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NEW Unpublished HENRY KUTTNER from Haffner Press!!

 In This Issue: October 26, 2016
“MAN’S CONQUEST OF SPACE or UPSIDE-DOWN IN TIME”
A New Unpublished Story by
HENRY KUTTNER

Haffner Press does it again! In 2012 we included a newly discovered Henry Kuttner story—”The Interplanetary Limited”—in THUNDER IN THE VOID. Now, with the upcoming release of THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO, we are pleased as pandas (!) to announce we have discovered ANOTHER unpublished Henry Kuttner story!
MAN’S CONQUEST OF SPACE or UPSIDE-DOWN IN TIMEis an early gag-story (featuring pandas) supposedly written for the fanzines of the 1930s. It likely predates Kuttner’s first professional sale in 1936.

“And how can I get a copy?” you ask? Well, we made it simple. So simple that it’s FREE* if you place (or have already placed!) a PAID preorder for

THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO.We’re printing a limited quantity of this new Kuttner story, so Do. Not. Delay.This also means more good news:

THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO is printed and we have approved the finished copies (whew!). We will begin shipping the books when we are recovered from exhibiting at this week’s WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION in Columbus, Ohio.

Meanwhile, here’s what you get in THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR:


The Watcher at the Door: The Early Kuttner, Vol. Two
by Henry Kuttner
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Foreword by Robert A. Madle
Introduction by Dr. Garyn G. Roberts
Cover by Jon Arfstrom
ISBN: 978-1893887824
712-pg Hardcover
$45.00

Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines that specialized in the weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre. Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic “The Graveyard Rats,” Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Thrilling Mystery, and others.
Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with that magazine’s premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu Mythos” and two are presented in THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: “Hydra” and “The Hunt.”
At this point in his still-young career, Kuttner had cracked the science fiction market and was steadily publishing in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Science Fiction, and made his first sale to the new prestigious fantasy magazine, Unknown.
In the course of writing the stories collected in this volume, Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore on June 7, 1940 (in New York with artist Virgil Finlay as Best Man).
     THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is the second volume in a three-volume “Early Kuttner” set collecting many of Kuttner’s earliest stories, most of which have never been reprinted.

CONTENTS:
Foreword by Robert A. Madle
Introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D.
We Are the Dead, Weird Tales, Apr ’37
The Case of Herbert Thorp, Weird Tales, Nov ’37
The Transgressor, Weird Tales, Feb ’39
Hydra, Weird Tales, Apr ’39
Murder for Fun, Thrilling Mystery, May ’39
The Watcher at the Door, Weird Tales, May ’39
The Hunt, Strange Stories, Jun ’39
“Telepathy Is News!”, Science Fiction, Jun ’39
Death Is Where You Find It, Thrilling Mystery, Jul ’39
The Curse of the Crocodile, Strange Stories, Aug ’39
The Misguided Halo, Unknown, Aug ’39
The Devil’s Brood, Thrilling Mystery, Sep ’39
Corpse Castle, Thrilling Mystery, Nov ’39
Towers of Death, Weird Tales, Nov ’39
Suicide Squad, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Dec ’39
Death Has Three Sisters, Thrilling Mystery, Jan ’40
When New York Vanished, Startling Stories, Mar ’40
All Is Illusion, Unknown, Apr ’40
Beauty and the Beast, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr ’40
Pegasus, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, May ’40
50 Miles Down, Fantastic Adventures, May ’40
Improbability, Astonishing Stories, Jun ’40
The Room of Souls, Strange Stories, Jun ’40
The Mad Virus, Science Fiction, Jun ’40
Dr. Cyclops, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun ’40
Time to Kill, Strange Stories, Jun ’40
No Man’s World, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug ’40
The Seal of Sin, Strange Stories, Aug ’40
World Without Air, Fantastic Adventures, Aug ’40
The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt, Fantastic Adventures, October ’40

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Posted in Events,News,Newsletter on October 26, 2016 @ 2:26 pm | Comments Off

Haffner Press Newsletter – October 19, 2016

 


 In This Issue: October 19, 2016 
  Hey everybody.
  A very somber newsletter this time around. In the world of entertainment, 2016 has seen far too many of our most talented performers leave us. Recently, several folks who played a large part with Haffner Press have passed away. We pay tribute to these gentlemen, and hope that you find time to learn more about these men and their contributions to the genre that we all love.
                                      —Stephen Haffner

•  David A. Kyle(1919 – 2016)
•  Robert Weinberg(1942- 2016)
•  Barry Levin(1946 – 2016)
•  Ed Gorman (1941 – 2016)

David A. Kyle (1919-2016)


    
Certainly not by his own choice, but David A. Kyle was the unofficial godfather of Haffner Press. Full details are found in this interview from 2002 HERE. Suffice to say, without David Kyle, you wouldn’t be reading this newsletter.
Kyle was one of the early SF fans in the 1930s, attended the first Worldcon in 1939, and was a member of the legendary group, The Futurians.
     Following service in World War II, Kyle managed a New York radio station. In 1948, with Martin Greenberg, Kyle founded Gnome Press in 1948, ultimately publishing published dozens of volumes of classic sf in hardcover for the first time. Gnome Press went under in 1962.
     In
1956,
Kyle chaired the 14th World Science Fiction Convention (NyCon II), inspiring the fan catchphrase, “Dave Kyle says you can’t sit here.” He was created a Knight of The Order of Saint Fantony in 1961, and was awarded the Big Heart Award in 1973. Kyle was also Fan Guest of Honor at ConStellation, the 41st World Science Fiction Convention, in 1983.
     He wrote two pictorial histories of science fiction (A Pictorial History of Science Fiction and The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Ideas and Dreams) and three licensed novels set in the Lensman universe (The Dragon Lensman, Lensman from Rigel, and Z-Lensman).

     I last saw David at Readercon 2015 in Boston. He was admiring the ARC of MURDER DRAWS A CROWD by Fredric Brown. After a moment’s pause he looked up and said: “I used to play chess with him.”
     David Kyle
died at the age of 97 on September 18, 2016
Links: Obituary from File770
Wikipedia entry on David A. Kyle
Kyle’s Lensmen novels from Red Jacket Press
Some of Kyle’s writing from the fanzine MIMOSA


Robert Weinberg (1942-2016)


     Bob Weinberg, at one time or another, wore nearly every hat possible in science fiction: Author (novels, stories, comic books, and non-fiction), Editor, Publisher, Bookseller, Distributor, Collector, Art Dealer, Agent, and those are the ones that spring to mind.
     I first knew of Bob as the author of THE WEIRD TALES STORY (Fax, 1977), a beautiful book chock of full of the history of Weird Tales magazine.
While Bob had sold the inventory and mailing list of his and Phyllis’ (his wife) mail-order business WEINBERG BOOKS, he still maintained a tight connection with publishers, dealers, and fellow art collectors. His collection (books, magazines, original artwork) was one of the finest in the world.
    
At my first PulpCon in 1997, I aggressively bid for all six issues of Bob‘s fanzine, THE WEIRD TALES COLLECTOR. Armed with this, I began my quest for a complete file of Edmond Hamilton’s stories (as payback, I invited Bob to write the introduction to the
first volume of Collected Hamilton, THE METAL GIANTS AND OTHERS in 2009).
     One of my favorite memories of Bob was at PulpCon in 2004. The show was pretty much a bust for shopping until a new vendor set up right next to my table and began unboxing his wares. Well, a feeding frenzy broke out (this guy’s stuff was priced to MOVE!), and I spied Bob (bad legs and all) on all fours underneath this dealer‘s table a going through the merchandise. Lo and behold, he comes up for air holding a mint copy of Howard Browne’s A TASTE OF ASHES. Now, I had a copy of this, but not in jacket. IIRC, Bob snagged it for a mere $20. He immediately saw my disappointment. Hours later, the dealers’ room is closed and were all trooping to the hotel elevators. Bob and I cross paths and he says: “I’ll let you have the Browne book for $60.”  SOLD! 
     Bob Weinberg
died at the age of 70 on September 25, 2016

     I first encountered Barry Levin’s name via his classified advertisement in LOCUS magazine for BARRY R. LEVIN BOOKS in Santa Monica, California. In a pre-ebay era, Barry’s printed catalogues were full of wonders and rarities. When fortune smiled on me in 1996, I found myself with an all-expenses-paid three-day trip to San Francisco. With some finagling, I was able to stretch this into 3 days in SF and 5 days in Los Angeles for the same week as L.A. CON III, the 54th World Science Fiction Convention. While most business were shut for the Labor Day holiday, Barry’s store was open and we spent hours getting acquainted and looking over his inventory.
Barry was one of the first dealers to carry Haffner Press books, and I will never forget the day when he called placing an order. Suddenly, my little lark to make a book or two made that quantum leap from dream to reality.
My favorite “Barry-story” was his recalling his early days in bookselling and entertaining two local writers, Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett. In the store, Barry had a copy of the Summer 1943 issue of CAPTAIN FUTURE. According Barry, Hamilton says that the artist (Earle K. Bergey) said: “You know, Ed, you have the face of a villain.” So, if you squint your eyes, you may imagine Hamilton pictured as the threatening bird-man. I’ll leave it to you if the defending woman isn’t a dead-ringer for a young Leigh Brackett.
Barry R. Levin died on September 14, 2016 at the age of 70.
Links:
The website for Barry Levin Books
Obituary for Barry Levin at FILE 770


Ed Gorman (1941-2016)


     Ed Gorman was a writer’s writer. He wrote in nearly every genre (mystery, crime, horror, western, comics, etc.) except science fiction, but he was a sf-fan of the first strip going back to his teenage years. Ed and I exchanged many, many emails about our mutual love of late-50s science fiction adventures by Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, John Brunner, etc.
Additionally,
he edited over 20 anthologies and co-founded MYSTERY SCENE magazine Robert Randisi in 1985. For more than ten years he blogged about upcoming books at his site: http://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com and it was always and honor when he gave Haffner Press a shout-out.
     Ed Gorman wrote the introduction to our forthcoming omnibus, THE MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore.

Recognitions:
Life Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America
The International Horror Writers Award
Numerous nominations for the Edgar Award

Ed Gorman died on October 14, 2016 at the age of 74.

Links:
Ed Gorman’s entry on Wikipedia
https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/10/ed.html
http://billcrider.blogspot.com/2016/10/ed-gorman-r-i-p.html
http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2016/10/ed-gorman.html


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Posted in Events,News,Newsletter on October 18, 2016 @ 3:23 pm | Comments Off

Haffner Press Newsletter – August 4, 2016 – Wandrei, Brown, and Kuttner!



 In This Issue: August 4, 2016
COMPLETE IVY FROST gets more guts!
Status on Fredric Brown Titles!
THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is Off and Running!
• What’s MICHAEL GRAY Up To?

THE COMPLETE IVY FROST gets more guts!

The assembly of Donald Wandrei’s colossal 744-page collection of all 18 stories of sleuth IVY FROST and his partner Jean Moray (from the pages of CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES) passed another hurdle with the recent delivery of the interior art by Chris Kalb!Chris has re-purposed the original black and whitepulp illos for each story as double-page spreads opening each tale. They are simply fantastic!

The introduction by Wandrei expert D.H. Olson is in hand and all that remains is the last proofreaders pass on three remaining stories with a final touch-up on the magazine covers reproduced on the full-color endpapers.

Are you in?

$40.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*


Sample Title Spread

Sample Title Spread

Sample Endpaper Layout

Placeholder Cover
And remember!

THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
is also offered as part of a 3-book combo with THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR and THE MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES with an exclusive chapbook for $125.00. Details at the top left of the HAFFNER PRESS home page.

Chapbook Contents

“Revelations in Green”by Donald Wandrei
a new “Cyrus Northnovelette
“Murder Among Magicians”by Manly Wade Wellman
an unreprinted mystery

“Murder’s Handyman”by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
a “Johnny Curtain” mystery



Status on Fredric Brown Titles!


  Not much news on the Fredric Brown front: As noted before, Volume One, MURDER DRAWS A CROWD was initially printed in December 2015, but the quality was so poor that we rejected the finished inventory and the printer refused to mount a second effort that would meet our (and your) expectations. Since then, we’ve been looking for a new printer whom we feel can get the job done.
  Failry soon, we will be giving a different printer the job to make THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO. If all goes well, we will
send Vol. One and Vol. Two of the FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY to this printer at the same time. Ideally, these Browns will be ready in the 4th quarter.  Meanwhile, follow[THIS LINK] to enjoy one of Brown’s very first stories: Blood of the Dragon” from Detective Yarns, February 1939
.


So . . . THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is Off and Running


We’re happy to report that we’ve run out of things to do to make the second volume of Henry Kuttner’s early stories THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR ready for the bindery, so this 700+ page treasure is heading down the birthing process. The ambition is to release the book at the 2016 World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio in the last week of October.

(See the reminder above that this title is also available as part of a 3-book Combo.)


What’s MICHAEL GRAY Up To?

  With the rigamarole in getting the Fredric Brown titles back on track, this omnibus of four 1950s mystery novels, THE MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore, has been pushed down the publication list.We can report that aside from acquiring new cover art (the image at left is a placeholder; yeah, we know it says “Henry Kutter”…), we are in possession of the proofread manuscript, the Ed Gorman introduction, and the finished interior design.

We are soon to send out an offer to a new cover artist and hope to hear back some good news.

(See the reminder above that this title is also available as part of a 3-book Combo.)

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Haffner Press Newsletter – Shipping Update & Brackett News! July 29, 2016


• Shipping Update on Recent Orders New Combo Offer for Leigh Brackett Titles
Lorelei of the Red Mist – SIGNED
Williamson Lectureship Book
Update on Retro Hugo Award status for Darker Than You Think” by Jack Williamson

Shipping Update on Recent Orders

  A big thank you to all who partook of the Bump-n-Ding sale offered earlier this month. FYI, this offer will continue until all the buggered inventory has been depleted. In fact, the demand for single-copy orders exhausted our on-hand supply of single copy-sized shipping cartons (apologies to those of you who received a rather large box for a single book!) and we are now pleased to say that tomorrow will see the last of the outstanding orders shipped! <whew!>




New Leigh Brackett Combo!
In addition to containing “They,” a brand-new Leigh Brackett story, the contents of the LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL book continue to grow. So, it seems a natural to offer a combo of it, THE BOOK OF STARK, and our most recent Brackett title, SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS. Ordering the combo will put you first in line as well as lock-in your total price for:


LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL is still being offered at $25, but with the addition of new content, the final price will certainly be higher. Wait until you see what we uncovered! (Keep Watching the Skies, indeed!)THE BOOK OF STARK is still holding at $45 and we hope to have news of who will be providing the introduction very soon (fingers-crossed!). As you may gather, this massive tome collects the fourEric John Stark” stories, the three novels of the “Skaith” series, and will be the first appearance of Brackett’s outline for a new Stark novel that she abandoned in 1977 to take on the screenwriting duties for the sequel to STAR WARS. The dustjacket and endpapers are provided by Raymond Swanland.SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARSis the third and final volume collecting all Brackett’s science fiction stories published in her lifetime. At nearly 600 pages, it’s a excellent addition to your library; many stories being reprinted for the first time and nearly as many appearing in their first hardcover appearance. The cover art is by Frank Kelly Freas and illustrated endpapers are by Ed Emshwiller. Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey provides the introduction.$110.00
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LORELEI OF THE RED MIST – LTD ED.
by Leigh Brackett
Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas
Preface by Ray Bradbury
Introduction by
Harry Turtledoveley
496-page hardcover with custom chapbook
and matching slipcase

In sifting our inventory for bumped-n-dinged books, we uncovered a small quantity of the slipcased edition of LORELEI OF THE RED MIST(signed by the author of the introduction, Harry Turtledove, on a Frank Kelly Freas-illustrated limitation sheet) with slipcases! Better still: we also found surplus copies of the 70-page chapbook, BRACKETT TALES! Internally formatted to mimic the design of the original Planet Stories pulp magazine, BRACKETT TALES is chock full of vintage goodies:a facsimile reprint of “Lorelei of the Red Mist” from its first appearance in 1946, two rare fanzine works by Brackett (one short story and one essay), and correspondence between Brackett and Ray Bradbury from the early 40s through the 1970s. The 100-copy state of this edition sold out years ago—these copies will be marked “P/C” on the limitation sheet.$150.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*

JACK WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP BOOK
Edited b
y Patrice Caldwell & Stephen Haffner
Introduction by Frank Cioffi
Trade Paperback
374 pages

With the Jack Williamson Lectureship celebrating 40 years this past spring, we’ll take this opportunity to hep you to this amazingly affordable book from 2011. A collection of speeches from various Lectureship guests from 1977-2011, the book features contributions from such luminaries as:
James Gunn
Robert Silverberg
Frederik Pohl
Stephen R. Donaldson
Joe Haldeman
C.J. Cherryh
Tim Powers
Connie Willis
Nalo Hopkinson

Also included is one of Jack’s last stories: “Dream of Earth” (2004) and a gallery of posters for earlier Lectureships
.
$19.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*


Finally, as you may have read elsewhere, the administrators of the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards have declared that “ ‘Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson was mistakenly categorized as a novelette. The story is a novella, but did not receive enough nominations to be a finalist as a novella.  It has been marked as not eligible. The novelette “Vault of the Beast” by A. E. Van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1940) should have been listed as the 5th finalist and has been added to the Retro ballot.”

Well, that’s unhappy news. :(   However, we still want *you* to be happy so, as promised, we will continue tooffer THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON (with the “novella”-length version of “Darker Than You Think”) for the discounted price of $35 until Labor Day:

THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON:
A Centennial Tribute—1908-2008

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover art by Vincent Di Fate
Foreword by Frederik Pohl
Introduction by James Gunn
Smythe-sewn hardcover
720 pages
$35.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*

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Posted in Events,News,Newsletter on July 29, 2016 @ 5:01 pm | Comments Off

Haffner Press Newsletter – Special Bump ‘n Ding Sale!! – July 5, 2016

 

 

 In This Issue: July 5, 2016

• •  Special Bump ‘n Ding SALE on select titles!!  • •
 
  We hope all of you had a happy and safe Fourth of July weekend. This past weekend also brought a taking of inventory and it‘s time to put the following books back out into the wild. These books are still in their factory shrinkwrap, but suffer some minor flaw. Whether it’s misaligned dustjackets from the bindery or a number of corner bumps or scuffs from handling when working their way through the distribution pipeline, here is an EXCELLENT chanceto get the titles (including some out-of-print books!) at a bargain price.
So, getting to it, here’s what we have. Prices included FREE shipping via Media Mail to Continental USA address. For AK, HI, and International customers, please contact us at info@haffnerpress.com for a shipping quote.  Enjoy!


THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, Volume Three
by Edmond Hamilton
Cover art by Earle K. Bergey
Introduction by Chuck Juzek
Smythe-sewn hardcover
698 pages

Four novels of the Solar System‘s ace-protector, Captain Future and the Futuremen!$27.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*



REIGN OF THE ROBOTS: THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, Volume Four
by Edmond Hamilton
Cover art by Frank R. Paul
Introduction by Mike Ashley
Smythe-sewn hardcover
696 pages


More tales of stellar war and mad scientists run amok. No one did it better than Hamilton!

$27.00
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THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE
b
y Manly Wade Wellman
Cover art by Raymond Swanland
Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
Smythe-sewn hardcover
640 pages

Even mis-centered dustjackets fail to diminish the desirability of this amazing collection!

$90.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*

TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION
Edited by Robert Silverberg
Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas
Smythe-sewn hardcover
400 pages

An excellent curated collection of 1950s SF by the man who was on the scene! Oh, and it has monsters, too!

$22.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*

WIZARD’S ISLE, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, Volume Three
Cover art by Marget Brundage
Foreword by Ray Bradbury
Smythe-sewn hardcover
540 pages

Williamson was already a superstar when he wrote these tales for ASTOUNDING STORIES and WEIRD TALES!
$35.00
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SEVENTY-FIVE: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer
by Jack Williamson
Edited
by Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann
Foreword by Connie Willie
Introduction by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Smythe-sewn hardcover
608 pages

A big coffee table-sized book that will challenge the dimensions of your bookcase and your imagination!

$30.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*

And, while we have your attention, remember that we are offering THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON until Labor Day:

THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON:
A Centennial Tribute—1908-2008

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover art by Vincent Di Fate
Foreword by Frederik Pohl
Introduction by James Gunn
Smythe-sewn hardcover
720 pages
$35.00
W/FREE SHIPPING*


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Posted in News,Newsletter on July 5, 2016 @ 1:38 pm | Comments Off

Haffner Press Newsletter – March 10, 2015

 In This Issue: March 10, 2015
    •  Jack Williamson Lectureship Updates
    •  Jack Williamson Video & Audio
    •  Correction on Signed Connie Willis
    •  Upcoming Releases

 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Readings from the Words of Jack Williamson
Tuesday, April 7th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading with Visiting Authors
Thursday, April 9th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading by Guest of Honor, Paolo Bacigalupi
Friday, April 10th, 9:30 – 11 a.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Lectureship Luncheon
Friday, April 10th, 11:45 a.m.
ENMU, Campus Union Ballroom (lunch tickets are $10

Williamson Lectureship Panels
Friday, April 10th, 3 – 6 p.m.
ENMU Golden Library Special Collections

Young Writers Workshop
Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. Noon
Portales Public Library (reservations required)

   Everyone is welcome to attend the panels at Special Collections in Golden Library from 3-6 p.m. where writers, guests, and audience will discuss and debate topics in science fiction and fantasy.
Reservations for the lectureship luncheon can be made by calling 575.562.2315 or emailing Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu. The price is $10, payable at the door.  Reservations must be received by Monday, April 6th.
For aspiring young writers, a special workshop will be offered by authors Connie Willis and Steven Gould at the Portales Public Library on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to Noon. Participants are encouraged to reserve a space by contacting the Portales Library, 218 S Avenue B, in Portales, at (575) 356-3940.
For more information, call 575.562.2315 or contact Patrice Caldwell at Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu


We’re VERY happy to share this 2003 VIDEO and 1977 AUDIO:
Dr. Christopher Stasheff’s 2003 video interview w/Jack Williamson (YouTube)
1977 interview with Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl (link opens an mp3 file)



Williamson Warehouse find!!

In our last email, we shared that we found two cartons (20 copies) of AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME EIGHT. What we neglected to share is that these copies are SIGNED by Connie Willis (author of the introduction). Published in 2011 and out of print, we are offering these on a first-come first-served basis at $45 ea. (NET to all)  Right now, we have 8 copies left.(FYI: a few copies of the 1/75 slipcased edition signed by Connie Willis, initialed by artist Ralph McQuarrie and bearing a mounted Jack Williamson autograph are still available).

These Jack Williamson titles are also available, but are VERY low in stock . . .

Seventy-Five:
The Diamond Anniversary
of a Science Fiction Pioneer

The Worlds of Jack Williamson:
A Centennial Tribute
(1908-2008)

In Memory of Wonder’s Child
35 Years of the Williamson Lectureship

UPCOMING RELEASES
MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
by Fredric Brown

They say the third time’s a charm—well, we certainly hope so as we have a again selected a printer we trust can handle this job. Look for this 744-page bundle of awesome to debut at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show on April 17th.  Meanwhile check out the ordering page for MURDER DRAWS A CROWDfor a sneak-peek at some of the interior illustrations and the decorated endpapers.Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45, so you can save $5 by preordering at $40.
THE MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES
by Henry Kuttner & Catherine L. Moore

Nearly everything is in hand to bring this 4-novel omnibus to you. Once we have Fredric Brown’s MURDER DRAWS A CROWD under our belt and out in the wild, this is the next title to go to press. NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo of Horror & Detective titles that features an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage for details.Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45,so you can save$5 by preordering at $40
THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
by Howard Wandrei

Work continues on this blockbuster of 18 novelettes (especially cover titling and illustrated two-page spreads for each story!). Prepare to be astonished! NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo of Horror & Detective titles that features an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage for details.Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45,so you can save$5 by preordering at $40
THE SIX SLEEPERS: THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FIVE
Have no fear, fellow Hamilton-heads! We’re working hard on what is likely the highest quality collection of Hamilton stories yet! You “Kaldar” fans should be very happy! NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo for REIGN OF THE ROBOTS: THE COLLECTED HAMILTON, VOL. FOUR and COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOL. THREE with an exclusive chapbook, TIGER GIRL. See the Haffner Press homepage for details.Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45, so you can save $5 by preordering at $40


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Special-Sale

 

ENDS AUGUST 6th!

We’ll have a newsletter in July with updates on the goings-on here at the Secret Moon Base, but we want to capitalize on the number of good notices the Press and our authors have been getting recently:


Striking while the iron is hot (so the saying goes), we’re offering the following seven titles at a 40% discount until August 6th.The only catch: we’re asking for a  minimum of four books per order (you may order multiple copies of the same title):

was $40, now $24 was $40, now $24 was $40, now $24 was $40, now $24
was $50, now $30 was $40, now $24 was $32, now $19.20 Not on sale, but
still 
a deal at $35

Shipping via Media Mail is $2.00 per book. Because of the Paypal ordering system, you’ll see this $2/book already added to the ADD TO ORDER button on each book’s ordering page. *AK, HI, and International orders should contact us for a shipping quote.

 

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Haffner Press Newsletter – November 3, 2012

In This Issue:   November 3, 2012

•   JOHN THUNSTONE at the printer

•   Glen Orbik on HALO FOR HIRE
•   Edmond Hamilton Updates
•   Jack Williamson #8 OOP and others are low!!
•   Fredric Brown News
JOHN THUNSTONE at the printer
    Manly Wade Wellman’s THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE is finally on its way to the printer.
Since announcing this 672-page title last year, we’ve really been packing in the extra goodies that we hope will make this one of your favorite books of all time:
Cover art & endsheets by Raymond Swanland
Interior artwork by George Evans from LONELY VIGILS for these tales
Chris Kalb-designed cover titles
Introduction by Grandmaster Ramsey Campbell

What more could you want? Read on:


We have secured 100 Manly Wade Wellman autographs for the book’s 100-copy Slipcased Edition!
The slipcased edition is also signed by Campbell, Swanland and will feature two dustjackets WITH an exclusive chapbook of Wellman’s “Judge Pursuivant” stories (published in Weird Tales as by “Gans T. Fields”) also illustrated by Evans and featuring the cover from the 1946 UK edition of these stories, ROMANCE IN BLACK.

Romance in Black

We are also preparing a 26-copy LETTERED edition which will also bear a Wellman autograph, along with some extra material that we will share in the near future.

Thunstone

Raymond<br />
                                                          Swanland art<br />
                                                          for JOHN<br />
                                                          THUNSTON

Edmond Hamilton Updates
    We just received the proofreaders’ corrections to the manuscripts for CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME THREE and THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FOUR. All other materials needed to complete these books are on hand, so look for these soon.  Robert A. Madle is working on his introduction to THE SIX SLEEPERS and we expect Volume Five ready to go soon after.

Edmond Hamilton combo<br />
                                                          madle ashley<br />
                                                          harrison

 

Fredric Brown News!
 
    Work continues on the first two volumes of the FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY. This undertaking turned out to be more daunting the we expected!  We finally have all the texts necessary for these two volumes, but we’re having our proofreaders work against the original pulp magazines!
Tracking down and securing all these publications was very time-consuming, but the added bonus will be the inclusion of the original pulp interior illustrations.  Not all such illos were masterpieces, but there are plenty of gems and we’re going to include them all for you.
The links below will detail the contents of the first two volumes:

MURDER DRAWS A CROWD: VOLUME ONE
DEATH IN THE DARK: VOLUME TWO
Fredric<br />
                                                          Brown
 Glen Orbik on HALO FOR HIRE
    GLEN ORBIK will be doing the cover art for HALO FOR HIRE, the collection of all the “Paul Pine Mysteries” by HOWARD BROWNE.

If you’re a fan of vintage genre fiction (if you’re not, why are you receiving this update?), you’ve surely seen Glen’s artwork on a multitude of book covers, posters, comic books, etc.

Glen has done work for DC Comics, Vertigo, Marvel Comics, Warner Bros., Clampett Studios, Universal Pictures, Sony, Avon Books, Berkley Books Del Rey, Hard Case Crime, and more!

We hope you agree that Glen Orbik is the PERFECT choice for HALO FOR HIRE!

Glen<br />
                                                          Orbik
Jack Williamson #8 OOP and others are low!
    Following brisk sales at Chicon V, we have to report that another volume in THE COLLECTED STORIES JACK WILLIAMSON has gone out of print. AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, the eighth and final volume of the series, joins these titles in the OOP column:
VOL. 1: THE METAL MAN AND OTHERS
VOL. 2: WOLVES OF DARKNESS
VOL. 5: THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER
VOL. 6: GATEWAY TO PARADISE

We still have copies of AT THE HUMAN LIMIT signed by Connie Willis for $45 with $5 of each copy sold benefiting the Lincoln Park Branch Library of the High Plains Library District in Greeley, CO.
The remaining volumes:
VOL. 3: WIZARD’S ISLE
VOL. 4: SPIDER ISLAND
VOL. 7: WITH FOLDED HANDS . . .

are in VERY short supply!
Willamson Volume Eight
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Haffner Press Newsletter August 23, 2012

In This Issue:   August 23, 2012

•   COMPLETE THUNSTONE Update

•   Tales From Super-Science Fiction

•   Updated Early Bird Special #1

•   Sgn’d JW Books-Haldeman, Swanwick, etc. 
•   Thunder in the Void – Now with Resnick!
•   OOPs – Out of Print Notices
COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE Update
Originally slated for release this summer, we are pushing the publication of THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE by Manly Wade Wellman back to December 2012.  Why?  Check this out:
We have uncovered more original artwork by George Evans for these tales by Wellman.
We have employed Chris Kalb to design a new design for the cover titles.
We have enlisted Grandmaster Ramsey Campbell to write an original introduction. (Oh, yeah!)
We have secured 100 Manly Wade Wellman autographs for the book’s 100-copy Slipcased Edition!
The slipcased edition will also feature two dustjackets AND an exclusive chapbook of Wellman’s “Judge Pursuivant” stories (published in Weird Tales as by “Gans T. Fields”) also illustrated by Evans and featuring the cover from the 1946 UK edition of these stories, ROMANCE IN BLACK.
We are also preparing a 26-copy leather-bound LETTERED edition which will also bear a Wellman autograph, along with some extra material that we will share in the near future.

Look for our next e-Newsletter where we will announce the contents of the Bonus Chapbook for preorders of THUNSTONE, IVY FROST and MICHAEL GRAY!
 

Thunder in the Void

Romance in Black
UPDATE ON EARLY BIRD SPECIAL #1
Bonus<br />
                                                          chapbook super<br />
                                                          science<br />
                                                          fiction<br />
                                                          thunder in the<br />
                                                          voidTo those that took advantage of the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL for preordering THUNDER IN THE VOID, TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION and AT THE HUMAN LIMIT (or HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON/MAN ABOUT TIME) you are entitled to the exclusive chapbook SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION which features the following:

“Creatures of the Green Slime” by James Rosenquest from the June 1959 issue of Super-Science Fiction
Book Reviews by Jack Williamson of works by Clarke, Wells, Boucher, Huxley, Heinlein, Aldiss, Asimov, and more!
“Ironing Board Derby” by Henry Kuttner & Arthur K. Barnes – a rare, non-genre collaboration from the pages of Popular Sports, June 1939

The chapbook is currently in the proofreading stage and will shipping in a few weeks.
 

 

SIGNED COPIES!!! of THUNDER IN THE VOID by Henry Kuttner
Mike Resnick was the Guest of Honor at Pulpfest 2012 this summer in Columbus, OH and he signed several copies of THUNDER IN THE VOID by Henry Kuttner (Mike wrote the learned and erudite introduction).

While supplies last, we will ship these autographed copies of THUNDER IN THE VOID for the regular $40 price.  If you don’t want an autographed copy (really?), let us know with your order and you’ll receive one of the shrink-wrapped unsigned copies.

This book is a massive collection of 16 fun and exciting Space Opera stories originally printed in Astonishing Stories, Super Science Stories, and Planet Stories with original and unpublished story, “The Interplanetary Limited.”  How cool is that?
 

Thunder in the Void
TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION
Only a few months in release, TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION has gotten A LOT of good press and you can read it here:
http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2012/07/paul-di-filippo-reviews-super-science-fiction/
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-893887-88-6

http://www.librarything.com/work/11769861/reviews

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/tales-super-science-fiction

http://www.blackgate.com/2012/07/05/new-treasures-tales-from-super-science-fiction-edited-by-robert-silverberg/

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/aug_12.htm#Fantasy

http://georgekelley.org/?p=12151

Keep Watching the Skies for an announcement of Robert Silverberg’s NEXT anthology for Haffner Press!


Grok these endpapers:

Endpaper 1  Endpaper 1

 

Tales From Super Science Fiction
Signed Williamson Books – now with Clute, Haldeman & Swanwick!
Vampire Master Vampire MasterHaffner Press exhibited at Readercon in Boston for the first time this summer and we were able to add the autographs of John Clute, Joe Haldeman, and Michael Swanwick to IN MEMORY OF WONDER’S CHILD, the $15 chapbook honoring Jack Williamson and Joe Haldeman added his signature to the remaining copies of the $19 celebration: THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE JACK WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP.
We plan to add more contributors signatures to the remaining inventory of these two amazing books at Chicon 7 Worldcon next week!

 

OOPs – OUT-OF-PRINT NOTICES
Vampire Master Lorelei of the Red Mist Lorelei of the Red Mist Lorelei of the Red Mist

The trade hardcover editions of THE VAMPIRE MASTER AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR and LORELEI OF THE RED MIST are now OUT OF PRINT. The Deluxe Slipcased editions of these two books are available HERE and HERE, but quantities are limited.
 

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April 30, 2012 Newsletter

In This Issue:   April 30, 2012
•   Collected FREDRIC BROWN Contents
•   TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION Update

•   THUNDER IN THE VOID is shipping

•   EDMOND HAMILTON Combo (new premium)!
Collected FREDRIC BROWN Contents

Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to post the contents to the first two volumes of LOADED: THE COLLECTED FREDRIC BROWN!  Click the images to view the ordering/contents page.

Fredric Brown Volume One from Haffner Press    Fredric Brown Volume Two from Haffner Press

These volumes may be preordered separately, but we encourage you to take advantage of the COMBO for these two books with HALO FOR HIRE: THE COMPLETE PAUL PINE MYSTERIES by Howard Browne and save $15.

THUNDER IN THE VOID is shipping
 

Thunder in the VoidUpon return from the Williamson Lectureship, we shipped over 600 copies of the inventory for THUNDER IN THE VOID.

If you don’t have yours on order yet, we suggest you hurry up!

Thanks in advance to all of you who preordered. After all, how often is it that you can read a never-before-published work by Henry Kuttner?

Meanwhile, you can get another gander at THUNDER IN THE VOID at its dedicated Facebook page HERE:  We’ll keep adding ephemera and content for the foreseeable future.


TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION at the printer
 
Tales                                                           From                                                           Super-Science                                                           FictionMeanwhile, Robert Silverberg’s TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION is at the printer and we expect finished copies in 3-4 weeks.

The retail price is $32.00, but you can receive it for $30 when you take advantage of the SPECIAL COMBO OFFER with THUNDER IN THE VOID, HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON and Receive an exclusive bonus chapbook:

Henry Kuttner Combo
Edmond Hamilton Discovery
Edmond Hamilton Day                                                           PostcardWe uncovered a small cache of these double-sided postcards that were prepared to celebrate the first EDMOND HAMILTON DAY back on July 18, 2009.

Rather than toss them out or attempt to archive them, we’ve decided that we’re going to include them with all preorders of the Combo Offer for HAMILTON VOLS. 4 & 5, CAPT. FUTURE VOL. 3 and Tiger Girl as offered on the homepage www.haffnerpress.com

Edmond                                                           Hamilton                                                           Combo
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