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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to know those limited are out there.
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    Image of craigdbpatton craigdbpatton
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Ramsey Campbell is "underrated"...? By who? He's won tons of awards, is considered a living legend by the horror and fantasy community, and is "Britain's most respected living horror writer" according to the Oxford Companion to English Literature.

    Some presses you did not mention:

    Ash-Tree Press - an important steward of the classic ghost story tradition and publishers of much acclaimed new work as well.

    Earthling Publications - releasing loads of great books, including a healthy chunk of the work of Glen Hirshberg, one of the most acclaimed authors of horror/dark/weird fiction to emerge this decade.

    Shroud Publications - still very young, but drawing more and more attention to both its flagship magazine and its book line.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    @craigdbpatton: I really need to give Campbell another shot. I tried and tried to finish THE COUNT OF ELEVEN about 15 years ago and it was chore. A great big nasty one at that, like latrine after the entire barracks were on a 3-day bender of cheap Shlitz and Pabst....

    Around page 80 I finally gave up.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    must buy shatner book!
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    Image of redspidey redspidey
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Shatner.
    Shatner?
    Shatner!
    on SUNDAY!
    SUNDAY!!
    SUNDAY!!!

    I hope that's not meant to be him on the cover. The face looks really off.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/21/09

    @redspidey: AT THE MUD-O-DROOOOME!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/20/09

    @braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Yes, true, technically! Technically it's a book and a half!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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    Image of FashionZebra FashionZebra
    10/19/09

    In reply to John Joseph Adams Sees Your Dystopian Future, Starts A Magazine
    If anyone can save dystopian fiction, John Joseph Adams can. He's consistently produced my favorite anthologies. Hot damn, a website too!

    So... by the time I've finished reading this article, it's already 100 years old, yah? /lame lightspeed joke #publishing
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    Image of Moff Moff
    10/19/09

    In reply to John Joseph Adams Sees Your Dystopian Future, Starts A Magazine
    Only lightspeed? I DEMAND A FASTER MAGAZINE. #publishing
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    10/19/09

    @Moff: Tachyon Magazine ? #publishing
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    Image of Moff Moff
    10/19/09

    @Golem100: "The magazine so fast, you've already read it." #publishing
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    Image of John Joseph Adams John Joseph Adams
    10/19/09

    @Moff: That's my favorite comment in response to the announcement thus far. :) #publishing
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    Image of Moff Moff
    10/19/09

    @John Joseph Adams: WOOT! #publishing
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    Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb
    10/19/09

    @Moff: Maybe they're hoping that the positive relativistic relationship between velocity and mass will give them more content. #publishing
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    Image of Nathematics Nathematics
    10/20/09

    @Moff: "The magazine so fast, it's already read YOU!" #publishing
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    Image of nutmeag nutmeag
    09/02/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    You can read a few of the stories for free online: [www.johnjosephadams.com] I've only read "A Study in Emerald" so far, but I plan on reading the others eventually!
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    Image of bobert bobert
    09/01/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    I would hardly call Holmes a "misogynist". He treated women he came into contact with at least as much courtesy and respect as men. Often, women would apply to him for help after they'd been treated as a "silly little thing" by the men in their lives, and he would take them completely seriously. An his confirmed bachelorhood was not a sign of misogyny, but rather one aspect of a complex and somewhat tortured personality.

    Watson was married twice, but it would be ludicrous to assert that he hated children simply because he didn't have any.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/01/09

    @bobert: Okay, I did oversimplify his attitude towards women. He did respect them, often with a bit of that "deadlier of the species" wariness. Not too surprising if you consider that many of the women he met in his career had probably done some remarkable and frightening things. Irene Adler-- The Woman, was held in the highest regard by Holmes for outwitting him. I doubt he ever had many romantic relationships with the fairer sex. I also scoff at the notion that he and Watson ever had anything going on either.
    All that kissy-face stuff Holmes would dismiss as a waste of time.
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    09/01/09

    @bobert: I'm going to change that to "misanthropic humanist".

    Ugh, I am so fan-servicey.
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    Image of jbq jbq
    09/01/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    Well, schucks. Can't be more than a few weeks ago when I was thinking of picking up a Sherlock Holmes-anthology or other, as I only have Conan-Doyle's first stories in a battered Penguin paperback. This is not exactly what I was thinking, but it sounds too cool to miss, and most of these stories I've never even heard of. Thanks, Chris!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/01/09

    @jbq: Vel bekomme!
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    Image of jbq jbq
    09/02/09

    @Grey_Area: Haha, officially impressed :-D
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/02/09

    @jbq: Du er lett imponert. (Google Translate, awaaaay!)
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    Image of jbq jbq
    09/02/09

    @Grey_Area: But you took the time, and that's what counts. Unusually accurate Google translation there, by the by, they tend to be all jumbled-up
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/01/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    I find this editor's stuff to be of varying quality... uneven, shall we say. Their anthology "Federations" had great and awesome reprints, but the original stories just didn't measure up and most of them should have been embarrassed rather than pleased to be in a book with the greats and near-greats. Big disappointment to me.

    So if this is all reprints, no new stuff (as the review implies), I'm interested. Will have to inquire of my library.

    (later: I got 3 new mysteries and a Kage Baker today from them! w00t!)

    PS I read "Study in Emerald" online for free somewhere in the past year and it's great.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/01/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: two stories and a short essay are new the rest have been around for a while.
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    Image of I_Like_Bunnies I_Like_Bunnies
    09/01/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    I actually even love "Young Sherlock Holmes".

    Represent.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/01/09

    @I_Like_Bunnies: I liked it too.
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    Image of tammygarrison tammygarrison
    09/02/09

    @I_Like_Bunnies: I have FIERCE love for Young Sherlock Holmes... and the Billy Wilder movie.
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    Image of jianna jianna
    09/01/09

    In reply to Sherlock Holmes Ventures Into A Fog Of Monsters And Weird Science
    Being a Holmes-head (I'm still trying to think of a title I like better than "Sherlockian" which sounds far too stuffy) I like to collect the weirdest Holmes-related crap I can find. My favorite is a similar but likely lower quality my sister got for me one Christmas in crummy paperback form - "Sherlock Holmes in Orbit."

    Included are stories where Holmes has a computer installed in his brain, goes to the moon, and inexplicably seems to turn himself and Watson into swarms of bees.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/01/09

    @jianna: I read that, but I don't remember the bees. You'd think that would have stuck in my head.
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    Image of SmirkMorgan SmirkMorgan
    09/01/09

    @jianna: I think the term you are seeking is "Holmesian", but "Sherlockian" is the generally accepted North American term. (Yes, I used to subscribe to Hounds of the Internet listserve)

    I just read a great Holmes pastiche collection a month or so ago called "Gaslight Grimoire" it features many of the authors this collection has (Hambly, Roden etc) and I think possibly the same Flaxman Low crossover. One of my favorite stories features a very elderly Holmes in LA during WWII collaborating with a Phillip Marlow type detective against an ancient evil. While most of the stories are horror/supernatural, "The Red Planet League" is arguably sci-fi (although a very fanciful sci-fi).
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/01/09

    @SmirkMorgan: I prefer "Holmesian" even if I am a Yank.
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    Image of tammygarrison tammygarrison
    09/02/09

    @SmirkMorgan: I had a teacher/friend who was a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. He was fun and awesome. The Hounds of the Internet listserv, however, turned me off to the fandom. Yes, it's a fandom, just like the Whovians or the SNP kids... they just take themselves more pretentiously and seriously than other fandoms (and they were there first). Basically they suck all the fun right out of SH. I find myself being a much more casual pop culture-oriented fan now days.
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    Image of SmirkMorgan SmirkMorgan
    09/02/09

    @tammygarrison: I did say "used to be" ;)
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    Image of SmirkMorgan SmirkMorgan
    09/02/09

    @Grey_Area: I actually do as well. "Sherlockian" always struck me as a touch too familiar.
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