For the benefit of the people who don't read the comments (and I don't know why anyone who reads this blog wouldn't read the comments, as they're about a thousand times better written and more interesting than any of the crap I post), two items of interest:
- Chris Kovacs has written an essay on A Rose For Ecclesiastes for the New York Review of Science fiction. Link here I haven't read it yet, but if it's anything like his work on The Collected Stories or his piece on Lonesome October, it promises to be excellent. This issue also has a piece on Greg Rucka's Bravo, which is another reason to pick it up.
- Also from Dr. Kovacs: This looks like it will be fun: Jane Lindskold has organized a twitter book club / discussion group for A Night in the Lonesome October. It will begin October 1st and the hashtag will be #LonesomeOctober
See the details at:
https://www.facebook.com/janelindskold The specific post can be found at this link.
Just got my copy of the new trade paperback edition of A Night in the Lonesome October. I was surprised to see that the publisher is Chicago Review Press, which published my Coltrane on Coltrane interview book (though under a different imprint). Imagine, me and Zelazny with the same book publisher . . . yet another sign of the impending apocalypse. I'm a confused mix of humbled and thrilled.
ReplyDeleteI'll always prefer my hardcover copy (on loan to the neighbor, alas, as I'm spreading the good word and I wouldn't ask for it back in the big month), but I like that the cover blurb of the new edition features a quote from George Martin and the back cover name-checks Neil Gaiman (however, I think A STUDY IN EMERALD owes a lot more to LONESOME OCTOBER than ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN does). Both authors are pretty big, and anything that increases the visibility of OCTOBER is okay with me.
DeleteBeing a Zelazny collector/nerd I've got the hardcover (two copies, one signed by Zelazny), paperback, audiobook (read by Zelazny), and now the trade pb. Kinda disappointed the new tp didn't include the original back-cover illustration by Gahan Wilson . . . but it would be churlish to complain.
ReplyDeleteWell, you've got me beat. I've given away a paperback copy (loaned it to friend who lost it), I have a hardcover, the tpb and an audio copy. I really like Zelazny's performance on the audio.
DeleteI didn't realize that pic was missing until you pointed it out. Kind of disappointing, but, like you said, churlish to complain. I'm just happy we got a reprint.
I have double-signed (Zelazny and Wilson) copies of the uncorrected proof, 1st edition Avon hardcover, book club hardcover, and Easton Press limited edition hardcover. Plus assorted copies signed by one or the other of the two. Someday I may depart with the single-signed copies. Guests understandably wonder why I have multiple copies of this book and others by Zelazny and some of my other favorite authors...
ReplyDeleteHey, I didn't know there was an Easton Press edition (or if I did, I'd forgotten). I'll have to hunt down a copy someday when the budgetary stars align. Collecting is a form of mental illness, and these days I limit mine to Coltrane, Zelazny, and certain pulps from the mid-late 1940s (mostly Thrilling Wonder, Startling, and Planet).
ReplyDeleteAnd hey, Gahan Wilson is a pretty good writer, too -- I've got a collection of his stories. Crazy stuff.