NESFA Press, the publishing imprint of the New England Science Fiction Association, has just released WAR AND SPACE: SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF LESTER DEL REY, VOL. 1. The book is the first of a two-volume hardcover set of the best of Del Rey’s short stories. The book was edited by Steven H. Silver and designed…
I’m now looking at an advance copy of one of the 2009 hardcovers I’ve most wanted. It’s ARE YOU THERE AND OTHER STORIES by Jack Skillingstead (Golden Gryphon Press). Yes, I illustrated the cover art for this story collection, but that’s not why I’ve been looking forward to it. Quite simply, I envy the rest…
Otherwise known as my 2009 Worldcon Report. And the final installment of my 13 Days On The Road series. Good news, bad news. The bad is that Blogger is currently cranky and having trouble uploading photos. The good is that you can see my complete report on the MISSIONS UNKNOWN blog (a Word Press blog),…
Otherwise known as “The Hugos: Faraway So Close”. It’s an honor to be nominated for the Hugo Award and I’ve been graced with that recognition five consecutive years for Best Professional Artist. It’s rarified air to be on the Hugo ballot any year. I’ve been fortunate to breathe it in these five years. However, I’ve…
Otherwise known as “Hooray! I won a Chesley Award!” This one’s been well-documented on Twitter since the results were announced at the Chesley Awards Ceremony Friday, August 7th at Worldcon, but since I’m just getting to post it here, here’s a photo and here’s a detail of my trophy plugged in and aglow. That’s right…
Otherwise known as “Holy Cow! I’m a 2009 World Fantasy Award nominee!” This post is hugely belated because I was on the road between SpoCon and Worldcon when this was first announced on August 4th. I immediately Tweeted and Facebooked it, but didn’t have the ability to update this blog, until now. Again — very…
I’ve been on the road so long that I’m not sure if my own blog recognizes me now that I’m home. In future, I need to integrate this blog with my Twitter and Facebook updates and that’ll happen when the great Paul Vaughn soon redesigns my website and blog from the bottom up. For now,…
I mentioned this over at MISSIONS UNKNOWN yesterday, but didn’t have time until just now to mention it here. The September issue of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION went on sale yesterday and it features my cover art for Lisa Goldstein’s story “Away From Here.” Despite these days being stormy ones for the magazine publishing world as…
Hi, Adam — I’m pleased you’re a working science fiction author because as a driveby art critic, you’re a mess. In your July 17th post about the Hugo Awards, you labelled the work of four of the five Best Professional Artist Hugo nominees as dull and mediocre, and not deserving of Hugo recognition. You’re entitled…
Cheryl Morgan has unveiled her latest creation — Convention Reporter. Ever spent big chunks of time trolling the internet searching for threads and reports about an sf/fantasy convention that’s currently happening? Well, this website is the answer to your prayers (and just in time for the upcoming World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal). First, a…