This book has been two years in the making and is a Fine Press edition of a pulp classic.
To create this edition, we are using binding and stitching methods that can only be done by hand craft binders, along with full metal (monotype) letterpress and relief prints. This, combined with large fold-out colour illustrations, will create an impressive and exciting reading experience.
‘Who Goes There?’ by John W Campbell Jr. was first printed in 1938. It is considered a sci-fi classic and, in 1973, the story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written. The story has been directly adapted to film, first in 1951 as ‘The Thing from Another World’ by Christian Nyby and again in 1982 as ‘The Thing’ by John Carpenter.
In 2018, it was discovered that ‘Who Goes There?’ was actually a shortened version of a larger novel previously written by Campbell. The expanded manuscript including an entirely different opening, titled Frozen Hell, was found in a box of manuscripts sent by Campbell to Harvard University.
We present the full unedited novel version of FROZEN HELL.
ARETE SAY:
When Phil and I started Arete I wanted to create books which felt like the kind of books that artists from the early part of the 20th century produced. Books like Matisse’s ‘Jazz’ – huge volumes which gloriously showed the art in large sizes.
We thought why not make a contemporary version of those books?
Arete are pleased to present to you:
FROZEN HELL
by John W Campbell Jnr.
NUMBERED
The numbered edition is limited to 300 copies for sale and is fully bound in baby blue lambskin nappa which is soft and smooth to the touch. The leather is blocked in four passes, in white and black pigment foil creating a snowstorm design across the front and back boards, with the title on the spine.
The cover is a square spine structure with a wide groove between spine and boards, allowing the covers to open more freely.
All of the plates are tabbed or sewn in, allowing the double, treble and quad plates to open out without a stitched gutter.
The book is housed in a sturdy, white suede lined slipcase and is covered in a light blue/grey Windsor cloth with the ‘thing’ silhouette foil blocked to the front.
Binding is by Richard Tong and Sam Cartwright at Lyra’s Books/Ludlow Bookbinders.
You can see videos of how this edition is created HERE
Printed letterpress in two colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions.
Set in metal monotype Baskerville 12pt.
Cast by Nick Gill at Effra Press.
The paper is Liber Charta 170gsm
Trimmed page size –200mm x 300mm / 7.9 in x 11.8 in
Page count – 166
Number of illustrations – 16 colour plates, 2 four-page foldouts, 4 double page spreads and 1 three-page foldout plate.
13 black and white relief printed illustrations.
Signed by the artist Greg Manchess
Limitation – 320 copies of which 300 are for sale and 20 Hors de Commerce
Price: £585
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ESTIMATED PUBLICATION Spring 2024
Published editions may differ slightly from mock-ups and prototype designs.