Your Latest Stephen King Related Purchase:

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Alexandra M

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Ollie's is a store where they buy left over items or overstocks from other stores and then sell them at a discount. You pretty much never really know what is going to be there.

My kinda store! It sounds something like Liquidation World; a chain of stores we used to have in Canada. I think they are all gone now.
Thanks for explaining KimberlySn
 

kingricefan

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Dramat

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I’ve bought today Book “The Running Man”. I’ve never read It, but I’ve watched movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger when I was a kid and my Imagination had an orgasm – literally. The Idea was very compelling for me than. I’m Glad I’ll finally read the Book.
Btw, I really like limp binding They are making these days. They are very nice.

An anecdote:
I’ve bought the Book in one of biggest book-stores in Poland – “Empik”.
I went to the “Foreign Writers” part of the store (these stores are quite big) and I couldn’t find any of Mr. King Books. I went to the middle section with personnel and I’ve asked if They have at least one book of Stephen King. The look Lady gave me was priceless. She said loudly:
- But of course! – I replied:
- But there’s none in foreign writers section.
- Oh, no! King is in the Sensation/Horror Section – she stated, and lead me to almost opposite part of the store and showed me with Her arm an entire bookshelves dedicated to Stephen King.
She said going back to Her post:
- We do have some shortages, but that would be an overkill – all that with smile on Her face.

That was funny experience :)
 

kingricefan

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Jul 11, 2006
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Spokane, WA
I’ve bought today Book “The Running Man”. I’ve never read It, but I’ve watched movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger when I was a kid and my Imagination had an orgasm – literally. The Idea was very compelling for me than. I’m Glad I’ll finally read the Book.
Btw, I really like limp binding They are making these days. They are very nice.

An anecdote:
I’ve bought the Book in one of biggest book-stores in Poland – “Empik”.
I went to the “Foreign Writers” part of the store (these stores are quite big) and I couldn’t find any of Mr. King Books. I went to the middle section with personnel and I’ve asked if They have at least one book of Stephen King. The look Lady gave me was priceless. She said loudly:
- But of course! – I replied:
- But there’s none in foreign writers section.
- Oh, no! King is in the Sensation/Horror Section – she stated, and lead me to almost opposite part of the store and showed me with Her arm an entire bookshelves dedicated to Stephen King.
She said going back to Her post:
- We do have some shortages, but that would be an overkill – all that with smile on Her face.

That was funny experience :)
That's awesome that even Steve has a whole section devoted to him in another country!
 

Dramat

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That's awesome that even Steve has a whole section devoted to him in another country!

Every time a new Book of Mr. King is promoted – or movie based on one of His Books/Stories – it is always said: “ The Master of Horrors”.
Almost every-One in Poland knows who Stephen King is. If someone appear (out-of-nowhere) who might not, People always ask: ‘Really? You don’t know who that is?”. It is considered to be weird not to know who Stephen King is over here :)
 

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I visited a used bookstore and picked up a few first editions. The Shining, Firestarter and The Mist are the only books that aren't first edition.