Monthly Archives: April 2009

The gang at Locus HQ in Oakland have posted the finalists for the 2009 Locus Awards. All sorts of friends and colleagues are shortlisted, and my sincere congratulations to all of them. I also note that Ted Chiang’s story from Eclipse Two, ‘Exhalation’ is in the Best Short Story category,  The Starry Rift and Eclipse … Continue reading »

The Ditmar nomination period is upon us. Members of the Australian science fiction community can nominate and vote for the awards.  But nominations close this weekend Monday, 4 May 2009.  I have two books eligible for the awards – Eclipse 2 and The Starry Rift. Each book contains stories that are also eligible so, if … Continue reading »

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Things are getting busy here, so I thought I’d do a quick project list as much for my own sake as for anyone’s interest. As I said here the other day, I’m editing The Best of Larry Niven, which is very cool. I’m also editing The Best of Joe Haldeman for Subterranean, and the Best … Continue reading »

I started reading science fiction back in the mid-1970s. I was eight or nine years old, and somewhere in there I started reading Larry Niven. I don’t remember when, but it was the short stories that captivated me. So you can only imagine how delighted I am to announce that I’m going to edit The … Continue reading »