Astounding Hero Tales table of contents

[James Lowder]

Hi:

As you Pulp Hero fans have likely heard, Astounding Hero Tales--Hero's first fiction project--is wending through the printing and distribution channels, and should be available in early April. All the stories in the book are originals, including never-before-published works by Lester (creator of Doc Savage) Dent and pulp legend Hugh B. Cave.

The book is available for pre-order at Amazon and from local hobby shops.

Here are the details:

ASTOUNDING HERO TALES
Edited by James Lowder
Hero Games
320 page trade paperback; $16.99
ISBN: 978-1-58366-060-7

Hugh B. Cave -- Foreword
Lester Dent -- “Death was Silent”
Will Murray -- “The Mask of Kukulcan”
Steve Melisi -- “Two-Fisted Crookback”
William Messner-Loebs -- “Wolf Train West”
Steve Eller -- “Godmother”
Richard Dansky -- “Missing Pages”
John Helfers -- “Running Thunder”
Patricia Lee Macomber -- “Playback”
Darrell Schweitzer -- “A Lost City of the Jungle”
Ed Greenwood -- “It Came From the Swamp”
David Niall Wilson -- “Slide Home”
John Pelan -- “Out West”
Thomas M. Reid -- “Bandit Gold”
Robert Weinberg -- “Kiss Me Deadly”
Robin D. Laws -- “The Forgotten Man”
Hugh B. Cave -- “House of Shadows”

Hero deserves lots of thanks for supporting this book, which has been more than five years in the making. And having read the contents again recently, I think the work and the wait have been worth it. I hope you'll agree.

Cheers,
James Lowder

[ghost-angel]

I can't wait for this to come out.

[Steve Long]

And our thanx to Jim for shepherding the book along this whole time.

[st barbara]

I SO want this ! Not sure if I should pr-order it from "Amazon" or wait until it actually becomes available.

[James Lowder]

I SO want this ! Not sure if I should pr-order it from "Amazon" or wait until it actually becomes available.

The book is wending its way through the printing and distribution process, so delay is quite unlikely. We expect Astounding Hero Tales to be available the first week of April.

Cheers,
Jim

[Blue]

Very good!

May it be a best seller!

[Ravenscroft 106]

As you Pulp Hero fans have likely heard, Astounding Hero Tales
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The book is available for pre-order at Amazon and from local hobby shops.

Sadly this is not the case , despite what is shown on the Amazon site.

St. Barbara placed an order on 29/04/07 and it has taken nearly 08 months to inform us that it is unavailable.

Can anyone can suggest another place to purchase it?

We will check the games stores in Sydney , but don't expect much luck.
The Tin Soldier website does not list it , though they have plenty of Hero Games product.

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[ghost-angel]

Order it direct from Hero Games.

Odd that Amazon told you it wasn't available, I have two copies and one came from Amazon in June, got it in a week. (and then my wife borrowed it, and never gave it back!)

[James Lowder]

Sadly this is not the case , despite what is shown on the Amazon site.

St. Barbara placed an order on 29/04/07 and it has taken nearly 08 months to inform us that it is unavailable.

Can anyone can suggest another place to purchase it?

We will check the games stores in Sydney , but don't expect much luck.
The Tin Soldier website does not list it , though they have plenty of Hero Games product.

Amazon lists it as in stock. I'll ask Hero to check into why they would say it's unavailable. The book is in print and should be easy to get.

You might also try the book search engine www.bookfinder.com, which lists both new and used books.

Cheers,
Jim Lowder

[st barbara]

Order it direct from Hero Games.

Odd that Amazon told you it wasn't available, I have two copies and one came from Amazon in June, got it in a week. (and then my wife borrowed it, and never gave it back!)

"Odd" isn't the word I was going to use ! Obviously I should have ordered it from "Hero Games" in the first place. Will try to do that in january when the person who does my online ordering for me gets back. I hope that it will still be around then. This is the first real "stuff up" i've had with an "Amazon" oder !

[ghost-angel]

OK, yeah "odd" isn't accurate. I see no reason they won't be in the Hero Games online store in a few weeks, I doubt they'll run out anytime soon.

[st barbara]

Amazon lists it as in stock. I'll ask Hero to check into why they would say it's unavailable. The book is in print and should be easy to get.

You might also try the book search engine www.bookfinder.com, which lists both new and used books.

Cheers,
Jim Lowder

That was my other option. I've used "Bookfinder" before to find books that I couldn't get at "Amazon". Of course , if I try ordering it direct from "Hero Games" i'll probably find a few other things to order as well.

[BoneDaddy]

Sweet Christmas! That's awesome. The birthday book list expands.

[TheQuestionMan]

Yeah!