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     Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Since it's the thing to do around here, and since it's a poorly kept secret anyway, I thought I'd announce some news about my forthcoming collection, "Cold to the Touch". I'm pleased to report that the book will be published by Tartarus Press (one of the homes of my favourite author, Robert Aickman) and is due this year. When? Well, things are in the works, and I hope I have a date for it soon, but in the interim those interested can visit my blog at www.strantzas.com in order to stay up to date. This book is different than the last in that there's less of a Lovecraft/Ligotti feel to the work. It also contains some my best (or at least most acclaimed) work. I'm really excited about it. More news soon, but as it's a Tartarus book I though you ought to all start saving your coins. Maybe think about skipping some meals? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 217.43.30.36 |
Congratulations, Simon. I'm going to be very busy doing my real-time reviews... des | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.75.130 |
Congratulations Simon! | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 67.71.36.244 |
Huzzah, huzzah! The line for this book forms behind me. Congratulations, Simon; a fine publisher for what is sure to be an excellent book. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.208.214.54 |
Simon that's very good news indeed - well done! I shall look forward to owning a copy. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.163.6.13 |
Same here, congrats Simon! | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.151.125.173 |
Well done Simon! How much then? does being Tartarus mean bein' expens-arus?? gcw  | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 12.165.240.116 |
Well done, Simon! I'll save me pennies. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.61.140 |
Let's all raise a glass (of mineral water) to the SS! | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
Nice one, Simon. The Tartarus books I have are gorgeous, in terms of production quality and content. I look forward to this. | ||
| Laird Barron (Laird) Username: Laird Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 71.212.78.242 |
Congratulations, Cap. ;) | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Thanks, all. I'm pretty stoked about it all. -- Your Captain. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.230.142 |
Hey, well done. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.241.143 |
Are there any nudey pictures in it? | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.163.6.13 |
Just one centerfold | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.241.143 |
Phwoar! | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.5.57 |
Well done Simon - 'specially on getting Tartarus! I may even buy a copy... | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.179.201 |
That's great news, Capt..., er, Simon. Well done! | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Thanks some more, team. I'm quite thrilled by things so far. | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 70.31.57.48 |
Well done, Simon! | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.74 |
Hey, Captain Awesome. You've outdone yourself. Hiding behind the Clark Kent aliterative Simon Strantzas name as mild-mannered keyboard basher is clearly working out. Good news. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Just trying to make the world a safer place. Now if you'll excuse me, I hear the screams of the downtrodden. Woooosh! | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.244.146.52 |
I'm looking forward to it, Simon. And for a weird tales author to be published by Tartarus, that is very flattering! | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Thanks, Tom. And I agree: it is flattering. I hope I live up to it. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.231.152.180 |
Very cool! Congrats, Simon Strantzas! | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Thanks, Adriana, and everybody again! Tartarus has just posted their page for the book. Too early to preorder, but there's a date now at least. http://www.tartaruspress.com/coldtothetouch.htm | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Simon I'm absolutely delighted for you and I'll definitely be getting a copy of this when it comes out. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Hello, gang. Just a word: the book is now available for preorder... http://www.tartaruspress.com/coldtothetouch.htm | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.181.123 |
...and ordered! | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
I always knew giants had giant hearts. Bless you! | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 94.194.134.45 |
Ditto. About pre-ordering, not giants hearts. Although it makes sense if you think about it. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.240.58.123 |
Ordered as well. The price is somewhat lower than most Tartarus books. Will it perhaps be a compact hardcover (like The White Hands)? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.241.143 |
Geddin there, my son! Ordered. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Thanks, all. Had I a heart, I assure you it would be warmed. Tom, Tartarus is experimenting with a lower price for this new line of contemporary books. I think they've met some resistance selling new authors their core readers are unfamiliar with. Fingers crossed it works out! | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.157.33.7 |
I'm bumping this thread to let everyone know that Tartarus now has Simon's book in stock and has begun shipping out pre-ordered copies. No doubt Simon would've bumped this thread himself, but last I heard he was pool-side, nursing a martini and negotiating with Hollywood on his Bluetooth. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.90.161 |
Simon and a real drink? Does not compute. | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.157.33.7 |
Shh! You want to blow his cover, Gary? You know it's just Diet Sprite in that glass, I know it's just Diet Sprite in that glass, but what Hollywood doesn't know won't hurt it. Remember, it's all about the image.  | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
I think I gots a sunburn  | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.118.49 |
My copy of Cold to the Touch turned up today - and a lovely looking thing it is too, as befits its author. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.37.22 |
I received mine, too. Beautiful looking book. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.37.22 |
Seriously, btw, a man with a hood, whom I did not recognise, knocked on my front door and handed it to me and walked away down the road out of sight. At first I thought it must have been the Royal Mail. But later on the real postman turned up with something else. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
What colour was his robe, Des? And when he walked away, did you notice whether he had feet? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.219.51 |
It was in the pouring rain so I suppose my memory of the robe being grey is suspect. I did not look down at his feet. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
I've just sent in my order for this | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Wow, that was surprisingly quick. Good ol' Tartarus! | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.169 |
Looking forward to getting my copy. Three of my favourite five Strantzas tales are in this collection so I've got great expectations (the feeling, not the Dickens' novel). | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.169.155 |
My review of Cold to the Touch is now live at FearZone. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/book-review | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.218.237 |
That's an interesting and perceptive review, imho. I don't agree with the 'mining' point, however, because we are all mining. Strantzas seems more than just a canary. I don't think I ever told this thread about my own review's whereabouts: http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/cold_to_the_touch__by_simon_strantzas.htm | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.169.155 |
Thanks, Des. And fair enough about the 'mining others' charge. Btw, typos in the review are not mine. My copy was clean. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Of course it was Michael. We believe you. | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.169.155 |
:-) | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.157.36.197 |
Rrrrgh! I'd better get my copy of this book soon! Every day I check the mailbox, but so far, no CttT... Great review, Mike. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.31.72 |
A new full review of this book here: http://grimreviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/simon-strantzas-cold-to-touch-reviewed.h tml I don't know who writes the GRIM REVIEWS blog but it is an excellent blog I look at all the time. It is stated here that the author of it has a story in CERN ZOO: http://grimreviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/nemonymous-nine-cern-zoo.html | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Another good one coming up in Supernatural Tales, for those who subscribe. It also mentions a couple of other regulars here... |