Worldcon Highlights

(above, left to right: me, Lou Anders, Chris Roberson, Allison Baker) I’ve been dreading doing this wrapup since I got home from the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim. Too much good happened last week, too little time to fully relate it all. It was a dynamite show and I had a blast. Here’s…

WOW.

I returned home late Monday night from Worldcon in Anaheim. It was a spectacular time. More on that very soon. First, back to that word, “wow.” This is one of those occasions when that tiny word is the only thing that could remotely communicate how I feel. Last Thursday night at Worldcon in Anaheim, I…

TIME’S CHILD

Here’s the cover illustration I recently finished for Rebecca Ore’s forthcoming novel TIME’S CHILD. Look for this one February 2007 in trade paperback from HarperCollins/Eos. Editor-extraordinaire Diana Gill has more about this book, plus the finished cover with typography, over at Eos’ spiffy new blog.

My Worldcon Schedule

(Left) The marquee over at BookPeople, Austin, TX. Quick shoutouts and thanks to all at BookPeople, Austin Books, Adventures In Crime and Space, and Edge Books. These folks all were heavily supporting COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO, and I really appreciate it. ArmadilloCon 28 was great. Next week I’m off to Anaheim for…

5 OUT OF 5 STARS!

SF Signal just reviewed COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO, and gave it a 5-star review! Wow! And by the way, if you haven’t bookmarked SF Signal yet, you really should. They’re a terrific one-stop pop for reviews, news, and buzz in genre fiction and media.

Coming to Austin, Texas

So tomorrow night (Thursday), I’m doing a signing for COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO at the mighty BookPeople, in Austin, over at 6th and Lamar, at 7pm. It’s one of my favorite bookstores anywhere, and I’m looking forward to being there. If you’re in the area, I’d love to see you. Then this…

Austin Gorum and a Few Congrats…

Two things:1. Photographer Austin Gorum took this impromptu photograph of me at San Diego Comic-Con, and he recently sent me a copy of it. The funny thing is that I first stumbled upon it in a gallery of photographs of Hollywood folks over at Wireimage, in an array with Hilary Swank, Edward James Olmos, Bryan…

Arriving in 2007: FAST FORWARD 1!

Here’s another cover that I recently finished. Above is the wraparound art for the forthcoming cutting-edge sf anthology, FAST FORWARD 1. This one comes out from Pyr next February, and it’s the latest extravaganza from the brilliant mind of Lou Anders. Once again, he’s bringing together some of the best authors in the business with…

I blame Blaschke

Thanks to Jayme Lynn Blaschke, I’ve been tagged with this book meme…. 1. One book that changed your life?SCULPTING IN TIME by Andrey Tarkovsky 2. One book you have read more than once?EINSTEIN’S DREAMS by Alan Lightman 3. One book you would want on a desert island?I’ll cheat and say Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER…