Great news! :)

And is Tales of India and Irony going to be available at the same time? And is it still going to be available to non-subscribers too?

The bonus booklet will appear at the same time as THE LAST HIEROGLYPH. It will not be available from the publisher, but Ron and I will have a limited number of copies available, don't know for sure how many.

Scott

Great news, Scott. Please save one for me (as part of our old 2005 bargain, remember?). By the way, it seems that my last off-list messages didn't reach you. Could you please answer privately using my usual email address?

Phil

Scott Connors Wrote:
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> The bonus booklet will appear at the same time as
> THE LAST HIEROGLYPH. It will not be available from
> the publisher, but Ron and I will have a limited
> number of copies available, don't know for sure
> how many.
>
> Scott

Good news indeed! Well, I'd like to put my order in now. :)

Scott,

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It will not be available from the publisher

I am a little confused. Maybe my memory is misbehaving, but I thought that Night Shade announced that it would be selling a limited number of copies of Tales of India and Irony to non-subscribers, and that one should sign up for their mailing list to be notified when it is available. Am I mistaken, or has the plan changed again?

Also, should those of us who are interested contact you or Ron directly?

Absquatch Wrote:
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> I am a little confused. Maybe my memory is
> misbehaving, but I thought that Night Shade
> announced that it would be selling a limited
> number of copies of Tales of India and Irony to
> non-subscribers, and that one should sign up for
> their mailing list to be notified when it is
> available. Am I mistaken, or has the plan changed
> again?

Aye, that's what I thought

Ron and I are not taking orders for the bonus booklet. We do not know how many we will have available, and I plan on squirreling away a few of them for the retirement fund. But if we have some extras, we will let people know.

Thanks. The situation sounds pretty grim for us non-subscribers, as I, for one, have no intention of paying "collectors' prices" for this volume, but at least we'll get the essential material. With luck, maybe a few libraries will be able to buy it.

Wow lots of updates! I keep forgetting about the subscriber bonus! That final cover sounds interesting! Can't wait to see it!

Speaking of Night Shade and promises...
The reason I didn't buy a "Subscription" for the CAS collection was based on my experience with the William Hope Hodgson delays.
Question: Did Night Shade ever distribute the promised slipcase for the Hodgon collection? This is one of those small issues I never heard back on.

Still... I will support Night Shade, I LOVE my Hodgesons, Karl Edward Wagners, CAS, etc collections.

Thanks

Absquatch Wrote:
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> Scott,
>
> It will not be available from the publisher
>
> I am a little confused. Maybe my memory is
> misbehaving, but I thought that Night Shade
> announced that it would be selling a limited
> number of copies of Tales of India and Irony to
> non-subscribers, and that one should sign up for
> their mailing list to be notified when it is
> available. Am I mistaken, or has the plan changed
> again?

I didn't buy a subscription because I was working my way through graduate school at the time, and I didn't have the money to spend. I guess that that means those who don't have a lot of money don't deserve to read the complete fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. I am sure that CAS would approve of the ideology behind this reader selection principle, were he alive today.

I cancelled my subscription because the company I bought it through (not Night Shade) didn't send copies for months after the volumes had already been released. But I'm happy with the five volumes and don't feel I have to have this volume of arguable ephemera.

I didn't buy a subscription because I'm tight-fisted and the extra cost of shipping to the UK from Night Shade made it a very expensive proposition, whereas its free postage via amazon - although I'd still like the extra book if possible. A classic case of having my cake and eating it really. Although I'd argue what's the point of having a cake and not eating it?

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A classic case of having my cake and eating it really.

The point, for me, is that the extra volume should not be dessert; it should be part of the main course.

Absquatch Wrote:
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> A classic case of having my cake and eating it
> really.
>
> The point, for me, is that the extra volume should
> not be dessert; it should be part of the main
> course.

Well put!