Something About Triple-Barreled Titles

The First, the Second, and the Third.

Alert: New Titles from SF Gateway

We suppose we knew this was eventually going to happen, and it appears it did while we away last month. British publisher SF Gateway released the final four books in the Johnny Dixon series for those readers who a) live outside the United States and Canada and b) prefer electronic books. Much like American publisher eReads released the four Strickland-involved Dixon books earlier this year, SF Gateway has done the same – keeping with their traditional yellow covers, of course.  The first eight books were released by SF Gateway late last year.

Alert: Johnny Dixon & eReads

We’ve discovered the four additional books in the Johnny Dixon series have been released by eReads. The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie and the three titles written by Brad Strickland - The Hand of Necromancer, The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder and The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost - all have colorful covers similar to the other titles in the eReads editions of the series.

Goreyana: The Hand of the Necromancer

Notes from Goreyana about The Hand of the Necromancer:

In This Distracted Globe...

Seeing some of Thomas Doyle’s globes reminded us Bellairs’s characters were often fond of the little worlds within globes (and I think we've touched on this before.) Still, be careful you not walk in on the group from 'The Reprisal' (shown here).

Whirl Along with Us in the Globe

How many glass orbs can you think of from the Bellairs and Strickland novels?

• The green glass paperweight-thing of Prospero's (The Face in the Frost)
• The snow globe Johnny sees first hand (The Hand of the Necromancer)
• Does that crystal orb atop Mrs. Zimmermann’s staff count?

Elisabeth linked to images of snow globes created by Walter Martin and Pamela Munoz and rightly says they remind her of Bellairs's books and Gorey's illustrations.  Yes, indeed they do - and we'd love to see a series of globes with one representing each book.

Edward Gorey Artwork

Kevin McDermott of Gotham Book Mart in New York City passes along word that original Edward Gorey artwork for three Brad Strickland novels are for sale via ABEbooks.com. The titles are The Bell, the Book and the Spellbinder; The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost; and The Hand of the Necromancer. They'd make great Christmas presents for your favorite Bellairs-fan this holiday season.

CompleatBellairs: Brad Strickland Commentary

by Brad Strickland (Aug. 22, 1996)
(Originally published at the compleatbellairs.com)

CompleatBellairs: Brad Strickland Commentary

by Brad Strickland (April 3, 1996)
(Originally published at the compleatbellairs.com)