All Good Thoughts for All Good Things

[ron_drummond]

Today I received my contributor's copy of All Good Thoughts: A Celebration of Samuel R. Delany's 70th Birthday, edited and privately published by artist Ric Best. There are only 30 copies of this gorgeous hardcover book in existence, which includes original contributions by folks like Alan Moore, Denys Howard, Edmund White, Ellen Datlow, Junot

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[holyoutlaw]

Fantastic! Sounds like a great book. So, do all contributors get a copy of the book? Is it available for purchase in a less-lavish edition?

This means Randy and Denys's house has the highest concentration of copies of this book IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!

[ron_drummond]

It really is a great book -- many wonderful contributions. No copies for sale, though, alas -- only the official subject and 29 contributors get copies -- and there are two proof copies too, which means 32 copies total -- so yes, outside of Ric and Louis's place, Randy and Denys's place has the highest concentration worldwide, what a lovable observation Luke, you made me laugh! And yes, though I can't speak for them, I imagine that Randy or Denys might even be willing to let you read a copy, if you wash you hands first! :-)

[holyoutlaw]

I think I still have some cotton gloves from my photo-print handling days...

[olamina]

Pics please?

[ron_drummond]

Thanks for visiting! I'm more or less camera illiterate, and poor in technocapability as well. I may ask permission to reproduce Ms. Wolff's cover art here, but have no idea if she will grant it. There was some discussion about the possibility of Mr. Best printing a small commercially-available print run, with proceeds to go to charity, but I doubt anything will come of that.

[jenlev]

Sounds wonderful. The collection of stories in Driftglass changed my life in 1971, he's an amazing writer.