News
Dragon Re-Born E-Book Cover
Dec 1st
Last month, I posted the cover art to the Wheel of Time’s second book, The Great Hunt. The whole series is being re-released in e-book form, with newly commissioned cover art that is significantly better than its former. I’ll keep posting the new artwork as it become available.
Today Tor posted the artwork for the Dragon Re-Born. Though not as powerful The Great Hunt’s, this piece of artwork by renowned artist Donato Giancola still blows most fantasy covers out of the water.
Shall we compare them side-by-side again? I’ll admit, I miss the dirfy glowing sword…
War of the Words Winner Announced
Nov 25th
SciFi now and Tor put on an awesome contest earlier this year to find a fresh new face in Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Hundreds of people from around the world submitted (hundreds? Around the world? For a contest run by Tor? I’m surprised it wasn’t thousands). The winner has been announced: The Nemesis List by RJ Frith.
First thing that came to mind upon hearing the news?
illustrations by Emma
Frith, the sun, the creator-god of the beloved book Watership Down. I bet El-ahrairah was behind this trickery too. But of course, I digress.
Anyways, it wasn’t all trickery. The pitch for RJ Frith’s book sounds really pretty interesting:
The Nemesis List follows a future where humanity has expanded into the stars, but at the price of its freedom under the confines of an autocratic and overbearing government. A result of human experimentation in a world where scientific achievement is strictly controlled, Jeven Jones finds himself caught up between soldiers, rebels, and more thanks to his ability for perfect recall, and the whims and desires of others to use it for their own agenda.
I’m looking forward to reading the work of Tor’s fresh new face. Hopefully the sales of his book will be large enough to bring another contest around!
If interested, you can read a short sample of my entry here.
2009 Golden Geek Award Winners
Nov 24th
The 2009 Golden Geek Award winners have been announced! Go check out the winners.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, perhaps you should try out a indy board game like Pandemic or Settlers of Catan. Board Game Geek is a great place to start if you’re interested in starting a hobby of board gaming deeper than The Game of Life but shallower than a table-top role-playing game. It is an extremely reliable source with a very dedicated community of developers and gamers.