Lou Anders's Blog, page 63

Unfolding Earth

Via New Scientist:

Bat-Google

Via Chris Roberson:

Time for a Change

Just heard this week from Sean Williams (pictured here in the Batmobile with Garth Nix) that his wonderful Books of the Change (a young adult series that ties in with his adult fantasy quartet, the Books of the Cataclysm) will be coming out in the US via E-Reads, which means they'll be available in both Ebook and POD editions. Meanwhile, his next Star Wars novel (after The Force Unleashed), has been announced. It's another "major" event novel in the Star Wars univeerse, a tie-in MMORG, The...

The Clockwork Jungle Book (Shimmer Issue #11)

For someone who averages one story every four years, I've produced a LOT of fiction this year. I wrote a piece for a Solaris anthology that, unfortunately, was scraped in the change of ownership, and a piece I wrote years ago with Chris Roberson just surfaced in Dave Hutchinson's Under the Rose.I knocked out a sword & sorcery story after being inspired by my forthcoming anthology(just for myself, you understand, though I "have plans" for both it and sequels). I even managed to complete 50,000...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Puts Her Money Where Her Mouth Is

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, author of (among many things) the just released Diving into the Wreck, is interviewed tdoay on The Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review . Here's a taste:

MH: In an article a few months back I lamented my dearth of Science Fiction reading and the fact I felt it has lost its specialness over the years due to fact so much technology has come to fruition. Do you think the mystery is going out of Sci-Fi as we advance technologically?

KKR: No, not at all. Recently I read that ...

OryCon31 - I've Been Spoiled for Life

So this past weekend, November 27-2, I was elated to be the Editing Guest of Honor at OryCon31, and I must say I've been spoiled for life. This was largely due to the efforts of DeeAnn Sole, my guest liaison, and her husband Curtis Chen. DeeAnn was remarkable from before I even arrived, working very hard to find me a flight that would allow me to eat Thanksgiving Day lunch with my family and still arrive in Portland on Thursday night. She and Curtis picked me up at the airport, and surprised ...

Swords & Dark Magic - Limited

The promised limited edition of Swords & Dark Magic, edited by Yours Truly and Jonathan Strahan, has materialized at Subterranean Press, with a pub date of July 2010 and the news (to you, not me) that the wonderful Dominic Harman will be doing the cover.

Here's what they say:

Limited: $75
ISBN: 978-1-59606-311-2
Length: 424 pages

Swords & Dark Magic is the most important new fantasy anthology to be published this decade. Featuring new stories from the bestselling and brightest writers working in...

Rollup Laptop

NaNoWriMo

50,163 words. Two days ahead of time. Whew.
Thoughts on it later. Bed now.

IlluXCon 2

Earlier this month, on November 11-14th, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, it was my great privilege to be flown out in my capacity as Pyr Art Director to attend IlluXcon2, a gathering of some of the best sf/fantasy artists in the world for a four-day weekend, exhibiting their art and hanging out with hardcore collectors, art directors, and sf/fantasy art afficionados. This is a rather special convention, the brainchild of Pat and Jeannie Wilshire, and quite impressive for an event only in its second...