$150 down the drain...
Sep. 11th, 2006 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bovilWhy the hell should you spend $150 on a book?
Well, what if I said it was a collection of short stories by Jay Lake illustrated by Frank Wu?
What if I said it was an artistic expression in bookbinding by specialty publisher Traife Buffet Haute Bibilio?
What if I said the end-papers are so blindingly orgasmic that you would have a hard time turning past them to read the book because they just scream to be licked?
OK, I get the "TMI" in response to the last one.
Still, the collector edition of Greetings from Lake Wu is an amazing piece of work, a collection of almost entirely fabulous stories and almost entirely fabulous art in a definitely entirely fabulous package. Sure, the Wheatland Press Edition is much cheaper (but lacking color prints of Frank's paintings and 3 new stories and paintings only in this edition). If you just want a rollicking journey through SF short fiction, get it. If you want something a bit more substantial, and with it the admiration and envy of your reading peers, pick up the collector edition.
Well, what if I said it was a collection of short stories by Jay Lake illustrated by Frank Wu?
What if I said it was an artistic expression in bookbinding by specialty publisher Traife Buffet Haute Bibilio?
What if I said the end-papers are so blindingly orgasmic that you would have a hard time turning past them to read the book because they just scream to be licked?
OK, I get the "TMI" in response to the last one.
Still, the collector edition of Greetings from Lake Wu is an amazing piece of work, a collection of almost entirely fabulous stories and almost entirely fabulous art in a definitely entirely fabulous package. Sure, the Wheatland Press Edition is much cheaper (but lacking color prints of Frank's paintings and 3 new stories and paintings only in this edition). If you just want a rollicking journey through SF short fiction, get it. If you want something a bit more substantial, and with it the admiration and envy of your reading peers, pick up the collector edition.
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Date: 2006-09-11 11:50 pm (UTC)Chris
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Date: 2006-09-12 12:05 am (UTC)I don't think that sounds like TMI at all. In fact, it sounds rather lovely! Then again, I've had a few lickable (imho) books in my time, so I can quite understand the sentiment.
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Date: 2006-09-12 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-12 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-12 12:18 am (UTC)And Jay has threatened that if this one doesn't sell, their next collection will feature Frank writing the stories while Jay does the artwork.
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Date: 2006-09-12 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-12 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-12 02:23 am (UTC)I don't think it would be hard to twist his arm at the next convention. I've done it myself and was actually rewarded with pins! ^_^
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Date: 2006-09-12 05:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-12 12:01 pm (UTC)7? That's odd numbered. XD *runs, giggling*
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Date: 2006-09-13 12:00 am (UTC)