The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) was founded in 1967 and is one of the oldest science fiction clubs in New England. Their largest activities are Boskone, the annual convention, and NESFA Press. which publishes high-quality collections of novels and stories by science fiction authors both old and new.
Recently I posted [here] a review of the first volume and information on the second of the NESFA Press Poul Anderson collections: The Collected Short Fiction of Poul Anderson, Volume 1: Call Me Joe, and the second one, The Collected Short Fiction of Poul Anderson, Volume 2: The Queen of Air and Darkness.
The editor of those fine collections, Rick Katze, visited the blog recently and followed that up with an email to me, updating me on the Anderson collections they’re publishing:
Thanks for the nice words about the first two volumes of Anderson. Volume 3, “The Saturn Game” will be available in July 2010 and I am about to start work on the 4rth volume, which tentatively is titled “Admiralty.” There will be more volumes eventually.
Thanks for the update, Rick! I’m sure I’m not the only one eager to get my hands on the third collection and am looking forward to all that follow it! NESFA Press isn’t taking orders for the third collection yet, but keep an eye on their website, hopefully it will be available for pre-order soon.
The Only bad thing about the NESFA Press editions so far (or at least the only consistently bad thing…a few of the cover illos have been less than stellar) has been the proofreading…have the Anderson retrospectives been an improvement there?
I don’t recall noticing any, or many, of them, Todd, but then I must admit that I try not to notice those things,because otherwise they drive me nuts. I think Rick is doing a pretty good job with these. And I agree with you on the cover art. I think (my own theory here, nothing I’ve read or been told) they try to keep costs down by not paying a lot for rights or commissions for cover art, though Bob Eggleton, who is doing these, has won 7 Hugo awards for his work.
All of these NESFA volumes are must-buys. Any fan of Poul Anderson will want the complete set.
These look good. The only one I have from NESFA Press is one of Zenna Henderson’s People stories.
I have over 30 of the NESFA collections, and there’s not a dud amongst ‘em, Randy. George is right they are pretty much must-buys, though there are some authors I just don’t like enough to spend the money.
It is great to see a company that is committed to printing out several volumes of the work of prolific, classic authors, like Anderson. Although they obviously want to make money from it, it is a business after all, it still shows me a commitment to the work and I truly admire that.