Friday, November 15, 2019

Heaven preserve me from linking to Slate, but this article on the re-printing of John M. Ford's work is news too good not to share.
But I reconnected Ford’s family and editors at Tor, and after a year of delicate back-and-forth spearheaded by Beth Meacham, Tor and the family have reached an agreement that will gradually bring all of his books back into print, plus a new volume of stories, poems, Christmas cards, and other uncollected material. First up, in fall 2020, is the book that introduced me to Ford, The Dragon Waiting. Then, in 2021, Tor will publish—at long last—the unfinished Aspects, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
Now if we can see a full re-print of Cordwainer Smith, and if Pamela Dean ever gets that last Secret Country book out....

2 comments:

Chas S. Clifton said...

The Dragon Waiting was a favorite and The Last Hot Time was enjoyable, although it did not pull me as much as the first.

Odious said...

The Dragon Waiting is excellent! The Last Hot Time I can read as a reaction to the Borderland series, but I agree that it does not succeed on its own merits.

Ford falls for me into the same group as Wolfe: authors smarter than I, who are not necessarily attempting something that interests me, but who are always worth reading.