Stephen King Fans discussion

Hello,

I have long wanted a set with all the books together in a matching format. In the US I have never seen this- I see the first 4 books matching in paperback boxset but not the rest. I was lusting over this Hodder Paperback's 1-7 set but doubted I could ever get them at a reasonable price, even if I bought them one by one, since they only seem to have been released in Australia and China:





However, I have now seen that this Scribner box set exists and maybe it doesn't have the fancy spine match going, but it has ALL EIGHT together.



My question is, does anyone know if they have the colored illustration pages inside like the copies I'm used to? I've looked at the Simon and Schuster page as well as some other places (unexpectly it's even for sale on ThinkGeek and in stock) and it doesn't say.

That's odd that no retailer can provide you with the information? Have you tried contacting the publisher directly?

I've been looking at descriptions everywhere and reading reviews and no one mentions the illustrations. I feel that must mean they are included because many of the reviews are from long time fans and I think they'd be ticked if the illustrations were missing.

I am in love with that Hodder Paperbacks boxed set! I wish I could find that.

I've never seen that Scribner set though. I would like to be able to see it in person though before I'd spend so much money on the set.

Barnes & Nobles sells it. I am going there today anyway, so I am going to ask about it. It's bugging me now because the illustrations are so important to the story as far as I'm concerned. I read a lot of comics, so would always get excited to find out who was doing them.

Thanks, all!

Thanks for asking, Kandice, hope they can give you some good info :)

I also agree the illustrations are important to the story, so I wouldn't want to save up for the set and then not have them.

Glen, that's a good idea. If B&N can't give Kandice any info I'll look up a contact # for the publishing co. and give them a call and let you all know what they say :)

I bought this set from Walmart.com. I too wondered about the illustrations since I lost all my originals in a fire last year and I dearly hoped this set had them. I flipped through the first book and found none. I assumed it was that way on all but I will check when I get off work to be sure.

Thank you!

Enjoy Matthew it is well worth reading.

Hello, has anyone been able to determine if the covers in the Hodder paperback set have the movie tie-in blurbs on the covers? I am trying to find a boxed set that doesn't have those. The Simon and Schuster set has them, unfortunately.

Also, any luck finding any editions with full-color illustrations, either paperback or hardback? Thanks.

Sorry Badkitty I don't have the illustrated set. I am going to look into getting the set soon.

I really wish I didn't know about that Hodders box set. The ONE pet peeve I have with my books is how mismatched they are. 8 books, three different editions. It's not something I usually worry about, but something that bothers me here (and something I know will bother me once the next GoT book finally comes out).

As for the edition you're asking about, I'd have to lean on the side of no honestly. There's no info given about it, and I can't even see any info on it when I look at the books individually on amazon. I feel like if it had the illustrations, it would be something they advertised having.

They sell the Scribner copies at the Barnes and Noble stores near me (individually, not as a set), and sadly they do not have the illustrations pages inside =/.

They also have a third matching set I hadn't seen before- and the wonderful thing about them is they're small. They're mass-paperback size (though sadly also without illustrations).

Here's a link to book 7 if anyone's interested, and the others are shown underneath as "customers who bought this also bought": http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Dark-T...

So, sadly, I now have 3 different choices of matching sets, and I don't really want any of them because they don't have illustrations (and also, that pricetag).

I've been looking around and I can find the mass paperback ones for between $5-7 each on different websites, so I may slowly buy one or two at a time. Books may be a uniquely portable magic, but if it's King and it's not mass-paperback size, it's a difficult-to-fit-in-my-bag kind of magic, so it would be great to have small copies I can take out with me, and the price feels better if they don't have illustrations than the Scribner set's price.

PS. If anyone does want the Scribner set, here's the cheapest I've seen them: $72 and $94:
https://www.alibris.com/search/books/...

Matthewcross87 wrote: "my wife just bought me the dark tower series for our first wedding anniversary present i cant wait to start reading these !"

That's a great wedding anniversary present! I can confidently say, without meeting her, that you have married the right woman, haha.

I know this is many years down the line but I have this set for salehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/13603...