Illustrator and McCammon fan Tarryn Henderson sent in four book covers she created for Baal, Swan Song, and The Wolf’s Hour. You can see all four covers by clicking here or clicking on the image below.
You can see more artwork from fans in the Fan Artwork Gallery. If you’d like to contribute some art to the site, just email the images to the webmaster!
As we mentioned a few months ago, Tor is releasing a mass-market paperback of Robert McCammon’s The Five on November 26, 2013. The book should be available in stores nationwide. It can also be ordered from Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, B&N, and other online stores.
Robert McCammon’s first contemporary novel in nearly two decades, The Five tells the story of an eponymous rock band struggling to survive on the margins of the music business. As they move through the American Southwest on what might be their final tour together, the band members come to the attention of a damaged Iraq war veteran, and their lives are changed forever. This is a riveting account of violence, terror, and pursuit set against a credible, immensely detailed rock and roll backdrop. It is also a moving meditation on loyalty and friendship. Written with wit, elegance, and passionate conviction, The Five reaffirms McCammon’s position as one of the finest, most unpredictable storytellers of our time.
For more information about The Five, visit the novel page for The Five.
Just discovered today: Robert McCammon was awarded the Japanese Adventure Fiction Association Prize two years in a row in the 1990s. The prize was awarded to Swan Song in 1994 and to Boy’s Life in 1995. The prizes were presented by the Japanese Adventure Fiction Association from 1982 to 2011 for the best adventure novel published the previous year.
Yet another international edition discovery: Robert McCammon’s short story “Black Boots” was included in a 1993 German anthology, Das große Horror-Lesebuch II (Big Book of Horror II). The cover for the book can be seen here. It has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.
And a roundup of various posts from around the ‘net in the past month:
Finally, the Robert McCammon Goodreads group is reading and discussing Usher’s Passing as their November Group Read.
Artist Vincent Chong was awarded the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Artist on November 3, 2013. Vincent has supplied the art for several of the Subterranean Press editions of Robert McCammon’s novels: The Wolf’s Hour, The Hunter from the Woods, The Five, Mister Slaughter, and The Providence Rider. He’s also a five-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist. Congratulations, Vinny!
Speaking of art from The Five, one of Vinny’s interior art pieces graces the cover of issue #1 of Beware the Dark, a new UK magazine that’s available in both print and PDF editions. For more information, visit Vinny’s blog.
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure it’ll be true again. About the time I think I know about all of the editions of Robert McCammon’s books that have been published around the world, I will stumble over something I never knew existed. This time: books in Thailand! It seems that Thai publishers produced a Thai translation of Baal at some point, as well as two different printings of an anthology called The Creep in the Night, which contained a Thai translation of the short story “Nightcrawlers.” You can see the covers below and in the Book Cover Gallery. Click on a cover to see a larger version of it.
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One brand-new book is from Turkey: Gölge Oyunu is a Turkish trade paperback translation of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury. That anthology included Robert McCammon’s “Children of the Bedtime Machine.”
Audible has changed the release date for their unabridged audiobooks of Baal, Bethany’s Sin, The Night Boat, and They Thirst. Their website is now reporting a release date of December 10, 2013.
Here are a few recent reviews and mentions that have popped up around the ‘net:
Finally, if you’re in the UK, the Amazon UK Kindle version of Swan Song is currently only £1.29!
The ebook editions of Speaks the Nightbird are available now! You can order the book now from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (NOOK), and Kobo.com. Those are the U.S. links; the Speaks the Nightbird ebook is available everywhere, including Amazon UK and Amazon CA.
Update: the book is available via iTunes now, too.
Subterranean Press has announced that their new limited edition of The Night Boat is now in-stock and shipping! Copies can be purchased from Subterranean Press here.
The Night Boat is also available in ebook formats and, on December 10, as an audiobook from Audible.com.
The ebook editions of Speaks the Nightbird are available for pre-ordering now! The ebook will be released on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. You can pre-order the book now from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (NOOK), and Kobo.com. Those are the U.S. links; the Speaks the Nightbird ebook will be available everywhere, including Amazon UK and Amazon CA.)
Polish publisher Wydawnictwo Papierowy Księżyc is releasing Łabędzi śpiew, a new translation of Swan Song, as a two-volume trade paperback. The first volume will be published on October 16, 2013, and the second volume will follow on November 13, 2013. The fantastic covers for the books have been added to the Book Cover Gallery. Click on the images below to view larger versions of the covers.
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Several reviews and other mentions have popped up around the ‘net in the past couple of weeks, including several related to The Wolf’s Hour!
Other recent posts:
On October 15, 2013, Audible will release new, unabridged audiobook recordings of Robert McCammon’s first four books: Baal, Bethany’s Sin, The Night Boat, and They Thirst! (The pre-order link for Baal is active now, but has the wrong release date.) Baal will be narrated by Ray Porter, who has appeared in numerous TV series and movies and narrated Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger books, among others; the other narrators, if there are any, haven’t been announced yet.
A couple of new reviews have popped up recently:
And for those of you in Indianapolis area, the Indianapolis Book Club will be discussing Robert McCammon’s Speaks the Nightbird at their meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2013.
Robert McCammon’s The Wolf’s Hour makes the list in the Barnes & Noble Book Blog post “5 Must-Read Werewolf Novels.” The Wolf’s Hour is available in various ebook formats.
