Happy birthday to me!
Although there’s a problem. Silverlock, Including the Silverlock Companion is pretty. In fact, it’s too pretty. I don’t want to actually open it, it’s so pretty and clean. It has glossaries. It has commentary, including by John Myers Myers himself. It has a bibliography. It has sheet music. Let me repeat that, to anyone who cares: IT HAS SHEET MUSIC.
I almost shudder at the thought of using this book. I may end up only reading it while wearing gloves.
#commissionearned
I’m surprised that John Myers Myers’ Silverlock hasn’t been done before. Maybe I assumed that all of you already have it. If you don’t, well… be warned. You will be seduced into reacquainting yourself with Western literature. And it’ll be very sneaky about it, too.
And so, adieu to Lammas Night.
This is my week for getting back to books that I inexplicably put down and didn’t pick up again. In this case: John Myers Myers’ The Alamo (I don’t need to explain to you what the book is about, right?). I wonder how Mr. Myers felt about the fact that — despite the fact that he was primarily a writer of history, with a focus on the American West — he’s remembered today primarily for Silverlock. Then again, it’s not like he didn’t write Silverlock, now is it?
And so, adieu to Sweet Silver Blues.
My wife – who is the most awesome wife EVER – emailed me to let me know that John Myers Myers’ Silverlock is on the Kindle. If you’ve never heard of that book… you lucky so and so; that means that you get to look forward to reading it for the first time. I envy you that sensation.
To give you an idea of precisely how neat this book is: when it came time to do the introduction for the 1979 edition, Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, and Jerry Pournelle were apparently so adamant about doing one that the book actually has introductions from all three. I’ve had three copies and worn out two; and I think that I still have some Amazon gift certificate credit left, so if you’ll excuse me…
