ANTARCTIC BOOKS DUE and WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

Included here are notices of books not yet published and projects underway.

Last updated: 18 July 2020.

Accessed at least many times since 30 July 2007.



INDEX OF BOOK PROJECTS INCLUDED BY AUTHOR:
Baughman, T.H. Focusing on Antarctica between 1922 and 1941
Brannigan, David. Biography of T.W. Edgeworth David
Clough, Brenda A. May be Some Time
de Boos, Cris. Some future titles
Hamilton, James C. Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica
Harrowfield, David. Oamaru and The Antarctic plus two in the Pipeline
Savours, Ann. Sir Clements Markham book and article
Strathie, Anne. On Ponting
Taaffe, Seamus. On Stackhouse
van Glintenkamp, Rik. A coffee table book on his Antarctic collages


CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND THE SEARCH FOR ANTARCTICA

by James C. Hamilton will be published in England by Pen & Sword Books on 30 May. “The Search” focuses on Cook's navigation in search of Antarctica during parts of each of his three voyages.  The book is 330 pages in length, with 32 color plates and 29 figures (12 maps and 17 tables). It will be available in the U.S. in August/early September, and may be pre-ordered now through Pen and Sword Books, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The cost is $42.95 at each seller. By the time it is available, we will have been through another hot summer, and Jim’s book, featuring lots of ice and cold will have even more appeal. 
ISBN: 9781526753571. Web:  https://penandswordbooks.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Captain+James+Cook
—Thanks to Jerry Yucht.
(13 April 2020)

BOOK ON HERBERT PONTING

Anne Strathie e-mails to say: "I’m still working on my book on Ponting, but it will hopefully be at final proof stage by the time of the Dublin gathering [7-9 June 2019]". 

Anne's previous books includes her biography of Birdie Bowers (Birdie Bowers; Captain Scott's Marvel) and From Ice Floes to Battlefields; Scott's 'Antarctics' in the First World War. Both were issued by the History Press.
(28 November 2018)

FROM CRIS DE BOOS (Erskine Press)

Cris de Boos, of Erskine Press, e-mails to say: "I've got two definite and one possible for this year. I've been offered a translation of the Lecointe: 'In the Land of the Penguins.' It's a very formal translation, actually a literal translation, and needs a lot work. However it hasn't been done before and it's worth doing. These days scanning in the pictures in the old book can be done with remarkable clarity."
(23 February 2018)


J. FOSTER STACKHOUSE'S 1914 BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Seamus Taaffe e-mails to say that he is "conducting research into J. Foster Stackhouse's 1914 British Antarctic Expedition with a view to publishing my research in 2015 to mark the centenary of Stackhouse's death on the Lusitania. Not sure where or how it will be published but I will let you know in due course."

Stackhouse planned to lead an expedition to explore King Edward VII Land and Graham Land. He went down on the Lusitania while returning from raising funds in the U.S. The expedition, therefore, never happened.
(3 April 2013)

OAMARU and the ANTARCTIC PLUS TWO IN THE PIPELINE

David Harrowfield e-mails from New Zealand that "Oamaru with 13,000 residents, is on our east coast. From here the news of the death of Captain R.F. Scott RN and his party, was sent off via Christchurch to London in February 1913.
At present we are planning major events in Oamaru to mark this significant occasion in polar history and expect people from beyond New Zealand to attend. I have a new book on Oamaru and Antarctica almost completed and an limited/numbered edition will be released at the time." [NOTE: Since published.]
(5 March 2012)

"I am awaiting word from my publisher on the mountaineering book due out next year (has reference to climbing in Antarctica); and in the meantime, have got into research for a book on NZ's Antarctic science and also completing my draft for a paper in 'Polar Record'.
(30 November 2011)

ANTARCTICA 1922-1941.

T.H. Baughman e-mails to say:

"I wanted to call to your attention and have you post on the works-in-progress page, that I am at work on a book that will describe Antarctica, 1922-1941. I failed to register a previous project and after two years of research discovered that someone else had completed her manuscript, so I am hoping to avoid that problem this time around."
(13 August 2008)

SCIENCE FICTON HERO L.E.G. OATES.

Brenda W. Clough has written a science fiction novel revolving around Captain Oates. It is set in the year 2045, and also deals with time travel, contacting extraterrestrial intelligence, and faster-than-light spaceships.
While the novel awaits publication, the first section of it will appear in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, in the April 2001 issue (Vol CXXI, No 4). The magazine's website is http://www.analogsf.com/0104/issue_0104.html.
About the Author: Brenda W. Clough has been writing science fiction and fantasy for twenty years. She is the author of seven novels and many short stories and articles. A full bibliography is up on her web page, at www.sff.net/people/Brenda. Her most recent novel, DOORS OF DEATH AND LIFE, came out in May 2000.
(4 December 2000)

UPDATE: The April issue of 'Analog' is now out. Not the easiest thing to find; took two trips to Harvard Square! Pp 12-41 out of 144 pages. This is what Brenda had to say recently: "The magazine has printed the novella [MAY BE SOME TIME], which is about 20,000 words and comprises the front end of the full novel. The web page [http://www.analogsf.com/0104/issue_0104.html] has only an excerpt of the novella, looks like the first couple thousand words. The magazine is a print publication and ought to be available now at newsstands, in big bookstores, etc. So on the web page you really are getting a very tiny sample indeed. The novel itself is far far longer (at this point I'd estimate 150,000 words) and will not be published until 2002 or 2003."
—R. Stephenson
(15 March 2001)

UPDATE: Brenda recently reported that she's done another novella about Titus which should be appearing in the July-August 2002 issue of ANALOG.
Also, her first one "...has made the final ballot for the Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction Writers of America. As a result, the complete novella is up on the Analog web site — www.analogsf.com" Congratulations!
—R. Stephenson
(10 March 2002)

UPDATE: Have a look at Brenda's very useful bibliography at http://www.sff.net/people/Brenda/rtwbib.htm
—R. Stephenson
(6 March 2003)


From a recent e-mail from Rik van Glintenkamp: "Echoes in the Ice has now reached 75 collages. A portion of them will be published in the fall . . . Publication will be sometime in September. It will be a coffee table size book." [Rik has done many interesting collages highlighting Antarctic explorers. They've been displayed at various venues in recent years. See www.antarctic-circle.org/eventspast1.htm#25 for a description of his show at Ohio State back in October 2000.]
—R. Stephenson
(15 June 2003)

UPDATE: I recently received a copy from Rik; a very nice production. Am now waiting to learn of its general availability.
—R. Stephenson
(28 January 2004)


David Brannigan in Australia is reported to be writing a biography of T.W. Edgeworth David, Professor of Geology at the University of Sydney and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition of 1907-09 on which he led the three-man party that first reached the South Magnetic Pole and led the first ascent of Mt. Erebus.
(February 2002)

Ann Savours reports that she has done a biographical piece on Sir Clements Markham which will be published by 'History Today'.

UPDATE: The article appeared in the March 2001 issue (Vol 51 [3]; pp 44-51), entitled 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains.' Ann has been working on a book-length biography of Markham.

UPDATE: Ann spoke on Markham at the 4 November 2005 James Caird Society members' evening. Her book on Markham is complete but, oddly enough, no publisher is in the wings. Markham being the key figure in the launch of the 'Heroic Age' one would think this would be a very publishable biography, particularly given the credentials of the author.
—R. Stephenson
(29 November 2005)


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