Just After Sunset - New King short story collection

[Randall Flagg]

Posted on the King message board:


It's already on the planning board. There are finally enough new ones to complete a collection. It's titled (at least for now) Pocket Rockets. I'm cringing even as I type it thinking about what some of our members will be doing with that title. I don't think I'm at liberty yet to reveal which stories will be included, but will do so as soon as I can. "

Madame Moderator

[Darkthoughts]

Jerome, you're so cool - you're like our roving reporter! :wub:

[Patrick]

There is unconfirmed speculation that the short story collection will include both of the recently announced short stories, "A Very Tight Place" and "Ayana" as the collection would be released after the magazines where those stories will appear.

Each of those stories have their own discussion thread here, of course.

[funky dredd]

I wonder how well they thought out the name of the book? :orely:

[Randall Flagg]

We will see about the title. I thought it might be a joke at first-and it might still be, but it was on the King board.

[funky dredd]

Same here, when I first saw the title over at Lilja's I thought maybe he typed it wrong.

[jhanic]

I just hope that this new collection will include some never-before-published stories, unlike Everything's Eventual. A Stephen King "nut" like me already had all those stories in their original publications. Kind of a let-down when the collection came out and nothing new was there.

John

[Patrick]

I agree, John, first time stories always make collections far more special.

I love the title of this book, I hope they don't change it.

[funky dredd]

The title is starting to grow on me. (No pun intended)

[Patrick]

:lol:

[Daghain]

I like the title. It's pretty funny. I could see King coming up with that. :D

[Storyslinger]

:rofl:
Can't wait though

[lepra79]

wiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!

the title it´s very funny!

[Deefuzz]

Good deal, because I missed out on most of what would be included already.

[Asterisco]

No rumored date for publication, isn't it?

[Randall Flagg]

Since Duma key comes out in early 2008, I would think the earliest release would be in late 2008. More likely would be Early 2009. IMO.

[BlakeMP]

I dunno... I can't see myself walking up to my Friendly Neighborhood Border's Information Desk and asking, "excuse me, do you have any copies of Pocket Rockets?"

[Randall Flagg]

How about recommending it to someone:

I really enjoyed my Pocket Rockets, would you like to borrow it?

[funky dredd]

*snickers*

[Storyslinger]

:ninja:

[natehorning]

If "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" isn't going to be in F&SF until Oct/Nov 2008, as reported by Lilja, will Pocket Rockets not be released until after that? Seems like an excessively advanced announcement if it isn't due for over a year.

[jhanic]

Nate, you're assuming that "The New York Times at ..." will be included in the collection. That's not necessarily true.

John

[mae]

That info can't be right. This story should be in the January issue, it sounds like.

[natehorning]

Nate, you're assuming that "The New York Times at ..." will be included in the collection. That's not necessarily true.

John

That's true, I was using that assumption. Whether it's in there or not I hope the book comes out sooner rather than later.


Nate

[jhanic]

Me too! Maybe it'll be included as one of the "new" stories in the collection!

John

[CRinVA]

There is also Mute which will be inthe Dec 07 Playboy!

[mae]

Lilja confirms the collection is the next book:


It’s now confirmed that King will release a collection after Duma Key. This is what the moderator on the official message board said: The next book after Duma Key will be a short story collection and most of the recent ones published will be in that.

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks Pablo.

[funky dredd]

It's nice that it is confirmed...but when?

[Randall Flagg]

Pure speculation on my part, but with Duma Key coming out in January 2008, I'd expect at least 6 months before Pocket Rockets was released.
Prediction: Release Tuesday October 7th, 2008

[jhanic]

As I've said before, I just hope there are a couple of unpublished stories slated for this new collection.

John

[mae]

Unpublished, yes. And hopefully the pagecount is more along the lines of, say, Skeleton Crew and N&D than Night Shift and Eventual.

[Randall Flagg]

Liljas Library states they have received confirmation the book will not be titled Pocket Rockets.

[Daghain]

Awwwwww.....

[Ruthful]

I could see myself buying this.

[funky dredd]

Damn, I actually started to like the name!

[Spencer]

Does Lilja have any idea what it will be called?

[mae]

I could see myself buying this.

Why would one not buy a King book?

[jhanic]

This is from Bev Vincent's site:


Time magazine

Quote:
His next book of short stories, Unnatural Acts of Intercourse, will come out this fall or next spring, and he's working on a "novel that's going to be very long. I'll be killing a lot of trees if it gets done."


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How's that for a title?

The joke possibilities are endless with that title!! (King promotes Unnatural Acts of Intercourse, etc.)

John

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

This is from Bev Vincent's site:


Time magazine

Quote:
His next book of short stories, Unnatural Acts of Intercourse, will come out this fall or next spring, and he's working on a "novel that's going to be very long. I'll be killing a lot of trees if it gets done."


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How's that for a title?

The joke possibilities are endless with that title!! (King promotes Unnatural Acts of Intercourse, etc.)

John

:lol: That title is even better than 'Pocket Rockets', which made me think of Pocket Billiards !!

[funky dredd]

Ha ha, great title! I still like Pocket Rockets better though! I wonder what the novel is? Maybe The Stand PT II?

[jhanic]

I was thinking more of Talisman III.

John

[Spencer]

Oh wow, just imagine if he reads from this in DC:

"Stephen King performed Unnatural Acts of Intercourse, to the delight of the audience at the Lutheran Church in Washington D.C." :scared:

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I was thinking more of Talisman III.

John

I think King/Straub said they would not be able to do this until 2009.

[funky dredd]

The Talisman never even entered my head. Good call John! But if Mr. Rabbit Trick is correct what else is there? His finale?

[CRinVA]

and from The National Enquirer.....

King Collectors pay a high price for Unnatural Acts of Intercourse!

[Bev Vincent]

I doubt if it's T3, just from King's wording. Too many "I's" and no "we's"

[mae]

Let's hope it's this fall, not next spring.

[CyberGhostface]

I never liked "Pocket Rockets", and while bizarre, "Unnatural" sounds more up King's alley. I love his short story collections, so I'm hoping for the best here.

[ATG]

I just hope that this new collection will include some never-before-published stories, unlike Everything's Eventual. A Stephen King "nut" like me already had all those stories in their original publications. Kind of a let-down when the collection came out and nothing new was there.

John



I agree.

It should not be published as a ' new ' collection unless there is at least ONE heretofore published tale.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

It will contain the new unpublished "A Very Tight Place", which I think is about someone trapped in a portaloo.

[herbertwest]

Maybe the upcoming "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" as well...
But this one is due by the end of the year so...

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

The Mod on the official SK Board has stated that this title may not be the final one! I wish they would make up their minds as I keep running out of jokes about the title. :doh:

[CyberGhostface]

Keep in mind that a large chunk of the reading public, even those that are huge Stephen King fans, aren't going to collect each of the magazines that they initially appear in. When I first got Everything's Eventual, all the stories were brand new to me.

[Heather19]

Same here. I usually don't get a chance to get his short stories. I only pick them up if I can easily find them in a magazine that I can get at book store. In fact, I think the only one that I've got is The Gingerbread Girl.
Although it would be great if he would put together a collection of short stories that were never published anywhere before, but I doubt that'll happen.

[Randall Flagg]

The Mod on the official SK Board has stated that this title may not be the final one! I wish they would make up their minds as I keep running out of jokes about the title. :doh:
I think King is having us all on-at least twice so far.
I can't believe they will publish the book with either ogf the two titles discussed to date.
Kind of like when Howard Stern wanted to title his book "Penis", so that people mentioning it would have to say 'Howard Stern's Penis'. Of course the book was re-titled.

[jhanic]

Regarding the inclusion of never-before-published stories in King's collections, I don't expect (although it would be nice) to have an entire collection of them. All I'm really hoping for is a couple of new stories in the book, similar to what he did with all his other collections except Everything's Eventual. That's all.

John

[Ruthful]

Aside from the two stories that were contained in Blood & Smoke I was completely unfamiliar with the stories published in EE. It'll be interesting to see how this collection is put together.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Maybe the upcoming "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" as well...
But this one is due by the end of the year so...

I don't think that story will be published in 'Pocket Rockets' because it is scheduled to be published first in F&SF magazine. That edition will not be out until Oct/Nov.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Ha ha, great title! I still like Pocket Rockets better though! I wonder what the novel is? Maybe The Stand PT II?

Bangor Daily News interview:

The author is now in the midst of writing a long novel set in western Maine. "So tell folks they can enjoy a short vacation in warm weather ["Duma Key"], then I’m coming back home," King joked.

[Randall Flagg]

In an interview for USA Today King talks about his short story collection:


His next book will be a collection of short stories, but he and his publisher can't agree on a title. He wants to call it Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse, which "could be a tough sell in some markets."
Serving as guest editor for The Best American Short Stories 2007, King says he rediscovered his love of short fiction, although few general-interest magazines continue to publish short stories.
The short story has been replaced by the short chapter, he says, citing writers such as James Patterson and Robert Parker.
"Also, movies don't help," says King, who writes a pop culture column for Entertainment Weekly. "People get socialized to expecting a single story, where they don't have to get to know new characters too often. When was the last time you saw an anthology film, like the Twilight Zone movie?
"The only short-fiction movie to play in the past 10 years was Grindhouse, and it bombed. These two artistic fields are not the same, but the tastes of the audiences overlap in striking ways."
He also has begun work on another novel, but he won't discuss it for fear of "bad luck. If I didn't think it would work out, I'd talk your ear off about it," he says and laughs.
Or, he could just go for another walk and see what happens.


Full article (http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-01-23-stephen-king_N.htm)

[MaraJShakespeare]

I try to pick up the short stories as they come out these days; it's easier for me now, what with the changes in my living situation over the last six years. I think I've read most of the ones he's put out since EE in '02, anyway, though I know I've missed at least one ('Graduation Afternoon'). Living in an actual city helps, as there are more real bookstores with good periodical sections available- not that one needs them if they have a good internet hookup, but I still like the tactile experience of leaving the house and actually, physically shopping. I do this whenever I can; there's a much greater instant-gratification fix involved. That's also the reason I read the stories as they come out; I hate waiting for things. The trick is, I only read them once. That way, by the time the collection arrives, I'll have only the vaguest memories of most of them; even if I particularly love a story, I won't reread it until the collection comes out. That way, they're as good as new, or damn near anyway.

I guess I like to get them as they come now just because I can; I remember all too well what it's like to live way out in Shitsplat, Red State, USA with neither a civilised bookstore nor an ebay or amazon to call my own. Even there, one can find the new Stephen King book somewhere (you know, Wal-Mart or. . . well, one Mart or another), though anything more esoteric than that is hard to come by. A literary magazine? Forget it. A copy of The New Yorker? Dream on. Hell, King might run into some trouble out there if he really does call this collection Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse ('Hey! That sounds like it's about fornicatin' or hommasexshuls or sumpthin'! Us honest, God-fearin' 'Mericans don't cotton to that stuff!'). I hope he sticks with it, though. From what I recall of recent stories, that title fits them all quite snugly. I hope the publishers don't talk him out of it, for fear of some reactionary misunderstanding from middle-America (see above). It's a great title, even better than Pocket Rockets; can't you just see people lining up in bookstores, red-faced, asking the clerks, 'Uhh. . . I'm looking for Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.' A slap in the face; 'Well, you're in the wrong kind of store, asshole!' Ha!

All humour aside, it is an awesome title. I can't wait to read the new stories, and reread the old ones, for the first time.

[Bev Vincent]

The official name of the collection is Just Past Sunset.

[CRinVA]

bummer - this title is a letdown! Even if the stories are not!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

The official name of the collection is Just Past Sunset.

Thanks for that Bev.

They couldn't have picked a worse title.

[Matt]

Hmmmm...really? I think its okay for a collection short stories.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

It will fit right in with the Mills and Boon set.

[Matt]

I changed the title of the thread to reflect the name.

[mae]

Sounds too much like Four Past Midnight. I can't say I like it very much, but it's what's inside that counts!

[BlakeMP]

I MUCH perfer this title.

[mae]

Now let us all pray for a much lengthier Table of Contents than Everything's Eventual. A great collection, undoubtedly, but I'm hoping for a size akin to Skeleton Crew or even Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

[mia/susannah]

:rock: I can't wait for the new book, Just Past Sunset to come out. I am currently reading Duma Key and The Dark Tower 7. I am so excited, can't be still.

[mr.nineteen]

It will always be Unnatural Acts of Intercourse for me.

You know about Stephen King's Unnatural Acts of Intercourse?
What?
Yes, you know, just past sunset.

[mae]

List of included stories coming "soon":

http://www.stephenking.com/forums/showpost.php?p=115353&postcount=33

[Bev Vincent]

Scribner (http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=628561&er=9781416584087)
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Our Price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1-4165-8408-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8408-7

[Randall Flagg]

Pure speculation on my part, but with Duma Key coming out in January 2008, I'd expect at least 6 months before Pocket Rockets was released.
Prediction: Release Tuesday October 7th, 2008
Well my prediction was a bit early, but close.
Thanks Bev.

[goheat]

Scribner (http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=628561&er=9781416584087)
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Our Price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1-4165-8408-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8408-7

Excellent news, thanks Bev!! :nana:

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

From the Official SK Site:

Update on new short story collection
We have received the list of stories that will be included in Steve's new short story collection, Just Past Sunset, which will be published in November '08. There may be one more bonus story, but this is the list so
far:
The Gingerbread Girl
Harvey’s Dream
Rest Stop
Stationary Bike
The Things They Left Behind
Willa
Graduation Afternoon
N
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
Mute
Ayana
A Very Tight Place

[Brice]

N? This is new right? Anyone heard of it before?

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

N? This is new right? Anyone heard of it before?

Yes. its the only new one we haven't been told about yet.

[jhanic]

So we have at least one new story!

John

[Bev Vincent]

The preamble to the list says there might be another "bonus" story as well. I've asked for clarification about "N" to make sure it isn't a typo.

[Bev Vincent]

It's not a typo. A new record for the shortest King title ever! Beats IT by one.

[mae]

Well that list looks like what everyone thought it would. I was hoping for some heretofore uncollected surprises, but of course we all know King has stated he's collected all the ones he wants. Of course that was a while ago; I was hoping he'd changed his mind, especially given his apparent newfound love of the short story. And "A Very Tight Place" is supposed to be novella-length, correct?

[mae]

By the way, what does this book have to do with Stephen's working title for this collection: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0979854776/ Couldn't be a coincidence :)

[Bev Vincent]

I think it's a glitch.

[mae]

What do you mean, glitch? It appears to be a real book.


Winner of the ALDOUS HUXLEY PRIZE for Speculative Fiction, 2007

[Bev Vincent]

I don't see Stephen M. King's name on the (amateurish-looking) cover, which is unusual if he isn't a co-author. The ISBN returns almost no hits.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uv9BIGzDL._SS260_.jpg

Also, if you read closely, the Aldous Huxley Prize is actually for "Never on These Shores." The prize itself returns surprisingly few Google hits (11 for the exact phrase) so I suspect it's not very important.

The Harvard Press doesn't seem to exist (though it sounds suspiciously like the Harvard University Press, but isn't) and the LA Times review borders on illiterate. "I state them more like a what if this is the next great novelist on the scene." What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Smells pretty fishy to me.

[Randall Flagg]

A bit like "The Bachman Shining".

[goheat]

Well that list looks like what everyone thought it would. I was hoping for some heretofore uncollected surprises, but of course we all know King has stated he's collected all the ones he wants. Of course that was a while ago; I was hoping he'd changed his mind, especially given his apparent newfound love of the short story. And "A Very Tight Place" is supposed to be novella-length, correct?

Not sure about the length, but A Very Tight Place is scheduled to appear in McSweeney's #27... http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/b98cc3a0-53fa-4ed6-a771-e788dc9d9396/McSweeneysSubscriptionbrBeginningwithIssue26.cfm

[goheat]

I don't see Stephen M. King's name on the (amateurish-looking) cover, which is unusual if he isn't a co-author. The ISBN returns almost no hits.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uv9BIGzDL._SS260_.jpg

Also, if you read closely, the Aldous Huxley Prize is actually for "Never on These Shores." The prize itself returns surprisingly few Google hits (11 for the exact phrase) so I suspect it's not very important.

The Harvard Press doesn't seem to exist (though it sounds suspiciously like the Harvard University Press, but isn't) and the LA Times review borders on illiterate. "I state them more like a what if this is the next great novelist on the scene." What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Smells pretty fishy to me.

Amazon does list another book from 2002 for "Stephen M. King" at http://www.amazon.com/God-Caesar-Stephen-M-King/dp/1591602440/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203534210&sr=1-3
so maybe this is legit, but the book title and matching formerly-announced title of SK's anthology is odd. :orely:

[mae]

Got the new Cemetery Dance newsletter and they call the newly announced N "a very long brand new story", and say the book will be over 400 pages, not 400 pages even.

[mae]

Something else I just noticed. This is the first time in King's publishing history that he'll have a short story collection out twice in the same decade. Of course we've had Night Shift in 1978, Skeleton Crew in 1985, Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993, and now Everything's Eventual in 2002 and Just Past Sunset in 2008. There were 7 years in between Night Shift and Skeleton Crew, 8 years in between Skeleton Crew and Nightmares & Dreamscapes, 9 years (you feel the pattern? :)) in between Nightmares & Dreamscapes and Everything's Eventual, and only 6 years, the fewest, in between Everything's Eventual and Just Past Sunset.

[Matt]

This is some great information, thanks Pablo

[Randall Flagg]

I an interview with Lilja, King says this about the story N.:


There is one story that is brand new that is called N. Just the letter N with a period after it and that’s a long story and you know, you could guess…

Anyone care to guess?

[Bev Vincent]

That bit baffled me, too. It seems like he thinks we should know what he's talking about, but I've got no clue.

[mae]

That bit baffled me, too. It seems like he thinks we should know what he's talking about, but I've got no clue.

Not to sound offensive, but maybe it means you know, the n-word?

[Brice]

That bit baffled me, too. It seems like he thinks we should know what he's talking about, but I've got no clue.

Not to sound offensive, but maybe it means you know, the n-word?


nineteen??? :orely:

[mae]

No, wikipedia N-word (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger#.22The_N-Word.22)

[Brice]

Yeah, I know what you meant. :lol:

[mae]

According to King in the 2nd part of the new interview with Lilja, there indeed will be 13 stories, so one more unpublished story yet to be named.

[MonteGss]

The only time I get to read King's short stories is when he releases them in a book so I am looking forward to this collection as well. Honestly, I enjoy his novels much more but his stories are good too. :)

[Brice]

I am sorta' torn on that subject. I love a really long good King book, but I also love being able to sit down and read a story in one sitting when I only have a little time.

[mae]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Past_Sunset

[Brice]

That was fast getting on wiki. Did you do it?

[mae]

Some of it, yeah.

[goheat]

nineteen??? :orely:

That's my guess too! I can't see him naming a story for the other, offensive N-word.

[Ruthful]

I've only read two of those stories.

Looks like I'll finally have to buy a new Stephen King book.

[jhanic]

I've read all the ones that have been published so far. I'm REALLY glad there will be some new stories in it. Now I'll start watching for the ARC (Advance Reading Copy). It should be out sometime in September.

John

[1ofthe19]

How do you get ARCs?

Anyway, King had a story published in Playboy?

[alinda]

According to the link" N" = not yet written







nineteen??? :orely:

That's my guess too! I can't see him naming a story for the other, offensive N-word.

[jhanic]

How do you get ARCs?

For the US, I watch eBay carefully. Also, I have a couple contacts that may get one, so I get hold of them. For the UK ARCs, I have a VERY good contact in the UK that holds them for me.

John

[mae]

Anyway, King had a story published in Playboy?

In two consecutive December issues.

[Míchéal]

Anyway, King had a story published in Playboy?

In two consecutive December issues.

a good excuse to buy it, girlfriend wont be pissed

[jhanic]

Worked with my wife!

John

[Randall Flagg]

Synopsis from Waterstone's (http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6208841):




What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.Read about the acts of kindness from strangers: 'workmen' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime of a middle aged artist in Stationary Bike; the unexpected visitor, a blind girl, whose kiss saves a dying man; a mute hitchhiker who helps a driver get over his wife's affair.There are tales of obsession and fights for power: The Gingerbread Girl runs and runs to ease her pain; two neighbours contesting for a piece of land get into A Very Tight Place and a man who witnesses an act of domestic violence in a Rest Stop needs to step into his identity as a crime writer if he's to intervene.Then there are the unexpected outside events which turn people's world's upside down or the right way up: a young couple, David and Willa who are derailed on a train find themselves seeking the bright lights in a nearby town -- and playing the jukebox, for eternity; an older couple want to punctuate the banal humdrum with something unusual -- until it happens.

[jhanic]

I notice that they say the date of publication is November 13, 2008. I don't think that's been noted before.

John

[Randall Flagg]

Scribner (http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=628561&er=9781416584087)
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Our Price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1-4165-8408-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8408-7



Pure speculation on my part, but with Duma Key coming out in January 2008, I'd expect at least 6 months before Pocket Rockets was released.
Prediction: Release Tuesday October 7th, 2008
Well my prediction was a bit early, but close.
Thanks Bev.

This is what I remember.

[jhanic]

Oops. Sorry I repeated information! :blush:

John

[Randall Flagg]

Just noticed the title (On Amazon.com) is Just After Sunset, not Just Past Sunset.

[jhanic]

King's site lists it as Just Past Sunset. I'd go with that until further notice!

John

[Randall Flagg]

Simon and Schuster (http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=628561&er=9781416584087) lists it as:
Just After Sunset

Edit:
I am guessing that Just Past Sunset sounded too much like Four Past Midnight-hence the change to after.

Additionally, the story "N" has been referenced to Nineteen. N is also the 19th letter of the alphabet.

[jhanic]

Interesting!

John

[jhanic]

King's site now lists it as Just After Sunset.

John

[Bev Vincent]

"The Cat From Hell" is now included on the story list at King's web site.

[mae]

OH HELL YES!!!!!

Maybe this is a sign that King is warming up to the idea of publishing his uncollected fiction.

[Brice]

OH HELL YES!!!!!

Maybe this is a sign that King is warming up to the idea of publishing his uncollected fiction.

Well, according to this site he seems to be.

http://members.tripod.com/~charnelhouse/

[jhanic]

Notice the date of most of those announcements.

John

[Brice]

Oh, I did already. :rofl:

[DanishCollector]

These four April 1st "News" were too good to be true. I especially liked the one with King and his daughter and their novella "Bingo."

The only one that sounded almost probable was King finishing The Plant.

[Bev Vincent]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i2YOXWa1L._SS500_.jpg

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks Bev. This is the first I have seen of the cover.

[Bev Vincent]

Certainly not as eyecatching as Everything's Eventual

[mae]

Maybe it's lenticular? After all, Duma Key had foil letters.

Bev, by the way, if you remove ._SS500_ from the image link, you'll get just the cover, without the white border!

[The Lady of Shadows]

you can pre-order it already at amazon but fucking barnes and noble isn't letting anybody yet. sometimes they really piss me off. and i have their credit card, and their discount card, and spend millions of dollars a year there (at least if you talk to my husband that's what he'll tell you!)

[mae]

Certainly not as eyecatching as Everything's Eventual

I've been staring at it for a minute or two. I like it. Can't wait to put it on my shelf!

[Tiffany]

I got an Indigo/Chapters gift card for my birthday and now I know exactly what I'm going to use it on.

[Ricky]

I'm not too big on the cover art. It doesn't say, "Stephen King novel" to me. More like reading an eye chart.


S
T E
P H E
N K I N G

[jhanic]

Looking at that cover that gives me a headache.

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

i thought it was just my computer screen. so it's supposed to look like that? interesting, very interesting.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I'm not too big on the cover art. It doesn't say, "Stephen King novel" to me. More like reading an eye chart.


S
T E
P H E
N K I N G

I need glasses. I can only read the top line.

[Ruthful]

you can pre-order it already at amazon but fucking barnes and noble isn't letting anybody yet. sometimes they really piss me off. and i have their credit card, and their discount card, and spend millions of dollars a year there (at least if you talk to my husband that's what he'll tell you!)

One of the things that irritates me about B&N is the fact that they charge you twenty-five dolllars just to renew your discount card, which only gives you a mark down of ten to fifteen percent in most cases. Theoretically you should recoup the cost in the span of an average year, still... They always ask you if you want to renew your membership when you're at the register. They might as well ask you if you want to be anally penetrated with a spiked dildo at the same time.

I actually like the cover art, FWIW. It reminds me of the trade paperback of The Talisman. I've never read a Stephen King collection that I didn't enjoy so this might be the first time I've purchased a new King book since I bought the final part of TDT.

[Heather19]

I'm not too big on the cover art. It doesn't say, "Stephen King novel" to me. More like reading an eye chart.


S
T E
P H E
N K I N G



:lol:

I kinda like it, but it makes my eyes go crazy if I look at it for more than a few seconds.

[mae]

According to Amazon, the book is 384 pages long.

[Ricky]

I just looked at it again and boy does my head hurt. Correct my first statement, it's worse than reading an eye chart. :panic:

[jhanic]

Here's the link to Amazon.

Just After Sunset (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416584080/)

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

and fucking barnes&noble still doesn't haven't available for preorder. but you can preorder the new audio book pre-releases. fucking barnes&noble. :panic:

[Randall Flagg]

and fucking barnes&noble still doesn't haven't available for preorder. but you can preorder the new audio book pre-releases. fucking barnes&noble. :panic:

Don't sweat. The book will be available via B&N long before it comes out.

[mae]

A bit of related news (didn't want to start a new thread just for this).

From Ms. Mod at the official forum:


This is the way Steve put it to me years ago when he was going through older stories for a new collection, "if I haven't collected them before, it's probably because they weren't good enough." Now, he has changed his mind on some of those and has edited and published earlier ones that he didn't think were good enough "as is," but there are others that he probably never will. Many are part of the Special Collections Department at the Fogler Library at the University of Maine in Orono and can be read there.


That's quite unfortunate. A collection of heretofore uncollected fiction would surely be quite popular.

[jhanic]

You know, I don't really trust King's own judgement on the worthiness of his earlier works. Look at Blaze--he initially said how bad it was, but it was definitely worth reading, and just not for us King fanatics either. It was just a plain old good story!

I have a gut feel that those unpublished stories, while probably not among King's better works, would definitely be worth reading.

John

[Daghain]

I agree. I think he should just publish them, already. Let the chips fall where they may. :)

[The Lady of Shadows]

well it's available for pre-order at barnes and noble (it was as of the beginning of this week). i was talking with someone at one of the stores here and she said their president was coming in and they were having a sit-down with him.

i mentioned to her that i was bitching about not being able to pre-order this book at bn.com and how i told everyone here that you couldn't preorder it at bn.com but could at amazon. she said that it's something about the relationship they have with the publishers and the amount of time before actual publication. i told her that was crap because it was available for preorder at amazon.com back at like the end of may or something.

i guess they are going to mention to the president of barnes and noble now that stephen king fans aren't happy that they aren't on the ball. :lol: oh, and i also mentioned that having to pay to renew the membership card sucks! :)

[Ricky]

I have a gut feel that those unpublished stories would definitely be worth reading.

I completely agree, John. I mean, think of how it would have been if he decided not to publish ones like The Shining and 'Salem's Lot!

[mae]

Amazon has posted a short video with King talking about JAS:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416584080

[mae]

The new StephenKing.com has a slightly revised story order for JAS:

http://www.stephenking.com/future_works.html


The Gingerbread Girl
Harvey’s Dream
Rest Stop
Stationary Bike
The Things They Left Behind
The Cat From Hell
Willa
Graduation Afternoon
N.
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
Mute
Ayana
A Very Tight Place


Makes more sense starting off with the classic King The Gingerbread Girl, than with the atmospheric Willa, like before.

I so cannot wait for this!

[Bev Vincent]

In his new short-story collection, "Just After Sunset," Stephen King delivers his usual spooky tales. But to promote the book, he's come up with something unexpected: a video series based on one of the stories.

http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MK-AQ852_KING_20080724172342.jpg

In a promotion expected to be announced Friday at Comic-Con, the big comic-book convention in San Diego, a previously unpublished story by Mr. King has been transformed by Marvel Comics into an animated video. The 25 episodes will be distributed in a variety of online and mobile channels ahead of the book's publication Nov. 11. Starting Monday, new episodes will be released daily, five times a week, through Aug. 29.

The willingness of Mr. King and publisher Scribner, an imprint of CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster book-publishing arm, to remix the story, "N.," into bite-size video vignettes underscores how eager publishers are to come up with new marketing techniques at a time when book sales are flat or slumping. Five years ago, Mr. King's publisher might have taken the creepy short story and offered it to a literary publication like "The New Yorker" in expectation that a first serial sale would create interest in "Just After Sunset." The story focuses on an unlucky psychiatrist whose latest patient is "infectious."

Scribner and Mr. King are betting that a digital adaptation designed for those with short attentions spans will be more productive. They're trying an increasingly common marketing technique. Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. film studio recently released a new online cartoon series to promote its new Batman film "The Dark Knight."

Beginning Monday, Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store will sell a pass for all 25 two-minute episodes based on Mr. King's 54-page story for $3.99. Amazon.com Inc. will sell the series too, at the same price.

Video episodes will also be available free on Monday for subscribers of various cellphone services and on the Web, on sites including CBS.com. In a nod to the everything-should-be-free crowd, fans can snag the video player online, and post the episodes on their own blogs or on social-networking sites.

To lure those who see the video into buying the book, at the end of each episode viewers will be directed to a Web site, NisHere.com, where they can pre-order "Just After Sunset" from a variety of online retailers.

For Scribner, the venture is a shot in the dark. There's no way of forecasting how well the videos will translate into book sales. While Scribner's corporate sibling, CBS Mobile, cites Nielsen data showing that roughly 14 million cellphone users in the U.S. pay for video services, it doesn't know how many of those people are regular book buyers. However, the links from the videos to the NisHere.com pre-ordering Web site will allow Scribner to get a sense of how many sales result from video viewings.

Mr. King is optimistic about the video's prospects. "I think they're readers," he says of likely video viewers. But he admits that the venture is "something of a test" whose outcome isn't certain.

The veteran thriller writer likens the effort to the bumpy experience of the first electronic books. "The first soldiers out of the trench are always machine-gunned. But somebody has to go first, and I'm curious about this. You try these things and see what happens."

Scribner publisher Susan Moldow says the imprint expects to attract a younger generation of readers. "Once they try Stephen King, they'll want more," she says. Scribner won't disclose its investment in the promotion. There will be a Scribner edition priced at $37.50 that includes a DVD of all 25 video episodes in addition to the traditional $28 standalone book.

Mr. King has long been interested in digital technology and its potential for attracting new readers. Back in 2000, the author and his publisher successfully released the novella "Riding the Bullet" solely on the Web. The work, free on some sites and $2.50 elsewhere, attracted a total of 400,000 downloads in the first 24 hours.

Not all his digital experiments have worked. Also in 2000, Mr. King posted six chapters of a budding novel, "The Plant," on his Web site, StephenKing.com, asking readers to pay $2 for each chapter. But eventually Mr. King suspended publication.

Now Mr. King is trying again, this time with the help of Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s Marvel Comics. He teamed with Marvel in 2006, when the two launched a comic-book series based on "The Dark Tower" -- a series of seven related novels that Mr. King wrote over a 22-year period. Marvel is also working on a 30-issue comic-book adaptation of Mr. King's classic apocalyptic novel "The Stand" that will go on sale in 2009.

Marvel created the video episodes of "N." specifically for small screens, with tighter camera shots and slower movements. "This isn't about reading a comic book on a tiny screen," says Ruwan Jayatilleke, Marvel Entertainment's senior vice president.

>> Source (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121695523530983775.html?mod=googlenews_wsj), including a clip from N.

[lophophoras]

In his new short-story collection, "Just After Sunset," Stephen King delivers his usual spooky tales. But to promote the book, he's come up with something unexpected: a video series based on one of the stories.

http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MK-AQ852_KING_20080724172342.jpg

In a promotion expected to be announced Friday at Comic-Con, the big comic-book convention in San Diego, a previously unpublished story by Mr. King has been transformed by Marvel Comics into an animated video. The 25 episodes will be distributed in a variety of online and mobile channels ahead of the book's publication Nov. 11. Starting Monday, new episodes will be released daily, five times a week, through Aug. 29.

The willingness of Mr. King and publisher Scribner, an imprint of CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster book-publishing arm, to remix the story, "N.," into bite-size video vignettes underscores how eager publishers are to come up with new marketing techniques at a time when book sales are flat or slumping. Five years ago, Mr. King's publisher might have taken the creepy short story and offered it to a literary publication like "The New Yorker" in expectation that a first serial sale would create interest in "Just After Sunset." The story focuses on an unlucky psychiatrist whose latest patient is "infectious."

Scribner and Mr. King are betting that a digital adaptation designed for those with short attentions spans will be more productive. They're trying an increasingly common marketing technique. Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. film studio recently released a new online cartoon series to promote its new Batman film "The Dark Knight."

Beginning Monday, Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store will sell a pass for all 25 two-minute episodes based on Mr. King's 54-page story for $3.99. Amazon.com Inc. will sell the series too, at the same price.

Video episodes will also be available free on Monday for subscribers of various cellphone services and on the Web, on sites including CBS.com. In a nod to the everything-should-be-free crowd, fans can snag the video player online, and post the episodes on their own blogs or on social-networking sites.

To lure those who see the video into buying the book, at the end of each episode viewers will be directed to a Web site, NisHere.com, where they can pre-order "Just After Sunset" from a variety of online retailers.

For Scribner, the venture is a shot in the dark. There's no way of forecasting how well the videos will translate into book sales. While Scribner's corporate sibling, CBS Mobile, cites Nielsen data showing that roughly 14 million cellphone users in the U.S. pay for video services, it doesn't know how many of those people are regular book buyers. However, the links from the videos to the NisHere.com pre-ordering Web site will allow Scribner to get a sense of how many sales result from video viewings.

Mr. King is optimistic about the video's prospects. "I think they're readers," he says of likely video viewers. But he admits that the venture is "something of a test" whose outcome isn't certain.

The veteran thriller writer likens the effort to the bumpy experience of the first electronic books. "The first soldiers out of the trench are always machine-gunned. But somebody has to go first, and I'm curious about this. You try these things and see what happens."

Scribner publisher Susan Moldow says the imprint expects to attract a younger generation of readers. "Once they try Stephen King, they'll want more," she says. Scribner won't disclose its investment in the promotion. There will be a Scribner edition priced at $37.50 that includes a DVD of all 25 video episodes in addition to the traditional $28 standalone book.

Mr. King has long been interested in digital technology and its potential for attracting new readers. Back in 2000, the author and his publisher successfully released the novella "Riding the Bullet" solely on the Web. The work, free on some sites and $2.50 elsewhere, attracted a total of 400,000 downloads in the first 24 hours.

Not all his digital experiments have worked. Also in 2000, Mr. King posted six chapters of a budding novel, "The Plant," on his Web site, StephenKing.com, asking readers to pay $2 for each chapter. But eventually Mr. King suspended publication.

Now Mr. King is trying again, this time with the help of Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s Marvel Comics. He teamed with Marvel in 2006, when the two launched a comic-book series based on "The Dark Tower" -- a series of seven related novels that Mr. King wrote over a 22-year period. Marvel is also working on a 30-issue comic-book adaptation of Mr. King's classic apocalyptic novel "The Stand" that will go on sale in 2009.

Marvel created the video episodes of "N." specifically for small screens, with tighter camera shots and slower movements. "This isn't about reading a comic book on a tiny screen," says Ruwan Jayatilleke, Marvel Entertainment's senior vice president.

>> Source (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121695523530983775.html?mod=googlenews_wsj), including a clip from N.

Thanks Bev! I'd like to get a copy with the DVD. I wonder if it will be offered up by anyone?

[Bev Vincent]

I'm sure it will be available from all the usual sources, including Amazon.

[bluelph24]

i just preordered my limited edition from barnes and noble

[mae]

Amazon has a short description of the Book+DVD edition:


In Just After Sunset Stephen King delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything's Eventual six years ago. One of the longer stories in this book, "N." recently broke ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment and brought to vibrant life through a series of 25 video episodes. Introduced by the author, those episodes are presented on the DVD included in this Collector's Set. A trailer for the video episodes, and a special "Behind the Scenes" segment complete the DVD package available only in this special edition of the book.

[mae]

You know, after careful consideration - being as anal as I am - I decided to go for the Collector's Edition, not actually out of the fact that it'll have a DVD, or that it will apparently be limited, but just based on the dust jacket. I think I like the sunset-colored DJ more than the plain black one.

Compare:


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ELCGm8g8L.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hmnXclokL.jpg

If it didn't have that black banner on top, it would've been perfect. The regular edition also looks nice, I really like the red in the title, but ultimately I'm going with the orange! :)

P.S.: Unless I can snag it from a bargain bin later, I'm not getting both!

[Old Man Splitfoot]

Is the Special Edition going to be available in stores, or just online retailers? I hate buying stuff online. I mean, I have to wait for the book either way, but I don't want to deal with the aditional waiting for it to come in the mail. I'd rather just walk down to the bookstore and pick it up, walk home, and read. But I'd make an exception for this; I want that DVD.

[Ricky]

Posted on Lilja's Library:


According to Galley’s of Just After Sunset the book will have an intro by King that is four pages long and also notes, called Sunset Notes that runs 7 pages and looks quite a lot like the notes in Nightmares & Dreamscapes.



I can't wait to read the new intro and notes. Exciting stuff! :clap:

[The Lady of Shadows]

Is the Special Edition going to be available in stores, or just online retailers? I hate buying stuff online. I mean, I have to wait for the book either way, but I don't want to deal with the aditional waiting for it to come in the mail. I'd rather just walk down to the bookstore and pick it up, walk home, and read. But I'd make an exception for this; I want that DVD.

normally, booksellers ship the same day it's available in the store. and with amazon if you purchase $25 or more (i think that's how much it is) you qualify for the upgraded shipping so you get it within like 2 days depending on where you live.

i've had books arrive the very next day because of packaging/shipping things so i don't mind the waiting. plus, like you said - the dvd makes it worth it. cause barnes and noble ain't got it. those worthless bastards. :pullhair:

[gsvec]

cause barnes and noble ain't got it. those worthless bastards. :pullhair:

It's on BN's website now - but Amazon had it first and for less $ - even if you're a BN member

Just After Sunset (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Just-After-Sunset/Stephen-King/e/9781439115305/?itm=3)

[Bev Vincent]

Just After Sunset
Stephen King. Scribner, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4165-8408-7
In the introduction to his first collection of short fiction since Everything’s Eventual (2002), King credits editing Best American Short Stories (2007) with reigniting his interest in the short form and inducing some of this volume’s contents. Most of these 13 tales show him at the top of his game, molding the themes and set pieces of horror and suspense fiction into richly nuanced blends of fantasy and psychological realism. “The Things They Left Behind,” a powerful study of survivor guilt, is one of several supernatural disaster stories that evoke the horrors of 9/11. Like the crime thrillers “The Gingerbread Girl” and “A Very Tight Place,” both of which feature protagonists struggling with apparently insuperable threats to life, it is laced with moving ruminations on mortality that King attributes to his own well-publicized near-death experience. Even the smattering of genre-oriented works shows King trying out provocative new vehicles for his trademark thrills, notably “N.,” a creepy character study of an obsessive-compulsive that subtly blossoms into a tale of cosmic terror in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H.P. Lovecraft. Culled almost entirely from leading mainstream periodicals, these stories are a testament to the literary merits of the well-told macabre tale. (Nov.)

[mae]

So is the intro the same as the one for BASS?

[jhanic]

So is the intro the same as the one for BASS?

No, it's a new introduction.

John

[Bluenose]

You know, I don't really trust King's own judgement on the worthiness of his earlier works. Look at Blaze--he initially said how bad it was, but it was definitely worth reading, and just not for us King fanatics either. It was just a plain old good story!

I have a gut feel that those unpublished stories, while probably not among King's better works, would definitely be worth reading.

John

SK said something similiar about the opening story in Everythings Eventual (I think), how he didnt think it was a good story, but it ended up winning a prize, and it showed how artists werent the best judges of their own works.

The Man In The Red Suit? Is that what that story was called?

[DanishCollector]

"The Man in the Black Suit." I liked that story very much.

[astifledchance]

I'm extremely excited for this..as I never bother with audiobooks..I don't know The Gingerbread Girl or Stationary Bike. I've always been a big fan of his short stories :)

[razz]

every time he releases a new book, collection or otherwise, i breathe a sigh of relief that the most recet book he released wasn't his last.

[Bev Vincent]

"The Man in the Black Suit." I liked that story very much.

I think it's an okay story but I, too, was surprised at the O. Henry award. His newest one, The New York Times at Bargain Prices, is an exceptional story. Pitch perfect.

[DanishCollector]

From Lilja's brief review of "Bargain Rates" it seems like a combination of "Sorry, Right Number" and "Harvey's Dream." It does sound intriguing.

I also wonder if King rewrote and updated "The Cat From Hell" but hopefully not too much.

[Bev Vincent]

The story also has a touch of "Willa."

[Matt]

I bet King is secretly let down by most of his work. It seems really common in artists. Not that its shit, but certainly nothing to make any kind of fuss about.

I think a good example of how King really feels about his writing is reflected in Gordy and his attitude towards it. He's the only one that can't understand its really good.

But King is that good. Even his books I don't enjoy were sure worth the read imo.

[DanishCollector]

Yeah, he's been kinda harsh towards some of his works where I just disagreed. IT, for example, The Tommyknockers (although it is flawed here and there), and others.

There hasn't been a book or story I didn't enjoy, but certainly some are better than others.

Since I'm no baseball fan, works such as Faithful was tough getting through, but I liked King's contributions. It's in his writing. He could write a book about fishing for trouts and I would like the writing.

[DanishCollector]

BTW, is his intro for Just After Sunset just titled Introduction? And since there's the Sunset Notes section after the stories, does it mean King hasn't small notes before or after the tales, as he had in Everything's Eventual?

Just curious, not trying to get too much info on the book, although the waiting time is killing me.

[jhanic]

I just managed to get a copy of the US ARC of Just After Sunset. It should be in my hands by the end of this coming week. I'll let you know.

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

Yeah, he's been kinda harsh towards some of his works where I just disagreed. IT, for example, The Tommyknockers (although it is flawed here and there), and others.

There hasn't been a book or story I didn't enjoy, but certainly some are better than others.

Since I'm no baseball fan, works such as Faithful was tough getting through, but I liked King's contributions. It's in his writing. He could write a book about fishing for trouts and I would like the writing.

i think he's always been his harshest critic. in addition to the ones you listed he doesn't care for rose madder (a great book!). hell, he threw away carrie for gan's sake. wtf! don't listen to king, he doesn't recognize his written words' own worth sometimes, imo. but then i wonder what great author ever does? or what person ever really recognizes their own worth for that matter. . . .

[gsvec]

I just managed to get a copy of the US ARC of Just After Sunset. It should be in my hands by the end of this coming week. I'll let you know.

John

Any chance you're getting 2? Maybe a postal error or something? :excited: If so, let me know and I'll buy the extra one from you!

[jhanic]

We can always hope!!

John

[DanishCollector]

I remember his criticism of Rose Madder, and also Insomnia. It was in On Writing, if I remember correct. But, yeah, I've also heard/read/seen musicians and movie directors dishing some of their greatest works. Maybe they do that to not seem too egostic.

[jhanic]

BTW, is his intro for Just After Sunset just titled Introduction? And since there's the Sunset Notes section after the stories, does it mean King hasn't small notes before or after the tales, as he had in Everything's Eventual?

Just curious, not trying to get too much info on the book, although the waiting time is killing me.

The introduction to the book is simply titled "Introduction".

The notes at the end of the book are titled "Sunset Notes". There are no other notes before or after the stories themselves. It appears that each story has a note.

John

[DanishCollector]

Thanks for the info, John. So it's more like Skeleton Crew and N&D in appearance, than EE.
Oh God, I wish it was November 11 today!

[mae]

I love King's short stories and his collections. I also love a new King book, regardless of what it is. 11/11 can't come soon enough, indeed.

It'll be interesting to read what King has to say about The Cat from Hell. I really really wish he'd release a collection of all his uncollected and unpublished stories some day.

[DanishCollector]

I'm sure The Cat From Hell has been revised to fit more into our timeline, but I hope he didn't do it too much. If he did it like he did Blaze, I would be satisfied.

Yes, there's a great deal of uncollected, rare stuff I would love to see collected too. I can understand his desire to not publish most of the early stuff, but he's had uncollected stuff from the 80s and 90s, but he might feel they are not fit to be read by the rest of the world.

[The Lady of Shadows]

he has to know that some of us (well, all of US) would read anything he's written - all those old stories, poems, essays, whatever. we don't trust his judgement about their worth. i've said that before i think.

[Nerak]

His shopping lists!!!! LOL

[The Lady of Shadows]

His shopping lists!!!! LOL

well, maybe not those. but on the other hand. what does he eat that makes him come up with those ideas? or are they just naturally in his mind? or his psyche? or, perhaps, his genetic coding?

besides, i'll bet tabby makes up the shopping lists. :P i mean really, what man makes up the household shopping list? what man knows when the household needs toilet paper? paper towels? toothpaste? :lol:

[DanishCollector]

Yeah, I often have to wipe my butt with the latest material from Jehova's Witnesses!

[jhanic]

i mean really, what man makes up the household shopping list? what man knows when the household needs toilet paper? paper towels? toothpaste? :lol:

I hate to tell you this Turtle, but I'm the one that makes up the shopping list in my household. I also do the shopping. My wife volunteers five days a week at our church school, so I'm home more than she is! Plus she hates to do grocery shopping anyway.

In my family, my dad always did the shopping too. I guess it's a Hanic thing!

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

i mean really, what man makes up the household shopping list? what man knows when the household needs toilet paper? paper towels? toothpaste? :lol:

I hate to tell you this Turtle, but I'm the one that makes up the shopping list in my household. I also do the shopping. My wife volunteers five days a week at our church school, so I'm home more than she is! Plus she hates to do grocery shopping anyway.

In my family, my dad always did the shopping too. I guess it's a Hanic thing!

John

well, see my husband does some shopping but he wouldn't know a shopping list if it came up and introduced itself while biting him on the ass (and remember i love this guy with all my heart and soul!). and somehow he always forgets what i tell him we REALLY need. but seems to remember the fucking weird ass food. go figure. :rolleyes:

so maybe we should end this now before i get burned in effigy yet again? :lol: my apologies to you john and to all the other men of the board who do their own/their family's shopping. :blush:

[Nerak]

My husband makes up the shopping list and shops better than I do! LOL

I browse and buy more than we need, he gets what is on the list and comes home! :lol:

[She-Oy]

Lookie what I found!

http://www.myspace.com/comicbooks

[jhanic]

Lookie what I found!

http://www.myspace.com/comicbooks

Interesting! I don't think this is anywhere else!

John

[herbertwest]

Well done!
You should send it to lilja (if havent already be done)
;-)

[mae]

Here's a better link: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=42543432

[The Lady of Shadows]

Lookie what I found!

http://www.myspace.com/comicbooks

thanks she-oy. that was a great interview.

i have held off watching this since i bought the book with the dvd and i wanted to watch them all at once. but now i want to go and watch them all right away. :pullhair:

what to do, what to do. :lol:

[mae]

By the way, not sure if this was mentioned, but here are the details for the audio version of the book:


This short story collection is read by:


Stephen King (reading "Harvey's Dream")

Jill Eikenberry (reading "Graduation Afternoon" and "The New York Times at Special Discount Rates")

Holter Graham (reading "Willa," "The Cat from Hell" and excerpts of "N.")

George Guidall (reading "Ayana")

Ron McLarty (reading "A Very Tight Place" and "Stationary Bike," previously recorded)

Denis O'Hare (reading "Rest Stop" and the title character for "N.")

Ben Shenkman (reading "The Things They Left Behind" and the character Johnny for "N.")

Skipp Sudduth (reading "Mute")

Mare Winningham (reading "The Gingerbread Girl," previously recorded)

Karen Ziemba (reading the character Sheila for "N.")


http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/28740000/28740621.jpg

Also, Amazon has a slightly revised cover for the collector's edition (the color is a tad darker and more muter, not sure I like that).

Plus, another short description for the collection is up at bn.com:


In his first collection in six years, Stephen King delivers his strongest, most broadly appealing stories ever. “Gingerbread Girl,” published in Esquire in July 2007 (unprecedented in number of magazine pages devoted to it), is set, like Duma Key, in Florida. It is a riveting, fabulously dramatic stalker tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable—and resourceful—as Audrey Hepburn’s character in “Wait Until Dark.” “Willa” published in Playboy, blurs the lines between living and the dead. “Ayana,” one of the most beautifully written and haunting stories, was published in The Paris Review. From the subtle and disturbing to the outright terrifying, these tales will thrill every known King fan and win new ones.

[mae]

To illustrate my point about the revised cover, compare the following two images. The first is the original cover and the second is the revised cover.


http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9198/29241324ts0.jpghttp://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8140/41ewjhtvsdlgq0.jpg

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks Pablo. You always have great information.:thumbsup:

[Patrick]

Thanks, She-Oy!

Thanks, Pablo!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

From Lilja's...

I just heard that the Italian version of Just After Sunset will be called Al Crepuscolo and released on October 21st. If that is correct it would be the first edition released. It's quite rare that there is an edition released ahead of the US ed. and I'll make sure to check this out some more...

Edit: Just found some websites with the book for sale.
http://www.ibs.it/code/9788820046019/king-stephen/crepuscolo.html

http://www.unilibro.it/find_buy/Scheda/libreria/autore-king_stephen/sku-12927244/al_crepuscolo_.htm

[Bev Vincent]

The title translates to "At Dusk."

[herbertwest]

the cover is really BAD !

I bet that they did work from the ARC or manuscript to being able to publish it that early...

France : still nothing planned...

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Looks like the New Zealand edition is being released on 1st November.

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&pn=livre&sortby=3&sts=t&tn=just+after+sunset&x=53&y=13

[jhanic]

Bev Vincent noted on his website that Publisher's Weekly says the print run will be 1.25 million copies. Not going to be one of King's scarcer works.

John

[mae]

Lilja has a photo of the book:

http://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/justaftersunset_finished.jpg

[Ruthful]

I like it. It reminds me of The Talisman.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

First I've heard of this...

"The limited UK edition hardcover of this title, to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in a limited edition run of only 500 copies. The book is presented in a slip case and will include a facsimile letter from Stephen King, and a DVD with a graphic animation film of "N", one of the short stories from the book."

http://cgi.ebay.com/STEPHEN-KING-JUST-AFTER-SUNSET-UK-LIMITED-ED-1-500_W0QQitemZ360104923791QQihZ023QQcategoryZ377QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like this is similar to the USA Collector's Edition.

[mae]

Hopefully the US version will also include that King letter.

If anyone gets their copies early, please post pics! :clap:

[mae]

New York Times review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/books/05masl.html?em

[mae]

e_taylor has posted a couple of pics of the Collector's DVD edition of the book in another thread. Take a look:


http://i33.tinypic.com/2r2r900.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2irvp8i.jpg

[Diggity Of The Eld]

I'm kind of skipping a bunch of posts, but does this collection pertain at all to The Tower?

[Matt]

Nope, it is a new collection of short stories from King.

We do all things on the man at this site.

[Diggity Of The Eld]

That's cool. I figured as much, but I'm hungry for new material. A story about whatever became of Rhea would be nice.

[Matt]

Are you reading the comics? They are full of new info.

[mae]

I'm actually canceling my pre-order of this edition and getting the regular one. I'm a traditionalist, and that banner and the DVD disc on the dust jacket jars me a little.

[Hutch]

Hopefully the US version will also include that King letter.

If anyone gets their copies early, please post pics! :clap:

The letter is probably the same one the the DVD sleeve has printed on one side of it.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/dhutch57/IMG_0423.jpg

The more I think about the more the UK collector's set scares me. Do you suppose it's something altogether new and different or could it be the US collector edition perhaps rebound and slipcased or maybe just slipcased. Has this thought crossed anyone else's mind?

[mae]

Thanks for that, but is there a way to get a readable photo?

[herbertwest]

Hopefully the US version will also include that King letter.

If anyone gets their copies early, please post pics! :clap:

The letter is probably the same one the the DVD sleeve has printed on one side of it.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/dhutch57/IMG_0423.jpg

The more I think about the more the UK collector's set scares me. Do you suppose it's something altogether new and different or could it be the US collector edition perhaps rebound and slipcased or maybe just slipcased. Has this thought crossed anyone else's mind?

Could actually be that...

[jhanic]

When mine shows up I'll let you all know!

John

[jhanic]

I just got an email from Amazon saying my Collector's Edition of Just After Sunset shipped today.

Also, Bev Vincent states on his website that the first printing of Just After Sunset printrun has been changed from 1.25 million copies to 900,000 copies.

John

[natehorning]

Hopefully the US version will also include that King letter.

If anyone gets their copies early, please post pics! :clap:

The letter is probably the same one the the DVD sleeve has printed on one side of it.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/dhutch57/IMG_0423.jpg

The more I think about the more the UK collector's set scares me. Do you suppose it's something altogether new and different or could it be the US collector edition perhaps rebound and slipcased or maybe just slipcased. Has this thought crossed anyone else's mind?


Although I haven't looked into it beyond the discussion in the collectors thread, other than the slipcase I haven't heard of anything new or different. I hope it is something new but I picture it like the Overlook Connection books where they add a slipcase and jack the price. My only question is the "numbered" aspect. There will only be 500 but does that mean they make 500 slipcases and write the number in the book? I don't know and but am interested in the outcome.

[mae]

Lilja reviews the book: http://www.liljas-library.com/showreview.php?id=188

Mine should be arriving today from Amazon. :rock:

[jhanic]

I forgot today is Veteran's Day--no mail delivery! I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get my copy of the Collector's Edition from Amazon. I WILL be going to the bookstore, though, to get my trade copy.

John

[mae]

Ugh, you're right :cry:

[jhanic]

I just picked up my trade editions (and another Collector's Edition) from the bookstore. I had to go to three bookstores until I could find the Collector's Edition. And then it wasn't on sale. Oh, well.

I wonder how many of the Collector's Editions were printed.

John

[jhanic]

I just noticed that the Odyssey Bookshop, where the signing took place, has a signed copy of the Collector's Edition on ABE:

Signed Collector's Edition (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetails?bi=1225033954)

The price seems high, though.

John

[mae]

Press reviews:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2008-11-10-stephen-king-just-after-sunset_N.htm

http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2008/11/just_after_sunset_spreads_step.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/just-after-sunset-by-stephen-king-997457.html

http://www.star-telegram.com/125/story/1023188.html

http://www.bangornews.com/detail/92934.html

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/11/11/1A_JUST_AFTER_SUNSET.ART_ART_11-11-08_D1_2HBRL48.html?sid=101

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/34045469.html

[Darkthoughts]

Received my copy in the post this morning! :excited:

[what]

I just received my along with The Sandman Papers... can't wait to dig into both!:)

[mae]

Got mine as well! The cover is trippy... what is this type of effect called?

[jhanic]

Headache inducing. :)

John

[Brice]

Got mine as well! The cover is trippy... what is this type of effect called?


lenticular? I haven't actually held a copy so I'm not sure, but I think that might be it.

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: Yes, for once I was glad we didn't have the same cover as the US!

[mae]

:lol: Yes, for once I was glad we didn't have the same cover as the US!

I beg to differ. The cover is amazing, I love it. Very unusual effect. Must be a special coating of some kind to make it look 3D.

But it's not lenticular, as Brice said. Lenticular is different.

[Darkthoughts]

It made my eyes hurt :lol:

I have this cover:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/41wXCZN2BvFL__SL500_AA240_.jpg

[mae]

It's a cool cover to be sure, but that font they're using for "Stephen King", I don't like it. Just my opinion.

[Darkthoughts]

That seems to be bog standard for Hodder and staughton this year - all the 2008 new and updated covers have that font...might even have been last year?

[Brice]

Yes, I think they started it at least a year ago.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Yes, I think they started it at least a year ago.

It started with Cell. IMO it's the worst font H&S have ever used for SK books.

[Sam]

And the cover for the US hardcover is the worst cover for any King novel released yet IMO. I think it is very clever and in keeping with the title, but I don't like it. Even so, it is among my favorite books just by virtue of having been able to get it signed.

OMFG, I HAVE A PERSONALLY SIGNED STEPHEN KING BOOK!!!!!!!!!:excited::excited::excited:

[Nerak]

I can't wait to hear everyone's opinion of In A Tight Place!!! The last story! It's sooo gross it awsome!!!!

[Ari_Racing]

I really miss the covers by Stutzman, who did all the previous books since From a Buick 8 with the exception of Blaze.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

King interviewed at Borders...

http://www.bordersmedia.com/borderspresents/king

[The Lady of Shadows]

And the cover for the US hardcover is the worst cover for any King novel released yet IMO. I think it is very clever and in keeping with the title, but I don't like it. Even so, it is among my favorite books just by virtue of having been able to get it signed.

OMFG, I HAVE A PERSONALLY SIGNED STEPHEN KING BOOK!!!!!!!!!:excited::excited::excited:


gee sam. i'm sorry you aren't excited about your experience. or your signed book.

:lol:

[Dougie McIntosh]

Greetings, fellow King fans.

I have a quick query as regards the Hardcover / DVD combined edition of Just After Sunset (Scribners) :

1. Has it been released yet ?
2. Is it a very limited editon (i.e. small or large print run) ?

-- Thankstaeye !

Dougie.

[Bev Vincent]

1) Yes, I received my copy from Amazon yesterday
2) It's not being billed as a limited edition, but rather a collector's edition. There's been no announcement of the size of the first printing, but there's nothing to say that they can't print more if they want to.