We’ve just posted details for novellas by two of our favorite writers. First up is Jack Vance’s The Kragen, a rare novella of his that we’ll be publishing as a signed limited edition, bargain priced at $35. Second is a wild piece of work by Thomas M. Disch, The Voyage of the Proteus: An Eyewitness Account of the End of the World. Both of these titles will be slipped into our schedule this year. The Disch novella will also make an appearance this fall in Subterranean Online.

In further Vance news, we’ve just reached agreement to publish The Jack Vance Reader next year, a massive tome that will include three of his best novels, with guest introductions. Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan are once again helming this book, as they did so ably with The Jack Vance Treasury. Also on the Vance front will be Songs of the Dying Earth, a tribute anthology featuring a whole host of sf’s leading lights playing in Jack’s universe. Contributors are slated to include George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Tad Williams, and a whole host of others.

Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2007 at 9:36 am.