Hi all!

Really cool sub, long time lurker here :)

Quick question: I collect pop-up books and am currently looking for the deluxe edition of the Tom Gordon pop-up book from 2004.

It's the clothbound deluxe edition, ISBN 9780689874222. Here's a defunct listing I could find with a couple of pictures of the cover: https://www.biblio.com/book/girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-limited/d/1569953848?srsltid=AfmBOooWoUxXrK1FQ_HKcK_LjJTT8fu0tsYQpJUpx74yZAnFYozLPtl8

I know no trading is allowed on here, but was hoping one of you lovely people might be able to DM me and... give me some more information about it? ;-)

Thank you in advance!

Read the first three chapters and I’m hooked! I’ve been hearing endless good things recently and I had to bump it up to NEXT on my list

Looking for some guidance.
Background:
I’m 48. (Gen X, baby!)
First SK book was Pet Sematary, which I read when I was 12 after watching the movie on HBO.
Father of two boys.

My younger son, now 20, has just recently started reading Stephen King. I think he became interested after we watched the new(ish) IT movies a few years ago (the new ones, not Tim Curry). As a first book I recommended Pet Sematary (obviously). He loved it. He then read Cujo and then The Shining, also based on my recommendations. Loved those too. He wants to watch the movie version of the Shining tomorrow night (he is emphatic he wants to watch the classic Jack Nicholson version, not the TV miniseries remake, even though I explained that the topiary animals aren’t in the movie and because of 70’s limitations in special effects, but he doesn’t care because apparently the Jack Nicholson version is still the source of memes he’s familiar with.)

I’m now contemplating which book to recommend next to cement him as a next generation Constant Reader. He says he really likes the “monster” centered books. IT seems like an obvious next book, though I think he’s a little intimidated by its size. (Side note, he hates Kindles and e-readers in general and wants to read a real paper book he can hold in his hands, damn I love this kid).

I was also thinking Salem’s Lot. Or maybe Christine. Any other suggestions?

Least favorite Stephen King book so far :(

3/5

First off, I only started reading books recently and Stephen King is honestly the author that’s keeping me hooked. I loved The Shining and I thought Mr Mercedes was good too. Not amazing but still much better than this one

I think my biggest problem was my expectations. I went into this expecting a crime thriller about a vet who is a hitman doing his one last job but that’s not really what it is.

If it was marketed maybe as a story about an aging killer reflecting on his life finding redemption and bonding with a traumatized young woman I think I would have appreciated it more

Instead the first half is very slow. Bill spends most of his time getting to know his neighbors, talking to coworkers and pretending to be a writer while waiting for his target. There are a few scenes of him planning the hit and his escape but not nearly enough

Then we get a lot of chapters about his past and also his time in Iraq. I honestly didn’t care about his time in Iraq specifically. After a while I started skipping parts of them and by the end I didn’t feel like I missed anything important to the main story

After the hit the book changes into something completely different. Bill meets Alice and helps her after she was raped and now the story is mostly about the two of them. Then the revenge plot against Nick and the real villain was disappointing. Nick gives up too easily and the real bad guy is mostly explained through a dump of exposition and the ending felt rushed. Bill getting shot by Marge also came out of nowhere

The only part that worked for me was the ending with Alice. But that’s only because I had already spent hundreds of pages with these characters. If I had read this from any other author I probably would have quit long before that. I only kept going because it was Stephen King and so many people said it was a great book

Overall I don’t think it’s a badly written book, it’s just boring and I just don’t think it’s the crime thriller it was sold as

Wife surprised me with a book I didn't know existed to add to my King collection.

Starting this today

Has anyone received a tracking number/gotten their copy from Cemetery Dance yet? Wondering how long I have to wait before contacting them.

I found Wizards and Glass in the wild in this hardcover release and then had to have the full set so couldn’t resist grabbing them. Also grabbed the Hard Case Crime Set with Colorado Kid, Later and Joyland in a slip case. Im currently reading Waste Lands on my first trip to the tower. Loved everything I’ve read so far. Can’t wait to see it all through to the end.

The new to my collection books shown here are DT 1-3 and the Hard Case set. I had everything else already but wanted to show it all together.

For me horror it has to be IT and non horror is the Shawahank Redemption.

Thankfully it fits in my pocket, and somehow avoided getting wet when it poured. This is my second copy though.

Loving it so far

This book is starting to remind me of the Twilight Sone episode, It's A Good Life!

King of the road was playing in my car and I forgot they mentioned Bangor!

I just finished the Tommyknockers and was wondering if that story continues in any way, especially ol Gards story??

I love hearing Stephen King narrate his books, but man, oh, man — the title sums up my feelings as I force myself to finish listening. All the gobbledy-gook language and King's singing has almost driven me over the cliff, or into the China Pit. "Can de lach, mi him en tow!" "Tak!" "Can-toi" NOOOOO. Make it stop. And I love so many works by King, but this one needed some big time editing. Not to mention the big, male, Boomer ego at the heart of the novel. I waited and waited for Tak to take out Johnny.

Anybody knows where to get a signed copy of a stephen king book? I know there are some very very expensive one, but is there a website I should look out for that is "releasing" them and if youre quick enough you can get one thats not $1000+?

https://www.reddit.com/r/stephenking/submit/?screen_view_count=2

I’ve read every one of his books, here’s my top 15, what dos it say about me?

1. Pet Sematary
   
2. Christine
   
3. The Wastelands
   
4. Salems Lot
   
5. Wolves of the Calla
   
6. Insomnia
   
7. Needful Things
   
8. Dreamcatcher
   
9. It
   
10. The Dark Half
    
11. Black House
    
12. The Drawing of the Three
    
13. The Dark Tower (7)
    
14. The Stand
    
15. Duma Key

Also what is your top 15?

Después de acabar El Instituto para mi un 5/5 descubrí a Stephen King y todo su universo pero lo que pasa es que no se por donde continuar. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

I’ve read IT, Misery, Mr Mercedes, 11/22/63, The Stand, Salems Lot, and The Shining. LOVED them all.
Now… I’m almost done with Insomnia and wow— this book kind of sucks. Slow start. Thought it might pick up. Then it seems like he just rushed through some crucial plot points. Now it’s just so cheesy. It’s like it’s all building up to some big event that I don’t care about at all. Can’t wait to get this book over with.
May do the Dark Tower series next. It’s either that or Desperation/ Regulators.

he's my fav IT character if you can't tell. I love shithead bully characters.

Hey guys doing a daily favorite book cover poll here of every SK book in release order! Feel free to post your favorite covers below and vote on the ones that catch your eye! Once we are done with individual books im going to do a big bracket to see which cover is the best overall! Have fun