Year: 2015

Stinger_by_Robert_McCammonSubterranean Press posted this announcement on their site:

Stinger is coming this October.

This is truly the Year of Robert McCammon here at SubPress, with his major novel The Border, as well as trade paperbacks of They Thirst, The Hunter from the Woods, and Blue World, which will itself have a limited edition.

Next year look for a slightly less McCammon-centric schedule, but one that features a new novel and novella.

Now, to Stinger:

First published as a paperback original in 1988, Stinger remains one of Robert McCammon’s wildest, most compelling creations. Both a furiously paced action novel and an affectionate tribute to the SF/Horror films of an earlier era, it is vintage McCammon, and a grand, often visceral entertainment.

The story takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension, gang violence, and a collapsing economy. But things can always get worse, and they do so with astonishing speed when an unidentified spacecraft crash lands in the desert outside of town, followed by a second craft bearing the alien being who will soon be known as Stinger. Stinger is a kind of interstellar hunter on a mission he intends to complete, whatever the cost. He brings with him an endless array of technological marvels and an infinite capacity for destruction that threaten the existence of Inferno, its inhabitants, and the larger world beyond.

Filled with a large cast of vividly realized characters and sporting some of the most memorably horrific imagery you will ever encounter, Stinger is an adrenaline-fueled narrative of the highest order, its classic, pulp fictional elements transformed and elevated by a master storyteller. The result is pure Robert McCammon, an engrossing, hugely enjoyable experience that is sure to stay with you for a very long time to come.

Limited: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies: $80
Lettered: 52 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $275

You can order Stinger from Subterranean Press here. Note that Amazon has a listing for it, but if direct sales are high enough, Amazon will not receive any copies of the book.

Simon & Schuster Audio is releasing an unabridged audiobook of Gone South on or around June 2, 2015. The book will be read by George Newbern, who also narrated the unabridged edition of Boy’s Life. (Note: S&S had previously announced that Will Patton was narrating, but that was an error.)

From the S&S website:

Simon & Schuster Audio | ISBN 9781442387850 | June 2015

The Border audiobookSome of the pre-order links for the ebook and audiobook editions of The Border are active now. Click on the links below to order the desired edition. Note that the ebook editions are only available in the U.S. currently.

The Border for Kindle

The Border for NOOK

The Border for Kobo

The Border audiobook from Audible

The audiobook is narrated by Fred Berman.

And, of course, the trade hardcover edition can be pre-ordered from Subterranean Press, Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon UK, and B&N.

On April 9, 2015, Robert McCammon visited the campus of Northeast Alabama Community College. The English classes there had read Boy’s Life and were assigned to create various Boy’s Life-inspired projects: dioramas, games, and other displays. Click on the link below to view a gallery of photos of the projects. Thanks to NACC’s Joan Reeves and Joan Tucker for the photos!

Northeast Alabama Community College Boy’s Life projects

Bulletin board greeting
A 3D game inspired by Boy’s Life

Robert McCammon will be signing copies of The Border at the Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL, at 4 PM on Thursday, June 11, 2015!

Copies of all of his in-print novels, including The Border, will be available for purchase, and attendees are welcome to bring other books for Mr. McCammon to sign.

For details, including information about ordering a signed copy, visit the Alabama Booksmith website.

 

 

From Subterranean Press:

We’ve put our upcoming Robert McCammon trade paperbacks (Blue World, They Thirst, The Hunter from the Woods) through their final round of proofing, and are just waiting for their pub dates to roll around. As a reminder, we’ll have a limited number of signed sets of the books, which you can order at the Blue World page.

In other news, Rick’s epic new sf/horror novel, The Border, has been sent to the printer, which means the trade hardcover should ship by the end of May, to be followed 6-8 weeks later by the limited and lettered editions.

From Subterranean Press:

As Robert McCammon’s The Border approaches its May publication, the reviews are just starting to roll in. Here’s the big one, accompanied by a star, from Publishers Weekly:

Genre-busting author McCammon (The River of Souls) pulls out all the stops for this exhilarating alien-invasion epic, which harkens back to his 1987 blockbuster, Swan Song. The spectacular opening introduces an amnesiac teenage boy who abruptly becomes aware of himself in a full-tilt sprint through a post-apocalyptic battlefield, with wounds that should have killed him, and knowledge and abilities he doesn’t understand…This story blends the gripping horror and action of McCammon’s earliest novels with the empathy of his more recent work, making it one of his finest.

The Limited and Lettered editions are long gone, but we still have a small number of signed trade hardcovers available at the bargain price of only $26.95.

NACC flyer

Robert McCammon will be the featured speaker at Northeast Alabama Community College’s twenty-second annual Humanities Speaker’s Forum on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Mr. McCammon will speak to students, faculty, and community members during both a morning and an evening session, with book signings following each session. The morning session will take place at 10:00 AM in the Tom Bevill Lyceum. The evening session will be held at 6:00 PM in the Cecil B. Word Learning Resources Center.

Northeast Alabama Community College is located in Rainsville, Alabama.

For additional information concerning The Humanities Speaker’s Forum, please direct all inquires to Joan Reeves, at (256) 638-4418 ext. 2231 or email at [email protected].