Jim Baen's Universe has the illustration up for "Johnny Plays 'Round Saturn's Rings". It's by Maureen Starkey. Very nice.

Okay, it's not the New York Times, but Bill Housley is getting some press for his story in the Satirica anthology. He's gotten a mention in the Unita Country Herald and some love from a local radio station. It's a good thing, because his story, "Another Man's Terrorist" is a really good story.

$100? If copies of The Heretic actually sell at these prices, I'll be shocked. Thrilled, but shocked. Is there really that much interest in the paper edition still, or is it just because it's rare?

Now five years into its 90-day mission, Spirit is still alive and kicking on the surface of Mars. You just can't kill good engineering.

Several things, actually. For starters, anything posted there is accessible by anyone without registering. That's enough for a lot of editors to consider "first rights" on the work to be already gone--not every editor, mind you, but enough that it limits the author's choices. You do, however, have to register to comment or vote on the work. Okay, so what they're really interested in attracting is readers, not writers.

Since it's shown up in the preview, it appears my short story "Johnny Plays 'Round Saturn's Rings" is set for the December issue of Jim Baen's Universe in the Introducing section. If you subscribe now, you won't miss it. If you don't want to subscribe, you can buy single issues for $6.00.

HarperCollins has luanched their own version of weBook. It's called Authonomy. The difference with HC's site is that the books with the highest community ratings get in front of an HC editor.