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Post by Johnlprobert on Nov 14, 2012 15:30:20 GMT
finally the series has appeal for those lovely people who only buy collectable books! I think it was a mistake not to number the volumes. Seriously. Some people would then have felt compelled to collect the entire series. I am not saying I am like that. Perhaps a little bit. I do think that's a good idea. Certainly there are a couple of Fantasy & SF Masterworks that I bought just to keep the collection complete (and with their unpleasant-looking new yellow imprint I now don't have to bother as they've stopped).
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Post by mattofthespurs on Nov 14, 2012 15:54:16 GMT
I'm exactly the same. I bought the Masterworks SCI-FI series up to number 70 and then stopped because the next ones did not match.
I do love a uniform collection.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 14, 2012 17:18:31 GMT
I'm exactly the same. I bought the Masterworks SCI-FI series up to number 70 and then stopped because the next ones did not match. I do love a uniform collection. I bet it must have driven you nuts when they changed the design. Don't tell me you haven't at least been tempted to nab all the reissues in the new format. What were those earlier difficulties? 2011Dunno if it'll make an atom of difference, but I could try blogging/tweeting about it. If only they had a Facebook page or Twitter account: somewhere like that where people can visibly register support. (Which they don't, unless I'm overlooking something really obvious. Seems an odd omission for a publisher, nowadays.) Hmm. yes, facebook and twitter would be a good idea, but incredibly, the staff behind the entire Wordsworth operation amounts to all of three people, so it must often seem as though there aren't enough hours in the day as it is. There was a blogspot up until quite recently, but that didn't receive a great deal of response.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Nov 14, 2012 17:57:46 GMT
Didn't drive me nuts. Just pissed me off no end
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Post by mattfinucane on Nov 14, 2012 18:09:11 GMT
yes, facebook and twitter would be a good idea, but incredibly, the staff behind the entire Wordsworth operation amounts to all of three people, so it must often seem as though there aren't enough hours in the day as it is. There was a blogspot up until quite recently, but that didn't receive a great deal of response. Right - that makes sense (useful as they can be, Facebook & Twitter are, as everyone knows, also a potentially massive time-wasting arse-ache). I never realized it was such a small operation; hats off to em, makes what they've achieved all the more impressive.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 14, 2012 19:00:10 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 14, 2012 20:07:18 GMT
I hope you do and that you enjoy it as much as I have! A strong selection and a very informative commentary running throughout. Thanks Dem! As you say, there aren't many ghost stories in it. The first story is a vampire tale from the 1860s set in London, and the last story is a werewolf tale set in the Middle Ages, both by virtually unknown women writers, so it should be of interest.
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Post by jayaprakash on Nov 15, 2012 1:24:02 GMT
I've tweeted and mentioned it on facebook. The Black Book Of Horror twitter account retweeted me, so hopefully word is getting around. Will rinse and repeat (I'm jayaprakash_s on twitter).
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Post by dem bones on Nov 15, 2012 17:37:15 GMT
I've tweeted and mentioned it on facebook. The Black Book Of Horror twitter account retweeted me, so hopefully word is getting around. Will rinse and repeat (I'm jayaprakash_s on twitter). That's the way to do it. I've got to return some books to the library tomorrow so will see if they're up for ordering in a selection as they sure could do with more Sapper, Whitehead, Lewis, Sexton Blake and Aus Ghost Stories on the shelves. When Crowley's The Drug was published, I asked East Side Books in Brick Lane to get me a copy, and they ordered up loads of the back catalogue too, though on a recent visit, noticed they were back to the Wordsworth Classic line. Maybe the classy new design will renew their interest. I even gave a moments thought to reopening my faceache account, but sanity prevailed. Nothing is that important.
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Post by doug on Nov 16, 2012 12:07:56 GMT
I've pasted this all over the FB groups. Pulps, Lovecraft, Horror Literature ect.
I also wrote to the editor of "Black Gate a Magazine" about giving them an on-line plug.
I'll cover it in the blog this weekend, but I'm afraid that most of my visitors are just looking at the scans and not reading. i've linked Wordsworth several times and have no way of knowing if anyone checked them out or not. Gotta do what I can do though. These collections are just too special to let them disappear.
Take care. Doug
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 16, 2012 19:58:18 GMT
I've pasted this all over the FB groups. Pulps, Lovecraft, Horror Literature ect. I also wrote to the editor of "Black Gate a Magazine" about giving them an on-line plug. I'll cover it in the blog this weekend, but I'm afraid that most of my visitors are just looking at the scans and not reading. i've linked Wordsworth several times and have no way of knowing if anyone checked them out or not. Gotta do what I can do though. These collections are just too special to let them disappear. Take care. Doug I'll do my best after this weekend to get something out of my largely noticed web presence. Wordsworth deserve it big time.
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Post by doug on Nov 17, 2012 17:25:13 GMT
I've pasted this all over the FB groups. Pulps, Lovecraft, Horror Literature ect. I also wrote to the editor of "Black Gate a Magazine" about giving them an on-line plug. I'll cover it in the blog this weekend, but I'm afraid that most of my visitors are just looking at the scans and not reading. i've linked Wordsworth several times and have no way of knowing if anyone checked them out or not. Gotta do what I can do though. These collections are just too special to let them disappear. Take care. Doug It looks as though I wrote Black Gate a day late. www.blackgate.com/2012/11/14/vintage-treasures-the-power-of-darkness-tales-of-terror-by-edith-nesbit/take care. Doug
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Post by Mirek on Feb 2, 2013 23:36:05 GMT
In New York, the Wordsworth books are available at the Strand bookstore, which sells discounted books. I'm sorry to see the skull/dripping blood black covers go. The new design just doesn't do it for me. A good number seem garish, and some are even ugly. I wonder how the longtime fans of this series feel about this change.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 3, 2013 0:52:05 GMT
In New York, the Wordsworth books are available at the Strand bookstore, which sells discounted books. I'm sorry to see the skull/dripping blood black covers go. The new design just doesn't do it for me. A good number seem garish, and some are even ugly. I wonder how the longtime fans of this series feel about this change. There was some discussion of just this question in the Henry S. Whitehead thread. Opinions differed, but I prefer the old skull-and-blood design to the red border. Still, it could have been worse--they could have gone with a mauve border. By the way, your "Shonokin Town" avatar is great.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 3, 2013 5:38:27 GMT
In New York, the Wordsworth books are available at the Strand bookstore, which sells discounted books. I'm sorry to see the skull/dripping blood black covers go. The new design just doesn't do it for me. A good number seem garish, and some are even ugly. I wonder how the longtime fans of this series feel about this change. There was some discussion of just this question in the Henry S. Whitehead thread. Opinions differed, but I prefer the old skull-and-blood design to the red border. Still, it could have been worse--they could have gone with a mauve border. By the way, your "Shonokin Town" avatar is great. I liked the black really - the red seemed good but gimmicky. If anything else has happened its probably no good.
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