Over the past several years, though, she suffered repeated health setbacks, first becoming virtually house-bound, then bed-ridden. And Bob was always there, devoted, patient, and watchful. She still worked on her writing whenever possible, still concocting stories, making plans, discussing projects. Each time we visited, she seemed weaker, with some new setbacks, requiring round-the-clock care. She had lost most of her hearing and suffered from increasing dementia, although she did perk up and recognize us every time. At our last visit in May, she was in a great deal of discomfort. This was a long, hard ordeal for her, and we will miss her very much. I can only hope that she is now sailing the bright seas of her imagination.
–Kevin J. Anderson
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Artist DAVID GROVE, 72, died October 25, 2012 of emphysema at his home in San Francisco CA. Grove was an accomplished illustrator who produced covers and interior art for most of the major SF/F publishers. He was also known for his movie posters, most famously the film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Some of his work was collected in David Grove: An Illustrated Life (2011). He was inducted into the Illustrators’ Hall of Fame in 2007, and a retrospective of his work was mounted at the Museum of American Illustration in New York this past summer.
David Grove’s painting for Something Wicked This Way Comes
Born February 27, 1940 in Washington DC, Grove’s family moved to Philadelphia in 1947, where he took classes at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He attended Syracuse University on a scholarship, studying first industrial design and later advertising design. He worked as a photographer after college, then moved to Paris in 1964, where he began doing illustration work and played jazz piano. After a few years in Paris and London he moved to San Francisco in 1969, where he remained for the rest of his life. He is survived by Heather Elmer, his partner of 25 years.
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British fan artist ALAN HUNTER, 89, died August 1, 2012 in Bournemouth, Dorset after a long illness.
Alan Joseph Hunter was born February 19, 1923, and illustrated the covers and interiors of many magazines and fanzines, including the first two covers of Nebula SF in 1952 and 1953; he was also art consultant for the magazine. His interior drawings appeared in Nebula and New Worlds throughout the 1950s, and he contributed work to Algol/Starship, Science Fiction Chronicle, It Goes on the Shelf, Science Fantasy Bulletin, and The Zone, among others. He also did cover illustrations for small-press novels, collections, and anthologies. He continued illustrating until the end of his life, with some of his latest work appearing in Banana Wings in 2009. Hunter also wrote occasional short SF, notably ‘‘The Piper’’ (1953).
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French critic and editor JACQUES GOIMARD, 78, died October 25, 2012 of Parkinson’s disease.
Goimard was born May 31, 1934 in La Couronne, Charente. He graduated from a Paris university in 1955 and taught both history and film history. Goimard co-edited major anthologies of SF and fantasy in France, and edited a year’s best anthology from 1978-82. As an editor at Pocket Press, he published 800 books of SF/F, including many in translation. His Le Livre d’or de la science-fiction series ran from 1978-87 and aimed to provide a comprehensive look at major works of SF/F. Over the course of nearly 50 volumes in the series, Goimard introduced and presented work by authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, Philip José Farmer, Frank Herbert, R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, A.E. van Vogt, Roger Zelazny, and many others.
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Fan PAM FREMON, 58, died November 7, 2012, of a heart attack in Waltham MA. Fremon chaired Boskone in 2002 and 2006, and was a longtime member of NESFA, serving many times as a clerk, and chosen as a Fellow of NESFA in 1990. She worked on Noreascon Four in 2005, and helped put together the Silverlock Companion, which NESFA Press included in their 2004 edition of Silverlock by John Myers Myers.
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EDITORIAL MATTERS
Back: Carolyn Cushman, Kirsten Gong-Wong. Front: Alora Young, Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt, Liza Groen Trombi, Amelia Beamer
Back from a cold and grey World Fantasy in Toronto. The Monday before the trip I received my first trip advisory (possible cancellation) for my flight through Philadelphia to Toronto. Looking at the web storm forecasts, Philadelphia was right in the path of Sandy. I had planned to fly as late as possible on a red-eye on Wednesday night so I could do some trick or treating with the girls, I mean the Dragon and the Spider-Witch, before I left. I had my fingers crossed the flight would be after Sandy swept through, since it was only a four-day trip and leaving later would put a real squeeze on my time in Canada.
Here in California, we kept our eye on breaking news and compulsively refreshed news sites, watching in horror while the super-storm crept up on the East Coast. So far it seems like most people we know out there have checked in. Jen Brehl sent an astonishing set of photos of her downed trees, and Tanya Doherty told me stories about getting out the buckets – again – to catch water coming in the windows. We hope you out there on the other coast are doing all right, and have been spared the worst of the effects of the storm. My flight turned out to be fine, with hardly a bump, and I even managed a little sleep.
The World Fantasy Convention itself was a delight as always – busy but not frantic. My friend Kim Greyson, who was also the GoH liaison, took time out to pick me up at the airport (and to take care of my trip back to the airport). Since we both have such crazy con schedules these days, the tradition of him picking me up has also become the only time we get to catch up, so I was very glad to see him. I got in, muddled around with rooms a bit with the front desk, and then dove right in, going to lunch with Jonathan Strahan, Karen Lord, and Alisa Krasnostein. I quickly discovered the problem with the hotel restaurant’s open plan, encompassing the bar, business center, Starbucks counter, and lobby. The conversations in the place alone amounted to a cacophony, and I couldn’t understand a word from anyone other than Jonathan, who can project when he needs to. That was about the only complaint I had about the hotel really, the restaurant food was fine, the bar service too slow as always, but mostly it would have improved greatly for a little separation in seating areas.
I interviewed a few people while there, including Lavie Tidhar from the UK, Isobelle Carmody from Australia (though now residing in Prague), and Tim Powers – who I don’t get to see enough despite the fact that he too is a California local. I had my annual get-together with Jo Fletcher and Ian Drury, who gave me the scoop on up and coming authors to look for and an optimistic overview of current British publishing. She has a strong list of new authors coming out, and I’m looking forward to seeing the titles.
The hotels had that cold-weather-city setup, with underground tunnels and hallways linking the buildings, that we don’t really see in the West. I never ventured out much past the hotel – it was 40 degrees after all and I am a California native – except for dinners. I took advantage of the strong international influx at World Fantasy to go out with some of my favorite Aussies and more: Garth Nix, Sean Williams, Alisa Krasnostein, along with Robert Shearman, Ellen Klages, Gary Wolfe & Stacie Hanes. There was a great meal with the Dohertys, including Linda who I haven’t spent much time with before, and Brandon Sanderson; one with John Berlyne & Bella Pagan, Daryl Gregory, and Graham Joyce; and a celebratory dinner with Guy Gavriel Kay, John Silbersack, Gary, Stacie Hanes, Illana Teitelbaum, and Guy’s son Sam, with whom I share a birthday. We toasted Charles, as always, and then birthdays in general. I altogether had too many desserts, but birthdays are birthdays! There was always a sense of preoccupation with the East Coasters, the aftermath of the storm present in everyone’s thoughts, but we managed to have some good conversations regardless.
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BACK AT THE RANCH
We did have a couple of visitors this month – locusite-at-large Amelia Beamer departed from Australia and came to visit her
California friends before continuing her trek to Japan. Kind of the long way around…. We had a great lunch – Zachary’s pizza! – and she regaled us with her tales of travel and well-being. Paolo Bacigalupi also came in, having been cut loose for a day during a family visit for Devali. It was great to get a chance to catch up, and we had Bakesale Betty chicken sandwiches that day – oh the joy of having visitors! He managed to write a thousand words while hanging out at the office. Very impressive. We’re also looking forward to a visit from our $1,000 donor from our Kickstarter in the coming month; I’ll let you know how that goes.
The Recommended Reading List is in progress – the big list of titles for the year has gone out to the reviewers and others, and I’ve got a pile of books to catch up on myself. Interns Bob and Alora have been counting stories for the magazine summary and we’ll be sending out requests for more information and comments soon. Carolyn is already buried in work with book summary tabulations, etc. and the game is on!
On top of everything else, we’re getting ready to have a small holiday party with a few locals and the staff. We need to get the deck fixed; one of these days we’ll lose a SF luminary because of a loose board if we don’t, so it’s on the agenda. Barring catastrophe, however, we’ll have some photos next month of the revelry.
THIS ISSUE, NEXT ISSUE
This issue has Forthcoming Books through September 2013 with 1,750 US titles and 1,000 UK titles listed. There is no dearth of new titles here.
We’ve once again wrapped the World Fantasy Awards write-up with the con report. It was a long banquet with a short ceremony, but that meant better conversation at the table and less time listening to speeches, which is a boon. I managed to tweet all the winners as they were announced thanks to David Gallaher’s efforts to get me onto the wifi in the banquet hall.
The interviews with Elizabeth Bear and Ted Kosmatka both ended up shorter than they seemed while we were talking – funny how that happens – and next month we’re looking at Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck, AKA James S.A. Corey, and Delia Sherman. We jokingly say around here that the January issue is a light one, but the fact of the matter is that the February issue takes several months to do, so we’ll be working on January and February at the same time.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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–Liza Groen Trombi
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CORRECTIONS
In November’s, ‘‘Terry Bisson: SF in SF’’ Spotlight, we misspelled Rina Weisman’s last name as ‘‘Wiesman’’. We apologize for the error.
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PHOTO LIST
Elizabeth Bear (LT)
Ted Kosmatka (FM)
Jonathan Strahan (FM)
Ursula K. Le Guin (AB)
Elizabeth Hand (AB)
Allen Steele (AB)
World Fantasy Awards Winners, Accepters and Others (BG)
Elizabeth Bear (LT)
Richard Bowes (ED)
Amber Benson (F/LB)
Mark Lawrence (F)
Snorri Kristjánsson (F)
Samantha Beiko (F)
William Alexander (F/RP/TI)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (F)
Hurricane Sandy (NASA)
NY Skyline (MK)
Long Island Home (MK)
Jennifer Brehl (F/PS)
Brehl/Schneider Home (F/PS)
Kim & Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. (CNB)
Janet Berliner (CNB)
World Fantasy Awards (LT)
WFC Mass Signing (ALB)
K. Tempest Bradford, Ted Chiang, Annalee Newitz (ALB)
Peter Watts, Karl Schroeder (LT)
Patrick Rothfuss (ALB)
Sara Beth Durst, Michelle Sagara, Tanya Huff, Nalo Hopkinson (ALB)
E. Lily Yu, Jennifer Marie Brissett (BG)
Anne VanderMeer, Holly Phillips (BG)
Gordon Van Gelder, Sean Williams, David B. Coe (BG)
F. Brett Cox, Rick Wilber (BG)
Cat Rambo, James Sutter (ALB)
Mark Teppo, Rob Ziegler (LT)
Halli Villegas, Carolyn Clink, L.E. Modesittt, Jr., Derryl Murphy (BG)
Kate Baker, Neil Clarke (ALB)
WFC Convention Committee (BG)
Michael Marano, Nivair Gabriel, Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Christine Yant, Sandra M. Wickham (BG)
Eugene Myers, David Mercurio Rivera, Amy Sundberg (ALB)
Robert Shearman, Christopher Golden (BG)
Olivia Do, Tanith Korraval, Natalie Reese Sage (ALB)
Eddie Schneider, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Janine Young (ALB)
Scott Edelman, Diane Weinstein, Brenda Cooper, Eileen Gunn, Lee Weinstein (LT)
Hayden Trenholm, Michael Marano, Matthew Moore (BG)
MaryAnn Harris, Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Amanda Sun (ALB)
Rodger Turner, Tim & Serena Powers, Jeffrey Ford (ALB)
Guy Gavriel Kay, Ilana Teitelbaum, Stacie Hanes, Peter Straub, Gary K. Wolfe, John Silbersack (LT)
Matthew Bennardo, Folly Blaine, David Malki! (LT)
S.T. Joshi, Richard Gavin, Simon Strantzas (BG)
Steve Rasnic Tem, W. Paul Ganley (BG)
Brandon Sanderson, Jacob Weisman (LT)
Karl Schroeder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Caro Soles (BG)
Sean Wallace, Neil Clarke, K. Tempest Bradford (LT)
K.T. Bryski, Leah Petersen, Erik Buchanan (LT)
David Willoughby (LT)
Alisa Krasnostein (LT)
Patricia A. Diggs (LT)
Tanya & Tom Doherty (ED)
John Clute & Elizabeth Hand, Callie Hand (ED)
Nicholas Kauffman, Anya Martin (ED)
Sydney & Andy Duncan (LT)
Guests of Honor (BG)
Christopher & Barbara Roden, Tim Roden (LT)
David Lunde & Patricia A. McKillip (BG)
Gay Haldeman, Gregory Manchess, Irene Gallo, Joe Haldeman (BG)
David Anthony Durham, Nene Ormes (BG)
Anita Hades, Michael J. Martineck (LT)
Davey Snyder, Greg Ketter (ED)
Steve Saffel, Ginjer Buchanan (LT)
Bradley Beaulieu, Aliette Bodard, Michele Shaw, Carolina Valdez Miller (ALB)
Amal El-Mohtar (ALB)
John Clute, Michael Dirda, David G. Hartwell, Peter Straub, Gary K. Wolfe (ALB)
Holly Black, Alyxandra Harvey, Joel Sutherland, Isobelle Carmody, Charles de Lint, Leah Petersen (ALB)
Eileen Gunn, Betsy Wollheim, Mary Robinette Kowal (BG)
David Gross, Bradley Beaulieu (ALB)
Courtney Schafer, Carol Berg (ALB)
Dealers’ Room (ALB)
Amber Kimmerly, Grace Goldeen Ogawa (BG)
John Picacio, Lauren K. Cannon (BG)
Kit & Joseph Reed (BG)
Tim & Serena Powers, Gary K. Wolfe & Stacie Hanes (LT)
Graham Joyce, Janeen Webb & Jack Dann (LT)
David J. Fortier, Erika Holt, Christie Yant & John
Joseph Adams (LT)
John C. Chu, E. Lily Yu (BG)
Al Bogdan, Amy Sundberg (ALB)
Cheeky Frawg, Garth Nix, Jeffrey Ford (ALB)
Karen Tidbeck (LT)
Aliette de Bodard, Michael DeLuca, Elwin Cotman, Scott H. Andrews (ALB)
S.M. Stirling, Tim Powers, Linda Poitevin, Ginjer Buchanan, David B. Coe, Adria Laycraft (ALB)
MaryAnn Harris & Charles de Lint (LT)
Bar Scene (LT)
Andrew Penn Romine, Sandra M. Wickham, Alan Smale, Christopher M. Cevasco (ALB)
Shelly Rae Clift, Scott Edelman (ALB)
Derryl Murphy, Daryl Gregory (BG)
Ellen Klages, Nalo Hopkinson (LT)
Charles E. Gannon, Ticia Isom, Alistair J. Kimble, Griffin Barber (ALB)
Andrea Hairston, Matthew Kressel, Liz Gorinsky (LT)
Jo Walton, Teresa & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (LT)
Ellen Datlow, Brett Alexander Savory (LT)
David Gallaher, Kim Kofmel, Keri Bas (LT)
Charles Vess, Barry Goldblatt (BG)
Tara Smith, John Picacio (LT)
Sean Willliams, Jonathan Strahan, Justin Ackroyd (BG)
Don Hutchinson, David Nickle (BG)
Karen Lord, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (LT)
Jack Dann, David G. Hartwell, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (BG)
Marco Palmieri, Max Gladstone, Tina Connollly (LT)
Betsy Mitchell, Jacques Post (BG)
Bella Pagan, John Berlyne, Rani Graff, Gili Bar Hillel (BG)
James & Viki Blaylock, John Berlyne (LT)
Alisa Kranostein, Kathleen Jennings, Lisa Hannett, Emily Craven (LT)
Garth Nix, Graham Joyce (LT)
Jennifer Marie Brissett, Elizabeth Hand, Genevieve Williams, Malissa Kent, Adam Mills (LT)
Alora Young, Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt, Caroloyn Cushman, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen Trombi, Amelia Beamer (FM)
Ted Kosmatka (FM)
Ted Kosmatka (FM)
Photo Listing: (LT) Liza Groen Trombi, (FM) Francesca Myman, (AB) Amelia Beamer, (ED) Ellen Datlow, (F/LB) Lindsey Byrnes, (F/RP/TI) Robin Platzer/Twin Images, (NASA) NASA, (MK) Matthew Kressel, (F/PS) Peter Schneider, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (ALB) Al Bogdan, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F) Furnished.
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