I JUST COMPLAINED TO MARSHA ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND STAFF STEALING BOOKS...Hopefully she can prevent this from happening in Boulder and Harvard
I JUST COMPLAINED TO MARSHA ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND STAFF STEALING BOOKS...Hopefully she can prevent this from happening in Boulder and Harvard
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
If the below Ebay link is what the event signatures look like......I wouldn't want one in my collection:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/STEPHEN-KING...item35cc5a55f9
The "SWOOP" isn't exactly King style.
Ralph Mulleins
I'm the caretaker of Room 217..............I've always been the caretaker of Room 217
Wonderfully said. And this about sums the evening up. Thankful to have had the opportunity to attend and contribute to such a worthy charity. But the event organization was incredibly poor capped off with the well-documented woeful book distribution. I too observed ticket holders snatching books off tables to find, and if not, swap for signatures. My honesty and patience were rewarded with a signed book, but am sorry for those who weren't as fortunate. Especially considering the number of unoccupied seats (I counted at least 15 in my immediate area), you'd think folks should've had a better than 50% chance all told...or at least be given the opportunity to exchange at the end.Originally Posted by onlylivingboyinny
-Frank
My family & I attended last nights event in NY and had a blast. Started the evening with an excellent Italian dinner, met some really nice people as well as a few fellow DT.orgers., met for drinks afterwards, scored three out of four signed books. Very happy we made the NYC/King/vacation trip.
I will post pictures when we get back home.
P.S. If anybody from the DT.org community is interested I will be selling 2 of the signed books w/tickets, programs etc.
PM me with reasonable offer if interested. (This is from 9/24/13, day of publication event "John Jay College NY")
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
Even though this had nothing to do with me, it's aggravating to hear about the random nature, apparent stealing or "reallocating" of the books, etc.
Going from prior experience, I bet the Harvard event goes a lot smoother - but no question the 250 signed books is just a bad idea. It might be better if he didn't sign any.
Then these events would never sell out.
He didn't sign for the Lowell event, and sold plenty of tickets...for an arena no less!Then these events would never sell out.
And even with the 250 books that's plenty of people who attended without an expectation of getting a signed copy.
But, I'll revise - he should either sign for all paid attendees, or not bother at all.
Update !!
I have sold 1 of 3 acquired copies to a DT.orger, keeping 1 for myself....... 1 left for sale to a DT.org member only.
Sold
Last edited by Cook; 09-28-2013 at 07:03 AM. Reason: Sold available copies
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
A few pictures from the SK/NY trip, this 1st set is the 9/11 Memorial:
This Reflection of the New WTC caught my eye.
Memorial North Pool:
Inside the Footprint:
I can't truly explain how this felt:
I just thought this was nice, weather was so beautiful the whole week.
My wife Karen & myself at 9/11 Memorial
More to Come....
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
Awesome, Rich!!! They did do an absolutely wonderful job on the memorials!!! Sad, but inspiring at the same time.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The tower is impressive but the memorial truly moves me. Great pictures and my guts are in knots.
I was just there on Friday. Truly moving for me was the way the water in each of the pools just flows down into the abyss.
My experience at the event (might as well start as Dear Diary...)
I had my first opportunity to see King when I was 10 years old, but missed the event when I was hospitalized. Every event after that went pretty much the same way... either I couldn't get a ticket or there was some reason I wouldn't be able to attend anyway. So, you'd think I would have been so excited about the NYC event that I'd be rambling on and on to everyone about my anticipation. However, being afraid and reluctant to leave my new son home for the day made me much less excited...
My husband and I found ourselves a babysitter and made the trip to NYC for the King(s) event. We spent a few hours browsing The Strand (picked up a t-shirt and hat for him, a list of books to buy later for me, and four books for the son I was already missing even more than I expected) and the comic store nearby before meeting my sister-in-law for dinner at The Coffee Shop diner (where the bathrooms were gross, but the food was delicious). We hopped on the subway and made our way to the reading.
At first, we entered the building from the wrong street and security rerouted us. Once we found the theater entrance, we went through the open turnstile and got in line. I saw some people uncertain how to get to the line, some approaching the book tables near the doors, and quite a lot of confused students. I would have been pissed to leave class and find out - for the first time - Stephen King was at my school!
As we entered, a guy ripped the corner of our printed tickets. The girl distributing the papers to claim the books was not quite visible enough and we almost walked right past her in our excitement to find our seats. Luckily, the woman passing out the other pamphlets pushed us back. At this time, I heard someone ask for a second program and not receive one. I was glad they chose to enforce one-book-per-person, because I personally feel you buy a $40 ticket to experience the reading and get the book as a bonus, especially at a charity event. (Years ago, I missed out on a few events because tickets sold so fast and I was bummed later when I learned the venues had tons of empty seats. I was happy to see they filled these seats with pink-program guests who could enjoy the reading. It is my understanding those pink-program guests were students, not re-sold tickets. They did not receive any free books, nor did the books they purchased have a chance at being signed.) I of course understand the frustration for those who purchased multiple tickets and were not told it would be one book per person, rather than one book per ticket. I too would be upset in your situation. We found our seats and discovered there had been a lot of confusion... after quite a few people moved to their correct seats, we were settled in.
I absolutely loved watching Stephen's reaction to Owen's reading. I thought it was very interesting that Owen read from a printed packet of pages, while Stephen used an iPad. I also thought their interactions between the readings were genuine. It was so neat to see their similar mannerisms. I found myself imagining what it was like for Owen to grow up with novelist parents, and wondering if someday my husband and I could have the honor of working with our own son. I also reeeallly loved being introduced to Owen's writing for the first time. I'll be picking up his works after Christmas.
I wasn't happy about the way they handled the Q&A. My note card was never collected and they barely had any discussion during that segment of the event. I also thought it was interesting that they expressed an intent to crack down on photography/recording, but clearly did not. I'm obviously a stickler for rules, so I didn't get any pics in the event itself.
As we left the theatre to collect our books, it was difficult to figure out what exactly the procedure should be. There were multiple tables of books and a huge crowd of people with little direction. My husband got pushed ahead and I could see him standing past the crowd. My sister-in-law and I stuck together. I grabbed a book and then noticed the corner was crushed in, so I asked if I could place it back for an undamaged one. The girl told me that was okay, since I had not opened the book. My sister-in-law then handed her a book with a ripped cover and took another one. The girl said, "You're really not suppose to touch more than one book." My sister-in-law said, "I just don't want a damaged book, and your table is full of them."
We made our way out toward the doors. My husband opened his book - no signature. My sister-in-law opened hers - none. With a Golden Ticket, I could vomit at any time feeling, I opened mine... and turned to the page with a signature! My husband said he'll never forget the relief in my face. When I showed my sister-in-law, she realized she hadn't turned far enough in the book and found a signature too. At first, she tried to give the book to my husband since he paid for her ticket, but we have no need for two signed copies (actually, having the non-signed gives us one to read safely around baby fluids). So, we did some posing for photos and then grabbed a cab home. We made it back at around 3am, just in time for me to snuggle my son before "waking up" at 5am for work.
This is the only signed King book I have and I'm so psyched to have it as a reminder of the event! I wish I'd been a little more proactive on here beforehand so I could have met a few of you... perhaps for the next event!
Out of curiosity was anyone sitting in or around row E on the right?
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Great news getting two books. Congratulations.
A great story, Krystle! Congratulations on finally seeing King!
By the way, I cracked up on your statement about "baby fluids"!
John
I was in the Mid-town Tunnel when the second plane hit and you could not proceed at that point. I was cleared for an emergency business reason to go to a customer site on Greenwhich St was a street that sort of bi-sected the WTC and my second or third thought was that they had to go back up just as they were. However, the amazing job they ended up doing on those memorials, well hands down that was the way to go. The Tower is secondary. There's a documentary I saw that goes in depth on a lot of the workers, vendors and specialized craftsman that contributed to the memorials and it is very moving. I forget what it was called, but it was on the "History" or "Discovery" channels I believe.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Just found this thread. With I had seen it before the event. LOL.
Who was I talking to in the waiting area with the 9/11 steel monument before we went and stood in line? With you brother's friend? Roseannebarr, was that you?
I complained to BrownPaperTickets about this whole debacle and they said they can't issue a refund. over a dozen emails and calls to Center for Fiction have gone unanswered. Marsha basically told me "too bad so sad".
My wife and I only had 2 tickets, so that part didn't affect me directly, but damn it must have sucked for David and Roseannebarr.
The 200 free tickets for students who could also get a signed copy pissed me right the frack off. Not letting us trade unsigned copied for left-overs pissed me right the frack off.
Roseannebarr actually saved our ass. My wife and I were the first ones in. The dumbf*ck, Sh*tbrained kid taking the tickets didn't give us our super-secure white photocopied paper that entitled us to the a shot at one of the 10 unsigned books that the rest of the Sh*tbrained, F*ckbag children that were "running" this thing didn't steal.
Next time around, I'm saying F*ck karma. I'm printing 30 copies of the PDF ticket that they didn't even scan, just ripped the corner off of, and going through the line as many times as I can.
Oh yeah, EXPLORER, I did see you there. The hat and hair make you very distinctive. I didn't know it was you. LOL. HI!!!
David, it was great seeing you again. If you get anywhere with Marsha, please keep us in mind if you are able to get something signed or whatever.
Roseannebarr, congrats on the signed Thinner.
-Craig
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Red Leather Dreamcatcher
Red Leather Everything's Eventual
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Rack him. Great rant. BTW, no asterisks needed for cuss words.
of course... I'm totally pissed off...
I stood in a line, paid over 40 bucks and only got two unsigned copies of Dr. sleep (at the local Barnes and Nobles)... I didn't get to hear Owen or Stephen... because alas... I live in Austin, Texas and Owen or Stephen King- neither one ever come to this region of the country....
and people have these very 1st edition unsigned books for sale already on ebay and in stores everywhere... I can't believe it!
I'd be happy to pay 40.00 for 1 hour of seeing and hearing King live... screw the signed books.
alas... won't ever happen within 900 miles of where I live.
Some take for granted what others covet
I'd make a big bet on that... a least they would in my neck of the woods.Then these events would never sell out.
just a thought, perhaps king should quit going to the same areas and try something new...
It happened closer than that, and not all that long ago -- two appearances by SK in Dallas for 11/22/63
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'm calmer now...
My take on the actual content of the event...
How it went down...
The Moderator introduced them.
Stephen read a chunk of Double Feature
Owen read a chunk of Doctor Sleep
Owen produced a Stephen King trivia book and proceeded to ask Stephen King 3 questions. This all took maybe 8 minutes
1) Where was Stephen King Born. Stephen answered that correctly
2) Who was the bartender in the Overlook. Stephen answered this incorrectly
3) I can't remember the exact question. Something about "Dark Half" i think.
(staff collected Q&A questions)
Stephen read from Doctor Sleep
Owen read from Double Feature
2 Q&A questions were given to Owen to ask Stephen. This took 5 minutes.
I really liked seeing Owen and Stephen reading from each other's books. Before Stephen read from Double Feature he made the comment (paraphrasing) "There is no greater honor than having your son read your book, than reading your sons." Great statement.
I kind of wish they had skipped the whole second reading, where they read their own book. I would have much rather had more talking between the 2 of them. I also would have really liked an opportunity to get a copy of Double Feature signed. I understand the monetary value of a King signature, and that king is the primary drawer to an event like that, but I really wish more emphasis was given to Owen during the whole thing. Even the short excuse for a Q&A ignore Owen other than him being the one to ask the questions. I know a LOT about Stephen King. I would have loved to get to know more about Owen.
My wife and I were towards the back. Another thing that was pretty annoying was photography. Of course they say none allowed, and of course people do. I did. I use my phone, turn the flash off, turn the shutter sound off and take pictures between the people in front of me, not holding the camera up high to get a clearer shot. OMG THE KIDS WHO WERE USHERS!!! Non-stop from behind me, the ushers are there with their phones!! Every 30 seconds there were flashes and shutter sounds, non-stop the whole time.
That reminds me of 2 other things...
1) If you are the woman who was in my row, in the first seat, that took a video of the whole thing with your phone, are you here? I'd love to get a copy.
2) There was an official videographer. I spoke to her after the show and she said the video would be available at CenterForFiction.org, probably for a fee.
Also, FWIW, Double Feature was pretty enjoyable. I started it a few weeks ago, but just finished it yesterday.
-Craig
Wanted!!
Bachman Books HC 1st/1st
Red Leather Dreamcatcher
Red Leather Everything's Eventual
Shoot me a PM if you have any of the above!
My Collection
If you are considering a DropBox account, please also consider using me as a reference...
http://db.tt/Msd4eKO
damn... and you didn't take me?? I'm hurt Bev....It happened closer than that, and not all that long ago -- two appearances by SK in Dallas for 11/22/63
That must have happened during my stretch of 80+ hour work weeks when I wasn't checking in here. figures..... waaah
<== goes and kicks the dog .... grumble grumble...
PS. luckily I'm down to a schedule of 65 hours a week now... so I can check in/post a couple of times a week.
pss. I'm guessing they were sold out though... right?
November 2011. The one at the Majestic Theater was sold out, I'm pretty sure, but the one at the high school the following night probably wasn't that hard to get into. All you had to do was buy a copy of the book from the sponsoring bookstore.
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.
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