Red Iron Nights and Petty Pewter Gods reprints
Roc has been reprinting the Garrett books for the past two years, beginning with Sweet Silver Blues, and continuing through Dread Brass Shadows, as of this past December. Whispering Nickle Idols and Cruel Zinc Melodies are still in print, so that means that Books 1-5 and 11-12 of the series can easily be had new. Books 6-10 are out of print, but can reasonably be assumed to be scheduled for reprinting. In fact, Amazon for a while was showing a reprint of Book 6, Red Iron Nights, for early August 2009. But tonight I saw that this is no longer listed, and instead, Book 8, Petty Pewter Gods, is listed for an early August reprint this year. Does anyone know what is up with this? I'm hoping that Amazon got partial information, and that Red Iron Nights will actually be released sooner, followed by Book 7 Deadly Quicksilver Lies, and then Petty Pewter Gods, all this year. But I only hope this for the sake of those looking for the books. It doesn't really matter for me, I was lucky enough to complete my collection of Garrett books during 2008, through finding some good ebay deals. But it took a lot of looking and attention on my part, and for those who don't have the time or opportunity to look for deals, it would be nice to have more Garrett available for around $7-8 per book, instead of $20+.
On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Marc Rikmenspoel wrote:
Roc has been reprinting the Garrett books for the past two years, beginning with Sweet Silver Blues, and continuing through Dread Brass Shadows, as of this past December. Whispering Nickle Idols and Cruel Zinc Melodies are still in print, so that means that Books 1-5 and 11-12 of the series can easily be had new. Books 6-10 are out of print, but can reasonably be assumed to be scheduled for reprinting.
I couldn't lay hands on Sweet Silver or Bitter Gold recently so I was happy to have both at retail.
Does anyone know what is up with this? I'm hoping that Amazon got partial information, and that Red Iron Nights will actually be released sooner, followed by Book 7 Deadly Quicksilver Lies, and then Petty Pewter Gods, all this year. But I only hope this for the sake of those looking for the books. It doesn't really matter for me, I was lucky enough to complete my collection of Garrett books during 2008, through finding some good ebay deals. But it took a lot of looking and attention on my part, and for those who don't have the time or opportunity to look for deals, it would be nice to have more Garrett available for around $7-8 per book, instead of $20+.
Either somebody found a few boxes of the last printing, or someone who *should* have been laid off decided to save money by skipping volumes. Right, I hope they do manage to keep them all in print, my copy of Cold Copper Tears is about to lose a cover. -- Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1951
Finding out of print Cook can be an adventure in and of itself. Other than The Swap Academy (which I haven't looked for) and Sung in Blood (which I read and didn't care for) I completed my collection a few years back. After exhausting every used book store I knew of at the time, I finally got a copy of the Dragon Never Sleeps (his best work, I think) several years ago by emailing someone who had written a review online in what would now be called a blog, and asked for suggestions. He had two copies and actually mailed me one. Random acts of kindness and all that. Only later did I learn about the online used book search engine Bookfinder (http://www.bookfinder.com). It's better by far than the capricious luck you'll have on eBay, and certainly cheaper. Bookfinder searches every major catalog online, domestic and international, including Amazon, Alibris, ABE, Half.com, Powells, etc. You can't go wrong. --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik@gmail.com> wrote: From: Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik@gmail.com> Subject: [Glencook-fans] Red Iron Nights and Petty Pewter Gods reprints To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:23 AM Roc has been reprinting the Garrett books for the past two years, beginning with Sweet Silver Blues, and continuing through Dread Brass Shadows, as of this past December. Whispering Nickle Idols and Cruel Zinc Melodies are still in print, so that means that Books 1-5 and 11-12 of the series can easily be had new. Books 6-10 are out of print, but can reasonably be assumed to be scheduled for reprinting. In fact, Amazon for a while was showing a reprint of Book 6, Red Iron Nights, for early August 2009. But tonight I saw that this is no longer listed, and instead, Book 8, Petty Pewter Gods, is listed for an early August reprint this year. Does anyone know what is up with this? I'm hoping that Amazon got partial information, and that Red Iron Nights will actually be released sooner, followed by Book 7 Deadly Quicksilver Lies, and then Petty Pewter Gods, all this year. But I only hope this for the sake of those looking for the books. It doesn't really matter for me, I was lucky enough to complete my collection of Garrett books during 2008, through finding some good ebay deals. But it took a lot of looking and attention on my part, and for those who don't have the time or opportunity to look for deals, it would be nice to have more Garrett available for around $7-8 per book, instead of $20+. _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Jerry Kalayjian <jkalayjian@yahoo.com>wrote:
Finding out of print Cook can be an adventure in and of itself. Other than The Swap Academy (which I haven't looked for) and Sung in Blood (which I read and didn't care for) I completed my collection a few years back. After exhausting every used book store I knew of at the time, I finally got a copy of the Dragon Never Sleeps (his best work, I think) several years ago by emailing someone who had written a review online in what would now be called a blog, and asked for suggestions. He had two copies and actually mailed me one. Random acts of kindness and all that.
I recently read The Dragon Never Sleeps, and I have to agree it is a wonderful book. Full of betrayal, and characters who look to their own self interest rather than giving everything to The Cause. For those who haven't read it: The Fleet rules space. They have X ships (I forget the number - but it's two digits), no more, no less. They also have impressive ground forces stored away in stasis. They rule all known space, simply because when they encounter a new race that might be a threat they conquer it (or blast it out of existence - whichever). Of course this leaves them a bit stretched, but they can handle things. On the other side are the rich and powerful houses who would like it if the Fleet went away and allowed them to do whatever they wanted. Some want to take a more active role in seeing the Fleet go, and at least on of them has made contact with an alien force Outside the Fleet's control. I can't really say much more about the plot or the setting, not without giving things away, but it is a good book. While reading it I wanted to see a sequel, but when I hit the ending I decided that a sequel would ruin things. Richard
* On Sat 02/07/09 at 15:41, Richard Chilton (rchilton@auracom.com) wrote:
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Jerry Kalayjian <jkalayjian@yahoo.com>wrote:
Finding out of print Cook can be an adventure in and of itself. Other than The Swap Academy (which I haven't looked for) and Sung in Blood (which I read and didn't care for) I completed my collection a few years back. After exhausting every used book store I knew of at the time, I finally got a copy of the Dragon Never Sleeps (his best work, I think) several years ago by emailing someone who had written a review online in what would now be called a blog, and asked for suggestions. He had two copies and actually mailed me one. Random acts of kindness and all that.
I recently read The Dragon Never Sleeps, and I have to agree it is a wonderful book. Full of betrayal, and characters who look to their own self interest rather than giving everything to The Cause.
The Dragon Never Sleeps is one of my favorites too. It's got good characterization and an interesting, non-standard approach. I saw it recently in Barnes and Noble so it's being reprinted now too. It's great that so many of Cook's out-of-print works are now available again. :-) Steve
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