In Other Words is one of those all-too-rare volumes that readers will return to again and again, finding new and valuable perceptions on each encounter. Incisive, sympathetic, and unfailingly erudite, it enhances our understanding of a major American writer, and serves as a welcome — and necessary — addition to a remarkable body of work.

From Library Journal:
“Although he considers himself neither a scholar nor a historian–”making suggestive remarks is more my job,” he writes–Crowley’s analyses offer a distinctive blend of scholarship, literary history, and readability.”

From Elizabeth Hand, in F&SF:
“In Other Words collects essays, occasional pieces, and book reviews by John Crowley, in a wide-ranging compendium…this is an indispensable volume by one of our greatest writers.”

Signed Limited:

$35

Three New Limited Editions are expected in our offices this week, and will ship out as quickly as humanly possible!

Pre-orders, especially from libraries, Amazon, and wholesalers, have been especially strong for John Crowley’s In Other Words, his first gathering of non-fiction. This one may sell out shortly after pub, as did his novella, The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines. “Although he considers himself neither a scholar nor a historian,” according to Library Journal, “Crowley’s analyses offer a distinctive blend of scholarship, literary history, and readability.” Elizabeth Hand is even more gracious in her F&SF review: “this is an indispensable volume by one of our greatest writers.”

Next up is Tales from the Woeful Platypus, Caitlin R. Kiernan’s second gathering of erotic tales, gathered together in a small format hardcover. The signed, limited edition has been sold out for many months, but the $20 trade hardcover is in good supply. Like her previous foray into erotica, Frog Toes and Tentacles, this volume is unlikely to ever be reprinted.

Listed last, but shipping first — all copies should be in the mails by Tuesday — we have John Scalzi’s The Sagan Diary, a 100 page tale set in his “Old Man’s” Universe. The Sagan Diary collects a number of diary entries by series regular Jane Sagan, and takes place between Scalzi’s main novels The Ghost Brigades and the forthcoming The Last Colony. While it’s certainly not mandatory reading to understand either of those novels, it will add layers to your understanding.

Publishers Weekly chimes in with the first review of The Shadows, Kith and Kin, Joe R. Lansdale’s newest short story collection, and it’s a genuine keeper: “Lansdale’s restlessness with the conventions of any one genre is proved once again by this marvelously mixed collection whose nine stories provoke responses ranging from cold chills to gut-busting belly laughs… Laconic, ghoulish and often outrageously bawdy, these stories are never less than solid entertainment.” While you’re checking out the book’s page, have a gander at some of Mark A. Nelson’s interior illustrations for the not-quite-kids’-tale, “Bill, the Little Steam Shovel.”

If you have a favorite online bookseller or specialty retailer, now might be a good time to check with them and see if they have copies of Tad Williams’ new collection, Rite. We’re all sold out of the $40 edition, only a couple of weeks after publication, with just a handful of the $200 Lettered Editions yet to be reserved. The printing issue aside, this is one gorgeous book, from the stories themselves to Mark A. Nelson’s black and whites that adorn each tale.

(The cover to Lords of the Razor, the companion volume to the just announced God of the Razor.)

The Nightrunners is considered by many to be one of the best horror/suspense novels to date.

It has had a passionate following for years. On its twentieth anniversary, Subterranean Press will release this novel as part of its Signature Series, in a volume that also contains stories that were inspired by, or drawn from, the novel while Lansdale waited for it to sell.

The novel and stories have influenced numerous writers over the years, and are now gathered for the first time (with a new, never-before-published tale) in this unique tribute volume celebrating one of the most influential and award-winning writers of the last two decades.

The God of the Razor will be designed as a companion volume to the Lansdale tribute anthology, Lords of the Razor, featuring a full color cover by Tim Truman, and twenty full page black-and-white illustrations for the short stories and novel by Glenn Chadborne.

The God of the Razor will be available in two unique editions:

Limited: Only 150 signed numbered copies housed in a red “demon skin” slipcase: $95
Trade: fully cloth bound hardcover: $40

Table of Contents:

* Introduction and story notes
* The Nightrunners
* “The God of the Razor”
* “Not from Detroit”
* “King of Shadows”
* “The Shaggy House”
* “Incident on and Off a Mountain Road”
* “Janet Finds the Razor”