Comments on: Welcome to Bordertown: the first Borderlands book in decades! http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mellon http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900411 mellon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900411 *Finally*, we can bring RFC1149 to standard status. THANK YOU! :) *Finally*, we can bring RFC1149 to standard status. THANK YOU!

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]]> By: eain http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900227 eain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900227 Squeee! I adore the Bordertown books. MOAR PLZ Squeee! I adore the Bordertown books. MOAR PLZ

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-899977 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899977 Any stories about CL4P-TPs? :D Sounds like an interesting story, Mr. Doctorow. Any stories about CL4P-TPs? :D

Sounds like an interesting story, Mr. Doctorow.

]]> By: Crashproof http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900014 Crashproof Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900014 For some reason I thought that series (which was indeed awesome) was called Bordertown, so I didn't have any confusion with the game by Gearbox until now. Which is kind of an amusing thought. A cross between Borderlands and Borderlands might be... like Hellgate but actually good. For some reason I thought that series (which was indeed awesome) was called Bordertown, so I didn’t have any confusion with the game by Gearbox until now.

Which is kind of an amusing thought. A cross between Borderlands and Borderlands might be… like Hellgate but actually good.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-901551 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901551 WOW. Holycrap, I have wanted to do a Borderlands comic for almost 20 years! The milieu begs for visuals. I even did character designs of Leda and Wolfboy from Shetterly's Elsewhere. (I fell in love with his description of Leda's dandelion hair!) Lea Hernandez WOW.

Holycrap, I have wanted to do a Borderlands comic for almost 20 years! The milieu begs for visuals.
I even did character designs of Leda and Wolfboy from Shetterly’s Elsewhere. (I fell in love with his description of Leda’s dandelion hair!)

Lea Hernandez

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900534 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900534 I second everything that Arys said. Bull, Shetterly, De Lint and now Gaiman and Doctorow oh my...I can barely contain myself.. and me a 50 year old woman... I second everything that Arys said. Bull, Shetterly, De Lint and now Gaiman and Doctorow oh my…I can barely contain myself.. and me a 50 year old woman…

]]> By: ellen kushner http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900804 ellen kushner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900804 Hey, just one decade: a lot of people missed the unhappily-titled THE ESSENTIAL BORDERTOWN in 1999, thinking it was a collection of previous stories, instead of a big fat anthology of original new ones that also included excerpts from the legendary "The Tough Guide to Bordertown" on how to get by on the streets there, and what not to say to elves and where to find good tacos and better used clothes.... It's also the only B'town antho still in print: http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Bordertown-Terri-Windling/dp/0312867034 And we really love your new story, Cory - thanks again for writing it for us - I can't wait for everyone to get to read it. Hey, just one decade: a lot of people missed the unhappily-titled THE ESSENTIAL BORDERTOWN in 1999, thinking it was a collection of previous stories, instead of a big fat anthology of original new ones that also included excerpts from the legendary “The Tough Guide to Bordertown” on how to get by on the streets there, and what not to say to elves and where to find good tacos and better used clothes….

It’s also the only B’town antho still in print:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Bordertown-Terri-Windling/dp/0312867034

And we really love your new story, Cory – thanks again for writing it for us – I can’t wait for everyone to get to read it.

]]> By: LightMike http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-1029842 LightMike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029842 About friggin time! I'd about lost all hope for a new B-Town book to come out!! Please don't make it the last!! About friggin time! I’d about lost all hope for a new B-Town book to come out!! Please don’t make it the last!!

]]> By: Arys http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900050 Arys Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900050 omg! omg! *hops happily from foot to foot* I was just wondering the status of this new B-Town book. Coincidentally, I'm just wrapping up re-reading the series before handing the books off to my niece, who just reached 16. One of my all time favorite YA universes and I'm pleased as punch to see some B-Town veterans (Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Terri, and Charles De Lint) on the list and excited to read stuff from cool newbies to the 'Town (Neil AND Cory?!) omg! omg! *hops happily from foot to foot*
I was just wondering the status of this new B-Town book. Coincidentally, I’m just wrapping up re-reading the series before handing the books off to my niece, who just reached 16. One of my all time favorite YA universes and I’m pleased as punch to see some B-Town veterans (Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Terri, and Charles De Lint) on the list and excited to read stuff from cool newbies to the ‘Town (Neil AND Cory?!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-1065683 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065683 I can't believe this is actually being published. I have the original paperbacks, looking a little dog-eared after all these years, and I've often wondered what happened to the series. Thanks to the Amazon link for 'The Essential Bordertown', which I didn't even know existed, I've just ordered an unread library back-up copy for less than $5! I'm thrilled to bits about this, and the upcoming book is a must buy, the fact that Cory and Neil Gaiman both have stories in it would have guaranteed a sale regardless of subject. Fantastic news. I can’t believe this is actually being published. I have the original paperbacks, looking a little dog-eared after all these years, and I’ve often wondered what happened to the series. Thanks to the Amazon link for ‘The Essential Bordertown’, which I didn’t even know existed, I’ve just ordered an unread library back-up copy for less than $5! I’m thrilled to bits about this, and the upcoming book is a must buy, the fact that Cory and Neil Gaiman both have stories in it would have guaranteed a sale regardless of subject. Fantastic news.

]]> By: wygit http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900056 wygit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900056 I will be eagerly looking forward to this. Love the books, and can't believe how long they've been out of print. I've never found most of them as ebooks. I will be eagerly looking forward to this.

Love the books, and can’t believe how long they’ve been out of print.

I’ve never found most of them as ebooks.

]]> By: angrydroid http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900059 angrydroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900059 I'll have to go dust off my copies of these that I read back around high school. I remember being attracted to the cool Phil Hale covers. He went to the same high school as me. I’ll have to go dust off my copies of these that I read back around high school. I remember being attracted to the cool Phil Hale covers. He went to the same high school as me.

]]> By: beezus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/30/welcome-to-bordertow.html#comment-900076 beezus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900076 This is wonderful news! Just a great series of books based on a fantastic concept. Glad to see they are coming back. This is wonderful news! Just a great series of books based on a fantastic concept. Glad to see they are coming back.

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