Parris is off to Ireland once again, and once again she’s having trouble.

Her flight was supposed to leave Albuquerque for Chicago at 1:15, but at last report was still sitting on the runway, with all the passengers aboard. The reason given was bad weather in Chicago. If and when she takes off, she may or may not make her Dublin connection at O’Hare. The key there is whether ALL the flights are being delayed, or just some. She had two hours to make that connection, but of course the delays have eaten up that cushion.

I know some of her Irish friends read this LJ. I’ll let you know the latest when I hear from her… but be advised, she may not be showing up on schedule.

Meanwhile, I’m still here, still holding down the fort, working on DANCE, on Vance, on WARRIORS, on WILD CARDS.

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Talked to Bill Schafer of Subterranean Press today, and he told me that the lettered and numbered limited edition runs of SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH have already sold out half their scheduled print-runs, just in… what, three, four days since they were announced.

So if you’re a Jack Vance fan, a Tom Kidd fan, or a fan of Kage Baker, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Terry Dowling, Matthew Hughes, John C. Wright, Phyllis Eisenstein, Liz Williams, Tad Williams, Walter Jon Williams, Robert Silverberg, Howard Waldrop, or any of the other writers who will contributing, you really do want to reserve a copy now.

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Our Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, is coming along wonderfully, with more stories arriving every day, so Subterranean Press has started taking pre-orders for their numbered and lettered limited editions of the book, illustrated by Tom Kidd.

Here’s an advance peek at Tom’s cover painting. It’s not quite done, but this will give you the flavor of it. The scene depicts the ruins of the Museum of Man. I’ve seen the rough sketches of some of Tom’s interiors as well, and those should be great as well.

But there’s no sense in me telling you all about the wonders of the book when Subterranean’s website does that for me. Go check it out at http://www.subterraneanpress.com/ and place your order soon. Jack Vance has a lot of fans, and we expect these editions to go fast.

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