Haffner Press heads into the 4th Quarter . . .
in...@haffnerpress.com
Lots of news to share, but not a lot of time to get it to you
tonight,
so here's the skinny on what's new and coming up at Haffner Press:
<http://www.haffnerpress.com/>
_Two New Books in early 2010
_*DETOUR TO OTHERNESS* by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore. 24 stories
from
this amazing literary duo. Intro by Silverberg. Afterword by Pohl.
Original unpublished cover art by Richard Powers. You can't go wrong
on
this one!
Jack Williamson's COLLECTED STORIES project barrels along with *WITH
FOLDED HANDS . . . AND SEARCHING MIND, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK
WILLIAMSON, VOLUME SEVEN*. Maestro Silverberg rides again with the
intro
to this amazing offering of some great classics and rarities,
including
". . . And Searching Mind," the original story that JW re-wrote into
/The Humanoids./
====> Pre-pay for both of the above titles /in advance of
publication/
and receive an exclusive chapbook, *"1951"* which collects the
abridgment of Williamson's 1951 novel DRAGON'S ISLAND (as presented in
a
1952 ish of my fave-mag /Startling Stories) /along with Hank Kuttner
&
Kat Moore's unreprinted story (as by C.H. Liddell) "We Shall Come
Back"
from /Science Fiction Quarterly,/ Nov. 1951.
_
Other News_
1) Be sure to reserve your copy of the Slipcased Edition of *THE
WORLDS
OF JACK WILLIAMSON. *
Limited to 75 numbered copies, this one is signed by:
• Frederik Pohl
• James Gunn
• Alfred D. Stewart, PhD
• Alan C. Elms, PhD
• Vicky L. Medley
• Stephen Haffner
• Vincent Di Fate
Included is a 150+ page chapbook *Opposites--React!* which contains:
• Williamson's last un-reprinted "seetee" story
• 18 pages of his 1950s comic-strip BEYOND MARS
• Williamson's 1988 essay on Antimatter
• an introduction (by real-life antimatter wizard, Fermi Labs'
William
S. Higgins) tracing the development of antimatter in speculative
fiction. Higgins will autograph the chapbook
Also included will be a copy of the out-of-print Cacahuete Press
chapbook *The Man From Somewhere* which reprints Williamson's novella
from 2003. *Signed by Jack Williamson.*
2) The last two chapters of Edmond Hamilton's online serial "The
Hidden
World" will appear on Halloween 2009.
3) Finally, Keep Watching the Skies for . . . AKKAs! Taking the name
for
the universe's ultimate super-weapon from Williamson's legendary
LEGION
OF SPACE novels, AKKA is now the name of Haffner Press' free
downloads
of excerpts from recent and forthcoming titles. Keep checking
www.haffnerpress.com for AKKAs from last summer's Ed Hamilton tomes
as
we plan to present some choice selections of early world-wrecking
space
opera!
Keep Watching the Skies!
Stephen Haffner
Big Poobah
HAFFNER PRESS