A Face in the Crowd: New ebook-only story (08/21/12)

[mae]

http://www.stephenking.com/promo/face_in_the_crowd/

A Face in the Crowd
A New Story Coming August 21, 2012

Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio have announced a chilling new story titled A Face in The Crowd. Set for release on August 21st, the original ebook marks the second baseball-themed collaboration between Stephen and Stewart O'Nan. (Faithful)

Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier...

A Face in the Crowd will be available on Kindle, Nook, eReader, iBooks, Android Play and more. The audiobook read by Craig Wasson will be available in both Mp3 and CD Mp3 formats from Amazon, iTunes and more.

We'll post more information about A Face in the Crowd in the coming weeks.

http://www.stephenking.com/promo/face_in_the_crowd/cover.jpg

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey, two of my favorite authors. That's always fun. :)

Brian

[mae]

The premise sounds very familiar, I think King mentioned this story not too long ago, but i can't recall where and when.

[mae]

The premise sounds very familiar, I think King mentioned this story not too long ago, but i can't recall where and when.

I'm sure Bev can pop in and remind us :)

[Bev Vincent]

He did talk about this in an interview. Can't remember exactly where, though.

[Brice]

It's funny...I read Pablo's last post and as soon as I left the thread Bev had replied. LOL

[mae]

He did talk about this in an interview. Can't remember exactly where, though.

It was recently, I'm pretty sure.

[you ever seen a ghost?]

did he talk about it as an idea or something he was actually working on? i must have missed that one!

-justin

[mae]

did he talk about it as an idea or something he was actually working on? i must have missed that one!

-justin

Yeah it was just a mention of an idea. Can't recall the context, which is why I can't remember where I'd heard or read about it.

[Brice]

I remember this from somewhere too. I know that's really not helpful since I don't know where.

[Bev Vincent]

Someone else mentioned of Facebook that they heard him talk about the idea recently. It's not in the Gaiman interview.

[mae]

Must've been one of the talks he participated in in recent months. This is gonna bother the shit out of me until we pinpoint it :)

[Brice]

Okay, Pablo go read everything the guy's written or has been written about him till you find it. LOL

Oh, and hurry up, please?

[Bev Vincent]

Could it have been on the Mark & Brian interview on KLOS?

[Brice]

I'm listening to it now.

[mae]

Could it have been on the Mark & Brian interview on KLOS?

Nope.

[WeDealInLead]

That's my wife's birthday. I'll make sure to buy it for 'her.'

[jhanic]

That's my wife's birthday. I'll make sure to buy it for 'her.'

You're such a GOOD husband!

John

[Brice]

"She'd" probably appreciate some nice signed limiteds too. One cannot love too much.

[herbertwest]

The story sounds promising !

[Brice]

I can't believe all of us can't find the mention of this.

[mae]

I can't believe Bev hasn't remembered it. He's a human King encyclopedia.

[Brice]

He's probably just holding out on us. When SK has a question about SK he asks Bev. :lol:

[Jimimck]

I've never heard of the other author, Stewart O'Nan. (that just means I have limited exposure to good authors)
Can some kind people's please direct me to some some stuff of his or let me know if you think he is any good? What would be a good starting point if I was to read something he's done?

Looking forward to a new short story.

Cheers
James.

[johnsmith87]

Could it have been on the Mark & Brian interview on KLOS?

Nope.

Are you sure? I think that may be where I heard it. Can't be sure, but it's ringing a bell.

[biomieg]

I've never heard of the other author, Stewart O'Nan. (that just means I have limited exposure to good authors)
Can some kind people's please direct me to some some stuff of his or let me know if you think he is any good? What would be a good starting point if I was to read something he's done?

Looking forward to a new short story.

Cheers
James.

James, King co-wrote FAITHFUL with Stewart O'Nan (the 'baseball book'). I haven't read O'Nan's own work yet but I hear good things about THE SPEED QUEEN.

[Bev Vincent]

The Speed Queen was originally to be called Dear Stephen King. My favorite of his books is The Night Country.

[RichardX]

I recall King throwing this out in Savannah as an idea for a story. Don't remember the exact context but along an example of how to go about writing a story. He threw this out as a basic premise. A Face in the Crowd is also the title of a very good Andy Griffith movie.

[mae]

I recall King throwing this out in Savannah as an idea for a story. Don't remember the exact context but along an example of how to go about writing a story. He threw this out as a basic premise. A Face in the Crowd is also the title of a very good Andy Griffith movie.

Richard gets the cookie! You're right, it's right at the end of his talk:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUfeHTK1Nw8

Starts at 1:05:05. He actually says "I'm gonna give this story to you, you guys write it"... And then he goes and writes it with O'Nan :)

[Bev Vincent]

O'Nan was in the audience that night.

[Bev Vincent]

Here's an earlier mention: King outlined it in Faithful, calling it the Face Game. You can read the passage here on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=bxAsDauOiNQC&pg=PT155&lpg=PT155&dq=%22faces+of+the+spectators+behind+home+plate%22&source=bl&ots=l0Z3AT3bCA&sig=A2HKn8Lhy2sJ1cPzL3z_3vdg0I4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rT0QUNLVK8fo0QG8qICgDA&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22faces%20of%20the%20spectators%20behind%20home %20plate%22&f=false).

[mae]

"Spectators", actually. Great find, Bev! So it's been on King's (and I guess O'Nan's) mind for a while.

[mae]

I wonder if this will be novella-length. I hope so, at least should be Ur or Mile 81 length. Really glad King went ahead with this idea. It sounds interesting, which is why it stuck in my mind.

[Brian James Freeman]

The Speed Queen was originally to be called Dear Stephen King. My favorite of his books is The Night Country.

The Night Country is probably a great one for a new reader of his work to start with.

[mattgreenbean]

Thanks Bev!

[Pasiuk57]

A Face in the Crowd
A New Story Coming August 21, 2012

Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio have announced a chilling new story titled A Face in The Crowd. Set for release on August 21st, the original ebook marks the second baseball-themed collaboration between Stephen and Stewart O'Nan. (Faithful)

Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier...

A Face in the Crowd will be available on Kindle, Nook, eReader, iBookstore, Android Play and more. The audiobook read by Craig Wasson will be available as a digital download and on CD from Amazon, iTunes and more.

Stay tuned. We'll post more information about A Face in the Crowd in the coming weeks.

[Pasiuk57]

Sounds pretty interesting!!

[Jimimck]

You may have been looking for this thread

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?15737-A-Face-in-the-Crowd-New-ebook-only-story-(08-21-12)

:cowboy:

[Brice]

You may have been looking for this thread

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?15737-A-Face-in-the-Crowd-New-ebook-only-story-(08-21-12)

:cowboy:

Sorry, in this dimension Calvin's Corner is the entire site. :lol:

[Pasiuk57]

oops
never saw it!!

[RichardX]

I'm not seeing this listed on Barnes & Noble as a Nook release. That seems unusual since the release date is only a few weeks away. Did I just overlook it?

[Brian James Freeman]

I'm not seeing this listed on Barnes & Noble as a Nook release. That seems unusual since the release date is only a few weeks away. Did I just overlook it?

I don't think it is listed on any of the eBook stores just yet, but I'll look around right now and see if I can find it!

Brian

[jhanic]

Here's the link for Kindle edition from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Face-Crowd-ebook/dp/B008QYQTUW/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344021686&sr=1-1&keywords=face+in+the+crowd+king

John

[Brian James Freeman]

This link just showed up in my inbox:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008QYQTUW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008QYQTUW

Brian

Edit: HA, John beat me to it! :)

[Bev Vincent]

In anticipation of the August 21 release of A Face in the Crowd, King's website has an exclusive three and half minute audio sample (http://www.stephenking.com/promo/face_in_the_crowd/) read by Craig Wasson.

[you ever seen a ghost?]

so, i got a smartphone in January and got this today, but i don't think i want to read it this way. has anyone figured out how to make a printable version yet? i know it has been done in the past (UR, Mile 81, etc.)

-justin

[TwistedNadine]

Here's the link for Kindle edition from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Face-Crowd-ebook/dp/B008QYQTUW/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344021686&sr=1-1&keywords=face+in+the+crowd+king

John

Thanks for the link John!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

so, i got a smartphone in January and got this today, but i don't think i want to read it this way. has anyone figured out how to make a printable version yet? i know it has been done in the past (UR, Mile 81, etc.)

-justin

ANYTHING in digital form can be printed out. (and also be downloaded for free, if you are naughty)

[you ever seen a ghost?]

Alan, can you shoot me an e-mail please? :-)

also, does anyone have the U.K. ISBN?

-justin

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Done.

[skyofcrack]

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s323/skyofcrack/sk_limiteds/sk_fitc_cr.png

[herbertwest]

so, i got a smartphone in January and got this today, but i don't think i want to read it this way. has anyone figured out how to make a printable version yet? i know it has been done in the past (UR, Mile 81, etc.)

-justin

Screenshot, PDF... and printed by yourself, or lulu.com
But i didnt say anything :-)


So, where can we buy it from? amazon?

[you ever seen a ghost?]

yes, it is on amazon.

-justin

[TwistedNadine]

Its a very quick read (read over lunch) and interesting tho I wasnt blown away. The baseball jargon (like blockade billy) trips me up a bit.

[Randall Flagg]

Its a very quick read (read over lunch) and interesting tho I wasnt blown away. The baseball jargon (like blockade billy) trips me up a bit.
"He had two balls and 2 strikes". That's simple. Translation: "Man with two felony convictions".

[TwistedNadine]

Its a very quick read (read over lunch) and interesting tho I wasnt blown away. The baseball jargon (like blockade billy) trips me up a bit.
"He had two balls and 2 strikes". That's simple. Translation: "Man with two felony convictions".

lol - and a long rap sheet of stealing plates

[TwistedNadine]

so, i got a smartphone in January and got this today, but i don't think i want to read it this way. has anyone figured out how to make a printable version yet? i know it has been done in the past (UR, Mile 81, etc.)
-justin

This program will do it.
http://www.ebook-converter.com/download.htm

[mae]

I really liked the story, didn't see that coming :)

[Bev Vincent]

Here's my essay about the story's development: Faces in the Crowd (http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/news-dead-zone-faces-crowd) at FEARNet.

[jhanic]

A great essay, Bev. Be warned, everyone, that there are spoilers in it!

John

[you ever seen a ghost?]

this story seems kinds of underdeveloped to me.

***SPOILER***

for one thing, why is that old asshole friend of his the emergency contact when it said earlier in the story that he wanted to treat his son and daughter in law to dinner, only they were on vacation?

meaning, if they were close enough to take to dinner and pick the place, then why list his friend as the contact?

-justin

[TwistedNadine]

this story seems kinds of underdeveloped to me.

-justin

Agreed and I thot the end was predictable - not a surprise at all
Maybe its just me but Im not a big fan of stories that push the "do unto others" moral. Been there done that. Much prefer a shocking twist with the only moral being shit happens and expect the unexpected 'cause even the good guys get screwed.

Sorry if thats a spoiler but I dont know how to do those spoiler thingys

[mae]

I never see twists coming :cry:

[RichardX]

It struck me as a campy story from his "Night Shift" days or an average Twilight Zone episode. TZ was always big on the moralizing theme. Still enjoyable though.

[herbertwest]

Still no official "printed" version of it.
I guess that, over time, we'll see more and more of those "digital only" titles... and we can only make our own printed version of those...

[jon10g]

How do you make a physical version of these?
Jon

[herbertwest]

Well.. if you have a printer, nobody stopping you to print one of these. Otherwise there are some "print on demand" services available online, where you can create your own project and therefore recieve a printed version.

[mae]

Or just wait for the next collection.

[Stockerlone]

“A Face in the Crowd” - “Ein Gesicht in der Menge”
German softcover book

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P2qAQ%2B-bL._SY445_.jpg

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3499227940/theklaus09/

Softcover book: 112 Seiten
Publisher: rororo (2. Dezember 2013)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3499227940
ISBN-13: 978-3499227943

[herbertwest]

You german always gets everything and quickly. Congrats!

[Stockerlone]

what a nice surprice......

Ein Gesicht in der Menge HARTCOVER
old price 12,95€
new price 8 euro

http://www.amazon.de/Ein-Gesicht-Menge-Stephen-King/dp/3499227940/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1375382304&sr=8-15&keywords=stephen+king

(Publisher rororo only published SOFTCOVER books !!!)

[Stockerlone]

New German release day for Ein Gesicht in der Menge
1. November 2013:idea:

[Stockerlone]

Stephen King + Stewart O´Nan - Ein Gesicht in der Menge
German release day TODAY

[Bev Vincent]

This story has been reprinted in "Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural," edited by Rick Wilber from Night Shade Books.

[Ari_Racing]

That's a good news. It'd be the first physically printed edition, right?

[Stockerlone]

That's a good news. It'd be the first physically printed edition, right?

No, the German HC was the first....

My, from Stewart O´Nan signed book:
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT2989.JPG

[Ari_Racing]

True!