City of Dredd - OUT NOW!

[John Caliber]

The cover's a generic future New York, hence the Statue of Liberty stands alone. It's a suggestion of MC1 for copyright reasons rather than an attempt to be accurate.

There will be a few typos, as it's a very big book - actually too large a book - for one man to edit. It's seen several drafts and umpteen proofs over two years, but mistakes always get through during production and post-production. You just have to balance off the typos against the book's overall value which is infinitely greater.

However, keep notifying me of typos as I can make changes to the master file for an update one day.

[TordelBack]

Sorry to be a nit picker.......  

I think that's the intended audience!

Presume the absence of recognisable Judgiana on the cover is copyright/IP related - I think the solution adopted is very elegant, the juxtaposition of Lady Liberty and the vast MegaCity evoking pretty much just one thing, while not being that thing.  Far better than most of the 'unofficial' guides to various genre properties, which usually sport generic spacecraft or starfields.  

EDIT:  Aaargh, redundant.

[Large48]

So is it ok to point stuff out in this method or would it better / politer / nicer to send updates direct?

And I totally agree with a book this size there must be soooooo much to try to sort out, great value for money as it will take ages to read! 

[John Caliber]

I'm fine with any means of conveying typos to me, although it may be better for the thread to e-mail them or it becomes a drag for other boarders to scroll through.

Having just looked at the 3119 Street entry, the title's correct and the '3112' in the body incorrect. I've also removed the 'nd', 'rd' and 'st' suffixes from the street names with four or more digits to tidy them up.

[John Caliber]

Happy days, Earthlings! Looks like BEYOND THE CITY OF DREDD will be published one or two months earlier than originally scheduled. I'd benefit greatly with having the paperbacks finished and out of the way so I can concentrate fully on my Dredd RPG sourcebooks.

[Colin YNWA]

Thats great news looking forward to it.

[John Caliber]

And I totally agree with a book this size there must be soooooo much to try to sort out, great value for money as it will take ages to read! 

I worked on the book for two years and every time I revisit it, I have no memory of 80% of the contents so it'll likely keep me reading foreverrrrrrr....

[Eric Plumrose]

Totally geekish question: Wagner has on occasion indulged in a spot of cross-continuity, i.e. HARLEM HEROES and STRONTIUM DOG. I presume said occasions are referenced?

[John Caliber]

Yes, and also all the Batman, Predator, Alien and Lobo crossovers.

[Eric Plumrose]

Many thanks!

[John Caliber]

Locations where Dredd and crossover characters met are listed. References to locales unique to earlier timelines (Gotham City) are present, but not afforded standalone entries as large components of those stories are whimsy rather than official Dreddworld continuity.

[John Caliber]

I will be issuing a high-resolution, full colour PDF-only version of CITY OF DREDD priced £10 (free postage to UK only - overseas P&P will incur a small charge) when the sequel paperback BEYOND CITY OF DREDD is published in a few weeks. The CoD PDF is the entire book, updated to include the latest Dredd stories, and contains corrected errata. The city map will also be in full colour, redrawn at a higher resolution. This PDF will be available only by post, supplied on a CD-ROM, in addition to some extra PDF freebies. More details at the appropriate time.

[John Caliber]

Reading between the lines, it appears that CITY OF DREDD'S POD Lulu.com is having admin or possibly financial problems which is making its users worried. I'm therefore cancelling my account with them on 31 July before I suffer losses due to marketing agreement I have paid for which they have not yet initiated. This will mean that CoD will no longer be available in paperback format, which is actually timely since it's turning out to be more profitable to offer it solely as a PDF, sold privately from my home address. I'm assuming that most of you who want the paperback already have it, but it's fair to give you notice that I will be taking it out of circulation. Thanks for your attention!

[TordelBack]

Nooooo!  I've been saving my PayPal pennies to order a hard copy and I'm nearly there!  If I place an order next week do you think it will happen before you pull out?


That said, this sounds like a right mess.  Sorry to see such a great project get messed around like this.

[John Caliber]

I can order a few copies myself to hold in stock; that way, you can order directly from me for the same price and be assured of a copy dispatched within 24 working hours of receipt of payment (if by Paypal; cheques and money orders are accepted, although the former requires a few days to clear). Let me know and I'll get my bulk order placed ASAP. Nobody's under an obligation to buy immediately just because I'm making this purchase.