Pub Party for Man With the Knives

[ellenkushner]

First of all, thanks to all the lovely wonderful people, old friends & new, who came to celebrate with us on pub day for The Man with the Knives, my new chapbook from Temporary Culture.   (I'm going to get your names/tags wrongs, so please do "sign in" below so I can thank you personally!.)  Here's everyone partaying at the elegant James Cummins Booksellers on Madison Avenue (full of delectable rare books - yes, that is a first edition of Keats' poems under the glass case) while I slave away signing books:

  

And here is the Thing Itself - the first copy I held in my hand - note the raised type of the cover, which is real embossing [check the back - see? raised!], and the page with the number count  (only numbered in the hand-bound version - note Henry's red fingerprint [one in every book, even the paperbound]!)

                 


There are still plenty of books left, so click here to find ordering information.  

And if you'd like your book signed and/or inscribed, I'll be happy to do that for you if you let Henry know before Saturday noon (when you order), as that's when I'm seeing him next.  I inscribed about 8 of them today to people who'd pre-ordered - you know who you are - and thanks!  If you don't like the story, you can simply enjoy the Beautiful Object you will soon be holding in your hands.  The weight & surface of the paper . . . the texture of the cover . . . the interior illo's . . . . ahhh!  Bliss in 32 pages.

Comments

[vschanoes.livejournal.com]

It all looks lovely! I'm sorry I couldn't be there--I'm snowed under with end-of-semester grading...

[intelligentrix.livejournal.com]

I do want to order one (alas, not the deluxe cloth-bound edition), but I am a little uncertain about the process. I respect the low-tech aspect (after all, hand-binding is a pretty low-tech process), but should I send Henry an email? Should I send a check with a letter? If you have any advice on how to proceed, I'd be grateful. I would also love to have an inscribed copy, especially as I won't be seeing you at WisCon this year (about which I am v. sad).

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

E-mail followed by a check w/letter should be fine.

*tear*

[hakumeiun.livejournal.com]

Sadness! I didn't realize we could request inscription with the pre-order. I'm not sure why that matters so much...
Really I'm just so happy to hear the book is out ^_^
Even through my tears (melodramatic? Yes.) I am jumping with excitement!

Re: *tear*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

If we're ever in the same place, I'll be more than happy to inscribe your book to you.

Re: *tear*

[hakumeiun.livejournal.com]

And that would be so much better, too^_^
I have no more tears.
Will you be attending World Fantasy Con, this year? Still trying to decide what all books need to make it into my carry-on...

Re: *tear*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

We haven't decided yet. But when we do, it will appear up here:

http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Kushner/upcoming.html

Re: *tear*

[hakumeiun.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^_^

It's here!

[just-ann-now.livejournal.com]

It's right here in my hot little hands. It's beautiful.

When I read it, I hear your voice and Delia's - that's from listening to the recording so many times. It's almost like having you two right here.

*hearts you, and Delia, and Alec, and Sophia, and Henry Wessells too*