{"id":12919,"date":"2020-08-03T15:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/?p=12919"},"modified":"2024-01-15T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:38:09","slug":"billys-book-by-terry-bisson-with-illos-by-rudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/billys-book-by-terry-bisson-with-illos-by-rudy\/","title":{"rendered":"“Billy’s Book” & “Billy’s Picture Book” by Terry Bisson (Illos by Rudy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated edtions of Terry Bisson<\/a>‘s wonderful volume, Billy’s Book<\/em> or Billy’s Picture Book<\/em>, from my Transreal Books. We did an edition in 2011, but now we’re back, and better than ever.<\/p>\n

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This cover is by Lisa Roth. Book summary:<\/p>\n

True crime for kids. Or is it the happy childhood you never had? Thirteen tales. A wry, fantasy children’s book to make adults laugh. Reminiscent of such greats as James Thurber and Lemony Snicket. Penned by SF troublemaker Terry Bisson, and illustrated by transreal cyberpunk Rudy Rucker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Author Bisson himself. We have three editions of the book<\/p>\n

Billy’s Book: True Crime for Kids. <\/em>Text-only paperback<\/strong> on Amazon <\/a>\u00a0and other online stores.<\/p>\n

Billy’s Book: True Crime for Kids.<\/em>\u00a0Illustrated ebook<\/strong> on Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and other sites. Universal ebook link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Billy’s Picture Book. <\/em> Large color-illustrated paperback <\/b> on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The cover, and interior illos, are by Rudy Rucker.<\/p>\n

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\nIdealized image of Rudy.<\/p>\n

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Billy after the ants ate him…<\/p>\n

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Go git one! Or the Withc will come for you. (And, yes, her name is supposed to be spelled WITHC. See T. Bisson, op. cit.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated edtions of Terry Bisson‘s wonderful volume, Billy’s Book or Billy’s Picture Book, from my Transreal Books. We did an edition in 2011, but now we’re back, and better than ever. This cover is by Lisa Roth. Book summary: True crime for kids. Or is it the happy childhood you never had? Thirteen tales. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12919"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14242,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12919\/revisions\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}