Month: June 2011

More fantastic reviews of The Five have popped up on various sites.  Here are some of the more notable reviews:

And here are several other recent mentions of Robert McCammon’s work:

Finally, reader Kevin Richardson posted this photo of his The Five t-shirt to the Robert McCammon Facebook page, along with the caption:

"Just finished reading The Five and love it. I even got in the last show free."

You can read more about the T-shirts by clicking here.

Korean publisher Sigongsa has released a new two-volume paperback edition of Robert McCammon’s Swan Song. The covers can be found below and in the Book Cover Gallery. The same publisher recently released a Korean translation of Boy’s Life. This is the first Korean translation of Swan Song.

Swan Song - Volume 1
Swan Song - Volume 2

The publisher also recently posted the prototype image of the cover to their Facebook page.


Swan Song prototype cover

Some blog posts by Sigongsa (in Korean) about their release of Swan Song can be found here.

Korean publisher Sigongsa has released a new two-volume paperback edition of Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life.  The covers can be found below and in the Book Cover Gallery.  The same publisher will be releasing a Korean translation of Swan Song sometime later this summer.  Boy’s Life was previously published in Korea in 1993; until now, it was the only McCammon novel translated into Korean.

Boy's Life - Volume 1
Boy's Life - Volume 2

Some blog posts by Sigongsa (in Korean) about their release of Boy’s Life can be found here.

T-shirts for THE FIVE
Sample T-shirts for THE FIVE

Thanks to Vincent Chong for the use of his logo for Robert McCammon’s The Five, we’ve created some logo T-shirts to help promote the book.  All of the shirts have The Five band logo on the front in either black or red, depending on the color of the shirt.

The purpose of the shirts is simply to help promote the release of The Five. In order to keep the costs down, no profit is made from these shirts; the prices shown are the actual costs of the shirts from Spreadshirt.com. A variety of shirt types, colors, and sizes are available.

Robert McCammon T-shirts at Spreadshirt.com

Note that the printing and shipping of the shirts is handled entirely by Spreadshirt. In my experience, it takes about 7 to 10 days for U.S. orders to be delivered.

Russian publisher Эксмо (Eksmo) has released new hardcover editions of four of Robert McCammon’s novels: They Thirst, The Wolf’s Hour, Swan Song (2 volumes), and Boy’s Life (2 volumes).  The covers of all six books have been added to the Book Cover Gallery. You can click on the images below to view a slightly larger version of each.

Boy's Life - Volume 1
Boy's Life - Volume 2
Swan Song - Volume 1
Swan Song - Volume 2
They Thirst
The Wolf's Hour

The August 2011 issue of Sci Fi includes a great review of Robert McCammon’s The Five by Adam-Troy Castro.  You can click on the image of the review page or click here to read the review in full, but it includes these lines:

…there is sustained, well-modulated characterization of even the fleeting characters…. There is an extended visit to the mother of one hard-bitten band member who is so artfully composed during her few pages on stage that she lives and breathes more vividly than some characters other authors labor and sweat over, for entire novels. ….There are tour-de-force passages, describing the sheer joy of playing before an audience, that are masterful set-pieces of evocative prose.  …The Five is a raucous, horrific, hilarious, sensuous, wild, and above all emotionally riveting ride, teeming with passages that you’ll want to read again.

The page also includes a review of Steven R. Boyett’s Mortality Bridge, which was also published by Subterranean Press.

From Subterranean Press:

The Five

Last week Robert McCammon was in our office to sign 1600 copies or so of his new novel, The Five, which has drawn even more praise from Stephen King. You may recall that he referred to it as McCammon’s “best novel ever”. In a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, Mr. King added The Five to his list of summer reads, and had this to say: “It’s scary; it’s also a soaring anthem to the redemptive power of rock & roll.” We couldn’t agree more, and thank Mr. King once again for supporting the book.

All copies of the trade hardcover of The Five have shipped to customers, so if you preordered one, you shouldn’t have much longer to wait. We had Rick sign extra copies, so while our large online retail and wholesale accounts are being sent second printings, we still have a small number of signed firsts on hand to fill direct orders.

While Rick was here, we had him sign 75 or so first edition copies of his most recent historical thriller, Mister Slaughter. It’s a great introduction to the Matthew Corbett series, and stands alone well.

Finally, Tomislav Tikulin has turned in both dust jackets for our new edition of the classic McCammon novel, Baal, which is in the final round of proofreading. We’re right on schedule for our fall publication.

Finally (this time, really), if you want to see a few photos from Rick’s trip to the SubPress offices to sign books, check out Robert McCammon’s website.

Posted on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 at 9:03 am.

Here are a couple more recent great reviews of Robert McCammon’s new novel, The Five:

  • The October Country: Review: ‘The Five’ by Robert McCammon

    The Five is the assured, confident work of a man who has climbed back to the top of his game. It’s tight and suspenseful, and yet manages to take long sidetrips into the histories of the characters that don’t detract from the action, but instead enhance it. This is the kind of book you get lost in; the type of story that you’ll find yourself reflecting on long after you finished it, wondering what those characters are up to now. Do yourself a favor and pick it up today.

  • cctheprofessor: The Five – “Everything is quiet but the song that keeps me sane”

    This current novel, The Five, is not only about a band; it’s about music. That swelling ache you get in the marrow of your bones when you hear your favorite guitar maestro let his fingers fly over the frets and strings. The pounding your heart begins to do when you hear that bass line beat it’s way through the speakers or the drum beat begins to thump. This novel is brilliantly alive with that love and passion for music.