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    Anyone willing to post an explanation that is correct and less than ~100 words?
    It will go into the Catalog entry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
    Anyone willing to post an explanation that is correct and less than ~100 words?
    It will go into the Catalog entry.
    Lets see what Jim says in his letter then condense it for the catalog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwistedNadine View Post
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    Anyone willing to post an explanation that is correct and less than ~100 words?
    It will go into the Catalog entry.
    Lets see what Jim says in his letter then condense it for the catalog.
    Looking forward to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwistedNadine View Post
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    Starting with "The Long Walk", what info is there about Jim Bishop, Burt Hartlen and Ted Holmes?
    I just purchased The Long Walk from Jim Bishop - inscribed to him by SK. He is sending along a letter of provenance explaining the dedication and inscription. Ill post when I receive it. Hatlen was his English teacher University of Maine. Jim is actually still at the University and I believe was also one of his teachers. I did ask Jim if he knew who Susan Artz was (thinking she was also from the University) but he has no idea who she is.
    Really nice. Books inscribed to the dedicatee (the so-called dedication copy) are premium prizes.

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    11/22/63 is dedicated to Zelda...I can't remember the exact wording, but am assuming that it's Owen and Kelly's daughter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerak View Post
    11/22/63 is dedicated to Zelda...I can't remember the exact wording, but am assuming that it's Owen and Kelly's daughter.
    Awesome!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin1958 View Post
    AND coincidently, my 4,000th post!!!!! Yay, Merlin!!!
    ...this week!




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    Quote Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller View Post
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    Starting with "The Long Walk", what info is there about Jim Bishop, Burt Hartlen and Ted Holmes?
    I just purchased The Long Walk from Jim Bishop - inscribed to him by SK. He is sending along a letter of provenance explaining the dedication and inscription. Ill post when I receive it. Hatlen was his English teacher University of Maine. Jim is actually still at the University and I believe was also one of his teachers. I did ask Jim if he knew who Susan Artz was (thinking she was also from the University) but he has no idea who she is.
    Really nice. Books inscribed to the dedicatee (the so-called dedication copy) are premium prizes.
    Agreed! Still waiting for it to arrive...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
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    They were his teachers in college (or high school) and they read the novel in its first draft and urged him to keep on writing...or something like that.
    Any link or book to look in to verify that info? I don't doubt you, but "Confirm twice, publish once" is how I want to verify before I enter the info in The Catalog.
    All three (Jim Bishop, Ted Holmes and Burt Hatlen) were teachers at the University of Maine and all were influential and encouraging to SK. Still waiting for - and looking forward - to the letter from Jim.

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    Still cant find out anything about Susan Artz. Maybe the name was changed to protect the innocent...

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    On the german SK page, ´we´ have the translated versions of ´several dedications:

    http://www.stephen-king.de/buecher-u...widmungen.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerak View Post
    11/22/63 is dedicated to Zelda...I can't remember the exact wording, but am assuming that it's Owen and Kelly's daughter.

    Ewwww....wasn't Zelda Louis Creed's sister in law that was the "dark secret" kept in the back room as a child until she died?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wizardsrainbow View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Nerak View Post
    11/22/63 is dedicated to Zelda...I can't remember the exact wording, but am assuming that it's Owen and Kelly's daughter.

    Ewwww....wasn't Zelda Louis Creed's sister in law that was the "dark secret" kept in the back room as a child until she died?

    That's what I thought of first...although I think it was Louis's wife Rachel's older sister who died of spinal meningitis; now I can't get the male actor who played Zelda in the movie out of my head!!!

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    11/22/63 is dedicated: For Zelda, welcome to the party.
    Any idea who Zelda is?

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    It's his newest grandchild. He explains this in the Afterword.

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    Ah, thanks. I haven't read the book yet.

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    He planned to dedicate it to someone else (I won't say who) changed his mind when the new family member arrived.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bev Vincent View Post
    He planned to dedicate it to someone else (I won't say who) changed his mind when the new family member arrived.
    Perhaps to Bev?

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    Wouldn't that have been a kick in the pants? No, to another author whose work he identifies as being inspirational for this book.

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    Very cool inscription. I've said this before, but its worth stating again (at least to me) that I met Warren Zevon before he reached fame. I heard Werewolves of London before it was even released! That and a few other songs as well! All on the island of Kauai in 1977 I think.
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    Thank you to jhanic for the dedication from Revival:

    This is for the people who built my house:

    Mary Shelley

    Bram Stoker

    H. P. Lovecraft

    Clark Ashton Smith

    Donald Wandrei

    Fritz Leiber

    August Derleth

    Shirley Jackson

    Robert Bloch

    Peter Straub

    And ARTHUR MACHEN, whose short novel
    "The Great God Pan" has haunted me all my life.

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