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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF SHELF SPACE
Helping pave the way for the frenzy that will be the summer movie blockbuster known as INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, Bantam has brought several of the adventuresome archaeologist’s original novels of the early- to mid-1990s back in print. Among the mass-market paperbacks now available again are:
• INDIANA JONES AND THE HOLLOW EARTH by Max McCoy
• INDIANA JONES AND THE WHITE WITCH by Martin Caidin
• INDIANA JONES AND THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX by Max McCoy
• INDIANA JONES AND THE INTERIOR WORLD by Rob Macgregor
• INDIANA JONES AND THE DINOSAUR EGGS by Max McCoy
• INDIANA JONES AND THE SKY PIRATES by Martin Caidin
I AM AFFORDABLE
With Will Smith’s recent I AM LEGEND returning its source novel to the bestseller lists, there’s a resurgence of interest in all things Richard Matheson. To that end, Tor is bringing several Matheson classics back into print on April 29, for only $4.99 each:
• THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS
• EARTHBOUND
• THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
• A STIR OF ECHOES
• WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
TIE ONE ON AGAIN
For the second year in a row, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers has announced nominees for its annual Scribe Awards, presented to the year’s best novels based on TV shows, movies and games. You can read the full list here; among the hopefuls are:
• Max Allan Collins’ AMERICAN GANGSTER
• Kevin J. Anderson’s THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON
• William C. Dietz’s HITMAN: ENEMY WITHIN
• Keith R.A. DeCandido’s RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
• Greg Cox’s 52 and
• Tim Lebbon’s 30 DAYS OF NIGHT.
Alan Dean Foster (perhaps best known for ALIEN) is taking home the Grandmaster Award. Winners will be announced in July.
SELF-PROMOTION CORNER
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: FANTASY CLASSICS – the 15th volume in the classics-to-comics series – is now available, with an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN scripted by yours truly, with art by Skot Olsen. (Preceding it is an original prologue of the dark and stormy night – as illustrated by Mark Nelson – when Shelley reportedly birthed her idea.) Also undergoing the comics treatment are works by H.P. Lovecraft, L. Frank Baum, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Clark Ashton Smith and Lord Dunsany. –Rod Lott
