Breaking news! Neil Gaiman, the prolific and poetic writer behind The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, The Graveyard Book, Coraline (and even some Doctor Who!) made an exciting announcement on his blog this week. Like many of us Spy Vibers, Gaiman has a love for vintage book designs. He apparently collected paperbacks as a kid and had a copy of Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever. His edition was the 1970s reprint with the Robert McGinnis poster art on the cover. During a recent conversation with his editor at William Morrow, Gaiman was lamenting the loss of that golden age when paperbacks were wrapped in glorious artwork. As the conversation continued, the two then cooked up a plan to reprint Neil's books in mass market paperback editions with retro covers! The writer then stumbled across the Robert McGinnis art book (see Spy Vibe's post here) at a shop and was inspired to invite McGinnis (now 90 years old) out of retirement to paint all of the covers for the new series. His answer was amazing- Mcginnis said yes! I'm so pleased for Neil. American Gods will be the first book in his collaboration with Robert McGinnis and it's now available for order from Amazon and AmazonUK. Congratulations, Neil! I hope I finally get to see you at your speaking event in Santa Rosa next year. And a warm welcome back to Robert Mcginnis! I can't wait to see the rest of the series. Spy Vibers can read the full story over at Neil's blog here. Once I place my Miki ZERO novel with a publisher, I hope we can also capture some of the magic of vintage design. Below: 10th anniversary edition of American Gods and 1971 Pan edition of Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever. Enjoy! Related Spy Vibe posts: Thai Bond Design, Bond Danish, Bond Japanese Editions, Double 007 Designs, Buku Rocket Designs SE Asia, Double 007 Designs II, The 10th Victim: German Edition, Man From UNCLE Japanese Editions, UNCLE & Batman Manga, The 10th Victim Japanese Edition, Rare Ian Fleming found, Edward Gorey's 1960s, rare Ian Fleming edition, Book Design Dopplegangers, Piper Gates Design, Shane Glines Interview, Dieter Rams, Set For Adventure, Mid-Century Modern at Charles Schulz, Saint Doppelganger, Avengers Pop Art Interview.
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New release: Otto Penzler will release a new compilation of Sherlock Holmes stories this fall. As the editor of Vintage Crime and Black Lizard anthologies, and proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York, Penzler is deeply immersed in the rich history of genre fiction. Spy Vibers may also remember him for his scholarly writings about collecting Ian Fleming's publications and the sale of his historic collection in 2010. Now Penzler has his sights set on the great detective in The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. US editions will be released by Pantheon (HC) and Vintage (PB, Kindle) on October 27th. UK editions will be published by Head of Zeus (HC) and Vintage (PB). In addition, Goldsboro Books in the UK is offering a limited hardcover edition signed by the author (available September 28th). More info at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Head of Zeus. Penzler previously published a Sherlock Holmes library in the 1990s. From the press release: "Arguably no other character in history has been so
enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. From his first appearance, in Arthur
Conan Doyle's 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading
about him—and writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler collects
83 wonderful stories about Holmes and Dr. John Watson, the majority of which
will be new to readers. Among these pages are tales by acclaimed Sherlockians
Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches
by literary luminaries both classic (Kenneth Millar, P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy
B. Hughes) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman); and parodies by
Conan Doyle's contemporaries James M. Barrie, O. Henry, and August Derleth." Below: Cover design for the UK hardcover edition. Related posts: Sherlock At 221B, Mystery Sunday. Enjoy!
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