Tor Books has been perfecting their version of the mother-of-all-websites, and as an incentive to build audience, they’re offering free(!) desktop wallpapers from different artists each week. The wallpapers are available for one week only, and then they’re replaced by another set. Starting today, this week’s featured artists — me and Bob Eggleton! My wallpaper…
Well, not yet anyway. Sad news this week, well-chronicled by now — one of sf’s finest artists ever, John Berkey, passed away on Tuesday. Irene Gallo, Arnie Fenner, Bob Eggleton and others have posted nice remembrances of Berkey. I’m definitely one of the legions who revere his work, which I believe is more influential now…
Now available — Includes an interview with yours truly, conducted late January/early Feburary this year, courtesy of Jeff VanderMeer, AKA The Hardest Working Man in Genre. (Bizarre — how have I known Jeff this long, and only now did I notice that he capitalizes the “M” in his last name??) More good stuff in CLARKESWORLD…
As mentioned in my previous post, I had the honor of presenting a tribute speech for Michael Moorcock before he was officially named the 25th Grandmaster of the Science Fiction Writers of America this past Saturday night. The phrase “With A Little Help From My Friends” definitely comes to mind. Many thanks to Neil Gaiman,…
(pictured above, L to R, back row: Kyrinn S. Eis; Chris Roberson; Sanford Nowlin; Linda Moorcock; Traci & me; foreground, seated: SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock) Good times with great people at the 2008 Nebula Awards Weekend in Austin this weekend. Quality time with the Moorcocks, Chris Roberson, Joe Lansdale, Diana Gill, Liza Trombi, Anne Sowards,…
Hey, wow!! Found out this morning that I’m a Locus Award finalist in the Artist category! Hurray! Full list of nominees here. Fellow nominees in the category include Stephan Martiniere, Shaun Tan, Charles Vess, and Michael Whelan. I’m honored to be in their company. Congrats to all nominees in all categories, and a quick shoutout…
It’s Nebula Awards Weekend, up in Austin this weekend. I’ll be signing at Friday’s Mass Autographing and I’ll be one of the speakers at Saturday’s awards banquet when Mike Moorcock is presented as the 2008 Grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Other than that, I’ll mostly be hanging out at the Omni’s bar…
Emru Townsend is fighting for his life, and here’s how we can help him. Emru’s been diagnosed with leukemia and a condition known as monosomy 7. What this means is he needs a bone-marrow transplant in order to live. He and his family are actively seeking a donor match and their website is smart, with…
Readers of Joseph Mallozzi’s mega-popular blog are currently discussing Jeffrey Ford‘s THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM. Check it out. Looks like Jeff is also offering Mallozzi’s audience a chance to help him create a short story. Ballsy! And it also looks like EMPIRE is getting ready to completely sell out (THE FANTASY WRITER’S ASSISTANT already…
Crazy, intense deadline crunches over here….here’s one of my finished results. Presenting the final cover of Robert Silverberg’s classic SON OF MAN, forthcoming in a fresh, new trade paperback from Pyr later this year. Below is the complete wraparound art, sans typography (and the prelims are here.) If you’re not familiar with this novel, it’s…