Been working away over here on several assignments, so I’m a bit late on the following. Just wanted to say thanks to a couple of folks. First, to SFRevu. They recently posted their Hugo Recommendations and were kind enough to list me amongst their suggested suspects in the Professional Artist category. Very appreciated. All terrific…
Congrats to Rebecca Ore, Diana Gill, Jennifer Brehl, and the folks over at HarperCollins/Eos. Rebecca’s latest novel TIME’S CHILD scored a rock-solid “A-” review from SciFi.com. “Highly entertaining and creative, a story readers won’t forget.” Looks like Eos is running some thoughtful essays by Rebecca over at their blog. You should check these out, and…
Cover illustration for TIME’S CHILD by Rebecca Ore
I offered the following thoughts (or words to the effect) over in a comment on Lou Anders’ blog. Lou’s new anthology, FAST FORWARD 1: FUTURE FICTION FROM THE CUTTING EDGE, (published by Pyr), debuted this week via booksellers everywhere, and in fact, I just recently received a few comp copies from the publisher over here.…
Here it is. I’m pleased to see COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO listed amongst LOCUS’ list of the best art books of 2006. Awesome. Also especially pleased to see the following books on the list because I was fortunate to do covers for them: THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM by Jeffrey Ford (Golden…
Chris Roberson posted this over at his blog, and I’m a couple of days late in sharing. Wow, what a cool review for COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO in the March issue of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION! Review by Paul Di Filippo.
…is shaping up to be a fabulous show and we’re still two months away. First of all, congrats to Joe R. Lansdale for being recognized with the 2007 Grand Master Award, which will be given at this year’s WHC. That’s terrific news. The cover for the con’s Souvenir Book will be my art that first…
In light of recent revisions to the Hugo nominating ballot, Irene Gallo offered a very sensible reminder. She suggested it’s time for all professional artists to make it easier for anyone, Hugo voters or otherwise, to know which of an artist’s works have appeared in a given year. Her intent is not for artists to…
Frank Wu has posted further info re: the Hugo nominating ballot situation. Check it out, if you’re interested. His post contains a letter from Joyce Hooper, the lead Hugo administrator for 2007.
Please read Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s blog for full details on the nature of some major problems with this year’s Hugo nominating ballot. Here’s what I’ve heard thus far: Although the Hugo Awards Administrator has yet to formally reply to the concerns, many people familiar with the process expect that the ballots will be revised and…
