No DELUGE this week…
…because I've had the flu, and also because Dezm is pre-reading other things for me and needs to get caught up on those first. Instead, here's some info for newsletter subscribers, an update on Ghoul's release date, a few last-minute signings of note, and more.
This month's issue of Locus had a piece on my heart attack, which (as a long-time Locus reader) was sort of surreal to see. But they also had a very good review of The Damned Highway. A snippet: "It's a profoundly political novel, which is no surprise, given the authors involved; in the final chapter, Thompson explains that he's going to send this unpublished account to the 'vicious Libertarian' Keene and the 'avowed Communist' Mamatas to do with as they see fit. The association of our modern political parties with Lovecraftian cults—which are, after all, full of people futilely worshiping powerful beings who are either indifferent to humanity, or outright hostile toward us—is the novel's central metaphor, and it's a nastily inspired one." Buy one here.
Executive Producer Andrew van den Houten tells me that they are still working on post-production edits for Ghoul, which means the film will debut a few months later than planned — probably early 2012 rather than late-2011. The audio-book and the new print edition of the book will both be out later this month, along with the new print edition of Castaways.
Speaking of movies, Fear.net has a new interview with me (conducted by my old friend Del Howison), in which we talk about all the various movie stuff going on, including Castaways, Ghoul, Dark Hollow, and Darkness On The Edge Of Town. We also discuss how I prefer to operate without an agent, and how business is always business. Click here to read it.
Author R. Thomas Riley is selling a number of my harder to find books on eBay, like this ultra-rare copy of 4X4. His seller name is salarian2001. If you need to fill the holes in your Keene collection, this is your chance.
If you live in New Jersey, my lovely fiancee Mary SanGiovanni and our friend Jonathan Maberry are speaking and signing this Saturday, October 8, at Well Read Books 425 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506. Call 973-949-3440 for further information.
And if you live in Pennsylvania, our good friends J.F. Gonzalez, Kelli Owen, and Bob Ford are signing Saturday October 15th, from 3pm to 6pm at Book Ends 2856 Eastern Blvd., York, PA 17402.
Finally, as you may remember, when I announced that we would no longer be able to publish the newsletter, my plan was to publish a final double-sized issue, followed by a book, both of which would be available for free exclusively to newsletter subscribers. That plan continues, except that we've decided to take the material from that last double-sized issue and include it in the book instead. The book is called Apocrypha. It is being compiled as I write this. It is chock full of material so rare that even I had forgotten about some of it. There are short stories that have never been reprinted outside of their original appearances, short stories that have never been published, hard-to-find pieces of journalism and non-fiction rants, and a bunch of other material. It is a hardcore fan's wet dream. Apocrypha will ship signed and numbered, and is available only to former newsletter subscribers. No further copies of the book will ever be printed, and we will only print enough extra copies to cover lost or damaged mail shipments. This truly is a collector's item. It is expected to ship to subscribers in late-December.
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." Steve Jobs
