Any Planet Stories Announcements from PaizoCon?

[Jeff Cope]

Just curious if there was anything Planet Stories-related announced at the recent Paizo Con...

I'm reading my first PS book now (Secret of Sinharat) and loving it!

[Krazz the Wanderer]

I was at the seminar for PS but it was at 9am so I'm a bit fuzzy.

I don't remember them announcing anything that is not listed on the product page.

[James Sutter]

I'm pretty sure the only new information was that we've got some Robert Silverberg projects in the works....

[Jeff Cope]

Cool. Thanks!

[Marusaia]

Just that they have more good stuff in the works. Overlord Mona specifically promoted "The Walrus and the Warwolf." There was a great deal of discussion about why they published what they had, but unfortunately I don't remember if they announced specifically what the next items on their punch list for the Planet Stories line were.

Mona did say that if you need more Moore in your life, her "Judgment Night" is a good one to get. It's an example of more of her sword and planet, science fiction, and science fantasy work. It was the first collection of her novels and novellas to be published, and the stories are almost entirely her own work, as distinct from the work that was a blend of her and Kuttner. It seems to be out of print at the moment, and I don't know why Planet Stories isn't looking into republishing it... perhaps someone is sitting on the copyright for it. However, it is still possible to find it used, both online and in brick and mortar establishments. I found a copy myself in a used bookstore in a small Pacific Northwest city, without actually expecting to find it.

*looks at notes* Ditto on the Robert Silverberg stuff. They're planning on reprinting a lot of his early SF work; the names I heard mentioned were "Hunt the Space Witch," "The Planet Killers," and "The Chalice of Death." James Sutter was also promoting something that had been a pet project of his own, "Before They Were Giants," which features the earliest published work of ten living, accomplished SF and fantasy authors. Some of the writers in it got very early starts; China Mieville's preface to his own contribution begins, as I recall, with the words "Keep in mind, I was twelve." Another new or newish one that's coming out is "Template," another sword and planet yarn with what sounded like an interesting twist to it.

[bobby_5150]

Marusaia wrote:

Mona did say that if you need more Moore in your life, her "Judgment Night" is a good one to get. It's an example of more of her sword and planet, science fiction, and science fantasy work. It was the first collection of her novels and novellas to be published, and the stories are almost entirely her own work, as distinct from the work that was a blend of her and Kuttner. It seems to be out of print at the moment, and I don't know why Planet Stories isn't looking into republishing it... perhaps someone is sitting on the copyright for it. However, it is still possible to find it used, both online and in brick and mortar establishments. I found a copy myself in a used bookstore in a small Pacific Northwest city, without actually expecting to find it.

Actually, only the story "Judgment Night" was published under the Moore byline. All of the other stories were published under the Lawrence O'Donnell byline, which was used by both Moore and kuttner. Now some people say, as does Wikipedia, "Lawrence O’Donnell was often employed for works that involved little or no collaboration." And yet half of the stories under the O'Donnell byline are known to have been written with Kuttner.

Red Jacket Press put out a beautiful facsimile reproduction of the 1952 Gnome Press First Edition of JUDGMENT NIGHT , which is still available.