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Randall Flagg
06-10-2014, 10:52 AM
Tweet from Stephen King:

MR. MERCEDES is the first novel in a projected trilogy. Hodges, Jerome, and Holly will return in FINDERS KEEPERS next year.

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/476431669139111936

mae
06-10-2014, 10:58 AM
:panic:

Steve
06-10-2014, 11:04 AM
Um... okay, let's hope that King can write a better villain.

webstar1000
06-10-2014, 11:05 AM
Oh... I feel a tiny spoiler here guys... I am not onto the book yet! I have it but am waiting till I finish the current book I am ready (DT#7...).... I do hope that the community here thinks this is GREAT news though cause that will mean the book is awesome! And I was very unhappy with his last (DS). SO... he needs to do a limited cause my matching OCD numbers need a good fixin...

mae
06-10-2014, 11:09 AM
(Hoping that's a very working title - but King said that about Mr. Mercedes...)

herbertwest
06-10-2014, 11:15 AM
I wonder if the books will all be detective books or if he will mix genre.

Dan
06-10-2014, 11:43 AM
Um... okay, let's hope that King can write a better villain.

DO NOT OPEN SPOILER UNLESS YOU HAVE READ MR MERCEDES IN IT'S ENTIRETY.

"Mr. Mercedes didn't actually die. The very last paragraph of the book aludes to his recovery."

jhanic
06-10-2014, 12:24 PM
I've been hoping for a sequel since I read the ARC.

John

BROWNINGS CHILDE
06-10-2014, 12:30 PM
Sounds awesome, I am saving Mr. Mercedes for my plane trip on Friday.

DanishFan
06-10-2014, 03:05 PM
I think both Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers are good titles.

herbertwest
06-10-2014, 03:40 PM
Any ideas about how to interprete the "Finders Keepers" title?

cowboy_ed
06-10-2014, 03:55 PM
Seems he's been a little inspired by JK Rowling's move into the thriller market? Hard Case Crime could do a nice boxset of all three..

Merlin1958
06-10-2014, 07:20 PM
Um... okay, let's hope that King can write a better villain.


Ouch!! I thought, Brady was a class one, Asshole and evil son of a bitch!!

CyberGhostface
06-10-2014, 07:58 PM
Speaking of Hard Case, I'm wondering why King chose Joyland for the imprint as opposed to this. Unless it has to do with length issues given that Colorado Kid and Joyland were both pretty thin.

RichardX
06-11-2014, 01:16 PM
I'll read them and probably enjoy them, but there are a dozen or more very good serial detective series out there. I would have preferred something different from King. On the upside, a few detective novels can't be any worse than his grim feminist phase.

CyberGhostface
06-12-2014, 09:55 PM
Tbh despite his later tweet this was a bit of a spoiler:

By mentioning Hodges and Jerome but NOT Janey and instead Holly as returning characters I was able to deduce halfway through that Janey would die and that when Holly was introduced would replace her. And obviously that Jerome and Hodges would live to see the end of the book.

Bev Vincent
06-13-2014, 06:48 AM
In his new letter (http://stephenking.com/promo/mr_mercedes/letter-from-stephen-and-the-toll.html), King says FK will probably be published in the first half of 2015.

mae
06-13-2014, 07:54 AM
And apparently Ms. Mod thinks the third volume could be out in 2016.

herbertwest
06-13-2014, 10:19 AM
Which would make sense

Randall Flagg
06-14-2014, 11:39 AM
This does not bode well for a S/L of any of the three books. I can't think of any King book series that had some; but not all being a S/L

mtdman
06-14-2014, 04:46 PM
Um... okay, let's hope that King can write a better villain.


Ouch!! I thought, Brady was a class one, Asshole and evil son of a bitch!!


I really liked Brady as well. I thought he was a great antagonist.

Brainslinger
06-15-2014, 07:22 AM
Interesting news that it's the start of a trilogy. I haven't read the first yet, although I downloaded it on the kindle* last week.

I'll admit I'm more into supernatural horror than detective stories, but I haven't read a whole lot of the latter (although I have sometimes found detective plots in the few things i've seen intriguing.) so I suspect that's my loss.

*Unusual for me. I tend to go the traditional route with King books. I don't have much space for books any more unfortunately. Book case in my room is full so books end up lying on any available surface or the floor. If a new DT novel comes out I'll likely get the hardback though.

mae
11-06-2014, 06:53 AM
Release date is June 2, 2015. Preorder now up: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501100076/

herbertwest
11-06-2014, 06:54 AM
Nope. Amazon now says June 2nd on your link ;-)

mae
11-06-2014, 06:56 AM
Typo. Fixed.

:)

cowboy_ed
11-06-2014, 02:36 PM
Good news! I wonder if we'll have a non-Hodges book after this, before the 3rd in the trilogy. That'd be the story collection, wouldn't it?

mae
11-07-2014, 03:25 AM
Right, fall of '15

Bev Vincent
11-19-2014, 09:38 AM
Scribner has released their description for Finders Keepers (pub date June 2, 2015)

“Wake up, genius.” So begins King’s instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.

Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Sauberg finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.

Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life—for good, for bad, forever.

mae
11-19-2014, 09:56 AM
Sounds... weird.

Anubis2347
11-19-2014, 10:13 AM
But still kinda interesting. I am curious to see what King does with it.

Mr. Rabbit Trick
11-19-2014, 11:18 AM
They must have a proof already, if they have done a review.

Bev Vincent
11-19-2014, 11:44 AM
Not necessarily -- this is in-house copy for the catalog, not a review.

nocny
11-19-2014, 02:03 PM
The proof is out there for a couple of weeks.

cowboy_ed
11-19-2014, 03:31 PM
Wow, I figured it'd involve Brady somehow. Maybe he's gonna lurk at the edges, and return for book three.

Reminds me of the plot for the second Rowling detective novel..

webstar1000
11-19-2014, 03:32 PM
This does sound strange... Very...

jhanic
11-19-2014, 04:31 PM
I wouldn't expect the proof of Finders Keepers to be distributed until the end of February or the beginning of March.

John

nocny
11-20-2014, 08:43 AM
Well, maybe by "proof" we understand something different. If you mean book for journalists than of course it's far too early. I meant that the book was sent to foreign publishers.

jhanic
11-20-2014, 09:25 AM
Oh, okay.

John

mae
11-20-2014, 09:44 AM
I like the name Rothstein. King is likely paying homage to Philip Roth, I think he mentioned him in a recent interview.

herbertwest
11-20-2014, 10:10 AM
Well, maybe by "proof" we understand something different. If you mean book for journalists than of course it's far too early. I meant that the book was sent to foreign publishers.

It's probably more an early manuscript / draft than proof.
Congratulations if apparently you were able to read it / see it. And no need to say more, you don't want to bring any troubles for the polish publishers / reps ;)

herbertwest
12-18-2014, 05:29 AM
UK cover !

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p296x100/10850130_725960214177642_7926481260485945346_n.jpg ?oh=ce1a8e5b20d0377c6192037f324bf32e&oe=55047002&__gda__=1425687132_49f6b2b7f12e6d08730ac7b11a8f4a3 4

http://www.hodderscape.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FindersKeepers_WRAP-1024x439.png

biomieg
12-18-2014, 05:49 AM
Very nice! Lately, I've only been buying the UK edition if I like the cover and this one looks great!

stroppygoblin
12-18-2014, 05:56 AM
Loving the continuation of the Umbrella theme...

Wonder how it will look in WH Smith purple... :evil:

Randall Flagg
12-18-2014, 07:16 AM
Where's the US image?

mae
12-18-2014, 07:56 AM
Why do the UK covers always have that stupid "From the No. 1 Bestselling Author" and the like? People in Britain know who Stephen King is, I think.

Brian James Freeman
12-18-2014, 08:00 AM
Why do the UK covers always have that stupid "From the No. 1 Bestselling Author" and the like? People in Britain know who Stephen King is, I think.

Maybe they fear people will be confused and think the book is by Stephen King, the New Zealand conservationist...?

Brian

Bev Vincent
12-18-2014, 08:14 AM
Or the London economist.

herbertwest
12-18-2014, 09:00 AM
Where's the US image?

For once, the UK cover was released before the US one... and months earlier! Usually it's about 2 months prior to publication, and the US one is released this early

Randall Flagg
12-18-2014, 11:21 AM
Are the ISBN's for US or UK available?

I believe this is the US info:


Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Scribner (June 2, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1501100076
ISBN-13: 978-1501100079

mae
12-18-2014, 11:23 AM
Amazon has 978-1501100079.

Niels
12-18-2014, 02:04 PM
UK

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
ISBN: 9781473698994
Publication date: 02 Jun 2015
Page count: 384
Binding: Hardback
Price: £20.00

Randall Flagg
12-18-2014, 02:28 PM
Thanks.

Mr. Rabbit Trick
12-19-2014, 02:47 AM
People in Britain know who Stephen King is, I think.

Actually, only a small percentage of UK people know who Stephen King is. Mainly older people.

Randall Flagg
12-19-2014, 02:24 PM
People in Britain know who Stephen King is, I think.

Actually, only a small percentage of UK people know who Stephen King is. Mainly older people.
And Scots...

cowboy_ed
12-21-2014, 05:19 PM
Cover looks okay, the HS stuff usually always looks a little cheaper than the US counterpart. I hate the font they use, too, and (in Australia) their refusal to do hardbacks.

SystemCrashOverRide
12-22-2014, 09:49 AM
Cover looks okay, the HS stuff usually always looks a little cheaper than the US counterpart. I hate the font they use, too, and (in Australia) their refusal to do hardbacks.

I couldn't disagree more, as someone who only has access to the North American editions, the UK product almost always seems more... thoughtful, and less exceedingly flashy. But it could be a case of "grass is always greener" want what you can't have and all that.

Mind you, the UK HS stuff I've purchased has always been hardcover, and I've enjoyed it.

nocny
01-30-2015, 06:40 AM
http://stephenking.pl/stephen_king/news/finders_keepers_okladka.jpg

herbertwest
01-30-2015, 08:22 AM
US cover I guess?

nocny
01-30-2015, 08:23 AM
Yes

Girlystevedave
01-30-2015, 08:24 AM
I like that cover. :)

Ricky
01-30-2015, 08:31 AM
Me too. Especially how it ties in with the cover of Mr. Mercedes.

nocny
01-30-2015, 08:34 AM
Me too. Trilogy will look great altogether.

mae
01-30-2015, 08:57 AM
US covers always looks great.

frik
01-30-2015, 09:53 AM
No they don't: remember

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Talisman1983Cover.jpg

or

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/899398_f248.jpg

or

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/899400_f248.jpg

sk

mae
01-30-2015, 10:30 AM
Love those. Classic covers.

skyofcrack
01-30-2015, 11:06 AM
Awful covers. King's name just got bigger and bigger over time. I like the U.S. FK.

Bev Vincent
01-30-2015, 11:12 AM
Awful covers. King's name just got bigger and bigger over time. I like the U.S. FK.

There came a point with Viking where SK asked them to redo the cover with his name smaller.

mae
01-30-2015, 11:27 AM
The Talisman cover is one of my favorites.

skyofcrack
01-30-2015, 12:26 PM
Awful covers. King's name just got bigger and bigger over time. I like the U.S. FK.

There came a point with Viking where SK asked them to redo the cover with his name smaller.

Good for him. I bet that's one of the reasons he left Viking. Although, Insomnia and Revival are pretty close.

Cordial Jim
02-01-2015, 01:37 PM
Love the cover!

RichardX
02-01-2015, 04:02 PM
I hate the U.S. cover but at least it is bad in a way that is consistent with MrM. So there is that.

mae
02-01-2015, 09:35 PM
I like the simplicity of most US covers. UK covers tend the be busy and filled with quotes.

cowboy_ed
02-15-2015, 10:20 PM
Anyone had the chance to read this yet?

webstar1000
02-16-2015, 06:24 AM
It's not even finished being written far as I know.

Kingfan24
02-16-2015, 08:59 AM
Lol it has to be if it's to be published in June

Brian James Freeman
02-16-2015, 09:01 AM
Lol it has to be if it's to be published in June

Yeah, it is. The manuscript was turned in last year. Waiting to hear when review copies will actually ship, though.

Brian

jhanic
02-16-2015, 09:41 AM
I don't expect the ARCs/proofs to ship until about mid to late March.

John

nocny
02-16-2015, 11:22 AM
It's not even finished being written far as I know.

It was finished MANY months ago.

cowboy_ed
02-16-2015, 02:14 PM
I guess I can sit on my hands until then...

Randall Flagg
02-20-2015, 04:43 PM
Full jackets:

US Dust Jacket (http://stephenking.com/newsletter/link.php?M=74822&N=154&L=431&F=H)


UK Dust Jacket (http://stephenking.com/newsletter/link.php?M=74822&N=154&L=432&F=H)



Reader Announced for Finders Keepers Audiobook
We're excited to announce that award-winning narrator Will Patton will be back to narrate the audiobook edition of FINDERS KEEPERS. Will has been nominated for an Audie Award in the Solo Narration – Male category for his work both on MR. MERCEDES and DOCTOR SLEEP.

His numerous film credits include Meeks Cutoff, Brooklyn's Finest, A Mighty Heart, Remember the Titans, The Punisher, The Mothman Prophesies, and Armageddon. He starred as Captain Weaver on the TNT series Falling Skies and won Obie Awards in the theater for his performances in Fool for Love and What Did He See.
More Information (http://stephenking.com/newsletter/link.php?M=74822&N=154&L=433&F=H)

Br!an
02-20-2015, 06:13 PM
Those jackets are quite different. Interesting.

Randall Flagg
02-20-2015, 06:21 PM
The UK one has a "blurb" from the Guardian that says "King has no equal", but it is on one of the book spines and look like a book title.

killjoy72
02-21-2015, 05:51 AM
I like how the US FK cover visually ties into the Mr. Mercedes cover.

mae
02-21-2015, 05:55 AM
The UK one has a "blurb" from the Guardian that says "King has no equal", but it is on one of the book spines and look like a book title.

Still don't understand why there need to be blurbs on King's books. And on the hardcovers. You can usually see them on paperbacks, which is fine, but on the hardcovers? Very tacky.

Dan
03-14-2015, 09:36 AM
From Stephen King's Twitter feed.

@StephenKing: Looks like FINDERS KEEPERS, the new Hodges book, is almost ready. Out in June. Better than the first one, I think.

Niels
03-19-2015, 08:37 AM
Dutch cover will be the same as the US.
Title is "De Eerlijke Vinder, which is in essence the same as "Finders Keepers".

http://stephenking1sts.com/wp-content/uploads/Finders-Keepers_nl_NL-193x300.jpg (http://stephenking1sts.com/finders-keepers-netherlands-the/)

nocny
03-19-2015, 08:42 AM
Polish will be the same as UK ;)

http://stephenking.pl/roznosci/aktualnosci/znalezione2.jpg

herbertwest
03-19-2015, 09:41 AM
The french one will probably be the same as the US one, and be released in.... a minimum of a year.

cowboy_ed
04-14-2015, 04:56 PM
anyone had a chance to read it yet?

jhanic
04-14-2015, 05:07 PM
anyone had a chance to read it yet?

I've read it. I didn't like it as much as Mr. Mercedes--it didn't have the suspense that MM had--but I enjoyed the story very much. I enjoyed the "growth" of the main characters a lot.

John

Bev Vincent
04-15-2015, 02:42 AM
I did -- it's quite different from the first book. The point of intersection is the City Center Massacre. The first 150 pages or so deal with events between 1970 and 2008-9. It's a great story about books and the power of story to really capture someone. The second half of the book covers only a couple of days and is a fast-paced thriller where the good guys have no clue what's going on for most of it, only that someone is in trouble for something.

webstar1000
04-15-2015, 03:12 AM
I did -- it's quite different from the first book. The point of intersection is the City Center Massacre. The first 150 pages or so deal with events between 1970 and 2008-9. It's a great story about books and the power of story to really capture someone. The second half of the book covers only a couple of days and is a fast-paced thriller where the good guys have no clue what's going on for most of it, only that someone is in trouble for something.

So Bev, I really like Mercedes except the bad guy was not the best. BUT I found it a fast paced read. Did you like this one more or less? I loved Revival... and the way King can span time i find amazing.. so that is very cool to me when you mention that.

mae
04-15-2015, 04:52 AM
Where would the third go?

Bev Vincent
04-15-2015, 06:16 AM
The second one gives a very good indication of where the third will go, but I won't say any more than that. I also expect someone else from the City Center Massacre to be featured.

I didn't like it more or less than Mr. Mercedes -- I just liked it. Liked them both. Good, solid crime novels with King's trademark twist.

webstar1000
04-15-2015, 06:17 AM
Where would the third go?

Well that is simple. To save another Breaker's life:)

sgc1999
04-15-2015, 08:54 AM
As always im afraid he wont stick the ending well.. Its 50/50 IMO.

jhanic
04-15-2015, 11:22 AM
As always im afraid he wont stick the ending well.. Its 50/50 IMO.

King does have a tendency to mess up the endings, but I think, given the way Finders Keepers ends, that he may come through with a good one this time.

John

Merlin1958
04-17-2015, 04:01 PM
As always im afraid he wont stick the ending well.. Its 50/50 IMO.

King does have a tendency to mess up the endings, but I think, given the way Finders Keepers ends, that he may come through with a good one this time.

John

Oh, John, Oh, John!!! You'll have to do a little better than that for me!!! I can take a small "spoiler" or two. PM me???? I need to know!! LOL

Ari_Racing
04-17-2015, 05:15 PM
I finished the book last night. I enjoyed it more than Mr Mercedes. And I agree...the ending is good!

Jon
04-17-2015, 08:01 PM
King does have a tendency to mess up the endings, but I think, given the way Finders Keepers ends, that he may come through with a good one this time.
John

I must agree Bill...John and Ari = tease. LOL

herbertwest
04-24-2015, 12:20 AM
An excerpt of FINDERS KEEPERS is in the mass paperback edition published yesterday by Hodder & Stoughton
http://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/mrmercedes_ukpaperback.jpg

SystemCrashOverRide
04-24-2015, 05:26 AM
I like the look of the faux rain on those H&S editions. That's a pretty looking paperback.

Stockerlone
04-27-2015, 04:47 AM
Stephen King - FINDERLOHN / Finders Keepers
08. September 2015

http://www.randomhouse.de/content/edition/covervoila/146_27009_159031_xxl.jpg

http://www.randomhouse.de/Buch/Finderlohn-Roman/Stephen-King/e477300.rhd

cowboy_ed
05-04-2015, 08:25 PM
a quick question for those who have read FK - what date is listed in the final lines of the book? MM has September 2013

Bev Vincent
05-05-2015, 03:11 AM
July 26, 2014

cowboy_ed
05-05-2015, 03:49 PM
Thanks!

Bev Vincent
05-07-2015, 12:32 PM
Finders Keepers will be excerpted in Entertainment Weekly, May 15, 2015 issue

http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2015/05/06/ew1363cvr-cover-post.jpg

zelig
05-07-2015, 12:52 PM
What a combination. Tarantino and King in the same issue. Can't go wrong there. Thanks for posting this.

Merlin1958
05-07-2015, 04:36 PM
Gotta get me one of those babies!!!

Bev Vincent
05-11-2015, 08:09 AM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd! One Grand Prize winner will receive a hardcover copy of the book signed by Stephen, 20 winners will receive CD audiobooks, and 20 winners will receive hardcover books. Use the form to enter now (https://stephenking.com/promo/finders-keepers/sweepstakes.php).

frik
05-11-2015, 08:12 AM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd!

Open only to legal residents of 1 of the 50 U.S. States or D.C.

:angry:

sk

nocny
05-11-2015, 01:56 PM
As usual :(

Merlin1958
05-11-2015, 04:39 PM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd!

Open only to legal residents of 1 of the 50 U.S. States or D.C.

:angry:

sk


As usual :(

Well, he is an American author. What do you expect?

Bev Vincent
05-12-2015, 03:53 AM
More specifically, it's an American edition--the publishers would ruffle some overseas feathers if they shipped the book abroad. Also, the byzantine rules of contests in different countries makes it difficult to play by the rules everywhere.

WeDealInLead
05-12-2015, 04:44 AM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd!

Open only to legal residents of 1 of the 50 U.S. States or D.C.

:angry:

sk


As usual :(

Well, he is an American author. What do you expect?

That doesn't matter. Same thing has happened when foreign authors have US editions. Bev's reply is spot on.

Merlin1958
05-12-2015, 05:37 PM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd!

Open only to legal residents of 1 of the 50 U.S. States or D.C.

:angry:

sk


As usual :(

Well, he is an American author. What do you expect?

That doesn't matter. Same thing has happened when foreign authors have US editions. Bev's reply is spot on.

Yes, he is. I certainly did not mean to imply anything by my post. I just figured, UK folks had a better shot at free. J.R.R. Tolkien stuff in the day, for example. My bad.

frik
05-12-2015, 08:02 PM
sk.com has teamed up with Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio to give you a chance to receive Finders Keepers on publication date, June 2nd!

Open only to legal residents of 1 of the 50 U.S. States or D.C.

:angry:

sk


As usual :(

Well, he is an American author. What do you expect?

That doesn't matter. Same thing has happened when foreign authors have US editions. Bev's reply is spot on.

Yes, he is. I certainly did not mean to imply anything by my post. I just figured, UK folks had a better shot at free. J.R.R. Tolkien stuff in the day, for example. My bad.

And again I'm left out......:)

sk

cowboy_ed
05-13-2015, 04:34 PM
Here's the extract from Entertainment Weekly:

http://imgur.com/a/FDcaz

Br!an
05-13-2015, 05:41 PM
I'm hooked!

Niels
05-14-2015, 12:10 AM
Do you also have scans of the first (art)page?


Here's the extract from Entertainment Weekly:

http://imgur.com/a/FDcaz

Bev Vincent
05-14-2015, 06:57 AM
The excerpt is online (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/13/stephen-king-finders-keepers-excerpt)

http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2015/05/13/king-01.jpg

you ever seen a ghost?
05-14-2015, 07:30 AM
has anyone gotten that issue yet? i haven't received mine yet.

Bev Vincent
05-15-2015, 07:09 AM
An excerpt from the audio version (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/14/listen-will-patton-read-stephen-kings-finders-keepers-exclusive), read by Will Patton.

SystemCrashOverRide
05-15-2015, 07:40 AM
An excerpt from the audio version (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/14/listen-will-patton-read-stephen-kings-finders-keepers-exclusive), read by Will Patton.

Very captivating introduction, can't wait for the release. Sadly I can't listen to the audio at work but definitely will once I'm home and have access to speakers. Thank's for posting these links Bev, much appreciated.

Cordial Jim
05-15-2015, 03:22 PM
What a brilliant opening! Classic King! Counting down the days...

cowboy_ed
05-17-2015, 02:21 PM
An excerpt from the audio version (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/14/listen-will-patton-read-stephen-kings-finders-keepers-exclusive), read by Will Patton.

what is it about audiobook narrators that always makes them seem like they're on the verge of crying?

herbertwest
05-22-2015, 12:05 AM
So far, I am two thirds in : very different from MR MERCEDES, and without saying much for the moment, I really prefer it. I think that most book collectors here will like it ;)

mae
05-24-2015, 06:04 AM
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/05/24/book-review-finders-keepers-by-stephen-king/

Stephen King still seems to be on a creative roll, producing books at nearly six-month intervals. He delivered “Joyland” and “Doctor Sleep” in 2013, and 2014 saw the publication of “Mr. Mercedes” and “Revival.” One might quibble about their relative merits, but all were ambitious, well-plotted novels executed with cleverness and care.

Two new books by King will appear this year. We’ll have to wait until November for his story collection, “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams,” but “Finders Keepers,” the sequel to “Mr. Mercedes” and the second volume of what’s shaping up to be the “Bill Hodges Trilogy,” is available now.

The novel opens in 1978, with the invasion of John Rothstein’s New Hampshire cabin. The 80-year-old reclusive novelist wakes to find three intruders in his bedroom, demanding money.

One of the crew, Morris Bellamy, wants more than cash, however. He’s obsessed with Rothstein’s literary output, to the point of mental instability. The elderly writer characterizes Morris perfectly when he says, “It’s guys like you who give reading a bad name.”

Although Rothstein hasn’t published any new material in decades, it’s rumored that he has completed at least one more novel. Morris wants to see whether Rothstein actually allowed his signature character, the iconoclastic Jimmy Gold, to “sell out” for a career in advertising. Morris’s violent insistence leads to the unearthing of a cache of notebooks, a literary treasure of inestimable value, one that costs Rothstein his life.

Before another act of violence puts him out of commission for a long time, Morris is able to hide the money and the notebooks. The stash stays hidden for decades, until a young teen named Pete Saubers stumbles across it. Pete’s father was critically injured when the psychopath known as Mr. Mercedes drove his vehicle into a crowd lining up for a local job fair. The Saubers family is on the verge of disintegrating from financial and medical stress, so Pete devises a plan to funnel the windfall to his parents.

He’s a smart kid, but even so, he’s not able to suss out all the ramifications of his scheme. When Morris Bellamy returns, looking for what he believes belongs to him, the safety of Pete’s family depends on a set of unlikely heroes. Foremost among them is Bill Hodges, the retired cop who helped foil a second terrorist plot by Mr. Mercedes four years earlier.

The dedication to “Finders Keepers” reads “Thinking of John D. MacDonald.” The homage to the late, great pulp writer is apt. Bill Hodges is no Travis McGee, but “Finders Keepers” feels like one of the many stand-alone thrillers MacDonald devised during his long career, such as “A Flash of Green” or “The Executioners,” filmed twice as “Cape Fear.” Like MacDonald, King possesses a keen sense of the nuts-and-bolts of everyday American life, and he knows exactly how to infuse it with escalating menace.

In April, “Mr. Mercedes” earned King an Edgar Award for best mystery novel. Although solidly constructed, “Finders Keepers” isn’t likely to garner as much attention. It’s a middle book in a trilogy, and its premise doesn’t feel quite as fresh as that of the previous volume. It also hints that a more compelling narrative may still lie ahead, with Hodges and his associates likely to face off against Mr. Mercedes again in the final installment.

“Finders Keepers” also hews a little too closely to the themes and mechanics of another, better King novel. As literature-obsessed villains go, Morris Bellamy pales in comparison with “Number One Fan” Annie Wilkes from “Misery.” Although exciting and well choreographed, the climactic showdown in “Finders Keepers” between Morris and Bill Hodges feels a little too pat.

Nevertheless, the novel mostly delivers on what it promises: a gripping setup, a group of resourceful good guys, an antagonist capable of terrible violence. It also speaks to the powerful allure of fiction, of how a great story can capture someone’s imagination and make him or her see the world in a completely different way.

Prolific and personable King seems to be the complete antithesis of the reclusive, withholding John Rothstein. That’s something for which his legions of adoring fans can be extremely thankful, as they await the wrap-up to this intriguing trilogy of hard-boiled thrillers.

mae
05-24-2015, 06:08 AM
I haven't read the book yet, obviously, but I really like how John Rothstein appears to be this amalgam of John Updike, Philip Roth, and JD Salinger. And King's been trying to branch out in recent years into literary fiction with amazing short stories like Premium Harmony.

Merlin1958
05-25-2015, 04:35 PM
I haven't read the book yet, obviously, but I really like how John Rothstein appears to be this amalgam of John Updike, Philip Roth, and JD Salinger. And King's been trying to branch out in recent years into literary fiction with amazing short stories like Premium Harmony.


J. D. Salinger? Where did you get that reference?

Bev Vincent
05-25-2015, 06:18 PM
It's very clearly a Salinger homage--the cult favorite who retired from publishing but continued to write.

TCCBodhi
05-25-2015, 06:32 PM
It's very clearly a Salinger homage--the cult favorite who retired from publishing but continued to write.

I haven't read it yet, but the review I read I got a touch of John Updike from as well.

mae
05-26-2015, 12:15 AM
Yeah definitely a mix of Rabbit and Holden.

herbertwest
05-26-2015, 12:27 AM
Finished it last night. Loved it. Preferred it to Mercedes and it will definitely resonate to book collectors that are in this forum. Also, it gives a good overview of what the last book will be about.

stroppygoblin
05-26-2015, 12:31 AM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Merlin1958
05-26-2015, 10:46 AM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Smart ass!! :wtf:

becca69
05-26-2015, 11:32 AM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Are there any special UK variants??

mikeC
05-26-2015, 12:06 PM
These books are murder mystery/detective stories right?

Merlin1958
05-26-2015, 12:12 PM
These books are murder mystery/detective stories right?

Yes

herbertwest
05-26-2015, 12:44 PM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Are there any special UK variants??

Probably :
Waterstones
WHSmith

herbertwest
05-26-2015, 12:45 PM
These books are murder mystery/detective stories right?

I would say yes, but as secondary theme (for the detective bit).

stroppygoblin
05-26-2015, 01:41 PM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Are there any special UK variants??

I expect to see at least a WH Smith 'purple' variant. It's released here on the 2nd June as well

Merlin1958
05-26-2015, 03:13 PM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Are there any special UK variants??

I expect to see at least a WH Smith 'purple' variant. It's released here on the 2nd June as well

Can I count on you to get me one? Don't tell, Alan. LOL

stroppygoblin
05-26-2015, 03:16 PM
1/3 in - loving it so far.

(But it's the UK edition so that equals halfway With the current exchange rate, right? :evil:)

Are there any special UK variants??

I expect to see at least a WH Smith 'purple' variant. It's released here on the 2nd June as well

Can I count on you to get me one? Don't tell, Alan. LOL

I will get as many as possible :)

Niels
05-27-2015, 01:07 AM
The Dutch paperback will have a variant with a bloody pageblock. Limited (limitation unknown), with it's own ISBN and you have to pick it up 'in person' at certain bookstores.

https://webshop.blz.nl/Webshop/ProductImages/280x0/9789021016856.jpg

herbertwest
05-27-2015, 03:08 AM
Sweet idea!

Niels
05-27-2015, 03:25 AM
If someone wants one; PM me and I'll try to get you one.

Bev Vincent
05-27-2015, 03:46 AM
Crime novelist Laura Lippman's review in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/books/review/stephen-kings-finders-keepers.html

craigobau
05-27-2015, 11:01 AM
Niels - which book stores in the Netherlands are stocking this?

I will be in Amsterdam for work on Tuesday so might try to pick up a few copies (happy to help out anyone who might like a copy outside of the NL).

Roseannebarr
05-27-2015, 11:38 AM
These books are murder mystery/detective stories right?

NO spoilers here, but he set up the third book to be AWESOME! Second one seemed to be a love letter (maybe finger pointing???) at SK Collectors? Are we too devoted?

Niels
05-27-2015, 11:46 AM
Bookstores who are selling them are 'Blz' and 'Libris'. Don't know if it will be an 'in stock' item. Maybe better to contact them first.

Website of 'Blz.nl' says: Only pick up ! ? Delivery Pickup : we will contact you about the collection date. This article can not be delivered , only picked up in the bookstore ! ?
http://www.blz.nl/artikel/stephen-king/de-eerlijke-vinder/9789021016856?ProductID=16164102



Niels - which book stores in the Netherlands are stocking this?

I will be in Amsterdam for work on Tuesday so might try to pick up a few copies (happy to help out anyone who might like a copy outside of the NL).

zelig
05-27-2015, 12:02 PM
The Dutch paperback will have a variant with a bloody pageblock. Limited (limitation unknown), with it's own ISBN and you have to pick it up 'in person' at certain bookstores.

https://webshop.blz.nl/Webshop/ProductImages/280x0/9789021016856.jpg

Is this possibly a variant cover for the Dutch edition?

https://webshop.blz.nl/Webshop/ProductImages/280x0/9789024567256.jpg

Niels
05-27-2015, 01:16 PM
On the publisher's website that appears to be the cover for the normal paperback: http://www.lsamsterdam.nl/boek/de-eerlijke-vinder-1/
Just like Mr. Mercedes there will also be a limited hardcover, limitation of 1000 copies: http://www.lsamsterdam.nl/boek/de-eerlijke-vinder/

zelig
05-27-2015, 02:00 PM
It's confusing because if you look at bol.com for example, there's the same cover shown for the paperback and the hardback, and both are different to what is shown on the publisher's site. Could just be they have the wrong pictures in the listings at bol.com.

Paperback (http://www.bol.com/nl/p/de-eerlijke-vinder/9200000040510908/)
Hardback (http://www.bol.com/nl/p/de-eerlijke-vinder/9200000040510904/)

I'm sure the ones from the publisher's website is more accurate. ISBN's match. But it does seem there are two covers. One with the book, and one with the tree.

Merlin1958
05-27-2015, 05:10 PM
Just cancelled my order at Amazon for the US first trade edition since I am winning the Grand Prize this year!!! LOL

TCCBodhi
05-27-2015, 08:25 PM
Just cancelled my order at Amazon for the US first trade edition since I am winning the Grand Prize this year!!! LOL

Ever the optimist, which I guess is necessary to do the amount of cajoling to be the HFW!

herbertwest
05-28-2015, 12:28 AM
Any chance that we can start tracking down the variants?
Surely the WHSmith & Waterstones must be on their websites, no?

stroppygoblin
05-28-2015, 12:30 AM
Any chance that we can start tracking down the variants?
Surely the WHSmith & Waterstones must be on their websites, no?

Not yet, I've been watching.

Lauterer
05-28-2015, 02:00 AM
The dutch one with the tree is really nice!:thumbsup:

biomieg
05-28-2015, 02:07 AM
It's confusing because if you look at bol.com for example, there's the same cover shown for the paperback and the hardback, and both are different to what is shown on the publisher's site. Could just be they have the wrong pictures in the listings at bol.com.

Paperback (http://www.bol.com/nl/p/de-eerlijke-vinder/9200000040510908/)
Hardback (http://www.bol.com/nl/p/de-eerlijke-vinder/9200000040510904/)

I'm sure the ones from the publisher's website is more accurate. ISBN's match. But it does seem there are two covers. One with the book, and one with the tree.

Totally off-topic, but I've been meaning to ask you this, Paul :) can you read Dutch (with your Afrikaans background)?

zelig
05-28-2015, 02:56 AM
Michaël, yes sort of. I can understand many of the words in a sentence so can make out the general meaning, but I'm certainly not fluent in it and there are also many words that I can't read. There are however close similarities between the two languages, given their history together.

I mainly buy the Dutch versions because I've been doing it for the last few books and I'm keeping it going in a sense. I also have liked the covers and the limited run of the hardcover editions.

herbertwest
05-28-2015, 05:00 AM
Any chance that we can start tracking down the variants?
Surely the WHSmith & Waterstones must be on their websites, no?

Not yet, I've been watching.

Were there variants by both WHSmith & Waterstones for MR MERCEDES, or was it REVIVAL?

stroppygoblin
05-28-2015, 05:18 AM
Any chance that we can start tracking down the variants?
Surely the WHSmith & Waterstones must be on their websites, no?

Not yet, I've been watching.

Were there variants by both WHSmith & Waterstones for MR MERCEDES, or was it REVIVAL?

WH Smith had purple variants for both (also Dr Sleep). Waterstones had the blue page edges for Revival only

herbertwest
05-30-2015, 06:58 AM
It's probably too late now, but did people see this post from the facebook page?

"Saturday, May 30: BookCon Attendees--
Come to Simon and Schuster Booth 2620. First 200 people to ask about Finders Keepers will be lucky. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers."

zelig
05-30-2015, 07:26 AM
It's probably too late now, but did people see this post from the facebook page?

"Saturday, May 30: BookCon Attendees--
Come to Simon and Schuster Booth 2620. First 200 people to ask about Finders Keepers will be lucky. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers."

That's interesting. Wonder what the first 200 would get.

Br!an
05-30-2015, 01:07 PM
Bev Vincent answered in another thread that they were giving away the 1st Hardcover Edition.

zelig
05-30-2015, 02:42 PM
Bev Vincent answered in another thread that they were giving away the 1st Hardcover Edition.

Yeah, I saw that after I posted here. At least it's not something else we have to hunt down.

stroppygoblin
06-01-2015, 03:13 AM
WH Smith Limited edition:

http://btmedia.whsmith.co.uk/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/9781/47/3698994/xlarge/9781473698994_1.jpg http://btmedia.whsmith.co.uk/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/9781/47/3698994/xlarge/9781473698994_2.jpg

stroppygoblin
06-01-2015, 04:16 AM
Just visited Waterstones. They have had their shipments in (will start selling tomorrow) The guys said he had not seen any Blue edge copies, all are white. There is no indication of a special/limited edition on their system.

I have also bulk ordered 15 copies of the WH Smith purple edition above. If I shipped you a copy of the last UK book, then please PM me if you want this one (some of you already have) Those on that list will have 1st refusal, I will attempt to fulfill all requests however. Shipping to mainland US will be approx £15 - £18 dependent on final package weight.

Roog
06-01-2015, 10:30 AM
PM sent :)

Bev Vincent
06-01-2015, 10:56 AM
I blogged about FK at the King for a Year (http://kingreviews2015.blogspot.com/2015/06/finders-keepers-reviewed-by-bev-vincent.html?spref=fb) project.

herbertwest
06-01-2015, 01:09 PM
(UK, AU, NZ) : ·WIN A FINDERS KEEPERS MOLESKINE·
>>> http://stephenkingbooks.co.uk/2015/05/27/win-a-finders-keepers-moleskine/

http://stephenking.bookswarm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FindersKeeprs-Moleskin2-274x300.png

zelig
06-01-2015, 01:23 PM
Says they're giving 10 away. I wonder if there will be more available somewhere for purchase. Otherwise I'm guessing this will become a sought after item.

herbertwest
06-02-2015, 02:15 AM
My review of FINDERS KEEPERS
>>> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1296626981

Cordial Jim
06-02-2015, 03:28 PM
I like how the edge of the journal on the cover is raised. Can't wait to dive into this one! :)

mae
06-03-2015, 04:48 AM
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/28/finders-keepers-stephen-king

Writers are obsessed with other writers. So many of the greats have, somewhere in their oeuvre, at least one novel in which an author is either writing a book, or is struggling with writer’s block. It is a narrative writers relish: that somebody can make their fortune from nothing other than telling stories, and trying to tell them well.

For King, it is a rich vein that he has mined on more than one occasion. Some of his most enduring works feature writers: Salem’s Lot, It, The Shining, The Dark Half and many more feature writers of either novels or plays. But King’s most famous work about an author is Misery, a truly terrifying look at what happens when a keen fan strays onto the wrong side of obsession. It is commonly read as a metaphor for addiction, but can also be taken at face value as an investigation into the love that fans feel for the writers who have changed their lives.

It is that same part of the vein that King draws from here, in the follow-up to Mr Mercedes, last year’s crime thriller. In that book, retired detective Bill Hodges chased down the mass-murdering psychopath Brady Hartsfield, leaving him in a coma. By the time this sequel begins, Hodges and his associates have formed the titular investigation agency, which eschews criminal cases in favour of mysteries that will never involve the police. It is the thrill of the chase that King wants to capture, rather than the nitty-gritty of crime‑scene dusting.

Finders Keepers introduces us to Morris Bellamy, as big a fan of the (invented) novelist John Rothstein as you could imagine. Rothstein is American literary royalty, a towering amalgam of Roth, Salinger and Updike.His fame comes from his Runner books, a trilogy that tips its hat to Updike’s Rabbit novels. But Morris – who is nursing, in true Kingian style, a burgeoning tendency towards psychopathy – hates the third novel. He has heard rumours that Rothstein wrote other books, and keeps them in a vault at his home. Wanting to read them, he does the natural thing: he murders his hero and steals the first drafts, burying them under a tree near his home until the heat on the crime dies down.

When Morris goes to prison for an unrelated (and truly heinous) crime, the notebooks are abandoned to rot. Forty years later, they’re found by Pete Saubers, a teenager who now lives in Morris’s old house, along with the money Morris also stole from Rothstein’s vault. Pete puts the money to good use, saving his family from financial strife (caused, in a delicious chain of consequence, by the opening events of Mr Mercedes), and he too falls in literary love with the writer who created the notebooks. Eventually Morris gets out of prison, and all he has been dreaming of during his incarceration is getting those notebooks. Cue: the chase.

Structurally, the book is an almost constant build of momentum, growing in pace and tension until it finally explodes. That much is similar to Mr Mercedes. But, unlike that book, this is very much not Bill Hodges’s novel. He doesn’t appear until near the halfway point, like some detective-ex-machina. By the book’s close, it’s abundantly clear that he isn’t the focus of this series: that honour belongs to the coma-bound Brady. These two novels are about repercussions: the effects of Brady’s actions, of the recession, of injury and illness, of retirement. They are about leaving the past behind, and yet how it will always come back to haunt you.

Which brings us back to the theme of writers. Morris wants to read Rothstein’s unpublished work in order to discover that the book he disliked was an aberration. Morris may not have developed, but writers do; and we have to go with them, to see where they’ll take us. That’s the greatest joy of this book: watching as King still makes it all seem so effortless, and 55 novels in, manages to thrill with every page.

Niels
06-03-2015, 09:31 AM
Dutch limited paperback with bloodspatters on top.

http://i.imgur.com/lKZSYpP.jpg?1

Roog
06-03-2015, 10:15 AM
Very special :)

zelig
06-03-2015, 12:08 PM
I like it... very cool.

Randall Flagg
06-03-2015, 01:16 PM
Says they're giving 10 away. I wonder if there will be more available somewhere for purchase. Otherwise I'm guessing this will become a sought after item.
We are doing a custom bound one for next year...
Not moleskin...
A more interesting skin...

stroppygoblin
06-03-2015, 02:05 PM
Says they're giving 10 away. I wonder if there will be more available somewhere for purchase. Otherwise I'm guessing this will become a sought after item.
We are doing a custom bound one for next year...
Not moleskin...
A more interesting skin...

Crow Feathers?

zelig
06-03-2015, 03:10 PM
Sound great. Love custom bound books.

needfulthings
06-03-2015, 03:59 PM
NOT ONE,NOT TWO,NOT EVEN THREE.....BUT
FOUR SKINS!

Randall Flagg
06-04-2015, 12:11 PM
NOT ONE,NOT TWO,NOT EVEN THREE.....BUT
FOUR SKINS!
Not numerical...
Situated or placed in front...

Randall Flagg
06-04-2015, 12:11 PM
So what is/are the official UK trade hardback cover(s)?

stroppygoblin
06-04-2015, 12:22 PM
So what is/are the official UK trade hardback cover(s)?

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/stroppygoblin/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/stroppygoblin/media/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg.html)

These are the only two variants this time.

zelig
06-04-2015, 12:25 PM
I know it's awful isn't it? I mean just two variants. I'm disappointed. I was hoping to have to hunt down at least 5 or 10! Oh well. I'll survive.

SystemCrashOverRide
06-04-2015, 12:47 PM
I know it's awful isn't it? I mean just two variants. I'm disappointed. I was hoping to have to hunt down at least 5 or 10! Oh well. I'll survive.

If you feel the urge, I'm sure you can go and find the Airport variation, the dutch "bloody page" variation, a large print version, Advanced Readers Copies, and a plethora of other languages.

zelig
06-04-2015, 12:54 PM
It's funny. Aside from the large print edition I pretty much have the others you mentioned either on the shelf or on order.

Ari_Racing
06-04-2015, 03:47 PM
Dutch limited paperback with bloodspatters on top.

http://i.imgur.com/lKZSYpP.jpg?1

Oh, that copy is so cool! Gotta get one!

needfulthings
06-04-2015, 04:00 PM
NOT ONE,NOT TWO,NOT EVEN THREE.....BUT
FOUR SKINS!
Not numerical...
Situated or placed in front...
I believe the foreskin is situated or placed in front (well it at least covers):lol:

mae
06-04-2015, 08:31 PM
Don't really get this need to have various versions of the same book. The US first will do for me :unsure:

needfulthings
06-04-2015, 11:30 PM
And with the print run it will be the least valuable.:doh:
EXAMPLE On my recent road trip 6 months after its release I stopped by a Barnes & Nobles to pick up a REVIVAL with their dust jacket and they still had 1st editions on the shelves.
The same with Finders Keepers AMAZON UK was selling them 60% off cover price...But THANKS TO FRIENDS LIKE SIMON some of us U.S.A. collectors will be able to get our hands on the smaller print run WH Smith Collectors Editions (That are not being shipped around the world by AMAZON).

mae
06-05-2015, 12:13 AM
Since King is a US author, I consider the US edition the only one I personally need. I have all my US firsts and that's good enough for me. As far as value and stuff is that, I don't really care as I don't plan on selling my books. I buy them to read them.

herbertwest
06-05-2015, 12:16 AM
So what is/are the official UK trade hardback cover(s)?

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/stroppygoblin/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/stroppygoblin/media/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg.html)

These are the only two variants this time.

Is there any difference in the content?
In the past, a waterstone or whsmith variant had an extra introduction or something similar for Mercedes if i recall correctly?

stroppygoblin
06-05-2015, 04:44 AM
Yes for Mr Mercedes Waterstones inserted an extra introduction. Content for these appears identical.

Merlin1958
06-05-2015, 05:04 AM
So what is/are the official UK trade hardback cover(s)?

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/stroppygoblin/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/stroppygoblin/media/7146B830-3B10-4B3D-A824-5F7766885EDD_zpsmm1orp4j.jpg.html)

These are the only two variants this time.

I recall reading that "Waterstones" had an edition as well, no?

herbertwest
06-05-2015, 05:49 AM
Yes for Mr Mercedes Waterstones inserted an extra introduction. Content for these appears identical.
Thanks for the reply.

Ari_Racing
06-05-2015, 07:25 AM
Yes for Mr Mercedes Waterstones inserted an extra introduction. Content for these appears identical.
Thanks for the reply.

WOWOWO...
Hold your horses.

The WS edition of Mr Mercedes has content not published anywhere else?

zelig
06-05-2015, 08:08 AM
Yes for Mr Mercedes Waterstones inserted an extra introduction. Content for these appears identical.
Thanks for the reply.

WOWOWO...
Hold your horses.

The WS edition of Mr Mercedes has content not published anywhere else?

I'm also not aware of this and wondering how I missed it... Checked my shelf, and don't even have a Waterstones edition for Mr Mercedes.

herbertwest
06-05-2015, 08:43 AM
Yes for Mr Mercedes Waterstones inserted an extra introduction. Content for these appears identical.
Thanks for the reply.

WOWOWO...
Hold your horses.

The WS edition of Mr Mercedes has content not published anywhere else?

If I remember correctly, it was an absolutely useless introduction of about 1 page or even less.
But we all know how anal we can all be about such texts, as long as they are writen by stevie :p

edit : it was the Waterstone exclusiv edition of DOCTOR SLEEP that contained an exclusive "Authors Note". My mistake

Ari_Racing
06-05-2015, 08:48 AM
HA! You got that right. :)

If anyone can confirm with a picture, well...I'll have to buy one. :D

herbertwest
06-05-2015, 08:48 AM
I edited my message above, as it turned out that I was talking crap. It wasnt Mercedes.

Ari_Racing
06-05-2015, 08:50 AM
Oh! Well...less money to spend then. But I think the Doctor Sleep edition intro was also present in the regular edition. I'll go an check since I have both Doctor sleep editions.

Just checked and there's no difference in the contents...

mikeC
06-05-2015, 09:42 AM
I think it's interesting that everyone of my family members that don't read Steve ever asked me this week if I got the new book and that they really liked the first one.
I guess he's adding some cop/crime/mystery novel fans with these.

Bev Vincent
06-05-2015, 10:00 AM
The Edgar Award certainly helped, too

needfulthings
06-05-2015, 10:02 AM
Oh! Well...less money to spend then. But I think the Doctor Sleep edition intro was also present in the regular edition. I'll go an check since I have both Doctor sleep editions.

Just checked and there's no difference in the contents...
That's because it is in the front of the Waterstones edition.
http://imageshack.com/a/img909/9323/W9kLVy.jpg

jhanic
06-05-2015, 10:32 AM
There was no Waterstones edition of Mr. Mercedes. There was one, with the extra material, for Doctor Sleep. Waterstones did a variant for Revival but only with the colored page edges. No extra material.

John

mikeC
06-05-2015, 10:34 AM
The Edgar Award certainly helped, too

Really? Someone that never read SK would read it bc he got an award?

jhanic
06-05-2015, 10:42 AM
The Edgar Award certainly helped, too

Really? Someone that never read SK would read it bc he got an award?

Yeah, there are lots of people out there that will read an award-winning book without being familiar with the author. My wife likes to clip out the NY Times bestsellers list from our Sunday paper and try to read those.

John

zelig
06-05-2015, 10:46 AM
The Edgar Award certainly helped, too

Really? Someone that never read SK would read it bc he got an award?

Yeah, there are lots of people out there that will read an award-winning book without being familiar with the author. My wife likes to clip out the NY Times bestsellers list from our Sunday paper and try to read those.

John

And I also think that crime readers who weren't really paying attention to King that much, might do so knowing it won the award.

Ari_Racing
06-05-2015, 11:08 AM
Oh! Well...less money to spend then. But I think the Doctor Sleep edition intro was also present in the regular edition. I'll go an check since I have both Doctor sleep editions.

Just checked and there's no difference in the contents...
That's because it is in the front of the Waterstones edition.
http://imageshack.com/a/img909/9323/W9kLVy.jpg

My mistake! I have the WHSmith edition, not the Waterstones.

I have to get one now. :)

THANKS!

mikeC
06-05-2015, 11:10 AM
That's weird to me. I guess I get it. I'm surprised Steve still has that horror stigma though. Although mys sisters still make that face (you know the sneer something smells bad face) when I say that I'm reading an SK book.

Ari_Racing
06-05-2015, 11:10 AM
Ok. Found one and bought it. :)

Too bad...the seller told me it's other edition actually. Well...I'm in the market for one.

Merlin1958
06-05-2015, 11:18 AM
That's weird to me. I guess I get it. I'm surprised Steve still has that horror stigma though.

Really? Of the 50+ novels he has published, how many were "Horror" related and how many not? I'm just saying, it's what he is known for, The Horror Master", right? His next book is "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", after all. Led Zepplin is labeled as a "Hard Rock" group despite the extensive, blues, folk, country, etc influences and products. Same with "Queen". Not trying to argue, just discussing is all.

Nerak
06-07-2015, 07:35 AM
I hope FK is better than Mr Mercedes. I couldn't even finish that one. Probably about half way through and have no interest whatsoever of finishing it. And I hate that cause I love King so much....

zelig
06-07-2015, 07:39 AM
I hope FK is better than Mr Mercedes. I couldn't even finish that one. Probably about half way through and have no interest whatsoever of finishing it. And I hate that cause I love King so much....

The general consensus from what I've seen is that it's better. I've read it and I really liked it. I do feel it is better than Mr Mercedes.

Cordial Jim
06-07-2015, 07:57 AM
The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. I havn't read a negative one yet. Is it too early to throw out the "near universal praise" statement? Long live the King! :)

Br!an
06-07-2015, 08:45 AM
I'm starting it today.

I've heard that it is better than Mr Mercedes too. Faster paced. A page turner.

Sound good to me!

mikeC
06-08-2015, 05:46 AM
That's weird to me. I guess I get it. I'm surprised Steve still has that horror stigma though.

Really? Of the 50+ novels he has published, how many were "Horror" related and how many not? I'm just saying, it's what he is known for, The Horror Master", right? His next book is "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", after all. Led Zepplin is labeled as a "Hard Rock" group despite the extensive, blues, folk, country, etc influences and products. Same with "Queen". Not trying to argue, just discussing is all.

I hear ya, I'm just thinking that the people that don't read him are the Green Mile Shawshank watchers, they have to know that he writes non-horror stuff.
But I mean I am related to those people, they're all reading FK and loving it.

Bev Vincent
06-08-2015, 06:15 AM
He's also getting reviewed in prominent places by other crime/mystery writers, like Laura Lippman and John Connolly.

Merlin1958
06-10-2015, 03:47 PM
That's weird to me. I guess I get it. I'm surprised Steve still has that horror stigma though.

Really? Of the 50+ novels he has published, how many were "Horror" related and how many not? I'm just saying, it's what he is known for, The Horror Master", right? His next book is "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", after all. Led Zepplin is labeled as a "Hard Rock" group despite the extensive, blues, folk, country, etc influences and products. Same with "Queen". Not trying to argue, just discussing is all.

I hear ya, I'm just thinking that the people that don't read him are the Green Mile Shawshank watchers, they have to know that he writes non-horror stuff.
But I mean I am related to those people, they're all reading FK and loving it.


Well, yes I suppose he is developing a wider appeal.

Br!an
06-16-2015, 01:48 PM
I don't recall anyone mentioning this review from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/books/review/stephen-kings-finders-keepers.html

They also recently had this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/books/review/stephen-king-by-the-book.html?_r=0

zelig
06-16-2015, 07:37 PM
Thanks for posting those links. In the 2nd one, when he is asked what genres he likes and doesn't like to read, I think it's funny how he says "I don’t have much interest in 'relationship' novels or romance." That was surprising to me given how incredibly he writes relationship/romance. Wizard & Glass and 11/22/63 come to mind. The romantic relationships in those were some of the best I've read.

Brainslinger
06-22-2015, 03:59 PM
I think I remember reading Stephen King stating that he found the romance sections of Wizard and Glass difficult to write. Or maybe it was just the thought of it how he'd go about it he found difficult.

And while relationships occur in many of his other books, they're not all that romantic.

LostAlivE
06-24-2015, 03:09 PM
Dutch limited paperback with bloodspatters on top.

http://i.imgur.com/lKZSYpP.jpg?1

How or where can I get one of these? I really do like it.

sgc1999
06-24-2015, 07:47 PM
Thanks for posting those links. In the 2nd one, when he is asked what genres he likes and doesn't like to read, I think it's funny how he says "I don’t have much interest in 'relationship' novels or romance." That was surprising to me given how incredibly he writes relationship/romance. Wizard & Glass and 11/22/63 come to mind. The romantic relationships in those were some of the best I've read.

Lisey's story is a love story. One i think that hits close to home with King.

frik
06-24-2015, 07:58 PM
Dutch limited paperback with bloodspatters on top.

http://i.imgur.com/lKZSYpP.jpg?1

How or where can I get one of these? I really do like it.

PM sent.

sk

Ari_Racing
06-25-2015, 10:03 AM
Me too! I'm also interested in buying one :)

mae
07-27-2015, 06:00 AM
Amazon has the paperback cover, out March 22:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81YVyDVVUAL.jpg

Ricky
07-27-2015, 06:11 AM
Wonder why it's a different paperback cover when they kept it the same for Mr. Mercedes.

herbertwest
07-27-2015, 09:26 AM
Which country is it for? It doesnt make sense related to the previous covers (nor US nor UK).



Wonder why it's a different paperback cover when they kept it the same for Mr. Mercedes.

I wonder why the trunk is on top of the tree. Not hiding very well, is it?

zelig
07-27-2015, 10:53 AM
That FK cover is the U.S. Pocket books edition. I was also wondering why the cover is different on this one when MM paperback was the same but it looks like this has to do with the difference between the trade paperback and the mass market paperback.

The trade pbk on MM had the same cover as the hardcover but here's what the mass market paperback looks like for MM. Different cover. Due December 29, 2015.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/zelig7/6AF5876F-B70F-461B-B435-D6221B15E693.png_zpse8pcweeu.jpeg

Stockerlone
11-28-2015, 02:40 AM
Stephen King - Finderlohn
German HC - Publisher HEYNE
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT3531.JPG

herbertwest
12-18-2015, 04:29 AM
Animated UK cover for the paperback
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