Books in the UK not out in the US - SUMMARY
Frossie
Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
Iain Banks
Storm Constantine
Greg Egan
Peter Hamilton
Rober Holdstock
Terry Pratchett
Brian Stableford
David Zindell
Frossie, now stocked up on everything excepte Zindell
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Colin Rosenthal
: Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
: in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
: Iain Banks
: Storm Constantine
: Greg Egan
: Peter Hamilton
: Rober Holdstock
: Terry Pratchett
: Brian Stableford
: David Zindell
+Robert Rankin (tends to appeal to some of the same people as Pratchett)
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Mike Walker
>
>Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
>in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>
>Iain Banks
>Storm Constantine
>Greg Egan
>Peter Hamilton
>Rober Holdstock
>Terry Pratchett
>Brian Stableford
>David Zindell
>
How about Mervyn Peake? Impossible to find in the US, which is a real
shame. Also I have never seen books by the author who wrote
"The Ragged Astronauts" and others in the US. Unfortunately I can't
remember his name.
Mike Walker
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>Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
>in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>Iain Banks
>Storm Constantine
>Greg Egan
>Peter Hamilton
>Rober Holdstock
>Terry Pratchett
>Brian Stableford
>David Zindell
I'd add David Gemmell (just starting to be released here in USA), Peter
Morwood, and Michael Moorcock (though White Wolf are doing their bit to
rectify this, however slowly).
I'd also point out that in many cases, the UK editions are aesthetically
superior to the US ones...the US Pratchett novels, for example, no longer
seem to feature Josh Kirby's cover art, which I *love*, and Iain Banks'
stuff looks pretty horrid in US newsprint-y paperbacks.
doug (who lived in UK and admits bias, but who still blows his credit-card
limit in bookstores every time he visits London...)
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Michael Rogero Brown (Sys Admin)
: In <D8Ex0...@festival.ed.ac.uk>, f...@roe.ac.uk (Frossie) writes:
: >
: >Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
: >in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
: >
: >Iain Banks
: >Storm Constantine
: >Greg Egan
: >Peter Hamilton
: >Rober Holdstock
: >Terry Pratchett
: >Brian Stableford
: >David Zindell
: How about Mervyn Peake? Impossible to find in the US, which is a real
: shame. Also I have never seen books by the author who wrote
: "The Ragged Astronauts" and others in the US. Unfortunately I can't
: remember his name.
Huh? I've seen several books by the author of "The Ragged Astronauts". There
are 2-3 more books in that series, plus the "Orbitsville" series and others.
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Jacob C Kesinger
>Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
>in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>Iain Banks
>Storm Constantine
>Greg Egan
>Peter Hamilton
>Rober Holdstock
>Terry Pratchett
>Brian Stableford
>David Zindell
Don't forget Hugh Cook. You people can't imagine my delight when I
found out how many W&W books there were besides the 3.33 published
in the States (Wizards&Warriors, Something&Wordsmiths (in two parts),
Woman&Warlords, first third of Walrus&Warwolf).
--Jake "If I had all the books I'd make a homepage" K.
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Frossie
... and Courtenay has just reminded me about Tom Holt.
Frossie, wondering if he's writen anything better than _Flying Dutch_
Ruud van de Kruisweg
>In article <D8Ex0...@festival.ed.ac.uk>, f...@roe.ac.uk (Frossie) writes:
>>Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
>>in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>>Iain Banks - Storm Constantine - Greg Egan - Peter Hamilton - Rober Holdstock
>>Terry Pratchett - Brian Stableford - David Zindell
>I'd add David Gemmell (just starting to be released here in USA), Peter
>Morwood, and Michael Moorcock (though White Wolf are doing their bit to
>rectify this, however slowly).
I'd add Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Tanith Lee, Storm Constantine, Allen
Steele, Kim Newman and Nancy Collins.
>I'd also point out that in many cases, the UK editions are aesthetically
>superior to the US ones...the US Pratchett novels, for example, no longer
>seem to feature Josh Kirby's cover art, which I *love*, and Iain Banks'
>stuff looks pretty horrid in US newsprint-y paperbacks.
I'm Dutch which should make me unbiased about either UK or US
paperbacks. I only buy US paperbacks because the books are quite a bit
cheaper than UK books and the covers are more attractive. (The only
exception to this rule is Terry Pratchett because I've always loved the
Kirby covers - the Darell K. Sweet were absolutely horrendous).
I've always been struck by the different approach to fantasy cover art
in the UK and US. In the UK they seem to prefer covers with rugged
landscapes, remote mountain ranges, vast forests with a couple of non
descript human figures somewhere in the background. US covers seem to
cover a lot more artistic ground and are to me more varied than British
ones, but the rules are still clear: no abstract art and the focus
should be on characters from the book.
The covers/cover designs of the Banks book are pretty decent in fact
(although the Harper Prism editions went overboard with that neon look.)
Ruud.
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Neil Campbell
>> In <D8Ex0...@festival.ed.ac.uk>, f...@roe.ac.uk (Frossie) writes:
>> >
>> >Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
>> >in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>> >
>> >Iain Banks
>> >Greg Egan
>> >Peter Hamilton
>> >Rober Holdstock
>> >Terry Pratchett
>> >Brian Stableford
>> >David Zindell
>> >
>> How about Mervyn Peake? Impossible to find in the US, which is a real
>> shame. Also I have never seen books by the author who wrote
>> "The Ragged Astronauts" and others in the US. Unfortunately I can't
>> remember his name.
Bob Shaw is the name you're thinking of.
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Jo Walton
mwa...@vnet.ibm.com "Mike Walker" writes:
> How about Mervyn Peake? Impossible to find in the US, which is a real
> shame. Also I have never seen books by the author who wrote
> "The Ragged Astronauts" and others in the US. Unfortunately I can't
> remember his name.
Bob Shaw.
Also another is John James, not that he is 100% available in Britain either.
But _Votan_ and _Not For All The Gold In Ireland_ and _Men Went to
Catraeth_ were reprinted a few years ago and can still be found. I recently
discovered that _NFAtGiI_ has *never* had a US publication! And it's one of the
funniest, best researched Celtic comedy fantasies you could go a long way to
find. It's got everything a US audience likes, wisecracking hero, use of
mythology, jokes - in a way it's like a grown-up more historical _Nine Princes
in Amber_. So if you see it buy it, and if you see piles of it buy them for all
your friends. Some people say _Votan_ is even better. But then some people
prefer Norse mythology to Celtic.
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Nancy Lebovitz
Aren't Dianna Wynne Jones' books more available in England?
Nancy Lebovitz (nan...@universe.digex.net)
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Peter Westlake
> In <D8Ex0...@festival.ed.ac.uk>, f...@roe.ac.uk (Frossie) writes:
> >
> >Thanks to everyone who responded as to what authors are easier to find
> >in the UK than in the US . Suggestions were:
>...
> How about Mervyn Peake? Impossible to find in the US, which is a real
> shame. Also I have never seen books by the author who wrote
> "The Ragged Astronauts" and others in the US. Unfortunately I can't
> remember his name.
Bob Shaw.
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