Hi Folks …. I’m still working through the many emails I’ve woken to, and I’m HOPING that everyone who has emailed me up to now will get a copy (if you’ve emailed me, you’ll be hearing back from me today). But the book is now SOLD OUT!
Thanks so much for your interest and enthusiasm. I just wish Humdrumming could have printed more copies before going under …
Start checking out eBay soon, I guess.
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Publication date September 2008
Due to the publisher Humdrumming’s recent demise, this Limited Edition Hardback is now available direct from the author. Send me an email if you’re interested: lebbon1984(at)yahoo(dot)com
Publication price was £25.00, but I’m selling for:
I’d prefer Paypal, but I’ll take UK cheques as well (no US cheques, sorry). Just email for details.
This is set to become the rarest of my books ever published. Humdrumming only printed 150 copies, and I have the majority of those in my possession.
It comes with dust cover (see image), separate artwork on the hardcover, a wonderful introduction by Michael Marshall Smith, and and Afterword by me. Here’s a brief blurb about the book:
Daniel is ten years old when his mother dies. She dies young, and with so much left to give. He does not understand. He cannot let her go.
After the funeral, his father begins talking to a large wooden box that suddenly appears beneath his bed. And when Daniel whispers to the box one day when his father goes out … it answers back.
It’s a voice he does not know. But this voice knows so much.
This is one of the best things I’ve ever written, and I’m upset at what’s happened to the novella. I desperately want people to read this book … so if you’re interested, please do contact me. There are no current plans for any future print publication of the novella, so this is going to be an ultra-rare edition.
Don’t just take my word for it …
“Lebbon has written one of the best and most emotionally convincing stories about death that I have ever read” – Michael Marshall Smith
“…a precisely written and moving account of love and redemption” – Black Static
“…emotional and thought-provoking…” – Interzone
“With The Reach of Children, (Lebbon) has exceeded even his former astounding works.” – Horror World
“This is an important book, it will win things. This is a given. More importantly though – and I honestly think Lebbon would share my opinion on this – this is a book that people will get evangelical about. They will insist their friends read it. They will get increasingly frustrated by people who claim to have not had the time or the money.” – The Hub
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As it’s public knowledge now, I can talk about the fact that Humdrumming have gone into receivership. I’ve been getting a flood of emails from people who’ve ordered THE REACH OF CHILDREN through them, and at the moment it seems that the company are shipping anything pre-ordered. However, I’m not sure of the status of the Very Special Edition, though I’m pretty certain that this was never manufactured.
It’s a sad state of affairs, and it’s painful and messy for everyone involved. Everyone emerges from something like this having lost out … apart from the lawyers brought in the clear up the mess, I suspect.
THE REACH OF CHILDREN is probably one of the best things I’ve ever written. Considering so few copies are out there, I’ve had many emails telling me that, and that’s heartening. What’s depressing is that the first print run was very low – way below the contracted print run – and this is a book I want available for people to read.
It will appear again in one form or another, and I’m hoping to have news on that very soon. So watch this space.
Meanwhile, any queries about invoices or money owed or owing, email David Chappell (at the company dealing with Humdrumming’s affairs): DavidChappellGCP@aol.com
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