I recently stumbled over a microcassette containing a recording of an interview with author Chet Williamson that was conducted by Robert McCammon at the 1990 World Fantasy Convention. That interview is now available for your listening pleasure. Click on the image to the right or click here for more information and to listen to the interview.
Publisher Prime Books has announced the Table of Contents for their upcoming anthology Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny. The anthology is edited by Steve Berman and will be published in July 2013. It will include a reprint of Robert McCammon’s “Yellowjacket Summer,” in addition to reprints by Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, Charles Grant, and reprints and original stories by others.
The book is one of four anthologies edited by Steve Berman that Prime Books will be releasing. For the full contents, see the story on the Prime Book site:
Contents Announced for BAD SEEDS: EVIL PROGENY, ed. Steve Berman
The book can be pre-ordered from Amazon here.
Robert McCammon’s 1992 novel Gone South is being adapted for a possible movie by Rolling Boulder Films. At this stage, they only have permission to write a screenplay. Based on that, they may choose to pursue an option for the book. An option is not a guarantee that a film will be made; it simply gives the options holder the right to develop a script based on the novel and pitch it to studios. If a studio becomes interested, then the actual film rights have to be purchased.
With that in mind, Rolling Boulder Films consists of Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala. They are best known for having filmed a scene-for-scene version of Raiders of the Lost Ark when they were teenagers. There’s a new book out about how that movie was made (Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made), and Chris was interviewed by ComingSoon.net about the book. In the interview, Chris mentions Gone South:
“There’s another book that falls into the Southern Gothic genre called ‘Gone South’ by Robert McCammon that I’m adapting into the script – we got the rights to it which took me a long time as well,” he told us about other developments with Rolling Boulder. “I’m adapting that script and then I’m working on a spec script with a buddy of mine who will produce it through our Rolling Boulder Films company called ‘Liquor by the Drink.’ It’s a true story set in Iowa in the 1950s about a sort of a murder love triangle that’s actually about my buddy’s family, his uncle, and it was a big scandal in Iowa in the early ’50s, an Inquirer level scandal, and it involves the local mob and illegal liquor and affairs and it was really a damn interesting story. We’re crafting that script right now and my plate is full with that.”
You can read the full interview on ComingSoon.net: Interview: Chris Strompolos on Raiders!
Further developments will be tracked on the Gone South Movie page.
Open Road Media has posted a YouTube video “Famous Authors Power Up Their Digital Bookshelves.” Authors Robert McCammon, Michael Chabon, William Shatner, and others talk about ebooks.
As we wind down the year, it’s a good time to take stock of the availability of the various Subterranean Press editions of Robert McCammon’s work. Many of them are already sold out from Subterranean Press and getting scarce. This list does not take into account all possible sources of the books, just the most common. Some retailers such as The Alabama Booksmith (copies from them can be signed, too!) and Camelot Books still have various editions in stock.
All of the books are available in various ebook formats. Audio editions of some of them are also available via Audible and GraphicAudio.
From Subterranean Press:
The trade hardcover of Robert McCammon’s The Hunter from the Woods is out now. If you’ve been wondering what Michael Gallatin has been up to since the classic novel, The Wolf’s Hour, now’s your chance to check in with this WWII era lycanthrope in a series of short stories in novellas.
Trade: $35
The book is also available in various ebook formats, as well as a dramatized audio format from GraphicAudio.
Brilliance Audio has released Audible’s unabridged audio version of Robert McCammon’s Swan Song on audio CD and MP3 CD formats. The book is narrated by Tom Stechschulte and runs 34 hours and 40 minutes. The audio CD box contains 29 CDs.
Order Swan Song on unabridged audio CD from Amazon US
Order Swan Song on unabridged MP3 CD from Amazon US
Press the Play button below to listen to a sample from Swan Song.
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From Subterranean Press:
We’re out of the trade hardcover edition of Robert McCammon’s historical thriller, The Providence Rider. To celebrate, and possibly make it a great holiday gift, we’ve very temporarily cut the price of the Deluxe Signed Trade Hardcover and Signed Limited Edition in half, to $17 and $62.50, respectively. This offer will not last long, and our supply of both editions is not infinite, so please take advantage if you’re interested.
To read more about The Providence Rider and to place your order, click here.
Publishers Weekly has posted their review of Robert McCammon’s upcoming historical vampire novella, I Travel by Night. You can read their review, with minor plot spoilers, here. The opening sentence of the review is:
Southern gothicist and paranormal historian McCammon (Gone South; The Wolf’s Hour) combines the two genres in this fun, fast novella.
You can pre-order the signed limited edition or the trade hardcover from Subterranean Press here (you can also read an excerpt there). The trade hardcover can also be ordered from Amazon US here.
Artist Vincent Chong created the artwork for the recent Subterranean Press editions of Mister Slaughter, The Providence Rider, The Wolf’s Hour, The Hunter from the Woods, and The Five. He just posted some photos of some recent remarques he’s done for fans. (A remarque is an original drawing in a book.) You can find the photos on his blog here, or click on the photo to the right. They look fantastic!
