While I was in Seattle last week, L.E. Modesitt Jr.‘s new hardcover collection VIEWPOINTS CRITICAL was released from Tor. Cover illustration by me. I saw the finished book for the first time when I did my signing at University Bookstore. I’m very pleased to say that while I was away, I received three emails from…
….jiggedy-jig. Traci and I are back home after an unreal and amazing week in Seattle. A few highlights: 1. Our 1st anniversary — March 17th: we arrived in Seattle. Pike Place Market was even more fabulous than we expected. Il Bistro was as romantic as it gets. However, our highlight was the Six-Seven at the…
Via Irene Gallo, I’ve seen the artist list for SPECTRUM 15, edited by Arnie and Cathy Fenner. Good news — I’m on the list! 🙂 Not sure which piece was selected, but I’ll know in due time. Congrats to everyone else who made the cut as well.
Cover illustration for THE PHYSIOGNOMY, MEMORANDA, and THE BEYOND by Jeffrey Ford
Hey, Seattle — I’ll be there soon. Here’s where you can find me: Wednesday, March 19th / 7pmPRE-NORWESCON AUTHOR PARTYUniversity Book Store4326 University Way NE / Seattle / WA / 98105 / 206-634-3400 (Event made possible by the mighty Duane Wilkins of University Book Store….see you soon, Duane!) Featured guests include Mario Acevedo / Warren…
Great news! I’m the Artist Guest of Honor at Philcon 72, the Philadelphia Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy, November 21-23, 2008. Philcon’s the longest-running literary sf con in America, and I’m proud to be a part of it this year. I’ve never been to Philly before, so if anyone has recommendations (eats, shops, sights,…
I’ll be there Saturday, March 15. The con is billed as a “South Texas Gaming Fest” which is generally not the kind of con I attend. However, Gilder McCarroll was kind enough to invite me and since it’s in my hometown, why not? Should be good times. I’ll have a dealers table and some assorted…
…and to all of your fellow 2008 Inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame — Ian & Betty Ballantine, Rod Serling, and William Gibson. If you think that’s Richard Powers the novelist, you’ve got the wrong Powers. I’m talking about Richard Powers, the seminal sf artist about whom John Clute said: “When we think…
Huge congrats, Mike! Thrilled to see you become the 25th individual honored by the Science Fiction Writers of America with the Damon Knight Memorial Grandmaster Award. Full details here. SFWA’s press release says that “the Grand Master represents SFWA’s highest accolade and recognizes excellence for a lifetime of contributions to the genres of science fiction…
Hear ye, hear ye — now available from the good folks at SHIMMER — their 2008 Art Issue. Most magazines commission art to complement a story, but for this special issue, art director Mary Robinette Kowal has instead flipped those roles. She selected art first, and SHIMMER then invited authors to write their stories based…
