{"id":11745,"date":"2013-03-01T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=11745"},"modified":"2013-03-01T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:07:36","slug":"michael-whelan-provides-cover-art-for-dragonwriter-a-new-anne-mccaffrey-tribute-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/art\/cover-art\/michael-whelan-provides-cover-art-for-dragonwriter-a-new-anne-mccaffrey-tribute-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Whelan Provides Cover Art for <em>Dragonwriter<\/em>, a  New Anne McCaffrey Tribute anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dragonwriter-michael-whelan-cover-500x750.jpg\" alt=\"Dragonwriter, Anne McCaffrey\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dragonwriter-michael-whelan-cover-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dragonwriter-michael-whelan-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dragonwriter-michael-whelan-cover.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p>Yesterday, it was announced that Michael Whelan, legendary artist who long provided art for the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres, including Anne McCaffrey&#8217;s popular <em>Pern<\/em> novels, will be providing the cover art for an upcoming anthology celebrating McCaffrey. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2013\/02\/michael-whelan-will-add-one-more-dragon-to-anne-mccaffreys-menagerie\">Tor.com<\/a> has details about the anthology:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nOn August 6th, Smart Pop Books is releasing Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, a compilation of essays remembering the dragonwriter herself, Anne McCaffrey, and including contributions from \u0095Elizabeth Moon, David Brin,\u0095 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, \u0095Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Richard Woods, Jody Lynn Nye, Angelina Adams, and more.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is notable not only for Whelan&#8217;s previous contributions to the series, (including one of my <a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/all-the-weyrs-of-pern-anne-mccaffery.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">favourite covers of all time<\/a>), but also because he retired from the cover art industry several years ago, only popping out here and there to provide art at special times (like the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/art\/cover-art\/michael-whelans-cover-art-for-a-memory-of-light-by-robert-jordan-and-brandon-sanderson\/\" title=\"Michael Whelan\u2019s cover art for A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Memory of Light<\/em> by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson<\/a>, replacing the late Darrell K. Sweet). It nice to see Whelan return to the world of Pern. You can see more of Whelan&#8217;s Pern artwork in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/the-inspiration-of-anne-mccaffrey\" target=\"_blank\">tribute post to McCaffery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffery and Pern<\/em> will be released on August 6th, 2014 by Smart Pop. It is <a type=\"amzn\" asin=\"1937856836\">available now for pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, it was announced that Michael Whelan, legendary artist who long provided art for the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres, including Anne McCaffrey&#8217;s popular Pern novels, will be providing the cover art for an upcoming anthology celebrating McCaffrey. 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