tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post4929694281861480841..comments2024-03-24T18:12:28.906+00:00Comments on The Glue Factory: London Consequences - a novelDavid J Collardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01353517349363925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-54992086940880056462013-08-13T11:20:55.106+01:002013-08-13T11:20:55.106+01:00Thanks for the kind offer - I'm unlikely to ge...Thanks for the kind offer - I'm unlikely to get to the British Library for the next few weeks (school summer holidays) so a scanned copy would be appreciated. Am mulling over possible approaches to a sequel and have provisional commitment from some exciting authors. Early days, and haven't approached a publisher yet!David J Collardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353517349363925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-52144241889310217382013-08-07T23:29:46.781+01:002013-08-07T23:29:46.781+01:00It's certainly the type of thing we'd look...It's certainly the type of thing we'd look at, but you're right, the rights situation could be difficult. A colleague has kindly offered to scan the copy in his university library and share it with me -- perhaps I can send it along to you if you haven't got it by then. And you're right, it would be very interesting to repeat the experiment today.James D. Jenkinshttp://www.valancourtbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-55482162317082606542013-08-07T21:49:10.446+01:002013-08-07T21:49:10.446+01:00Good to hear from you James. I'll look up a co...Good to hear from you James. I'll look up a copy on my next visit to the British Library. It seems rare - the only copy available online is $1500 . . . Would Valancourt consider a reissue? I expect rights would be quite complex, but its likely to be of great interest, not least for the B S Johnson content. I'm looking at a possible sequel involving contemporary London writers - something that might be easier to achieve technically than it was forty years ago. Early days - but there are some positive responses to the blog and it would be an exciting challenge.David J Collardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353517349363925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-55064767495420182092013-08-07T19:11:45.993+01:002013-08-07T19:11:45.993+01:00This is really fascinating. I hadn't heard of...This is really fascinating. I hadn't heard of it before. And an interesting list of authors. We've recently republished one of Read's and are trying to get the rights to some of Freeman and Gaskell's. I'm going to have to try to hunt down a copy of this -- it actually sounds quite a lot (in concept, anyway) like the Victorian round-robin novel 'The Fate of Fenella'.James D. Jenkinshttp://www.valancourtbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com