Carrie published 47 years ago today:

[Brian861]

I’d like to see a deluxe edition of FIRESTARTER that I can afford. :-/

That too.

[RonClinton]

I’d like to see a deluxe edition of FIRESTARTER that I can afford. :-/

[Brian861]

It could be our Easter Egg!!

Yes!

[mhatchett]

Brian, are you listening? Needing some LPP love for this one.

It could be our Easter Egg!!

[Brian861]

I would Love to see a really first class edition of Cycle of the Werewolf. That whole book from beginning to end is intriguing. What started out as a calendar collaboration that fell through, turned into a neat novella.

Brian, are you listening? Needing some LPP love for this one.

[mhatchett]

I would Love to see a really first class edition of Cycle of the Werewolf. That whole book from beginning to end is intriguing. What started out as a calendar collaboration that fell through, turned into a neat novella.

[Splync]

Weird thing is that I love SK but Carrie and Dead Zone are not books I like.

I think my first book was either The Gunslinger or COTW. I don't remember which.

It took me looking at my Stephen King books to realize what COTW was. I had completely forgotten about Cycle of the Werewolf. The only novel (of any authors) that I could think of with that acronym was Call of the Wild. And now I can't help but to imagine what a Stephen King version of Call of the Wild might be like...

[Dave1442397]

Weird thing is that I love SK but Carrie and Dead Zone are not books I like.

I think my first book was either The Gunslinger or COTW. I don't remember which.

I like Carrie, but The Dead Zone has always been one of my favorites. I have to go back and read The Dark Tower series again one day.

[Ben Staad]

Weird thing is that I love SK but Carrie and Dead Zone are not books I like.

I think my first book was either The Gunslinger or COTW. I don't remember which.

[Martin]

Yep, $400K... split between him and Doubleday, I believe. And if I recall correctly, he wanted to get Tabitha a surprise for when he told her the news... so he went to the corner pharmacy and bought her a new hairdryer.

Brian

That's the story I remember!

[Brian James Freeman]

I know King has told the story about when he learned of the paperback sale of Carrie and he uses the $400,000 amount. That is a cool article though.

Yep, $400K... split between him and Doubleday, I believe. And if I recall correctly, he wanted to get Tabitha a surprise for when he told her the news... so he went to the corner pharmacy and bought her a new hairdryer.

Brian

[c marvel]

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[Martin]

I guess the typo on that press release was a promise of things to come. They meant $400,000, not $4,000,000.

I know King has told the story about when he learned of the paperback sale of Carrie and he uses the $400,000 amount. That is a cool article though.

[mhatchett]

My first and favorite Stephen King book is Salem's Lot. I read it when it first came out in paperback, back in those days I didn't have money for hardbacks and first editions. I have fond memories of Carrie, though I'm not a big fan of the back. I found a first edition of Carrie about 20 years ago. A short time later, I found myself in a bit of a financial twist and was able to sell it. Just as Carrie bailed Stephen King out, it bailed me out too. I made enough money to make a mortgage payment and take my wife out on a rare dinner date, that didn't feature buns and french fries LOL!! Better start saving men, those 50th anniversary editions are coming out soon HAHAH!!

[Marmaduke Grigsby]

I guess the typo on that press release was a promise of things to come. They meant $400,000, not $4,000,000.

I must confess that I wasn't sure if they meant $4000.00 or $400,000.