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Garret P.I. Republishing Schedule
by Chriss Cornish 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Anyone know when the remaining Garret P.I. books are scheduled to be re-published? The Publisher just re-released Old Tin Sorrows. They don't seem to be doing the re-publish run in any obvious order, so I'm wondering how long I have to hold my breath to buy re-prints of Red Iron Nights, Petty Pewter Gods and Quicksilver lies. Chriss

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Run out and buy An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat
by Richard Chilton 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

If you don't own a copy of this book yet, run out and buy one. Now. The stories are vintage Dread Empire, but even should you be one of the lucky ones who has tracked down copies of most of these stories (two are new) you will want it for the Forewords. There's a main foreword, where Cook explains the Dread Empire Cycle he wanted to write and the novels that almost saw the light of day. He talks about the missing 'Wake the Cruel Storm' manuscript and how about 15% of 'The Wrath of Kings' survived - fragments of draft material that were miss filed so weren't taken when the rest of the stuff vanished. How some of the stories (including a novelette that was to be the capstone for the series) were missing until the literary agency he used closed (on the death of the principle) and various papers were returned to him. Then there are the smaller ones - a paragraph or three - that appear before each story. Some merely describe where the story fits in the world (before this novel, after that one, etc) and a bit about how it was first published. Then there are the others... Finding Svale's Daughter where he talks about the folklore of Norway and a few early, never-to-see-the-light novels. Or for Ghost Stalk - where he points out that he tried to cobble the stories of the Vengeful Dragon together for a novel, but there were no takers (if there had, that ship might be as famous as the Black Company is now wiht The Archer taking Crooker's plae). About how the illustration for Filed Teeth (written for collection 'Dragons of Darkness') had been late so ended up on the cover of the companion collection 'Dragons of Light'. Castle of Tears reveals that Cook stayed a few weeks with Fritz Leiber at his two room apartment in Venice after the death of Fritz's wife in 1969 - Cook Castle of Tears, and Frutz wrote part of Swords Against Death. We learn that Severed Heads is one of his favourite stories - partly because it's been reprinted so often that it earn him more than most of his novels had. Silverheels was written at the Clarion Workshop as a birthday gift for Fritz Leiber... The book is a treasure trove. Buy it. Read it. Richard

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Run out and buy An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat
by Richard Chilton 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

If you don't own a copy, run out and buy one. Now. The stories are vintage Dread Empire, but should you be one of the lucky ones who has tracked down copies of most of these stories (two are new) you will want it for the Forewords. There's a main foreword, where Cook explains the Dread Empire Cycle he wanted to write and the novels rhat almost saw the light of day. He talks about the missing 'Wake the Cruel Storm' and how about 15% of 'The Wrath of Kings' survived - fragments of draft material that were misfiled so wasn't taken when the rest of the stuff vanished. How some of the stories (including a novelette that was to be the capstone for the series) were missing until the literary agency he used closed (on the death of the principle) and various papers were returned to him. Then there are the smaller ones - a paragraph or three - that appear before each story. Some merely describe where the story fits in the world (before this novel, after that one, etc) and a bit about how it was first published. Then there are the others... Finding Svale's Daughter where he talks about the folklore of Norway and a few early, never-to-see-the-light novels. Or for Ghost Stalk - where he points out that he tried to cobble the stories of the Vengeful Dragon together for a novel, but there were no takers (if there had been, that ship might be as famious as the Black Company is now). About how the illustration for Filed Teeth (found in Dragons of Darkness) had been late so ended up on the cover of the companion collection Dragons of Light. Castle of Tears reveals that Cook stayed a few weeks with Fritz Leiber at his two room appartment in Venice after the death of Fritz's wife in 1969 - Cook Castle of Tears, and Frutz wrote part of Swords Againt Death. We learn that Severed Heads is one of his favourite stories - partly because it's been reprinted so often that it earn him more than most of his novels had. Silverheels was written at the Clarion Workshop as a birthday gift for Fritz Leiber... The book is a treasure trove. Buy it. Read it.

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An Empire...
by Michael Llaneza 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

It's here ! Gorgeous cover, slim volume. We still need Reap the East Wind and An Ill Fate Marshaling collected. I'm going to end up with a very nice Glen Cook shelf in my library. -- Michael Llaneza maserati(a)speakeasy.net

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Link to Return of the black Company cover!
by Marc Rikmenspoel 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

I tried to post yesterday with the image of the cover, but the file was too big for this list. So here's a link to my blog http://marcrik.blogspot.com/ where I posted the image, I like it!

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Shipping Notice for An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat
by Richard Chilton 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

I just got some wonderful news! Chapters-Indigo (a Canadian book chain) just sent me an email saying that they are shipping An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat today! Soon that until now unpublished Dread Empire novel will be in my grubby little hands - roughly a year late, but that's nothing compared to how long I waited for A Glittering Stone. Richard

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Darkwar is up for pre-order
by jimi bowman 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Any word on the next Garrett or Else Tage books? --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Darkwar is up for pre-order To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 12:36 PM Amazon also has The Return of the Black Company (probably an omnibus of Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness) set for September 15. They have a listing for AEUWD buried away, because they like B&N probably gave up on it. But in another couple of weeks the book will have gone from the Nightshade warehouse to distributors and to actual bookstores and online sites. As to Darkwar, I recently found the last of the three original books I needed to complete my set, so I'll soon read the original paperbacks. I look forward to it! On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Michael Llaneza <maserati(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Lawrence Jenab wrote: I always liked those books--sort of a forgotten corner of Cook's stuff, but they stuck with me. I think of them at the oddest times. I think Darkwar is some of his best work. It's one of his better character pieces and an amazing amount of stuff happens, even by Cook's standards. I hope the reprint sells well. bn.com has that and the next Black Company omnibus listed for a 9/15/09 release. Then again, they don't have Solider of an Empire Unacquainted With Defeat listed at all, so... -- Michael Llaneza maserati(a)speakeasy.net _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Darkwar is up for pre-order
by Michael Llaneza 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

I was just rounding out my collection with some reprints and pre- ordered the Darkwar hardcover. I put a review on at Barnes & Noble's website. -- Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1951

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