Nice way to kick off December! (Or technically, finish November.) COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO is Bookpeople’s Top Shelf Pick for the month of December. BookPeople is three stories of literary retail goodness located in the heart of Austin, Texas, and it’s the state’s largest independent bookstore. All of their copies of the…
Andrew Wheeler just reviewed COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO over at his blog, The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. He’s the Senior Editor of the (US) Science Fiction Book Club, and I marvel at his efficient, daily consumption of massive amounts of genre reading. The COVER STORY review is thoughtful and well-considered,…
I’ve been meaning to post a little something in memory of the great Jack Williamson. According to Locus Online, memorial services will be held Thursday in New Mexico. I recounted this anecdote in my art book, but here’s the short version. A couple of years ago, Amazing Stories Magazine approached me for a feature called…
As many of you know, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY has released its list of the 100 Best Books of 2006. Congrats to all, but especially to the five selections in the SF/Fantasy/Horror category. Amongst those elite five, I’m thrilled to see Jeffrey Ford’s THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM (Golden Gryphon, wraparound art pictured above) and Norman Partridge’s…
(Above: me, Jo Fletcher, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Jones) World Fantasy Con 2006 was epic. It’s probably my favorite con every year, and the Austin event was certainly no different. All the action happened about 2 hours driving distance from my house, so no airplanes for me this time. Despite that, I still…