Philip K. Dick Award finalists are Minister Faust, Eileen Gunn, Gwyneth Jones, Lyda Morehouse, Geoff Ryman, Karen Traviss, and Liz Williams
Descriptions and links for new books seen the first week of January, including Elizabeth Bear's Hammered, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, the first US edition of Justina Robson's Natural History, other novels by Ben Bova, Sara Douglass, S.L. Farrell, Terry Goodkind, Robert A. Metzger, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Stan Nicholls, Al Sarrantonio, and Harry Turtledove; plus a collection of two novellas by Alastair Reynolds
Locus Magazine's January issue features interviews with Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow, an article by Ursula K. Le Guin about the "Earthsea" TV adaptation, photos from the World Fantasy Convention, and much more
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Leaders on January issue's Bestseller List -- compiled from specialty stores -- are by Neal Stephenson, Mercedes Lackey, Neal Stephenson, Michael Reaves & Steve Perry, and R.A. Salvatore
January's list includes books by Kage Baker, Mark Budz, Gary Gibson, Jack McDevitt, Lucius Shepard, Charles Stross, Tad Williams, and others
New York Times obituaries of Frank Kelly Freas and Will Eisner
SFWA has released the 2004 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot
Cartoonist and graphic novelist Will Eisner died last night in Florida following quadruple heart bypass surgery, at the age of 87.
Editor & Publisher
Notice at Will Eisner.com
SF artist Frank Kelly Freas, born 1922, died this morning at his suburban Los Angeles home. Winner of 10 Hugo Awards and a Retro-Hugo award, Freas did covers and interior art for hundreds of SF magazines from the 1950s to 2001, and published books including A Separate Star (1984) and Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It (2000, with Laura Brodian Freas).
SFWA News obit
Official website: Frank Kelly Freas - Science Fiction's Favorite Artist