Seriously, you don't anyone else who has it? I wonder how they appeared there on Galaxy's shelves. There's no doubt that other people had bought copies too though :)
I think small press is really important, as are small record labels and the like - but I must admit that if there's something out there I'm keen to read I'll just go and buy it. It helps that I've seen Russell's recent Ticonderoga books and they look lovely - I've certainly seen some small press publications in the past that have strange font choices, low print quality, dodgy cover art etc, but less so these days. And it never stopped my buying the books. Sub-standard or no editing could be another reason to worry about small press but let's be clear: all these concerns can be equally applied to any book you're likely to pick up, or not.
Alisa & Ben's 2012 anthology is a fabulous example of a small press publication done right, from their attention to detail in editing, their choice of stories and the quality thereof, and the quality of the object itself. I've no doubt the books I'm expecting tomorrow will be too!
I'm looking forward to reading 2012. The buzz on it is really positive.
Russell & Liz/Ticonderoga do a wonderful job. I'm really really pleased with how Magic Dirt turned out, even if Adalita didn't end up on the cover. :-)
Re EA: I'm sure there are copies out there, just no one's checked in apart from you. Only received my copies of both US and Oz versions last week, one day apart. I was going to post about the different covers but have been swamped. Hence my tapping away late at night when I should be getting the Zs...
Got any dates here in SA coming up? One day we will meet here!
I'm interested to read your comments on the two covers! I've seen the cover at Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Ascendant-Astropolis-Sean-Williams/dp/1841495212/) and it looks lovely - indeed I'm not that keen on the font choice on the US one, the colouring in of the title, and it's quite a complicated cover, with a busy (albeit awesome) image surrounded by typography.
But on the other hand, I don't think the UK/Oz cover is quite as striking as Saturn Returns was. I kept seeing SR in the bookshops and becoming terribly jealous (even though it was nice to have read it before it even came out here!), so I'm glad I have a reasonable-quality 2nd-hand one on my shelf anyway...
No giggage to speak of in the near future. Ange & I are going on a fab holiday to Europe/UK (with Shanghai/Tokyo briefly on the way back - cripes!) mid-June to end of July, and Shenzo's getting married shortly and going o/s too, so I think the next touring will be October basically, to launch the next album! Next album! Also, we are working on more remixes, including some pretty cool international (and local) names, so yay. Of course will be in Adelaide for launches, so I'll keep you posted.
I do agree! Or, why couldn't the Sydney Writers' Festival have you here again? I was really peeved at the way our last trip to Adelaide worked out, and I don't mean the fact that you couldn't come, which was sad - but we couldn't really have had much of a chat there anyway. I was hoping we could've arrived in Adelaide somewhat earlier, although it appears we couldn't have gotten together anyway then, and I would've also liked to have been leaving in the afternoon on Monday so that a breakfast meet-up could've been possible - but various organisational difficulties got in the way. In the end it's hard to see where to lay blame, and I don't want to go there, but...
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Date: 2008-04-28 01:23 pm (UTC)I think small press is really important, as are small record labels and the like - but I must admit that if there's something out there I'm keen to read I'll just go and buy it. It helps that I've seen Russell's recent Ticonderoga books and they look lovely - I've certainly seen some small press publications in the past that have strange font choices, low print quality, dodgy cover art etc, but less so these days. And it never stopped my buying the books. Sub-standard or no editing could be another reason to worry about small press but let's be clear: all these concerns can be equally applied to any book you're likely to pick up, or not.
Alisa & Ben's 2012 anthology is a fabulous example of a small press publication done right, from their attention to detail in editing, their choice of stories and the quality thereof, and the quality of the object itself. I've no doubt the books I'm expecting tomorrow will be too!
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Date: 2008-04-28 01:29 pm (UTC)Russell & Liz/Ticonderoga do a wonderful job. I'm really really pleased with how Magic Dirt turned out, even if Adalita didn't end up on the cover. :-)
Re EA: I'm sure there are copies out there, just no one's checked in apart from you. Only received my copies of both US and Oz versions last week, one day apart. I was going to post about the different covers but have been swamped. Hence my tapping away late at night when I should be getting the Zs...
Got any dates here in SA coming up? One day we will meet here!
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Date: 2008-04-28 01:38 pm (UTC)But on the other hand, I don't think the UK/Oz cover is quite as striking as Saturn Returns was. I kept seeing SR in the bookshops and becoming terribly jealous (even though it was nice to have read it before it even came out here!), so I'm glad I have a reasonable-quality 2nd-hand one on my shelf anyway...
No giggage to speak of in the near future. Ange & I are going on a fab holiday to Europe/UK (with Shanghai/Tokyo briefly on the way back - cripes!) mid-June to end of July, and Shenzo's getting married shortly and going o/s too, so I think the next touring will be October basically, to launch the next album!
Next album! Also, we are working on more remixes, including some pretty cool international (and local) names, so yay.
Of course will be in Adelaide for launches, so I'll keep you posted.
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Date: 2008-04-28 01:42 pm (UTC)It'd be so much easier to chat about covers etc over a hot chocolate. Why can't work send you to THIS city? :-)
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Date: 2008-04-28 01:49 pm (UTC)I was really peeved at the way our last trip to Adelaide worked out, and I don't mean the fact that you couldn't come, which was sad - but we couldn't really have had much of a chat there anyway. I was hoping we could've arrived in Adelaide somewhat earlier, although it appears we couldn't have gotten together anyway then, and I would've also liked to have been leaving in the afternoon on Monday so that a breakfast meet-up could've been possible - but various organisational difficulties got in the way. In the end it's hard to see where to lay blame, and I don't want to go there, but...
I'll keep you posted! Re. the new album too.
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Date: 2008-04-28 02:00 pm (UTC)I'm hoping to get to Sydney at some point this year, and not just to go to that great Lindt place again, honest.