I realise my post above isn't clear. I meant to say that anyone who manages to order a THINNER deluxe who bought the CARRIE deluxe will receive the same letter. Does that make sense? Sheesh . . .
Pete
I realise my post above isn't clear. I meant to say that anyone who manages to order a THINNER deluxe who bought the CARRIE deluxe will receive the same letter. Does that make sense? Sheesh . . .
Pete
I really think Americans need to adopt "crikey' in everyday usage. It's a terrific word.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
I feel the same about your 'swell' but then, as 4th of July baby, I was doomed to take up Americanism whenever and wherever I can. One thing has always puzzled me, however. Here in Britain, we use the phrase "I couldn't care less" and here's an example of an exchange containing it:
Bob: "I'm excited about the new vampire movie."
Bill: "I couldn't care less about it."
In other words, Bill is pretty much totally non-plussed with vampire movies.
However, as I understand it, Americans would say "I could care less" in a similar context, which doesn't make sense to me. Have I got it wrong?
I think the American version is meant to be dripping with sarcasm. With eyes rolling, for best effect.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
One of my pet peeves. At least in my experience, I don't think the people say it wrong sarcastically. I think they don't know any better.
Lol yeah that annoys me too. And the look on people's facecwhen you correct them is funny.
Looking forward to seeing the lettered Carrie... Interesting to see what the book will look like considering the price tag...
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While waiting on some employees this morning I went on Ebay UK & found a buy it now of $36.00 shipped to the US for a brand new Carrie/Slipcased edition. Pretty happy about the price! Have these declined in calue That much sense being published?
Wow
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Well, it's definitely not a fluke. I just won a bid on eBay U.S. for the PS Publishing Carrie with dustjacket and slipcase for $45 total with shipping (Book is located in Wake Forest, NC). The oddball thing about it is it's listed as in Acceptabe condition, but the seller's description is...
Should be interesting.....[UK:] PS Publishing, 2014.
Introduction by James Lovegrove; Afterword by Kim Newman; Art by Glenn Chadbourne. A brand-new, unread copy; this one of a limited number of copies bound without a signature page, as received from the publisher. Otherwise identical to the limited-edition release; a beautiful book, fine in illustrated boards, fine jacket, and illustrated slipcase.
A gorgeous edition; a less-expensive alternative to the signed and numbered edition, with everything the same--including the facsimile signature from King--except for the limitation page.
From today's PS newsletter:
The signing sheet for Stephen King’s THINNER is now on press and the slipcased edition will be ready to go to print next week.
I haven't bought any edition of Carrie so my opinion doesn't count for much, but I can't imagine what the thought process was that came to the conclusion that it was okay for people to pay thousands of dollars for a book and then not get first dibs at a matching letter for the next in the series, something that every other small press publisher does with these kinds of books, even at much, much lower prices.
Oh, and people say "I could care less" because they're not intelligent enough to understand that what they're saying doesn't make any sense - you don't want to follow in their footsteps.
Bev is correct. "I could care less" is really like saying "I could care less, but not very much", or "As if I could care less."Originally Posted by Bev Vincent
It isn't very logical, although "I couldn't care less" isn't true. I am certain that most people saying "I couldn't care less" could. If even by not caring enough to comment at all.
They are both idioms. They don't have to be logical or true. We understand what is meant.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
The challenge here is balancing the (required) eBay description values with the actual state of the book. It seems misleading to use "Brand New" ("Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the seller’s listing for full details"); "Acceptable" is not really right either ("Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections"), but--in my opinion anyway--at least doesn't set the expectation that the book is perfect.
According to todays newsletter, there will be 2 different states of Thinner (different dustjackets and slipcases).