6 9LL.
2-5 Apr 10 • Odyssey 2010 (Eastercon), Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London. £45/€60 reg, rising to £55 on 16 April 09. See the website for unwaged, junior, child and infant concessions. Contact: 5 Langhaul Rd, Crookston, Glasgow, G53 7SE.
25-27 Feb 11 • Redemption '11 (multimedia sf), Britannia Hotel, Fairfax St, Coventry, CV1 5RP. £40 reg, rising to £50 after 20 April 09. Contact 61 Chaucer Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8SP.
Rumblings • Eurocons: 26-29 Aug 2010, Tricon (Czech/Polish/Slovak), Cieszyn/Cesky Tesin, Polish/Czech border. • 17-19 Jun 2011: Eurocon 2011, Stockholm. • 2014: possible UK Worldcon/Eurocon?
Infinitely Improbable
As Others See Some Of Us. Barbie Doll fandom has found someone to look down on: 'Barbara Karleskint, 48, [spent] nearly $700 so she and one of her dolls could wear matching red chiffon gowns and capes at an annual collectors gathering.' She says, defiantly: 'Look, we're not as bad as the Star Trek convention people.' (CNN, 9 March) [JD]
Hugo
Shortlist. NOVEL Neal Stephenson, Anathem;
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book; Cory Doctorow, Little
Brother; Charles Stross, Saturn's Children; John Scalzi,
Zoe's Tale.
• NOVELLA Nancy Kress, 'The Erdmann Nexus' (Asimov's
10/08); Charles Coleman Finlay, 'The Political Prisoner' (F&SF
8/08); Ian McDonald, 'The Tear' (Galactic Empires); Benjamin
Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow, 'True Names' (Fast Forward 2);
Robert Reed, 'Truth' (Asimov's 10/08).
• NOVELETTE Mike Resnick, 'Alastair Baffle's
Emporium of Wonders' (Asimov's 1/08); Paolo Bacigalupi, 'The
Gambler' (Fast Forward 2); John Kessel, 'Pride and Prometheus' (F&SF
1/08); James Alan Gardner, 'The Ray-Gun: A Love Story' (Asimov's
2/08); Elizabeth Bear, 'Shoggoths in Bloom' (Asimov's 3/08).
• SHORT Kij Johnson, '26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss'
(Asimov's 7/08); Mike Resnick, 'Article of Faith' (Baen's
Universe 10/08); Mary Robinette Kowal, 'Evil Robot Monkey' (The
Solaris Book of New Science Fiction 2); Ted Chiang, 'Exhalation' (Eclipse
2); Michael Swanwick, 'From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled' (Asimov's
2/08).
• RELATED BOOK Farah Mendlesohn, Rhetorics of
Fantasy; Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds, Spectrum 15; Lillian
Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds, The Vorkosigan Companion;
Paul Kincaid, What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction;
John Scalzi, Your Hate Mail Will be Graded.
• GRAPHIC STORY The Dresden Files: Welcome to
the Jungle, Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the
Chapel of Bones, Fables: War and Pieces, Schlock
Mercenary: The Body Politic, Serenity: Better Days, Y:
The Last Man, Vol 10: Whys and Wherefores.
• DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM The Dark
Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, METAtropolis
(audiobook), WALL-E.
• DRAMATIC, SHORT FORM Lost: 'The
Constant'; Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog; Battlestar
Galactica: 'Revelations'; Doctor Who: 'Silence in the
Library/Forest of the Dead'; Doctor Who: 'Turn Left'.
• EDITOR, SHORT FORM Ellen Datlow, Stanley
Schmidt, Jonathan Strahan, Gordon Van Gelder, Sheila Williams.
• EDITOR, LONG FORM Lou Anders, Ginjer Buchanan,
David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
• PRO ARTIST Daniel Dos Santos, Bob Eggleton,
Donato Giancola, John Picacio, Shaun Tan.
• SEMIPROZINE Clarkesworld Magazine, Interzone,
Locus, The New York Review of SF, Weird Tales.
• FANZINE Argentus, Banana Wings,
Challenger, The Drink Tank, Electric Velocipede,
File 770.
• FAN WRITER Chris Garcia, John Hertz, Dave
Langford, Cheryl Morgan, Steven H Silver.
• FAN ARTIST Alan F. Beck, Brad W. Foster, Sue
Mason, Taral Wayne, Frank Wu.
• CAMPBELL AWARD (new writer; not a Hugo) Aliette
de Bodard, David Anthony Durham, Felix Gilman, Tony Pi, Gord Sellar.
• Footnote: Steve Stiles was nominated as fan artist but
withdrew, urging fans to vote for Taral; John Scalzi, having asked
people not to nominate him as fan writer, had no need to withdraw but
found much compensation elsewhere; David Langford simply has no shame.
• Some credits and subtitles were cut to save space:
full list here.
As
Others See Us. Even Torchwood is transcending mere
skiffiness now. According to director Euros Lyn, the third season
('Children of Earth') 'reaches out beyond the sci-fi genre. It's a human
story of epic proportions.' (Wired, 6 March) [MKK]
• Also: 'First, let's address the sci-fi thing. Yes, "Battlestar
Galactica," henceforth "BSG," prominently features evil
robots, some of which are sexy. [...] Yes, there are numerous rousing
space battles. And yes, there are enough discussions of airlocks and
jump coordinates and FTL drives that mentioning the show in public will
get you made fun of by at least one person within earshot. / But, other
than providing yet another warning about why not to create artificial
intelligence, it's not really a science fiction show.' (Troy Reimink,
Mlive.com tv review, 19 March) [PC] Because it's good.
Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist: Ian R. MacLeod, Song of Time; Paul McAuley, The Quiet War; Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns; Neal Stephenson, Anathem; Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets; Mark Wernham, Martin Martin's on the Other Side. Award presentation on 29 April.
Just Don't Call It Siffy. The US SciFi Channel is rebranding as Syfy in July, since the content 'is broader than traditional science fiction.' (TV Week) (Joe Gordon translates this broadness: 'made-for-TV thriller movies ... softcore naughty flicks that have no SF link at all.' The professional wrestling of course counts as fantasy.) Tactful explanation of the change, from tv historian Tim Brooks: 'The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular.' Digging ever deeper, he added: 'We spent a lot of time in the '90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it's called Sci Fi.' Channel co-founder Mitch Rubenstein, noting that Isaac Asimov gave 'Sci-Fi Channel' his blessing, is very sure that Asimov's response to Syfy would have been 'That's just plain dumb.' [JG] The Sci Fi Channel's own ad agency disclaimed all responsibility for a brand-name increasingly beset by syphilis jokes: 'SyFy was a name generated internally and pretested at the channel ...' [GD]
As Others See Essex. 'No roads. No houses. Just miles of salt marsh and milky sky. It's this vista that inspired Orwell's Martian landing in War of the Worlds ...' (Stephen Emms, Guardian, 24 March; the web version has since been furtively corrected) [DC]
R.I.P.
Ali Bongo (William Wallace, 1929-2009), India-born UK stage
magician who appeared in The Tomorrow People (1975) and had been
magic adviser for Ace of Wands and Doctor Who, died on 8
March aged 79. [BB]
• Jose Casanovas (1934-2009) Spanish comics artist well
known in the UK for his work in (among others) 2000AD, Starblazer
and Starlord, died on 14 March. [JG]
• Michael Cox (1948-2009), UK biographer, novelist and
horror critic who edited The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
(1986 with R.A. Gilbert) and other Oxford genre anthologies, died in
late March. [BR]
• Chester D. Cuthbert (1912-2009), Canadian member of
First Fandom whose fiction debut was in Hugo Gernsback's Wonder
Stories in 1934, died on 20 March; he was 96. [F770]
• Andy Hallett (1975-2009), US actor who played the demon
Lorne in 70+ episodes of Angel, died on 29 March aged 33. [MR]
• John Kennedy (1945-2009), US author who published a
handful of sf stories over four decades – the first in Galaxy
in 1976 – died on 18 March; he was 63. [CP] Leigh Kennedy writes:
'Together, we joined the Colorado workshop in the mid-1970s, about the
time he sold his first story to Galaxy. He never seemed too
bothered by his low output and only wrote when he felt it was
worthwhile. SF, writing and the workshop were the centre of his life.
His stories are collected in a chapbook, A Nova in a Bottle.
Writers in the workshop (many familiar names) knew John as an
independent, sometimes sharp, mostly accurate and funny critic. His
workshop fellows will miss him enormously and so will I.'
• Natasha Richardson (1963-2009), UK actress whose film
parts included Mary Shelley in Gothic (1986) and the lead in
The Handmaid's Tale (1990), died on 18 March after a skiing
injury. She was 45. [SG]
• Ron Silver (1946-2009), US actor best remembered from
The West Wing, died on 15 March aged 62. Genre credits include
The Entity (1981), Timecop (1994), The Arrival
(1996), Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996) and Ratz
(2000). [IC]
No Sex Please, We're Fannish. 'I'm not afraid of sex, it's just not something I want to do. That's probably why I delve into the world of science fiction and Transformers, where sex isn't an issue at all.' (Independent on asexuality, or 'syfy' as it is known, 17 March) [GD]
Outraged Letters. Michael Moorcock on being told that 'his' word Multiverse was the name of an LED installation at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: 'I think DC and Marvel should be included in the suit, along with all those bloody physicists and businesses.... It's an odd feeling, but at least I know how Mr Hoover felt.'
More
Awards. Aeon (unpublished short): Colin Henchley,
'Twinkle, Twinkle'.
• Clareson (scholarship): Hal Hall.
• FAAn (Fanzine Activity Achievement) – Fanzine: Earl
Kemp, eI. Writer: Bruce Gillespie. Artist: Dan Steffan.
Letterhack: Lloyd Penney. Online Fanac: eFanzines.com. New Fanzine Fan:
Jean Martin & Katrina Templeton (tie)
• British Book Awards/Tesco Biography of the Year: the
shortlist of six includes J.G. Ballard's Miracles of Life.
• Pilgrim (scholarship, life achievement): Brian Attebery.
• Prometheus (libertarian) novel shortlist: Iain Banks,
Matter; Cory Doctorow, Little Brother; Michael Flynn,
The January Dancer; Charles Stross, Saturn's Children;
Harry Turtledove, Opening Atlantis; Jo Walton, Half a Crown.
• Skylark (NESFA life achievement): Terry Pratchett.
• Stoker (horror) novel shortlist: Gary Braunbeck, Coffin
County; Nate Kenyon, The Reach; Stephen King, Duma Key;
Gregory Lamberson, Johnny Gruesome.
As Others See Con-Goers. '... the half-clever, sort of obvious conceit of staging a big action set piece in the middle of a science fiction convention full of costumed fans and geeks.' (New York Times review of Race to Witch Mountain, 13 March) [AIP]
BSFA in Hansard. The Picocon buzz was 'BSFA mentioned in Parliament!' Somewhat less excitingly: Stephen O'Brien, an MP with far too much time on his hands, had been asking Parliamentary Questions about whether government department staff have edited Wikipedia. And lo, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport answered with a written list of 'their' Wikipedia edits, including UK sf authors, the Clarke Award and the British SF Association. Another BSFA first? [TC]
C.o.A. Bridget Wilkinson, 562 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 3ED.
As Others See Fantasy. Iranian TV has exposed 'Harry Potter and the Ziono-Hollywoodist Conspiracy'. In brief: Potterverse magic = 'witchcraft and brainwashing' = 'evil essence of Zionism', because witchcraft was invented by 'rabbis of ancient Egypt'. (Harvard MESH, 11 March) Yes, it's The Protocols of the Elders of Hogwarts. [DKMK]
Court Circular. The Massachusetts Superior Court dismissed the 2008 lawsuit filed against Ann Crispin and Victoria Strauss (of SFWA's Writer Beware) by Robert Fletcher and his Literary Agency Group, as extensively featured in the WB 'Thumbs Down Agency List'. Fletcher claimed he'd lost $25,000 per month through these warnings, but failed to make any actual case and will be countersued for legal fees. [SFWA]
Thog's
Masterclass. Gut Feelings Dept. 'The small sound from
deep in her throat jerked open Grisha's gut anger.' 'Small angry teeth
bit inside his gut. They chewed at him a great deal these days.' 'The
tiny teeth bit so hard in his stomach that he groaned aloud.' 'Pain
vomited through him and he screamed.' (all from Stoney Compton, Russian
Amerika, 2007) [NR]
• Mental Gymnastics Dept. 'The gentle voice [...] droned
on and on until each repetition seemed to trampoline into the gray
matter of my mind.' (Anne McCaffrey, Restoree, 1967)
• Revelation Scene Dept. '"By the Seven Signs! By the
immortal Slid herself!" shouted Cargelo. "'Tis a potent rune,
meant to be sung by an especial one and by him only unto the devastation
of Ashlewzia! My king, your daugher, the lovely and elfin Jayz, is the
sorceress who will crush the Spider Witch like a frozen cockroach on an
iron anvil!"' (Michael J. Fantina, 'Return of the Spider Witch',
Strange Tales 4:2, 2005) [DL]
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Endnotes
Apparitions.
• 2 Apr 2009: Juliet E McKenna talks at The Corner Club, Oxford.
7-8 pm. Tickets £5.00. Oxfringe event:
http://oxfringe.com/
• 3 Apr 2009: Brum Group, Briar Rose, Bennett Hill, Birmingham
city centre. With David A. Hardy. 7:30pm for 8pm. £4; members £3.
Contact 07845 897760 or bhamsfgroup at yahoo co uk. Future speakers
include Bob Blackham on 8 May; John Jarrold on 12 June; Jo Fletcher on
10 July.
• 4 Apr 2009: Sarah Ash, Chaz Brenchley, Mark Chadbourn, Juliet E
McKenna, Ben Jeapes talk at Borders Bookshop, Oxford. 6pm-7:30pm. Free.
Oxfringe event, as above.
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Outraged
Letters II. Yvonne Hewett on A260's
Euro-Worldcon news: 'Say it isn't so. Not Worldcon at Excel [London] in
2014. Not Excel. No, please. Have you seen Night of the Living Dead?
That's what the place turns people into. No one would know it's an SF
convention. Everyone would be, like ... normal.'
• Steve Stiles sends his Hugo Fan Artist Statement: 'I'm
always glad to get the nomination, but this time around I want to pass
in favor of another nominee, Taral Wayne. For years I've admired his
excellent skills as a cartoonist, and for years I've watched him get
passed over despite his obvious talents. I believe this will be the
eighth time Taral will have been nominated, and as a GoH at Anticipation
this will be his very best chance at finally winning a well-deserved
Hugo. / Since I suspect that we draw votes from the same fan base, I
wouldn't want to jeopardize his chances at getting this way overdue
award.'
Bad
News Updates. US fan artist Randy Bathurst's death – from a
sudden heart attack on 10 January – featured in Newsweek as the
lead-in of a story on discount funerals. [AIP]
• Paul Williams's family needs help:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/31/family-of-crawdaddys.html
Fanfundery.
DUFF: the 2009 race from Australasia to Anticipation, in Montréal
is on, with candidates Emma Hawkes, Chris Nelson, David Cake & Grant
Watson (joint), and Alison Barton. Voting deadline 17 May. More at
sffanz.sf.org.nz/duff.
• TAFF reminder: European candidates for the TAFF trip to
Anticipation are Steve Green and Tom Womack. Voting closes on 18 April.
More details at taff.org.uk.
• GUFF: Down-Under delegates Sue Ann Barber and Trevor
Clark are at large in the British Isles, with plenty of uncommitted time
to meet fans and fan groups:
http://guff-peeps.livejournal.com/898.html
Eurocon 2009 Hall of Fame Awards. Author: Robert Quaglia (Italy). Promoter: Boris Sidyuk (Ukraine). Translator: Flora Stagliano (Italy). Magazine: Nova SF (Sweden). Publisher: Metropolis Media (Hungary). Artist: Franco Brambilla (Italy).
How
To Render Thog Speechless.
http://vandonovan.livejournal.com/1088311.html
http://vandonovan.livejournal.com/1088755.html
More Syfy. From 2001 to 2009, 'SyFy Portal' was an sf media/Star Trek site, but in February it rebranded as Airlock Alpha. Yes, the Sci Fi Channel loved the brand name so much that they bought it in. [IC]
The
Dead Past: Thought for the Day. Since Ansible is
nominally a semiprozine these days, perhaps it's time to revive the
vastly influential Ansible Poll last seen 25 years ago in 1984.
Everyone is entitled to vote, in all the usual Hugo categories.
Following established US semiprozine principles, votes from those who do
not subscribe to the printed Ansible will be weighted at 10% of
the value of a real vote. These simple rules are absolute and final, but
may be further changed after the polling deadline if the results should
come out wrong owing to the pernicious influence of online fan bases,
especially Cory Doctorow's. Vote early, and vote correctly!
http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/locus-pocus
/
http://clarkesworld.livejournal.com/118704.html
http://file770.com/?p=292
http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=1491
Ansible 261 Copyright © Dave Langford, 2009. Thanks to Barbara Barrett, Patrick Chapman, Dave Clements, Ian Covell, Tony Cullen, Gary Dalkin, John DeNardo, Marc Gascoigne, Joe Gordon, Steve Green, Martin Hoare, Mary Kay Kare, David K.M. Klaus, Denny Lien, Andrew I. Porter, Chris Priest, Nonie Rider, Barbara Roden, Marcus Rowland and Hero Distributors: Vernon Brown (BSFG), Janice Murray (NA), SCIS/Prophecy, Alan Stewart (Australia). 1 Apr 09.