There have been several notable blog posts and articles about Robert McCammon’s work in the past week or so. Here are some of the more interesting links:
I know many of us would love to see some film adaptations!
Tomislav Tikulin has just turned in the first cover for Robert McCammon’s classic, Baal, which has been fully proofread and is on schedule for release this fall.
Next week, Rick will be in our offices to sign and inscribe copies of The Five. While he’s still here signing, we’ll be shipping copies of the trade hardcover. (The limited, which is nearly sold out, will ship as soon as the slipcases are in our offices.)
Posted on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 10:19 am.
Stephen King has a column in the June 3, 2011, issue of Entertainment Weekly with his reading list for the summer. He includes The Five in the twelve books profiled. You can see a scan of the page by clicking on the image to the left, but here’s what he wrote:
THE FIVE Robert McCammon
One of the finest horror-suspense writers of the late ’70s and ’80s returns with a riveting novel of a rock band (the Five) pursued by a mentally unstable Army vet who’s offended by one of their videos. It’s scary; it’s also a soaring anthem to the redemptive power of rock & roll. You probably won’t find it in your bookstore, so go to your (hopefully nonmalevolent) computer and click on subterraneanpress.com.
Robert McCammon will be signing copies of The Five (and other books) at the Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, beginning at 4 PM.
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Subterranean Press has posted this update for The Five:
Robert McCammon’s new thriller, The Five, the one called “his best novel ever” by Stephen King, and “infused with power and passion, and laced with psychological horror and razor-sharp tension” in a Starred Review in Publishers Weekly, is headed into its second printing, less than a week after it started shipping.
(Important Note: For those have ordered signed or inscribed copies, Mr. McCammon will be here in early June to sign your books, which will ship immediately thereafter. Even though we just ordered a second printing, we have held back a number of firsts so individual customers may still order the more collectible printing of this major novel.)
The Five may be in short supply out in the world for a few weeks. We’re sitting on purchase orders for thousands of copies, which will be filled as soon as the second printing arrives in our warehouse.Posted on Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 9:47 am.
Robert McCammon’s new contemporary novel, The Five, will soon be available (some Amazon pre-orders have already been shipped). If you’d like to help promote The Five, here are image files for bookmarks and a “shelf-talker” (when printed and folded in half, the “shelf-talker” can be inserted under books on a shelf in a bookstore, with the bottom half of the image displayed). The files are 300 DPI images, suitable for high-quality printing. If you can print these and take them to bookstores, conventions, etc., for distribution, that would help spread the word of the book’s release.
Thanks to Vincent Chong for the use of his artwork and to Dave Ballard, who put these together!
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If you can’t see the images above, you can right-click on the URLs below:
The latest review of The Five, Robert McCammon’s epic Rock and Roll supernatural-tinged thriller comes from Bibrary Bookslut, who is very much impressed with the novel: “Although there are aspects of the novel that remind me of many of his earlier works, it’s his classic Boy’s Life that most often came to mind while reading The Five. Both are rather subtle tales, relying upon anxious tension and ongoing mystery to feed the horror, as opposed to outright gore and terror. The story touches gently upon the supernatural, exploring the same themes of good versus evil that McCammon has so deftly dealt with before, but leaves the interpretation to the reader. Depending upon how one chooses to read it, this can either be a novel about the all-too-human pain within our hearts, or the inhuman fury and deception that haunts the fringes of imagination…or both.”
The trade edition of The Five is done and ready to ship to our warehouse. We’re working to schedule Mr. McCammon’s visit to sign and inscribe copies for customers. In the meantime, we’ll be filling orders from our large wholesale and online retail accounts with unsigned copies, so you may see those become available before the signed copies ship.
Finally, if you want an inscribed copy of The Five, we’ve extended the deadline to the end of the day, May 6, 2011.
Posted on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 am.
The limited edition of Robert McCammon’s upcoming novel The Five is now sold out from Subterranean Press. If you haven’t ordered a copy of the trade edition yet and would like to have it personally inscribed (signed to you) by Robert McCammon, you need to place your order with Subterranean Press before May 1, 2011. Orders for the trade placed after that date will still be signed, but won’t be inscribed.
A review by Mark Justice from Pod of Horror #64, 12-APR-2011
“Finally, we have The Five, the new novel from Robert McCammon. Any new McCammon work is noteworthy and a cause for celebration. But The Five is also McCammon’s return to contemporary fiction. The Five chronicles the last tour of the titular rock band. As they travel the southwest in a broken down van, their manager and keyboard player announce they’re leaving the group. After a surreal encounter with a mysterious young woman, the band decides to write one last song together. At the same time, a troubled veteran becomes convinced that he must kill The Five. Whether he’s crazy or under the influence of a vast and dark power is something you’ll have to decide for yourself. The possible supernatural element is mostly relegated to the background of The Five. It informs the story without detracting from the rich tale of the traveling musicians and the tragic events that lead to their final show. Ultimately, The Five is about the wellspring of creativity and the enduring power of art, told with incredible skill. McCammon’s love for music shines through on every page. I defy anyone to read The Five and not come away feeling changed for the better. If McCammon had not written Boy’s Life, I wouldn’t hesitate to say this is his best novel ever. It’s a book I’m sure I will return to again and again.”
