Stephen King Fans discussion

I'm # 19 on the holds list for our library. So excited!

I think I'm going to buy it when it comes out (if I can hang onto some money till then xD)

*__* I'm just happy it's going to be a real door-stopper. Bwahahahahah <3

Surprisingly enough, I'm #3 on my library's list, and I'm hoping that the people who get it before me read slowly. (I'll be out of down the last 2 weeks in November, so I don't want my turn to come and not be able to pick it up!)

Still ignoring it. I cannot believe how late our library will acquire it. I got so excited when I saw it came up in the search but it's not any of our city libraries but another town library and the book cannot be reserved because you can only reserve books from other town libraries if the book has been published and the library actually has a physical copy. THIS IS NOT FUNNY. :D

Susanna, have you called them; not just your local branch, but Library Admin? I'm a Librarian in Florida. As awful as it sounds, they may have 'missed' it. Let them know how you feel, and make sure they order it. Doing so could also very well make you first on the list (it certainly would at 'my' library).
Good luck to you, and good reading.

Susanna wrote: "Still ignoring it. I cannot believe how late our library will acquire it. I got so excited when I saw it came up in the search but it's not any of our city libraries but another town library and th..."

Tom wrote: "Susanna, have you called them; not just your local branch, but Library Admin? I'm a Librarian in Florida. As awful as it sounds, they may have 'missed' it. Let them know how you feel, and make s..."

Thanks for the tip, Tom! I did actually email them with the suggestion to please acquire the book and I got a reply that they would get the book when it was possible. I realise it's not coming out until November but they could let people queue up for it, couldn't they? They have been pretty faithful about acquiring King books (original and translations, I live in Finland) so I'm counting on them to measure up to their standards but it still frustrates me.

November is going to be a solid booked month. I may have to bow out of many group readings, as not only is Under the Dome coming out, but so is the new Wheel of Time book, The Gathering Storm. Between those two huge books, I might not have time for anything else....

Here is a sneak peak of the cover, check it out!!!
http://simon.worldarcstudio.com/WAS/L...

You can go on the waiting list before they have the book in hand, but not until the order is placed.
That is something that usually needs to be done at your Library (or by phone); not by you through your remote access account.
good luck to you; please let me know how you fare?

Susanna wrote: "Tom wrote: "Susanna, have you called them; not just your local branch, but Library Admin? I'm a Librarian in Florida. As awful as it sounds, they may have 'missed' it. Let them know how you feel..."

I am actualy #9 on my libraries hold list.Sp probably sometime in the New Year

I'm currently reading Under the Dome. I am obsessed. Can't-put-it-down-obsessed. Awesome book! Have any of you seen www.scarecrowjoe.com? It's an off-shoot from StephenKing.com's Under the Dome widget found at http://www.stephenking.com/promo/utd_.... I believe this blog is King, himself, posing as one of his upcoming characters in Under the Dome.

Some lucky people get to read it ahead of time for work, like booksellers and the like. That's how Kathy got to read it, I believe.

*contemplates new career*

I know.

Right now, there's 1 ARC of Under the Dome for bid on Ebay..... Needless to say, I want to wait for the paperback.. Easier on the fingers & hands :)

Jennifer wrote: "Marjorie wrote: "I'm currently reading Under the Dome. I am obsessed. Can't-put-it-down-obsessed. Awesome book! Have any of you seen www.scarecrowjoe.com? It's an off-shoot from StephenKing.co..."

Will You be selling the ARC by chance?

I am surprised that there are any UNDER THE DOME ARCs out there. When I worked in a bookstore I never saw one by SK. I figured that there was no need because he is a guaranteed best seller. Now I know that our store never got any most likely 'cause someone higher up probably grabbed 'em. :(

(BTW...I heard there are a number of Joe Hill's HORNS ARCs out there if anyone is interested.)

I've only found 1, also on Ebay... Anybody willing to part w/it?

Becky wrote: "Some lucky people get to read it ahead of time for work, like booksellers and the like. That's how Kathy got to read it, I believe.

*contemplates new career*"

Yeah, but you have to remember one thing.....the money isn't so great. But I've always said, that there is something to be said about loving what you do. I would rather have a job I completely love, than make great money and be misable!

King's comments on his website about the book:
Dear SKMBers,

As most of you know, I have a novel coming out in November called Under the Dome. My first effort to write it came in 1978, or thereabouts. That seventy-page manuscript (actually titled Under the Dome) was lost, but after reviewing the stuff I said about it in Douglas Winter’s book, The Art of Darkness (1989), I got thinking about my second effort to write that story, which, as you will find out, deals with people trapped in an increasingly lethal environment.

That second try was mostly written in Pittsburgh, during the filming of Creepshow. I spent two months in a depressing suburban apartment complex that became (with the usual fictional tweaks) the setting for the story. It was called The Cannibals, and this time I got a lot further—almost five hundred pages—before hitting a wall. I assumed the manuscript was lost. Long story short, it turned up—battered, and with some pages missing, but mostly complete—in the summer of 2009. So, for your amusement, and as an appetizer to Under the Dome, here are the first sixty pages or so of The Cannibals, reproduced, warts and all, from the original manuscript which was dredged up by Ms. Mod from a locked cabinet in a back room of my office. I’m amused by the antique quality of the typescript; this may have been the last thing I did on my old IBM Selectric before moving on to a computer system.

There’s another reason for publishing this on the website. Several Internet writers have speculated on a perceived similarity between Under the Dome and The Simpsons Movie, where, according to Wikipedia, Homer’s town of Springfield is isolated inside a large glass dome (probably because of that pesky nuclear power plant). I can’t speak personally to this, because I have never seen the movie, and the similarity came as a complete surprise to me…although I know, from personal experience, that the similarity will turn out to be casual. Unless there’s deliberate copying (sometimes known as “plagiarism”), stories can no more be alike than snowflakes. The reason is simple: no two human imaginations are exactly alike. For the doubters, this excerpt should demonstrate that I was thinking dome and isolation long before Homer, Marge, and their amusing brood came on the scene.

I hope you enjoy this. As always, Ms. Mod and I welcome your comments.

Steve King

Check out this cool contest! I love it!


http://www.stephenking.co.uk/home

wow, thank you Angie! Very cool indeed.

I just ordered Under the Dome from Walmart.com for only $9! I hope it's the entire book and hasn't been Wal-Martyred!

Lonnie wrote: "I just ordered Under the Dome from Walmart.com for only $9! I hope it's the entire book and hasn't been Wal-Martyred!"

LMAO! Wal-Martyred. That's great!

I saw it on Amazon for $10

I take that back. Now it's $9 on Amazon too.

I noticed that several new pre-order books are $9, including Breathless by Koontz, Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton, and Ford County by John Grisham. Hmmmm..

The Simpson's Movie? Really?
Haven't seen it yet but I guess now I'll have to wait until Kings' book comes out; read that, then go rent the Simpson's Movie

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE HARDCOVER EDITION OF 'under the dome' IT'S NOW ON SALE FOR 9 BUCKS ON AMAZON!

I pre-ordered it last night on Amazon for $9.
I'm really excited!

Always wrote: "The Simpson's Movie? Really?
Haven't seen it yet but I guess now I'll have to wait until Kings' book comes out; read that, then go rent the Simpson's Movie "

I can't really see that there's much of a connection between King's book and The Simpsons Movie, even without having read the book yet.

In the movie, Springfield is covered in a dome because the pollution has gotten so bad that the rest of the world is in danger of being corrupted by Springfield, and the Simpsons are of course to blame (well, Homer) so they end up on a big adventure.

Can't see the book being much like that. =\

Here's hoping none of us get Wal-martyred. I just preordered there too for $9

This is sort of off-subject, but I've noticed that I tend to not like books that I've ordered from Wal-mart, not that I do very often, because I try to avoid them if at all possible. The last one was Water for Elephants, which was HIGHLY recommended, and I didn't care for it at all. I thought it was pretty overrated.

Before that, coincidentally, was Cell. =\

*never buys books from Wal-mart again*

Ha, first in line for a library copy! Yay! :)

Chris wrote: "I saw it on Amazon for $10"

I Amazoned mine :) Can it be November yet????

Cindi wrote: "Here's hoping none of us get Wal-martyred. I just preordered there too for $9"

LOL.... Amazon gets it's feelings hurt when compared to Wally-World..... :(

Hey, What is Walmarted, anyway???

abridged?edited? naughty bits taken out? :)

I don't think they do any of that to new release books. They just buy about a million copies, so can afford to slash the price.

I wouldn't be so sure. Wal-mart seems to think that they have the right to edit music, so why not books?

I love walmart! I buy everything there! Except CDs. I heard a long time ago they don't sell CDs that unless they are edited. Which is a bummer because walmart is cheap!

this is actually a sort of an experiment for me. I know that Walmart has enough clout that they can demand certain criteria to meet their priceline. So, it could be anything from cheaper paper to no graphics that is included with other editions, etc.

With music I have actually found a CD or two that didn't have a song or two on it. Not from censorship but to meet the priceline. I have also found numerous CD’s that didn’t have the liner notes that came with the same CD purchased at Hastings. With movies I have found some bonus features have been cut and no liner notes as well. I like all the little extras that come with CD’s, movies and books and am hoping that the book provided by Walmart will be the exact book I could purchase at Barnes and Noble. But, if it’s not I’m only out $10 and will go purchase the better book and trade the Walmart version.

I won't walk into a Walmart store. Between the way they treat their employees, suppliers, and do their best to drive Mom & Pops out of business, I'll do without rather than give them my business.

Rob wrote: "Might've been a little over-the-top in my anti-Wal-Mart rant, eh?"

No. I think you're right on. Walmart is cheap because they exploit anything and anyone they can.

I refuse to shop there.

I can affirm you too, Rob! I can also admit to the occasion Wal-Mart foray, but generally for the reason you said. It's right there, I need it now...maybe it's a little laziness too. Damn them for tacking Wal-Mart on the end of every mall here!

EEEEEEEVVVVIIIILLLLL... They are worse than something Stephen King could think up. LOL

No, I mean actual malls. There's one in 4 of the five major malls here. 3 are the kind where the shops open to the outside (this is Southern California!) and 1 where it's the enclosed type. It's soooooo evilly convenient!

Rob wrote: "Ever read Bentley Little's The Store?"

No... Is it "loosely based on" Walmart?

I didn't know Wal-mart had the power to have edited editions of books, Is that True????
I would Hope not...

Yes, it is true. They are a huge corporation, and they know that stuff stocked in their stores will sell because they undercut the competition, so they dictate what they will sell, and since they are strong on "Christian Family Values" they won't sell anything with explicit lyrics or anything considered "unChristian".

Walking through my Wal-mart the last time I was in there, which was probably a good year ago at least, there were 3 rows of books:
Right side of 1: Bibles.
Left side of 1: Christian fiction
Right side of 2: More Christian or religious fiction
Left side of 2: Self-help and cookbooks
Right side of 3: 1/2 YA (but NOT HP still - those devil worshiping books are not permitted) and 1/2 adult fiction - stuff like "Eat Pray Love"
Left side of 3: Harlequin and other bodice ripping romances

And then there were magazines, woefully dominated by books like "Guns & Ammo" and "Hunter Weekly" or whatever.

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Not a bit Rob!
More affirmation: When one of the hurricanes came through here, I stopped at a FEMA trailer to get some ice. I was told they didn't have any, Wal-Mart bought it all, in fact would ONLY buy ice if the supplier would deliver ALL the ice coming into Citrus County [FL:]. Yep, every cube; not even FEMA could get any.
I literally did without ice. Like I said, I will not step foot in one of their stores.
While on the rant, they're given exemptions to build on environmentally protected sites, and often given tax exemptions mom & pops and others can't get.

Rob wrote: "Might've been a little over-the-top in my anti-Wal-Mart rant, eh?"

There's a really good documentary on Wal-Mart, came out a while ago. I'll investigate the title. I haven't set foot in a Wal-mart in years. Mine always smelled like dormant corndogs which usually made me queasy.