Just After Sunset
Stephenking.com announced the stories of the upcomming book:
The Gingerbread Girl
Harvey's Dream
Rest Stop
Stationary Bike
The Things They Left Behind
Willa
Graduation Afternoon
N
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
Mute
Ayana
A Very Tight Place
The Cat from Hell
Best!
Last edited by Ari_Racing; 06-07-2008 at 10:18 AM.
Wanted list:
Ubris
Plus one possible bonus story to be decided yet. I've asked for clarification about "N," which I've never heard of before.
N is the confirmed title of the story.
Thanks, Ari and Bev.
"N", huh??? That title alone has me curious.
Courtesy of Liljah's Library.
Lilja: You also have a collection of short stories coming out.
Stephen King: I do.
Lilja: Will it be out this year?
Stephen King: I think it’s gonna come out in…November. We went back and forth about the title. I wanted to call it Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.
Lilja: Yeah, I remember reading about that and also Pocket Rockets?
Stephen King: Yeah.
Lilja: Are there usually this many titles flying around?
Stephen King: You know, books with short stories are hard to title unless you name them after one of the stories and when I finally settled on the title I thought, “gee, Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse, that is a really good title” but they had a shit-fit. [laughs]
Lilja: [laughs] Yeah, I read that the publisher thought they would have a really hard time promoting it.
Stephen King: Yeah, “We can’t sell this, we blah, blah, blah” and I said “Well, look in your dictionary man, intercourse doesn’t even have anything to do with sex”. It’s what we’re doing right now. We’re having a conversation back and forth.
Lilja: Yeah, I liked that title. I was hoping for it but I guess Just Past Sunset is good as well…
Stephen King: Yeah, it’s like Nightshift and Four Past Midnight. It has some of that vibe to it so if they like that, it’s fine.
Lilja: Is it easier to name books that aren’t collections?
Stephen King: Yes! Cause the titles always kinda suggest themselves after a while. The only time I ever had a problem was the vampire book I wanted to call Second Coming and someone said it sounds like a sex manual.
Lilja: [laughs]
Stephen King: So, we ended up calling that one something else.
Lilja: Will all the previously published but uncollected stories be in the collection?
Stephen King: Now, I’m not supposed to talk to you about that very much… I think there’s like 13 stories in the collection, which is a good number of stories for a collection of scary stories.
Most of them are the ones that have been published in magazines but haven’t been collected. There is one story that is brand new that is called N. Just the letter N with a period after it and that’s a long story and you know, you could guess… The long stories like The Gingerbread Girl are gonna be in there and there is one other long one that hasn’t been published yet that’s called A Very Tight Place so those will be kind of the cornerstones and the anchors to it and the other ones … the stories that aren’t going to be in there are the ones that developed into novels, Lisey and the Madman and Memory. They won’t be in there.
Someone on another thread implied that the story was an exploration of the racial slur dissected so lucidly by Professor Randall Kennedy so many years ago.
If so, then it could make for an intriguing story.
I really hope they produce a S/L edition of this.
The last NEW book that was UNEXPECTED to be turned into a S/L as far as I am concerned was From a Buick 8 back in 2002.
I know what you are thinking...there have been tons of S/Ls since then. Let me explain:
We all knew there was going to be a S/L of DT5, DT6, and DT7 years before they were published.
Additionally, the S/Ls of Green Mile, Salem's Lot, the forthcoming Revised Gunslinger, and Colorado Kid were all books that had been out for years (in some cases a decade or two).
Transgressions, Postscripts 10 and Quietly Now were multi-author compilations.
SoD was just a reprint of previously released material.
What I am saying is that I am looking forward to hearing an announcment about a Signed Limited edition that is solely the work of Stephen King, and does not contain previously released material!
Keeping my fingers crossed! A s/l would be great!
John
It would seem unlikely to happen, since the book is to be released in 8 months and not a word-officially, has been mentioned.
See, we are so used to dealing with outfits like Cemetary Dance, that we don't think that 8 months is enough time to produce a book!
Wouldn't it be nice if someone would announce a Signed/Limited Stephen King book, and have it shipping within four months of the announcement?
AND have it ship the same week that the trade edition is released.
Dare to dream!
And, as long as I am dreaming...not bill your credit card until they actually ship the book!
Gently wakes tippy from dream
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ........wha!?
Damn it Randall....why did you wake me?
I was just coming to the best part of the dream....where the book only costs $250!
That could happen!
I like your dream, Tippy.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
We will probably only get a Christmas Gift Edition with facsimile signature on a bookplate from Hodder & Stoughton. Yuuuuk!
Ari, you can add 'The Cat from Hell" and 'The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates' to the list.
Thanks!
Actually "The new york times.." already appeared in my list but not The Cat from hell
Thank you!
Wanted list:
Ubris
I figure the proof for this should be out in August/September. I'll start looking a couple weeks before that.
John
I thought you might like to see the 3 different versions I have of the UK "Just After Sunset", so far. I am still waiting on the Hodder & Stoughton Limited Edition Collector's Edition.
UK Hardback - UK Paperback - UK Sampler (All by H&S)
Where did you get the covers for the paperback versions?Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick
I thought you might like to see the 3 different versions I have of the UK "Just After Sunset", so far. I am still waiting on the Hodder & Stoughton Limited Edition Collector's Edition.
UK Hardback - UK Paperback - UK Sampler (All by H&S)
Mulleins
Cumberland VA
This is covered in another thread somewhere, but I get them from DM Packaging in the UK. You can get them locally in the USA. I cover all my paperbacks and proofs with them. They come in hundreds of sizes.
http://www.care4books.com/packaging/...at&pid=4&cid=1
Thanks.This is covered in another thread somewhere, but I get them from DM Packaging in the UK. You can get them locally in the USA. I cover all my paperbacks and proofs with them. They come in hundreds of sizes.
http://www.care4books.com/packaging/...at&pid=4&cid=1
Looking for the thread now.
I've always covered my HB's with archival Brodarts but could never find anything satisfactory for proofs, paperbacks, etc.
Thanks again.
Mulleins
Cumberland VA
Maybe someone should add this info under the Covering your books thread in the Collecting Tutorials. Again, some really good information!
John
It's already there John. I remember posting it.
According to Ric, who posted at the Forums at StephenKingCollector.com, he went to Walmart and all they had were second printings already! Amazing!
John
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