Pathfinder 1E Paizo to Publish Howard, Moorcock, Gygax and (?)

[Lazybones]

Vance is awesome. There's a new collected single-volume edition of 18 of his short and novella-length fiction out (The Jack Vance Treasury, only $25 at Amazon), and there was a group that issued a 44-volume edition of all of his collected works (only $1,500! ). There have been recent new printings of some of his multi-volume works in omnibus editions (e.g. Planet of Adventure, Alastor) which are great values.

A lot of his classic older stuff (like the Durdane trilogy) is so far out of print that even my library doesn't have it. I'd like to see some of those make their way back so I could fill out his back catalogue in my library.

 

[Welverin]

For more modern fare, I'd like to see some of Timothy Zahn and Steven Brust's older work.

 

[Erik Mona]

and there was a group that issued a 44-volume edition of all of his collected works (only $1,500! ).

I'm a subscriber to the Vance Integral Edition and have everything he ever published in hardcover.

Sweet, sweet Pokemon bonus, I salute you.

--Erik

 

[Mouseferatu]

Did Clark Ashton Smith do any novel-length work, or was he strictly short story? If the former (or if Paizo would be open to the notion of anthologies of short fiction), I'd love to see some of his stuff back in print.

 

[Erik Mona]

We'll definitely be doing anthologies. "Black God's Kiss," by C.L. Moore, is a collection of short stories that originally appeared alongside Lovecraft and Howard in Weird Tales.

Only, the thing is, I think C.L. Moore might be a better writer than either of those guys, and I love Lovecraft and Howard.

--Erik

 

[mmadsen]

Did Clark Ashton Smith do any novel-length work, or was he strictly short story?

Early in his career -- as a teen, I think -- he wrote an Arabian Nights-inspired novel, The Black Diamonds, but most of his work was poetry and short stories.

Certainly his works inspired a lot of D&Disms -- including vocabulary like lich, electrum, and fane.

 

[Esteban]

Glad to hear you are publishing Leigh Brackett's Eric John Stark novels - the Skaith series is excellant. I will also second 'the Face in the Frost' by John Bellairs, one of my favorite fantasy books of all time.

-Steve

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

It's interesting that you mention this as "so very different than any writer I have read," as the story is an admitted (and approved) Vance pastiche. Have you read much Jack Vance? He's one of my favorites.

Thanks for the suggestions here (and the links to the old threads). Keep 'em coming!

--Erik

Okay, now I am embarrassed! I love jack Vance; I have read almost everything he has in print except the last five years. I never knew Nifft was an approved Vance pastiche though I remember reading it and I never saw the tongue-in-cheek style in Nifft the Lean.

And, Erik, "pastiche"?

 

[Steel_Wind]

And, Erik, "pastiche"?

pastiche

/pasteesh/

• noun an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

balls on accurate use of cool terminology

 

[Erik Mona]

That's right, pastiche!

I've been reading a lot of them lately. Otis Adelbert Kline is the super-hero of pastiches, and I'm slowly making my way through his entire catalog. It's painful at times but there is some real genius evident there, some ideas equal to anything I've read in a Burroughs book.

--Erik