I read all 12 during 2008. I looked carefully on ebay and abebooks, and found good deals on used copies of the out of print ones. They can be had cheap if you invest some time in searching, I got the last two I needed, Petty Pewter Gods and Angry Lead Skies, for a total of $18 + shipping, and the seller threw in a copy of Faded Steel Heat that I resold, and also Sweet Silver Blues, The Tower of Fear, and A Matter of Time.
 
Since I started this thread a little while ago, I've been thinking about the plot for book 13. I'm guessing that Garrett and Tinnie are engaged at the start, and as we follow the countdown to their wedding, stranger and stranger things start to happen. They first think someone is trying to disrupt the plans, but of course, in the end, it turns out to be some unrelated major catastrophe that is narrowly averted. But this is only a guess!

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Ed Del Pilar Soto <paquico@nc.rr.com> wrote:

I love this series and fortunately, I have all the original paperback books.

Dipi

 

From: glencook-fans-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:glencook-fans-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Marc Rikmenspoel
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:10 PM
To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author
Subject: [Glencook-fans] Garrett reprints

 

I noticed a couple of things on Amazon today. Whispering Nickel Idols must have gone to a 2nd printing, as it now has a list price of $7.99 (confirmed on Penguin/Roc's website), while it was first released at $6.99. I had wondered how Cruel Zinc Melodies could sell well enough to go to a 3rd printing, without its predecessor novel getting beyond the first printing. (for paperbacks such as these, publishers don't change the list price unless they reprint the book and change the price printed on the cover)

 

Petty Pewter Gods is still listed for August 4, 2009 reprinting, with Deadly Quicksilver Lies scheduled now to follow on December 1, 2009. This still seems to me to be a case of confusion, which isn't unusual with Amazon listings for forthcoming books. Why would Roc skip Red Iron Nights (book 6), to move ahead to Petty Pewter Gods (book 8), and then go back to Deadly Quicksilver Lies (book 7)? I suspect that Red Iron Nights will actually be out sooner, circa May or June of this year, followed by Deadly Quicksilver Lies in August, and Petty Pewter Gods in December. This would leave Faded Steel Heat (book 9) and Angry Lead Skies (book 10) to be reprinted in 2010. I had wondered how Whispering Nickel Idols (book 11) would fit into all this, but the reprint indicated above takes care of that, even before the book has fully gone out of print (I saw a $6.99 1st printing at a local Barnes & Noble this weekend). 

 

Perhaps the entire series will be in print by the time book 13, whatever it ends up being called, is released in 2010-2011! 


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