[Dragaera] Two complaints (was:title clarification)

[Steve Hubbell]

This is as good a moment to express the only two complaints I've had from 
twenty-plus years of reading the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.

1. Jhereg, Yendi, Teckla, Taltos, Phoenix, Athyra, and Orca have never 
released (or re-released) in hardcover editions (except as SF Bookclub 
omnibus editions). From the moment Dragon was released and I saw the 
fantastic job Carol Russo did on the dust jacket design, I realized how 
deprived I have felt over the lack of hard cover editions of the earlier 
books in the series,and just how much I really would like to have those 
books in hardcover.

2. Dzur was released, and for whatever "logical' reasoning Tor might have 
used, the cool dust jacket layout that was utilized for Dragon and Issola 
was disregarded. Sure, similar artwork and letter fonts have still been 
used, but the border around the back cover description text has been 
discarded, and the layout of the title and image on the spine does not line 
up with the two previous books.

I know the true value of the book is contained in the story printed inside, 
and that story would be just as enjoyable and entertaining even if it was 
printed on un-used toilet paper, but it sure would be nice to buy books in a 
favorite series and have the books actually look like the publisher knew 
that they were part of a series.

End of gripe session....

Now for a question, which may or may not have been brought up before:
Has Steven Brust ever considered authorizing a series of ltd edition s/n 
deluxe hardcover editions (non-omnibus) of the Vlad Taltos books? Something 
possibly along the lines of those leather bound Louis L'Amour or Agatha 
Christe books which you see advertised through mail order ads. How many 
Brust fans on the list here would actually be willing to pay $50 or $100 per 
book for a such a set?


>From: "A.S. Zanoni" <chica at dreamcafe.com>
>Reply-To: fairhair at gmail.com
>To: dragaera at dragaera.info, kdvorenkamp at gmail.com
>Subject: [Dragaera] title clarification
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:09:11 -0700
>
>( I'm sending this to the list as a FYI. )
>
>On 8/22/06, Kendra Vorenkamp <kdvorenkamp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>      Would you be able to let the list know if any other books become
>available to request? For instance, I would love a hardback copy of
>Brokedown Palace. :-D
>
>      Thanks!
>
>      ~Kendra
>
>
>Hi, Kendra.
>
>Sure, if other titles become available, I'll post them to the list.  :>
>   Be my pleasure.
>
>Sorry; _Brokedown Palace_ has never been in hardback.  Ace originally
>released BP as a paperback.  Orb reprints only in trade paperback format.
>
>
>No additional titles are expected sooner than summer 2007.
>
>
>Side note:  You could always ask your library how they get those nifty
>hard-treated paperbacks.  (Unless you have a book binder locally.)
>Probably a professional heavy-duty lamination process.  Might be
>worthwhile for single books...
>
>*---
>
>--
>A.S. Zanoni
>Personal Assistant to Steven Brust