Every once in a while, in my endless search for hard-to-find books, I come across a deal that seems too good to be true. This time, I found a copy of Jessica Amanda Salmonson’s The Dark Tales for a ridiculously low price. Only 277 copies of this hard copy collection were printed by the United Kingdom’s Sarob Press in 2002 — 225 limited edition copies (one of which I now have), and 52 deluxe/lettered editions.
The Dark Tales assembles 14 of Salmonson’s high fantasy tales “intended to be completely dark and decadent, all set in the same unpleasant world distant in place and time, inspired…by a fondness for the magazine Weird Tales in its classic period.”
It arrived in the mail today. When I opened it, the binding released a string of delicious cracks. It’s truly in pristine condition.
I’m looking forward to this one. My exposure to Salmonson’s work has been largely limited to her edited volumes and her essays. In fact, I’m quite fond of her essay Enjoying Heroic Fantasy, which I wrote about on this site as part of the Return of the Sword blog tour.
Needless to say, I’m thrilled to have found a copy of this book in such good shape, and at such a low price.
March 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm |
Coolness! (I almost got JAS to write for RotB, too, but the timing just didn’t work out).
March 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm |
That would have been outstanding. Too bad it didn’t work out. Don’t worry: I’ll still buy RotB.