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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 19, 2009 13:02:55 GMT
Have just come off the phone with Pan Macmillan and have been told I can now spread the word.
The 1st Pan Book of Horror Stories, originally published in 1959 will be re-issued in a 'paperback original format' in October 2010.
Pan Macmillan have asked me to come on board in the books execution and I am also supplying a short history of the series which will accompany the book, so as to give an introduction to a new audience.
This has taken a long time to iron out, and I'm glad that Pan agreed with me that it would be a good idea but I'm seriously over the f**k**g moon. ;D
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Post by dem on Oct 19, 2009 13:15:18 GMT
i know you've put an awful amount of time and effort into making this happen, so well done on that. would be brilliant if this turns a whole new generation onto proper non-gurly horror stories!
Speaking of proper horror, i've not forgotten you Dr. T., and will be sending for Black Book Of Horror 5 midweek. A little bird told me it's a stormer.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Oct 19, 2009 15:34:40 GMT
Well done Johnny! I'm seriously pleased about this, as I would be about anything that furthers the cause of, as Dem so eloquently puts it, 'non-gurly horror'.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Oct 19, 2009 15:34:44 GMT
Excellent work Jonny.
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 19, 2009 16:09:04 GMT
Wow! Great news, Johnny. Congratulations.
des
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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 19, 2009 17:23:29 GMT
Cheers folks, it's been a very weird year - trying to bring the Pan Horrors back into the 'mainstream' collective conciousness has not been an easy task! Things got quite rough this summer and I nearly walked away from everything - but this has made that moot and I'm now able to sit back and know I've directly done something really good for the series I've idolised since I was a teen. Here's to you Bertie, ya old bugger.  |
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Post by carolinec on Oct 19, 2009 18:22:30 GMT
... Black Book Of Horror 5 .... A little bird told me it's a stormer. Why thank you, Dem - I haven't been called "a little bird" for many a year!  Anyway, Johnny, like I said on the BFS forum, this is great news. Very well done, young fella! ;D |
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Post by terrythomas on Nov 12, 2009 22:14:41 GMT
This is brilliant news!
Thanks for pushing for it ATH, you did good as the Americans say!
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Post by allthingshorror on Nov 24, 2009 19:29:16 GMT
Just to let you all know, I've managed to get a two page spread in the Feb issue of SFX with an article I've written about the Pan Horrors and the re-issue of the first series and the Vault gets a mention in a totally round about indirect way which only people that come here would get..... And next months issue the Jan one that comes out in Dec should hopefully have a nice interview (or more probably a couple of lines) with yours truly talking about the Back from the Dead jobbie.
Am now moving house to Norwich on Friday and transferring the old job, and wont have any internet for a few weeks! Might have to read some books or something...
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 24, 2009 19:44:59 GMT
Good one Johnny
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Post by monker on Nov 29, 2009 9:16:07 GMT
What exactly is "gurly horror"?  |
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Post by noose on May 21, 2010 19:16:19 GMT
The proof (will be some further amendments to the cover)  The promo  The first page of Foreword - uncorrected draft.  And I object to being called a superfan.... |
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Post by David A. Riley on May 21, 2010 19:34:33 GMT
That's an amazing achievement, Johnny. I look forward to seeing this out on the shelves. Incredible!
David
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Post by noose on May 21, 2010 20:08:03 GMT
That's an amazing achievement, Johnny. I look forward to seeing this out on the shelves. Incredible! David Cheers David - second best day of my life, this is. |
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Post by jamesdoig on May 22, 2010 9:55:41 GMT
Great stuff! And I bet a signed proof will be worth something one of these days...  |
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