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The Fall Of The House Of Usher/Usher II
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Gauntlet Press is reporting that all numbered copies of The Fall of the House of Usher/Usher II have shipped.
Description: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe has become one of the most recognized psychological horror story of all times. The fable of tainted bloodline and madness is as disturbing today as it was at the time of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” The pain of Roderick Usher has been retold innumerous times, including musical and visual art forms. The Grand Master of Science Fiction, Ray Bradbury himself, has re-built and re-demolished the House of Usher in his Martian Chronicles with the story “Usher II.”
Now, the Usher legend is given another life in this edition, combining the stories from our past and from our future, united through the art of the present-day artist Allois. As Ray Bradbury broke the barrier between Sci-Fi and mainstream literature, so Allois had made an attempt to combine two art forms into one. The reader is presented by the printed stories and their visual counterpart as found in the depths of the artist’s imagination. The result, a fine art novel, combines the strength of classic literature and the power of fine art.
You can still pick up a copy here: Fall Of The House Of Usher/Usher II
Gauntlet Updates Status of Titles
Posted by: | CommentsGauntlet Press is reporting that they had originally anticipated Ray Bradbury’s Dawn To Dusk: Cautionary Travels being released in late fall. At the time they didn’t have Ray Bradbury’s Usher II book on their schedule. By contract Gauntlet had to layout, design and have Usher II at the printer prior to September 15. As a result Dawn To Dusk is likely to be a late-December/January release.
The layout of Richard Matheson’s Nightmare At 20,000 Feet will be completed by the end of the week. As soon as it’s been proofed it goes to the printer. Gauntlet will be ordering slipcases for the numbered edition shortly and suggest you place your order if you haven’t already.
This is the definitive edition of Richard Matheson’s acclaimed short story that was filmed twice for The Twilight Zone. The book includes:
- Matheson’s short story
- Matheson’s script for The Original Twilight Zone
- The Matheson/George Miller script for The Twilight Zone Movie
- Storyboards from The Twilight Zone Movie
The book is edited by Tony Albarella (editor of the Rod Serling script series). Richard Matheson was interviewed by Albarella for the book. Gauntlet also has contributions from William Shatner, Carol Serling and Rockne O’Bannon, Richard Donner, and Richard Christian Matheson.
To keep up with all of Gauntlet’s projects visit their website: Gauntlet Press
New Ray Bradbury Full Color Illustrated Collection
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Gauntlet Press will be publishing its first full-color illustrated collection this fall, The Fall of the House of Usher/Usher II, illustrated by Allois. They took on this project after Ray Bradbury (author of Usher II) saw the finished book and expressed his enthusiasm, and also agreed to sign a limited number of signature sheets for two editions of the book.
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe has become one of the most recognized psychological horror story of all times. The fable of tainted bloodline and madness is as disturbing today as it was at the time of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” The pain of Roderick Usher was retold innumerous times, including musical and visual art forms. The Grand Master of Science Fiction, Ray Bradbury himself, has re-built and re-demolished the House of Usher in his Martian Chronicles with the story “Usher II.”
The Usher legend is given another life in this edition, combining the stories from our past and from our future, united through the art of the present-day artist Allois. As Ray Bradbury broke the barrier between Sci-Fi and mainstream literature, so Allois had made an attempt to combine two art forms into one. The reader is presented by the printed stories and their visual counterpart as found in the depths of the artist’s imagination. The result, a Fine Art Novel, combines the strength of classic literature and the power of fine art.
As to who is Allois? Allois is an American painter and illustrator, best known for the striking and bizarre images of Aliens in her surrealist work. Says art critic Peter Frank, “Allois paints presences. Her figures manifest conditions, sliding away from personality and into mood. A particular character may present itself as a child or adult, man or beast, but its identity gives way almost immediately to its nuance. Personages making their way through a landscape come to embody self-containment, self-absorption. This is real abstraction, a dissolution of the seen into the sensed.”
You can see a number of images from the two stories in the collection, as well as her portrait of Ray Bradbury here: Usher II.
Gauntlet Press expects a Fall 2010 release for this title.
Ray Bradbury on God, Monsters and Angels
Posted by: | CommentsCNN is currently running a great piece on Ray Bradbury, who turns 90 this month. Bradbury – who lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair – says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God.
The primary push of the article is Bradbury’s belief in God and how it’s influenced his writing.
“We must move into the universe,” says Bradbury. “Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves.”
You can read the article in its entirety here: Ray Bradbury
Bradbury is still conjuring his monsters and angels. His latest book, Summer Morning, Summer Night, was released last month.
A Pleasure To Burn
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Subterranean Press is reporting that all copies (individual, retail, and wholesale) for Ray Bradbury’s major new collection, A Pleasure to Burn, as well as Elizabeth Bear’s glittering sold out novella, Bone and Jewel Creatures, should be en route to customers by the end of the day April 27.
After that, the shippers at their warehouse will be moving on to Jim Butcher’s Grave Peril, while Subterranean’s other shipper will be working on the limited edition to Thomas Ligotti’s Songs of a Dead Dreamer next week.
A Pleasure to Burn is the ideal companion to Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Edited by Bradbury authorities Donn Albright and Jon Eller, this generous volume gathers 16 vintages stories and novellas. Some of the stories, such as “The Pedestrian” and “Pillars of Fire,” will be familiar to the author’s long-time fans. Others, such as “The Bonfire” and “The Reincarnate,” are more obscure. The true heart of the collection are the long novellas “Long after Midnight” (which has only appeared once in an expensive limited edition) and the 25,000-word tale, “The Fireman,” the immediate precursor to the final, full-length novel. These independent, brilliantly original tales are a significant publishing event.
A Pleasure to Burn:
Trade: 3000 fully cloth bound hardcovers: $35
Songs of a Dead Dreamer:
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition: $40
Ray Bradbury’s Tribute to Saturday Matinees
Posted by: | CommentsThe following ten minute clip was filmed in June 2009 at Ray Bradbury’s home in Los Angeles. This tribute to Classic Saturday Matinees, It Came From Outer Space, the art and craft of writing, had its World Premiere on October 17, 2009 at The Buffalo International Film Festival 2009 at The North Park Theatre.
We’re so fortunate every time we have an opportunity to share a piece of Ray Bradbury with you. Enjoy this …
