Edited Books
What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?
Edited and Annotated by Douglas Morgan
124
pages | 5 1/4" x 8"
| $9.95
ISBN: 1-931013-09-8
Compiled
and annotated by a longtime Naval officer and author of the acclaimed thriller
Tiger Cruise, this funny and unrestrained
collection of more than twenty sea chanties is not for small children.
Sung for as long as sailors have gone to the sea in ships, chanties helped to make shipboard tasks
easier and to pass the time on years-long voyages. Each generation of sailors adapted the songs
to their own needs and cultures, forming an unbroken link from the age of sail to the nuclear-powered
navies of today.
With more than 60 illustrations and explanations of Naval terms and life—including some of the
bawdier parts of a sailor's life—What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor? shows the unexpurgated
side of military life and literature. More
The Internet Guide for Seniors
By Lisa Jo Rudy and Peter Cook
192
pages | 6" x 9"
| $12.95
ISBN: 1-931013-04-7
Senior citizens are one of the fastest-growing segments of the online population-and a strong book-buying population as well. But until now there has been no easy-to-use Internet guide specifically aimed at an older audience, and designed to be helpful both to novices looking to e-mail their grandchildren, and to people with some computer familiarity (from work, for instance). This guide, intended for the over-55 market, brings a friendly, no-nonsense approach to getting seniors up and running on the Internet. More
Tiger Cruise
By Douglas Morgan
285
pages | 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
| $23.95
ISBN: 0-312-87042-6
An
exciting tale of piracy and heroism on the high seas, brought to life with
the authentic voice of a man who has been there.
"A taut tale of action."
--Houston Chronicle
"Not a word is wasted...Tiger Cruise is truly that cliche, the book that you
can't put down."
--Mystery News
"Brisk...Retired naval officer Morgan has the background to keep it authoritative
and make it lively."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Morgan builds a solid plot that sails full speed ahed with engaging characters,
terse dialogue and authentic action."
--Publishers Weekly More
The Essential Dracula
By Bram Stoker; annotations by Leonard Wolf
484
pages | 6" x 9 "
| $15.00
ISBN: 0-452-26943-1
The complete text (including the "missing" first chapter, "Dracula's Guest") of Bram Stoker's original novel, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends about Dracula, Transylvania, and vampires . . . everything you ever wanted to know about literature's most infamous count.
The Essential Dracula also includes:
A major new introductory essay by Leonard Wolf that provides background on Stoker's classic, examines the cultural history of the Dracula myth, and traces the literary history of the vampire novel from John Polidori's The Vampyre (1819) to Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat (1985)...
A selected filmography of major vampire films, from F. W. Murnau's silent classic Nosferatu (1922) to Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)...
Commentary by leading contemporary horror writers, including Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, and many more...
Over 35 illustrations, including stunning new Dracula illustrations by Christopher Bing...
The Essential Dracula is the most complete and comprehensive edition of the world's greatest horror story.
This was the first annotated book I edited (I've since done a bunch more), as well as the first book I ever worked on with Leonard Wolf (a cult figure as a horror scholar in the 1970s whose fame has since been eclipsed by that of his daughter, Naomi Wolf). I also met Windhaven Press's Nancy Hanger while working on this project, as well as Christopher Bing, who went on to win a Caldecott Honor for his artwork, and to illustrate a bunch of other books I edited. This was a logistical disaster for a number of reasons, and I'm very proud that it came out as the terrific book it did. But I want it on record that I had nothing to do with the hideous cover.
The Essential Frankenstein
By Mary Shelley; annotations by Leonard Wolf
357
pages | 6" x 9 "
| $15.00
ISBN: 0-452-26968-7
The complete text of Mary Shelley's classic 1816 novel, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends . . . everything you ever wanted to know about literature's most famous Creature.
The Essential Frankenstein also includes:
A major introductory essay by Leonard Wolf which provides background on the Romantic spirit that infuses the novel, and examines how Shelley's tragic family life influenced Frankenstein...
Selections from the original ghost stories that inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein, translated into English for the first time ever ...
Nineteenth-century reviews of Frankenstein by Sir Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others ...
Commentary by leading contemporary writers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Camille Paglia, Leonard Maltin, Robert Bloch, and many more...
A selected filmography of major Frankenstein films...
Dozens of illustrations, including stunning new artwork by Christopher Bing...
The Essential Frankenstein is the most complete and comprehensive edition of one of the world's most haunting horror stories.
The second annotated book I edited, and a much smoother process than the first one. After I left Byron Preiss Visual the series continued with Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Phantom of the Opera, edited by Keith R. A. De Candido. I later went on to edit two annotated editions of H. P. Lovecraft's work for Dell Books, with annotater S. T. Joshi.
The Ultimate Witch
Edited by John Betancourt and Leigh Grossman
360
pages | 6" x 9 "
| $11.95
ISBN: 0-440-50531-3
In this haunting and provocative collection, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic and the mysterious explore the legends and lore of withches and witchcraft.
From Dean Koontz's tale of a witch's revenge on a purse snatcher to Jane Yolen's story of sorcery in old Scotland, from S. P. Somtow's eerie look at magic in modern-day Hollywood to Tanith Lee's story of enchantment in an exotic land - here are spectacular stories transcending time and place.
I worked on this as understudy to SF editor John Betancourt (now publisher of Wildside Press), and got to learn the ins and outs of putting together an open anthology. The head of the packager producing the book was convinced that it should be a "family-oriented" book on witchcraft, to the point of insisting on a disclaimer in the front of the book. However, he didn't actually read the book that John and I put together, for all that he insisted on the lead editing credit. Luckily I had moved on to another job by the time the book actually came out and Publisher's Weekly singled out Karl Edward Wagner's story about a transvestite prostitute for special praise. Lars Hokanson's woodcuts illustrating every story are terrific, by the way.
The Ultimate Zombie
Edited by John Betancourt and Leigh Grossman
391
pages | 6" x 9 "
| $11.95
ISBN: 0-440-50534-8
Celebrating the strange and unusual, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic explore the myths and legends surrounding the dead and the undead... the zombie.
From Anne Rice's chilling portrait of a woman more dead than alive to Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's future where nobody dies forever, from Nina Kiriki Hoffman's powerful story of the dead returned for love to Gene Wolfe's tale of computer-driven corpses - here are spectacular zombie stories transcending time and space.