It’s Helen! The book she co-authored, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, comes out at the end of October.
Expanded Universe updates
SF Crowsnest has an interview with Aaron Allston about Betrayal.
Science Fiction Book Club Editor Andrew Wheeler has read Bloodlines and has a brief word. No spoilers, just general observations.
The Dark Horse website, including the Star Wars section, has been redesigned.
Dan Wallace has posted endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids.
EU News at Comic-Con
Hyperspace members can see the cover of Dark Nest 3: The Swarm War and a sketch for the third Last of the Jedi, cover now. Both are part of the Future Star Wars Publishing slideshow, which contains sketches from Visionaries and previews of a lot of the Del Rey’s upcoming nonfiction offerings, including some fantastic artwork from the upcoming New Essential Chronology. Hyperspace members can also listen to audiocasts of the Star Wars Spectacular, Dark Horse Comics, and Publishing panels from Comic Con.
The big EU news out of Comic-Con is all about Dark Horse – ongoing series Republic and Empire are wrapping up, to be replaced by a Knights of the Old Republic (based on the game of the same name) and a “a new ongoing series of five mini-series” starting with Rebellion. There’s also a short overview of SW coffee-table and nonfiction books.
The TV show gets a brief mention, focusing on preproduction and tech stuff, during the Star Wars Spectacular.
ROTS Bookshelf
Starwars.com has posted a complete book release list for Return of the Sith. Both non-fiction (well, if you consider background info on fiction non-fiction) and novels are covered. If you can only get one thing on the list, though, I recommend The Art of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. My copies of TPM and AOTC editions have seen more action than the actual DVDs.