Monthly Archives: April 2008

Live in Perth, and want The Starry Rift?  Well, you can get it from Planet Books for just $A28.95, which seems terrific for a nicely packaged 570 page hardcover anthology. The exchange rate may be killing me, but it’s great if you want to buy books. Go down to Planet and check out this store. … Continue reading »

Novel:  The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Chabon, Michael (HarperCollins, May07) Novella: “Fountain of Age” – Kress, Nancy (Asimov’s, Jul07) Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” – Chiang, Ted (F&SF, Sep07) Short Story:  “Always” – Fowler, Karen Joy (Asimov’s, apr/may07) Script:      Pan’s Labyrinth – del Toro, Guillermo (Time/Warner, Jan07) Andre Norton Award for Young Adult … Continue reading »

I like to quietly drop new projects onto my ‘Bibliography’ page, partly to see if anyone notices and partly so I’ll remember what I’m supposed to be working on at any given moment. It sounds ridiculous, but I do forget from time to time. Anyway, I thought I’d mention some stuff here on the main … Continue reading »

The 2008 Locus Awards finalists have been announced, and I’m pretty delighted.  Projects that I’ve worked on feature pretty prominently. First, The New Space Opera has been shortlisted for Best Anthology, which is terrific.  Second, Dan Simmons’ “Muse of Fire” (novella) and Ken Macleod’s “Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” (short story) have also been nominated, … Continue reading »

Tachyon Publications are set to publish Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s anthology, Steampunk, in a couple weeks.  As part of the run up to publication, Jeff was featured on ABC Radio National today.  You can hear the interview here (Jeff is featured at the midpoint of the program, following an interview with author Isabel Allende). It’s … Continue reading »