![]() 5 Also contains original contributions by Thomas M. 1, The Gunslinger and the Dark Man Volume 61, No. 4, The Oracle and the Mountains Volume 60, No. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Serialized in 5 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction : The Gunslinger Volume 55, No. Collection of short stories by: Stephen King, H. Collection of 29 short stories first edition of 12000 copies first issue with S52 on p 336, U3 for book club edition Copies for SaleĬarr, Terry (editor). First issue with R49 on last page DJ illustrated by Dave Christensen Copies for Sale Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York (1977). King writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman First Canadian Edition (simultaneous with US Edition) Copies for Sale DJ till second state with Father Cody misprint – fixed later to Father Callahan first issue book with Q37, third issue Q41 on p 439 Copies for Sale First issue with 'P6' on p199 Copies for Sale Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York (1974). Bishop work from: Tabitha Spruce, Stephen King, Michael Alpert, and others 3 poems by King Copies for Sale Edited by George MacLeod Introduction by J.J. Startling Mystery Stories, Spring #12 Copies for Sale If you are looking to start a collecting career, you might do far worse than to look to established contemporary greats such as Stephen King, John Grisham, JK Rowling, who have all accrued a large amount of popular acclaim, it wouldn't surprise us if their back catalogue is valued to collectors for many years to come! Stephen King is now a respected literary figure of weight, and his prestige is conferred as value to his early first editions accordingly. Stephen King, as a writer, has been growing from strength to strength, and is an author who now has an impressive back catalogue of books catering to a range of tastes. So, what can we assume has made this book from the end of the seventies so valuable? Our first impression is of the overwhelming popularity of the author. This large difference in prices highlights just how varied the collectible marketplace can be, and how the budding collector needs to be armed with advice, patience and a dash of business acumen. With a book that is only just over thirty years old, would you be surprised if I told you that some First Editions were selling at auction for over $800? As a matter of fact, a dedicated search reveals several First Edition Doubleday's of the master of Horror's 'The Stand' going for prices that range from $350 right up to that $800 mark. The first edition by publisher Doubleday was in 1978, and didn't even have a clothbound or otherwise specialist cover and binding. The Stand isn't actually particularly 'old' as far as collectible books go. In later years (through the 90's) his novels moved towards suspense and thriller, such as Dolore Claireborne, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, etc. The Stand is a post-apocalyptic tale of moral and psychological threat, written when the novelist King was in what some reviewers call his 'early' period with solidly horrific tales like Carrie, The Shining, and It. In this example from the prolific American horror and suspense author Stephen King, we can see just how some of these factors come to affect the price. ![]() ![]() Two obvious factors are its age and the popularity of its author, but also condition comes into play, the unique features of the design and the publication. That “pulse” might be more so an eroding of our attention spans, a depletion of those calm moments which we don’t feel pressured to fill with content, content, and content.There are many different factors that go into making a book collectible. Reading Cell nowadays carries different weight, a sort of “hindsight is 20/20” effect, where we see how bound to our phones we’ve become. Clay Riddell is an artist who chose to live off the grid, not buying a cellphone-and for that reason, he is “saved.” Anyone who answers the call turns into a psychopath incapable of doing anything but pursuing their basest urges. ![]() The premise of the novel is quite simple: on October 1st at 3:03 PM, a “pulse”-or a call that is sent to everyone who owns a cellphone-goes out. However, Cell remains an underrated novel by King, if only because it now reads more like a cautionary tale of what would inevitably become the everyday tech staple: our phones. King has certainly written post-apocalyptic ( and pandemic) fiction that is far more propulsive than Cell, especially when you look back at the book from the uncertainty of 2022. ![]()
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