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Post by dem bones on Sept 26, 2012 20:05:06 GMT
Worth it for the serviette alone which I hope you nicked. Sounds like a great day though. Sounds like a lovely evening! Yes, and well done for flying the Vault flag Mr D! We were invited along to this but it was a school night. And over a hundred miles away. Glad it went well. Hopefully I'll get my contributor copies at some point! Thanks gents. Yes, it was an exciting evening, and a lovely gesture on Stephen Jones' part. Vault ain't exactly a household name even in its own households, but this was a real throwback to the early days; hardly a soul in that room had heard of us, so nothing to live up or down to - it was bloody great! Lord P., I think Mr. Jones has deliberately held back copies until this weekend's launch at FantasyCon (my friend at Robinson maybe wasn't aware of the strategy - for which i'm extremely grateful). As with Zombie Apocalypse, I sense a very real buzz around Fightback, and reckon you, your fellow contributors and fans of the first book are in for a treat. Am looking forward to hearing your verdict. Without giving too much away, there's a lot of cross-referencing between the two volumes, some I nailed, more I didn't (SJ gave me some helpful pointers), and my guess is it leads directly into book three, which would at least account for initial reaction that the plot starts taking drugs toward the end. That's no put down. Zombie Apocalypse: Fightback is as addictive in it's way as Theodore Roszak's Flicker and once started, there was no way I could stop reading. Another snippet of news from the event. Mr. Jones' long-awaited Best Of R. Chetwynd-Hayes selection will eventually see the light of day, and he's kindly agreed to keep us informed. |
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Post by andydecker on Sept 27, 2012 8:48:27 GMT
Vault ain't exactly a household name even in its own households, but this was a real throwback to the early days; hardly a soul in that room had heard of us, so nothing to live up or down to - it was bloody great! What, there are no offended fans who secretly burn screenshots of the Vault on the cellar-altar while quoting Wheatley? That is kind of sad  ZAF is on the way, as Amazon kindly wrote today. I am intrigued. |
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Post by dem bones on Sept 27, 2012 21:15:31 GMT
What, there are no offended fans who secretly burn screenshots of the Vault on the cellar-altar while quoting Wheatley? That is kind of sad ZAF is on the way, as Amazon kindly wrote today. I am intrigued. Oh, i'm sure some of us are as universally loved and admired as ever, it's just none of our fan club showed up on the night. Delighted to hear that Am*x*on are now stocking, and am genuinely looking forward to reading what are likely to be some very different opinions on the book. |
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Post by mammothbooks on Oct 9, 2012 11:45:31 GMT
For anyone who wants to see the film of the Neil Gaiman/Les Edwards story 'Down Among the Dead Men', at the moment the only way you can is by completing the Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback challenge on the new Facebook page: on.fb.me/URuKCf There are zombie prizes on offer too... Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Oct 9, 2012 14:57:54 GMT
Are their any plans to host the animation elsewhere? Some of us have an aversion to all things Facebook (It's a neat animation, btw).
Thank you for joining and good luck with the book!
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 13, 2012 21:19:43 GMT
Picked this one up today in Waterstones - makes a change to buy a book in an actual shop and not online. Thoroughly enjoyed the first ZA, and I'm looking forward to discovering more about the origins of the plague and the cursed church at Hobb's Lane.
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Post by dem bones on Jan 29, 2013 12:22:29 GMT
We F***book phobic Zombie Apocalypse: Fightback fans need sulk no longer. Down Among The Dead Men, the animated short film of Neil Gaiman's graphic novel in miniature, illustrated by Les Edwards, is now available on YouTube: direct link: HEREThanks to Stephen Jones & Mandy Slater for the tip off. |
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Post by pulphack on Feb 11, 2013 7:47:20 GMT
Having started this last year and left it as life (grandchildren, work, chasing people who don't pay on time, etc) got in the way, I picked up again last week. What I said somewhere else still holds, and more.
This is, for me, a better book, and shows what an excellent editor Mr Jones is: because it's not usually my sort of thing, his work had passed me by before, but he is one hell of an editor, simply because this is a more complex project than the first book. In that volume, it was a series of snapshots and there was no real interconnection. This time, he has a much stronger and more focused narrative thread underlying the whole and so has to keep that flowing while also reconciling the styles and needs of his writers. And he pulls it off big time... There are no real standouts in this volume, but I think that's because they are more focused on a continuous thread and so flow more seamlessly, and also because the uniform standard of contributions is so high. It is pretty grim, which is why I put it aside to read lighter stuff, but there is also a lot of humour, albeit jet black. I found Michael Marshall Smith's piece particularly affecting (he says having vowed not to single anyone out) but that may be a personal thing as much as anything.
I wonder if there are plans for a third? If not, I hope Mr Jones adots this approach with another concept.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 18, 2013 17:47:20 GMT
As far as i'm aware, Mr. Jones is well under way on the third (and final?) book in the series, and there have been murmurs of some spin-offs - i'm sure he'll announce all when he sees fit. Mr. J is clearly very proud of "my most difficult project to date" as well he might be. I agree with you that MMS's Getting It Right is "particularly affecting", as was his contribution to the first book, Things Pass. There's nobody does sad quite like him. |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Mar 24, 2013 11:30:19 GMT
Yes apparently there will be a third but that's all I know for the moment.
I suppose this is as good a point / time as any to reveal to the only august body that might care that Steve asked me to deliberately reference Peter Saxon's The Disorientated Man / Scream and Scream Again in my story. That's why the girl is called Fremont, and the reason for the very last line, to echo that of the Hessler film!
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