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King Alexander the Stag

  • Feb. 7th, 2006 at 11:01 PM
Madame de Jurjewicz
Thanks for all your kind and encouraging words about The Privilege of the Sword! I'll keep posting about it as the days (and weeks and months...oh, god give me patience...) progress toward publication. Raging "Swordspoint" world completists have noted that there's one short story that is pretty much impossible to find anywhere: "The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag" by Delia Sherman, in A Distant Soil #29, ed. and illustrated by Colleen Doran (Image Comics, 1999), takes place about 800 years before The Fall of the Kings, and has never been reprinted (yet!). We do have, if not a basement full of them, at least enough to share with LJ friends - and also quite a few of ADS #28 with my old story "Red Cloak" in there, also illustrated by Colleen. If you're interested in acquiring same, our invaluable asst. Davey gives instructions on how to order:

Anyone interested in acquiring a copy of ADS #29 with Delia Sherman's story "The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag" illustrated by Colleen Doran, should please send $5 (check, money order, or even cash if you trust the USPS that much) to:

Ellen Kushner
c/o IAF
POB 35862
Boston, MA 02135

Please make sure that your name and mailing address are clearly noted in the request, and make checks payable to "Delia Sherman."

If you also want a copy of ADS #28 with Ellen's story "Red Cloak" illustrated by Colleen Doran, please add another $2 ($7 total for both issues).

All copies will be signed with author's name(s).
NB: This is for mailing in the U.S. only! For International, see below.

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[info]annnimeee wrote:
Feb. 7th, 2006 08:37 pm (UTC)
*sparkly eyes*
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh! *hyperventilates*

I already have the "Red Cloak" issue, but I was never able to find "The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag" in my comic book store. Ooooh.

I remember how excited I was when I first saw "Red Cloak" and the other Riverside stories reprinted in Swordpoint. Any chance of your other lovely short stories in all those volumes of "Years Best Fantasy & Horror" being collected and reprinted into a short story collection? *_*
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:41 pm (UTC)
Re: *sparkly eyes*
Funny you should ask . . . I was approached a couple years back by a small press about a short story collection, but it ended up falling through. I frankly don't think I have enough short stories under my belt yet - my output is embarrassingly slender - but of course if someone wanted to issue a collection I would probably not demur.

And I'll certainly keep you posted!
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[info]snakey wrote:
Feb. 7th, 2006 11:31 pm (UTC)
I'm going to have to get on to friends stateside to see if they will front me the dollars.... *excited*
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:32 pm (UTC)
Hi, snakey! See my new post on this page re. international....
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[info]kasakitis wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 12:12 am (UTC)
This is wonderful, thank you for letting us know how to get these. :)
I live in Sweden though, could you please let me know if it's doable to ship here, and if it is, let me know how much extra would it cost?
(If this is too much trouble though, I'll just route them via a friend in the US)
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:32 pm (UTC)
Thank you! See my new post on this page re. international....
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[info]tamaranth wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 12:49 am (UTC)
do you do Paypal? (If not, I may have a $5 bill somewhere!) And do you ship internationally?
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:42 pm (UTC)
Sorry, no PayPal- see my new post on this page re. international; US$5 isn't actually enough to cover international postage, but 5GBP will do it at the present exchange rate!
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[info]eegatland wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 02:43 am (UTC)
what [info]tamaranth said. Overseas shipping?
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 07:38 am (UTC)
Hmm... I hadn't thought about Europe! Let me check on that.

And note that "Red Cloak" is a fribble: the first story I ever sold, and a kind of five-finger exercise for what would become the Swordspoint guys. It's already been reprinted at the end of the new Bantam edition of Swordspoint, along with the 2 other short stories about those characters. But if you're a Colleen Doran fan, you definitely want the ADS version.
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[info]mantichore wrote:
Feb. 10th, 2006 01:41 pm (UTC)
"Hmm... I hadn't thought about Europe! Let me check on that. "

Hmpf, I say. >:-((
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[info]mnemex wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 10:13 am (UTC)
I'm pretty sure we have ADS #29.

I'm looking forward to seeing the final _Priviledge_.
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 02:42 pm (UTC)
I owe so much to you & LP, my friend! Thanks for fact-checking our imaginary world! Delia only just figured out what to do about the fact that in THE FALL OF THE KINGS, Sopia Campion is scandalizing everyone by trying to found a Women's Chair of Mathematics, but in TPOTS, which takes place 40 years earlier, Alec sets one up for his friend - well, never mind, y'all, but anyway Delia said, "Just make it a *Fellowship* for her." Good Delia. That means there's only one serious Errata (Erratum?) I'll have to own to when I put it all up on my website.
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[info]blackholly wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 02:55 pm (UTC)
If i promise you $5, will you bring me one at the meeting???
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 03:12 pm (UTC)
Yes, but you'd better pay up - we know where you live!!
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[info]peregrinejohn wrote:
Feb. 8th, 2006 09:41 pm (UTC)
Oo, I'll take me a set of that! Check coming along shortly...
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[info]wbradley wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:06 pm (UTC)
Ooh me too, please - cheque in the post (from the UK, so don't hold your breath!) Please save me one of each!
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:27 pm (UTC)
Hi, Wendy! I'll take a 5 pound note if that's easier for you.
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 02:31 pm (UTC)
For International Orders
Delia & I travel *a lot*, so Euros and Pounds are actually useful to us. So here's what Davey & I have come up with:

For international requests, 5 GBP or 10 EUR, for either just Delia's issue (#29) or both (#28 and #29 - be sure to tell us what you want!). All international payments must be *cash*; we don't have any reasonable way to process non-US$ checks or PayPal without adding expense. (Those numbers aren't strictly equitable between the currencies, but they allow for fluctuation and not having to deal with coins in envelopes.)

Apologies for the many simplifications, but this is the most efficient way for us to get the books out to people. They will be sent by surface post, so please be patient - and thanks!
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[info]flurry_of_snow wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2006 06:01 am (UTC)
Re: For International Orders
Eek! Have not been online for a while and have only just seen this...are there still copies available for both #28 and #29 - i shall post the 5 GBP ASAP if so!

- Yas
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Mar. 19th, 2006 08:23 am (UTC)
Re: For International Orders
Yes absolutely both are still available! It's 10 GBP for both - 5 for one only - mailing is prohibitive....
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[info]flurry_of_snow wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2006 12:28 pm (UTC)
Re: For International Orders
Phew! That's great news. Thanks.
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[info]wheefactor wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 04:11 pm (UTC)
Omigosh, I must mail this cheque immediately. How excellent!

One question: it may sound silly (I admit, I am an amateur in the world), but will these cheques come directly to the hands of yourself and Ms Sherman? If so, may I be permitted to write a letter of admiration (it sounds frightening, but it'll be modest, no frets) and inquiry? I would be much elated.

Though, happy either way!
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 04:21 pm (UTC)
Ha! We fear no admiration!! Do your worst....

Our assistant, Davey (a.k.a. She Who Must Be, if not Obeyed, at least Listened To or we'll be Sorry), will be opening the mail and processing the cheques. Any additional love letters will of course be passed on to us immediately. BUT she also reads this LJ, so: if there's something you want to be For Our Eyes Only, either write PERSONAL on the envelope, or - to make assurance double-sure - enclose a sealed note addressed to Delia and/or me. Davey is a very honorable woman - it must be that, because we can't possibly pay enough to purchase the kind of discretion she nonetheless delivers. (Oh, and we'll be seeing the cheques, too, of course, since we have to countersign and deposit them!)
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[info]wheefactor wrote:
Feb. 11th, 2006 01:37 pm (UTC)
Ha! We fear no admiration!! Do your worst....

Do be prepared for gushing, then. And some out-of-place questions (I have no idea what I mean by that).

No frets, though. This shall be simpler than it sounds. All right! Thank you!
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Feb. 12th, 2006 09:20 am (UTC)
Looking forward to it!
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[info]damascene wrote:
Feb. 9th, 2006 06:44 pm (UTC)
Fear not, friends. Ellen and Delia will certainly receive, promptly, everything (non-lethal) that arrives in the mail. Nevermind my honor--discretion, and speedy processing of requests, in this case, has already been assured by my very own Advance Reading Copy, which is being savored between bouts of figuring out postage costs and currency exchange rates.

(As if the company I get to keep weren't enough, sometimes this assistant gig is a Very Good Deal indeed.)
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[info]dorkyhobbit wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2007 05:46 pm (UTC)
Oh, dear, why did I just see this!? I really hope the story is re-published so that we all can read it! I'd hate to miss out on any of your Riverside stories!
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2007 07:33 pm (UTC)
Don't worry - all the stories were reprinted in the recent Bantam paperback edition of SWORDSPOINT, so just get that and you're covered!
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2007 07:35 pm (UTC)
Should have said - all *my* stories - Delia's has not been reprinted, but we're looking into getting it online or something.
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[info]dorkyhobbit wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2007 08:01 pm (UTC)
Oops. I meant a collective "your" I suppose (because of "Fall of the Kings" and Delia's involvement in that arc), but I should have been more clear! Sorry! I'm very glad to hear that about "King Alexander the Stag"! I hope to read it someday.
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2007 08:03 pm (UTC)
Thanks! When it gets reprinted, I (or Delia) will definitely post about it - so Watch This Space.....
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[info]toxic_hedgehog wrote:
May. 14th, 2007 08:57 am (UTC)
Sorry for bumping up a post from so long ago, but do you still have copies of those two ADS issues available? I would really really love to have them.
I've been trying to buy them online for a while now, but anywhere i look they are either out of stock or refuse to ship to Israel. :(
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
May. 15th, 2007 03:14 am (UTC)
I don't have copies of Delia's, but could make a copy of the story if you like. I'll be happy to send you the ADS with mine in it, which I have plenty of. Please write with particulars to EllenKushner
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[info]toxic_hedgehog wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 12:46 pm (UTC)
Here i go bothering you again. I sent you the e-mail about the ADS issues to the address you have given me, but didn't get a reply.

I'll try to resend it today, but could you just tell me how much will the ADS cost with shipping to Israel in USD? I'll mail you the money along with my return address.

Sorry again for bugging you, but i am really hoping to get it in time for my girlfriend's birthday. :)
Also, do you want anything from Israel? :D
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[info]ellen_kushner wrote:
May. 30th, 2007 09:22 pm (UTC)
Sorry - I don't know how much shipping will cost in advance. My assistant was supposed to get back to you, but she's been away. If you send your mailing address to the edress I gave you, she will arrange to have stuff mailed & then we will bill you. OK?

All I want from Israel is a year's worth of Leben for my fridge, and you can't mail that, I'm afraid!
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