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Exclusive Robyn Hitchcock Preorder Package

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This exclusive limited edition preorder package includes a copy of Stranded in the Future and a numbered Giclée print—both autographed by Robyn Hitchcock.

This page is for the exclusive preorder package. To order a regular edition of the book, follow this link.

All preorders will ship on or before the July 7, 2026 publication date.

Price: $100.00

Description

THIS PAGE IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF Stranded in the Future with a signed and numbered Giclée print.
All preorders will ship on or before the book’s July 7, 2026 publication date.

Click [HERE] to purchase a regular edition of the book.

The exclusive package includes:

  • A copy of Stranded in the Future autographed by Robyn Hitchcock
  • An 8″ x 10″ signed and numbered Giclée print of Hitchcock’s original art Mr B autographed by Robyn Hitchcock. Mr B is a full color rendering of one of Hitchcock’s illustrations from inside the book. The artwork is printed on 308 gsm 100% Cotton Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper. Giclée is a specialized art printing/spraying technique that uses an expanded color range of archival ink and paper resulting in highly detailed and visually rich prints.

Please Note:

  • All domestic orders will ship via UPS Ground unless you select a more expensive expedited shipping option.
  • For all orders outside the US, including Canada, please be sure to select your preferred INTERNATIONAL shipping method. International orders placed with domestic shipping will be canceled.
  • Please email info@akashicbooks.com if you have any questions about your order.

About the Book

STRANDED IN THE FUTURE is a kind of dystopian self-portrait. It’s about obsession, and obsessive behavior. Spanning from 1968 to 1978, it takes in the mythology that teenagers weave around their musical heroes and their early loves: in this case, one specific hero and one specific love. The book explores the way that Hitchcock, in his own head, linked these two figures to each other, although they never actually met.

On the way, the story mines the incremental hangover of the 1970s as Hitchcock begins to play live, teaches himself to write songs, and eventually forms the Soft Boys. There’s a side order of trolleybuses too! Hitchcock’s beautiful prose will resonate far beyond the fans of his music, and build on the literary following he established with his first book, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left.

Book Details

  • Hardcover
  • IBSN: AKB-RH-SF

Author

ROBYN HITCHCOCK is a rock ’n’ roll surrealist. Born in London in 1953, he describes his songs as “paintings you can listen to.” As much a child of Dalí, de Chirico, and J. G. Ballard as of his 1960s musical heroes, he is a master of the absurd, reveling in the beauty of the unexpected. His first band, the Soft Boys (1976–81), has remained an influential art-rock touchstone for generations of musicians. Hitchcock has floated at a tangent to the mainstream for five decades, and his songs have been performed by R.E.M., the Replacements, Neko Case, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Lou Barlow, Uncle Tupelo, Vic Chesnutt, Grant-Lee Phillips, Sparklehorse, and Suzanne Vega with the Grateful Dead, among others. He came of age in the 1960s while he attended Winchester College, an eccentric hothouse boarding school in the south of England. Hitchcock is the author of 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, and lives in Nashville with his wife Emma Swift and their two cats, Ringo and Tubby. His latest work is Stranded in the Future

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