Really interesting to read everyone's picks, There are many that I would entirely agree with and love to see Suntup produce.
I picked:
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Myst: The Book of Atrus - Rand and Robin Miller
Really interesting to read everyone's picks, There are many that I would entirely agree with and love to see Suntup produce.
I picked:
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Myst: The Book of Atrus - Rand and Robin Miller
My three picks:
1) Under the Skin - Michel Faber
2) The Man Who Fell to Earth - Walter Trevis
3) The Wolfen - Whitley Strieber
I'd like to see some classic SF:
Dune
Canticle for Leibowitz
More than Human
The absence of a thing, this can be as deadly as the presence. The absence of air, eh?
The absence of water? The absence of anything else we're addicted to.
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
I picked 2 James Herbert titles. But he’s deceased and not hugely popular (as far as I know).
Still... I can dream.
The survey was a lot of fun! I had a hard time choosing my books because I really only collect King but I picked:
Black Mad Wheel- Josh Malerman
Mister B. Gone- Clive Barker
The Exorcist- William Peter Blatty
Nothing earth shattering but I would step away from King mode for any of these.
Dan Simmons-Summer Of Night (Done right with Banished Dreams & Watching The Presidential Debates in Elm Haven included)/ A Winter Haunting two volume set.
Richard Adams-Watership Down
H.G. Bissinger- Friday Night Lights
Just to tease everyone, here is the Earthling 1/15 Song of Kali. Paul doesn't need to "top it", but I'm sure he could do his own version that would be mind blowing (and 26 instead of 15)
Oh, and just for the hell of it, an image of Daniel (Chaingang) Bunkowski, star of Slob:
Expect some upgrades on the Rosemary's Baby Numbered, book and slipcase. I think you're going to like it. Also upgraded cloth on the AGE. We're in the home stretch with with this one.
My Collection
https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ction-MikeDuke
My Suntup Flikr page
https://www.flickr.com/people/190710085@N03/
I can't wait for Rosemary's Baby!
Meanwhile...
My Alternative List:
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Happy to see I wasn’t the only one who voted for Wonka! I love your endpapers idea, Ralph. This was my clear favorite book of my childhood. I read everything I got my hands on and the only ones to come anywhere close were its sequel (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) and James and the Giant Peach. I would be in heaven if Suntup produced a set of those three Dahl books.
And also the Oz books, but I would want the original art.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I also nominated Calvin & Hobbes during a similar Suntup survey a while back. As far as comics go, I think Calvin & Hobbes would be much deserving of a Suntup homage. It's an awesomely written and beautifully illustrated comic that is beloved by millions, but also Bill Watterson and his whole approach to the series had a kind of 'classy feel' to it that I think would mesh well with the Suntup vibe (if anyone is interested, there's a good synopsis of it here: http://www.thelegalartist.com/blog/o...vin-and-hobbes). And if Bill Watterson put his signature to a Suntup signed limited edition of 'The Complete Calvin & Hobbes,' it would get a lot of attention, and be quite valuable. People pay handsomely for anything that Watterson put his signature on because there's so little of it out there.
Looking for:
- Philtrum Press Eyes of the Dragon RED #165
- Fine Viking Eyes of the Dragon proof
Calvin and Hobbes is so much more than just a comic. The series was so far over and above everything else in its genre, it's incredible. It completely changed the comic world. It's like Breaking Bad (times a million) compared to a Lorenzo Lamas TV series.
I do think Suntup Editions and Watterson would do well together, because it's about a love for the story and the work, not a money grab.