Hello jimrockhill 2001
You are, of course, right about the umlaut, but I didn't have one, and you can't make an umlaut without breaking eggs.

Mine arrived safely yesterday here in Sydney Australia.

It has been a bit of a wait but thank you for getting the completed collection out.

We have received it here at headquarters. I confidently predict that certain people in the wacky world of Robert E Howard fandom will have a fit when they read Richard Lupoff's introduction.

asshurbanipal Wrote:
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> Hello jimrockhill 2001
> You are, of course, right about the umlaut, but I
> didn't have one, and you can't make an umlaut
> without breaking eggs.

ALT + 0246 = ö

I have no doubt about that whatsoever, and by this time one would think they could just let the matter rest. There is a point at which these continual leaps to Howard's defense cease doing Howard any good and merely suggest to the world that this is an author who must always be treated with kid gloves, a notion Howard himself would most likely have found ridiculous.

Hello jimrockhill2001
Many thanks for the umlaut tip. You're right about Two-Gun Bob - he would have preferred boxing gloves. Merry Christmas when we get there.

I just received my copy from amazon. I live in Pueblo, Colorado.

It arrived in Göteborg, Sweden yesterday. :)

Jojo Lapin X Wrote:
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> We have received it here at headquarters. I
> confidently predict that certain people in the
> wacky world of Robert E Howard fandom will have a
> fit when they read Richard Lupoff's introduction.

You should have seen the original version!

Scott

Just wanted to let the world know that Amazon just delivered my copy of "The Last Hieroglyph" (Because I know the world, and the universe at large, really cares) here in Maryland! I was thoroughly enjoying reading the new Lovecraft expanded Bio, but will put it aside to jump into some long (LONG!) awaited, and never read CAS. I could have read the online versions, but CAS deserves to be read in hardback - To read him any other way (for me) would have been a disservice.

Trust me, Dunwichsouth, you have NEVER read this "Mother of Toads"... ;)

Martinus Wrote:
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> Trust me, Dunwichsouth, you have NEVER read this
> "Mother of Toads"... ;)

Not necessarily true. Our version is very close to that used in the Unexpurgated CAS that Steve Behrends edited (we differ in the choice of a few words in the portions that were not cut by Smith to ensure sale to WT). Although this Necronomicon Press series is out of print, Scott Allie used this version in The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft.

Scott

CAS5 has arrived in deepest Surrey, and, as expected, is simply great. I've never found fault with Night Shade Books' products, just their absured production schedules. So I'll say it again - great. Super. Many thanks. And it contains two of my favourite Smith stories - The Last Hieroglyph & The Treader of the Dust. Now that the tooth is out please would the dentist accept my apologies. And can we have some anaesthetic for Tales of India & Irony?

asshurbanipal Wrote:
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> CAS5 has arrived in deepest Surrey, and, as
> expected, is simply great. I've never found fault
> with Night Shade Books' products, just their
> absured production schedules. So I'll say it again
> - great. Super. Many thanks. And it contains two
> of my favourite Smith stories - The Last
> Hieroglyph & The Treader of the Dust. Now that the
> tooth is out please would the dentist accept my
> apologies. And can we have some anaesthetic for
> Tales of India & Irony?

Those are two of my favorite Smith stories as well, so I commend you upon your good taste. I'm happy that you like the book. I hope that Ron and I can get the 6th book turned in by Christmas.

I think that this volume should be the best so far as typos are concerned (at least for the story texts). Martin Anderrson lent us his sharp eye as a proofreader, and I think that we managed to catch all but a handful of obvious mistakes.

Scott

I am almost completely ignorant of Tales of India & Irony. Please enlighten. :)