tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post490765963108672632..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: The Hollow Skin - Virginia SwainJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-84322372727410337152012-03-05T09:43:30.193-06:002012-03-05T09:43:30.193-06:00No one would publish a book about the books I writ...No one would publish a book about the books I write about, Yvette. They've all been written about before in numerous bibliographies and reference books long before I started doing this. It would never sell enough copies to make it worthwhile either. Too esoteric.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-26604874981190268022012-03-04T20:09:18.958-06:002012-03-04T20:09:18.958-06:00John, where do you find these books? I mean, how d...John, where do you find these books? I mean, how do you know these authors.<br /><br />Do you just stumble upon them in some of the wonderful Chicago bookstores? Or do you have a master list? Jeez, I never heard of this one either.<br /><br />But as I like to say: I still enjoyed reading your review. John, you should think about putting a book together yourself of these reviews of all these forgotten books.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-33720168068815085912012-03-03T17:13:47.735-06:002012-03-03T17:13:47.735-06:00Hi John: my entry on Virginia Swain's husband...Hi John: my entry on Virginia Swain's husband, Phil Stong, is up at my Lesser-Known Writers blog. He turned out to be more interesting that I would have suspected. Later this week I expect my entry on Swain herself will get posted. <br /><br />As regards 333, the illustration you show is the cover of the main paperback edition, which was limited to 450 copies. I didn't even know that there originally was a hardcover edition, but there was, and it was comprised of 50 copies (sold out before publication) and was issued without dust-wrapper. These details come from Jack Chalker and Mark Owing's entry on Grandon Publishers in The Science-Fantasy Publishers (1991), which is a large gossipy Tome that is fun to read. <br /><br />DougDouglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-36965800273286509342012-03-02T10:05:17.998-06:002012-03-02T10:05:17.998-06:00Wish I owned that copy with the DJ of 333. My edit...Wish I owned that copy with the DJ of <i>333.</i> My edition is from Arno Press, a fascimile reprint offset from a 1st edition held in a California university library. That I found a photo of that DJ online was a big surprise to me.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-29210661407141726122012-03-02T08:40:25.518-06:002012-03-02T08:40:25.518-06:00Wow! I really like the cover on 333! THE HOLLOW S...Wow! I really like the cover on 333! THE HOLLOW SKIN also sounds intriguing. You really have come up with a couple of really Forgotten Books.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com