Monthly Archives: April 2005
Waldropspotting
I’ve known Michael Walsh for a couple years now, and he’s a very cool guy. He has chaired a truly ridiculous number of conventions, including my all time favourite con (the Washington World Fantasy). This year, in amongst working a day job, publishing terrific books and so on, he is also the chair for Capclave … Continue reading
eidolon again
I honestly never thought you’d see the eidolon name in print again, but here we go again. After a lot of conversation, and nearly three years in limbo, Jeremy Byrne and I have decided to dust off eidolon, give it a fresh coat of paint, and put it out as an original anthology series. It’s … Continue reading
what is a writer to watch
does ‘writer to watch’ just mean that they’re shifty, that you shouldn’t leave your car keys near them or something? I just ask because I’ve noticed a desperate look come into the eyes of some writers to watch at booksignings, and lifting your car keys to flee in desperation doesn’t seem that unlikely, somehow.
Ben Peek’s pimping…
…continues unabated. The following good folk have now posted interviews on his livejournal: Chris Barnes, Stuart Barrow, Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, David Carroll, Jay Caselberg, Bill Congreve, Stephen Dedman, Brendan Duffy, Russell B. Farr, Paul Haines, Robert Hoge, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Martin Livings, Geoffrey Maloney, Chuck McKenzie, Ben Payne, Robin Pen, Nigel Read, Colin … Continue reading
Vance Integral Edition nears the end…
I’ve had several conversations of late about small press publishers producing sets of ‘collected works’ or ‘collected stories’ volumes. In amongst mention of the Leiber, Simak and other sets, I’m almost always asked about whatever happened to that Vance project? For those who don’t recall, a group of dedicated and very well organised Vance readers, … Continue reading