Women and Men discussion
Trying to find a Copy?
Dzanc has a couple McElroy books planned for publication, besides Women & Men. Looks like they're trying to bring him back! I hope it works.Also, wasn't it printed by Dalkey at one point? what happened to that?
Sentimental Surrealist wrote: "Also, wasn't it printed by Dalkey at one point? what happened to that?"What I'm seeing is a general change of policy ; the kind of change in policy which shrinks their long=term warehousing of unpopular books.
But, yep, Dzanc should have a few more McElroy's in the pipeline (Lookout Cartridge, probably next?) ; but I'm not quite sure that they'll do all of them. But they did get Plus into an ebook. Which is a plus.
Three copies of Plus (hd, former library) going at amazon for US$9.67+shipping.http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listin...
One cross=listed at abe ::
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Searc...
nb, these are usually in the $50 range.
Sentimental Surrealist wrote: "Dzanc has a couple McElroy books planned for publication, besides Women & Men. Looks like they're trying to bring him back! I hope it works.Also, wasn't it printed by Dalkey at one point? what ha..."
Yeah, they released a paperback, you see it around, it's rare though
Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Sentimental Surrealist wrote: "Also, wasn't it printed by Dalkey at one point? what happened to that?"What I'm seeing is a general change of policy ; the kind of change in policy which shrinks th..."
They've released Lookout Cartridge as an ebook, would love to see some print versions, can't mark or make notes in my hardbacks.
Seiobo wrote: "They've released Lookout Cartridge as an ebook"Right-o! I spoke too quickly!
Here's the stuff dzanc has done so far ::
Cannonball (pb & e-)
Ancient History (pb & e-)
Plus (e-)
Preparations for Search (e- (used to exist as a book too ; hard to find))
Lookout Cartridge (e- (non-dzanc hd's are cheap right now))
I see they are planning ::
Hind's Kidnap
Exponential (currently Italian-only essay collection)
Letter Left to Me
Women & Men
http://www.dzancbooks.org/search?q=mc...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
Just a friendly reminder to always check your local used bookstores, even if you frequent them often! I went to my local Half-Price Books which usually doesn't have anything besides Stephen King and Twilight and I found W&M, first edition, in very good condition for $8. Those employees didn't know what they had. So always keep your eyes peeled!
Jason wrote: "Just a friendly reminder to always check your local used bookstores, even if you frequent them often! I went to my local Half-Price Books which usually doesn't have anything besides Stephen King an..."Nicely done!
does anybody know when the reprint is coming out
Matthew wrote: "does anybody know when the reprint is coming out"Watch this space!!
Dzanc doesn't really give us a lot of advanced notice, so one day we'll wake up and have to dive for that ORDER NOW!! button.
Dude its August now where is rerelease
It's not Women and Men, but there's a copy of Plus on ebay right now for $17.60. Someone go buy it! I would, but I already have a copy. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Plus-McElroy-...
how about Barth's copy, signed by him? http://www.johansonrarebooks.com/page...and his W&M http://www.johansonrarebooks.com/page...
Justin wrote: "It's not Women and Men, but there's a copy of Plus on ebay right now for $17.60. Someone go buy it! I would, but I already have a copy."Plus has typically been priced at US$50+ for the last many months. Dzanc now has an ebook out, so pb prices (hd still $$$) seem to have finally dropped. amazon now has a few listed at reasonable rates (should you, like me, need paper books) :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listin...
Just ordered the hardcover for $10 on amazon. Looks like the seller has a couple more. Hoping it's in good condition like it says in the description.
Alex wrote: "Just ordered the hardcover for $10 on amazon. Looks like the seller has a couple more. Hoping it's in good condition like it says in the description."I'm not seeing any ten=buck W&M. Do you have a link?
Looks like the seller noticed and upped their price. I think I had put another copy in my cart, and upon looking at my cart it says the price has changed from 9.98 to 105.86.
Alex wrote: "Looks like the seller noticed and upped their price. "I've seen that happen before!!
Alex wrote: "Looks like the seller noticed and upped their price. I think I had put another copy in my cart, and upon looking at my cart it says the price has changed from 9.98 to 105.86."A lot of times they pull it back and say it's no longer available. One of these days Dzanc will come through. One of the comments on Amazon said that McElroy pulled the rights from Dalkey Archive, because a different publisher was going to publish it. Not sure if that was for Dzanc or Overlook though. Hard to say how long the comment has been on their site.
Just posted this in the Brag pics thread. Hope it's okay to cross post, but just wanted to mention that I somehow nagged a copy for $13.99 shipped Sunday night! Really nice condition!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hoping mine comes today. I got the same deal.
I got really excited when I got the email from Amazon saying it shipped. :)
Alex wrote: "Hoping mine comes today. I got the same deal."Was that the one they upped the price on?
Yeah same one I believe. They must have had 3 or 4 at least. I got mine in the mail today. Nearly perfect condition. Has some sticker residue on the front right corner, and I think some fading on the bottom of cover. Otherwise pretty much perfect.
Four years of searching has come to an end.
Alex wrote: "Four years of searching has come to an end."Congrats. Hope you enjoy the reading journey now.
Alex wrote: "Four years of searching has come to an end."Excellent! Any Brag Pics?
Alex wrote: "Four years of searching has come to an end."Congrats! It's a great feeling to hold a physical copy in your hands.
Some kind of an update.For those that are too lazy to click: 3rd edition new cover and the best edition ever for accuracy is almost ready. Taken from McElroy's twitter.
Well then, really happy I spent $14 and not $114!
please say someone knows when its dropping into stores i have been waiting since may for the new copy and nothing has happened.
Very disheartening.
Yeah I got a similar message from them too.
Horrible news. 2017? Are we got to get the water book in the meantime?
FIFTY BUCKS"Used - Good
Goo exlibrary copy, intact jacket under mylar, unmarked text, usual exlibrary stamps and light wear. "
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listin...
Jack wrote: "we can expect a new story about Citizens United soon in Fiction magazine. "Now published ::
https://instagram.com/p/85sVNpwMly/
oh thanks - and did not know he was on Instagram...
Jonathan wrote: "oh thanks - and did not know he was on Instagram..."It looks like he just joined today.
Those looking for a copy in the $50 range may want to check out Amazon today.
Nick wrote: "Those looking for a copy in the $50 range may want to check out Amazon today."They are still there!
[not to pry open your purse, but atm I'm not expecting the Dzanc third edition until 2017 earliest]
Luke wrote: "https://twitter.com/dzancbooks/status...Does this mean IT'S HAPPENING!?"
Without a date I wouldn't say. But last I heard, sometime in '17?
Don't get your hopes up, but relatively speaking, this is the first copy I've seen recently under a hundred bucks. US$78 ::" Used - Acceptable
Many corner dings. The cover has visible markings and wear. The cover has a badly warped spine! The dust jacket is missing. Pages have age spots and/or yellow discoloration/stains."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listin...
At least it would sound as though someone might have actually read this copy.
There's actually an interesting copy on Abebooks right now at a bargain price, if you don't mind spending $100. It's John Barth's copy of the two volume uncorrected proof, signed by Barth. I'm saying this is a bargain because there is another unsigned proof on Abebooks for $250.http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookD...
Yeah that copy has been up for sale for around 6 months now. I've certainly thought about making an offer, but there've been too many other books that've caught my eye instead.
David wrote: "There's actually an interesting copy on Abebooks right now at a bargain price, if you don't mind spending $100. It's John Barth's copy of the two volume uncorrected proof, signed by Barth. I'm sayi..."If only I could believe Barth had actually read it!
That bookseller has been selling quite a lot from Barth's library, all Barth=signed ; a couple of folks around these here parts even picked up a few.
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He and Robert Walsh are meeting to put together one final list of corrections needed for the eBook. This is go-around 3 or 4 now getting closer each time. Joseph wants this to be the definitive version. So, the eBook shouldn't be too far off.
Then we have to backwards engineer the print version so that will be a bit longer. I'm not truly sure on how long that will take but it's a priority for Dzanc right now.