Going beyond Phil's homage to Kurt Vonnegut Jr, his humurous novel "by" Kilgore Trout, this collection celebrates Phil's "fictional-author" period. Just look at this table of contents:
Available in three editions:
TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH This reprint is tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2008 by MonkeyBrain Books. More details to follow.
STRANGE RELATIONS Last year's trade paperback collection from Baen books will be available in Mass Market paperback in January 2008. This book contains the five short stories that appeared in the original STRANGE RELATIONS COLLECTION:
And also includes these two early novels:
Daughter
Father
Son (originally Queen of the Deep)
My Sister's Brother (originally Open to Me, My Sister)
FLESH
VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL AND OTHERS
This amazing collection, edited by Christopher Paul Carey, also includes a foreword by Tom Wode Bellman. Chris' introduction maps out this entire period from Phil's career and even includes information just recently uncovered.
Venus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout
"The Obscure Life and Hard Times of Kilgore Trout"
"The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod"
"The Problem of the Sore Bridge -- Among Others" by Harry Manders
"The Volcano" by Paul Chapin
"Osiris on Crutches" by Leo Queequeg Tincrowder
"The Phantom of the Sewers" by Rod Keen
"A Hole in Hell" by Dane Helstrom
"The Last Rise of Nick Adams" by Codwainer Bird
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer
"The Impotency of Bad Karma" by Cordwainer Bird – the original version, later rewritten as "The Last Rise of Nick Adams" -- lettered edition only
Limited: $125
Trade: $38
Subterranean Press has published three other collections of Phil's work, and they sold out the day the book shipped or very shortly there after. Don't miss out, pre-order your copy now directly from the publisher.