GOOD BOOKS...

...are one of my addictions. Yours too? I read The Lies of Locke Lamora shortly before it hit the shelves, and loved it. Wonderful book.

What else? I spent a weekend at the Furey household in Ireland. That's Maggie and Eric, not Matt-the-fitness-guru. Maggie's book in progress totally rocks. And Eric and I stayed up all night twice, working on Jedi mind tricks...

Oh, yeah. While I was there, I did a podcast interview for the wonderful folks at Dragon Page, whose geographical location is in Arizona, and whose cyberspace address is here:
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/MT/mt-search.cgi?Template=tDP&IncludeBlogs=1&search=meaney

And I've got the artwork for the next book, Bone Song. The cover is different from the previous ones, and it should be: the book is different.

I'll upload a copy when I can...

YIPPEE FOR THE IPPY...

...belatedly, though, but it was nice that Paradox won the Independent Publishers Award for best SF book of 2005, at BookExpo America in Washington, D.C.

Details at http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipaward2.lasso?go=next&plc=1

R.I.P. BOB BRIDGES 1950-2006

Another sad occasion: last week I attended the funeral of Bob Bridges, an extraordinary man whom I was privileged and honoured to know.

Bob served in 21 SAS, was a pioneer of object-oriented programming, a master teacher, an accomplished poet, runner and skier, student of zen and bushido, deeply knowledgeable in science and philosophy. He was a gentle man who observed the world with wonder and curiosity, making friends with everyone he met.

Sayonara, my friend. The universe is incredibly richer for your being here.