Gordon Van Gelder

October 25, 2023

Tachyon well represented at the 2023 World Fantasy Convention

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Publisher Jacob Weisman, Jonathan Strahan (Editor Guest of Honor), John Joseph Adams, Marie Brennan, Ellen Datlow, Eileen Gunn, John Kessel (virtual only), Ellen Klages, Pat Murphy, Josh Rountree, Gordon Van Gelder, Izzy Wasserstein, and current World Fantasy Award nominees for their Tachyon titles, Naseem Jamnia and Sam J. Miller, are scheduled to appear at the 2023 World Fantasy Convention in Kansas City, MO, October 26-29.

GUESTS OF HONOR

Author: Kij Johnson and Adam Troy-Castro
Editor: Jonathan Strahan
Artists: Elizabeth Leggett and Vincent Villafranca
Toastmasters: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

The World Fantasy Convention offers a massive selection of readings,
signings, and panels. To find any of these authors, check out the entire
schedule on their site.

Be sure to visit the Tachyon tables in the dealer’s room, where we’ll be hosting several signings. We’re sharing space this year with Fairwood Press.

The Legend of Charlie Fish — Cover by John Coulthart

Friday

2PM

Ellen Datlow
Josh Rountree

Cover for THE BRUISING OF QILWA by Naseem Jamnia — Cover by Elizabeth Story

Saturday

2PM

Marie Brennan
Naseem Jamnia

3PM

Sharon Shinn

September 8, 2023

Happy birthday to the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder

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very best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Volume two — Cover art by David A. Hardy
Cover design by Bryan Cholfin

The son of prominent mammalogist Richard Van Gelder and nephew of The New York Times senior editor Lawrence Van Gelder, Gordon Van Gelder served as the editor from 1997 until 2014 of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He became the publisher in 2000, a position he still maintains, after relinquishing the role of editor beginning with the March/April 2015 issue to Charles Coleman Finlay. During his tenure, Van Gelder won two Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. His time as the managing editor of The New York Review of Science Fiction from 1988 to 1993 garnered him several Hugo nominations.

He edited several anthologies of stories that first appeared in F&SF including The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (1999 with Edward L. Ferman), One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2003), In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004), Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), T HE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY (2009), and THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: VOLUME 2 (2014). He’s also edited Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011), Lonely Souls (2013), Go Forth and Multiply (2017), and Welcome to Dystopia (2017).

All of us at Tachyon wish the eclectic Gordon a happy birthday!

October 26, 2022

Tachyon well represented at the 2022 World Fantasy Convention

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Publisher Jacob Weisman, Guest of Honor Jo Walton, Peter S. Beagle, Marie Brennan, Peter V. Brett, Ellen Datlow, Daryl Gregory, Eileen Gunn, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ellen Klages, Pat Murphy, and Gordon Van Gelder are scheduled to appear at the 2022 World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans, November 3-6. Special guest Caitlín R. Kiernan is appearing virtually.

The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering and reunion of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of light and dark fantasy art and literature. The convention is generally held on one of the two weekends bracketing Halloween, with some light early-bird programming usually beginning Thursday evening and the convention generally concluding Sunday afternoon, usually shortly after the World Fantasy Award Banquet. The awards banquet is a culminating highlight of the convention, offering awards ranging from lifetime achievement, to various aspects of art and literature. Additional highlights include an autograph reception, and often some sort of reception honoring the arts. Individual conventions often use programming and special events to highlight the themes of the convention and local flavor.
World Fantasy Convention

GUESTS OF HONOR

Authors: Jo Walton, Victor LaValle
Editor: Ginger BuchananI
Artist: Iris Compiet
Author Special Guests: Caitlín R. Kiernan, Andrei Codrescu, Brandon O’Brien
Featured Guest: Nisi Shawl
Toastmaster: Ursula Vernon

The World Fantasy Convention offers a massive selection of readings,
signings, and panels. To find any of these authors, check out the entire
schedule on their site.

Be sure to visit the Tachyon tables in the dealer’s room, where we’ll be hosting several signings.

Friday

11AM

Peter S. Beagle

1PM

Marie Brennan
Eileen Gunn

Saturday

1PM

3PM

September 8, 2022

Happy birthday to the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder

Rick Klaw birthday, blog birthday, go forth and multiply, Gordon Van Gelder, the very best of fantasy & science fiction volume 2, the very best of fantasy & science fiction: 60th anniversary anthology, welcome to dystopia

He edited several anthologies of stories that first appeared in F&SF including The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (1999 with Edward L. Ferman), One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2003), In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004), Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), T HE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY (2009), and THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: VOLUME 2 (2014). He’s also edited Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011), Lonely Souls (2013), Go Forth and Multiply (2017), and Welcome to Dystopia (2017).

All of us at Tachyon wish the eclectic Gordon a happy birthday!

September 8, 2020

Happy birthday to the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder

He edited several anthologies of stories that first appeared in F&SF including The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (1999 with Edward L. Ferman), One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2003), In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004), Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), T HE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY (2009), and THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: VOLUME 2 (2014). He’s also edited Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011), Lonely Souls (2013), Go Forth and Multiply (2017), and Welcome to Dystopia (2017).

All of us at Tachyon wish the eclectic Gordon a happy birthday!

March 10, 2020

Tachyon tidbits featuring Best indie publisher 2020, Lisa Goldstein, Rebecca Roanhorse, Gordon Van Gelder, and Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

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The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

REEDSY named Tachyon Publications as one of the Best Independent Publishers 2020.

This San Francisco-based small press has been publishing thoughtful speculative fiction since 1995, sweeping up a full slate of high-profile nominations on the way, from the Hugo to the Nebula and beyond. Their sustained excellence has earned them legendary status in the eyes of hardcore sci-fi fans, although they occasionally dip into other, less speculative genres like memoir and mystery. Tachyon Publications’ bread and butter are its famous science fiction short story collections, which routinely earn glowing reviews from the likes of Booklist and Library Journal.

Graham Sleight in his Year in Review 2019 for LOCUS comments on Lisa Goldstein’s IVORY APPLE S.

Lisa Goldstein’s IVORY APPLES (Tachyon) was a delightful and thoughtful contemporary fantasy about family and history from one of the field’s most underappreciated authors.

At TOR.COM, Andrew Liptak reports that Amazon Has Optioned Rebecca Roanhorse’s “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™”, which appeared in Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman’s THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION.

Rebecca Roanhorse has announced that her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning short story “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” has been optioned by Amazon Studios for a potential film project.

Cover art by Matt Dixon
Cover design by Elizabeth Story

San Francisco Public Library shares Gordon Van Gelder’s talk at the reception for SF by the Bay on Feb. 15, 2020.

At the Catalan site LA LECTORA, Edgar Cotes cites Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s THE NEW WEIRD in his article “A weird story of two cities“.

In the introduction to THE NEW WEIRD (2008), Jeff and Ann VanderMeer defined it as follows: “A type of alternative, urban literature that subverts preconceived ideas found in traditional fantasy, using realistic and complex real world models as a starting point for creating scenarios that can combine elements of both science fiction and fantasy”. Despite the ambiguity of the definition, a number of authors, such as Alastair Reynolds, Clive Baker, KJ Bishop, Mary Gentle, or Justina Robson, endorsed this manifesto and set up a transgressive work that overturned the most incarcerated models. a certain kind of fantastic literature.
Translation from Catalan courtesy of Google

February 11, 2020

Join us for the opening reception for SF by the Bay

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The opening reception for the SF by the Bay exhibit with Gordon Van Gelder, publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, co-sponsors Tachyon Publications, SF in SF, Locus magazine, Borderlands Books and other special guests happens on Saturday, February 15, 10:30-2:30. The reception will be followed by a screening of the silent flim Aelita: Queen of Mars with introduction and live piano accompaniment by acclaimed concert pianist Frederick Hodges.

Opening reception
SF by the Bay
February 15
1O:30-2:30
Main Library
100 Larkin St
San Francisco, CA

October 25, 2019

Tachyon well represented at the annual World Fantasy Convention

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized David Sandner, eileen gunn, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, ellen klages, fairwood press, Gordon Van Gelder, jacob weisman, Kerem Beyit, marie brenna, matt dixon, max gladstone, mingus fingers, nina kiriki hoffman, s qiouyi lu, sheila finch, susan palwick, Tad Williams, the very best of tad williams, world fantasy convention

Jacob Weisman, Guest of Honor Tad Williams, Marie Brennan, Ellen Datlow, Sheila Finch, Daryl Gregory, Max Gladstone, Eileen Gunn, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ellen Klages,
S. Qiouyi Lu, Susan Palwick, David Sandner, and Gordon Van Gelder are scheduled to appear at the 2019 World Fantasy Convention in Los Angeles, CA October 31-November 3.

The legendary event, held annually since 1975, showcases the
fantastic in literature and art. This years convention features Guests
of Honor Tad Williams, Reiko Murakami, Sheree Renée Thomas, Margo Lanagan, Beth Meachum and Toastmaster Robert Silverberg.

Tachyon publisher Jacob Weisman enjoys two book launches at the con. The bold sequel to World Fantasy Award-winning THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY, THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION (co-edited with Hannu Rajaniemi) premieres as does his Fairwood Press novelette Mingus Fingers (written with David Sandner).

While Tachyon won’t have their table, several Tachyon authors will be appearing at the Fairwood Press table.

Jacob Weisman and S. Qiouyi Lu Friday 2 pm
Susan Palwick Friday 3 pm
David Sandner and Jacob Weisman Saturday 3 pm

The World Fantasy Convention offers a massive selection of readings,
signings, and panels. To find any of these authors, check out the entire
schedule on their site.

For more info on THE VERY BEST OF TAD WILLIAMS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Kerem Beyit
Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Matt Dixon
Cover design by Elizabeth Story

September 8, 2019

Happy birthday to the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder

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NYRSF 20th Anniversary, South Street Seaport September 9, 2009 (Photo: Houari Boumedienne)

From 1997 until 2014 Gordon Van Gelder served as the editor and eventually publisher, a role he still maintains, of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. During his tenure, he won two Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. Van Gelder’s time as the managing editor of The New York Review of Science Fiction from 1988 to 1993 garnered him several Hugo nominations.

Van Gelder has edited several anthologies of stories that first appeared in F&SF including The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (1999 with Edward L. Ferman), T HE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY (2009), and THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: VOLUME 2 (2014). He’s also edited Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011), Lonely Souls (2013), Go Forth and Multiply (2017), and Welcome to Dystopia (2017).

All of us at Tachyon wish the eclectic Gordon a happy birthday!

For more info on THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by David A. Hardy
Cover design by Bryan Cholfin

For more info on THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION VOLUME TWO visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

April 12, 2019

Meet the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder at Norwescon 42

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Photo: Houari Boumedienne

Gordon Van Gelder, the acclaimed editor and publisher of the legendary The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, is attending Norwescon 42, April 18-21 in SeaTac, WA.

Norwescon is the Pacific Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention and one of the largest regional Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions in the United States. While maintaining a primarily literary focus, Norwescon is large enough to provide a venue for many of the other aspects of Science Fiction and Fantasy and the interests of its fans such as anime, costuming, art, gaming, and much, much more.

Guests of Honor

Mary Robinette Kowal (Writer)
Tran Nguyen (Artist)
Dan Koboldt (Science)
Nancy Pearl (Special)
Subterranean Press (Spotlight Publisher)

Norwescon 42
April 18-21
DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport
SeaTac, Washington

Several of the over 500 hours of panel programming at Norwescon feature Van Gelder.

Friday, April 19

2PM

All About the
Philip K. Dick Award

Administrators and
nominees for this year’s award discuss the P.K. Dick Award and its
legacy.

Gordon Van Gelder
(M), Jason Hough

7PM

Philip K. Dick
Awards

The Philip K. Dick
Award for distinguished science fiction published in paperback
original form in the United States is presented annually at Norwescon
with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust. The award is sponsored
by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick
Trust, and the award ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon and the
Northwest Science Fiction Society. Come hear readings from the
nominated works. Dessert is provided.

Wm Sadorus (M),
Gordon Van Gelder, Abbey Chung , Audrey Schulman, Ian McDonald

Saturday. April
20

10AM

Want to be an
Editor?

Where can or do you
begin? It’s hard to get an editing position when you don’t have
work under your belt. Listen to editors share the details of how they
got started and learn some of the pitfalls to avoid.

Chimedum Ohaegbu,
Gordon Van Gelder, Cat Rambo, Jasmine Silvera

3PM

On the Edge Of
Forever: Remembering Harlan Ellison

Over his 60+ year
career, Harlan Ellison specialized in tense, visionary tales and dark
comedy. He was also just as notorious for his volcanic temper as he
was for his sense of humor. Writers and fans discuss his influence on
their work and share some stories about him.

Gordon Van Gelder
(M), Berlynn Wohl, Sandra M. Odell, K.G. Anderson, Astrid Bear

6PM

Goodbye, Cruel
Worlds

Has the long
preoccupation with “dystopia” finally ended? Is this why we have
one Star Trek series now and another on deck, because we now need the
optimism embedded in the Roddenberry universe? Do you think world
events change the tastes of genre fans? Should writers be polishing
up their utopias if dystopias are falling out of favor?

Scott James Magner
(M), Gordon Van Gelder, Joseph Brassey, Ian McDonald

For more info on THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: 60TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by David A. Hardy
Cover design by Bryan Cholfin

For more info on THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION VOLUME TWO visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

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