Silver Bullet is the movie version of COTW. The paperback version of the screenplay version of the original book is a little far removed for me to be a first edition. I can see it for the completists though.Originally Posted by needfulthings
ULC is the first edition of the story as a stand alone book. That's a first edition within the bounds of the question "...are there any other PB's that are considered the first edition of the book?"
ULC was released as a standalone eBook prior to the publication of Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
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Standalone ebook prior to the release in 1993?
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I'd be interested in knowing of foreign publications that are simultaneous first editions. Perhaps one of the other members has the answer. Actually I'd probably end up buying them so perhaps ignorance is bliss.There are probably cases of simultaneous publication where that is less clear cut, but I don't keep track of those instances.
But is an ebook a book?
No.But is an ebook a book?
Book:
a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
My list (although I didn't make it clear) was for US first editions.
I would not include silver bullet either (although I would probably include storm of the century. Novel or novella is irrelevant I think
"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
A wise man once instructed me in the evolution of language. Basically he told me that words are frequently being added to the English language and meanings of existing words are often changed as society and technology change and advance (regress?). Hence an accepted definition may or may not be valid in every instance. Common usage may override what is found in the dictionary.No.But is an ebook a book?
Book:
a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
But for the record (if we are going back to dictionary definitions): remarque - 1: a drawn, etched, or incised scribble or sketch done on the margin of a plate or stone and removed before the regular printing 2: a proof taken before remarques have been removed
The 1st U.K. Sphere editions did not have French wrap covers.Spoiler:
How can you include Storm of the Century a Stephen King Screenplay in book form & not include Silver Bullet that is also a Stephen King screenplay in book form?
Only DT IV had French wraps (Hodder & Stoughton)
"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
I take credit helping you evolve.A wise man once instructed me in the evolution of language. Basically he told me that words are frequently being added to the English language and meanings of existing words are often changed as society and technology change and advance (regress?). Hence an accepted definition may or may not be valid in every instance. Common usage may override what is found in the dictionary.No.But is an ebook a book?
Book:
a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
But for the record (if we are going back to dictionary definitions): remarque - 1: a drawn, etched, or incised scribble or sketch done on the margin of a plate or stone and removed before the regular printing 2: a proof taken before remarques have been removed
Here is something new for you to learn:
E-book:
An electronic book (variously: e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, digital book, or even e-edition) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices.[1] Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book",[2] many e-books exist without any printed equivalent. Commercially produced and sold e-books are usually intended to be read on dedicated e-book readers, however, almost any sophisticated electronic device that features a controllable viewing screen, including computers, many mobile phones, and all smartphones can also be used to read e-books.
Oops, forgot to add "tweet" :
3 years ago, which would you have chosen as the primary definition? How about three years from now?
- the chirp of a small or young bird.
- a posting made on the social networking site Twitter.
Would "touchless" refer to a woman (or man), a car wash, or a smartphone? All three, but the order has changed.
I look forward to helping you again. (Normally inserts smiley, but Bob hates them).
Yes. You sent them $5 and then ftp'd into the website and downloaded the eBook along with a reader program. Plus you could get a gif of the cover of N&D. It was all very radical!
http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/news-dead-zone
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.
Its a reasonable question... I don't know, I always looked at Silver Bullet as a poor mans COTW. No doubt when I have all the other PB's i will *have* to have this on too...
"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
It's virtually the same story.Its a reasonable question... I don't know, I always looked at Silver Bullet as a poor mans COTW. No doubt when I have all the other PB's i will *have* to have this on too...
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?????
SOTC was a first printing of the book.
The Silver Bullet was a remake of a book, via the screenplay for a movie, that had already been published.
GEE I guess we can dismiss The Stand (Complete & Uncut) Its just the same story. But changedSpoiler:
Me too. I am just a sponge continually absorbing knowledge. So thirsty.
>>> If you remind it to me later, i could find you some informations regarding some foreign books that were published prior to the us version. Sometimes it's by days, but every so often it's been months. If i recall correctly, the german version of IT was published roughly 6 months before the US. Probably a translation of the proof version... and it may even be quite different from the final book. I unfortunately dont know, and dont know either if a second translation would have been done.I'd be interested in knowing of foreign publications that are simultaneous first editions. Perhaps one of the other members has the answer. Actually I'd probably end up buying them so perhaps ignorance is bliss.There are probably cases of simultaneous publication where that is less clear cut, but I don't keep track of those instances.
edit : ES was published by Phantasio in May, 1986 (limited edition), before the US VIking one in september 1986.
@Carlos :
"remarque - 1: a drawn, etched, or incised scribble or sketch done on the margin of a plate or stone and removed before the regular printing
2: a proof taken before remarques have been removed"
>>> I am not sure to understand the second?
So for you, what we mostly call remarques would be called : added illustrations or something like this?
VERY interesting ! Is the cover in the article the one you mention too?Yes. You sent them $5 and then ftp'd into the website and downloaded the eBook along with a reader program. Plus you could get a gif of the cover of N&D. It was all very radical!
http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/news-dead-zone
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Remarque is a specific term used in the production (printing) of lithographs.
Artists (and authors) have been drawing in books for years. And, to my knowledge, they have historically been called just that.....drawings.
Misusing the word remarque seems to have started in the King collecting community (although I could be wrong on that). I have never been entirely sure why some felt drawings needed a new name.
I can't remember what the cover of the eBook looked like. I don't think the Voyager Expanded Book reader program works on more recent versions of Windows (this was back in the Windows 3.1 days, I think! It might even have been an MS-DOS program). The cover in the article is the cover of the Penguin 50.VERY interesting ! Is the cover in the article the one you mention too?Yes. You sent them $5 and then ftp'd into the website and downloaded the eBook along with a reader program. Plus you could get a gif of the cover of N&D. It was all very radical!
http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/news-dead-zone
Here's the OBS archive information: September 1993 -- OBS publishes Stephen King's "Umney's Last Case," the first major trade author to publish on the Net, and conducts the first sale of Internet rights. The gopher "buy" option offering immediate credit card clearance is the first "publishing cash register" we know of on the Net.
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.
thanks for the additional informations. Very interesting. If you manage to get the file back, can try to see if a program could allow it to work. I mean, there are numerous programs allowing old video games to be played on computers, so why not?
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VERY INTERESTING!
Thanks for the info!
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I kind of just went along with what seemed to be the general consensus. Plus it sounded so "cool" and "special", but you're right, BobRemarque is a specific term used in the production (printing) of lithographs.
Artists (and authors) have been drawing in books for years. And, to my knowledge, they have historically been called just that.....drawings.
Misusing the word remarque seems to have started in the King collecting community (although I could be wrong on that). I have never been entirely sure why some felt drawings needed a new name.
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?????
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