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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories by Tom Reamy San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I came to this collection with fairly high expectations, given Harlan Ellison’s effusive praise and the Nebula Award for the eponymous entry. And there were indeed several strong stories in this collection, two of which (“Twilla” and “Under the Hollywood Sign” I rated as high as an 8 out of 10). But on balance I came away a little bit disappointed. These stories are largely dark fantasy, bordering on horror, often with a healthy dash of the perverse. They are not particularly complex. At their most effective they connect on a direct emotional level. Some of them called to mind some of the best of the X-Files episodes. “Dinosaurs,” a far future story which reminded me of George R.R. Martin’s fabulous “In the House of the Worm,” is the sole science fiction entry. Two of my favorites were shorter stories that felt a bit less labored and established mood convincingly, “The Mistress of Windraven” and “Waiting for Billy Star.” I don’t think it will ever again be possible to the think about the concept of death in a moment of passion (I can't think of an appropriate euphemism) in a lighthearted way (i.e., “but what a way to go”) after reading “Twilla.” I gather that the title story and “The Detweiler Boy” are generally regarded as Reamy’s best, but to my taste neither offered particularly convincing characters. “Insects in Amber” felt like a concept paper for a really bad horror movie, and “2076: Blue Eyes” felt like an outline for a really bad Kevin Costner movie. Still, I am intrigued enough to add “Blind Voices,” Reamy’s sole novel, to my wishlist. ( ) Reamy Tom Introduction by Harlan Ellison. (1979). 8vo. 1st trade edition. Winner of Nebula Award for best Novelette. Slight bumping to spine ends. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends and fore-edges of d.j. Minor tear to upper margin of front d.j. panel. VG/VG. Earthlight, Missouri, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade. San Diego Lightfoot and Other Stories. Reamy, Tom; Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Published by New York: Ace Science Fiction Books (1983) Used - Softcover Condition: Near Fine. Quantity available: 1. "An Ace Science FictionBook/Published by arrangement with the author's agent" and PRINTING HISTORY Ace edition/August 1983" stated. No subsequent dates, editions or printings indicated. Near fine , perhaps near fine plus wraps/paperback. Only minor, if not trivial signs of age/wear/previous use. New York: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1983. Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. San Diego Lightfoot Sue And Other Stories. Reamy, Tom (with An Introduction by Harlan Ellison and A Reminiscence by Howard Waldrop) Published by Earthlight Publishers, Kansas City, MO (1979) Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. Quantity available: 1. Limited 100 numbered copies, signed by four authors. This copy is lacking a limitation number (possibly a publishers copy) This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, and there is a Near Fine slipcase. "With fellow Dallas Futurians James and Gregory Benford, Reamy organized the first science fiction convention held in Texas. A rotating city and state regional convention of the era, Southwesterncon's sixth incarnation was held in Dallas on the weekend of July 5, 1958, concluding the next day, July 6; the professional guest of honor was new writer and well-known fan Marion Zimmer Bradley, who by then had replaced Fredric Brown. Longtime science fiction fan personality, collector, and literary agent Forrest J Ackerman came from Los Angeles and served at the convention's banquet as toastmaster. During the mid-to-late 1960s, while working as a technical illustrator for aerospace contractor Collins Radio at their Dallas branch, Reamy became the editor and publisher of Trumpet, a slickly produced, professionally printed fanzine (the norm for the era was to use the much less expensive ditto or mimeograph reproduction for fanzines). Between 1965 and 1969 ten issues appeared, the later issues having full-color front covers." (from Wikipedia). Earthlight Publishers, Kansas City, MO, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Tom Reamy : biography. Other than Blind Voices , the only other Tom Reamy book is a posthumous collection of his shorter fiction, San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories , also published in both hardcover and mass-market paperback. "San Diego Lightfoot Sue," the individual story, won science fiction’s Nebula Award as the Best Novelette of 1975. Only one original, 17,000 word Reamy story remains unpublished after all this time: The novella "Potiphee, Petey and Me" was sold to Harlan Ellison for his now infamous Last Dangerous Visions original anthology and was supposed to have been published in the third and final volume of that series; the book has yet to appear more than thirty-five years later. Death. Tom Reamy died on November 4, 1977, Find a Grave. at age 42 while at his home in Independence, Missouri. He was found dead from a heart attack, slumped over his typewriter seven pages into a new, untitled story for editor Edward L. Ferman at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . He was laid to rest in Woodson Cemetery in Woodson, Texas, where other members of the Reamy family were interred. Prior to his death, Reamy and artist George Barr had begun working again on their graphic novel adaptation of Poul Anderson’s fantasy novel The Broken Sword , which had begun appearing a decade before in the pages of Reamy’s Trumpet ; the project languished after his untimely death. San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy, First Edition. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1975, Dr. Snow Maiden, Falling Apart, Earthset and Evening Star, The Curious Case of Henry Dickens, The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich, Terminal, The Crown Jewels of Jerusalem, San Diego Lightfoot Sue. Ferman, Edward L.(ed) Larry Eisenberg, Tom Reamy (Thomas Earl Reamy), Avram Davidson, Charles Runyon, Henry Slesar, Robert F. Young, Ron Goulart, Gahan Wilson, Isaac Asimov. Published by Mercury Press, New York (1975) Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good Plus. Quantity available: 1. - Tight square and clean. Contents include: Earthset and Evening Star by Isaac Asimov / San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy (Thomas Earl Reamy) / The Crown Jewels of Jerusalem by Avram Davidson / Terminal by Charles Runyon / The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich by Henry Slesar / The Curious Case of Henry Dickens by Robert F. Young / Dr. Snow Maiden by Larry Eisenberg / Falling Apart by Ron Goulart / Cartoon by Gahan Wilson / Science: The Wicked Witch is Dead by Isaac Asimov. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Mercury Press, New York, 1975. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Cover by David Hardy (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. San Diego Lightfoot Sue. Reamy, Tom. Published by Fantasy & Science Fiction (1975) Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good + Quantity available: 1. A square solid tight copy. This copy has some light rubbing wear, minor edgewear, a mail label to the rear cover, edges of the text block are browning. First appearance of the award winning novelet by the late author. Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1975. Magazine. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Book. SAN DIEGO LIGHTFOOT SUE AND OTHER STORIES. Reamy, Tom. Published by Earthlight Publishers [1979], Kansas City (1979) Used - Hardcover. Quantity available: 1. Octavo, cloth. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Posthumous second book and first collection of short fiction. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight bump to spine ends. (3914). Earthlight Publishers [1979], Kansas City, 1979. First edition. SAN DIEGO LIGHTFOOT SUE. Reamy, Tom. Published by Earthlight Publishers, Kansas City, MO (1979) Used - Hardcover. Quantity available: 1. The title story won the Nebula Award, 1976, for best novelette. Dust jacket illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Earthlight Publishers, Kansas City, MO, 1979. Hardcover. Leo & Diane Dillon (illustrator). First edition, first printing. San Diego Lightfoot Sue. Tom Reamy. Published by Earthlight, Kansas City, MO (1979) Used - Hardcover Condition: As New. Quantity available: 3. PERFECT UNREAD UNOPENED COPIES STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S SHRINK WRAP. Earthlight, Kansas City, MO, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. San Diego Lightfoot Sue w/SIGNED plate. Tom Reamy. Published by Earthlight (1979) Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Quantity available: 1. Highly recommended collection published posthumously. Into by Harlan Ellison, Reminiscence by Howard Waldrop. Cover by Leo and Diane Dillon. A SIGNED page (from Reamy's magazine, Nickelodeon) is inserted into the book. Reamy died before his two books were published (this and novel Blind Voices) so actual signed books do not exist. He didn't sign very much before his untimely death at age 42. This is a brand new copy, fine in jacket. Earthlight, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). San Diego Lightfoot Sue and other stories. Reamy, Tom. Published by Earth Light Publishers (1979) Used Condition: Very Good. Quantity available: 1. > SLIP > DJ > First edition > SIGNED by Author. 1979. Limited first edition, #8 of 100 copies. Signed by authors. Boards show only slight bumping to the bottom of the spine.