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SF and Fantasy TV News ....
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First let's get the announcements of new shows out of the way.  If things
go well, we should be able to put out a CV: Extra with more info.  Keep
your fingers crossed.

NBC, Sunday 8-9 pm Eastern -- SEAQUEST DSV:  From STEVEN SPEILBERG.  Eco-
science fiction, with ROY SCHIEDER as the head of a submarine patrolling
the deep.

ABC, Sunday 8-9 pm Eastern -- LOIS AND CLARK:  THE NEW ADVENTURES OF
SUPERMAN:  DEAN CAIN and TERI HATCHER as the leads.  It's supposedly closer
to the comics than we've seen before.

Sci-FI -- THE NEW ADVENTURES OF GIGANTOR:  (Remember, folks, we don't make
this up.)  There's really not much to say here, except that there are 52
new animated episodes, and they're in color.

Fox, Friday 9-10 pm Eastern -- THE X-FILES:  Let's just say that the
producer/creator's favorite show as a kid was NIGHT GALLERY.  It's about an
FBI agent who decides to take on those "weird" unsolved cases, like aliens
and the paranormal.  CHRIS CARTER promises it'll be good and scary, but not
bloody.  We'll run the interview with him either in the Extra or the next
issue, depending on how things go.

Syndicated, so bug your local stations:  BABYLON 5:  Laurel Takashima is,
in accordance with many people's wishes, gone.  WALTER KOENIG is a bad guy.
We don't have room for everything here.  Check out CV issues 1 and 3 for
details from J. Michael Straczynksi himself.

Syndicated, so bug your local stations:  ROBOCOP:  If there's anyone who
hasn't seen the movie, it's basically about a cop who's been turned into a
cyborg by a heartless corporation running the police force of Detroit.  He
starts to remember who he is and fights against OCP -- the corporation.
The TV series apparently picks up from there.

That's all we've got for now, so on to the rest of the news ...........

DR. WHO fans have been up and down in the last few months.  First there was
a rumor that the BBC was reviving the show.  Then there was a rumor that
they MIGHT revive the show if there was enough interest in the special that
they were going to air for the 30th anniversary of the show in November.
Then there was gossip of problems between the surviving Doctors (or that
actors playing them, anyway.)  Supposedly, JOHN PERTWEE, PETER DAVISON, and
SYLVESTER MCCOY were upset because the bulk of the show had gone to TOM
BAKER.  (COLIN BAKER had not signed, citing prior committments.)  Then the
word was that the special had been pushed back to early next year.
     Now it seems that it was all pointless, because the rumor is that the
BBC has cancelled the special completely, and has no plans to revive DR.
WHO on television in any form.  They will not even be showing any more
reruns for at least two seasons.  (U.S. readers remember:  In England, a
season is 13 weeks.)
     On the brighter side, rumor is that BBC RADIO LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT  and
the BBC Audio Collection will be producing 35 radio episodes of DR. WHO
starting JON PERTWEE as the Doctor.  Some of the people who have reportedly
been contacted are KATY MANNING, ELIZABETH SLADEN, ERIC SAWARD, TERRANCE
DICKS, BARRY LETTS, PHILLIP MARTIN.  Even more unconfirmed is that some of
the "lost" episodes that exist only in audio form may be released on
cassette tape or compact disc.

QUANTUM LEAP:  Continuing on in life, SCOTT BAKULA  will be starring in
MERCY MISSION, about the rescue of a single engine plane lost in the
Pacific Ocean.  ROBERT LOGGIA also stars, and TED DANSON will produce.  It
will air sometime in the 1993-4 season on NBC.  (Yes, NBC.)  But, of
course, the big news is that Bakula will be a semi-regular on MURPHY BROWN.
His role has been described as an "aggressive but charming international
reporter."  Look for "strong sexual tension" between him and CANDICE
BERGEN.

DEAN STOCKWELL will play an "evil strip miner" trying to obtain the
Ponderosa in BONANZA -- THE RETURN, about the next generation of ranchers
and staring the sons of the original series, MICHAEL LANDON JR., and DIRK
BLOCKER, and LINDA GRAY.

And speaking of sons, JASON CONNERY, son of SEAN and formerly of ROBIN OF
SHERWOOD, will be starring in the film IESKA,about a Sioux Indian.  It will
start shooting in Nashville this fall, and will also star FRANCESCO QUINN
(son of ANTHONY) and TAHNEE WELCH (daughter of RAQUEL).

Also for you alumnus watchers, ROBERT WOLTERSTORFF, former QL Supervising
Producer and writer is now the Executive Producer of DANGER THEATER, which
we have been looking for an excuse to mention.  It's a half hour parody of
the action shows of the 1970's and '80's and it's (in our humble opinions,
of course) a fun way to spend 30 minutes.  The show also features genre
veterans ADAM WEST (BATMAN) and ROBERT VAUGHN (THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.).
There are two segments each week, so there's little time for a gag to get
stale.  The two are "The Searcher" starring DEITRICH BADER -- a takeoff on
everything from THE HITCHHIKER to the A-TEAM, and "Tropical Punch",
starring West in a straight takeoff of HAWAII FIVE-O.  (Also, for those of
you following the campaign to save QL, the infamous Harriet will have a
cameo as a Liz Taylor lookalike in "Sex Lies and Decaf" to air August 22nd.

So you thought you read it all in GROWING UP BRADY, the controversial
biography of BARRY WILLIAMS?  Now there is a tell all memior from, of all
people, BURT WARD.  Yes, the boy -- now a man -- who played Robin opposite
ADAM WEST'S BATMAN in the campy 1960's television show.  The book will be
called BOY WONDER:  MY LIFE IN TIGHTS.  (As tempting as it was, we are NOT
making this up.)  Among the "revelations" to be found among the pages are
the existance of a nude Christmas special shown only to the executives.
(Can you imagine THAT in a dealers' room?)  Remember, now, that Ward was a
very young man at the time, but if you've been following his life since,
you know that he has certainly gotten ... older.  He claims that there are
no less than three chapters that are so sexually explicit that should not
be read by minors.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG's talk show has been cancelled becuse of low ratings.

Looks like we're going to have a wait for GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S DOORWAYS.
it seems that ABC scheduled it for July 10 -- in a one hour slot.  The
problem is that the short version of the pilot is 90 minutes long, with the
European version running 2 hours.  Columbia pointed that out to ABC, but
there were no 90 minute slots available in the summer, so we may have to
wait as long as a year.

Steven Speilberg is taking TINY TOON ADVENTURES one step farther.  Fox has
picked up STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS ANIMANIACS.  It's about three Warner
Bros characters, Wakko, Yakko, and Dot, the Warner Brothers (and Warner
sister) who have supposedly been kept in the WB water tower since their
creation 50 years ago because they were too outrageous.  It will air at 4pm
on weekday afternoons.  We'll let you know what will happen to TINY TOONS,
which is currently airing in that slot.

Looking for RED DWARF scripts?  Fans in the UK have spotted PRIMORDIAL
SOUP:  THE LEAST WORST SCRIPTS, by Grant Naylor.  It's from Penguin Books,
and even includes "Psirens," a script from the sixth season which has not
even been shown yet.  See SPOILERS AHOY for a little bit more information.
According to "Red Dwarf Smegazine," Season 1 of RD would be released on
video in the UK around May 4th, so it's probably out there somehwere.
No word on when other countries would see it.

There seems to be an affinity among science fiction fans for the classic
detective, SHERLOCK HOLMES.  Maybe it's that intelligence runs in both
groups.  Or perhaps it's just that Holmes, like the average sf fan, was
always looking forward to the future, to technology ... and to all the
little things that mundanes usually miss.   Well now CBS is combining both
groups with a TV movies called SHERLOCK HOLMES RETURNS! IN THE ADVENTURE OF
THE TIGER'S REVENGE.
     The story revolves around Holmes' adventures when he is thawed out
after 94 years.  I seems that he was so bored in Victorian England that he
invented cryogenics and jumped in.  Written by KENNETH JOHNSON, it will
star ANTHONY HIGGINS as Holmes and (surprise!) DEBORAH FARENTINO as his
sidekick.  Instead of the stodgy Dr. Watson, we get Farentino as a sexy
doctor companion.  (Yes, tension, but no romance -- yet.)  If it does well,
there may be a series of TV films.
     Although they have tried to keep things like the meerschaum pipe and
deerstalker cap, Holmes adapts to modern life pretty quickly.  Just picture
Sherlock Holmes with the resources of computers and networks behind him and
you get the idea.
     And while we're on the subject of Holmes, it was at about this time
100 years ago that ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, sick of the detective he had
created, sent him hurtling over the Reichenbach Falls to his death.  Well,
a year or two later he was forced by public outcry to bring him back, but
that isn't stopping the United Kingdom from issuing a set of Sherlock
Holmes stamps to commemorate the anniversary.  They should be in the stores
October 12.  (Or should way say 12 October?)

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STAR TREK News ....
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MOVIE NEWS:  OK, here's the poop.  STAR TREK VII will not be called STAR
TREK VII, though nobody knows what it IS going to be called.  Right now the
leading candidate is STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: THE MOTION PICTURE, so
that should answer the question as to which crew will be in it.  There
will, however be 18 minutes of TOS characters.  There are at least two
scripts in the works, and the will pick the one they like best for the
first film.  The first two will have a budget of $100,000,000, if
statements made by Creation are correct.  Paramount has booked 2400
theaters for Christmas week, so it had better be ready.  This meant that
the TNG actors had to go back to work early, and will get only one week for
their mid-season hiatus, leaving them free to start production July 1,
1994.
     Apparently one problem with making another TOS film is the insurance
companies.  When you're making a film, you buy insurance that pays off if
for some reason you can't complete the film -- like the death or serious
illness of one of your stars.  Given the advanced age of some of the cast,
STVI could only be insured for $26 million.

Also, the rumor that Paramount will be making yet another Star Trek series
once TNG ends is now a fact.  It will take place on a starship and not a
space station, and during the same time period as TNG, so forget RICHARD
DEAN ANDERSON as a grown up Wesley Crusher.

There is talk that TERRY FARRELL is pregant.  This is completely
UNCONFIRMED.

WALTER KOENIG suffered a heart attack while attending a convention in
Chicago. He was hospitalized and subsequently underwent heart surgery.
Koenig, whose age has been variously listed as 54 and 56, is doing fine,
and his family thanks all of those who sent their good wishes during the
crisis.

In a monumental display of well-meaning but misinformed explanation, United
Press International distributed an article about a STAR TREK convention in
Pasadena, California.  The article patiently explains that you shouldn't
call fans "trekkies" because "Since [DEEP SPACE NINE] was launched in 1993,
Star Trek fans have sought a more serious image, hence the name change."
To it's credit, though, the article also quotes trekker Neil Norman as
explaining that "Being a trekker is about everyone getting along.  It's not
about space ships and monsters."  UPI also ran a report recently detailing
MARINA SIRTIS's refusal to attend a question/answer session until all video
equipment was removed from the room, quoting an unnamed con organizer as
saying that the TNG people just "stay for their hour and leave," and that
the TOS people are more personable.  Anybody want to comment on that?
     (UPI also ran the story of Walter Koenig's heart attack under the
headline "Star Trek character suffers heart attack".)

BRENT SPINER was reportedly offered a chance to direct, but turned it down.
Not so for ADAM NIMOY (son of LEONARD), who will be directing another
episode -- but we don't know which one.

A strange sounding rumor, supposedly from E! (the cable network) says that
JOHN DELANCIE has been signed for 26 episodes of TNG.  A theory put forward
is that he might be playing a new regular in alien makeup.

There's just no stopping that STAR TREK franchise.  According the The Wall
Street Journal (7/12/93), Paramount Video has sold 200,000 copies of "The
Cage," the original TOS pilot.  That's $3 million, folks.  For one episode.
The other 79 episodes have sold 50,000 to 100,000 each, and the TNG
episodes on the market have sold 25,000 to 30,000 each.

DWIGHT SCHULTZ (BARCLAY) will be starring in a brand new series come fall.
BOOMTOWN is about a dreamer who buys a run down rural hotel in anticipation
of a superhighway that winds up bypassing them, leaving them broke.

Funny how statistics can be manipulated ...  According to the TIME
Magazine, the fastest growing language in the world is Klingon, created by
Mark Okrand.  Why?  It's very simple.  As recently as a few years ago,
practically nobody was speaking it, but now, with the publication of the
KLINGON DICTIONARY, lots of people are spitting their way to being
bilingual.

On the lighter side, it seems that plenty of things are out there if you
just ask for them.  For instance, Riverside, Iowa was designated the
birthplace of James T. Kirk because then City Councilor STEVE MILLER saw a
listing in THE MAKING OF STAR TREK of Kirk's birthplace as "a small Iowa
town."  Paramount told him that the first Iowa town to lay claim to him
could have him, so they did.  So now every first Friday after March 22
(yes, it's also WILLIAM SHATNER'S birthday) is the annual summer Trek Fest,
complete with Romulan Ale -- food coloring in the green beer left over from
St. Patrick's day.

The British satellite channel Sky One has purchased the rights to STAR
TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, and will begin showing it in the next month or so.

JOHN DELANCIE just finished making a movie with BRUCE DERN, and plans on
doing more audio tapes.  (What did he do before?)  He has also done a comic
for DC, but reportedly does not plan to do another.

Since the beginning, big name stars have been showing up in Star Trek:  The
Next Generation, and we may see more of that in what future the show has
left.  "Descent," the final episode of the sixth season, featured a small
role for scientist STEVEN HAWKING, who is reportedly a huge fan of the
show.  (The staff was apparently quite excited that such a world renowned
scientist is a fan.  He also reportedly has quite a sense of humor, and
Levar Burton reccommends renting A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, the story of
Hawking's life.)  According to a TV Guide interview with executive producer
RICK BERMAN, other celebrities who have expressed an interest in appearing
are JASON ALEXANDER, DANA CARVEY, CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, LYLE LOVETT, who,
according to Berman, is "an obsessive fan," Los Angeles Laker JAMES WORTHY,
who has reportedly signed to be the tallest Klingon in the show's history,
and ROBIN WILLIAMS.  Berman says that they are looking for something more
than a cameo for Williams -- but nobody's mentioned the return of Mork from
Ork.  Various sources are also saying that ARNOLD SCHWARTZNEGGER has signed
on to be an alien captain, but we think that if that were true, Rick Berman
would have mentioned it to TV Guide.  Others mentioned in a March issue of
Entertainment Weekly are JOHN GOODMAN and ELLIOT GOULD.

WILLIAM SHATNER was also talking to TV Guide for their special "Sci-fi"
episode, and what he had to say might surprise a few people.  He said that
he had no idea that much of the rest of the original cast of STAR TREK
didn't like him until he started to write his memiors.  WALTER KOENIG --
Pavel Chekhov -- agreed to talk to him for the book, but what he had to say
was far from favorable.  He said that Shatner always felt that aside from
the Big Three, the other actors were insignificant.

JIMMY DOOHAN wouldn't even talk to Shatner for the book.  Doohan also has a
book deal for his memiors and though he does not yet have a title, he told
TV Guide (man, they talk to everybody!) that "It may have a whiff of
blasphemy, so I have to check it out with a couple of priests first."

NICHELLE NICHOLS is also writing a book.  It's called BEYOND UHURA, but she
says that if you're looking for lots of details of the much heralded
"liason" between her and GENE RODDENBERRY, you're going to be disappointed.
She says that it happened long before STAR TREK, it was short-lived, and
that it will only get a couple of sentences in the book.

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Contests ....
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Attention writers:  ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE and the
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) have
announced the creation of the Isaac Asimov Award for the  best unpublished
science fiction or fantasy short story by an undergraduate student.  The
award is $500, a trip to IAFA's annual conference in Florida to receive it,
and consideration for publication in ASIMOV'S.  Submissions, which should
be in the range of 1,000 to 10,000 words, are due by November 15, 1993.
For more information, write to Isaac Asimov Award, USF 3177, 4204 E.
Fowler, Tampa, FL 33620-3177.

-!-

The UPC SCIENCE FICTION AWARD

[Editor's note:  We were going to try and paraphrase this, but there's just
so much in the way of specifics you need to know that we decided to just
reprint the posted notice, since you don't really have time to write to
them for more info.  It IS a yearly contest, however, so even if you don't
make it this year, there's always the next go-round.]

This message contains the rules of the UPC Science Fiction Award 1993. This
competition is organized by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC).
Since its 2nd edition in 1992, the works can be presented in Catalan,
Spanish, English or French.  Last year, Jack MacDevitt won the award with
the short novel "Ships in the Night".

Conrado Martinez ([e-mail])

                      UPC SCIENCE FICTION AWARD 1993

RULES

 1.- Any unpublished narrative work which comes within the science fiction
     genre may take part in the competition.
 2.- The works presented must be of between 75 and 110 pages, written in
     Catalan, Spanish, English or French. Two copies of the manuscript must
     be submitted, typewritten and double-spaced with 30 lines on each page
     and 70 characters per line. The submitted manuscripts will not be
     returned.
 3.- The author must sign his or her narrative with a pseudonym, and
     enclose a sealed envelope containing the following details: full name,
     personal identification number (identity card or similar), full
     address and contact telephone or fax. The title of the work and the
     pseudonym of the author must appear on the outside of this envelope.
     Members of the UPC community must also state "UPC Member" on the
     outside of the envelope.
 4.- Manuscripts must be send to:
        Consell Social
        Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
        Edifici ETSAB
        Diagonal, 649
        08028- Barcelona (SPAIN)
     The envelope should be clearly marked: "UPC Science Fiction Award
     1993".
 5.- The final date for presentation of manuscripts for the 1993 edition is
     August 30, 1993. The decision of the jury, which will be final, will
     be made public before the ending of year 1993 (December 1st, 1993).
 6.- According to the decision of the jury, a prize of 1,000,000 PTA will
     be awarded. If the awarded narrative is not written in Catalan or
     Spanish, a special mention with a prize of 250,000 PTA may be awarded
     to the best narrative written in these languages. A further prize of
     250,000 PTA may also be awarded for the best narrative presented by a
     member of the UPC.
 7.- The competition, which is held every year, may be declared vacant.
 8.- The prizewinners grant the rights of the first Spanish edition to the
     UPC, and waiver their right to any other monetary remuneration from
     this edition.
 9.- The winning novellas will be published by the UPC through Ediciones B,
     in its collection "NOVA ciencia ficcion".
10.- The jury for the 1993 edition will be composed of Lluis Anglada,
     Miquel Barcelo, Pere Botella, Josep Casanovas and Domingo Santos.
11.- The participation in the UPC Science Fiction Award 1993 involves the
     implicit acceptance of the rules.
                                             Barcelona, February 1993.

-!-
[Editor's note:  The official closing date for voting was supposed to be
the weekend of August 13th, but Brad Templeton of Clarinet says that since
the ballots are still coming in and they're so easy to process, they will
be accepting them for a while longer -- but they absolutely must close the
balloting Labor Day weekend.]

               The Electric Science Fiction Award Ballot

     Clarinet is also running an electronic version of the Hugo voting.
Simply put, replace the question marks with your choices, in order of
preference.  If you hate something, rank it below "No Award."  All ballots
will be machine processed.  They state in the instrctions that "BALLOTS
THAT CAN'T BE PARSED WILL BE DROPPED ON THE FLOOR."  Neat trick for an
electronic ballot, but hey, it's their poll.
     One more note from Clarinet: To not rank a story is to rank it last.
Thus if you have stories you hated, you should actually rank them after
stories you didn't read, rather than not ranking them, presuming you wish
to give them the benefit of the doubt.  Likewise, you may wish to rank
stories you didn't read above No Award if you want to give them the benefit
of the doubt.

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#start:

                Best Novel

A       China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
B       Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
C       Steel Beach by John Varley
D       A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
E       Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
!       No Award

#novel: ???

                Best Novella
A       "Uh-Oh City" by Jonathan Carroll
B       "The Territory" by Bradley Denton
C       "Protection" by Maureen McHugh
D       Stopping at Slowyear by Frederik Pohl
E       "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" by Lucius Shepard

F       City of Truth by James Morrow
G       "Contact" by Jerry Oltion and Lee Goodloe
H       Griffin's Egg by Michael Swanwick
!       No Award

#novella: ???

                Best Novelette
A       "True Faces" by Pat Cadigan
B       "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan
C       "In the Stone House" by Barry N. Malzberg
D       "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent
E       "Suppose They Gave a Peace..." by Susan Shwartz

F       "Matter's End" by Gregory Benford
G       "The July Ward" by S.N. Dyer
H       "The Honeycrafters" by Carolyn Gilman
I       "Prayers on the Wind" by Walter Jon Williams
!       No Award

#novelette: ???

                Best Short Story
A       "The Winterberry" by Nicholas A. DiChario
B       "The Mountain to Mohammed" by Nancy Kress
C       "The Lotus and the Spear" by Mike Resnick
D       "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls" by Martha Soukup
E       "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis


F       "Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats"
          by Michael Bishop
G       "Lennon Spex" by Paul Di Fillipo
H       "Vinland the Dream" by Kim Stanley Robinson
!       No Award

#short: ???

                Best Professional Artist
A       Thomas Canty
B       David A. Cherry
C       Bob Eggleton
D       James Gurney
E       Don Maitz
!       No Award

#artist: ???

                Best Original Artwork
A       Cover of Aristoi by Jim Burns
B       Dinotopia by James Gurney
C       "Bridges" by Ron Walotsky
D       Cover of Illusion by Michael Whelan
E       Asimov Tribute Portrait, by Michael Whelan
!       No Award

#artwork: ???

                Best Fan Writer
A       Mike Glyer
B       Andy Hooper
C       Dave Langford
D       Evelyn C. Leeper
E       Harry Warner Jr.
!       No Award

#fanwriter: ???

                Best Fan Artist
A       Teddy Harvia
B       Merle Insinga
C       Linda Michaels
D       Peggy Ranson
E       Stu Shiffman
F       Diana Harlan Stein
!       No Award

#fanartist: ???

                Best New Writer of 1991-1992
                from the John W. Campbell nominees

A       Barbara Delaplace
B       Nicholas A. DiChario
C       Holly Lisle
D       Laura Resnick
E       Carrie Richerson
F       Michelle Sagara
!       No Award

#newwriter: ???

    Other questions:

For these questions, replace the answer field with the right answer.  If
you see something like "yes|no" it means we expect you to leave either a
yes or no in the field.  If you leave a literal "yes|no" we will disregard
your response.

1. Did you purchase the ESF 1993 Hugo and Nebula Anthology?  (You can vote
even if you didn't, but we would like to know.)

#purchase: yes|no

2. Are you a member of the 1993 WorldCon, ConFrancisco?

#worldcon: yes|no

3. Did you or will you vote on the Hugos?

#vote: yes|no

#end:

Brad Templeton
ClariNet Communications Corp.
Sunnyvale, CA
408/296-0366

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