William Hope Hodgson - THE BOATS OF THE "GLEN CARRIG" &c.

In article <3f0382f7_1@newsfeed>,
"Douglas A. Anderson" <nodensnospam100.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

 > "Jim Rockhill" <jrock.DeleteThis@locallink.net> wrote in message:
 >
  > > This just arrived in the mail today, and it is an incredibly
  > > attractive book. Jason Van Hollander's striking decorative
  > > cover--silver against dark blue--removes any doubts I once had about
  > > the absence of dust-wrappers for this series. Please keep them coming,
  > > Jeremy.
 >
 > Jim, mine arrived today too, but I confess I found it butt-ugly. Jason Van
 > Hollander's few finely drawn illustrations look really great inside the
 > book, where they are printed in black on white. But in silver foil on a
 > (very) simulated leather style blue binding, it just looks terrible.
 >
 > D.
 >

I haven't ordered BOATS yet but looking over the table of contents I
must confess that I'm hesitating a bit (I probably wouldn't be if the
print run were in the hundreds though). RE Captain Gault: Are there
any weird elements in this cycle of tales? Nautical adventure for its
own sake is not quite my cup of tea -- no more than, say, Hodgson's
take on physical fitness.

Paul M. (who now has an embarrassing number of [cheap] editions of HOUSE
ON THE BORDERLAND -- over-compensation for not being able to find a copy
initially years ago; same for THE KING IN YELLOW)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Douglas A. Anderson" <nodensnospam100 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3f0382f7_1@newsfeed>...
 > "Jim Rockhill" <jrock RemoveThis @locallink.net> wrote in message:
 >
  > > This just arrived in the mail today, and it is an incredibly
  > > attractive book. Jason Van Hollander's striking decorative
  > > cover--silver against dark blue--removes any doubts I once had about
  > > the absence of dust-wrappers for this series. Please keep them coming,
  > > Jeremy.
 >
 > Jim, mine arrived today too, but I confess I found it butt-ugly. Jason Van
 > Hollander's few finely drawn illustrations look really great inside the
 > book, where they are printed in black on white. But in silver foil on a
 > (very) simulated leather style blue binding, it just looks terrible.
 >
 > D.

I like the look of the silver on blue. Real leather would have been
nice, but I would not have been able to afford that edition anyway.

Jim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Jim Rockhill" <jrock RemoveThis @locallink.net> wrote in message

 > I like the look of the silver on blue. Real leather would have been
 > nice, but I would not have been able to afford that edition anyway.

Jim-- for one, I wasn't expecting it to be without dust-jacket. Secondly,
when I first saw the illustration of the cover (others can see it at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nightshadebooks.com/hodgson1.html" target="_blank">http://www.nightshadebooks.com/hodgson1.html</a> ) I presumed it was the
dust-jacket, and I thought: "Hmmm. Not what I would hve expected to see on
Hodgson, but it has possibilities." But the book itself seemed diappointing
in its physical make-up because there is so much silver that it all becomes
a blur, and glares under the light. And then when you see what is a very
similar illustration printed in black and white on the title, it's striking,
and makes the binding seem so disappointing.

I suppose that if you like Franklin Library bindings (I don't), you'll like
this one. But to me it seems like a K-mart version of a Franklin Library
book. Sorry, but that's my reaction.

D.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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How many of the 'Saragrsso Sea' stories are represented?
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lawnch.TakeThisOut@webtv.net (Lawrence Chalmers) wrote in message news:<26100-3F07B35F-326.TakeThisOut@storefull-2231.public.lawson.webtv.net>...
 > How many of the 'Saragrsso Sea' stories are represented?

The novel, The Boats of the "Glen Carrig", and the short stories
From the Tideless Sea Part 1,From the Tideless Sea Part 2: More News
From the Homebird,The Mystery of the Derelict, The Finding of the
Graiken, The Thing in the Weeds, The Call In the Dawn.

The book also contains the thirteen Captain Gault stories, the two
Adventures of Captain Jat, and thw two Stories of the Cargunka.

More details at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nightshadebooks.com/hodgson1.html" target="_blank">http://www.nightshadebooks.com/hodgson1.html</a>

Jim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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I'm only familiar with 'Glen Carrig.' Even though this was coming out I
bought the Gollancz paperbook of the Arkham edition just for 'old
times.' I'll be getting this new one anyway as soon as it arrives at my
favorite SF fantasy bookstore.
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