J Harper
03-17-2005, 09:54 PM
Momentous news for fantasy and Weird Tales fans.
Big news for today!
A major event for weird fiction fans! Night Shade is proud to present the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, editors and Smith experts, are going back to the original manuscripts to prepare a definitive set of texts. The Night Shade edition is authorized by the Estate of CAS, and endorsed by Arkham House. Jason Van Hollander will be doing full color jackets for each volume. Each volume will have an guest introduction (tba) and there will be story notes for each story, prepared by the editors.
The first volume is due in the fall of 2005. After the first volume is released, we will no longer accept subscriptions. Vols. 2 & 3 are due in 2006, vol. 4 & 5 are due in 2007.
Each volume will retail for $39 separately. As always with our classics sets, we're offering a special offer to subscribers.
A subscription will run $150, which is a savings of $45. Also included is free shipping (UPS in the US, Airmail everywhere else). Most importantly, subscribers will receive an extra book, Tales of India and Irony, that will ONLY be available to subscribers. These are Smith's non fantasy/science fiction/horror tales, and will not be part of the five volume set. Table of contents are posted on the website, but I can tell you that it includes an unpublished story, "The Animated Sword."
That's plenty of fun for one day,
Jason Williams
Night Shade Books
1470 NW Saltzman Road
Portland, OR 97219
503-643-5824
www.nightshadebooks.com
A project like this is long overdue. These books will be the equivalent of Arkham House's Lovecraft volumes and Wandering Star's Howard collections. There are also plans for a paperback series, once the entire hardcover series is printed.
The CAS Renaissance continues!
Jeremy Harper
Big news for today!
A major event for weird fiction fans! Night Shade is proud to present the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, editors and Smith experts, are going back to the original manuscripts to prepare a definitive set of texts. The Night Shade edition is authorized by the Estate of CAS, and endorsed by Arkham House. Jason Van Hollander will be doing full color jackets for each volume. Each volume will have an guest introduction (tba) and there will be story notes for each story, prepared by the editors.
The first volume is due in the fall of 2005. After the first volume is released, we will no longer accept subscriptions. Vols. 2 & 3 are due in 2006, vol. 4 & 5 are due in 2007.
Each volume will retail for $39 separately. As always with our classics sets, we're offering a special offer to subscribers.
A subscription will run $150, which is a savings of $45. Also included is free shipping (UPS in the US, Airmail everywhere else). Most importantly, subscribers will receive an extra book, Tales of India and Irony, that will ONLY be available to subscribers. These are Smith's non fantasy/science fiction/horror tales, and will not be part of the five volume set. Table of contents are posted on the website, but I can tell you that it includes an unpublished story, "The Animated Sword."
That's plenty of fun for one day,
Jason Williams
Night Shade Books
1470 NW Saltzman Road
Portland, OR 97219
503-643-5824
www.nightshadebooks.com
A project like this is long overdue. These books will be the equivalent of Arkham House's Lovecraft volumes and Wandering Star's Howard collections. There are also plans for a paperback series, once the entire hardcover series is printed.
The CAS Renaissance continues!
Jeremy Harper