Tuesday, 12 February 2008

jeffrey fords new collection going out



Jeffrey Ford's new collection going out

According to Jonathan Strahan, Jeffrey Ford's new collection, The

Empire of Ice Cream, has started shipping. He posted the table of

contents (also available at the book's site):

Introduction - Jonathan Carroll.

1. The Annals of Eelin-Ok

2. Jupiter's Skull

3. A Night in the Tropics

4. The Empire of Ice Cream

5. The Beautiful Gelreesh

6. Boatman's Holiday

7. Botch Town

8. A Man of Light

9. The Green Word

10. Giant Land

11. Coffins on the River

12. Summer Afternoon

13. The Weight of Words

14. The Trentino Kid

I've read all the stories except "Botch Town," which is new to the

collection, "Coffins on the River" (from Polyphony #3) and "Summer

Afternoon" (apparently from "Say ... Is this a Cat?"). Based on that,

I'd say this is a great collection. Getting "Empire of Ice Cream" and

"The Weight of Words" alone would be worth the price of the book. So

order now! In the meantime, check out Ford's blog at 14theDitch.


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