Paperback, 384 pp; cover art Donato Giancola; SS, editor
THE STAR STONE, BOOK TWO: THE SAGE by Christopher Stasheff
Mass-market edition of our 7/96 hardcover; 345-39244-2
Paperback, 352 pp; cover art by Stephen Youll; VC, editor
TARZAN & THE JEWELS OF OPAR (#5) and JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN (#6) (SF)
Two-in-one edition; 345-40831-4
Paperback, 340 pp; cover art by J. Allen St. John; CL, editor
SKY TRILLIUM by Julian May (SF)
345-38000-2
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WORKS IN PROGRESS: Changes, Additions, Updates
The DRIN lists only the changes to the Works in Progress report. The
entire current report can be found on the Panix gopher (gopher.panix.com)
in the Del Rey Books subdirectory, under Publishing Information.)
COMMITTMENT, the sequel to COMMENCEMENT by Roby James, will be published
in the middle of next year.
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SIGNING, READINGS, CONVENTION ATTENDANCE BY DEL REY AUTHORS
TERRY BROOKS will be on America Online's Family PC Forum on September 18,
10-11pm EST.
ROBERT FREZZA will be signing CAINуS LAND at Louieуs Bookstore Cafe,
Baltimore, Maryland, Sept 28 and 29 from 1-3:30pm.
DEL REY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS==========================================
R. A. SALVATORE FAN CLUB
Next year Del Rey will publish our first book by bestselling fantasy
author R. A. Salvatore. Those of you already familiar with his books
might want to know about his new official fan club, The Realm. Membership
includes a subscription to the club's quarterly newsletter, advance
notification of new releases, and announcements of book signings in your
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06074. The Realm is a not-for-profit organization, and all funds not used
for administration of the club will be donated to Reading is Fundamental.
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RESULTS OF SAMPLE CHAPTER SURVEY
Over 250 people responded to the sample chapter survey begun in last
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whole rather than cut them down to sample sections of 3-5 pages. So don't
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shorter sample, just read (or print) the first few pages. Thanks for
participating--I've mailed out BUNCHES of free books!
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NEW SURVEY: GOPHER SITE, ANYONE?
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gopherspace on Panix? (gopher://gopher.panix.com) If everyone's
converted to the Web, I'm going to stop keeping it up every month, so let
me know: ekharris@randomhouse.com. No free-book promises this time
around, I'm out of packing tape!
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MORE OFFICIAL AUTHOR WEB SITES
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James P. Hogan:
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Dave Duncan:
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LATEST EXCERPTS ONLINE==================================================
Sample chapters of some of our upcoming and recent (and some of our
favorite, neither upcoming nor recent) books are available online (for
free, of course). This month's books are MOTHER OF WINTER by Barbara
Hambly, THE ROAD TO MADNESS by H. P. Lovecraft, "I'D RATHER KISS A
WOOKIEE": THE QUOTABLE STAR WARS by Steven J. Sansweet, MID-FLINX by Alan
Dean Foster, and DEVIL'S TOWER by Mark Sumner. Descriptions above in
"What's New in the Stores."
You can get the sample chapters a few different ways: they're on the Del
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(gopher.panix.com) in the Del Rey Books directory; you can request them
via e-mail from the Del Rey fileserver (delrey@tachyon.com; SENDME
sample.mother_of_winter, sample.road_to_madness, sample.mid-flinx, or
sample.devils_tower) and they'll be available in CompuServe's SFLit Library 2
and AOL's SF and Fantasy libraries, too. Note: THE QUOTABLE STAR WARS is
available only on the Web site. (For a list of all sample chapters
available via the fileserver, send a message to delrey@tachyon.com with "LIST
sample" as the body of the message.)
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From : Serge Berezhnoy 2:5030/207.2 .ет 05 .ен 96 07:59
To : All
Subj : 2 Del Rey Internet Newsletter 44 (September 1996)
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.Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 07:59:29 -0400
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IN DEPTH================================================================
R. A. Salvatore, bestselling author of fantasy novels for TSR (and soon
for Del Rey!), tells us about how he got drawn into the world of Tarzan...
I was flattered when Steve Saffel asked me to get involved in the Tarzan
project, but I didn't jump at the offer. It had nothing to do with the
opportunity itself, or with any other conflicting projects, or with any
elitist attitude I might hold about novelizations. In fact, I've always
wanted to try a novelization (and despite what some high-sniffing critics
might say, my TSR novels were NOT novelizations!).
My hesitance was simply due to the fact that, where Tarzan was concerned,
my experiences were few indeed. I don't know if I was born too late or
too early, but somehow, Tarzan had never a big part of my literary life.
I'd seen a few of the shows and movies, of course, but I hadn't read many
Tarzan stories. Now don't get me wrong, I love the works of Edgar Rice
Burroughs and consider him to be one of the all-time masters. But my
favorite Burroughs' tales take place at the Earth's core, not in the
African jungle.
"Too bad it wasn't Pellucidar," I told Steve.
"But Bob," he interrupted, "in this story, Tarzan goes to Pellucidar!"
Ah, there's the rub.
The screenplay (which was full of energy) arrived soon after, along with
the director's cut of the TV movie (which was quite cool), and I set to
work.
A funny thing happened as I got to know this hero named Tarzan. Steve had
told me that he had thought of me for the project because the
characterization of Tarzan--the sophisticated, post-Lord Greystoke
Tarzan--reminded him of some of my heroes, most notably, the dark elf,
Drizzt Do'Urden. He was right on; Tarzan's voice came to me as soon as I
started banging away at the keyboard. He's the classic romantic (and
fantasy) hero: an outcast by choice, a ranger by trade. I couldn't help
but fall in love with this guy. (I guess I've just added a whole bunch of
my Burroughs collection to my "books-to-read" list.)
Throughout the project, I watched Tarzan fighting the battles (in my mind,
not in the movie!), and heard and empathized with his every inner
struggle. Truly, writing the book was a breeze, fun and exciting,
insightful and energizing, and it came off without a single problem.
Well, maybe one.
Does anybody out there know how to spell Tarzan's signature yodel?
--Copyright 1996 by R. A. Salvatore
Q & A===================================================================
Q: I am an illustrator of science fiction and fantasy subjects and am
interested in submitting material to your company.
A: You may send your portfolio to: Del Rey Art Director, 201 East 50th
St., NY, NY 10022 USA. We find new cover artists through agent
submissions, portfolios sent from the artists themselves, and art shows at
conventions.
Q: What are the names of the first three Star Wars books? The Trilogy
(STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and RETURN OF THE
JEDI) are volumes 4, 5, and 6. At the beginning of STAR WARS there
is an exerpt from the Journal of the Whills, which it says is the
first saga. Is there another name for this book, or is it in print?
A: Those books donуt exist. The trilogy volumes you list are the first in
the Star Wars series, even though theyуre numbered 4 through 6. The idea
is that the next movie/book will be 1-3; then the next trilogy will be 7-9.
Q: I am interested in knowing when volumes three and four of the
_Worldwar_ series by Harry Turtledove willl be available.
A: Book Three, TILTING THE BALANCE, is out now in hardcover. Book Four,
STRIKING THE BALANCE, will be published in December in hardcover along
with the paperback of Book Three.
Ellen Key Harris
Editor, Del Rey Books
Director of Online Projects, Ballantine Books
delrey@randomhouse.com |DEL|
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[The Del Rey Internet Newsletter is copyright 1996 by Del Rey Books,
except for the IN DEPTH section, which is copyright by the author.
The DRIN may be reproduced only in its entirety, and not for profit.]
... Безоткатная полевая кухня.
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From : Serge Berezhnoy 2:5030/207.2 .ет 05 .ен 96 23:03
To : Ljuba Fedorova
Subj : .ндимион
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Привет, Ljuba!
Wednesday September 04 1996 18:51, Ljuba Fedorova wrote to Serge Berezhnoy:
SB>> "Герой должен быть один" Олдей в серии "Далекая Радуга" у вас уже
SB>> всплыл?
> ВсплыВАЛ. Hо я его пpовоpонила, боюсь, для себя - уже навсегда.
> Ума тепеpь не пpиложу, где взять.
Люба, еще раз, ради достоверности: это было не барнаульское издание (в серии
"Философский боевик"), а именно в серии "ДАЛЕКАЯ РАДУГА" -- с крутым, под
Шварца, мужиком в черном шлеме-маске и шкуре на голое тело -- издания "АСТ" и
