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Outstanding! 2013 is sure looking like a big year for King books.
Very cool! If i start saving now i might have enough for it too
the lettered is spendy...
A very nice project- If all books sell just north of $610K.
Excellent!
Excellent!!
Outstanding!!!
I'll be getting a copy of the numbered. I just can't afford the lettered. Has anyone heard of the artist?
John
I have - she's done some illustrations for Neil Gaiman S/L editions - Anansi Boys and Melinda
I'm looking forward to it as well. Hopefully they won't have a system crash once it goes on sale for preorders, but I am guessing the $450 may keep some people away (good for me).
I can't wait to see what Bill comes up with! I'm sure it'll be a beautiful edition.
Very exciting news. I know this one has been on a lot of people's wish lists. I've had great experiences with Sub Press before and I'm sure they'll deliver this time around. Does Bill ever contribute to the boards here? It would be nice to get updates and such like Brian gives from CD.
I emailed Bill this morning to ask if there would be any excised material included i.e. Before The Play/After The Play and here is his response:
At Steve's direction, the edition will only contain the novel proper. Despite that I'm sure it will be a well done limited.
Woot. I'm a gift edition kind of guy but this is still pretty exciting.
No Before the Play, no sale.
One of each please!
Neat- Subpress will do a great job on this, I'm sure. Bummer about "Before The Play", though. We wait all this time for a limited and it wont contain an important piece that was even published in TV Guide? Still, I'm in for a gift, at least.
I'm getting old and forgetful- what is the status of "After The Play"? It's "lost", right? Didn't part of it appear in Whispers, or something? Help!
Ron
"After The Play" is supposedly lost, although I have an auction catalog from early 90's where it was apparently sold. I do not know its current owner.
"Before The Play" was published in the Stephen King issue of Whispers magazine. The later TV Guide appearance was not the complete version.
Gift edition: yes!
Numbered: yes!
Lettered: have to think about that one.....
sk
My suspicion is that most of "After the Play" is used in The Shining, just not in its original standalone form.
Exciting news! I hope to get a numbered edition. Despite the price, I'm sure they'll sell out quickly. I'd bet the Lettered editions don't last long either.
Is "Before The Play" very long? If it won't be included in the volume with the novel, it would be cool to have it in a thin unsigned companion volume.
I'll be buying a numbered edition. REALLY hope the image given isn't the cover though. Yuck.
Not sure why everyone is so excited about this edition. Doesn't seem to be all that special, especially at these prices. The cover is very bland, and we'll have to see what the illustrations are like. I'm sure it will be a fine book overall, but with nothing new to offer, not even a new Afterword like the 25th Anniversary edition of It, this is an easy pass.
It's a classic King book in a limited edition. That's pretty much the only selling point this particular book needs.
edit: 40 illustrations (!) is a nice bonus too.
Very cool, but what's the bigger excitement for, a reprint of The Shining with 40 new illustrations or a new story in Dr. Sleep? Hmmm, I do like illustrations.
I'm sure the cover 'art' is just a placeholder.
I'm not a huge fan of illustrations. This isn't Winnie the Pooh. Just feels like a limited edition should offer something special other than the next of the novel you already have on your shelf in a great Doubleday first edition. Better cover art, too.
Oh, Dr. Sleep, hands down.
Looking forward to this
Gonna get the limited edition:)
These books keep going up in price every time they release one. It won't be long before the #ed editions will be what the lettered editions used to be. I will be getting one of the #ed editions and one of the gift editions also. I am glad they won't be taking orders until January.
Anyone know if Dr Sleep will have a #ed edition or any thing?
52 lettered editions at that price sounds like alot. How many other editions have 52 lettered?
Many.
Yeah, but not at $2,500 I wouldn't think.
Yeah? I'm afraid it's going up in price only for us as we wouldn't find so easilly buyers for at least $3500-$4000 if we want to make some profits at some point later. Look in AbeBooks, Biblio & eBay - it takes MONTHS (or never) to find buyers for limiteds priced thousands of $. At the end you stay with it for your own pleasure. Sometimes Limiteds are a big problem vs. a regular edition's copy, flatsigned and rare due to low signing copies relative to high print-run (examples: Everything's Eventual, Cell, TWTKH Scribner ed.,etc). A very outstanding figure here in this site once wrote that a regular signed copy is RARER than the limited in certain circumstances, and is better get sold. Food for thought.Quote:
These books keep going up in price every time they release one. It won't be long before the #ed editions will be what the lettered editions used to be.
All morning I have been wondering why they announced the book today but will not take orders until Jan. 2013? Can anyone explain the reasoning behind this to me?
To let us take our time for saving money for this SOOOOOOO spendy item. Can't see another reason.
i would go with the save your pennies reason.
I would guess the economy has something to do with it, but I have no idea. Although, I'm glad Bill did it as I wouldn't be able to afford a copy right now, so now I can save up for it and I will have the money when its announced.
I do have to agree with others that no afterword, introduction or Before the Play, or any extra text at all is disappointing. But I will say that the artist is really quite amazing and I expect the illustrations to be top notch. The Neil Gaiman Hill House Publishing books done by her were nothing short of gorgeous. So it should be a beautiful book.