Third Bear ARC, Kosher Guide Limited
Jeff VanderMeer • May 3rd, 2010 • News
A couple of cool things (from my POV) in the mail today–the ARC of my Third Bear story collection and the limited of the Kosher Guide.
*Diving back into deadlines…*
Archive for May, 2010
What’s the Weirdest Experience of Your Life?
Jeff VanderMeer • May 2nd, 2010 • UncategorizedOver the past few weeks I’ve posted a bit about fictional “weird” in the context of the anthology we’re editing. But how about the real “weird”–instances of the inexplicable or of odd epiphany or reverie or absurdity in your lives that you can’t quite shake or rationalize?
Let’s run this for the next week, through Friday night. I’m counting on you to use the honor system and not make anything up. If a lot of people decide to share, we might just gift a couple of people with some free books.
Coulthart’s Finch Cover Wins Spinetingler Award
Jeff VanderMeer • May 1st, 2010 • NewsI’m ecstatic that the amazing John Coulthart has won the Spinetingler Award for his amazing cover for Finch. Votes in that category totaled 806–about the same as the Hugos, no?–and all of the winners will be announced tonight.
Seattle: Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century
Jeff VanderMeer • April 3rd, 2010 • Events, Uncategorized| May 22, 2010 | to | May 24, 2010 |
I will be one of three keynote speakers for this Hugo House conference in Seattle, as well as doing workshops and other events. Ann will be running the workshop with me, and participating in panels.
Jeff VanderMeer is a two-time winner, 12-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award as a fiction writer, editor, and publisher. The final novel in his Ambergris Cycle, Finch,was published in 2009 and was a finalist for the Locus Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award. The Steampunk Bible came out in 2011. Recent books coedited with his wife Ann include The Weird and The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. His writer guide Booklife and associated Booklifenow website focus on sustainable creativity and he his currently working on a unique illustrated guide to writing entitled Wonderbook. His short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Library of America's American Fantastic Tales, and several year's best anthologies. He writes nonfiction for The Washington Post Book World, Omnivoracious, The New York Times Book Review, the B&N Review, the LA Times, The Guardian, and many others. He has lectured at MIT and the Library of Congress and helps run the Shared Worlds teen SF/Fantasy writing camp out of Wofford College. VanderMeer recently completed the first novel in the Southern Reach series, titled Annihilation.