"Go then. There are other authors than King".
I know, I know... not really a nice and concise name for a forum but that was the first thought that popped in my head when the subject of a new subforum came up.
"Go then. There are other authors than King".
I know, I know... not really a nice and concise name for a forum but that was the first thought that popped in my head when the subject of a new subforum came up.
I really like Michaël's "Go then. There are other authors than King", but I suppose that might just be a bit long.
Edit: He beat me to it.
Or maybe just use the thread name and call it "Other Authors You Collect"? A bit on the safe and boring side maybe, but...
If we do the subforum, it is important we distinguish that the focus is on the collector's perspective, as we have another forum that focuses on other authors' writing.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
What is going to happen to this thread now that the new subforum is in place? I imagine that it is still useful for news and discussion about authors that don't need a dedicated thread, but maybe it should be moved to the new subforum as well? Just my opinion, of course. And will the Joe Hill thread be moved, too?
I agree, it makes sense to move both this thread and the Joe Hill thread to the new subforum.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Ron,Originally Posted by swintek
Ben,Ron,
'Salem's Lot & Second Coming are 1A & 1B and that will never change! The rest of my top 5 are:
The Dead Zone-SK
Summer Of Night-Dan Simmons
Semi-Tough-Dan Jenkins
Rookie- Jerry Jenkins
A quick note on SON. I left Dan Simmons a message on his forum about possibly adding the Banished Dreams material into the upcoming re-issue of Summer Of Night. He responded back and indicated that he liked the idea but it is too late for the Thomas Dunne re-issue. I forwarded the response to Bill at Sub Press encouraging him to touch base with Dan about doing a fully restored limited edition of SON. Since they have done several Simmons limiteds I fgured it has a chance. We'll see.
Well, I'm glad someone's on this. It's an important book, and if we get a nice Subpress limited out of it- I'll indeed thank you. Good idea about including Banished Dreams! Yeah, that has to be in there! I'd almost forgotten about that little chapbook that was trading for $300 at one point many years ago. I'd love to see a larger trim size, fully illustrated SON. Hope it happens!
Ron
Through communications on the Simmons forum about the upcoming re-issue of Summer Of Night it was learned that Mr.Simmons' childhood home (his house and hometown were models for Elm Haven in the story) is going to be razed during construction for a new high school. To commemorate it looks like Dan will be doing a SON book signing in August on the front porch of his old house followed by a tour of the town landmarks from the SON. One thing I really like about the Simmons forum is that he frequently participates in the conversations; that is how the booksigning/tour idea came about. Should be an interesting event.
BM
What an awesome idea!
Are you attending, Ben?
Sadly the forum has been offline for a while now. Or does it has another address now (I'm talking about the one present in his website).
Wanted list:
Ubris
The forum is there at http://forum.dansimmons.com/ubbthreads/ . I got an error on the first visit, but a refresh loaded it.
Hunter
Cool. Thanks!
Wanted list:
Ubris
Ari,
I plan to attend although a date hasn't been finalized. Likely August 13.
BM
Ben,
Thanks for the info! I had given up on the Simmons forum awhile ago as I thought it went dormant- until I just tried Hunter's refresh suggestion (thanks, Hunter!), and just read that section with great interest. Wow. What an event that would be!
Ron
I'd be nice to have Dan's own topic about his S/L editions.
Wanted list:
Ubris
If it happens it should be a good time. I found the exchanges at the Simmons forum between Dan and and an individual named Kevin (it turns out he is one of Dan's Elm Haven childhood friends that the Kevin Grumbacher character is based upon) to be interesting. The possibility of a reunion with some or all of the guys featured in the story along with the book signing could make it a very unique event.
Which set is that? I'd love to see it. This is supposedly a very good translation, brand new.Very nice, but I like my set better. I'll have to remember to take and post some pics.I like lavish reprints and new translation of classics, so it was with great excitement that I found out about Penguin's new three-volume hardcover complete Arabian Nights set. Then I saw it was published in 2008 and is already out of print. Moreover, I was astonished to see it selling for $2,000 used. Supposedly the original price was around $200. There are cheap paperbacks, but after seeing what the hardcover set looks like no one would want those.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140911669/
Not sure if there are William Ollie fans on here (I am) but The lord of the mountain is at 20% from Dark Regions. Use this code at checkout: LOTM20
I snagged a lettered for $80 and they also have a free trade paperback promotion for first time buyers.
Mine is a 3 volume edition translated by Burton. I'll try to get pics soon.Which set is that? I'd love to see it. This is supposedly a very good translation, brand new.Very nice, but I like my set better. I'll have to remember to take and post some pics.I like lavish reprints and new translation of classics, so it was with great excitement that I found out about Penguin's new three-volume hardcover complete Arabian Nights set. Then I saw it was published in 2008 and is already out of print. Moreover, I was astonished to see it selling for $2,000 used. Supposedly the original price was around $200. There are cheap paperbacks, but after seeing what the hardcover set looks like no one would want those.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140911669/
Here it is.Mine is a 3 volume edition translated by Burton. I'll try to get pics soon.Which set is that? I'd love to see it. This is supposedly a very good translation, brand new.Very nice, but I like my set better. I'll have to remember to take and post some pics.I like lavish reprints and new translation of classics, so it was with great excitement that I found out about Penguin's new three-volume hardcover complete Arabian Nights set. Then I saw it was published in 2008 and is already out of print. Moreover, I was astonished to see it selling for $2,000 used. Supposedly the original price was around $200. There are cheap paperbacks, but after seeing what the hardcover set looks like no one would want those.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140911669/
They look great Brice
Thanks, my friend!
Sounds like a bargain to me!
I meant to post this up a while ago and forgot! Tree Of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer, published by Visual Editions.
What Foer did was to take his favourite book, Street Of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, remove large portions of the original text to create an original story of his own with the remaining words. Visual Edition though, instead of just printing the new story, printed the original novel and die-cut out the unwanted words: that's 128 pages, each page a completely different die-cut.
It was first published in November 2010 and already on it's third print run. The publishers were completely taken by surprise by it's success and the first print run wasn't very large. 1st/1st editions from November 2010 which originally cost $40 are already going for anything from $215 - $300.
Thats a very interesting idea!
Painstaking, but cool.
That's crazy cool!
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
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