10.1.05

Awards News

Philip K. Dick Award finalists are Minister Faust, Eileen Gunn, Gwyneth Jones, Lyda Morehouse, Geoff Ryman, Karen Traviss, and Liz Williams

7.1.05

Monitor: Notable New Books

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

6.1.05

Locus Magazine:
Ursula K. Le Guin: "Frankenstein's Earthsea"

Here in Locus, what I want to do is single out three things about the film that I think not only betray the books, but betray fantasy itself — some things we (writers and fans) shouldn't let Hollywood keep doing to us.

Locus Magazine: January Issue

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 • Table of Contents


Locus Magazine: Charles Stross Interview Excerpts

charles stross

I am not amused by this 21st century. I want to take it back for a full refund, and can we have a real one, please? That's a sentiment I think most people will agree with. I should put a cautionary note in here: the only thing I'm politically opposed to is excessive ideological dogmatism.

Locus Magazine: Cory Doctorow Interview Excerpts

cory doctorow

The world changes completely every five or six years, but most people don't notice. A lot of things that look like fringe activity, in hindsight will look like mainstream or the precursor to mainstream activity. While we weren't looking, e-books have become the dominant form of text on the planet.

Locus Magazine: Locus Bestsellers


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

Locus Magazine: New & Notable Books


January's list includes books by Kage Baker, Mark Budz, Gary Gibson, Jack McDevitt, Lucius Shepard, Charles Stross, Tad Williams, and others

5.1.05

Obituaries

New York Times obituaries of Frank Kelly Freas and Will Eisner

4.1.05

Awards News

• SFWA has released the 2004 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot

Death

• 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

2.1.05

Death

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