One of my current goals is to try and complete my collection of books from Dark Harvest. This was a small press publisher active from 1983 through 1993. During that time they published just over 50 books. I still lack a handful of hard to find Dark Harvest books, and was able to add a pair of these recently.
David Brin, The River of Time (1986). Back around 1990 or so, I bought a British paperback edition of this book. Then I bought a bunch more Brin paperbacks, although for some reason I stopped keeping up with his fiction after a while.
The British paperback edition sports a neat cover, but the Dark Harvest book came out one year prior to the paperback edition, and is the true “first edition.” The River of Time collects 11 short stories, grouped under four headings: Destiny, Recollection, Speculation, and Propagation. This Dark Harvest book is the trade edition, not signed by Brin. Still, it’s in great condition, which matters more to me than a signature.
Thomas Tessier, Secret Strangers (1992). I’ve never read anything by Tessier. Last year, while at a bookstore in Mesa, Arizona, I considered buying a copy of this book. Back then I was deterred by the price as I considered it priced a little high. This copy is one of the signed & limited books, #19 of 250 such copies.
Reviews don’t appear to be kind to the book, citing the main character. I’ve just started reading Secret Strangers, and while the main character isn’t very likable, nor seemingly intelligent, she won’t be the first such person in fiction.
