TerryE's Collection

[peteOcha]

I leave for 1 day and my thread is full of idle chit-chat. But the zoo was fun. (Field trip, not you GUYS [fyi, Teri, I'm using it like Pete])

Sounds like a fun trip. I'm going to take the little guy to the zoo over the summer. He loves animals so I cant wait for that trip.

[TerryE]

It was a lot of fun, but very rushed since it was a school trip, and we had to finish in time to get everyone back before regular dismissal.

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Double post sorry

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And most of you have seen these already, but here are my copies of The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Dan was right, these two volumes do make for some heavy lifting.

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Do you know were to find slipcases for these 2 books?

[TerryE]

No, but I've never looked. Did you check with Dan and/or Brian? They have several sizes of blank cases at CD, but I don't know if any are big enough.

[Martin]

CD has two slipcases that fit, one perfectly and one a little snug. I believe I posted details and photo's in my collection thread.

Do you know were to find slipcases for these 2 books?

[TerryE]

Back to the King stuff. Here's LRB's "Riding the Bullet" gift edition. I really like the "Double" design and the flip-over text and cover.

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[TerryE]

LRB "Riding the Bullet" s/l edition. Signed by Mick Garris and Alan M. Clark.

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[TerryE]

Some of Alan's artwork.

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[frik51]

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[TerryE]

This next few are for TeriW, since I teased her yesterday. I'm hoping for some real hate here. FYI, I ended up buying 4 copies of "Under the Dome" when all was said and done. This one is the second copy of the trade edition I bought, since it was forced on me. I'd originally gotten a copy from amazon, and that became my reading copy which I gave to my cousin Henry when I was done. (Henry's 7 years older than me and helped get me into horror fiction when I was a pup. I remember borrowing quite a few paperbacks from him, including "The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories" which was my introduction to H. P. Lovecraft. Thank's Hank. He's also a big King fan. I'm having trouble finding the image online, but there's a drawing in "The Gunslinger" of a noose that's like a Celtic knot. Henry's got a tattoo of that image turned into a snake.)

Anyway, I had to buy this copy from Wal-mart as a caveat for getting the signature. This was on King's signing tour for UTD. One of the few stops (if you remember) was a Wal-mart store in Dundalk, MD. Not only is that a mere 10 minutes from my house, but also where I grew up. In fact, the property where the Wal-mart sits used to be a movie theater, and it's where I first saw Cujo. People like to talk bad about Wal-mart all the time, but these guys were very well organized for this signing event. They gave out numbered wristbands to 300 people in the morning, who had to buy the book from the store and come back for the signing with an intact wristband, the book, and the receipt. I showed up on my way to work, stood in line for an hour or so, got the band and bought the book. I came to work, then stopped back at the store. They lined us up in the order of the wristband and stood us in another line while King gave his talk then signed the books.

Anyway, here's the personally signed trade version of "Under the Dome".

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[TerryE]

Now Scribner's special edition. From the outside the only difference is the band around the jacket. There was also the character cards, color maps on the endpapers, and character illustrations throughout.

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[TerryE]

Scribner's signed special collector's edition. (Quick can you tell the difference? Me either. The slipcase was an aftermarket [I think from Overlook]) No limitation page, just a blank sheet of paper with King's signature. What a disappointing edition! But still, a King signature is a King signature.

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[srboone]

I have an unsigned collector's edition--the only difference I saw were the map endpapers, the bronce band around the DJ and the 28 character cards included in the set. Most excellent entries, Terry!

[Grant Wootton]

Brilliant stuff Terry !!!! Really like your mini-collection of UTD's (most particularly the personally signed copy) !!!!