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Thanks a lot for clarifying this issue. Personally I believe that any notes would not be incompatible with the purity of the tribute. I found the notes to your story very illuminating. I do hope that other contributors may find the time to post their notes as well. By the way, I am grasping the opportunity to say that I really enjoyed The Coanda Effect.
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I always tear out story-notes from any book in case they pollute the story-texts themselves. ;)
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I am sorry to hear that wonderful books such as Cinnabar's Gnosis, The Nighfarers, The Silver Voices and The Mascarons of the Late Empire - which I am sure still adorn the selves of your library - have been maimed for life! :rolleyes:
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The need to dispel any excessive sympathy could be one of the reasons for which in the end I've decided not to include the author's notes at the end of the volume. I am being candid saying that, I know. Another reason for omitting them was the fuzzy lukewarm feeling I was getting while reading and editing some of these notes. Better to ignore them altogether, I've said and I think I've made the right decision. As Rhys aptly put it, this is a homage to Bulgakov not to the ego nor to the "auto-da-fe" of an author or another. However, all the Notes (and some extras too!) will be uploaded on the press's site somewhere in the near future, together with those two stories, by Mark V. and by Stephen J.C. As for the readers being unfamiliar with the cultural, historical and political milieu of the The Master in Cafe Morphine, you certainly don't need an author's note to bring light into these ethereal matters (although Rhys's particular note is quite enlightening). That was not their task, to start with. My suggestion: go directly to the source. Start reading some Bulgakov and you will eventually get all the possible milieus you are looking for. As a side note now: early next week I am going to be hospitalized. This last past month was hell. I will stay in the hospital perhaps for a week, perhaps for two. I knew this vital black blood made of dark tobacco will get the best of me one day. I was of course hoping that will happen rather later than sooner. At the age of 33, it seems it happened too late. With that mind, I officially ask any customers who have the intention to order any books from the press not do so at the moment. If they will order any books there will be a delay of at least 10 days before I will be able to start shipping again. Andy at Cold Tonnage should have plenty copies of my current titles for you. Simon at Fantastic Literature might still have some last copies. Mark Ziesing and Otto Filip should also receive soon their copies of my latest volumes. The orders received while I was away in my hectic vacation will be all shipped this weekend. Ah, but let's not end this message on such on a morbid tone. Better to play a riddle. Two weeks ago, while in Brasov, an old Romanian city at the Eastern frontier of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, I've stumbled upon a rather odd portrait. The portrait, almost an ikon, can be found inside the Black Church, an Evangelical Church. I could not believe my eyes. I believe I've stayed there on a wooden bench over half an hour, surrounded by old Ushak carpets and rosy German tourists, staring at the austere visage of this man. How can this be possible? Take a good look at the attached photo and tell me: what Ex Occidente Press author is this man? No, really! This gentleman, a kind of Bishop of the Superior Consistory of the Evangelical Church I think, is so much resembling a certain Ex Occidente author that it cant be real. Amazing! Take your guess (en private or here). The prize: a free copy of The Master in Cafe Morphine. Salut! Dan |
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We wish you well, Dan.
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Good luck with your health issues, Dan. (I know how you feel. This is being typed on my laptop from the hospital.)
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All the best wishes for your health, my friend. Slow it!
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Dan! I hope you get better soon and that your stay in hospital isn't too onerous. Do you think a young Mikhail Bulgakov will come to your bedside in ghost form to relive his experiences as a young doctor? Just make sure he has a competent feldsher with him!
If A Country Doctor's Notebook is to be believed (and I suspect it is) Bulgakov practised medicine in a time and place when the normal contents of a travelling doctor's bag were: morphine, camphor, bandages, surgical tools and a Browning automatic... Anyway... to repeat: get well soon! The figure in the icon looks like Mark Samuels. Am I right? If the beard is removed, then the similarities must be obvious. The same Chaucerian brow and theological gaze... |
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Yes, get well, Dan.
I think the image is of Mark Valentine... |
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I'm wishing you the best of health Dan.
And my guess for the look alike Ex Occidente author is Louis Marvick: http://www.unr.edu/cla/fll/people/photos/marvick.JPG |
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