Joe Hill, Author

[ELazansky]

Wanted to let everyone know that the paperback version of HORNS has the short story "The Devil on the Staircase" at the end of the book. This story was part of the Stories anthology that came out last year.

[Nerak]

Just an FYI on Glenn's artwork for Chamber of Chills. He did not make a print of it. They gave the original to Joe as a gift so he no longer has it :( Le sad!

[jhanic]

For those Joe Hill fans in the Cleveland, Ohio area, Joe Hill is to speak at the Strongsville branch of the Cuyahoga County Library on Wednesday, March 23, at 7pm.

I may be there.

John

[ELazansky]

Got my signed bookplate for pre-ordering the paperback copy of Horns....gotta love Joe:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/701/medium/Horns1.jpg

[Ben Staad]

Got my signed bookplate for pre-ordering the paperback copy of Horns....gotta love Joe:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/701/medium/Horns1.jpg

That's cool and is certainly all Joe Hill! Congrats on receiving this :dance::thumbsup:

[Tito_Villa]

Very cool, shame it wasn't done in the UK!

[Stockerlone]

Very cool, shame it wasn't done in the UK!

Very VERY cool, shame it wasn't done in the GERMANY !!!

[surly]

Looks like there is some movement on the movie front with HORNS:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033999

Not sure how I feel about Shia, but with any luck it will be a good one and it will do the same thing for him that CARRIE did for his dad.

[Tito_Villa]

Need someone Grittier, darker and older to play the role in my eyes. He's jus too ... well nice imo

[Merlin1958]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48898

[Nerak]

I can't wait to see what the finished project looks like....mmmm maybe I can wrangle an invitation to the premier (if it's done in NH)!!!

[Stockerlone]

Just find some pics from Joe Hills first German Book Promo Tour.
King Calavera Clup Hamburg St. Pauli 30.03.2007 Hamburg

http://www.kingcalavera.de/galerie2007/JoeHillWeb/page1.html

A realy NICE location for a book-premiere event, in MY hometown. The Stupid bookpublisher from JH make
NO promotion for this event, i heard from his Germany tour, ONE day after JH was gone.....
http://www.kingcalavera.de/

[Patrick]

Oh man. In your hometown and you didn't know? Talk about a gaping lack of publicity. :arg:

[Bev Vincent]

I'm conducting the Guest of Honor Q&A with Joe Hill at World Horror in a couple of weeks. Do you have anything you'd like me to ask?

[Randall Flagg]

Why his webmasters email is always full, and therefore no question can be posed to JH.

[Ben Staad]

I'm conducting the Guest of Honor Q&A with Joe Hill at World Horror in a couple of weeks. Do you have anything you'd like me to ask?

This may have been beating to death already....but I was wondering if the character Iggy was developed before the actual story (because he is so developed compared to the rest of the cast) of Horns or did Iggy grow through the writing of the story? Does the question make sense and would anyone else be interested in the answer?

Anyways, sounds like a pretty cool event B.V. and I wish you the best of luck!

[Tito_Villa]

When will the next installment of Gunpowder be out? God i love that novella!

[ICry4Oy]

I just finished reading (the short story) 20TH Century Ghost and it is the first time I have been brought to tears by reading something since Oy's death .

[thegreattim]

When will the next installment of Gunpowder be out? God i love that novella!

That is a brilliant story and the world-building is top notch. Definitely in my top 3 Hill tales. Maaaybe even #1.

[Ric]

Does anyone happen to know when Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #6 is shipping? The original release date was March 2011, and I can't find a solid date.

Thanks!

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey, I'm trying to help a customer figure out what some of his books might be worth. Does anyone have an idea of the current value of these:

- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill - Dated 2007 by Gollancz - Signed limited edition of only 1,300 slipcased copies, still sealed in publisher's original shrinkwrap.

- Thumbprint by Joe Hill - Dated 2008 by Subterranean Press - Stated first edition, in original box. This is a deluxe limited edition of one of only 52 copies hand-signed by the author and stored in a solander box. This copy is lettered "PP". This volume is in like new condition, with bright, clean pages.

- Gunpowder by Joe Hill - Dated 2008 by PS Publishing - Never read volume, tightly bound

Thank you!

Best,
Brian

[Tito_Villa]

Heart shapped box - there have been a few copies on the UK ebay for around £30 and they haven't sold

Thumprint lettered - one on consignement at Betts for $375 but it hasn't sold

Gunpowder - which edition is it? the trade, signed or signed/slipcases version

[ELazansky]

Here's my thoughts:


Hey, I'm trying to help a customer figure out what some of his books might be worth. Does anyone have an idea of the current value of these:

- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill - Dated 2007 by Gollancz - Signed limited edition of only 1,300 slipcased copies, still sealed in publisher's original shrinkwrap.

I paid $75 for mine last year

- Thumbprint by Joe Hill - Dated 2008 by Subterranean Press - Stated first edition, in original box. This is a deluxe limited edition of one of only 52 copies hand-signed by the author and stored in a solander box. This copy is lettered "PP". This volume is in like new condition, with bright, clean pages.

I've seen one on eBay for $600 that has been there a long time. Plus Betts copy isn't moving either, going from $600 to $425 to $375

- Gunpowder by Joe Hill - Dated 2008 by PS Publishing - Never read volume, tightly bound

I just ordered the signed/slipcased edition from PS for £45 - the trade was much less

Thank you!

Best,
Brian

[Brian James Freeman]

Thanks to both of you! I've asked him about which edition of Gunpowder he has.

Brian

[Tito_Villa]

News on the new novel that has been written from Vincent Chong who attended orld Horror Con 2011 ... it is to be called NOS 4A2

Interesting ...

[Bev Vincent]

Yep -- say it fast and you'll get it. He read a chapter from it during my Q&A session with him.

[swintek]

Cute.

[Ric]

News on the new novel that has been written from Vincent Chong who attended orld Horror Con 2011 ... it is to be called NOS 4A2

Interesting ...

Awesome! I love vampire stories!!

[Tito_Villa]

Please someone enlighten me to what it means??? Jesus i must be think

[biomieg]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/NosferatuShadow.jpg

Nosferatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu)

[Tito_Villa]

Thanks Michaël :)

[biomieg]

I think I once saw an open-air viewing of this film with an orchestra performing a live soundtrack... a loooong time ago.

[Brice]

One of my favorite horror films of all time. :)

[Nerak]

apparently Joe had a comic out for free comic book day...but since my life is up in turmoil, I didn't know til it was over...gotta find a copy!
Can't wait to read the new novel! Cute title!!

[Patrick]

I'm imagining a robot vampire. Like an evil little R2-D2.

Let's hope I'm wrong. :lol:

[Bev Vincent]

The title is a vanity license plate for a car.

[Bev Vincent]

According to Dread Central (http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/44357/fox-not-picking-lock-key-next-season):

Were you excited about Fox's small screen adaptation of Joe Hill's (son of Stephen King) Locke & Key? Looks like you'll be containing that excitement for some time to come.

According to Entertainment Weekly, despite having all the pieces in place, it looks as if Fox will not be picking up the show for release for their next season. The project hasn't been confirmed dead by the network, as they could retool it for a later release or it very well could be picked up by another outlet. See? Told you the news sucked.

Miranda Otto, Sarah Bolger, Jesse McCartney, Ksenia Solo, and Skylar Gaertner were all set star in the supernatural themed series.

"Locke & Key" revolves around Nina (Miranda Otto) and her three children, Tyler (Jesse McCartney), Kinsey (Sarah Bolger), and Bode (Skylar Gaertner), who survive an unspeakable horror and attempt to rebuild their lives at Keyhouse, their family home in Lovecraft, Massachusetts. It is a mysterious New England mansion with fantastic and transformative keys hidden inside its walls that are also being sought by a hate-filled and relentless creature with ties to the Locke family's past who will stop at nothing to accomplish his sinister goals.

Josh Friedman ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") wrote the pilot, which Mark Romanek was directing. Look for more soon!

[Tito_Villa]

Rubbish

[Nerak]

that sucks

[Room 217 Caretaker]

:angry:

[F1racefan]

Leave it to FOX to screw up another show:angry: ie (Firefly, Dollhouse)

[Ric]

Wow, what a bummer.

[Tito_Villa]

Some more Hill news from Vinnie Chong ....

"Another bit of Joe Hill news I didn’t mention was that he said he definitely plans to do more Gunpowder sequels but has just been caught up with other projects so those have been a bit delayed. However he’ll get back to them as soon as he can and once all the novellas are out he also plans to release them in a collected edition."

[Bev Vincent]

Yes, at World Horror he send he planned to write them all at once, once he gets around to them.

[Brian James Freeman]

The title is a vanity license plate for a car.

Ha, how perfect!

Brian

[surly]

Originally Posted by Bev Vincent
The title is a vanity license plate for a car.



Could also pass as a Canadian postal code.

[Ric]

Originally Posted by Bev Vincent
The title is a vanity license plate for a car.



Could also pass as a Canadian postal code.

If the O was a 0 then yes. :)

[surly]

Joe Hill movie news:

AICN HORROR NEWS: Stephen King's son Joe Hill's TWITTERING FROM THE CIRCUS OF THE DEAD to be adapted into a film by Mandalay!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49755

It wouldn't be my first choice for an adaptation, but would love to see something on the big screen

[Ben Staad]

Joe Hill movie news:

AICN HORROR NEWS: Stephen King's son Joe Hill's TWITTERING FROM THE CIRCUS OF THE DEAD to be adapted into a film by Mandalay!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49755

It wouldn't be my first choice for an adaptation, but would love to see something on the big screen

That's cool. I read the book "The New Dead" but for the life of me I can't remember this story. Weird!

[Patrick]

I thought it was a very cool story. :thumbsup:

[sublimicals]

Just found an auction for the PS Publishing 1st/1st
20th Century Ghosts Limited edition at a decent price

http://cgi.ebay.com/20th-Century-Ghosts-Joe-Hill-Signed-Limited-1-500-/160596122204?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item2564465a5c

[sublimicals]

filip1 has 2 copies of Horns Deluxe oon sale for only $250
Grab one while you can

http://cgi.ebay.com/HORNS-Joe-Hill-1st-SIGNED-LIMITED-DELUXE-200-COPY-OOP-/390196241563?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item5ad982249b

I already have the Deluxe and the limited. Both look awesome

[sgc1999]

thats a good price for that book since it was selling for $330 new from PS Publishing.
Simon

[ELazansky]

It may be a good price, but to me it shows the book is not holding its value. I'm sure it will probably go for less in the future.

[Ric]

You'd think for an edition of only 200 copies that it would be scarcer than it has been

[sgc1999]

Ya, true. they have been selling below original price for a while now. both the 200 limited and the 300 limited.

[Tito_Villa]

Not only that but there are less than 200 complete copies because some were printed with the extras missing, i have to say that i love my copy and that it has a nice remarque too makes it even more special!

[sgc1999]

I have a signed pair of devil horns that joe signed for me last year in NH when i inundated him with books an comics to sign:) he is a very accommodating person. super mellow down to earth guy.

[ELazansky]

I collect Joe because I enjoy his writing. I doubt his signature is going to be a lot in the future.

[sgc1999]

Ya i doubt it too. But thats kind of cool that he makes himself available to so many of his fans.

Simon

[ELazansky]

So I found this listed at Amazon.com today:

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition
Product Details
Hardcover: 250 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (October 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1613770766
ISBN-13: 978-1613770764

Product Description
This deluxe hardcover edition of the first volume of Locke & Key presents the Eisner-nominated series in glorious oversized fashion for the first time. And in addition to the complete "Welcome to Lovecraft" tale, this Special Edition also features Eisner nominee Joe Hill's complete scripts, all packaged under a special die-cut key cover. The ultimate presentation of the acclaimed storyline that began the fantastic tale of the Locke family.

Wouldn't you consider the Sub Press edition of WtoL "oversized?" This is like a reprint of the Sub Press book. Weird...

[sgc1999]

ya i saw that too. Its like beating a dead horse.They have sold a few versions now and come out with so many so called "variants" wich are nowhere near the quality of the original artwork. IDW tends to bleed every possible drop that joe will let them. There quality is just not there. It wont be anywhere near the quality of Sub press. Im actually a little dissapointed joe is letting them get away with some of the cheese they have sold in the locke and key name.

[willie3]

For those interested in such things (I am)

Pre-order a signed copy of Locke & Key Vol 4: Keys to the Kingdom HC from
RiverRun Bookstore (http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/contact-us)

Pre-order the next in the Locke & Key replica keys from
Skelton Crew Studio (http://www.skeltoncrewstudio.bigcartel.com/)

New ones are the Hercules Key
And two new "Legacy" edition keys, the Hercules Key and the Head Key.

The Legacy Hercules key will have the tag signed by L&K colorist Jay Fotos for all orders received by July 14th.

Now go forth and spend money.

Karl

[WeDealInLead]

ya i saw that too. Its like beating a dead horse.They have sold a few versions now and come out with so many so called "variants" wich are nowhere near the quality of the original artwork. IDW tends to bleed every possible drop that joe will let them. There quality is just not there. It wont be anywhere near the quality of Sub press. Im actually a little dissapointed joe is letting them get away with some of the cheese they have sold in the locke and key name.

??? "The original artwork" was published by IDW, not SubPress. I'd say IDW can do whatever they want with it because it's their right to do so. I passed on the SubPress editions because I felt them overpriced. As for the 'cheese' and 'quality just not there' comments... 1) Joe Hill seems like a comic nerd. Comic nerds like variants. I don't think he let them get away with anything. I'm sure none of them got rich of 1000 print runs at $4 a pop. They're just cool to look at. 2) Have you seen IDW's single issue Locke & Key? They're hands down the nicest, highest quality looking single issue comics out there. IDW are compared to Marvel and DC so insignificantly small and their quality by far exceedes them and the price is same(ish). Just look at a regular Batman comic next to L&K then compare the HC edition of the same. They're not even close.

Edit: I am really sorry for sounding like an asshole. Please accept my apologies.
I'm not an authority on comics but I do have 20+ comics on my monthly pull list so I can at least compare.

Also, that update on Joe Hill's website is neat. I ordered last 2 L&K hardcovers.

[sgc1999]

right on. no worries :)

[Bev Vincent]

I helped set this interview up at World Horror in May and was guarding the door to the room when it was going on.

CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/07/22/joe.hill.writer/index.html)

[Randall Flagg]

Received these today. Interesting that the numbered art is also lettered as "A".

http://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1313086981-IMG_3186.JPG


http://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1313086999-IMG_3190.JPG

http://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1313086991-IMG_3189.JPG

http://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1313087007-IMG_3191.JPG

[ELazansky]

Very nice!

[Tito_Villa]

Nice, that was one though that i just couldn't justify buying because it would have been just for the signature!

[Patrick]

I didn't order these either, for the same reason as Tom.

Beautiful editions, though. Congrats, Jerome!

[Nerak]

Did anyone happen to purchase an extra copy of the "Anywhere" key from Skelton Studio? I forgot all about it and never ordered it. Now it's sold out and the only one that I have seen available was selling for $150!!!! Please help me!!!! I need a complete set of keys!

[nyy3723a]

I've given up on collecting the keys. When I saw there were another batch coming out, I threw in the towel. I'm satisfied with the first 4.

[Nerak]

I have no problem accepting your four as a gift! :lol: No really! LOL I want all I can get my hands on! I love the keys! I just ordered the three latest releases. Got the IDW key from Comic Con (which is cool). I think I need to start collecting keys as a hobby and have them framed....mmmm. shadow boxing my L&K keys...there's an idea.....

[Gris]

How many are there really? The only one I have is the Ghost Key. SO if anyone has duplicated they are willing to part with, let me know what you are asking.

Ghost
Anywhere
Head
Echo
Shadow
Hercules


What else am I missing?

[ELazansky]

How many are there really? The only one I have is the Ghost Key. SO if anyone has duplicated they are willing to part with, let me know what you are asking.

Ghost
Anywhere
Head
Echo
Shadow
Hercules


What else am I missing?

That's all so far. You can order the IDW Key from Skelton Crew now, and the Animal and Undertree Keys are listed as coming soon.

[Gris]

Thanks for the tip Eric.

I just purchased the IDW key, Echo key, and Hercules key from them. That means I have 4!

If anyone has extra copies of the Head Key (limited version) or Anywhere Key that they are willing to sell/trade, please let me know. (But give Karen first shot at the anywhere key :P)

[Nerak]

oooo, Thanks! I can't believe that I forgot to go back and order it when I had money! Grrr, now I have to troll the interweb to find one!
I am waiting on my shipment of the legacy head, and two Hercules keys from Skelton. The the release of the two new ones. I also just suggested that he make up the Mardi Gras key cause that one is WICKED cool!!!

[Gris]

The pilot for Locke & Key was supposed to be aired at SDCC.

Anyone seen it or know if it made it to the internets yet?

[Bev Vincent]

Aired at SDCC but that's it. There are no current plans for it to show up anywhere else.

[Gris]

anyone want to take a gander at what a 20th Century Ghost ARC would go for? Or have an recollection of what past eBay auctions have shown?

[sgc1999]

I think i paid $20 or $30 for mine.


anyone want to take a gander at what a 20th Century Ghost ARC would go for? Or have an recollection of what past eBay auctions have shown?

[Gris]

I think i paid $20 or $30 for mine.


anyone want to take a gander at what a 20th Century Ghost ARC would go for? Or have an recollection of what past eBay auctions have shown?

Thanks!

[Bev Vincent]

The trailer is available here (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22694&count=0)

[Gris]

The trailer is available here (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22694&count=0)

YAY!!!! Thanks Bev!!

EDIT: That was Awesome! It's a start, but we need the FULL pilot!

[sgc1999]

This is pretty sweet intro. Trent rezner does the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHR1qINy860&feature=related

[Gris]

Just got this in the mail today, and some of those temporary key tatoos from SDCC...

http://allgris.dyndns.org/books/Images/Locke%20&%20Key_%20Welcome%20to%20Lovecr11293_f.jpg

[Ben Staad]

Just got this in the mail today, and some of those temporary key tatoos from SDCC...

http://allgris.dyndns.org/books/Images/Locke%20&%20Key_%20Welcome%20to%20Lovecr11293_f.jpg

Sweet! I love tattoos and the book looks cool as well. :)

[Patrick]

Darn it, I can't see the pic. :(

[WeDealInLead]

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/glimmer-of-hope-for-locke-key-as-mtv-might-be-interested-in-the-thriller-drama/

MTV and L&K? Let's hope so.

[Gris]

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/glimmer-of-hope-for-locke-key-as-mtv-might-be-interested-in-the-thriller-drama/

MTV and L&K? Let's hope so.

I'm up in the air. Do we want to see Locke & Key at the cost of it's dignity being shattered by being sandwiched between Snookie and 14yo Pregnant girls?

[Nerak]

no, I hate snookie...and 14yo shouldn't be having sex, let alone be pregnant!!! But I want to watch L&K!!!!!

[Gris]

Y'know, going back and reading my post, I'm sure I could have worded it better.

I'm sure there is a pretty significant chunk of the population perverse enough to actually enjoy being sandwiched between Snookie and pregnant 14yos.

[Nerak]

That's just WRONG! LOL

[WeDealInLead]

I don't care what channel it's on. If they're considering doing it, that means they have the green light from Joe Hill. He doesn't think the show's dignity is in question.

[Nerak]

Yeah, at this point, I don't care what station it's on...well, that's not true...I don't have any "pay" channels, so HBO and such are out, but MTV would be cool....I can always change the channel when something else comes on! LOL

[Nerak]

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab129/kymatty/keys.jpg
My keys!
Just traded for a matching number set. So I have one partial set (no anywhere key) and one full matching number set. I love my keys!!!

[jhanic]

Congratulations, Karen!

John

[Ben Staad]

Very nice Nerak! It's pretty cool how you also have one of the tags personally signed as well. :excited:

[Ari_Racing]

Congratulations, hon! Amazing!

[Randall Flagg]

Possible new key:
http://www.skeltoncrewstudio.com/news.html

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bigcartel/product_images/43483113/Chain_Key_Group_Shot__2_.jpg

[Gris]

that's awesome Karen!

What did you trade?

Skelton also has pictures of "The Whispering Iron"

http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/43409471/300.jpg

Why don't I remember this from the comic? Can anyone recall where it shows up?

Link (http://www.skeltoncrewstudio.bigcartel.com/product/whispering-iron-coming-soon)

[Tito_Villa]

Congratulations Karen, they look great!

[Nerak]

It's a secret what I traded, but they weren't cheap!! LOL But I now have an entire set. PHEW

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chain key. I don't think I will be able to afford it, but I LOVE IT! That would so go on my wall.

And there is more than one tag signed to me. That's just how that one ended up sitting. Now I have to get him to sign the rest of them! LOL

[Gris]

Joe tweeted today that he's almost done with NOS4A2, and already working on another book to follow!

also, that whispering iron question i asked about Locke & Key a few posts back... Anyone know where in the comic it is? Is that supposed to be the chunk of metal cut off from the thing beyond the door?

[ELazansky]

For my fellow Key collectors, two new keys were released tonight at Skelton Crew Studios - the Omega Key and the Whispering Iron

[Gris]

YAY! Whispering Iron is limited to 1000, Omega is a legacy (not limited).


I know this is a crap shoot, shot in the dark, needle in the haystack, etc, but...

Does anyone have #356 of any of the limited keys?

[Nerak]

I will check out my numbers when I get home, Craig.

[Gris]

Thanks Karen.

[ELazansky]

Sorry, I checked my numbers and no 356 either

[Gris]

Sorry, I checked my numbers and no 356 either

Thanks for checking. I know it's a shot in the dark.

My numbered keys are...
Hercules #210
IDW #229
Echo #415
Ghost #356

[Gris]

Skelton still had #356 for the IDW and Herc keys, so I bought them just now.

Anyone interested in buying either one of my first set for same price as Skelton, except cheaper shipping?

[Patrick]

Skelton still had #356 for the IDW and Herc keys, so I bought them just now.

Anyone interested in buying either one of my first set for same price as Skelton, except cheaper shipping?
I have fallen behind in ordering these keys, so if it'll help you out, send me a PM.

On the related matter of specific numbers, I don't keep track of the numbers on my keys, but photos of them are mostly posted in my Collection thread. If you see a #356 on any of them, let me know. I'd be happy to trade for any other number.

[Gris]

Thanks Patrick. PM sent.

[Gris]

YAY! secured a head key. not the right number, but at least now the only one I don't have is the elusive Anywhere key.

[killbourne]

still wondering when PS(?) is going to release the 2nd GUNPOWDER title

[Tito_Villa]

still wondering when PS(?) is going to release the 2nd GUNPOWDER title

Vinnie Chong told me that the book isn't written yet, that Joe will concentrate on the following volumes all together!

[sgc1999]

what number were you looking for?

YAY! secured a head key. not the right number, but at least now the only one I don't have is the elusive Anywhere key.

[Gris]

what number were you looking for?

YAY! secured a head key. not the right number, but at least now the only one I don't have is the elusive Anywhere key.

I'm trying to find Head, Echo, & Anywhere Keys #356

I have #356 for the Ghost, Hercules, IDW, and (forthcoming) Whispering Iron.

[sgc1999]

No 356 sorry.

[Gris]

oh well. Thanks for checkin'

[Bev Vincent]

Joe Hill's Office (http://writeplacewritetime.tumblr.com/post/13159015406/joe-hill), or what he calls "office porn"

[Tito_Villa]

Thanks Bev that was a great read, love the dog pics too :)

[Patrick]

Thanks for the link, Bev!

[Ben Staad]

Fun little read. Thanks Bev.

[Nerak]

oooo Nos4a2 is done!!!! WOOT WOOT

[Patrick]

oooo Nos4a2 is done!!!! WOOT WOOTYay!

[Stockerlone]

A newer pic from my JOE HILL rag. All books are signed and doodled.

At the German bookpremiere event 05.10.10 JH was so friedly to sign me SEVERAL Books:excited: all with differend quotes and doodles...

https://fotoalbum.web.de/gast/stockerlone/Stephen_King_and_Friends/printImage?imageId=167951632&imageType=image

[Nerak]

wow, I am jealous

[Gris]

I ordered an IDW key from Skelton with #356, but they accidentally sent it to someone else. Anyone here get it?

[Stockerlone]

HORNS Has Its Director!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52218

[Gris]

HORNS Has Its Director!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52218

Awesome news!!! Hopefully the studios don't take a shit on a good idea like they did with Locke & Key's TV show.

[herbertwest]

Any informations about NOSF4RA2 ?

[Ricky]

I saw a tweet from Joe the other day along the lines of "220,000 words. Done." or something like that. I took that to mean NOS4A2, but I don't know for sure.

[WeDealInLead]

And I saw a tweet saying something like he's driving his agent crazy because he's still waiting for the manuscript.

[Ben Staad]

I saw a tweet from Joe the other day along the lines of "220,000 words. Done." or something like that. I took that to mean NOS4A2, but I don't know for sure.

That's around 880 pages! Huge book for Mr. Hill.

[Ricky]

Definitely! I don't know if he was for sure referencing the book, though.

[SkippyD023]

For those collecting the Keys from Skeleton Crew Studios the new key is for sale and the first 400 sold will be signed by Joe.

http://www.skeltoncrewstudio.bigcartel.com/product/moon-key

[ELazansky]

Just ordered mine!

[Room 217 Caretaker]

I ordered one as well. It's cruel of Israel to open up ordering right after a night of bringing in 2012. Hahaha

[willie3]

Got one !!

Curious how long until he reaches the 400 sold mark.

Also I want one of the Chain Keys and a Giant Key.

Though have NO idea where I will display them...

Karl

[sgc1999]

you guys are awesome. i may have missed this one even though i knew it was breaking soon. DT.org is awesome:)

[Gris]

Ordered one at midnight new years. But as of this morning, the thing that says it will disappear after 400 orders is still there.

The news sections says the Angel Key is coming in Feb, plus I know they've done prototypes for the Animal, Undertree, and Musicbox Keys.


Reminder: Still trying to find #356 of Head, Anywhere, Echo and IDW keys. Will trade for the same key, different # or just pay cash outright if anyone has them.

[Patrick]

i ordered the signed limited edition Moon Key today, so the 400 aren't sold out yet.

[surly]

I'm pretty sure that the legacy edition of the ghost key wasn't even available in '09:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HILL-SIGNED-KEY-Locke-KEY-PROMO-EXTREMELY-RARE-GHOST-Key-STEPHEN-KING-MINT-/140673998956?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item20c0d2e06c
Isn't this the same seller that peddles a bunch of questionable King signatures as well? I guess he must be branching out.

[Tito_Villa]

Yeah I think your right!

[SkippyD023]

The legacy edition of the ghost key was not available until January 2011. The limited edition of the Ghost Key was originally only available at Comic Con 2009. The tag shown in the picture is clearly the legacy edition tag. Definitely a fake.

[sgc1999]

couple of problems with that auction. 1) the eyes are hollow which means it is not the limited edition but the 2011 legacy ed. 2) the bag is for the legacy, the limited had a short fat bag.

[SkippyD023]

I inquired to verify that it was in fact a Legacy Edition Key, which it was and he offered to sell it to me for $50. I asked how he obtained a legacy edition key signed at comic con in '09 when it was not available until '11 and was told "I got it from a collector.. Hum I'm not sure I guess"

[sgc1999]

:nope::nope:

[surly]

I inquired to verify that it was in fact a Legacy Edition Key, which it was and he offered to sell it to me for $50. I asked how he obtained a legacy edition key signed at comic con in '09 when it was not available until '11 and was told "I got it from a collector.. Hum I'm not sure I guess"

Maybe he eats at Al's Diner.

[Patrick]

Just curious. Did anyone report the item as fake? (Besides me.)

[sgc1999]

sorry, didnt think of it. Im glad someone did.

[Gris]

The sig is fake as hell. Here is the sig from my Ghost key. I have probalby 20 signed Joe items and all have a nearly identical sig. The one on eBay isn't even close.

Mine:
http://allgris.dyndns.org/books/Images/LockeKeyGhostLi.jpg

Another eBay guy to watch out for is bonedaddy1234 (http://myworld.ebay.com/bonedaddy1234/?_trksid=p4340.l2559).

He's listed several dubious keys. He lists Legacy Editions as Limited, but in the description he says "Limited Edition Legacy Key", whatever that means.

He has also sold several keys that have to be limited, anywhere key in perticular, that didn't have tags. just the key.

[SkippyD023]

He has it back up for sale and someone has placed a bid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HILL-SIGNED-KEY-Locke-KEY-PROMO-EXTREMELY-RARE-GHOST-Key-STEPHEN-KING-MINT-/140678292057?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item20c1146259

I reported it to e-bay.

[Gris]

He has it back up for sale and someone has placed a bid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HILL-SIGNED-KEY-Locke-KEY-PROMO-EXTREMELY-RARE-GHOST-Key-STEPHEN-KING-MINT-/140678292057?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item20c1146259

I reported it to e-bay.

I also reported it this time.

[Randall Flagg]

Reported.

[Patrick]

Reported (again).

[ELazansky]

New Ray Bradbury tribute book coming out this summer from Gauntlet - 500 copy S/L includes Joe Hill: - http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin/gauntletpress/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=template&thispage=ShadowShow&ORDER_ID=135803424

Shadow Show

Ray Bradbury


Set for publication Summer 2012
Gauntlet Press and Borderlands Press are working in a collaboration on a signed limited edition of a Ray Bradbury tribute book of short stories. Ray Bradbury is a storyteller without peer, a poet of the possible, and, indisputably, one of America’s most beloved authors. In a much-celebrated literary career that has spanned seven decades, he has produced an astonishing body of work. In SHADOW SHOW, editors Sam Weller and Mort Castle have collected short stories from 26 of the most celebrated authors today to honor Ray Bradbury and his contribution to the literary canon. Also included is an introduction in personal essay form by Ray Bradbury, "Second Homecoming", written specifically for SHADOW SHOW.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sam Weller and Mort Castle - Introduction

Ray Bradbury - Second Homecoming

Neil Gaiman - The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury

Margaret Atwood - Headlife

Jay Bonansinga - Heavy

Sam Weller - The Girl In The Funeral Parlor

David Morrell - The Companions

Thomas F. Monteleone - The Exchange

Lee Martin - Cat on a Bad Couch

Joe Hill - By The Silver Water Of Lake Champlain

Dan Chaon - Little America

John McNally - The Phone Call

Joe Meno - Young Pilgrims

Robert McCammon - Children Of The Bedtime Machine

Ramsey Campbell - The Page

Mort Castle - Light

Alice Hoffman - Conjure

John Maclay - Max

Jacqueline Mitchard - Two Of A Kind

Gary Braunbeck - Fat Man And Little Boy

Bonnie Jo Campbell - The Tattoo

Audrey Niffenegger - Backwards In Seville

Charles Yu - Earth: (A Gift Shop)

Julia Keller - Hayleigh's Dad

Dave Eggers - Who Knocks?

Bayo Ojikutu - Reservation 2020

Kelly Link - Two Houses

Harlan Ellison - Weariness

[Ricky]

So no one's heard any news about NOS4A2?

[Gris]

So no one's heard any news about NOS4A2?

NOS4A2
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/12/2012 | On Sale: 1/1/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 55
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200570


Also of note...

Unti Story Collection
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Short Stories (single author)
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 5/29/2013 | On Sale: 6/18/2013 | Pub: 6/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 30
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200679


And...

Fireman, The
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/15/2013 | On Sale: 12/15/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2014 | Ann. 1st Print: 45
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200631

[Tito_Villa]

interesting that, thanks

[Patrick]

Thanks, Eric and Craig. I ordered the signed/numbered, slipcased edition of SHADOW SHOW. The additional $400 to get Bradbury's sig was a little too rich for my blood.

[herbertwest]

So no one's heard any news about NOS4A2?

NOS4A2
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/12/2012 | On Sale: 1/1/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 55
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200570


Also of note...

Unti Story Collection
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Short Stories (single author)
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 5/29/2013 | On Sale: 6/18/2013 | Pub: 6/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 30
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200679


And...

Fireman, The
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/15/2013 | On Sale: 12/15/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2014 | Ann. 1st Print: 45
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200631

All of that?? (o_O)

[Gris]

So no one's heard any news about NOS4A2?

NOS4A2
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/12/2012 | On Sale: 1/1/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 55
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200570


Also of note...

Unti Story Collection
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Short Stories (single author)
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 5/29/2013 | On Sale: 6/18/2013 | Pub: 6/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 30
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200679


And...

Fireman, The
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/15/2013 | On Sale: 12/15/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2014 | Ann. 1st Print: 45
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200631

All of that?? (o_O)

yeah. I knew there was some contract negotiations going on, but no clue 3 new books would get picked up that quickly.

[Gris]

Hope it's no one here, but some silly people paid a lot of money for legacy keys.

Head, ghost, and hercules were all on auction from the bonedaddy guy. They all went over $30 each. Not sure if the buyers are ignorant of the situation or if the "Limited Legacy Edition" that he posted them as got them. In his defense, he did have pics which clearly showed the tags that said "Legacy Edition".

WTF would people pay over $30 + $5.50 shipping for keys that you can still buy from Skelton for $25?

[Randall Flagg]

Hope it's no one here, but some silly people paid a lot of money for legacy keys.

Head, ghost, and hercules were all on auction from the bonedaddy guy. They all went over $30 each. Not sure if the buyers are ignorant of the situation or if the "Limited Legacy Edition" that he posted them as got them. In his defense, he did have pics which clearly showed the tags that said "Legacy Edition".

WTF would people pay over $30 + $5.50 shipping for keys that you can still buy from Skelton for $25?
Sloth.

[herbertwest]

LOCKE & KEY by IDW Publishing, mentionned by Joe Hill on twitter :

http://p.twimg.com/AjUv88JCEAAL9kI.jpg

http://twitter.com/#!/joe_hill/status/159086085815799809/photo/1

[Patrick]

Nice. Is it for sale? Or was it one of a kind? I don't see anything on IDW's website.

[Nerak]

I WANT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[willie3]

Nice. Is it for sale? Or was it one of a kind? I don't see anything on IDW's website.

According to the IDW newsletter I received Wednesday, it is supposed to be out this week.
New comic day was Wednesday, should have been on sale then.
SRP is $100 I believe.

Karl

[ELazansky]

Nice. Is it for sale? Or was it one of a kind? I don't see anything on IDW's website.

According to the IDW newsletter I received Wednesday, it is supposed to be out this week.
New comic day was Wednesday, should have been on sale then.
SRP is $100 I believe.

Karl

Is this the same item? Different pic, and it isn't schedule to come out until July - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/locke-and-key-volume-1-welcome-to-lovecraft-special-edition-joe-hill/1108049255?ean=9781613770764&itm=3&usri=locke+and+key+volume+1+welcome+to+lovecraft

[willie3]

Eric & Patrick & Karen

The pictures on Amazon and B&N are "placeholders'.
Joe Hill posted a few pictures of the "Deluxe" HERE (http://twitter.com/#!/joe_hill/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2F7xeB92el).
Art reprinted full size, this thing must be huge...

Again, the IDW newletter stated "Out This Week", but Joe tweeted he was "hearing that CLOCKWORKS #4, the reprint of GUIDE TO THE KNOWN KEYS, & the luxe edition of WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT are all out Feb 1st".

Of course Diamond Comic Distributors has Clockworks #4 shipping in December, so really, who knows when they will hit the street.
All things considered, I am betting Joe Hill is closer to the actual date.

Karl

[ELazansky]

Thanks, Karl. It looks like it may be the same is the Sub Press edition with a new cover. It mentions having the scripts, etc. Still looks cool. And I can't wait to the the game as well!

[larryfire]

Hi

I am selling some great Joe Hill Books on eBay here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/larryefire/m.html?item=150792316363&viewitem=&_trksid=p4340.l2562

Limited editions of 20th Century Ghosts, Heart Shaped Box, Horns, Locke and Key

Please check it out

Thanks

Larry

[Dan]

Does anyone know where to get a slipcase for Heart Shaped Box Deluxe Signed Limited? I know CD has various sizes, but am not sure which would fit.

[Ben Staad]

Does anyone know where to get a slipcase for Heart Shaped Box Deluxe Signed Limited? I know CD has various sizes, but am not sure which would fit.

I don't know about slipcases or the size of the S/L but Dolso makes an awesome case for this book...check it out:

https://www.bookslipcase.com/Specialty_Cases.html

[Dan]

Does anyone know where to get a slipcase for Heart Shaped Box Deluxe Signed Limited? I know CD has various sizes, but am not sure which would fit.

I don't know about slipcases or the size of the S/L but Dolso makes an awesome case for this book...check it out:

https://www.bookslipcase.com/Specialty_Cases.html

Very nice! Probably more than I can pay right now.

[Ben Staad]

So no one's heard any news about NOS4A2?

NOS4A2
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/12/2012 | On Sale: 1/1/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 55
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200570


Also of note...

Unti Story Collection
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Short Stories (single author)
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 5/29/2013 | On Sale: 6/18/2013 | Pub: 6/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 30
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200679


And...

Fireman, The
Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 12/15/2013 | On Sale: 12/15/2013 | Pub: 1/1/2014 | Ann. 1st Print: 45
Carton: 0 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455025997 | EAN: 9780062200631

According to this article:

http://firewireblog.com/2012/03/18/joe-hills-wondercon-spotlight-panel-locke-key-omega-the-cape-1969-nos4a2-the-fireman/

Subpress will be publishing the limited of NOS4A2. I'm not sure if this is accurate or been announced yet however I am looking forward to reading this one.

[Tito_Villa]

That is correct

[Ben Staad]

That is correct

Thanks. I don't follow sub press very closely so I wasn't sure on this one.

[Nerak]

tick tick tick tick....dammit, I hate waiting

[herbertwest]

Just now, the book i most want to read (without taking DR SLEEP nor JOYLAND into account) is THE PASSAGE...

[Dan]

Horns S/L Traycase edition. Limited to 200

http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q542/DanielLRoth/30cb65c8.jpg

[Tito_Villa]

I really like that edition, congrats!

[WeDealInLead]

Locke and Key board game came out today. I bought a copy and am debating if I should open it or not. I mean, I will never play it but I`d like to see what`s inside. Hmm..

[Brice]

If you do please post pics.

[ELazansky]

Locke and Key board game came out today. I bought a copy and am debating if I should open it or not. I mean, I will never play it but I`d like to see what`s inside. Hmm..

I bought it this weekend. I probably won't play it either. I opened it to look at the rules. Haven't opened the card packs yet.

[SkippyD023]

Are you talking about the card game from Cryptozoic Entertainment or is there another new game out based on Locke & Key?

Just want to make sure I am not missing something.

[ELazansky]

The card game:

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa411/ELazansky/Snapbucket/FE0CAA2F-orig.jpg
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa411/ELazansky/Snapbucket/398FA470-orig.jpg

[Bev Vincent]

https://p.twimg.com/AwZw_OQCEAIXsCc.jpg

[biomieg]

I did a quick Amazon search and couldn't find it - can I (pre)order it somewhere already?

[Bev Vincent]

No -- the release date hasn't been set yet. Sometime in spring 2013, he says.

[Dan]

Sub Press is supposed to do the limited edition.

[Heather19]

I didn't know there was a Locke & Key game. Looks cool. What's the basic idea of it.

[ELazansky]

To be honest, I haven't even read the instructions yet

[Brice]

I didn't know there was a Locke & Key game. Looks cool. What's the basic idea of it.

win!

[Ricky]

Is that cover official? I like it.

[Bev Vincent]

Joe tweeted it the other day.

[killbourne]

https://p.twimg.com/AwZw_OQCEAIXsCc.jpg

Didnt he mention that it was longer than both HSB and HORNS together? ANyway, its a cool cover..reminds me of the one armed swordsman..the warrior wearing white to make the blood stand out...love kung fu movies.

[Randall Flagg]

Didnt he mention that it was longer than both HSB and HORNS together? ANyway, its a cool cover..reminds me of the one armed swordsman..the warrior wearing white to make the blood stand out...love kung fu movies.
What is the ~word count, and what was the ~word count for HSB, and for Horns?

[WeDealInLead]

Kilbourne, he said it's the biggest of all his three novels.

[Brice]

From what I can find Horns had an approximate word count of 105,600. I don't know how accurate that is. I'm just relying on a google search.

[Randall Flagg]

Test.

[Patrick]

I didn't know there was a Locke & Key game. Looks cool. What's the basic idea of it.

win!
:lol:


Cool book cover. Looking forward to reading the novel.


Jerome, I like the sub-forum category's new icon thingy!

[Pasiuk57]

I spoke with him in Anaheim at the Con-NOS4ATU will be his longest ever written.

[Patrick]

Looking forward to it! Any cool SDCC special items from Joe?

[Gris]

Here's an update...


NOS4A2

Hill, Joe/ (None)
FICTION/Thrillers
Morrow Avon | Fiction | Hardcover | William Morrow
Bound: | Release: 4/10/2013 | On Sale: 4/30/2013 | Pub: 5/1/2013 | Ann. 1st Print: 200
Carton: 28 | Trim: 6 x 9 | PP: 384 | Index: N | Illustration: | UPC: 099455026994 | EAN: 9780062200570

[mikeC]

This is really cool.
http://joehillfiction.com/2012/07/tick-tock/

More useful information about getting your signed copy: they can only take phone orders. Here’s their number: 603 431-2100. You can get up to three books signed as long as one of them is Locke & Key, vol. 5: Clockworks. The other two can be anything that’s got my name on it, including the other books in the Locke & Key series, Horns, Heart-Shaped Box, 20th Century Ghosts, or any of the anthologies I’m in, including the just-released Shadow Show. I doodle a great Lake Champlain monster on the cover page of my story in Shadow Show. On the subject of doodles: only one per order. Shipping costs are on you.

[Heather19]

That's really cool, but did we miss it? Looks like it was posted in mid July. I'll try to give them a call later today, I'd love one.

[WeDealInLead]

I saw that a while ago and was tempted until I remembered what their idea of safe packaging was. I ordered a signed Neil Gaiman book and they shipped it in an envelope. Not even a bubbly envelope, but a regular one.

edit: came with bumped corners

[sgc1999]

Ya,
you take your chances ordering from them for sure. cant beat the price though.

[Gris]

Shadow Show is an AWESOME book. Joe's story is great, but almost all of them are.

Gaiman's story (1st in the book) is also great. I was really impressed with it.

The timing of it was rather spooky. I mean, we released this book literally one week after Ray died :(

[sgc1999]

i want a copy :(

[mikeC]

Shadow Show is an AWESOME book.

Thanks for this info. I haven't seen any reviews.

I will be in Portsmouth this month, hope I can check out that store.

[WeDealInLead]

Joe Hill tweeted Shadow Show is also available as an audio book. I'll have to check out the local libraries, I'm always interested in his short stories. That seems to be what he excels at.

[Gris]

The Audiobook has some great narrators too. Goerge Takai is over the stop when he reads. I should have known that.

[Dan]

I've asked this before, but never really received a good response. Has anyone purchased a slip case that fits any of the Joe Hill 1st editions or the S/L of Heart Shaped Box? I looked at CD, but the measurements are not dead on. I know Dolso can make one, but am looking for something slightly more affordable.

[Patrick]

I've asked this before, but never really received a good response. Has anyone purchased a slip case that fits any of the Joe Hill 1st editions or the S/L of Heart Shaped Box? I looked at CD, but the measurements are not dead on. I know Dolso can make one, but am looking for something slightly more affordable.

I have no aftermarket slipcases nor traycases for any of my Joe Hill books, with the exception of one Dolso traycase that I bought in support of the site's charity auction fundraiser.

If you find an affordable provider, I'd be interested in ordering some product as well.

[sgc1999]

some interesting news: https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/1391effe3e8f457b

[Nerak]

um....that just links you to a google mail account....what's the news?!?! Don't tease me!!!

[Room 217 Caretaker]

some interesting news: https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/1391effe3e8f457b

haha...we will have to flag sgc1999 for Email Spam Advertising for Google. :emot-roflolmao:

Mulleins

[sgc1999]

oh snap!!! try again: http://firewireblog.com/2012/08/13/stephen-kings-joe-hills-short-story-collaboration-in-the-tall-grass-will-be-released-as-an-ebook-audio-cd-in-october/

[Nerak]

Awsome, cause I never bought Esquire...

[Gris]

It's not my favorite story

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Sorry if this interview has already been posted but it's a good one. First time I've heard that Daniel Radcliff will play lead in Joe's movie HORNS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOH3c8G8M

Mulleins

[Lauterer]

4me2 wonderful and NEW news to this forum i belive.thanks!...!

[sgc1999]

got some of my books unpacked from the move so i figured i would throw up a few pics of my joe hill stash:)

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/sgc1999/IMG_5639.jpg
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/sgc1999/IMG_5635.jpg
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/sgc1999/IMG_5634.jpg

almost everything is either a s/l edition or just a signed and doodled 1st edition. The stacks of comics are mostly locke and key and the cape signed 1st printings.

[WeDealInLead]

Are all those trade IDW editions of Locke and Key signed?

[Stockerlone]

Amazing JH collection. This looks like his warehouse.
Is something missing in your JH collection?

[sgc1999]

Are all those trade IDW editions of Locke and Key signed?

Yes, they are all signed and doodled and a few are inscribed to me.

[sgc1999]

Amazing JH collection. This looks like his warehouse.
Is something missing in your JH collection?

I have a voluntary commital on the way that was missing. also i just sold my "best horror stories" not realising it was also a signed Joe hill book, now i need to buy it again:unsure: . also i dont have a s/l new dead yet.

[mikeC]

I was able to stop by the Riverun BS last week and picked up a signed Clockworks book.
I loved the last 2 volumes, I'm glad it's ending and will be a complete story.
The woman that works there said his next fiction book is his best.

[WeDealInLead]

I have the first two L&K hardcovers signed. I'll get the rest signed when he goes on a book tour again.

I also have a few paperback anthologies signed by Hill as well as Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon etc. They were at a convention so why not?

[sgc1999]

nice!

[Dan]

I'm sure it's been posted, but does anyone know when the next novel is supposed to be released?

[Stockerlone]

The presentation of ´multiple´ sig doodled JH books is great.

Have too many identical books with signatures and doodles is NOT wrong.:smile_002:
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT4047.JPG

[Gris]

I'm sure it's been posted, but does anyone know when the next novel is supposed to be released?

Early 2013

[Ben Staad]

The presentation of ´multiple´ sig doodled JH books is great.

Have too many identical books with signatures and doodles is NOT wrong.:smile_002:
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT4047.JPG

It's not shown here but I looked up "Blind" to see what book that is and love the cover art. Cool collection stockerlone!

[sgc1999]

The presentation of ´multiple´ sig doodled JH books is great.

Have too many identical books with signatures and doodles is NOT wrong.:smile_002:
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/742/medium/PICT4047.JPG

SWEET!! :)

[Dan]

I'm sure it's been posted, but does anyone know when the next novel is supposed to be released?

Early 2013

Thanks!

[WeDealInLead]

Horns (movie) news: http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/home/all-news/1-latest-news/7756-hot-supporting-cast-horns-in-on-ajahill-film

[Gris]

here are the internal notes for NOS4A2...

Keynote
From Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, comes a spine-tingling, bone-chilling new novel of supernatural suspense that will keep readers up all night.


Description
Victoria McQueen has a gift for finding things (a lost bracelet, a forgotten ribbon, answers to unasked questions): all she has to do is jump on her bike and ride through the Shorter Way bridge and she’ll come out the other side wherever it is she needs to be—even if that’s hundreds of miles away—in a matter of moments. Vic doesn’t tell anyone, not even her parents, about her unusual ability because she knows no one would understand it. Hey, she doesn’t understand it herself. And then she learns that she’s not the only one with a special gift.

There are others . . . like Charlie Manx. Charlie Manx burned a man to death in his black 1938 Rolls- Royce Wraith, but that was not the worst of it. Rumor has it he liked children; that he kidnapped, tortured, and killed dozens of them, and then hung Christmas ornaments in the pine trees around his house in their memory. The newspapers dubbed it “The Sleigh-House.” The only one ever to escape was a very lucky girl named Victoria McQueen.

Charlie Manx was caught and spent the rest of his days in a maximum security prison. Years later, finally, mercifully, he died. And then his body disappeared . . . after the autopsy. The police and the media think some sicko took the corpse. But Vic knows: Charlie Manx is on the road again . . . and he has her kid. And this time, Vic McQueen is going after him.


Author Bio
Joe Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of Horns and Heart-Shaped Box, and the prize-winning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner-award winning writer of an ongoing comic book series, Locke & Key. You can learn more at www.joehillfiction.com and follow him on Twitter, where he goes by the inspired handle of @joe_hill.

Author Residence: New England Author Hometown: Bangor, ME Link to Author Photo


Selling Points
INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The hardcover edition of Horns debuted at #10 on the New York Times bestseller list and stayed on the list for another week; Joe Hill’s first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, debuted at #10 on the New York Times list—and rose to #6 the following week. It also had multiple-week runs on the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Book Sense bestseller lists, among others.

HILL AND KING: An excerpt from NOS4A2 will appear in the digital edition of “In the Tall Grass,” a story co-written by Joe Hill and Stephen King, which will be released this fall.

INDIE NEXT FAVORITE: The hardcover edition of Horns was a March 2010 Indie Next pick, and the paperback edition was chosen as a “Now in Paperback” featured title for March 2011. And Heart-Shaped Box was a #1 BookSense Pick in March 2007.

“BEST BOOKS”: Horns was an Amazon.com Best Book of the Month pick in March 2010 that Daphne Durham called “a dark, funny exploration of love, grief, and the nature of good and evil.” Horns was, also, #89 on Amazon’s “Editors’ Top 100 Best Books of the Year” list, and #10 on Amazon’s “MysteryEditors’ Best of the Year” list for 2010. The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times and the Kansas City Star also named Horns as one of the best books of 2010. Heart-Shaped Box was named a “Best Book of the Year” by Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, Book Sense, Rocky Mountain News, Atlanta magazine, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Village Voice, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, and The Book Standard.

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: 20th Century Ghosts, Hill’s collection of short fiction, was extolled in a starred PW review as an “extraordinary debut collection” that “introduces one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years.”

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Heart-Shaped Box won the Bram Stoker Award and the International Thriller Writers Award (both for best first novel). 20th Century Ghosts received the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection. In addition, various individual stories from the collection have won awards. Hill is the winner of the 2006 William Crawford Prize for Best New Fantasy Writer (for 20th Century Ghosts), and the recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship (in 2002) and the A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize (1999).

HILL DOES EXCELLENT BAD GUYS: Neil Gaiman named Craddock McDermott, the “vengeful ghost that came with the suit in Joe Hill’s 2007 novel Heart-Shaped Box,” one of the Top 10 New Classic Monsters (Entertainment Weekly, June 27/July 4, 2008). Charlie Manx in NOS4A2 will not disappoint.

FILM RIGHTS OPTIONED: Horns will be produced by Red Granite’s Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland, Mandalay Pictures president Cathy Schulman and Adam Stone. Joe Hill and Red Granite’s Joe Gatta are the executive producers. Daniel Radcliff (aka Harry Potter) will star as Iggy Perrish.

FOREIGN SALES: Joe Hill is a world-wide sensation—rights for Horns and Heart-Shaped Box have sold everywhere from France and Finland to Indonesian and Arabic speaking countries!

AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.joehillfiction.com


Editor's Audio Script/ Note
NOS-FUR-AH-TOO: That’s how to pronounce the title of Joe Hill’s latest insanely scary, creepy, supernatural thriller. Just like the classic 1922 vampire-horror film. And that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. I mean, there are some pretty gory scenes in Hill’s NOS4A2, but it’s definitely not a mysterious German count doing the blood-sucking.

Joe Hill says NOS4A2 is a book about “a very bad man with a very bad car.” NOS4A2 is the bad car’s vanity license plate. And the bad man is 140-year-old Charlie Manx. Charlie likes children. He likes them so much he kidnaps them and takes them away forever to a special place he calls “Christmasland.” No child has ever come back from Christmasland. No one except a girl named Victoria McQueen. When Vic escaped, Charlie was captured, and put away for life in a prison for the criminally insane. But somehow, years later, Charlie got out. He’s on the road again, hunting little kids. This time he’s got Vic’s son. And this time, Vic is gonna find Charlie Manx and bring him down once and for all.

Joe is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author with nearly 150,000 followers on Twitter. He writes the award-winning comic book series “Locke & Key,” and has collaborated with his father, author Stephen King, on a short story, which we’ve released as a digital short that sold more than 14,500 copies in its first three weeks on sale. Much like Neil Gaiman and even Stephen King before him, Joe is a creative powerhouse, working on stories, comics, novels, television, and film. He is a brilliant young artist in the early days of his career, and he’s writing this novel, another novel, and a story collection for us.

[Randall Flagg]

Wow. I can hardly wait. Woo Hoo!

[WeDealInLead]

Yes! I hope this means he'll do a tour. I wasn't sold completely on Horns but he's solid, funny and most things he does have been enjoyable.

[Patrick]

Looking forward to this!

[thegunslinger41]

Wow..awesome. Radcliff as Iggy Perrish will be purdy cool. I can see him as a disheveled oily haired loserly kid with an evil mischevious side. Can't wait!

[thegunslinger41]

Howdy fellas! I'd be interested in getting my hands on a Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box Signed Deluxe (Must be the 1-200 #'ed edition). Lets make a deal!

Gabriel

[Randall Flagg]

I'll check when I get home. I may have a spare.

[WeDealInLead]

Joe Hill's top 50 books:

Not long ago I was pointed to a peculiar book. This guy asked independent booksellers around the country to work up lists of their fifty favorite reads, the books they feel most passionate about hand-selling. The results were published in a collection called Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America’s Indie Bookstores.

Some of you might know I have a weakness for lists. In the back of the book, the editor, Hans Weyandt, invites the reader to list their own fifty favorites. I couldn’t help myself. My list is below.

A few notes about the list that follows.

• There’s a difference between “best” and “favorite.” To make a list of the 50 best books in English, I’d have to think about what has done the most to expand the possibilities of literature and what stories have had the deepest cultural impact. That’s hard. It’s much easier to figure out favorites; you know something is a favorite if you get excited thinking about reading it again. It doesn’t have to have deep cultural impact. You just have to love it.

• I’ve organized the books in alphabetical order, by author. It was just too much effort to try to put them in order of preference.

• I have not included graphic novels. That feels like a different list.

• I have included books by people I’m related to. Look, the people I love have written a lot of remarkable books, books that deeply shaped how I think about story myself. To leave them off would require dishonesty, and if yer gonna be dishonest about something like this, why even do it?

• One of the following choices is a big fuckin’ cheat. It has been noted. As the old song goes, it’s my list, I can cheat if I want to. Also, I would (and do) argue that the cheat is possibly the most important selection on the whole list.

Here goes:

The Fifty



Case Histories • Kate Atkinson

The House With A Clock In Its Walls • John Bellairs

Josie & Jack • Kelly Braffet

Wonder Boys • Michael Chabon

A Christmas Carol • Charlie “Chuck” Dickens

Slouching Toward Bethlehem: Essays • Joan Didion



The Collector • John Fowles

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders • Neil Gaiman

Lord of the Flies • William Golding

Marathon Man • William Goldman

I, Claudius • Robert Graves

Warlock • Oakley Hall

The Short Stories • Ernest Hemingway

The Friends of Eddie Coyle • Geroge V. Higgins

Jesus’ Son • Denis Johnson

The Haunting of Hill House • Shirley Jackson

The Liars’ Club • Mary Karr



Double Feature • Owen King

The Dead Zone • Stephen King

The Shining • Stephen King

The Green Mile • Stephen King

Under the Dome • Stephen King

One on One • Tabitha King

To Kill A Mockingbird • Harper Lee

Swag • Elmore Leonard

The Assistant • Bernard Malamud



The Complete Stories of Bernard Malmaud

The Fixer • Bernard Malamud

Life of Pi • Yann Martel

I Am Legend • Richard Matheson

The Border Trilogy • Cormac McCarthy

Angela’s Ashes • Frank McCourt

Atonement • Ian McEwan

Lonesome Dove • Larry McMurtry

Terms of Endearment • Larry McMurtry

Cloud Atlas • David Mitchell



The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet • David Mitchell

The Aubrey-Maturin Novels, books 1 – 4 • Patrick O’Brian*

Animal Farm • George Orwell

True Grit • Charles Portis

The Harry Potter novels • J.K. Rowling

The Riverside Shakespeare **

The Grapes of Wrath • John Steinbeck



Slayground • Richard Stark

Dracula • Bram Stoker

Dog Soldiers • Robert Stone

Ghost Story • Peter Straub

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again • J.R.R. Tolkien

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Mark Twain



* I’ve only read the first four books in the series, but it’s already the best continuing series I’ve ever come across. The rest of the O’Brian books could suck (they won’t) and I’d still think these first four are some of the most magnificent things I’ve ever read.



** Okay, so this is the cheat. But it is a single book, and if I started picking my favorite works of Shakespeare, 20% of this list would be Lucky Bill. Besides: I say to you honestly that I think the Riverside Shakespeare is the one book that ought to be in every home. It isn’t a holy book, so it isn’t limited to believers in one faith or another. You need only believe in stories and that language can be beautiful.

[Randall Flagg]

Interesting list. I guess I need to read some more books as I haven't read half of the titles.
Also a bit of an advertisement for Owen King's forthcoming novel.
LINK (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Double-Feature/Owen-King/9781451676891)