Pilot Light

Ashbless, William;Powers, Tim;Blaylock, James P.

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ISBN 10: 1596061413 ISBN 13: 9781596061415

Published by Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2007

Language: English

Condition: New Hardcover

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SIGNED 2X by "William Ashbless", 2X by James P. Blaylock and 1X by Tim Powers at a recent signing event in LA. This is a brand new copy but there are two very minor creases in the back cover so I've graded the back cover Near-Fine. Great illustrations by the legendary cartoonist, Gahan Wilson. It will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery.

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Title: Pilot Light
Publisher: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1596061413
ISBN 13: 9781596061415
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Gahan Wilson
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Those two madmen, Powers and Blaylock are back, with a recently unearthed and touched up short story thought lost to the ages. "Pilot Light" is vintage William Ashbless, complex to the point of incoherence, with a good eighteen footnotes added by the poet refuting and clarifying the changes made by Powers and Blaylock to his sacred words. Also included in this small form hardcover chapbook are an introduction by Powers and an afterword by Blaylock.

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SF vets Tim Powers and James P. Blaylock present a lost short story by their fictional poet, William Ashbless, with Powers providing a pseudo-scholarly introduction and Blaylock an afterword. Ashbless himself gets the last word in a postscript. Humorous annotations often occupy more of the page than the actual text of the fairly cryptic story, which alternates between narrator Sikorski's recollections of childhood and a failed romance in the past and his current encounter with the enigmatic Colonel Wick. This slight, entertaining diversion is enhanced by Gahan Wilson's illustrations, particularly one of a sturgeon.
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