New Jack Vance, Greg Egan and Allen Steele Announced!
Given the success of the mammoth short story collection (250k words) The Jack Vance Treasury — both the lettered and trade editions are sold out, and we’re down to fewer than 25 copies of the signed limited edition — we’re proud to announce a companion volume, The Jack Vance Reader, which will consist of three of the science-fantasy master’s exemplary novels, including Emphyrio (introduced by Robert Silverberg),The Languages of Pao (introduced by Ursula K. LeGuin); and The Domains of Koryphon (aka The Grey Prince; introducer to be announced). The limited edition will be signed by Mr. Vance, and the lettered edition by Mr. Vance and the introducers. Collectors note: there are 100 fewer copies of the limited edition of the Reader than of the Treasury.
That’s not all. One of our favorite hard science fiction writers, Greg Egan, has just turned in an 80,000 word gathering of previously uncollected stories that features such instant classic novellas as “Oceanic” and “Riding the Crocodile”, as well as several shorter works. We’ll release Dark Integers and Other Stories in the new year in an edition strictly limited to 1500 copies. Given Mr. Egan’s popularity, and his importance in the field, we expect copies of this book to sell quickly.
Finally, in the new book announcements, we have The Last Science Fiction Writer from ultra-popular novelist Allen Steele. This volume is a catchall of uncollected tales from throughout his career, including a barely-published Coyote short story, plus a couple of recent ventures into the “Near Space” stories with which he began his career. If that’s not enough, the collection is anchored by “Escape from the Earth” a lengthy novella making its first general appearance. The Last Science Fiction Writer will be out next year, limited to only 1500 signed hardcover copies.