From the End of the Twentieth Century
Ron Walotsky. Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press 1997. First Edition. 313 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth with pictorial dust jacket. A new copy in the publisher's slipcase. SIGNED on the front flyleaf by both John F. Ford (author, and Guest of Honor Boskone 34) and Ron Walotsky (Official Artist Boskone 34). Issued in a limited edition of 1200 copies, of which the 10 lettered and first 175 numbered are the autographed and slipcased state and the remaining 1015 copies the trade state. This copy (#58) is one of the 175 numbered autographed and slipcased copies. Fine / Fine. Cloth. [28064]
"From the End of the Twentieth Century is the 1997 Boskone book by Guest of Honor John M. Ford. Among these pieces are short fiction and poetry produced over a twenty-year period for magazines, anthologies, and the Liavek shared world, including several items previously released only in limited edition printings, and a new story "Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail," written expressly for this collection.
Also presented here are two new essays: "From the End of the Twentieth Century: A Discursion on Trains, Theatre, and Fantasy", and "Rules of Engagement;" and "To the Tsiolkovsky Station," a technical discussion of the Lunar Transit System of Growing Up Weightless, Ford's latest SF novel, with a system map and related graphic material.
The introduction to this collection is by noted writer and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman. The full-color dustjacket art is by Boskone 34's Official Artist, Ron Walotsky." (nesfa press)
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