Suggestions for CD limited editions

[Sock Monkey]

I would also like a nice limited collection of Joyce Carol Oates horror-tinged stories. Also Ramsey Campbell! A new edition of Alone With The Horrors or something along those lines. I thought Centipede was doing a multi-volume set collecting Campbell's short fiction? Anyone heard anything about that?

[bookworm 1]

Yes it would. Loved that book.

[bsaenz24]

Yes!!! Witching Hour would make a great oversized limited!!

[bugen]

First I've heard anything like this with Simmons - guess I'd better check it out. A hate-mongering attitude was certainly not noticed in the 4 novels and 2 SS collections of his I've read. Quite the opposite, really, but I've only read a fraction of his library.

I will not defend Simmons' or Card's personal beliefs beyond they are entitled to have them (as long as they're not shoved in peoples' faces), but I will defend my experience of their writing as legitimate works of art worthy of study - I just haven't yet seen any negative philosophy make it up on-screen and start slapping people around. Tommy makes a great point above of once an author has switched over to activist, his opinions ARE up in people's faces and are fair game - I mostly agree. But if intended as private, personally-held beliefs, hands-off. Having a stupid opinion should not, and CAN NOT, become a crime, for that would spell the end of us all.

Sorry for going off-topic.

Anne Rice - Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult volumes 9, 13, and 37 (his collections of short stories, Uncanny Tales 1, 2 and 3)

[bookworm 1]

No thanks. I told Brian you can have my copy.

LOL! According to Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the ninth circle of hell IS frozen over!

Shall I ask Brian to put you down for a lettered edition too then Tom?

[RJK1981]

Don't recall this being mentioned before, but I'd love to have limited editions of Greg Iles' books

[Joe315]

I have not read either of those, but have heard very good reviews on them. I picked up Sandstorm (first Sigma Force novel), but have yet to get to it.

The story line and fast pacing, would be great with the work CD does though.

All of his books have been great IMO and Amazonia is the book that Rollins says that potential readers should take on first.

[slayn666]

As far as I know, Simmons has relegated his vitriol to his books and his blog and doesn't actively champion any particular cause beyond those two places (as opposed to someone like Card, who is all over the place).

I can separate the artist from the art to a certain extent - I'm never going to agree with someone 100% of the time - but there comes a point where I feel I have to step back and say "No more from this person." Simmons crossed that line for me, which is unfortunate because when he's not ranting he's a damned fine writer, but I can no longer read anything written by him without thinking "this man is crazy and full of hate." However, there's more than enough good books out there to fill up two lifetimes of reading, so in the end I don't feel I'm missing out on too much.

[Tommy]

Sorry, didn't mean to go off topic like that, Some books I would like to see CD do are Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite, Anything from Chuck Palanhiuk, Anything by David Moody, a Ghost Story Anniversary Edition, as mentioned before, would be cool and Duma Key by King

Edit: And also anything from Clive Barker as well and I am always on the lookout for new Ed Lee books

[Tommy]

slayn666 - hmmm..... didn't know that, but I stay as far away politics/religion as I can. Wouldn't matter to me - if it's a good book, it's a good book.

I tend to agree with you up until a point, that being when an author decides to be a political activist, I'm all for authors/artists having political views but when they become a political activist it kind of negates their work, books and art should be for everyone but when the person writing the book hates and even tries to pass laws against a group or groups of people, it completely sours me on that person and makes me never want to read anything by them, I was not aware of the Simmons thing but other writers have gone the way of political activist over the years and it just doesn't bode well with me

[TJCams]

slayn666 - hmmm..... didn't know that, but I stay as far away politics/religion as I can. Wouldn't matter to me - if it's a good book, it's a good book.

[slayn666]

Also what's the "controversy" surrounding Dan Simmons? I know all the dirt on Card and Hubbard. But I just love mudslinging

Well it has a lot to do with his politics, which can be a touchy subject. Basically he drove right past being a reasonable conservative or even "that uncle nobody likes to stir up at Thanksgiving because he has some kind of extreme views," parked his car, then took the crazy train right into LIBERALS AND MUSLIMS ARE GOING TO LITERALLY RAPE AND MURDER US ALL.

[TJCams]

I think Amazonia and Ice Hunt would be great as well.

I have not read either of those, but have heard very good reviews on them. I picked up Sandstorm (first Sigma Force novel), but have yet to get to it.

The story line and fast pacing, would be great with the work CD does though.

[Theli]

Love all of these ideas, especially Ellroy and Lindqvist! I would be so down for limited editions of those books! If I remember correctly, I believe that Centipede is releasing multiple books by Thompson next year, which I hope I'm able to afford. Love Centipede's books, but they sure aren't cheap.

I know what you mean! I'd heard about them. Haven't had the extra dough around lately to pick up Child of Rage yet either...
That's why I'd rather CD do it!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

So when's the CD edition of the Twilight saga being released?

When Hell freezes over would be my guess.

LOL! According to Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the ninth circle of hell IS frozen over!

Shall I ask Brian to put you down for a lettered edition too then Tom?