Comments on: Paris: a Poem http://hopemirrlees.com/2009/paris-a-poem/ Her work, life, and historical context Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:20:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen Frug http://hopemirrlees.com/2009/paris-a-poem/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Stephen Frug Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:57:55 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com/?p=23#comment-9 I'm leaving this comment on this post since the comments are closed on the "Hope Mirrlees resources page", but my question is about that. First, let me say: fantastic site! I just finished reading <i>Lud-in-the-Mist</i>, and am a few pages into Swanwick's recent biography. (I was at Readercon last month, where Mirrlees was the "memorial guest of honor", which sparked my interest.) I went around looking for Mirrlees information, and found this wonderful page. It's a really terrific resource -- thank you for putting it together! You say of <i>Lud-in-the-Mist</i> that it is "in print in a lovely edition from Gollancz in the UK (get this one) and in a few terrible small-press editions in the US (avoid these)". As the owner of one of the small press editions (the 2005 Cold Spring Press one, bought for a buck at a book sale), I'm curious about the details. Is it simply that you don't like the aesthetics of the book (cover art, typesetting, whatever), or is it that the actual text is somehow changed/corrupted? I ask because, if it's the latter, I may need to track down another copy, but if it's the former I'll just live with it. Thanks again for the site! I look forward to your review of Swanwick's book. I’m leaving this comment on this post since the comments are closed on the “Hope Mirrlees resources page”, but my question is about that.

First, let me say: fantastic site! I just finished reading Lud-in-the-Mist, and am a few pages into Swanwick’s recent biography. (I was at Readercon last month, where Mirrlees was the “memorial guest of honor”, which sparked my interest.) I went around looking for Mirrlees information, and found this wonderful page. It’s a really terrific resource — thank you for putting it together!

You say of Lud-in-the-Mist that it is “in print in a lovely edition from Gollancz in the UK (get this one) and in a few terrible small-press editions in the US (avoid these)”. As the owner of one of the small press editions (the 2005 Cold Spring Press one, bought for a buck at a book sale), I’m curious about the details. Is it simply that you don’t like the aesthetics of the book (cover art, typesetting, whatever), or is it that the actual text is somehow changed/corrupted? I ask because, if it’s the latter, I may need to track down another copy, but if it’s the former I’ll just live with it.

Thanks again for the site! I look forward to your review of Swanwick’s book.

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