Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: The Band Perry, "Miss You Being Gone."

When will you Rise? COUNTDOWN coming from Subterranean Press!

Hey. Remember when I wrote a novella leading up to the release of Deadline, and we called it "Countdown," and everybody had a good time watching the end of the world? Yeah, that was fun. In fact, that was so fun that Orbit wound up purchasing the novella for the Orbit Short Fiction Program, which gave me the luxury of revising and expanding on the original text (since I couldn't really afford the time when I wasn't getting paid for it). Good times.

Well. The times are getting better. Subterranean Press, the publishers of amazing limited-edition, illustrated works of speculative fiction, have acquired the rights to "Countdown," and will be publishing a special hardcover edition of the novella. These books will be limited to a signed and numbered print run of 1,000, and will include both "Countdown" and "Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box" (also previously published by the Orbit Short Fiction Program).

I am so excited. I don't know yet exactly when the books will be available, although believe me, I'll be announcing it as soon as I have any information. They should sell for about $35 USD, and are likely to sell out, if past books from this publisher are anything to measure by. Subterranean does small, beautiful, collector's-quality books, and having an edition from them is something I have dreamed of for years.

Life is good.
Tags: good things, mira grant, pandemic time, publishing news, short fiction, so the marilyn, zombies
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kshandra

August 24 2011, 18:54:39 UTC 5 years ago

And the first diversion from the "Every spare penny we have goes to London" fund makes its appearance on my horizon.

MUST have.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 15:24:41 UTC 5 years ago

YAY!

gwynnega

August 24 2011, 19:34:57 UTC 5 years ago

Ooooh, shiny!! That is awesome.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:22:24 UTC 5 years ago

Yes. :)

the_liz666

August 24 2011, 20:32:14 UTC 5 years ago

Oooh! I love SubPress! Their books are gorgeous! Can't wait to see your name on one of their covers!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:22:34 UTC 5 years ago

Me, either!

notalwaysweak

August 24 2011, 20:34:25 UTC 5 years ago

I like this news far better than waking up to the sound of my cat barfing, so I'm going to pretend I woke up to this instead.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:22:43 UTC 5 years ago

That's a good plan.

morvab

August 24 2011, 20:36:29 UTC 5 years ago

And there was much rejoicing! I assume we will get info on how to pre order as soon as you know, so will not harass you. Digital is nice but there is nothing like a really beautiful real book to hold in one's hot little hands! You continue to bring the awesome!!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:22:56 UTC 5 years ago

You will! Right now, you have all the details I have.

qnofhrt

August 24 2011, 21:14:54 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:05 UTC 5 years ago

Glee.

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seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:16 UTC 5 years ago

HOORAY THE DANCE OF JOY!

shaharazad

August 24 2011, 21:54:23 UTC 5 years ago

Congrats! This sounds awesome!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:24 UTC 5 years ago

I'm really excited.

georgiamagnolia

August 24 2011, 22:04:23 UTC 5 years ago

I am inarticulate with squee and unable to form a coherent comment but it would include a lot of exclamation points and excitement over finding out when this will be available, also there would be candy corn.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:33 UTC 5 years ago

Hee.

vincentursus

August 24 2011, 23:32:58 UTC 5 years ago

When you get paid for your writing it improves my faith in the state of the world. Please, continue.

And "Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box" was lovely.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:39 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, yay.

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seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:47 UTC 5 years ago

FUCK YEAH, SEAKING.

silvertwi

August 24 2011, 23:39:17 UTC 5 years ago

Squee! Mazel tov!

I am putting aside money for it RIGHT NOW. Because that sounds awesome, and now I want one.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 19:23:55 UTC 5 years ago

Hooray!

bookblather

August 25 2011, 00:12:44 UTC 5 years ago

FUCK YES.

Oh, man. Are preorders available yet? I have another of Subterranean's books and it is just gorgeous.

seanan_mcguire

September 9 2011, 14:14:42 UTC 5 years ago

Not yet, but I'll post when they are!

avahgdu

August 25 2011, 00:23:54 UTC 5 years ago

Now to convince Lysystratae to buy me this. heh

I still want IDW to do a comic book of Newsflesh. I cast spells daily. No, seriously. LOL

lysystratae

August 27 2011, 17:37:34 UTC 5 years ago

LOL... go to the 3rd page of comments to see my initial reaction to the news :)

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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deakat

August 25 2011, 00:28:34 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! This I must have. So very happy for you!

seanan_mcguire

September 9 2011, 03:38:06 UTC 5 years ago

Glee. :)

gorgeousgary

August 25 2011, 00:33:09 UTC 5 years ago

Major coolness!

seanan_mcguire

September 9 2011, 03:32:40 UTC 5 years ago

Happy.

yellowblackhaze

August 25 2011, 01:26:54 UTC 5 years ago

Look forward to it. I hope it's a paperback and not only an ebook. I have plenty of ebooks, but I like to have hard copies of yours.

seanan_mcguire

September 3 2011, 20:11:45 UTC 5 years ago

Part of why this is so exciting is that it WILL be a physical book, so the region restrictions which have kept some people from getting the ebook won't apply!

mardott

August 25 2011, 02:08:56 UTC 5 years ago

Too awesome for words. This is great news. Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

September 3 2011, 20:09:07 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

fadedbluejeans

August 25 2011, 02:36:32 UTC 5 years ago

Ooooh, shiny.

I have 2 copies of a Kelley Armstrong novella from them, the theory being that I was going to keep the signed, leatherbound one and sell the clothbound to go toward the price of a rarer, earlier novella. And then the books arrived, and they were SO PRETTY that I ended up keeping both.

The point of this story is that SubPress books are things of beauty and wonder, and that I MUST HAVE this book. Having a book published by Subterranean is a fantastic dream, and I'm so happy that this dream of yours is coming true.

seanan_mcguire

September 3 2011, 20:09:40 UTC 5 years ago

They really are. I'm so excited, still.

trektone

August 25 2011, 04:03:27 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! Any chance Subterranean might be interested in doing the Newsflesh trilogy in similar fashion? It would be nice to have a fully designed set, as it were.

seanan_mcguire

August 25 2011, 04:17:41 UTC 5 years ago

You know, I do not know. But I bet if people expressed an interest to them, they'd be more likely to consider it...

trektone

5 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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kyrielle

August 25 2011, 04:22:30 UTC 5 years ago

Congratulations! Also, YAY!

seanan_mcguire

September 3 2011, 20:12:04 UTC 5 years ago

Glee. :)

espressosnail

August 25 2011, 04:34:51 UTC 5 years ago

Want! That is awesome news!

seanan_mcguire

September 9 2011, 03:31:40 UTC 5 years ago

I am WORLDS of excited.

nakatak

August 25 2011, 04:58:01 UTC 5 years ago

Super yay! I think it will only be appropriate if they are signed with blood red ink

seanan_mcguire

September 9 2011, 03:31:15 UTC 5 years ago

So. True.

keristor

August 25 2011, 08:56:33 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! Assuming they'll sell to the UK...

seanan_mcguire

September 2 2011, 17:41:09 UTC 5 years ago

They will!

shiyiya

August 25 2011, 09:27:48 UTC 5 years ago

EXCITE. I was really hoping there would be a way to buy dead tree of those!

seanan_mcguire

September 2 2011, 17:41:26 UTC 5 years ago

Me, too.
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