The Year of Cemetery Dance 2018

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kingricefan

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Did you drop them a line? Your order just may have gotten overlooked as it doesn't make sense they would send mine, a grab bag they just barely announced, and yours was at the beginning of 2017!
By the way- I just ordered Shivers VIII which will contain the first ever (legal) appearance of Squad D, the long awaited story that Steve wrote for that way laid Harlan Ellison anthology from the late 70's that never saw print. ;-D
 

Grant87

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By the way- I just ordered Shivers VIII which will contain the first ever (legal) appearance of Squad D, the long awaited story that Steve wrote for that way laid Harlan Ellison anthology from the late 70's that never saw print. ;-D
Me too! I ordered The Best of Shivers months ago as well. I haven't seen any updates on when that might ship out though.
 

kingricefan

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Did you drop them a line? Your order just may have gotten overlooked as it doesn't make sense they would send mine, a grab bag they just barely announced, and yours was at the beginning of 2017!
Deej- I just looked at my orders and it looks like I didn't order a grab bag this year. I did order a three book limited edition special they did at the beginning of the year.
 

Dana Jean

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Deej- I just looked at my orders and it looks like I didn't order a grab bag this year. I did order a three book limited edition special they did at the beginning of the year.
aaah, and we know how they are with their limited editions. I'm sure they are working on them! It takes them a while. When it comes to these books, I try to get it in my head I would rather have quality and a long wait than crap and a short wait. Hopefully soon!
 

Dana Jean

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I just got my grab bag and there are some cool goodies in it. (I'll not say what's in mine so DJ can have a surprise ;-D). I got 2 titles that I already have, so those will make nice Christmas gifts.

I will say that I got more than my money's worth with this grab bag.
Oh, I am so excited! It says I'm not supposed to get mine until SAturday, but it hit the town over today, so I'm thinking tomorrow or friday for sure. I don't know though, I may make myself wait until Christmas. It's my only gift, so gotta have something to open!
 

Dana Jean

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Oh, I am so excited! It says I'm not supposed to get mine until SAturday, but it hit the town over today, so I'm thinking tomorrow or friday for sure. I don't know though, I may make myself wait until Christmas. It's my only gift, so gotta have something to open!
Just want to clarify this as one or two of you might be sad for me -- don't be sad. I get what I want and need all year, and I have received some early gifts from friends. This will be the only gift that actually made it under the tree.
 

Dana Jean

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All I know is Amazon is so-o far behind on their shipping. Silly me, I went and ordered some more items from them a couple of days ago, knowing full well that they won't make it here by Christmas.
No, I don't mean if it makes it in time. It's going to be here. In fact, just checked tracking and it is in my town as of this evening. So, it will either be delivered tomorrow or Friday without a doubt. I meant, if it MAKES IT UNDER THE TREE BECAUSE I OPEN IT BEFORE IT GETS THERE. :laugh:
 

Dana Jean

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I just got my grab bag and there are some cool goodies in it. (I'll not say what's in mine so DJ can have a surprise ;-D). I got 2 titles that I already have, so those will make nice Christmas gifts.

I will say that I got more than my money's worth with this grab bag.
Okay, I just got it. It's in a huge box and was heavy! It's just sitting on my couch at the moment. I really should wrap it and put it under my tree. I really should. The longer it sits as a brown box, the more danger it is in.
 

Dana Jean

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I just got my grab bag and there are some cool goodies in it. (I'll not say what's in mine so DJ can have a surprise ;-D). I got 2 titles that I already have, so those will make nice Christmas gifts.

I will say that I got more than my money's worth with this grab bag.
Did you get at least one thing you were super tickled about? Just out and out giddy about?
 

Spideyman

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Oh, I am so excited! It says I'm not supposed to get mine until SAturday, but it hit the town over today, so I'm thinking tomorrow or friday for sure. I don't know though, I may make myself wait until Christmas. It's my only gift, so gotta have something to open!
You are going to stress until Christmas if you put it under your tree. Each and every time you pass Mr Tree, that gift will sing out to you "open me". Take an nice empty box, put a sweet note in it---(from you to you, telling yourself what a good little DHP you have been all year, put X and O too) now wrap it with your prettiest wrap and a big bow. Presto-- a gift is still under the tree , and you will have your grab bag goodies in hand.
 

Dana Jean

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You are going to stress until Christmas if you put it under your tree. Each and every time you pass Mr Tree, that gift will sing out to you "open me". Take an nice empty box, put a sweet note in it---(from you to you, telling yourself what a good little DHP you have been all year, put X and O too) now wrap it with your prettiest wrap and a big bow. Presto-- a gift is still under the tree , and you will have your grab bag goodies in hand.
As tempting as your suggestion is, I'm going to wrap it and put it under the tree. I've been on a mission this year to make this Christmas more like the Christmases when I was a kid. And part of that was staring at those wrapped presents with such anticipation and joy. So, I am going to wrap it and stare at it and be so excited to have a present I don't know what the hell it is!
 
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fljoe0

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I have a question about numbered editions. In my grab bag there is a signed numbered edition but on the page where it says this is number x out of x, the number is PC. I have another book like this that I got in a past grab bag. I'm sure they must make a few books over the official number to make up for damaged books, so I wonder if the PC books are extras. Anyone know what the PC means?
 

Dana Jean

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I have a question about numbered editions. In my grab bag there is a signed numbered edition but on the page where it says this is number x out of x, the number is PC. I have another book like this that I got in a past grab bag. I'm sure they must make a few books over the official number to make up for damaged books, so I wonder if the PC books are extras. Anyone know what the PC means?
It means Publisher's Copy -- copies made outside that numbered edition, like you said, probably "just in case." Not sure the value of any of those. I have quite a few PC copies of things.
 

fljoe0

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It means Publisher's Copy -- copies made outside that numbered edition, like you said, probably "just in case." Not sure the value of any of those. I have quite a few PC copies of things.

I'm sure they have to have some extras in case they ship a book to someone that gets destroyed in the mail. They are still signed special editions, just not numbered.