Book Collection: Roog

[Roog]

So, finally getting my own thread up here ;)

I still don't have pics of my complete collection, which consists mainly of DT books. But I will try to make them soon. First my new additions will be posted here.

Today got my Spanish DT5 hardcover from Plaza&Janes which looks pretty nice in the full sun!

http://www.roog.nu/120.jpg

It also means that this hardcover serie is complete now so it deserves a complete shelf ^_^

http://www.roog.nu/121.jpg

[Brice]

Fantastic! Congratulations! :D

[biomieg]

You're close to 190 Dark Tower books now, right? Looking forward to see them all!

[Tito_Villa]

They look great, I especially like DT 7

[WeDealInLead]

keep it coming man

[Bad Penny]

I really enjoy seeing the foreign language SK issues, really cool variations :thumbsup:

[Cook]

Nice, welcome aboard !!

[Roog]

Thanks, people :D And the collection is 196 since today... Guess it will never end! LOL

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I thought there were only 7 or 8 or 9 DT novels. I've got some catching up to do.

[Merlin1958]

AWESOME, Dude!!! Just Awesome!!!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Brice]

You really need one picture with all the DT books side by side on a bookcase. :)

[Shannon]

196 DT books? Wow. I like what I'm seeing so far, very mucho!

[Roog]

I thought there were only 7 or 8 or 9 DT novels. I've got some catching up to do.

Yeah, I just kidnapped Stephen a few years ago, and he's typing in my backroom now day after day. Oh, by the way, my real name is Annie.


You really need one picture with all the DT books side by side on a bookcase. :)

I guess my biggest room isn't big enough to get them all side-by-side ;)

[Brice]

If you'd like you can mail them all to me so I can show you that pic of what they'd look like all together. :D

[Roog]

Maybe I better try to put them in a circle :p

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Well, you got me curious so I counted every DT book I have, proof, paperback, hardcover, whatever, and I only come up with 85, all English language though.

[Roog]

Haha, I made everyone counting their DT books :D
Now you beat me with that because I only have 53 UK DT books.

[frik]

More!! More!!!
Love this appetizer!

sk

[Bad Penny]

Absolutely concur with Siep, bring 'em on Annie !!!!! .... you could even think about retitling your collection thread to something like ... Annie Get Your Gun(slinger) ? :redface:

Argh !!! Want some corn with that :blush:

[Brice]

LOL

[Merlin1958]

Absolutely concur with Siep, bring 'em on Annie !!!!! .... you could even think about retitling your collection thread to something like ... Annie Get Your Gun(slinger) ? :redface:

Argh !!! Want some corn with that :blush:

LOL LOL What a Clown!!! LOL

[Roog]

Whaha, you guys are nuts ;)
Better keep calling me Roog, I think that's better for me :D
Pictures are still to come, the weather is too nice these days to be inside a house ;)

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/122.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/123.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/124.jpg

[Shannon]

Pic #1 = I want it!

EDIT: Just skimmed through your website (and favorited it for later). It's amazing! Like, VERY amazing!

[Roog]

Thanks!

[Roog]

AE DT7:

http://www.roog.nu/125.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/126.jpg

AE TWTTK:

http://www.roog.nu/127.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/128.jpg

Both books in front of (a part of) my DT-wall :D

http://www.roog.nu/129.jpg

[Bad Penny]

Wow, I really like the way you've presented TWTTK & DT 7 with the shelving backdrop - outstanding :clap:

[Roog]

Thnx :)

[Stockerlone]

Congrats,
This DT wall is NICE !!!

[Roog]

Thanks, the wall is bigger than just this ;)

[Shannon]

Post pics dammit! lol

[Roog]

I will, maybe tomorrow.

Actually, I was updating my files and these both books are the 199th en 200th DT-book on the shelf :D

[Jimimck]

Just looked through your DT book website. Just amazing.
It wasn't until I saw your collection that I realized the recent re-release of the service in paperback has them all make a picture when all the spines are lined up together. Might have to buy them all now.

[Merlin1958]

Pardon my ignorance, but where is the link to this website?

[Roog]

In my signature, Merlin ;)

[Hbgunslinger]

Absolutely amazing collection

[Merlin1958]

In my signature, Merlin ;)

Ahh, sorry!!! What a dolt!!! Nice collection!!!!!!


:clap::clap::clap:

[Roog]

It's time for the collection-photos now ;)

My "DT-wall" consists of 3 bookcases. For each of them I will post pictures of every single shelf.

At the end I will post an overview picture ;)

On top of the bookcases are some non-DT books. On the left is one part of the UK nel-pockets with some UK hardcovers:
http://www.roog.nu/dt01.jpg


On top of the bookcase in the middle: 'Salem's Lot in NL/UK/US hardcover:
http://www.roog.nu/dt02.jpg


On top of the bookcase on the right: the other part of the UK nel-pockets:
http://www.roog.nu/dt03.jpg


More tomorrrow!

[Shannon]

I've always liked that collection. If I'm searching for that particular collection of books, what would I be looking for? Just UK NEL paperbacks?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Nice, and also very colorful!

[Roog]

I've always liked that collection. If I'm searching for that particular collection of books, what would I be looking for? Just UK NEL paperbacks?
These are not easy to find. I just found them one by one from people selling their collections. Didn't see a complete range of these for sale yet.

[Roog]

DT Bookcase 1 of 3:

One shelf is filled with non-DT books, but these are very nice hardcovers (NL/US/UK):
http://www.roog.nu/dt04.jpg


Complete Spanish DT 1-7 in hardcover from Plaza Janés:
http://www.roog.nu/dt05.jpg


The Grant-shelf! Still missing books 1 and 4...:
http://www.roog.nu/dt06.jpg


The large-books-shelf with some Marvel comics, CemeteryDance's slipcased Road to the Dark Tower, Grant's slipcased Little Sisters of Eluria, Artist Edition of DT7, UK Hodder Concordance 1+2, the French huge books I and II containing 1-4 and 5-7 in 2 books, and the first 6 books of the German Weltbild series (still missing book 7):
http://www.roog.nu/dt07.jpg


The first Dutch shelf with comics, hardcovers and paperbacks:
http://www.roog.nu/dt08.jpg


The second Dutch shelf with all the large paperbacks including the DT-related books:
http://www.roog.nu/dt09.jpg

Bookcase 2 is for tomorrow!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Very interesting pictures. You are a good photographer and also a great display artist.

[Roog]

Thanks! Not that big job ;)

[Ben Staad]

Very interesting pictures. You are a good photographer and also a great display artist.

I agree with all of these statements. Great collection, Roog!

[Dan]

These all look very nice together. Very organized.

[Cook]

These all look very nice together. Very organized.

Very pristine :thumbsup:

[Merlin1958]

These all look very nice together. Very organized.

Very pristine :thumbsup:

Ditto!!!!


:clap::clap::clap:

[Jimimck]

Yeah like people have said, they just look amazing all together. It's the completist in us all that loves how they look together has a set I reckon...

[Roog]

Thanks, guys :D And that word is exactly what I am, a completist! Just love to get sets complete to display on the shelf :)

Tonight I will post pics of the second bookcase. Ah well, it's European time here, so about 8 hours from now haha

[Stockerlone]

They look NICE NICE NICE together.
(Do you have ALL limited NL SK books?)

[Roog]

Thanks, Frank! I guess I have most of them, at least all the ones that are numbered.
Are you interested in some? :biggrin:

[Stockerlone]

YES !!!
(I really like them, especially the nice green Achtbaan.
BUT ... i don´t wanna start with NL lim books/an new collecting area,
maybe when i found the books ... CHEAP):cool:

But I had Resident Chris convinced to start collecting the NL lim.

[Roog]

Well actually this green Achtbaan is still on my own wantlist...
But I have numbered hardcovers of De Beproeving and Gevangen for sale ;)

[Brice]

:excited:

*opens his wallet*

*realizes it's empty*


:cry:

They are pretty damn nice!

[Roog]

cc? :wtf:

[Brice]

At the moment it has roughly $00.30 on it. LOL

[Roog]

Time for a Brice Fundraiser :wtf:

[Brice]

:lol:

Nah, I'm cool! It's almost payday. :)

[Roog]

Bookcase 2:

Scribner paperbacks, Hodder paperbacks and hardcovers, Spanish paperbacks:
http://www.roog.nu/dt10.jpg


Great shelf :D DT1-4 in Viking hardcover and DT5-7 in Swedish hardcover:
http://www.roog.nu/dt11.jpg


TWTTK-shelf with UK pb, UK hc, UK sampler, US hc, US audio, Grant AE, UK hc, UK audio, UK 1/700, UK 1/200 SIGNED:
http://www.roog.nu/dt12.jpg


All German books, Metallic hardcovers and paperbacks and some old paperbacks:
http://www.roog.nu/dt13.jpg

Tomorrow bookcase 3 ;)

[Brice]

Simply amazing!

[Roog]

Bookcase 3:

US Plume paperbacks, Scribner Concordance's, UK paperbacks (Sphere, Warner, Guild, nel, Hodder) and BCA hardcover DT4:
http://www.roog.nu/dt14.jpg


UK nel/Hodder paperback series, and 1 Hungarian paperback of DT2:
http://www.roog.nu/dt15.jpg


All US pockets/paperbacks from Signet and Pocket Books:
http://www.roog.nu/dt16.jpg


The newest DT1-7 paperbacks from UK's Hodder&Stoughton, marvelous artwork:
http://www.roog.nu/dt17.jpg


Swedish paperbacks (with keyhole), French paperbacks (J'ai lu), Russian hardcover of DT6 and Italian softcovers:
http://www.roog.nu/dt18.jpg


These are all the shelves of my DT-wall :D

[Jimimck]

Looking good pal.

[Roog]

Thanks!

[Brice]

Fantastic!!!

[jhanic]

Those are all very impressive. Thanks for sharing!

John

[Roog]

Thanks.

I just put all the previous pictures together in one image, so it makes some nice overview of the DT-wall.

http://www.roog.nu/skdt2012roog.jpg

[Tito_Villa]

That looks amazing!

[Cook]

Roog.. Very Cool.

[Dan]

Love it! I might have to steal some displaying ideas from you!

[Roog]

Thanks all!
And Dan, it's copyrighted! :wtf:

[Stockerlone]

Looks GREAT !!!

[Brice]

Just amazing! :D

So....how many complete sets are there?

[Roog]

Thanks!
Depends on what you call complete, some older sets just have 4 books, newer sets have 7 books, some have just the newest 3 books.
Talking about series that contain all 7 books: Spanish HC, Dutch HC, Dutch PB, German PB, UK PB1, UK PB2, UK PB3, Swedish PB, French PB, so that makes 9 complete sets :D

[Shannon]

Excellent. What a great picture and set-up. :)

[Brice]

:thumbsup:

[Bad Penny]

Roog, awesome job on the composite - it really shows your DT collection to its best advantage !!!! :clap:

[Roog]

Thanks all :)
Will post 'real' pictures soon!

[Roog]

...as it is here:

http://www.roog.nu/dt91.jpg

[biomieg]

Awesome! But where do you keep all the other King books?

[Roog]

In the sleeping room ;) No access there! :wtf:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I can only think of one word - !!!WOW!!!

[Jimimck]

Super cool. My wife only let me put two cases in the lounge :frown2:

[Roog]

Trade her for a new case :wtf:
Joking :)

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/dt93.jpg

[Dan]

Nice angle!

[Shannon]

Now you're just showing off. :)

[jhanic]

And what's wrong with that? Go for it!

John

[Roog]

Last collection photo there was left to show ;) No new additions to post here.

[Merlin1958]

Last collection photo there was left to show ;) No new additions to post here.

Oh, come now there must be a few individual items to be detailed still. I would love to hear the details regarding your 3 UK W&G copies I spied!!

[Roog]

Yes, of course, more pictures will follow ;) Also of new additions that are on their way :)

[Randall Flagg]

Very cool way to display.

[Roog]

Thnx, RF! I like front covers more than spines :)

[WeDealInLead]

Bookcase 3:


All US pockets/paperbacks from Signet and Pocket Books:
http://www.roog.nu/dt16.jpg


D

I didn't even know there were mass paperback editions of books 5,6 and 7.

edit: not the last 3 books, but 3 to the left of them

[stkmw02]

I love the display!!! Luckily, my husband doesn't mind me showcasing my collection in the living room. Of course, mine isn't nearly as impressive as yours!

[Shannon]

Good catch WeDealInLead. Roogie, where'd those come from?

[Merlin1958]

Yes, of course, more pictures will follow ;) Also of new additions that are on their way :)

Phew!! You had me worried for a minute there!!!! LOL

[Garrell]

http://www.roog.nu/dt93.jpg

soo sweet!!!!!!!

[Roog]

Bookcase 3:


All US pockets/paperbacks from Signet and Pocket Books:
http://www.roog.nu/dt16.jpg


D

I didn't even know there were mass paperback editions of books 5,6 and 7.

edit: not the last 3 books, but 3 to the left of them


Good catch WeDealInLead. Roogie, where'd those come from?

Those are mass-market paperbacks from Pocket Books.

http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a5.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a5.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_a5.htm)
http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a6.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a6.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_a6.htm)
http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a7.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_a7.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_a7.htm)

The larger 3 on the right are the premium editions, also from Pocket Books.

http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b5.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b5.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_b5.htm)
http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b6.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b6.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_b6.htm)
http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/spine/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b7.jpg http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/small/darktower_pocketbooks_b7.jpg (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_pocketbooks_b7.htm)

[Stockerlone]

VERY VERY VERY NICE !!

[Shannon]

Never seen them so normal sized before. I also find it strange that they would use the turtle Song Of Susannah cover instead of the Grant cover. Maybe they're fakes. Yep, that's it. You have fake books. You're a phoney!

:)

[Roog]

Damn, you got me. It's all fake, guys, all those covers are home-printed... :unsure:

:wtf:

[Roog]

I set my new books from yesterday between the rest of the collection, so 2 reshuffled shelves in my DT wall:

http://www.roog.nu/156.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/157.jpg

[Jimimck]

Looking good as always!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Is that smallest W&G a 1st UK paperback? I am looking for that one and would appreciate information about it. Date of publication, ISBN number, etc. Or better yet, just give it to me?

[Roog]

I am willing to help with information, but it is not for sale :)
From my website:
http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_nel_pocket_a4.htm

Is it very rare? There are a lot of these books at ebay.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Wow, thanks. They are probably not rare, but for some reason I quit buying the UK paperbacks for a span of a few years and missed some. The problem is trying to find a bookseller who knows the difference between a number line that starts with 1, and a number line that starts with any other number.

[Jimimck]

I'll keep an eye out pal. Hardest part will be finding one in Fine condition....

[Shannon]

I must say again, I love your website. It's exactly the way I would like my Short Works and Comic Catalog sections to be, but these damn forums won't allow me to do it. Spines, fronts, click on them for info. Love it love it love it.

Anyway, speaking of the website, don't you have a few more Russian books to add? :)

[Roog]

Thanks Shannon :D:D
Yes, all my latest books have to be added, just not time to do so...
Maybe Sunday!

[Roog]

Strange, I cannot post in the Pride and Joy thread, it says: it is a closed thread..?

Anyway here my new additions of today.

The French TWTTK:

http://www.roog.nu/158.jpg

And this is the 4th Dutch hardcover graphic novel of De Beproeving/The Stand:

http://www.roog.nu/159.jpg

[mattgreenbean]

Does the french version of TWTTK have any of the illustrations? It's definitely cool looking.

[Roog]

Yes, it has all the colour illustrations, all grouped together in the middle of the book.

[Bad Penny]

The cover for the French TWTTK is brilliant !!!! :clap:

[Roog]

Well, finally got the time to put all my new DT books on the website. Lot of scanning and editing.

Have a look here (http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/_darktower-covers.htm), if you want :)

[Ben Staad]

Looks good. I hadn't seen some of those UK paperbacks before. :cool:

[Roog]

Thanks :) Guess there are more to follow haha

[Roog]

Here it is, the exclusive, numbered and limited-to-300, greenbound hardcover of De Groene Mijl (The Green Mile). A special edition released for the 10 years existence of the Dutch SK fanclub. Only available at the fanclubday which was today. Really nice thing :)

http://www.roog.nu/196.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/197.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/198.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/199.jpg

[Cook]

Roog,
Congratulations on De Groene Mijl.
I really like the look, very nice!

[Roog]

Thanks!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Very nice. I really like the look of that GREEN MILE.

[Joe315]

That is a really nice looking book.

[Shannon]

Looks great. I think I'm supposed to be getting one of those also ... time to PM a friend. :)

[Roog]

Good luck on that, it might not be easy, since it was available only at this day.

[Bad Penny]

That's a truly beautiful production of The Green Mile - just lovely !!!! :drool:

[Stockerlone]

Good luck on that, it might not be easy, since it was available only at this day.


Congrats... De Groene Mijl lim. looks really nice !!!

(De beproeving limited 750 - not easy to find
De Groene Mijl limited 300 - HARDER to find) :drool:

[Shannon]

Booo, my friend was supposed to go to the event but couldn't make it. Apparently most of them didn't sell. Were you at the event, do you know how much they were selling for?

[WeDealInLead]

I don't collect foreign editions but that The Green Mile is really nice. So are the those gigantic French omnibus DT books. Could you post the covers please?

[Niels]

Booo, my friend was supposed to go to the event but couldn't make it. Apparently most of them didn't sell. Were you at the event, do you know how much they were selling for?

They were not for sale. You could buy a stainless steel bookmark for €19,- and get the book as a gift.
(Had something to do with the way the contract was made up. King didn't allow the book to be sold)

[biomieg]

Hm, I did not know that!

[Roog]

Interesting isn't it ;)


I don't collect foreign editions but that The Green Mile is really nice. So are the those gigantic French omnibus DT books. Could you post the covers please?
Here you go:

http://www.roog.nu/25.jpg
http://www.roog.nu/integr2.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

You take nice pictures.

[Roog]

Thanks, but that is because of the nice books :D

[Shannon]

I JUST realized that your DT site is only a subsection of your main site. Now I have a even bigger mancrush on you! I love it. :)

[Roog]

Thanks for the appreciation :)
What did you discover? Haha

[Randall Flagg]

roog.nu (http://www.roog.nu/)


The train pics are awesome.

[Shannon]

I discovered a rather large source of information and pictures to steal from for my ultimate Stephen King spreadsheet which catalogs EVERY SINGLE SK ITEM EVER! HAhahahahahHAhahaHAha!

:)

[WeDealInLead]

Thanks for the pics. Like I thought, the books are really nice. They'd make for a good murder weapon...hmm.. but then you'd have a less than desirable collectable.

[Roog]

roog.nu (http://www.roog.nu/)

The train pics are awesome.

Thnx, mate :biggrin:


I discovered a rather large source of information and pictures to steal from for my ultimate Stephen King spreadsheet which catalogs EVERY SINGLE SK ITEM EVER! HAhahahahahHAhahaHAha!

:)

Copyright, copyright! Hahaha


Thanks for the pics. Like I thought, the books are really nice. They'd make for a good murder weapon...hmm.. but then you'd have a less than desirable collectable.

They're very heavy indeed, but NO WAY i will ever throw with those Integral's! Too expensive :D

[Cook]

Interesting isn't it ;)


I don't collect foreign editions but that The Green Mile is really nice. So are the those gigantic French omnibus DT books. Could you post the covers please?
Here you go:

http://www.roog.nu/25.jpg
http://www.roog.nu/integr2.jpg

Wow, impressive looking.
Nice, I really like these.

[Roog]

Regarding my latest addition, which is part of a serie of 6 books (Night Shift, Carrie, Pet Sematary, The Shining, 'Salem's Lot):

http://www.roog.nu/202.jpg

When is this serie actually released by Doubleday? Cannot find a date in the book itself.

[carlosdetweiller]

When is this serie actually released by Doubleday? Cannot find a date in the book itself.

1993, I think. Look at the rear flap of the dj, down at the bottom. Mine has the notation "1093." I think that means October, 1993. Others feel free to correct me if you have more accurate info.

[WeDealInLead]

That's a nice looking copy. That's the last one I need to complete the set.

[Roog]

Yeah, kind of collectible state, just for €22,50 :)

Mine has also the 1093 stated on the rear flap, 1993 sounds logical.
The copyright page only shows the info for the first edition (May 1990). Beneath that is a single number "19", what may that be?

[biomieg]

That means it's a 19th printing (counting from the original 1st printing, it's not that there were 19 printings with this cover as far as I know).

[Shannon]

FYI, this was brought up in another thread somewhere, but there are quite a few different numbers of printings and/or price changes for the Holdorf books.

[WeDealInLead]

Those "Holdorf" books are somewhat of a mistery to me. My Carrie is a 4th printing. That's the lowest one I've seen. It's impossible there have been only three previous printings of Carrie since publication. I mean, the theory does make sense because other books w/ Holdorf covers (in my collection at least) start in double digits but there was also another reprint series also starting in double digits with painted covers that came before Holdorf. Either there was a mistake at the printers and number lines are out of whack, or the first printings with Holdorf covers are REALLY hard to find.

[Roog]

Hmm interesting stuff. It's the first book of the series I have, let's try to find the others :)

Searching the Doubleday website, it seems they are still available for ordering?

http://www.randomhouse.com/book/92992/the-stand-by-stephen-king/9780385199575

[Roog]

Today I could add 3 new Spanish DT books to my collection :)

First a hardcover of DT3 from 1995:

http://www.roog.nu/205.jpg

Another hardcover of DT3, but this is some collector's edition from 1999:

http://www.roog.nu/206.jpg

This a recent paperback of DT7 from debolsillo:

http://www.roog.nu/207.jpg

It was the last one I was looking for, so this series is also complete now! :D

http://www.roog.nu/208.jpg

[Stockerlone]

NICE Spanish DT books !!! :clap::thumbsup::cool:

[Roog]

Thnx :)

Actually I am wondering why all bookspines read right-way, except for DT6 which reads left-way...

[Shannon]

Very strange.

[Bad Penny]

Very cool (and strange - but in a good way) :thumbsup:

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/209.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/210.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/211.jpg

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/212.jpg

[Shannon]

Have I told you how much I adore your collection?

*Makes Jesus-Arms*

This much! :)

[Roog]

Thnx, mate :)

*makes hug-arms*

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Is that WASTELANDS from a US publisher?

[carbinworld]

ur2ndbiggestfan: I'm gonna take a stab at it & say that it looks like a turtleback book.

[Roog]

Correct :)

http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/darktower_signet_turtleback_c3.htm

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Interesting, I never heard of that imprint.

[Roog]

They only produce Library- and School-hardbacks. Smaller then regular hardbacks and mostly with the design of the current mass market paperback.

[Roog]

New items from last week:

http://www.roog.nu/213.jpg
- brandnew Italian DT1 paperback with silvershiny fronttext
- UK Hodder paperback of Bag of Bones
- UK TimeWarner pocket of Firestarter (looks as new, except for the damaged shiny text when I removed the pricesticker :/

I also found out about the existence of this release, which is already from 2008 2005. It's a German DT7 flexcover from Weltbild.

http://www.roog.nu/214.jpg

[TwistedNadine]

Nice!

[Stockerlone]

Nice new books. Really like the cover from the (think 2005) Der Turm from Weltbild.:thumbsup:

[Roog]

It has some kind of numberline "2008 2007 2006 2005" so this is a 2008 print of a 2005 release i guess.

Stockerlone, do you know if it is the only Weltbild paperback of the series? Haven't seen any of the others.

[Joe315]

I think that when years are printed like that the earliest year is the year it was printed in. Example:

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/rodman109110/F73D6CFD-9820-48A1-B14F-5495FA15D26F-13654-0000120832D8CAEB.jpg

[Roog]

Actually it is:

"2008 2007 2006 2005
Die letzte Jahreszahl gibt die aktuelle Lizenzausgabe an." (the latest year is the actual release)

Still don't know if they mean 'latest in time' or 'last one in the numberline' ;)

[Stockerlone]

It has some kind of numberline "2008 2007 2006 2005" so this is a 2008 print of a 2005 release i guess.

Stockerlone, do you know if it is the only Weltbild paperback of the series? Haven't seen any of the others.

I don´t collect the Weldbild Series... have looked arround in some Cover Galleries and i've tried to remember....
it´s late in the ... night :eek: but i think... this is the one and only Weltbild Flex Taschenbuch in the Dark Tower series .... funny,,,

http://www.stephen-king.ch/images/Buecher_html/buecher_turm_weltbild.htm

[Shannon]

I also vote that, just like a normal numberline, the lowest number denotes the edition/year.

[Roog]

Thanks for the link, Stockerlone!
So, from 2005.

[Roog]

More German books for my DT-collection :)
The books are old, but they look absolutely like new, undamaged, not even a spot!

http://www.roog.nu/215.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/216.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/217.jpg

Just for the records:
Schwarz (black) = DT1
Drei (three) = DT2
Tot (dead) = DT3

[Stockerlone]

Congrats !!!
For a longer time, i try to find the JUMBO Heyne SK books ( Schwarz, Drei,Tot) in NEW condition.

[Roog]

Thanks :D
Hope I didn't make you too jealous now haha
(I just paid 15 euros for these :coo3l: )

Why are they called JUMBO paperbacks?

[Stockerlone]

I´am jealous:excited:

Publisher Heyne called this ´new´ booktype JUMBOS.

They startet an ´campain´ A book type imagines JUMBOS
But ... there are only 8 SK Jumbos, all togehter ... think 50 Jumbos from Straub Simmons, Koontz...
This was the begin from the: ONE UGLY COLOR FOR SK BOOKCOVERS era.

[Roog]

Interesting.
Those JUMBOS have the same size as what is known as a large trade paperback.
Did they fire their designer those days? Some kid could make this as well haha

[Stockerlone]

Some years later....

Attention:idea:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT2342.JPG
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT2343.JPG

[Roog]

Wow, how varieting... :/
Well actually they did some good stuff with the Metallic series :)

[Stockerlone]

Even uglier is probably not possible. Some of the colors
can make you blind.:coo3l:

Some of the German covers, the metallic series, covers from Gerhard Axmann,
the Holographic Cover from TGWLTG and the ES cutout are nice....

But this One Color era was a NIGHTMARE..

[Roog]

And I even paid for that! O_o
Well it fits in my DT collection :)

[Roog]

Got some brandnew Polish additions to my DT collection, a midsize paperback and a box containing pockets of TWTTK-DT5-DT6-DT7 :)

http://www.roog.nu/218.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/219.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/220.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Looks like The Man With No Name on the box.

[Shannon]

Very jealous!

[Stockerlone]

CONGRATS.....
The PL-Book-Box is not so easy to become...
Have found all infos about the box, but nothing about the Illustrator.
Think, it´s NOT Vincent Chong or Darek Kocurek ?!?

[Roog]

Nope, the illustration of the Gunslinger is from the comics of Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, the illustration of the Rose is by Nejron Photo/Shutterstock.

BTW, the ISBN of the box is 9788376599236 :)

[Roog]

Another DT set complete, these are the Turtleback books made from the latest Signet editions:
Pretty strange that the spine of DT4 is black, and rest of the series just white.

http://www.roog.nu/221.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/222.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Where do you get those? Do they have a number line in them?

[Roog]

Bookdepository :)

Yes they have numberlines, but inside it's just a regular Signet book, just with a hardcover wrapped around.
The numberline of DT4 is just "20", where the normal Signet paperback I have has "20 19 18 17 16".

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/223.jpg

[Shannon]

Hey, will me your SK collection, won'tcha?

[Roog]

What do you mean? :)

[Shannon]

Put. Me. In. Your. Will! :)

So, you know, when you become maggot food, I get all your stuff! :)

[Bad Penny]

So subtle :emot-roflolmao:

[Shannon]

Now is not the time to be subtle! What if someone else gets to him first? Speaking of which, Bad Penny, put me in your will also! :)

[Bad Penny]

Hmmm, Shannon, I appeciate that you're only doing your best to look after the collective collection interests of the forum, however, on this occasion, I must most respectfully .... decline .... :P







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[Merlin1958]

Hmmm, Shannon, I appeciate that you're only doing your best to look after the collective collection interests of the forum, however, on this occasion, I must most respectfully .... decline .... :P







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I hear ya, BP!!! Shannon is too young to get into the "Will-ing" game. Now you and I are closer in age so I'll will you mine if, you will me yours!!! LOL LOL LOL

Happy New Year, folks!!

Sorry for the interruption, Roog!!!

[Shannon]

Boosauce!

[Roog]

Put. Me. In. Your. Will! :)

So, you know, when you become maggot food, I get all your stuff! :)

I know you still might have that mancrush on me, but you won't get at my willy, Shannon :wtf:

Anyway, maybe I first "will" my collection to the maggots and after that "will" the maggots to you :lol:

[Shannon]

I'm 99% sure that's legal. I'll take it! :)

[Roog]

:wtf:

[Roog]

Got the site updated with all the newest books.

http://www.roog.nu/stephenking

http://www.roog.nu/stephenking/darktower/_darktower-covers.htm

[Stockerlone]

Amazing Amazing international DT Collection !!!

[Shannon]

Such a wonderful website. Great job. :)

[Roog]

Thanks :)

[Roog]

New Dutch paperback of DT4 has been released:

http://www.roog.nu/224.jpg

Which makes it a nice serie so far:

http://www.roog.nu/225.jpg

[Bad Penny]

Silly comment, likely, but I really like the flow of the spines on the all together picture mate - I must be in a cosmic, karmic frame of mind today - but, yeah, it's nice :D

[Roog]

Yeah, it's nice, and I will also add DT5-6-7 to it, when they will be released later this year :D

[Bad Penny]

Make sure you repost then mate, I'd really like to see all seven spines outward :thumbsup:

[Roog]

I will :)

[Roog]

Today was packages day:

An ancient Italian paperback of DT1, very nice book :)

http://www.roog.nu/226.jpg

And the German audiobook on cassette, also of DT1 (pretty cheap, so I could not resist haha):

http://www.roog.nu/227.jpg

[Stockerlone]

Congrats for the new stuff !!! :thumbsup:
A few years ago the Schwarz MC Box was really expensive.

[Roog]

Thnx!
Oh really, the box was just 5,50 with shipping 11,00 :)

[Stockerlone]

Thnx!
Oh really, the box was just 5,50 with shipping 11,00 :)

10 - 15 years ago you had to pay 40.- +++

[Shannon]

Nice new additions!

[Roog]

Well, the world has moved on since then :)
Thanx, Shannon!

[Roog]

Not very spectacular but still worth to show it. The left edition of Sphere was already in my collection, the right of Warner Books is new to the collection. Now I only need the Warner Gunslinger :)

http://www.roog.nu/228.jpg

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/229.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Nice artwork on those last two dark towers.

[Shannon]

What are your favorite items?

What items are on the very tip top of your want list?

[Roog]

Nice artwork on those last two dark towers.
Yeah, I like them too! It's the Italian paperback serie, but they use the same artwork as the UK Hodder serie.

http://www.roog.nu/87.jpg


What are your favorite items?

What items are on the very tip top of your want list?

The Grant books are the best of course :) And the Viking books and Swedish books.

Which makes me also wish to find a Grant DT1 first and a Grant DT4 this year :) That serie hás to be complete.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Beautiful display. Now that I'm (finally) perusing the Justin Brooks bibliography, I know exactly which DT paperbacks and hardcovers I'm missing. Look out, in ten or twenty years I'll catch up to you!

[Roog]

Even without that book I always seem to find the DT books :)
There is more to come soon ^^

[Roog]

Yesss, thanks to RF! :coo3l:

http://www.roog.nu/230.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/231.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/232.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/233.jpg

[Stockerlone]

Marvelous !!!

[Shannon]

Very nice! I just picked up a Song of Susannah arc also. Good job!

[Niels]

Very nice!

[Roog]

Thanks :D

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I want that THE WASTE LANDS proof. Oh sorry, I mean I LIKE that THE WASTE LANDS proof.

[Roog]

LOL

I think I won't sell it till the next millennium :)

[Roog]

http://www.roog.nu/234.jpg

[Cook]

Hey Roog, your collection is so unique. :)
Congratulations on all the new DT ARC's !!


Yesss, thanks to RF! :coo3l:

http://www.roog.nu/230.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/231.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/232.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/233.jpg

[Roog]

Thanks, Cookie :)

[Merlin1958]

Awesome, dude. Just awesome!!!

[Roog]

New Warner pocket:


http://www.roog.nu/235.jpg

And some new DT item :

http://www.roog.nu/236.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/237.jpg

King on cassette :)

[Roog]

Some new Italian stuff:

http://www.roog.nu/240.jpg

http://www.roog.nu/241.jpg

[Stockerlone]

N I C E !!!

[Roog]

More new books from this week :)

The brandnew mass-market paperback of TWTTK, to be released 29th Feb (very small compared to the hardcover):
http://www.roog.nu/242.jpg

Cover variant of this Wolves of the Calla from Pocket Books. Same book, same ISBN, just slightly different cover and without keyhole on the spine.. Left one is the 6th prining, right one is the 10th printing:
http://www.roog.nu/243.jpg

The UK NEL-pocket of The Shining:
http://www.roog.nu/244.jpg

Some new Dutch paperback series, also containing King's Carrie:
http://www.roog.nu/245.jpg

[TwistedNadine]

They look great!

[Roog]

US Pocket Books paperback edition March 2013:

http://www.roog.nu/246.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Nice, I've got that on order. Since I'm in the USA I can't get it until it's officially released.

[Roog]

Well, actually, the release was today (26th) :P
It's coming from your country and I already got it from the shop here LOL

[Roog]

New items collected today :P

The Gunslinger audiobook, the unsigned edition:

http://www.roog.nu/248.jpg

Another 2 editions of TWTTK, a smaller (A-format) and a larger (B-format) paperback from UK's Hodder&Stoughton. Both released this week:

http://www.roog.nu/249.jpg

All my TWTTK books so far, only missing the Grant S/L ;)

http://www.roog.nu/250.jpg

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Do you have an extra B format pb for sale? I can't seem to find it, either on Amazon.com.uk or The Book Depository.

[Roog]

Here it is :)

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Wind-Through-Keyhole-Stephen-King/9781444731729

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Both formats are listed as currently unavailable. I don't know why, but I asked them to notify me when they are back in stock. I fear this means I'll get a 2nd printing, though.

[Roog]

Strange, I can order both of them if I want to.
9781444731729 small one
9781444731736 larger one

[Thorin Oakenshield]

Just one question. Where did you get your paperback Hodder & Stoughton 2012 paperback books from? I'm going to get that version as well and am thinking of getting it from Amazon I believe. Besides that, greatest DT book collection there has to be anywhere. Keep it up.

[Roog]

I ordered it at a local store ;) If the price is the most important thing, then I would suggest BookDepository, but they ship very slow. I guess nearly every store can order them.

[Joe315]

Both formats are listed as currently unavailable. I don't know why, but I asked them to notify me when they are back in stock. I fear this means I'll get a 2nd printing, though.

I've noticed this for some books I've been trying to order recently from them. I'm guessing if the book in question is published in the US you can't order the uk version. Why, I have no idea. Just something I noticed recently.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

The A format is available on Amazon's UK site, and I ordered that. But the B format isn't listed. Is the B format an export edition? And why did they release it with a new cover already? The first Hodder B format was released in April 2012. It seems they liked the new cover art so much they did another large paperback edition. Now I just need to find one for myself.