I forgot dessert

9fe8ca763a41bf143a5529820ada4856_originalI just realized there was a reward level missing from the current Kickstarter campaign: dessert! So now it’s there, The Sweet Time Machine, limited to only the first ten backers at that level!

Also, a comment elsewhere reminded me that the time traveling trios I’ve been posting are simply ideas for stories that might appear in the book… if you choose to write them. But the stories haven’t yet been written, and I have no idea which writers are going to write about which characters (though there is one pledge level where you can tell Peter David which characters to use).

Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into

Get a jump on the time travelers

9fe8ca763a41bf143a5529820ada4856_originalToday’s the final day! If you want to get a jump on the time travelers, if you want to sign up for the ebook at the cheapest it will ever be, you have to get your pledge recorded by the end of today! If you back the Kickstarter campaign for Three Time Travelers Walk Into… in the next 11 hours, you can get an electronic copy of the anthology (when it’s published) for a scant $5. And if you’re interested in some of the other rewards, we’ve still got some great Tuckerizations available, and the truly awesome opportunity—for one person only—to tell Peter David what story to write for the book! Check it all out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into . And then remember to tell your friends.

Three Time Travellers Walk Into…

9fe8ca763a41bf143a5529820ada4856_originalAfter being nearly somnolent for a year and a half due to the pandemic, Fantastic Books is roaring back into activity. We published Horror for the Throne last month, announced the forthcoming On Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren edited by Bill Wood and Sanctuary by Allen Steele, and now we’ve launched our first Kickstarter campaign in a long time.

Michael A. Ventrella returns to the Fantastic Books fold, editing the anthology Three Time Travellers Walk Into…. The authors were told simply “take three unconnected historical figures, throw them together, and see what fun/mayhem/pathos/what-have-you ensues.” Please check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into, and tell your friends. (I clicked the “launch the campaign” button minutes ago, and before I could post here, there were already five backers. I’m very excited!)

PW recommends On Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

perf6.000x9.000.inddI’ve mentioned before that Fantastic Books will be publishing a massive non-fiction volume dedicated to Samuel R. Delany’s classic novel, called On Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren. The book doesn’t arrive until September, but the first of the reviews is now available. Publishers Weekly says, among other things, “Samuel R. Delany’s influential and divisive 1975 novel Dhalgren gets a full critical treatment in this immersive and comprehensive collection,” and “Fans of Delaney’s classic will want to snap this up.” To read the full review, see this link. And to read the full book, keep your eyes open for the September 9th publication date.