rules be damned. thats just so f#@*ing cool
thanks so much for sharing.
rules be damned. thats just so f#@*ing cool
thanks so much for sharing.
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Love that framed d/j art, looks fantastic.
My Collins 'Floating Dragon' doesn't have a price, neither does my Collins 'The House Next Door'.
Collins printed a hardcover and paperback of 'Shadowland' in 1980, so I guess it's a later printing?
Lincoln.
Just had a quick look on ABE, and there are Collins harcovers for sale that are dated 1980. There are also some dated 1981 - a couple say 'later printing', a couple say 'book club edition', in the description.
Just as interesting, is that one of the 1980 editions is listed as 'price clipped'.
I have been wondering about this for years but have never done any serious investigating....just posing the question to other collectors and a bookseller here and there. I suspect that the price clipped 1980 edition that you refer to had a Collins price sticker on the inner flap and that sticker is what was clipped off. But who knows?
I have asked sellers on ABE who list 1980 as the publication date to check their copies and (in my admittedly small sample) all have had the 1981 date on the title page. I get "Oh, I never saw that!" a lot.
They really need to remake Ghost Story, such a great book and movie while ok, it isn't close to a good adaptation. I thought about getting the cinefantastique to find out what went wrong in that adaptation.
Interior Darkness,' A Conversation with Peter Straub
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.
The Washington Post had a glowing review of Interior Darkness: Selected Stories in today's paper. It looks like a really good collection. I'll definitely be picking this up.
""Interior Darkness" is a book for those who think they dislike horror, as well as for those who love and respect the genre. Filled with terror, wit and unexpected grace notes, it's a remarkable achievement that reflects the arc of a lengthy and celebrated career."
Got Shadowland from the library (my first Straub novel not counting his King collaborations) but it's not doing much for me. Should I keep on pushing through?
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
I would say push through; Shadowland is one of my favorite horror novels by anyone; It is the only thing I can think of that I definitely prefer, although SK may have a few others that surpass it. Shadowland ruined me for Straub because I never found anything that good by him after that: I hated Floating Dragon, enjoyed (but not wildly) A Dark Matter, Lost Boy Lost Girl and In The Night Room. Ghost Story is also excellent.
FWIW, he has many things I haven't yet read (Koko, Mystery, Hellfire Club, Mr. X, The Throat, others); I'm not here to bury his catalog (and anyone who hasn't tried him out definitely should).
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
Thanks, I'll keep on reading.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
My favorites were koko and ghost story
Wanted:
Gunslinger s/l #344
Drawing of The Three s/l #344
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky
GHOST STORY is his masterpiece...before throwing in the towel (if SHADOWLAND doesn't do it for you), I'd give that one a shot. I've fallen away from Straub, after being a faithful reader of his in the '80s and '90s, but I'd recommend GHOST STORY without reservation and, in fact, look forward to rereading it myself one of these days.
Straub has three main phases, although there are exceptions during each period:
1) the early, gothic, huge, convoluted novels up to Floating Dragon
2) Starting with Koko, big, but less gothic and less convoluted
3) Starting with lost boy, lost girl, shorter and more focused books
A number of his books are tied together by the character Tim Underhill, who first appeared in Koko. These are thought of as the Blue Rose book.
His newest release is the forthcoming novella "The Process (is a Process All its Own)" from Subterranean Press.
Trivia: It was Straub who created Bango Skank for his story "The Buffalo Hunter"
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 received my copy of Peter's new novella from Subterranean Press, "The Process (Is a Process All Its Own)". Delighted to see that it is copy #1 of 750.
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.
Peter Straub matching numbered signed limited set. $125 shipped:
Mulleins
I'm the caretaker of Room 217..............I've always been the caretaker of Room 217
Centipede just opened pre-ordering for Julia today:
http://centipedepress.com/horror/julia.html
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
They do; they typically arrive each Sunday morning. I don't know where on the site to look for the sign up, but I imagine it must be there somewhere. You could always send Jerad an email with a request.