Thunderstorm Books

[sholloman81]

I really want Day of the Door. I both glad and surprised that copies have lasted this long, but I'm hoping they might last just a tad bit longer so I can scrape together some more money. Rolfe's collection is definitely on my radar. Hoping something will pop up on the aftermarket at a good price sometime down the road.

On a Thunderstorm note, a copy of Kealan Patrick Burke's Stage Whispers popped up on eBay for a decent price and I just wasn't face enough on the pulling the trigger. Kicking myself for mulling it over and losing the copy!

Oh man, I wish you hadn't told me about Stage Whispers. Have been looking for a copy forever and can never seem to find one. The closest I've come to is a trade but unfortunately the person backed out at the last minute. It's on my holy grail list for sure.

[Sock Monkey]

Just received my copies of Laurel Hightower's "Day of the Door" and Glenn Rolfe's "A Body of Evidence". As always, the production design for these rocks. Also forgot that the Rolfe book would also be signed by Philip Fracassi, Somer Canon, Tom Deady, and Ronald Kelly; so, that one was doubly cool!

I really want Day of the Door. I both glad and surprised that copies have lasted this long, but I'm hoping they might last just a tad bit longer so I can scrape together some more money. Rolfe's collection is definitely on my radar. Hoping something will pop up on the aftermarket at a good price sometime down the road.

On a Thunderstorm note, a copy of Kealan Patrick Burke's Stage Whispers popped up on eBay for a decent price and I just wasn't face enough on the pulling the trigger. Kicking myself for mulling it over and losing the copy!

[sholloman81]

Just received my copies of Laurel Hightower's "Day of the Door" and Glenn Rolfe's "A Body of Evidence".  As always, the production design for these rocks. Also forgot that the Rolfe book would also be signed by Philip Fracassi, Somer Canon, Tom Deady, and Ronald Kelly; so, that one was doubly cool!

[sholloman81]

I’m passing on both.  The multiple author title is on my radar for a later purchase, though.  There are more than a couple of backlog titles I’ve been meaning to pick up, but at this time I’m rather happy for a bit of a lull in titles I “need” to pick up.  I might use this lull to snag the last announcement from Earthling.

Yeah, I'm glad for the small number of books announced this month as well. Only one of them caught my eye, and even then, it's just a maybe; so, much like yourself, I might just decide to grab it up the road.

[Sock Monkey]

Anyone grab either of the October titles?

I’m passing on both.  The multiple author title is on my radar for a later purchase, though.  There are more than a couple of backlog titles I’ve been meaning to pick up, but at this time I’m rather happy for a bit of a lull in titles I “need” to pick up.  I might use this lull to snag the last announcement from Earthling.

[sholloman81]

Anyone grab either of the October titles?

[sholloman81]

Anyone grab any of the September titles? I snagged the Rolfe & the Hightower books. The others look good, but my wallet will murder me if I buy them all; so, perhaps up the road if they don't sell out...

[Ben Staad]

Congrats. That is a good feeling to empty out pending orders.

Just got my shipping notices for "The Worm & His King Saga" as well as "The Body Harvest". Very excited to receive these books. These are also the last of my pending Thunderstorm orders. Always nice to be caught up with publisher's, especially after the DRP fiasco!

[sholloman81]

Just got my shipping notices for "The Worm & His King Saga" as well as "The Body Harvest". Very excited to receive these books. These are also the last of my pending Thunderstorm orders. Always nice to be caught up with publisher's, especially after the DRP fiasco!

[Sock Monkey]

There was also a lettered Chinese Beetle chapbook. I have a copy. Nothing this month for me. Titles from closed lines I would like best would like most are the Kelli Owen and Ryan c Thomas diablos.

I forgot about THE CHINESE BEETLE lettered! Thanks for the reminder!

I had the Kelli Owen Diablo at one point and sold it. I wish I hadn’t.

[saginawhorror]

There was also a lettered Chinese Beetle chapbook. I have a copy. Nothing this month for me. Titles from closed lines I would like best would like most are the Kelli Owen and Ryan c Thomas diablos.

[Sock Monkey]

Wow, this was very informative and helpful. Didn't know some of the unlisted stuff that you mention even existed and may now have to do some searching.

Yeah, the problem is that this stuff really isn't listed anywhere. You can find a couple of things on Camelot, but the clothbound Elementals I had not clue about until they popped up on eBay. It's very similar, I think, to early Centipede Press titles where they would have different bindings and whatnot (like Madball, for instance, was bound in blue and red boards) but there isn't anything listed on Centipede's website to let you know about that.

Another line I forgot was the collaboration with Poltergeist Press, I think, called Another Ghost. Produced four titles--Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe, Dead Daughters by Tim Meyer, A Place for Sinners by Aaron Dries, and A Penny for Your Thoughts by Robert Ford and Matt Hayward--before everything went wonky with some issues with Poltergeist Press. Very nice books. I think I have pictures of them on my collection thread.

[sholloman81]

What's interesting is that you can see the same DNA in one line versus the other. For example, the initial White Lightning line was clothbound and dustjacket with smaller trim size, which is very similar to what the initial version of Nightmare Alley was, though I believe the White Lightnings were numbered and the Nightmare Alleys were not. The White Lightnings then shift to a white (faux?) leatherbound, jacketless version, similar to some Roman Numeral editions that Thunderstorm did for SINS OF THE FATHER, OPERATION RHINOCEROS HORNBILL, THE DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY, and DEAD OF NIGHT, but in a smaller trim size. The Nightmare Alleys morphed into a jacketless version that shares some design aesthetics to the Tempest line. While most might find that boring or inconsequential, I find it interesting as to the evolution of the press.

There is also so many different versions of books that Thunderstorm has done that isn't even listed on the website. This includes the Roman Numeral editions of the titles listed above but also Roman Numeral slipcased editions of THE DAMNED HIGHWAY, AFTER THE BURN, QUIET KEEPS TO HIMSELF, THEY, A Hollower trilogy Omnibus, lettered editions of the first few NIghtmare Alley titles, jacketless clothbound unsigned editions of some Elemental titles, and leatherbound lettered editions of the three chapbooks 4 AM, LIKE THUNDER, STRONG STEPS, and lettered editions of Maelstrom titles (though these are more well known, I believe). There probably is a bunch more (and if anybody knows of some please feel free to post as I'm very curious as well), but this is what I've stumbled across and/or owned during my collecting years. Some of these I sold and wish I never had. I have been toying with trying to track down all of these as well, but haven't committed yet, partly because of overlap. If I want to collect all the White Lightnings do I double dip for the Roman Numeral editions of HORNBILL and DIABOLICAL CONSIPRACY? So it stalls me out while I consider my options.

Wow, this was very informative and helpful. Didn't know some of the unlisted stuff that you mention even existed and may now have to do some searching.

[Sock Monkey]

I'm thinking of picking up The Girl on the Porch for the same reasoning as yourself; however, I may wait a while before doing so, and if it sells out before then, oh well. I think it's a cool idea about collecting the Thunderstorm "Dead Lines". Hadn't thought of it before, but it's a neat idea. I'm somewhat of a newbie to Thunderstorm, only found them a few years back; so, some of those dead lines are very interesting to me. I've asked Paul if he could one day post descriptions of all of the lines on his website as I have no idea what a lot of them indicate but it hasn't happened yet. One day...

What's interesting is that you can see the same DNA in one line versus the other. For example, the initial White Lightning line was clothbound and dustjacket with smaller trim size, which is very similar to what the initial version of Nightmare Alley was, though I believe the White Lightnings were numbered and the Nightmare Alleys were not. The White Lightnings then shift to a white (faux?) leatherbound, jacketless version, similar to some Roman Numeral editions that Thunderstorm did for SINS OF THE FATHER, OPERATION RHINOCEROS HORNBILL, THE DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY, and DEAD OF NIGHT, but in a smaller trim size. The Nightmare Alleys morphed into a jacketless version that shares some design aesthetics to the Tempest line. While most might find that boring or inconsequential, I find it interesting as to the evolution of the press.

There is also so many different versions of books that Thunderstorm has done that isn't even listed on the website. This includes the Roman Numeral editions of the titles listed above but also Roman Numeral slipcased editions of THE DAMNED HIGHWAY, AFTER THE BURN, QUIET KEEPS TO HIMSELF, THEY, A Hollower trilogy Omnibus, lettered editions of the first few NIghtmare Alley titles, jacketless clothbound unsigned editions of some Elemental titles, and leatherbound lettered editions of the three chapbooks 4 AM, LIKE THUNDER, STRONG STEPS, and lettered editions of Maelstrom titles (though these are more well known, I believe). There probably is a bunch more (and if anybody knows of some please feel free to post as I'm very curious as well), but this is what I've stumbled across and/or owned during my collecting years. Some of these I sold and wish I never had. I have been toying with trying to track down all of these as well, but haven't committed yet, partly because of overlap. If I want to collect all the White Lightnings do I double dip for the Roman Numeral editions of HORNBILL and DIABOLICAL CONSIPRACY? So it stalls me out while I consider my options.

[sholloman81]

I have passed on everything but the previously announced The Girl on the Porch. I agree with your sentiment about wishing that a different book had been chosen considering this one has already had the limited edition treatment and that CD's paperback line looks to have some killer titles in it to choose from. That being said, I picked it up mostly to ensure a complete set. Though I didn't buy them, I'm sorry to hear that the Neon Recluse line is not as successful as one would have hoped. I wonder if a staggered release would have helped. Allow readers to sample Book 1 before Book 2 was announced and so forth. I'm not a paperback collector so I wouldn't have bit on the format either way, but also a $330 investment in a new line was too steep for me to buy into. I did it with the Screaming Cacti line, but making that a regular occurrence is just too much for the old budget to handle. Interestingly enough, now that I know that there won't be a bunch of titles forthcoming, I'm tempted to pick up the three hardcovers. I've been toying with the idea of collecting all of Thunderstorm's "dead" lines (i.e. Nightmare Alley, White Lightning, etc.) mostly for fun as there is no commitment (or worry) to keep up with new titles like, say, if I were wanting to collect all the Black Voltage line (which, by the way, I would love to do, but the money is just not there for that level of undertaking).

Anyways, it winds up being a light month for me, which I'm not too bummed out about. Frankly, I could use a breather. I'm eyeing some titles on the aftermarket, but even then I might just sit the month out and build up the cash reserves.

I'm thinking of picking up The Girl on the Porch for the same reasoning as yourself; however, I may wait a while before doing so, and if it sells out before then, oh well. I think it's a cool idea about collecting the Thunderstorm "Dead Lines". Hadn't thought of it before, but it's a neat idea. I'm somewhat of a newbie to Thunderstorm, only found them a few years back; so, some of those dead lines are very interesting to me. I've asked Paul if he could one day post descriptions of all of the lines on his website as I have no idea what a lot of them indicate but it hasn't happened yet. One day...