Today it arrived. Traci’s holding it. Ballantine/Del Rey kindly sent me an advance copy of ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS (thanks, Betsy!). Author Michael Moorcock raved about his yesterday. I’ve been anxious to see it ever since. This book’s different. A lot of my 2007 went into this one because I did so many interior…
“Elric & Cymoril” — interior illustration from Michael Moorcock’s forthcoming ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS, due out February 19 from Ballantine/Del Rey. Pencil on Crescent illustration board, 14″x11″.
“The Fire Giant” — another of my interior illustrations from Michael Moorcock’s forthcoming ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS, due out February 19 from Ballantine/Del Rey. Pencil on Crescent illustration board, 6″x12″. Bonus — a short Elric music mix I looped for inspiration through the hours working on the Elric book. 1. “Carmina Burana: I. O…
Just heard this news from George Mann of Solaris….SCIFI NOW, one of the UK’s major SF media mags, has released their list of the Best Books of 2007. Michael Moorcock’s THE METATEMPORAL DETECTIVE is amongst their top five. Congrats, Mike! Congrats to Pyr and Solaris as well! The list:1) HALTING STATE (Stross) / Orbit2) STEALING…
Rick Kleffel is one of those guys that has 28 hours in a day. Have a look at his site THE AGONY COLUMN, and you’ll know what I’m saying. How does he review so many books every month? How does he conduct up to five fresh new podcast interviews per week? How does he keep…
Two of my interior illustrations for Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS…this top drawing was first unveiled back in July. The one below is today’s sneak peek. Since these are interior illustrations intended to complement the author’s words, they don’t officially have titles. However, if I had to make an unofficial title for the…
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s Ballantine/Del Rey‘s final cover design for Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS, the first of six new trade paperbacks collecting classic ELRIC novels with new introductions, illustrations, and notes. THE STEALER OF SOULS cover illo is by me, and beginning next week, I’ll start previewing some of…
Very cool feature over at io9 about Borderlands Books, one of the finest independent bookstores in America. If you travel anywhere near the Bay Area (or better yet, live there), this store is an absolute must-visit.
As noted by Cheryl Morgan at Science Fiction Awards Watch, the awards nomination season is now open (Hugos and otherwise), so if you need a one-stop list of my 2007 work for consideration, here you go. I’ll soon have Steve McDaniel post this list over on my website, but for now, please bookmark this if…