Misery Stephen King Illustrated Folio Society Showcase and Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- A taut, gripping thriller, Misery is arguably Stephen King’s greatest novel. Award-winning illustrator Edward Kinsella's deeply haunting artwork and striking binding design make this the ultimate collector's edition.
Purchase yours directly from the Folio Society for around $90 plus shipping here:
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We're so pleased you're enjoying this edition!
Thanks for commenting. I am so happy with the variety of great books you’ve been publishing lately! I absolutely love that you chose Misery! Thank you!
Reading MISERY was, quite simply, an electrifying experience.
I’m so glad you loved it! Well said my friend!
Is it still worth reading it after seeing the movie adaptation?
Beautiful video, something that I should gift for sure! Did you know that Misery was a metaphor for cocaine/drugs based on King's revelations? Like Misery was trapping Paul Sheldon, cocaine was trapping King.
Great to have another review from you. I love Kinsella's work and would order the book for them alone. I just ordered his edition of East of Eden. I'm a bigger Steinbeck fan than king fan. However, everything about the production of Misery is attractive to any bibliophile. I agree with you regarding the length of King's books. One of Elmore Leonard's 10 rules of writing is 'Don't write anything the reader is going to skip'. I think, however, the size of King's books is reflective of his workaholic personality.
I completely understand what your saying! Misery is such a great book if you really want a creepy story to curl up to and this edition is really well made. It will lay flat no matter what page and the outer black has a nice texture to it. I definitely need to read more Steinbeck! Thanks for sharing Leonard’s rules...I can say I wish King would follow that rule but then again, he seems to know how to sell books and many love his style. Funny thing is you mentioned Leonard and I didn’t find Get Shorty very interesting, sadly. What are your favorites by Leonard?
@@rarebookreviewer Ha! I have to admit i completely missed Leonard when I was reading crime fiction in the 1990s. I was a huge fan of 'Justified' and started to listen to a lot of what Leonard had to say about writing, especially when I sat down to write my own crime novel (unpublished). I always kept his 10 rules in mind. I think this is why his work adapts so easily to film or television. I was surprised to learn that he and Margaret Atwood were great friends, and she admired him a good deal. I also agree that King's style is his own and that includes 1100 page novels. I enjoyed the Shining but abandoned IT after he spent a whole chapter on the bicycle (It's fast. The fastest there is. Faster than Satan himself! I get it). The Farseer Trilogy was my only disappointment from FS precisely because there's 50 pages of plot in the first novel and about 75 pages in the second, and it all occurs at the end. I was skipping whole chapters-sometimes two or three-just searching out the actual plot points. It became exasperating. I skipped reading the third book altogether because I knew it wouldn't offer any satisfying conclusion or resolution. I just can't read at a speed that allows me to waste time on such self-indulgent writing. I like to read every word, so every word has to offer me some reason for reading it. Even talking to people way back when, who plowed through 'Shogun' in 2 days, they'd confess things like 'Oh, I don't read narration, only dialogue.' Maybe more people skip chapters than we know, but to them it's just part of 'reading'.
@@elliotwalton6159 We are SO alike in our views on plot pacing. I don't understand how some people can stand an author spending so much time on trivial information that really doesn't drive the plot. I always learn so much from! That was really intriguing about Atwood thinking so highly of Leonard and their connection! Very cool! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the Farseer Trilogy! I love this type of insight because I am sure that book isn't for me now!
You are back.
Is this my number one fan....watch out Akbar. ;)
@@rarebookreviewer Yes, I'm :)
Great review as always... I liked the way you explained the quirks of the book design. This particular art style seems to elevate the theme and the tone of the story.
PS: I watch your videos in HD [1080] and the books look fabulous.
Great review! I have this one and I love it so much. And yeah, 'The Eyes of the Dragon' is what he wrote (and it's a really good book) that was all fantasy and no horror, and some vocal 'fans' told him to stick to horror, much like what we see with fans harassing authors on social media these days. I think it's also one of the most relevant books he's ever written.
Great comment Mathew! Thanks!
I hope they do Carrie next.
Never read it but 8m hoping for The Stand
I will buy it later probably in the New Year's Sale (irrespective of whether it is on sale or not).
I already have The Shining which is such a great production. Maybe, just maybe, it could have had a fancier slipcase.
In the end for the current sale, I got myself:
Kavalier and Clay
Montaigne's Essays
Of Mice and Men
Oryx and Crake
East of Eden
Love the books that you chose to pick up! I have had some on my list for awhile...I should have bit the bullet and purchased Kavalier and Clay. I just have a lot of unread books on the shelf. I’ve been waiting for Of Mice and Men to hit a sale at some point but I never get that lucky. Thanks for commenting that you’ll purchase Misery at some point! It’s awesome!
I haven’t read much of Stephen King. That’s a beautiful edition, however!
I’m waiting for my copies of Pride and Prejudice and Alice in Wonderland to arrive soon. Very tempted to make another order... I want to get Of Mice and Men, 1776, Wuthering Heights, 1984, and The Wind in the Willows. From Folio Society I already own The Great Gatsby, Persuasion, Jekyll & Hyde, Rights of Man, and a collection of Mark Twain’s short stories.
Ordered.
YES! This made my day man! I hope you like it! I know you will love the quality! I am so thankful for your many, many comments on my channel. You're the best!
@@rarebookreviewer I have three orders in the mail. Because I can never quite make up my mind and just do one big shop, I end up paying extra for shipping, but I ordered Misery along with The Godfather which another reviewer convinced me to buy. I also have six of the James Bond books on the way. I'm really looking forward to those. I hope you come back with a book review of Tey's writing. thanks for these posts and the chance to view Mark smith's exceptional work.
@@elliotwalton6159 the FS edition of The Godfather does look exceptional! I’ll be picking it up at some point, most definitely. I wouldn’t call myself a minimalist but I try to not overdo it with purchases as I am a slow reader with two young kiddos who I spend a lot of time with. If I get to read a couple of chapters a day, it’s a good day of reading for me. But I do enjoy the collecting aspect and if I were single, I’d be in trouble. Let me know if you enjoy reading the Bond books, as I know we’d both agree the illustrations are among the best FS has to offer!
@@rarebookreviewer I listen to Bond audiobooks often as I draw. They are, of course, much more interesting than the movies. I'd love to see Bond redone as a TV series set back in the Cold War. Fay Dalton's illustrations are as close as I'll come to seeing that. I've had a bit of a windfall, so I've been a tad indulgent with the books. I'm a slow reader as well. I got through the final two novels of the Book of the New Sun reading along with an audiobook. A very positive experience i will do again. Donna Tart, who wrote the introduction to True Grit, also recorded the audiobook. It's an excellent reading. I will be reading that novel along with her, for sure!
Do you know if they are releasing more Stephen King books in this style? Thanks 😊
I believe that is their vision for the direction with Stephen King books. I will send them an email and check to see if they’re willing to give an official response. I know it can take quite a lot of time and effort before a book is published so I wouldn’t expect a new King book soon though they could surprise me. With them continuing the series with the silver, black, and red I think it would be smart to do similar designs. Your thoughts?
@@rarebookreviewer thanks for the reply- I would love to hear what they say if you get a response. I really hope they continue it… my hopes would be for a copy of IT and maybe Carrie. Which would you like them to make? 😊
I received my copy of Misery today. It's beautiful and worth the purchase. Arriving with it was The Godfather which is now one of the most stunning books I've purchased from FS. An absolute knock out. Surprisingly, it's already in 2nd printing. I don't recall it even selling out of the first printing. FS very quietly restocked it on the sly. definitely worth checking out Home library's review. He sold me on it. th-cam.com/video/QgEzEVzPQuc/w-d-xo.html
Oh boy...I definitely have to have that now. Have you read it? We seem to have similar tastes in regards to a good paced plot. Would love to hear your thoughts on the story if you have. I’m definitely surprised about the second printing as well. They definitely didn’t stop selling it from what I remember so that was awfully sly of them. Thanks for the link...He did a fantastic job showcasing it. Wish I had the time to make my videos look that nice.
@@rarebookreviewer Me too! I'd have to buy a proper mic and camera to do the video reviews I'd like to do. I've never read Godfather even though I was a teenager at the time. I was too engrossed by Ray Bradbury, E. R. Burroughs and Alistair MacLean :)).