Dunwichsouth Wrote:
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> Night Shade believed "Their books were actually
> meant to be read

Really? The typography would suggest otherwise, but I suppose we must take them at their word.



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I have no problem with it, except in one of the books where one word is printed on top of another word.

Martinus Wrote:
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> I have no problem with it, except in one of the
> books where one word is printed on top of another
> word.

I am not sure how that is even possible, given current word-processing technology. It does show some effort.

But as I have pointed out before, there is an even more basic problem with the Hodgson books: They are very likely poisonous, due to the silvery stuff that comes off of the covers, and will kill you if you handle them carelessly.

Dunwichsouth Wrote:
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> There was quite a small uproar when they reprinted
> Vol.1 before vol.5 was even printed! Personally I
> thought that was very very very very very cool,
> and well deserved of a fantastic author... But I
> can imagine the anger of the person that bought
> the extra copies to EBay the lowly masses with...

I didn't know they had reprinted Vol. 1 already. Personally I think that's great news.

The worst thing that can happen is for the writings of CAS to be locked into expensive limited edition sets. I would like to see this scholarly accurate set made into a quality, but affordable, paperback edition.



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I hope so as well. There may be a "best of" selection issued as a trade paperback to test the waters.

Scott

Oh, Assholebanipal is it? At last you hoist your true colours, Connors old fruit. Personally I don't care how many people buy how many reprints or how much they're worth: I just want mine. Insulting your paying customers on the web, eh, sonny? I think the Office of Consumer Protection might be interested in that. Keep digging that hole, sonny - when it's deep enough it might serve a useful purpose.

My copy arrived yesterday. Thanks, Scott, Ron, Martin, and everyone else involved. Looking forward to the bonus volume. Have contents and delivery date been confirmed?

Hello again, Connors old fruit
Haven't read my Goethe for a long time, but your reference to Gotz von Berlichingen finally brought to mind his witty and amusing riposte to the Bishop of Bamburg: "Er aber, sags ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken," or, colloquially, "You can lick my arse." Is this what you meant to convey while simultaneously attempting to evoke an aura of erudition? Shame on you if it was, thou sterquilinous knave. Hast thou forgot that NSB is on probation with the SFWA, and dost thou think that such a coded message is a proper response to a paying customer who wants to know where his book is? It's a shame to waste space on this forum trading insults when we should be discussing the merits or otherwise of NSB, but any war you care to start I will gladly finish. Don't know if you've caught my posting on Genreville. Next stop, SFWA. Oh, and you spelt Gotz wrong.

asshurbanipal Wrote:
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Oh, and you spelt Gotz wrong.

"Oe" is how the "ö" of German is usually rendered in English. There is a vast difference in pronunciation between "ö" and "o".

Martin is correct, and this has been standard for so long that you very rarely see Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rendered as Johann Wolfgang von Göthe anymore, even in Germany, though the pronunciation of the oe is the same as an umlauted o. I have never heard anyone pronounce it GOATH or GOA-thee, but as either GEH-tuh or GAIR-tuh

Jim

And my copy turned up in England today.

Amazon has shipped my copy, and it is expected to arrive on Friday. :)

asshurbanipal Wrote:
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> Hello again, Connors old fruit
> Haven't read my Goethe for a long time, but your
> reference to Gotz von Berlichingen finally brought
> to mind his witty and amusing riposte to the
> Bishop of Bamburg: "Er aber, sags ihm, er kann
> mich im Arsche lecken," or, colloquially, "You can
> lick my arse." Is this what you meant to convey
> while simultaneously attempting to evoke an aura
> of erudition? Shame on you if it was, thou
> sterquilinous knave. Hast thou forgot that NSB is
> on probation with the SFWA, and dost thou think
> that such a coded message is a proper response to
> a paying customer who wants to know where his book
> is? It's a shame to waste space on this forum
> trading insults when we should be discussing the
> merits or otherwise of NSB, but any war you care
> to start I will gladly finish. Don't know if
> you've caught my posting on Genreville. Next stop,
> SFWA. Oh, and you spelt Gotz wrong.


Chillax, man. Scott's post really doesn't deserve your itense reaction to it and him personally. I'm sure you have every right to be peeved at NSB, but Scott has already told us that the situation is much better than expected, so what's your problem? My only problem is I see no hint of Scott's news on NSB's site... they definitely need to improve their PR skills if they son't wish to alienate every potential reader.

The English Assassin Wrote:
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> asshurbanipal Wrote: Nothing of any importance.
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >[snippage]
>
>
> Chillax, man. Scott's post really doesn't deserve
> your itense reaction to it and him personally. I'm
> sure you have every right to be peeved at NSB, but
> Scott has already told us that the situation is
> much better than expected, so what's your problem?
> My only problem is I see no hint of Scott's news
> on NSB's site... they definitely need to improve
> their PR skills if they son't wish to alienate
> every potential reader.

The reason why nothing about the 6th volume has shown up on NSB's website is that permission is still pending. There are matters that I cannot discuss on an open forum because they involve confidences from the principals in this matter. The good news is that Ron and I will only have to work on the new material.

I appreciate your post, but don't waste your time giving attention to an insignificant troll. He's peeved because he chooses to be, and he enjoys making a fool out of himself. I'm not even bothering to read any of his posts. After all, what has Assholebanipal accomplished outside of spewing bile and venom? He is not worth my time, or that of any other reader of this site. He should buy a tube of Preparation H and use it to disappear.



Best wishes,
Scott

Hello Scrote Connors
And goodbye
Hello English Assassin
You're right. I'm letting this strongoloid get under my skin. Where's my chill pill? Guess I'll leave it to the SFWA. And what the hell is Preparation H? Is it any good for PR? Actually, trolls aren't all that bad. They're quite fun in Shetland folklore, although Shetlanders do call persistent drizzle trolly wadder (troll weather). Has a lovely sound to it. I'm already chilled. Merry Christmas.



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