It is a legitimate question.Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller
By itself the Joe Hill thread has almost twice the posts, pages and views as the entire "Other Authors You Collect" thread. It is ~7th most popular out of 133 threads in Calvin's Corner-that is pretty significant. We'll discuss it in the staff area-and I appreciate and encourage members comments and suggestions.
Joe's thread was started separately because he is King's progeny and because his work is in the same genre. Therefore he seems to have a lot of fans in the SK community. Based on those factors combined his fairly consistent output (novels, comic books, related merchandise) and the fact that the messageboard on his own website shut down, his single thread has remained here.
I have always assumed (correctly or not) that if related authors Tabitha King or Owen King garnered the level of attention from our membership that Joe does, then they would have their own dedicated threads as well based on their family member status.
As many know, I'm a big fan of Joe Hill and therefore have a personal slant toward keeping his collecting thread open so the discussions are easier to locate. However I am also open to discussion about whether we should merge it, or whether any other authors are of sufficient interest to warrant their own threads from a collectibility interest perspective.
(I haven't checked in with Jerome on this at all, these are just my personal views.)
EDIT: I had this posting box open for a long while due to work distractions and didn't see that Jerome had posted.
Last edited by Patrick; 02-16-2011 at 11:40 AM. Reason: clarification
If you left the McCammon thread up it might have garnered some strong support, gained momentum and had lots of posts too. Just sayin'.It is a legitimate question.
By itself the Joe Hill thread has almost twice the posts, pages and views as the entire "Other Authors You Collect" thread. It is ~7th most popular out of 133 threads in Calvin's Corner-that is pretty significant. We'll discuss it in the staff area-and I appreciate and encourage members comments and suggestions.
I like lavish reprints and new translation of classics, so it was with great excitement that I found out about Penguin's new three-volume hardcover complete Arabian Nights set. Then I saw it was published in 2008 and is already out of print. Moreover, I was astonished to see it selling for $2,000 used. Supposedly the original price was around $200. There are cheap paperbacks, but after seeing what the hardcover set looks like no one would want those.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140911669/
Very interesting thoughts.
We could do a sub-forum devoted to "Collecting" books from authors other than SK. There could be a self imposed limit of say 100 threads. The oldest thread would be archived, andupon request considered for revival.
All great thoughts so far.
Uhhh, pretty much "Ditto". I'd like to see it left alone.
I like the sub-forum idea.
John
Just an idea.
I'm wondering if the "popularity" of the Joe Hill thread is because there many individual users posting or if there are just a few core people who are putting up most of the posts? I have no idea.
It would also seem that there is a more appropriate location for hard core Hill fans to discuss Hill's work. http://joehillfiction.com/
Just some more thoughts.
I have to say that i really like the individual Joe Hill thread, especially after the Joe Hill forum was discontinued!
I think that the idea of a sub-forum for other author collecting would be a fantastic addition.
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I dunno...there's just that one Joe Hill thread here, same as there's on McCammon thread.
I don't think they bother anybody, and if there's no action, they'll fade away on their own...but since I post in neither one I guess it doesn't matter to me!
If you do a sub-forum for other authors I'll post a lot of pictures of Philip Jose Farmer and Jack Vance books, until you're sick of looking at them! They're my two favorite authors of all time and space in this universe and any other universes that may or may not exist. Anyway, you get the idea.
I also collect about 8 or 10 other authors whose books I'd love to post pictures of, if you can stand it, that is.
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
I don't think sending Joe Hill fans to http://joehillfiction.com/ is the best solution. No more than sending Stephen King book collecting fans away from TheDarkTower.org to StephenKing.com would be best for our site. There was debate (not by me, but by the original owners) as to whether or not to even have a Collector's forum.I'm wondering if the "popularity" of the Joe Hill thread is because there many individual users posting or if there are just a few core people who are putting up most of the posts? I have no idea.
It would be difficult to go through the 2,000 posts and ascertain the number of posts by each member, then compare them to to any other thread.
It would also seem that there is a more appropriate location for hard core Hill fans to discuss Hill's work. http://joehillfiction.com/
Just some more thoughts.
The old site REALLY fought it.
Currently Calvin's Corner is the most visited area of the site.
This does not surprise me. Many members never venture outside the "corner".
I do not have a problem with threads of other authors on this site, (I don't read the posts), buy why not post in that "other authors" own site.
Joe Hill doesn't have a discussion bulletin board any more-most authors don't have a "live" (unmoderated) board. I think you can follow JH via Twitter, and even have your Twitter message show up @ JH fiction, but no offense to JH-the posts by fans are pretty boring-and of course limited to short responses due to the 140 character count limit in a message.
I think the other authors sub-forum is a great idea. We all congregate at Calvin's Corner for the same reason - we love collecting books. And there's a vast world of books out there beyond the King. I love reading about other people's interests in different authors, and seeing their collections in photos.
After giving it some thought, I think a separate subforum is the way to go - no more need for debating over which authors do or don't deserve a dedicated thread in The Corner, more room for collection pics and interesting discussions, the option to ignore such a 'Go Then. There Are Other Authors than King' subforumand most importantly: keeping the community together (i.e. less need for people to visit other forums).
I tried that a week or two ago but never found it. I see someone posted new pics though. thanks. i'll try again.
I like the subforum idea. I'm really more of a reader than a collector - even though I keep all the books I read :}
But I had never heard of Joe Hill or Robert McCammon until very recently and since that time, I read Swan Song and absolutely fell in love with the man...and found a signed copy of Wolf's Hour that should arrive in the next day or two. I plan on getting hold of all the Joe Hill books now too.
With the subforum, clueless people like me could find out about these other amazing authors.......without having to trudge thru the 47/48+ pages of this thread.
Very nice, but I like my set better. I'll have to remember to take and post some pics.I like lavish reprints and new translation of classics, so it was with great excitement that I found out about Penguin's new three-volume hardcover complete Arabian Nights set. Then I saw it was published in 2008 and is already out of print. Moreover, I was astonished to see it selling for $2,000 used. Supposedly the original price was around $200. There are cheap paperbacks, but after seeing what the hardcover set looks like no one would want those.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140911669/
I like this concept of a sub-forum for other authors. We have that sort of thing here at TDT.org from a story perspective, but not from a book collecting perspective.
Although it would take some time, it shouldn't be too difficult to do a search through this thread and break out discussions of specific authors such as McCammon to start a thread for those who warrant one.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I also vote for the sub forum. While I collect a lot of King, the majority of my money is spent on other authors. I'd love to see everyone's collections of other author books in separate place where one could ignore it if he/she is uninterested, or ignore threads of specific authors, etc...
A Non binding request-suggestions for the sub-forum name?
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