Other authors you collect

[debungsmere]

Were the Harry Potter books US or UK printings? If they were the UK printings, you really missed out! Those are REALLY pricey. You may be able to run into first printings of the US edition hardcovers occasionally. Just keep looking and I'll bet you can find them for less than $1000 each fairly easily.

John

Yea they were the real UK ones. HP books are about as tricky as they come to find the real deal. So many different versions. yea I missed out. It was sort of right when the books started skyrocketing. I keep looking though hoping I find one laying around!

[debungsmere]

Some Vonnegut, all 1st editions:

Very nice books! Are they yours? Cat's Cradle is the star, but Player Piano is nice since it's his first.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Yes, those are all my Vonnegut books. I've been collecting him for a long time, and I agree with you that he is (was) a great author. I think he's better then Stephen King, but please don't tell anyone here I said that, ok?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

My entire Vonnegut collection. I am missing some of his Easton Press signed titles, mainly because I was unaware of them when they were published, but I'm hoping to purchase them some day.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

2nd Richard Matheson shelf:

[Randall Flagg]

Too cool.

[Patrick]

LOVE all the Vonnegut!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Richard Matheson shelf 3:

[thegreattim]

I'm in awe at all you Vonneguts! That's a great collection!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Two of my most prized Vonneguts:
NOTHING IS LOST SAVE HONOR, 1 of 40 and 1 of 300 with the original catalog from Nouveau Books selling them for $175 and $65 respectively, currently one of each on Abebooks for $750 and $500 respectively.

[Randall Flagg]

Beautiful binding.

[debungsmere]

Very nice Vonnegut collection. Puts mine to shame! I need to get a good bookshelf at somepoint for them. I have two safety deposit boxes I keep books in right now.

And I agree Vonneguts writing abilities are seldom matched, but every writer has their strengths. I actually think King and Vonnegut are similar in the way they write human desires (both good and evil). I think Vonnegut's personal experiences are probably somewhat more complex than King's though and that shines through.

[Stockerlone]

I collect the other sig lim books from German small press publisher Edition Phantasia who produced before the german limited Stephen King ES, Nebel, Angst, Augen des Drachen books.

I send two of my Edition Phantasia books with book cover from german comic artist Reinhard Kleist to him,
and he was so friedly so remarqed and extra sign my books.

This is China Miéville SPIEGEL - The Tain limited 250/10 signed by Miéville and Reinhard Kleist the cover artist. He also remarqued my book and signed it extra. It´s the one and only with an remarque.




Peter Straub Pork Pie Hat lim 200/73 signed by Peter Straub and Cover artist Reinhard Kleist with beautiful signed.remarque and black velvet slipcase.

[biomieg]

This is not an author I 'collect' (yet) but has anyone here read any books by Daniel Hecht? I'm currently reading LAND OF ECHOES and I read SKULL SESSION earlier this year. So far, I really like his work!

“Vividly atmospheric, rich with twists and turns . . . Daniel Hecht has created something quite original: the neuropathologic gothic.” --Jonathan Kellerman

[Randall Flagg]

Subreranean Press has announced a new Robert McCammon book-The Five. Link

[biomieg]

I got their email announcement and preordered the trade HC. I'm always looking forward to McCammon's books (to be honest, I haven't yet read them all but so far he hasn't dissappointed me)!

[frik]

I preordered the S/L.
Hate the cover- although it's not the final version so it might change.

sk

[WeDealInLead]

Pre-ordered the lettered.

[thegreattim]

What do you guys think of the inscribed S/L? I love inscribed books, but I think I like them only in my signed trade editions... In an S/L, I'd prefer them simply flatsigned.

[WeDealInLead]

As a general rule, I don't like them. The only inscription I accept (and have) is to me, done in front of me.

Inscription on these McCammon books seems more like an option than something that comes in every book.

[Randall Flagg]

Just me, but in most instances I wouldn't want the S/L inscribed. An example of an exception would be something like The Eyes of The Dragon, or The Plant where King inscribed it to me as part of him sending them out to close relatives and associates.

[thegreattim]

As a general rule, I don't like them. The only inscription I accept (and have) is to me, done in front of me.

Inscription on these McCammon books seems more like an option than something that comes in every book.

I have a couple personalizations, where I wrote to the author and they signed books for me, but yeah, generally I agree with you.

Just me, but in most instances I wouldn't want the S/L inscribed. An example of an exception would be something like The Eyes of The Dragon, or The Plant where King inscribed it to me as part of him sending them out to close relatives and associates.

I totally would accept an inscribed S/L that way too!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Here's one that was signed right in front of me!
Met Farmer at a rather small convention, armed with a couple of paperbacks for him to sign, but I found a VG copy of a 1st edition of TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO in the dealers room, for which I paid a whopping 10 bucks. Fate couldn't have been much kinder to me that day.

[Stockerlone]

A loooong time ago, this are my first ever bought German limited Edition Phantasia Books.
Edition Phantasia is best known for the German limited Stephen King books: ES, NEBEL, ANGST, Die Augen DES Drachen.

Brian W. Aldiss BARFUSS IM KOPF - Barefoot in the head Edition Phantasia limited 206/250
I realy like this ´psychedelic´ cover.



Peter Straub Blaue Rose - Blue Rose Edition Phantasia limited 238/250

[Randall Flagg]

Rumor has it that 2 Lettered Editions of Justin Cronin's The Passage are available.