UPDATE: Made some changes to this post—the newest Indiespensable package has TWO books, not just the one.

Powell’s has just announced the new titles in their Indiespensable series: Next up, Gil Adamson’s The Outlander AND The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. $39.95 will get you a signed first edition of BOTH books. There are only 500 copies (available at the above link), so jump on it—they go fast. Powells’ customer newsletter doesn’t go out until midnight Monday, so you’ve got a little head start.

And if you’re not up for dropping $40 on a book (UPDATE: Two books! Both first editions? That’s a freaking steal), I’d say the Indiespensable selections make a pretty good suggested reading list. I finally got around to cracking the first book in the series, Lydia Millet’s How the Dead Dream, and damn is it good. Simply reading her writing doesn’t feel like enough—she makes me want to spray paint her sentences on walls, or learn to cross-stitch and make a sampler.

A little bird over at Powell’s (OK, Dave Weich) recently told me that Powell’s is thinking of developing other limited-release series in the future, with narrower focuses—like sci-fi, or cooking—so there’s something to look forward to as well.