I also collect Dean Koontz and Peter Straub. Lately I've begun to collect some Agatha Christie works as well - I'd always read her but never collected her, goal is to get a genuine Christie signed copy one day but it's difficult and expensive. I have a few signed Koontz and Straub books.
Good luck with the Agatha Christie search! I used to collect Dean Koontz but lost interest a few years ago. I still have tons of Koontz stuff boxed up and put away. It is nice to have another Straub collector on board. I started a Straub thread in this forum a while back but it is buried way back now due to lack of posts/interest. Start posting on it and I will pitch in too.Originally Posted by jonahwriter
I've only read two Straub novels ( Ghost Story & Koko) and really enjoyed them, couldn't get into Floating Dragon though
I tried Mr X some years a go but gave up. I may try it again though.
I would recommend The Hellfire Club over Mr. X if you haven't read a lot of Straub.
Cheers for the recommendation, Bob. I will give The Hellfire Club a go instead.I would recommend The Hellfire Club over Mr. X if you haven't read a lot of Straub.
Hell Fire Club and Lost Boy/Lost Girl are great reads. Mr. X is puzzling at best.
Easton Press just added a signed edition of Fight Club.
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Highly agree about "The Hellfire Club". By far and away, my favourite Straub. Love it, especially the literary colony Shorelands... ah, I want to re-read it now yet again LOL! Second favourite Straub is "Mystery" - stunning and best of the "Blue Rose" original trilogy (now a quintet?) in my opinion. "If You Could See Me Now", "Shadowland", and "Ghost Story", would complete my Top 5 Straub!
Thanks. Just ordered it!
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I just finished reading BAD RONALD again, which I highly recommend. It's the whole book or included in these:
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
How did I not know Patrick Rothfuss was signing in town tonight?
From Gauntlet's newletter:
Owen’s Kings DOUBLE FEATURE has arrived and we have begun shipping the numbered edition. All copies of the numbered edition will have shipped by the time you receive this newsletter. We also expect slipcases to arrive by the end of the week and will begin shipping those copies as soon as they arrive.
Traycases may take a little longer to receive. The traycase will be beveled with the cover art inset on the top of the traycase. Our manufacturer had to wait until he received dustjackets from our printer before he could begin work on the traycases.
We are down to twenty copies of the numbered edition and 2 copies of the lettered.
http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin...R_ID=249155743
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Got my numbered edition last week. Looks nice, nothing spectacular, but nice. It came with a bookmark signed by Owen. Not sure what to do with the bookmark, but always nice to have a free extra.
I ordered the slipcase so will have to wait a little longer.
I put on a Brodart cover and then tuck bookmarks, event tickets, etc., into the pocket formed by the cover and dustjacket in the flap.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Nice to see another white glove user here!I ordered the slipcase so will have to wait a little longer.
I put on a Brodart cover and then tuck bookmarks, event tickets, etc., into the pocket formed by the cover and dustjacket in the flap.
I'm not sure if I posted in this thread already and I'm not going to go through 59 pages to investigate. Other than King, I collect:
Neil Gaiman - signed trades only. I'm missing two or three. No rush, his signature isn't expensive. US editions only.
China Mieville - whatever I can get a deal on. Most Mieville fans hold onto the really expensive books so they don't come up for sale often. When they do, they're expensive (compared to their cover price).
Cheaper than King but generally speaking, his lettereds are more difficult to find than King's. UK and US editions (he lives in UK).
Tim Powers - whatever I can get a good deal on. Ultramarine and Charnel House books are pricey so I'm getting out the "cheaper" editions out of the way first. I'm collecting US editions only.
Gene Wolfe - I have nothing fancy by him now but my mental finger is always on the pulse if I come across the Centipede edition of the New Sun tetralogy. I love and admire his books, but his bibliography is massive and I'm too intimidated to start collecting even trades.
Tim Lebbon - I believe that next to Lebbon himself I have the most extensive collection of his books. I don't know how to say that without sounding like an arrogant jerk, but it is what it is.
Jack Vance, PKD and Silverberg have nice collections from Subterranean and those are the ones I collect. I'm a huge fan of a short story.
Not everything by Dan Simmons is worth collecting IMO but I'm always on the lookout for the Hyperion/Endymion signed firsts in fine condition.
I have almost all the S/L Brian Keene, a number of Robert McCammon, some Clive Barker, Greg Gifune, and Dean Koontz. A lot of one-offs of other authors as well. In addition to all my S/L King stuff of course.
It is interesting (to me anyway) that what appeals to one person does not appeal to another. I love almost everything Simmons has written but I like the Hyperion/Endymion books the least.
Is there a reason the Neil Gaiman thread is closed?
BTW - I was able to order a signed copy of Truth in a Cave from the Connecticut bookstore.
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I think threads sometimes close when a mod posted something. I have no idea how that works.
I opened it back up.
The usual reason threads get accidentally closed is a Mod using a smart phone to check a thread mistakenly double clicks on the thread icon and closes the thread.
PatrickI opened it back up.
The usual reason threads get accidentally closed is a Mod using a smart phone to check a thread mistakenly double clicks on the thread icon and closes the thread.
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I can't get enough of Dracula editions. In 2008 The Folio Society published an edition of Dracula that I liked quite a bit, especially the woodcut illustrations by Abigail Rorer. I found this on eBay a couple of weeks ago and had not heard of this edition. It is published by The Lone Oak Press. One of five copies (this is "III" of "V"). It has a custom traycase, a signed copy of the book and a portfolio of the nine engravings all signed and numbered (all "III" of "V"). Happy to have found this.
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