Latest Subterranean Press News

As Booklist notes, “A lad discovers that he can walk between alternate Earths–and is swept up in a war between them in this fast-paced, compulsively readable tale.”

Interworld will, as with our other Neil Gaiman Limited Editions, be printed on 80# Finch paper in two colors. This time, instead of a dust jacket, we’ve gone with some extensive, intricate stamping. You may note that the limitation is half that of our usual Gaiman limiteds, making this likely to sell out quick.

One final, important note about our edition: Michael Reaves has recently had considerable health problems related to Parkinson’s disease, with one round of brain surgery completed, and another in the near future. All of the profits from this limited edition will go to Mr. Reaves to help him with his medical and daily living expenses. Soon, we hope, he’ll be feeling much better and back to bringing us wonderful novels such as The Shattered World and The Burning Realm, to name two personal favorites.

Limited: 500 signed numbered hardcover copies: $60
Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies in traycase: $250

Jon Foster has just sent us the first glimpse at the cover art for Ray Bradbury’s original screenplay to the classic film, Moby Dick. The art is still rough, but we think you’ll agree it’s going to be a powerful evocation of Captain Ahab’s madness and obsession. Along with the Foster cover, the book will feature a full color frontispiece by Rockwell Kent, as per Mr. Bradbury’s request.

John Crowley’s touching novelette, Conversation Hearts, also has a cover, a simple image that captures the heartfelt tale perfectly. We’ve just sent the signature pages to Mr. Crowley, so his small hardcover is right on schedule to ship later this summer.

The second and concluding volume of Brian Lumley’s Best Mythos Tales, Haggopian and Other Stories, is due in our offices later this week. This time around the focus is on Brian’s shorter works, again illustrated by Bob Eggleton. The collection weighs in at a healthy 400+ pages of creepy, tentacly otherness. Along with its companion volume, The Taint and Other Novellas, Haggopian makes up an essential gathering of post-Lovecraft Mythos fiction.

And here, without further ado, is the cover art for Starlady and Fast-Friend, the Ace Double of novelettes by George R. R. Martin we’ll be releasing later this year. Cover design to come soon!

Our proofer has just scanned and taken the first pass through all 262,000 words of Barry Hughart’s The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox. We’ve sent the omnibus, as well as the first draft of Bridge of Birds — the latter available only with the deluxe limited edition — off to our designer to work her magic. Artist Jon Foster has a copy of Bridge from which to create an illustration for the omnibus, so all’s on schedule for our Halloween release of this trio of beloved novels.

We’ve just listed a goodly number of items on Ebay again, including a copy of a Lettered copy of A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin, plus books by Neil Gaiman, Neal Stephenson, Thomas Ligotti, and more. Check back often, as we plan to add even more items in the coming week.

Please note: These copies are now sold out!

We’ve uncovered three copies of the signed edition of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, which was limited to only 148 numbered sets, with the first volume signed by Mr. King. (These are legit copies, not PC copies.)

If you’re interested, each set is $930, including US shipping. Limit one set per family or household. Drop us an email and we can work out payment arrangements if you’d like to pick up a gorgeous edition of one of Mr. King’s finest works.

SubPress favorite John Scalzi has posted a shareware chapbook to his website, “How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story,” which was originally published as a chapbook to accompany the hardcover of issue four of Subterranean magazine. Best of all, half of what John takes in is going to Lupus research, a disease which many of you know my wife suffers from. So please, check out the Scalzi story, send him a few bucks via the methods he has set up, laugh your ass off at the tale, and help a very worthy cause in the process.

We’ve put together over half of our 2009 schedule thus far, with titles by Ray Bradbury, Alastair Reynolds, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Naomi Novik, John Scalzi, and many other fine writers. Just as with 2008, we’ll be publishing in the neighborhood of 60 books, a goodly mix of limited and trade editions. Just this week, we’ve reached agreement to add a few new books to that list, including one (and possibly two) by Kage Baker, a brand new collection by Greg Egan, and The Dark Volume, Gordon Dahlquist’s stunning followup to his literary debut fantasy, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters. Be looking for us to start putting up part of next year’s schedule late this summer and early fall.

We’ve just sent the next batch of titles to the printer, including

– The Jack Vance Reader (Jack Vance);
– Kull: Exile of Atlantis (Robert E. Howard);
– Project Moonbase and Others (Robert A. Heinlein).

Which join a number of titles already there, including:

– What the Mouse Found (Charles de Lint);
– Haggopian and Other Stories (Brian Lumley);
– Interworld (Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves);
– Black & White (Lewis Shiner).

Next week, our two deluxe chapbooks will be at the printer as well:

– Skeletons (Ray Bradbury);
– Yellow Dog (Charles de Lint).

As you can see, it’s shaping up to be a busy summer around here, with a wide variety of reading material for everyone’s tastes.

Neal Stepheson’s masterwork, Snow Crash, is in stock and shipping. In our opinion, it’s one of the most important novels of the past twenty years, and one of the most collectible as well. A signed trade hardcover first edition will set you back over $1000. Our lavish limited edition, printed in two colors on 80# Finch, is a relative bargain in comparison.

Limited HC:

$150

Volume three of Robert Silverberg’s Collected Stories is in stock and shipping. Something Wild is Loose contains such undisputed classics as “Good News from the Vatican,” “Thomas the Proclaimer,” and “Many Mansions” among its more than 400 pages.

Limited HC:

$65

Trade HC:

$35

Both the Signed Limited Edition (pictured) and the Trade Hardcover of Tim Powers’s thrill-a-minute dark fantasy, On Stranger Tides, are in stock and shipping. Our editions feature the original James Gurney cover art, with different designs for the Limited and Trade editions.

Lettered HC:

$250

Limited HC:

$75

Trade HC:

$18.95

Elizabeth Bear’s mosaic novel, New Amsterdam is now available as a trade paperback. As Publishers Weekly notes, New Amsterdam “introduces a tough, witty female sleuth. Abigail Irene Garrett is the perfect Victorian hard-boiled detective… Teaming occasionally with vampire sleuth Sebastien de Ulloa, Irene cuts a figure of crime-fighting confidence through five of the six stories…plunging into wildly unpredictable adventures such as those recounted in “Lumière,” a stunning blend of steampunk and eldritch horror. Bear’s tales are not only ingeniously mysterious but also richly textured with details that bring the society and history of her alternate America to vivid life. Readers who like the grit of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake novels and the historical heft of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s vampire tales will find similar pleasures here.”

Trade Pbk:

$14.95

Our first Far Territories title, Tad Williams 120,000 word short story collection, Rite, is in stock and shipping. As Green Man Review notes, “Tad Williams’ short fiction is written with the beauty of language that he has become known for, but also with the winking sense of humour a youth often shows to a beloved mentor, especially in the pieces he writes in honour of authors who have personally influenced him. For example, “Three Duets” is a tribute to Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn, and “The Author at the End of Time” and “Go Ask Elric” are weighted with Moorcock references.”

Trade Pbk:

$14.95

Our signed limited edition of Naomi Novik’s debut novel, His Majesty’s Dragon, is in stock and shipping. It’s a fine production, with a full color dust jacket by Dominick Harman and multiple color interior illustrations by Anke Eissmann. The book itself is printed in two colors on 80# Finch paper to give it the classy treatment Naomi’s novel so richly deserves.

Limited HC:

$125

Think of Altered Carbon as Raymond Chandler meets Bladerunner, and that’ll give you just a hint of the sort of literary and plot pyrotechnics the book has to offer. Add in hot artist Vincent Chong’s ultra-slick cover and full-color interior illustrations, and we think ours is a winning presentation of one of the most stylish and influential sf novels of the past decade.

Limited HC:

$75

Lettered HC:

$250

From Publishers Weekly, on Dark Integers and Other Stories, Greg Egan’s first collection in over a decade: “Egan (Teranesia) is renowned for bringing the most abstract concepts of physics and philosophy to life, and these diamond-hard science fiction stories ably showcase his talent.” The striking cover is by Steve Montiglio.

Trade HC:

$25