biomieg
11-19-2014, 07:31 AM
I thought it would be fun to share our thoughts on which items are needed for our collections to consider them being 'complete'. Which essential books and other items would you personally require to make you perfectly happy with your collection, even if you could never buy another book? I know most of us are completists at heart even if we can't afford to be, but this topic should be about The Essentials (which does not necessarily mean that they should all be obtainable/affordable!).
PS please disregard the fact that collecting goals change over time, just let us know what you think today.
PPS If you wish, share how far along you are!
I'll start.
I would be perfectly happy today if my collection included the following:
First editions
US 1st/1sts - all titles excluding 'Salem's Lot with 1st state DJ [ I still need 'Salem's Lot with 3d state DJ and The Gunslinger 1st edition, otherwise completed ].
US 1st paperback editions of the Bachman books [ completed ].
UK 1st/1sts - Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Danse Macabre [ completed ].
Proofs
US proofs chronologically up to and including Insomnia, excluding the grey Nightmares and Dreamscapes proof, the Nightmares in the Sky proof, and all DT proofs [ I need the Carrie ARC and Doubleday proofs, the Viking IT proof and the brown Dolan's Cadillac, otherwise completed ].
UK proofs chronologically from The Dead Zone up to and including The Dark Half, excluding all DT proofs [ I need The Dead Zone, Cujo, Christine, Different Seasons, Thinner, Skeleton Crew, The Talisman, IT, TEOTD and The Tommyknockers, otherwise completed. LOTS of work ahead... ].
Limited editions
Gift/deluxe/unsigned/artist: Cycle of the Werewolf, My Pretty Pony, Centipede 'Salem's Lot, One for the Road, DT V-VII, LSOE, WTTKH [ completed ].
Signed/numbered: Firestarter, Danse Macabre, Cujo, Skeleton Crew, The Talisman, TEOTD, Six Stories, Dolan's Cadillac (1/1,000 and 1/250), The Plant, The New Lieutenant's Rap [ I own none of these ].
Signed/lettered: Firestarter [ completed! Just kidding... ].
Magazines
The four Ubris issues, the two Startling Mystery mags, Marshroots, Maine Review with The Revenge of Lardass Hogan and Maine magazine with One for the Road [ I own none of these ].
Miscellaneous
Large print hardcover editions of Shawshank Redemption (US) and The Breathing Method (UK) [ I still need The Breathing Method ].
...pretty modest, eh?
PS please disregard the fact that collecting goals change over time, just let us know what you think today.
PPS If you wish, share how far along you are!
I'll start.
I would be perfectly happy today if my collection included the following:
First editions
US 1st/1sts - all titles excluding 'Salem's Lot with 1st state DJ [ I still need 'Salem's Lot with 3d state DJ and The Gunslinger 1st edition, otherwise completed ].
US 1st paperback editions of the Bachman books [ completed ].
UK 1st/1sts - Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Danse Macabre [ completed ].
Proofs
US proofs chronologically up to and including Insomnia, excluding the grey Nightmares and Dreamscapes proof, the Nightmares in the Sky proof, and all DT proofs [ I need the Carrie ARC and Doubleday proofs, the Viking IT proof and the brown Dolan's Cadillac, otherwise completed ].
UK proofs chronologically from The Dead Zone up to and including The Dark Half, excluding all DT proofs [ I need The Dead Zone, Cujo, Christine, Different Seasons, Thinner, Skeleton Crew, The Talisman, IT, TEOTD and The Tommyknockers, otherwise completed. LOTS of work ahead... ].
Limited editions
Gift/deluxe/unsigned/artist: Cycle of the Werewolf, My Pretty Pony, Centipede 'Salem's Lot, One for the Road, DT V-VII, LSOE, WTTKH [ completed ].
Signed/numbered: Firestarter, Danse Macabre, Cujo, Skeleton Crew, The Talisman, TEOTD, Six Stories, Dolan's Cadillac (1/1,000 and 1/250), The Plant, The New Lieutenant's Rap [ I own none of these ].
Signed/lettered: Firestarter [ completed! Just kidding... ].
Magazines
The four Ubris issues, the two Startling Mystery mags, Marshroots, Maine Review with The Revenge of Lardass Hogan and Maine magazine with One for the Road [ I own none of these ].
Miscellaneous
Large print hardcover editions of Shawshank Redemption (US) and The Breathing Method (UK) [ I still need The Breathing Method ].
...pretty modest, eh?