{"id":347,"date":"2008-02-05T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/02\/05\/best-of-2007-talk-soup\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:48:33","slug":"best-of-2007-talk-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/02\/05\/best-of-2007-talk-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2007 \/ Talk Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p> $\"\"$ <\/a>Some talk soup about a few notable books that I\u2019m proud to have done covers for:\n

* Congrats to Bruce McAllister and Golden Gryphon Press<\/a>. McAllister\u2019s THE GIRL WHO LOVED ANIMALS<\/a> is amongst Graham Sleight\u2019s Top Five Books of the Year, according to his Year-End Round-Up in the latest issue of Locus Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Congrats to Lou Anders, Pyr<\/a> and FAST FORWARD 1<\/a>. An amazing FIVE stories from FF1 will appear in David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer\u2019s YEAR\u2019S BEST SF 13. Wow! More details here at Lou\u2019s blog<\/a>. In addition to several nods on this year\u2019s Locus Recommended Reading List (including Nick Gevers selecting it as one of the very best anthos of \u201906), Bookgasm.com says: \u201c\u2026so good that I suggest Pyr wait a year and republish it with the title BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF 2007. This is an important book that can move science fiction one step closer to the \u2018literature\u2019 shelf, if it so desires\u2026.Anders has coaxed such incredible goodness out of these writers that if you only read one or two stories a month, it\u2019s better than a year\u2019s subscription to most of the genre magazines out there\u2026With a deep bench of talent and a perfectly paced setlist, Lou Anders has made a book that truly represents its own theme. FAST FORWARD has the potential to be the future of short-form science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s good to hear, as I\u2019m currently working on the cover for FAST FORWARD 2\u2026.<\/p>\n

* In other news, Joseph Mallozzi\u2019s super-popular blog<\/a> announced today that discussion of Jeffrey Ford<\/a>\u2018s THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM<\/a> will begin April 21. (Even though EMPIRE is actually a 2006 release, I just wanted to pass it along.)<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"