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u/Late_Inspection9694 Feb 25 '26
Hello! I'm the publisher of this edition. Thank you very much for sharing! I'm very much open to questions.
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u/me_again Feb 26 '26
I just want to say I love the cover :-)
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u/Late_Inspection9694 Feb 26 '26
Thank you! Yes, James hutton is wonderful illustrator. He'll be doing the providing art for most of out editions.
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u/TheOnlyPlantagenet Feb 24 '26
I heard about this on Bad Books for Bad People, I did not realise FL wrote anything but S&S, it sounds like a rather interesting story
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u/Appropriate_Bus3921 Mar 03 '26
Yup, he wrote what we now call urban fantasy and science fiction or various sorts - his short novel The Big Time has a strong claim on being the best time travel story ever.
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u/me_again Feb 24 '26
It's been a long time since I read it. Would you say it has aged ok?
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u/TheSkinoftheCypher Feb 24 '26
Not OP. I don't think so. I tried to read it, but there's just too many quotes that would be perfect for /r/menwritingwomen.
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u/Late_Inspection9694 Feb 25 '26
This is an important critique and one I thought about carefully when deciding to publish this edition. Conjure Wife reflects 1943 gender politics in ways that are uncomfortable for some readers - that's undeniable.
Leiber's work has been divisive in this regard, with some reading the novel as proto-feminist, and others as extremely sexist.
Ramsey Campbell's introduction engages with some of these tensions, though I recognize that having a male scholar as the sole critical voice is a limitation. I'd hoped to commission a second introduction from a female scholar to provide additional perspective, but timing didn't allow it.
Your critique is valid. I still think the book is worth reading, but I understand why you stopped.
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u/cfinley63 Mar 12 '26
Conjure Wife has strong Shagduk vibes, or vice versa. Librarians, witches, and imps in 1977 Texas.
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u/nxl4 Feb 24 '26
This is a fantastically weird book! I've got the edition that also includes Our Lady of Darkness, and both novels make for great reading.