I love PS Publishing, They’ve got a great style, their books always beautiful, works of art to hold in your hand. And for such high quality, the prices really can’t be beat…
Ars Memoria is no different. This is a really wonderfully designed book, the layout is nice and the texture of the pages must be felt to understand the quality that went into it. The prose between the pages rises up to the quality of the rest of the work, with an almost steampunk (diesel punk? WWI punk? Punk? PUNK!) setting and a carefully elaborate alternate history that feels like an entirely different universe all together.
I love the fact that Ireland is the seat of an empire, and the changes that has been to the world because of it. Not sure what I think about the cheesy false-memory-this world is not the real one-ness of it (did far better in the alt-history Man in the High Castle by PK Dick), but that’s just a minor nitpick.
Bonus! It’s available for PS Publishing’s buy two books, get the third free sale! May I suggest my own, Glass Coffin Girls as the second book, and Jeff Vandermeer’s The Situation? Excellent books:
http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/current_catalogue.html
And also, double bonus! First person who responds to this review will get the book sent to them! Where they must do the same thing (write a review on the blog, sending the copy out to the first responder). WHEEEEEEE
Hi, Paul. I’m glad you enjoyed the novella. One small correction to the review tour description: I would love it if the readers/reviwers posted a photo of the book “in the wild,” along with the review itself.
Sure! I did not know I had to do it. A photo of it in the wild shall be along shortly….
I keep hearing good things about this book. I think the first positive buzz I came across was from Jay Lake a few months back, but I could be wrong. PS Publishing is doing some cool books lately.
Hey, I came to the blog to read your Doctor Who post and remembered this posting from a month ago; don’t I have a tasty new book in my future?
Yes, yes you do
Email me your mailing address.
Paul, I’d really appreciate it if you could send your copy to Schuyler. If there’s a problem, let me know what’s going on, because I’d like to keep momentum going for this review tour.
Thanks.
–Beth
He should have it. I mailed it to him not to long ago. I emailed him when I sent it. About two weeks ago? I sent another book at the same time and that person got his.
Just checked my email. I sent it on the 6th. I emailed him when I sent it, and he hasn’t told me he has got it, or hasn’t gotten it. Like I said, sent another book to someone else at the same time, and I know they got it.
Okay, thanks. He didn’t have it when I checked with him, but I’ll check again in a couple more days.