'I know it is customary in some of the literary circles composed of so-called higher minds to make sly digs at the writing of Frank Clune. There are some collectors who laugh at the idea of having his books alongside their "treasures" and can refer to writers and others someday being "cluned" — as though being the subject of a book by Frank Clune was a joke. Do they realise just how important the works of this author really are and will be in time to come?' (Introduction)