tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7672615444810958582..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: HELL'S CARTOGRAPHERS edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss (Harper & Row/Wiedenfield & Nicholson 1975)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44779855939846304912011-04-25T19:21:11.596-04:002011-04-25T19:21:11.596-04:00That was the Harper & Row cover, the US hardco...That was the Harper & Row cover, the US hardcover, with the second being the UK hardcover. I'm not sure it even saw a US paperback.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-69695456810620085882011-04-25T17:24:12.359-04:002011-04-25T17:24:12.359-04:00I love the third cover, but I bet it sold even wor...I love the third cover, but I bet it sold even worse than the second.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-16559575583255662892011-04-25T13:00:52.102-04:002011-04-25T13:00:52.102-04:00I'll believe it. Moorcock does seem to take a ...I'll believe it. Moorcock does seem to take a measured (perhaps even to a fault) view of his life (very calm about minor diabetic amputation, for example, at least in public pronouncement--not that raging against one's circulatory system gains one anything). Though what made me append the speculation that his (mostly justified) rage over the treatment of NEW WORLDS under his stewardship might've played a factor comes from such sources as Charles Platt's DREAM MAKERS interview with him and the introduction to the recentish NEW WORLDS best-of anthology.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-85165817907070052922011-04-23T15:52:47.791-04:002011-04-23T15:52:47.791-04:00There's an extensive Aldiss interview in, I th...There's an extensive Aldiss interview in, I think, THE SAVOY BOOK, conducted a few years later, in which Aldiss reconfirms Moorcock's extreme modesty, in regard to both HELL'S CARTOGRAPHERS and his approach to writing in general.Warren Ellishttp://www.warrenellis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-64311055609597443392011-04-22T17:22:04.998-04:002011-04-22T17:22:04.998-04:00Well, yes, I'd say they might...similar books ...Well, yes, I'd say they might...similar books of essays by humor writers and interviews with comedians were published recently, by reasonably large publishers: AND HERE'S THE KICKER and SATIRISTAS! (well, Writer's Digest Books and IT Books...wonder who owns the latter...)...and certainly some small presses, such as Luis Ortiz's NonStop, are doing similar books (such as the collection of Silverberg's autobiographical writings)...but as a midlist item from Harper and Row (or HarperCollins) today? Probably not. Though the Harper Voyager list (their sf and fantasy imprint) does have some adventurous work on it. (Hit my name-hotlink for one example.)Todd Masonhttp://www.harpercollins.com/books/Dreaming-Again-Jack-Dann/?isbn=9780061364082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-7965544904595415842011-04-22T16:47:35.847-04:002011-04-22T16:47:35.847-04:00HELL'S CARTOGRAPHERS is a terrific book! Coul...HELL'S CARTOGRAPHERS is a terrific book! Could such a book be published today? No major publisher would touch it. Maybe a small press would take it on. Or maybe only in ebook format.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-37468301328832574602011-04-22T15:35:20.221-04:002011-04-22T15:35:20.221-04:00Thanks. Though the wages of tardiness is that only...Thanks. Though the wages of tardiness is that only five people have even looked at the entry.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-52684691316468450772011-04-22T13:51:30.682-04:002011-04-22T13:51:30.682-04:00Great pick.Great pick.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.com