Michael provides introduction for "R IS FOR ROCKET"
Michael has provided the Introduction for PS
Publishing's re-issue of Ray Bradbury's classic R IS FOR
ROCKET.
Just out from PS Publishing is a hardcover re-issue
of Ray Bradbury's classic 1962 collection,
R IS FOR
ROCKET. With a forward by
Ray
Harryhausen and reproductions of the artwork
that accompanied the stories' original publication in magazines and pulps, this
volume is an absolute must for all Bradbury fans. There is a companion re-issue
of S IS FOR SPACE, too, with contributions by Tim Powers and Sir Arthur C.
Clarke.Michael said: 'Having been one of
the countless small boys whose imagination was fired into life by Ray Bradbury's
work, I felt incredibly honoured to have been a part of this project. PS
Publishing have done a truly stunning
job.'
The
collection is issued in three states:
Hardcover,
Boxed and a
deluxe 3-Volume Slipcased
Edition containing R IS FOR ROCKET, S IS FOR
SPACE and a further volume of material which will not be made available in any
other format. Further information can be
found at PS Publishing's site here.NOTE
ALSO: Lavie Tidhar's exhaustive
bibliography of Michael's
work is available from the same publisher. An
invaluable resource for collectors and fans - and available in both hard and
soft cover - this includes a rigorous listing of everything published up till
2004, together with notes by Michael on each story and novel. The page for this
publication is here.
Posted: Mon - December
5, 2005 at 09:36 AM