Iain M. Banks
Very sad to hear the news that my friend Iain Banks has passed away.
We all thought he had several months at least before the inevitable end but it was not to be.
I heard the news on the BBC News at 22.00 and was impessed by Ian Rankin’s interview about him and what he has meant to his friends and readers.
And now I’m just back from our local pub, where we went and raised a glass of malt to his memory. I had 10 y.o. Lagavulin and my partner Madeleine had a 10 y.o. Caol Ila, both from Islay. Cheers, Iain, you shan’t be forgotten!
Alba ad Astra exhibition
If you missed this exhibition about Scotland’s forgotten space project by Madeleine Shepherd when I had it on display back in 2009, you can catch it displayed around the walls at Hula Juice Bar at the foot of Victoria Street for the next few weeks!
A companion exhibition book is still available, with a forward by Ken MacLeod. Copies cost £6.99 over the counter , or £7.99 inc. postage & packing within the UK (overseas price on request). You can purchase it either from Transreal, from Hula or from the artist direct.
My Location!
At last!
Google Street View have finally driven down (or maybe up) the top half of Candlemaker Row and I can finally post a Streetview of the shop and update my ‘Location’ page.
Happy New Year!
Hope you all had a good Christmas, enjoy the New Year when it comes, and I’ll see you again in 2013!
Neal Stephenson – Some Remarks
Please note I have a limited number of siged copies of his new hardback available!
Charles Stross & Cory Doctorow – Rapture of the Nerds
Charles Stross‘ new hardback is out in September.
It’s a collaboration with Cory Doctorow called Rapture of the Nerds and published only in the US with no UK edition.
I will have the hardback in early September and be able to supply copies signed by Charlie but not by Cory. Price will be £18.99 for the book and £2.20 for postage withing the UK. More for Europe and elsewhere.
One more point – he’s out of town when it’s initially published and won’t be able to sign until mid-September. Copies will be shipped as soon as possible after that.
15 Years!
Today marks 15 years since I first opened the doors of Transreal Fiction to the public down at the old shop in Cowgatehead!
Fifteen years! That’s pretty good going I think for an independent specialist bookshop these days.
So of course there was cake!
Celebratory cake!
And thanks to all who have helped make it work; my various suppliers, all my customers and also my partner Madeleine, without whom, etc…
Iain Banks!
Iain’s new hardcover, Stonemouth, is due out on 5th April 2012 and he has agreed to sign copies for me.
If you’d like a copy signed – with date, location, greeting, etc. as well as a signature if you want – let me know what you’d like and I’ll send a PayPal Invoice for the cost of the book and the postage.
The book is £18.99 and Ill post it anywhere within the UK for an additional £2.01, i.e. £21.00 total per book.
Within Europe is £24.00 total per book (assuming a weight of <800g all in)
Outside Europe is £28.00 total per book (assuming a weight of <800g all in)
I can also supply signed paperbacks of most of his other titles on request.
Please note Stonemouth is not sf.
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Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, and even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with it’s five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day.
Ken MacLeod – Signed Intrusion Hardbacks
Ken’s new hardcover, Intrusion, is due out on 1st March 2012 and, as before, he has agreed to sign copies for me.
If you’d like a copy signed – with date, location, greeting, etc. as well as a signature if you want – let me know what you’d like and I’ll send a PayPal Invoice for the cost of the book and the postage.
The book is £18.99 and Ill post it anywhere within the UK for an additional £2.01, i.e. £21.00 total per book.
Within Europe is £24.00 total per book (assuming a weight of <800g all in)
Outside Europe is £28.00 total per book (assuming a weight of <800g all in)
I can also supply signed paperbacks of most of his other titles on request.
Holidays!
Transreal will be closing for Christmas on Saturday afternoon. Exact time to be decided, depending on the abundance of customers, but sometime between 16.00 & 17.00
Reopen on Wednesday at 11.00 as usual.
I’m planning to close for the same days over New Year.
i.e. late afternoon on Hogmanay, and reopen on the 4th.
