That's a new one to me as well...
That's a new one to me as well...
I think PS has made this set so confusing with the two Thinner variants BUT... are they numbered or lettered? I thought they were numbered... (thinking of Tim and his #1 they gave to someone else).
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They are essentially the numbered edition, but lettered with the subscriber's letter. I have some PS Lettered editions where there is a proper letter C out there and my copy to differentiate is lettered 'C' in apostrophes or says SUB C (26 lettered copies + 26 out of series lettered subscriber copies). This is something they have done from the start. Confusing? YES! The Thinners are out of series books in addition to the numbered edition of 974 (also there are copies of The Colorado Kid which are lettered). Now PS have started doing their Super Deluxe Lettered editions like Carrie which are not included in the subscription - I had to pay extra and request my copy C.Originally Posted by webstar1000
Thanks for the clarification
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Out of interest Jon, if you have both variants of thinner, would the second also be 'C' or would it just be numbered?They are essentially the numbered edition, but lettered with the subscriber's letter. I have some PS Lettered editions where there is a proper letter C out there and my copy to differentiate is lettered 'C' in apostrophes or says SUB C (26 lettered copies + 26 out of series lettered subscriber copies). This is something they have done from the start. Confusing? YES! The Thinners are out of series books in addition to the numbered edition of 974 (also there are copies of The Colorado Kid which are lettered). Now PS have started doing their Super Deluxe Lettered editions like Carrie which are not included in the subscription - I had to pay extra and request my copy C.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Both my variants are C, if I then bought extra copies they would be numbered. The only way they could be matched was because they are out of series PC copies for subscribers and just had my subscriber ID as a limitation letter. Impossible to do with the numbered (unless you doubled the print run which I think Pete would have difficulty in selling and also he was probably only contractually limited to 974 numbers) as you would have non-consecutive and missing numbers and double numbers. Having these variants certainly buggered up people having a full set. I can never have a full set due to not having Christine letter C (doesn't exist). So I will never a full set from the very first book!Out of interest Jon, if you have both variants of thinner, would the second also be 'C' or would it just be numbered?They are essentially the numbered edition, but lettered with the subscriber's letter. I have some PS Lettered editions where there is a proper letter C out there and my copy to differentiate is lettered 'C' in apostrophes or says SUB C (26 lettered copies + 26 out of series lettered subscriber copies). This is something they have done from the start. Confusing? YES! The Thinners are out of series books in addition to the numbered edition of 974 (also there are copies of The Colorado Kid which are lettered). Now PS have started doing their Super Deluxe Lettered editions like Carrie which are not included in the subscription - I had to pay extra and request my copy C.
Why no subscriber letter 'C' of Christine?
(and I agree the variant Thinner is an annoyance
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Unfortunately, there was not enough limitation sheets for all copies, so customers who bought copies got the signed editions and with subscribers getting copies without limitation pages.Why no subscriber letter 'C' of Christine?
(and I agree the variant Thinner is an annoyance
I avoided all PS stuff.... I found it a little frustrating. I am happy for people that get what they are after and I think Thinner is the best one yet for sure. The completest in me cries at the fact I didn't but me wallet smiles
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Stephen King - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - US Manuscript Proof (one of reportedly 13 copies)
Wow, Jon, congratulations on that proof!
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
John
Congratulations Jon!
Thanks John x2 and Paul
I now have all three variants of the US first of Black House
Stephen King / Peter Straub - Black House - US 1st/1st HB ('DC' Book Variant)
Stephen King / Peter Straub - Black House - US 1st/1st HB ('Q' Book Variant)
Stephen King / Peter Straub - Black House - US 1st/1st HB ('DH' Book Variant)
Awesome, Jon! That's a complete set now! I love Black House, very dark (no pun intended)!
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
You're a collecting madman, Jon!
My favorite as well. Congrats!!Awesome, Jon! That's a complete set now! I love Black House, very dark (no pun intended)!
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?????
Congratulations Jon. And I thought I was a variant freak! I'm going to have to get the other states of this one at some point...
Awesome, Jon! That's a complete set now! I love Black House, very dark (no pun intended)!Thanks John and Bill. The Black House is one of the few SK books I haven't read. I think I will have to re-read The Talisman before starting on it.My favorite as well. Congrats!!
Thanks Paul, Being a completionist I would probably try and get all variants at some point.
I certainly am!You're a collecting madman, Jon!
Interesting, Jon, I actually read Black House and loved it, but have not read The Talisman.
I had tried to read The Talisman back when it first came out in the mid 1980s but couldn't get into it at the time. I have it now on my Kindle to try again now that I am more motivated!
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
One of my favorites!!!! READ IT! WOLF SAYS SO!Interesting, Jon, I actually read Black House and loved it, but have not read The Talisman.
I had tried to read The Talisman back when it first came out in the mid 1980s but couldn't get into it at the time. I have it now on my Kindle to try again now that I am more motivated!
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John & Kris, Do you think it can be read as a stand-alone book? No need to recap on The Talisman, which I have now totally forgotten the story, its been so long since i've read it!
I had no problem reading it as a standalone. It mentions some things from The Talisman but I had no trouble with feeling 'lost' or anything. I really liked its 'darkness' and honestly couldn't tell what parts King had written and what Straub had written!
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
Thanks, I might try that one next after I've finished Dean Koontz's The City.
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