Bruce has a fantastic track record in the fields of editing, publishing, zines and criticism. He has more award nominations than anyone I know, including three Hugo nominations. (I don't include Mike Resnick in that - I don't 'know' him, I've merely mocked him on forums). He published the fantastic, and ridiculously expensive (on eBay, etc) and difficult-to-find, The Electric Shepherd, founded Norstralia Press, is a life member of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club, is a recipient of the A. Bertram Chandler Award and is an all round good guy.
His long running SF Commentary is a fantastic magazine, and I'm thrilled to have my picture on the front cover of #83.
My good friend, Fenna Hogg (who was my best man at my wedding, but that's another story) took a photo of me and turned that into a brilliantly artistic image.
Bruce saw it and asked if he could use it. As Bruce writes in this issue:
Melbourne graphic artist Fenna Hogg’s cover does not in fact portray Philip K. Dick wearing a scramble suit. That’s what it looks like to me. It is actually based on a photograph of Melbourne writer and teacher Steve Cameron, who arranged with Fenna for its use as a cover.Cool, huh?
Check out Bruce's range of zines, including SF Commentary and Steam Engine Times here.
2 comments:
Very very cool indeed! Congratulations. I’ve admired that photo quite a few times and wondered about it, so it was nice to get this background info. Hmm, so now we can refer to you as a writer-teacher-model?
Thanks Gitte.
I'm sure there are a few other labels some people would like to throw on me too.
Heheheh
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