No signed copies but they're still shrink-wrapped and in great condition. These include the Foreword by Steve.
NY Times Interview
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I bought mine directly thru Castle Rock- The SK Newsletter. It's a gorgeous book! Oversized, with beautiful cloth endboards and the paper used for the pages is exquisite!
These would be from the same printing.
I think it's the same paper that was used in the Philtrum Press limited edition of The Eyes Of The Dragon.
If you figure out how to sell them, be sure to let us know. I know I'd be interested
There was a response from Mr. King to a question about what he read that kept coming back to me, and I finally figured out why. His answer was something like, "I don't really like 'relationship' books..." That made me giggle, because that's exactly what he writes! Not kissy-smoochy, romantic love, but relationships between individuals drive just about every one of his books. It's what sets his writing apart from other 'horror/suspense' writers and makes his characters and stories memorable. Just about every book of his that I can think of has at its heart the relationships between characters: it's your family, friends, or 'heart family' (a lovely phrase used by one of my dear friends) and how you relate to them, how they can save, hurt, help, or heal you, that drives nearly everything I can think of by Mr. King. The supernatural parts are 'so much hugger-mugger', to quote RLS, to make the medicine of considering one's place in one's society palatable. And it is because he gets right to his characters' hearts that they can touch our hearts; he makes us feel his stories, and we become fierce fans, because the majority of this world is all about cynicism and shoving down feelings. Mr. King's stories say, in essence, "Screw that! You have a heart--we all have hearts, and don't you dare deny it, even if only here in these pages. And we are all responsible to and for each other--don't you forget that." He demands that we face our humanity and our interconnectedness, and that's what a 'relationship' book is.
I've always said that at the base of any SK book is love.
Good Lawd, John, you've been doin' this fa EVER!!
Or at least as long as I have.....
I read this interview several days ago - I LOVE that SK mentioned Bag of Bones! It's my absolute favorite book and I've never heard/read of SK referencing it before.
I never got the feeling that Mr. Clemens was writing for the pure-minded. Perhaps Ms. Alcott should consider that the library's audience was expanded beyond those parameters.
Just curious, how old are you KRF? If you don't mind me asking. I have an idea in my head but I know I'm wrong.Good Lawd, John, you've been doin' this fa EVER!!
Mentally or physically?
55! Just this month I qualified for the senior discount at stores!! 
He seems a lot younger, doesn't he? From all the selfies he texts me every day, I thought he was only 54.Mentally or physically?
I'm 72! I have a surgeon on retainer in South America. He does good work.....He seems a lot younger, doesn't he? From all the selfies he texts me every day, I thought he was only 54.
Those 'selfies' are for your personal enjoyment. I don't want to see any of them on Facebook, on the SKMB or anywhere else. And don't think 'blackmail' 'cause I ain't swimming in the green either.He seems a lot younger, doesn't he? From all the selfies he texts me every day, I thought he was only 54.
And I have sooooooooooooo personally enjoyed them. I was disappointed when you ran out of film a bit ago.
Just watch your step around me, Mister; that's all I'm sayin. I know you're not swimming in the green, but I also know you have a nice, deep, refreshing pool of books I'd like to take a dip in.
I was way off.......Mentally or physically?
Mentally or physically?
I turned 70 in December. I've been collecting since I was 15 or 16, and King since about 1980. I lost the vast majority of my collection (hardcovers, magazines and paperbacks--about 20,000-30,000 items) when my basement flooded when a remnant of a hurricane hit our area about 15 years ago. Luckily, my almost complete collection of Weird Tales magazine, my almost complete set of Arkham House books and all my King books were upstairs at the time. I sold the Weird Tales magazines and the Arkham House but have kept the King items.
John