Posted by Tony Thomas in the Facebook Robert McCammon Group:
I am sad to report that Rowena Morrill has died. She painted the covers for six of Robert McCammon’s paperbacks for Pocket Books in the 1980s. Last evening, Rowena suffered a series of cardiac arrests and passed away. Rowena Morrill 1944–2021.
Locus has posted their obituary for Rowena.
Australian audiobook publisher Bolinda will release The Providence Rider and The River of Souls on CD and MP3 CD on February 1, 2021, and April 1, 2021, respectively. These are the Audible productions narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
The cover art for The River of Souls has not been released yet. With these releases, all of the Matthew Corbett books published so far will be available on CD and/or MP3 CD.
The Providence Rider can be ordered from Book Depository now. They offer free worldwide shipping. Pre-orders for The River of Souls should go up in the coming weeks.
The Providence Rider on MP3 CD from Book Depository
The Providence Rider on CD from Book Depository
In 2009, reader Jeff Brown composed and performed a soundtrack inspired by Robert McCammon’s Swan Song. Jeff has given me permission to post his demos.
Jeff Brown’s soundtrack for Swan Song
For more reader-created audio, check out the Fan Audio page.
German publisher Luzifer Verlag has announced that German audiobooks of the Matthew Corbett series will be available through Audible beginning in Summer 2021.
We are very pleased to announce that starting in summer 2021 Robert #McCammon‘s Matthew Corbett novels will be available as #audiobooks exclusively at #Audible. There will also be other novels / series at Audible this year, but we’ll tell you which one later
May 14, 2021, update: Book one of Matthew Corbett und die Hexe von Fount Royal is now available on Audible.de
Bulgarian publisher Iztok-Zapad has acquired the Bulgarian translation rights to Robert McCammon’s The Wolf’s Hour. Iztok-Zapad previously published translations of Swan Song (2019) and Boy’s Life (2013).
Taiwan publisher Nautilus has released their Chinese translation of Robert McCammon’s The Wolf’s Hour. The trade paperback can be purchased from various Taiwan bookselling websites now. The cover art below has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.
From 1989 to 1991, I published six issues of Lights Out! – The Robert R. McCammon Newsletter. Five of those issues have been available to download as PDF files from this site for years, but the last issue was a subscriber-only issue—copies weren’t sold by book dealers at the time, and it’s been difficult to find. Now, 29 years later, we’ve decided to make a PDF of that issue available as our holiday gift to you!
Issue six was published in October 1991 and is most notable because it contains a lengthy excerpt from The Address, a novel about a house in Hollywood that Robert McCammon abandoned in 1990. In a preface to the excerpt, he describes the book, what it would have been, and why he gave up on it. The issue also includes a lengthy interview with Robert McCammon that I conducted. That interview has long been found in the Interviews section of this site, but you might enjoy seeing it in context.
So download the file, kick back, and enjoy reading a Robert McCammon piece that most readers have never seen before!
Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
–Hunter
Artists Craig Purdon and Alexander have sent in new artwork. Craig sent in two sketches of Usher’s Lodge from Usher’s Passing, while Alexander submitted an illustration of Lord Cornbury from The Providence Rider. You can see these and much more artwork in the Fan Artwork gallery.
Bulgarian publisher CIELA Books recently released a translation of The Listener, and they asked for a photo of Robert McCammon holding the book. This photo was taken a couple of days ago.
Cemetery Dance has updated their production page to include this information about their limited edition of Usher’s Passing:
The printer is on schedule with a delivery date of very late December for the books. Reminder: this Limited Edition will still need slipcases made, which can take up to 14 weeks. Our slipcase maker is already working on an “approval case” based on estimated sizing generated by the printer. As soon as we have the first finished book, we can use that approval case to confirm the sizing. If the sizing is correct, the slipcase maker can then start rolling right away. We will post the publication date the moment it is finalized, but spring 2021 is looking very likely. Thank you for your patience!
The limited edition was announced in 2018 and has been long sold out, though I’m sure copies will be available on the secondary market once it has been published.
If you haven’t seen them, Cemetery Dance has posted the interior art pieces by Vincent Sammy on their Usher’s Passing page:
