Miscellanea
Finding the Hard-To-Find Bantock Books
I have had several queries about where to find The Egyptian Jukebox, so I decided to include this section. First of all, I don't have a secret stash that I'm selling off, so please don't ask. I really don't know where you can get one. My first suggestion? You might try Amazon.com, an enormous on-line bookstore that has just about anything. Alternately, you could try searching for Powell's Bookstore in Portland, OR, because they have a lot of hard-to-find titles (I happened to find the Griffin and Sabine parody Sheldon and Mrs. Levine there, as well as the hard-to-find Averse to Beasts).
Links
I have not verified some of these links in some time, so please let me know if one's dead.
Though the table has since been dismantled, this page chronicles the table I decorated with artwork from the newest trilogy.
Nick Bantock's entertainment site, including a link to order Ceremony of Innocence directly from the distributor (as well as many interesting other things).
As part of Fan-Dango's official site, Sandra (not me!) has launched a Chat Room (which is actually closer to being a webboard, but that's splitting hairs). Come by and see what the Question of the Month is!
RealWorld's Ceremony of Innocence online site, including credits, how to order, and a playable demo.
An interview posted to Booksense.com, a very interesting read about The Gryphon.
Here's a review of CoI. Strangely, the date of this review is… my birthday. Do-de-do-do…
Another review, from 2002.
An article, circa Jan 1993 (before the release of The Golden Mean), about Mr. Bantock and the first two books. (I found this article after I wrote my analysis (see link above).) Reproduced without permission. © 1995 the Roanoke Times.
There is a screensaver available. Griffin and Sabine artwork, with music by Dead Can Dance. How can you beat that? It used to be Windows only, but I was recently emailed by Mr. Alan Rapp of Chronicle Books (publishers of this fine series), to let me know that there is indeed a Mac version now. Whee! :) [Note: the link I had formerly for the screensaver seems to have imploded, and all efforts to relocate it on the web have as yet turned up fruitless. If anyone has this: I WANT IT.]
This amusing set of net.postcards came to me in the mail — one on 12/5/96, the other on 12/6/96. It won't make much sense without having read The Venetian's Wife. (Reprinted without permission from Hitchhiker's Greeting Card Center.)
Speaking of net.postcards, Chronicle Books has an Electronic Postcard Rack featuring images of Mr. Bantock's (look under Art + Photography), as well as some from The Tattooed Map. I mention this book as well because I've been asked more than once if I have seen the book out by (and I quote) "Nick Bantock's wife" with this title. To set the record straight, this book is by Barbara Hodgson, who in fact is not Mr. Bantock's wife but his business partner. I was able to get a copy from the local bookstore. The Tattooed Map is the story (in journal form) of a young woman and a tattoo that begins to develop a life of its own, creating a map across the surface of her flesh. It's a really splendid and visually rich tale — highly recommended. I've read it twice and will likely read it again. (Incidentally, Ms. Hodgson has other books out I am interested in finding.)