Cover art by me for this one: a forthcoming book from NESFA Press titled WAR AND SPACE: SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF LESTER DEL REY, VOL. 1. Alice Lewis is doing the jacket design and layout. Steven H. Silver is the editor. The book’s slated for a 2009 release, and the second volume will be called…
The geniuses of SF Signal have posted their latest Mind Meld — “The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in ’08”. My list is here, if you scroll down a bit. Hey, and thanks to my fellow contributors, I found a couple of cool, new gift-giving ideas to boot! Bob Eggleton, Andy Remic, Paul McAuley, Mary Robinette…
SciFi.com reviews Dan Simmons’ forthcoming hardcover MUSE OF FIRE and gives it a big, fat “A”! Paul Di Filippo breaks it down. And the mighty io9 spotlights their December book picks and MUSE is amongst their featured picks. Nice! 🙂
Very sad news — James Cawthorn, the fine sf/fantasy illustrator best known for his seminal visualizations of Elric of Melnibone, died Tuesday. John Coulthart eloquently commemorates Cawthorn’s artistic contributions and his impact on the Elric saga. This quote from Mike Moorcock sums up that impact: “Jim Cawthorn and I have been inseparable for over twenty-five…
Been so busy here that I just realized Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE SLEEPING SORCERESS is now available. If you’re keeping score at home, this is the third of a six-volume ELRIC trade paperback series from Del Rey. I illustrated the cover and interiors for the first volume. The great Michael Kaluta did the art chores…
Just read the December issue of LOCUS MAGAZINE. Gardner Dozois breaks down 2008’s best sf anthologies in his column, “Gardnerspace”. Gardner: “This has been an almost unprecedented year for the number of first-rate original SF anthologies published, at least since the heyday of ORBIT, NEW DIMENSIONS, and UNIVERSE in the ’70’s.” He goes on to…
I managed to hold Facebook at bay all this time, but officially succumbed this week. Lots of friends friended me after I foolishly signed up in August, but with all the work deadlines at the time, I wasn’t able to get the ball rolling until this week. So thanks to everyone who was patient with…
(pictured L to R): Traci Picacio; Mary Robinette Kowal; Richelle Mead. My previous entry covered the tourist half of last week’s Philly trip; this time around — the Philcon Experience. I was Artist Guest of Honor so I didn’t take many photos at the con, and wish I would have. It was a great con…
Traci and I are back home from a whirlwind week in Philadelphia and Philcon in Cherry Hill, NJ. This report covers the tourist side of our trip, in the days before Philcon. The next report will be the Philcon experience. Without further ado, some highlights! WIZ WIT: We arrived in Philly three days before Philcon.…
This coming weekend is Philcon in Cherry Hill, NJ. I’ll be the Artist Guest of Honor up there, and I’m excited about it. If you’re headed to the show, here’s where you can find me when I’m not in the Art Show or the hotel bar. Fri 8PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)DIGITAL TOOLS…