C.J. Cherryh has two books coming out in the first half of 1997. In February, DAW is releasing Inheritor as a paperback. Warner will be releasing Finity's End (a Merchanter Universe novel) in June. She is currently working on Fortress of Eagles, a sequel to Fortress in the Eye of Time. C.J. will be Author Guest of Honor at Lunacon in Rye Brook, New York on March 7 - 9 and will attend MiniCon 32 on March 28 - 30 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is attending the 1997 Worldcon in San Antonio, Texas over the Labor Day weekend.
C.J. will be involved with our Bucconeer activities at LoneStarCon2. People with Internet access can check out her site at http://www. cherryh.com. C.J. maintains the site and provides a great amount of information and links to many other interesting web sites.
Milt Rothman's current major activities are directed toward fighting ignorance about science. He has commented that it is an irony that science fiction, which was supposed to increase the interest and understanding of science among young people, actually contributes to their ignorance.
Milt has been selected to be the first member of the Hall of Fame for Phact, the Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking. He continues his role of secretary for the Franklin Inn Club, a literary association.
Stanley Schmidt continues to get Analog settled in its new home. He mentions that his book, Aliens and Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms, is still for sale and humbly recommends that it would make a perfect gift. Warner Aspect has recently published Anne McCaffrey's cookbook, Serve It Forth, which contains Stan's recipe for curried goatburgers and his wife Joyce's recipe for a drink to go along with it. Next May, Stan will be Guest of Honor at Oasis in Orlando, Florida. New Dominion Pictures recently filmed interviews and a simulated work session with Stan and artist Vincent di Fate. These sessions may appear on The Learning Channel in an episode of The Quest in a segment about living in space.
Michael Whelan's current break from commercial work continues. He's working on several paintings. By this time, he should be finished with The Crossing, a 3' x 6' oil painting in his Passage series and another large painting in his Faded Star series. Michael's new 1997 calendar and fine art prints are available from Glass Onion Graphics. You can get more information by checking out Michael's official web site, Michael Whelan's Art of the Imagination, at http://www.glassonion.com/ . His site is maintained by Mike Jackson. It's a great place to get current news and to see examples of Michael Whelan's art.
Bantam will be publishing Charles Sheffield's Tomorrow and Tomorrow in January. In April, Convergence (the fourth book in the Heritage Universe trilogy) will be released by Baen and TOR will release The Billion Dollar Boy (the second Jupiter book). Meanwhile, Charles will be reviewing Putting Up Roots (the completed third Jupiter book) and writing Black Sheep (the fourth Jupiter book) for TOR; Aftermath for Bantam; and The Borderlands of Science and Science Fiction, which should occupy his time beyond April.
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