Pamela Buckmaster, speaking on behalf of Ken Bulmer’s (Alan Burt Akers) family, has asked me to send their apologies for the delay in making available the final few Dray Prescot books (volumes 46 to 52) for publishing. This is due to ongoing illness in the family, and the difficulty of finding the manuscripts, which have been moved about a lot over the years and are therefore difficult to locate. They are confident that the manuscripts will be found, but ask for our patience for a few more months.
I am sure we all wish the family well and hope for a speedy recovery.
Please leave your comments below and I will pass them on to Pamela.
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That’s really too bad. I wish the family well. Some things are indeed worth waiting for.
I’m just dropping a note to indicate my strong love of the Dray Prescot series. If memory serves me right, I stumbled upon number 4 or 5 in a local Montreal bookstore in the mid-seventies while in my late teens. After reading the first one, I kept going back until i had found all the earlier books. Since then, I have very eagerly awaited each new volume in the series.
Needless to say, I was devastated when Daw stopped publishing in the late 1980′s, but was equally delighted when Savanti Press temporarily continued publishing the later books a few years later. Then – CRASH! – again. More years with the series stalled. Finally Mushroom Books resumed the task.
GREAT!
The only problem is that I am now in my early 50′s, a diabetic for 34 years, and a month ago diagnosed with heart disease. I may be running out of time!
So, with that in mind, and without sounding too morbid, I would really appreciate being able to finish reading the whole series before I kick the ol’ bucket, such as it is. Consider it to be a top item on my bucket list.
In closing, if I were stranded on a desert island with only one choice of reading material, it would be the Dray Prescot series.
God bless you, Ken Bulmer.
Good things are worth waiting for! Best wishes
I am sorry for the ongoing illness in your family.I hope you are all feeling well soon.I just wanted to tell you briefly I love the story of Dray Prescot.I have read all the books in english from when I first found them back in 1975.I am very pleased you are going to publish the rest of them.As I am unable to understand the german language.Once again,I hope your family are feeling in great health and happiness soon.
always your fan,Tim
Good morning Pamela from Australia. Thanks for your ongoing efforts to find the manuscripts. Ken has a world wide audience that eagerly awaits any of his material. I wish you and your family members good health and a very merry christmas and a happy 2010. Best wishes, Lyle