From the website...
'Open Road Media is pleased to announce the publication of nine terrifying tales by New York Times bestselling master of horror Robert R. McCammon, including Swan Song, his first novel to win the coveted Bram Stoker Award. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, McCammon, an Alabama native, contributed significantly to the reemergence of the horror genre by crafting intense, character-driven narratives that blended elements of magical realism, science fiction, fantasy, and Southern gothic literature. McCammon’s wonderfully ambitious Swan Song tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world in which a girl with psychic abilities struggles to evade a mysterious force intent on destroying all remaining traces of beauty and hope. The novel is regarded as a horror classic in the same league as Stephen King’s The Stand. Recently Amazon.com called it “a monster of a horror book, brimming over with stories and violence and terrific imagery—God and the Devil, the whole works.”
Here's a look of what's being released (in pretty much every format going by what the website had to say for itself)...
Of these titles, I read 'Swan Song' years ago but reviewed 'Blue World' on the blog, I'll always regret the day I saw a second hand copy of 'Stinger' and never picked it up... 'They Thirst' doesn't appear to have made this list and that's a real shame as it's one seriously scary vampire novel. No sign of 'Baal' or 'Bethany's Sin' either but I'm reliably informed that they will be republished (elsewhere) in the very near future. I'm a fan (of what I've managed to get my hands on so far...) but I still think this is a great opportunity for people who haven't checked out McCammon's work to give it a go. If you like your horror then I don't think you'll be disappointed.
There's a video of McCammon talking about his work in the website; I was very kindly given the embedding code so it's here as well :o) Check it out,
6 comments:
Interesting, when I first saw this announcement on McCammon's site a few days ago, his first four books were included as well (complete with cover art). I wonder if they had to be removed for now, pending their release through Subterranean Press in limited editions.
Could be... I was surprised not to see 'Baal' and 'Bethany's Sin' on the list, until I was told about the Subterranean releases. I'm glad to see them making a reappearance although there's no way I'll be able to afford the limited editions...
Baal, Bethany's Sin, The Night Boat, and They Thirst will all be coming out in both limited editions and ebooks from Subterranean Press, with Baal due in November. I don't have release dates for the other ebooks yet....
Hunter
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I will get an eBook reader on Christmas.
Which one will you buy? I go for the new Sony PRS-T1.
ed - I'm still in two minds about an ebook reader but every so often something like this comes up and I find myself wondering if I should get one as I'm missing out! Still thinking about it (and waiting for various models to be cheaper if I'm being completely honest!)
I thought I red a while back that McCammon had issues with THEY THIRST and either got the rights back and stopped further editions from being published or was attempting to do so. I read it years ago and liked it, too.
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