"Man with Knives": well-traveled & still available

[ellenkushner]

Thanks, everyone, for your lovely notes & comments about the new limited edition chapbook (a "Riverside" story about how Alec met Sofia . . . &  a few other things).  I took several copies with me to Finland, where they made the perfect Thank You gift for some of our generous Finncon hosts; I also sold a few by "subscription" (and if you'll be at the Melbourne Worldcon in a few weeks and want to buy one from me there, please let me know!) . . . the oddest and nicest event around this was a French fan who'd seen from my travel schedule that we'd be in Helsinki around the same time - she was taking her teenage daughter on a high school graduation celebratory trip . . . logistics decreed that we ended up all meeting at Hvittrask - a strangely appropriate (though out-of-the-way) choice - so there we all sat at the little outdoor cafe tables across from the house (this was pretty much our view), fanning ourselves in the record-breaking heat, and talking about books!  She also presented us with baseball caps from her region, the Pyrenees, which was extremely fortuitous as I'd forgotten to pack a hat.

I know there's been some concern about supplies running out . . . While in Finland, I got this note from Henry, which I only just remembered I must put up for you to see:

A report from your publisher that the official available supply of The Man with the Knives is 150 copies. I have noted this on the web page and on the Temporary Culture price list.

You might wish to alert your loyal and polite readers, whose penmanship is almost universally excellent, to this fact.

Henry Wessells
http://avramdavidson.org/themanwiththeknives.html

Are you alerted?

You are.

Comments

Man with Knives

[cateldridge.livejournal.com]

I've read it. It's both a wonderful read and a nicely designed chapbook.

If you haven't got a copy yet, what are you waiting for? Get it now!

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Aargh! I wish I'd realised you were coming earlier... I live in Melbourne, but had decided not to go to WorldCon because I felt it was beyond my budget given that I didn't know any of the authors listed on the website. And now it's a bit late to arrange leave and finances and such. Rats!

I would love to buy a copy of The Man with the Knives from you, if that's possible and if you have any spare time while in Melbourne (I hope you do - Melbourne is a wonderful city and should be savoured).

Also, I would love in general to meet you and feed you cake and / or vegetarian confectionery (which is hopefully not too much of a creepy fan thing to say - if it helps, I want to feed *everyone* cake and vegetarian confectionery, and also I am not a serial killer).

Catherine the optimistic

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I would like that very much! Do please write to me at (myname) at gmail.com, and we can make plans. Not sure whether we will arrive Melb on Sept 1 or 2; staying til either Sept. 8 or 10, depending on what we decide to do about Rosh Hashanah - then it's on to New Zealand. What's the weather like there this time of year?

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely! I'll write shortly!

As for the weather at this time of year, we have everything, really. It's been a pretty cold, rainy winter by our standards (we don't get snow, but temperatures have been mostly ranging between about 4 and 14°C), and at this time of year it's also very windy, so definitely bring something waterproof and a coat. And be prepared to wear layers, because what Melbourne does particularly well is sudden changes in temperature and weather. In either direction. Depending on when spring shows up, it could get into the mid-twenties (celcius); I'd be surprised if it got warmer than that.

I haven't been to New Zealand, but it's definitely colder there than here. I'd think, though, that a warm coat and layers underneath would work quite well there, too.