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

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.
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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.

We’ve completed shipping all initial orders (individual, retail, and wholesale) orders for Something Wild is Loose (Robert Silverberg) and Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson). We wound up not filling a good number of wholesaler orders on the Stephenson title, to have copies to sell direct for a short while after publication.

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