King, Stephen.  THE DEAD ZONE.  NY:  Viking, 1979.  1st edition. With no mention of edition or printing printed on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing for Viking books during the 1970’s.  This is NOT a book club book. This is NOT an ex-library book.

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Stephen King is one of the best and most famous fiction writers in the world.  He may be the best-selling author of all time.  He is the author of such great and famous books as CARRIE (his 1st book), ‘SALEM’S LOT, THE SHINING, THE STAND, CUJO, FIRESTARTER, CHRISTINE, THE DARK TOWER:  THE GUNSLINGER (and the rest of the “Dark Tower” series), THE DEAD ZONE (offered here), DESPERATION, DIFFERENT SEASONS, THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, IT, SKELETON CREW, NIGHT SHIFT, INSOMNIA, PET SEMATARY, NEEDFUL THINGS, MISERY, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, THE TALISMAN (with Peter Straub), EYES OF THE DRAGON, GERALD’S GAME, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, ROSE MADDER, CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF, FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES, THE GREEN MILE, and many, many more.

 

Some of the awards and award nominations that Stephen King has been honored with:

 
1976:  ‘SALEM’S LOT.  World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel.
1978:  THE SHINING.  Gandalf Award nominee for Best Book-
           Length Fantasy.
1978:  ‘SALEM’S LOT.  American Library Association Award
           winner for Best Books for Young Adults.
1978:  THE SHINING.  Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel.
1979:  THE STAND.  Locus Award nominee for Best Novel.
1979:  “The Gunslinger.”  Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette.
1979:  THE STAND.  Gandalf Award nominee for Best Book-
           Length Fantasy.
1979:  THE STAND.  Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel.
1979:  THE STAND.  World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel.
1979:  NIGHT SHIFT.  World Fantasy Award nominee for Best
           Collection/Anthology.
1980:  “The Way Station.”  Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette.
1980:  NIGHT SHIFT.  Balrog Award winner for Best Collection/
           Anthology.
1980:  Stephen is a Balrog Award nominee for Professional
           Achievement.
1980:  THE DEAD ZONE.  Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel.
1980:  Stephen King is the University of Maine Alumni Career
           Award winner.
1980:  Stephen King is the World Fantasy Convention Award
           winner.
1981:  FIRESTARTER.  Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel.
1981:  FIRESTARTER.  American Library Association Award winner
           for Best Books for Young Adults.

1981:  Stephen King is honored by being named a British Fantasy

        Society Award winner for Outstanding Contribution

        to the Genre.

1981:  “The Mist.”  Locus Award nominee for Best Novel.
1981:  “The Way Station.”  Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette.
1982:  CUJO.  Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel.
1982:  DANSE MACABRE.  Locus Award winner for Best Related
           Nonfiction Book.
1982:  DANSE MACABRE.  Hugo Award winner for Best Nonfiction.
1982:  FIRESTARTER.  New York Public Library Award winner for
           Best Books for the Teen Age.
1982:  Stephen King is Us Magazine Best Fiction Writer of the Year.
1982:  “Do the Dead Sing?”  World Fantasy Award winner for Best
           Short Fiction.
1983:  “Apt Pupil.”  British Fantasy Society Award nominee for Best
           Short Fiction.
1983:  “The Raft.”  Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette.
1983:  “The Breathing Method.”  World Fantasy Award nominee for
           Best Novella.

1983:  “Christine.”  The famous film directed by John Carpenter, Christine,“”

           based on the novel CHRISTINE, is a huge hit in movie theaters.

1986:  Stephen King is the Spokane Public Library Golden Pen
           Award winner.
1986:  SKELETON CREW.  Locus Award winner for Best Collection.
1987:  IT.  British Fantasy Society Award winner for Best Novel.
1987:  IT.  Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel.
1987:  MISERY.  Bram Stoker Award co-winner for Best Novel.
1987:  “The End of the Whole Mess.”  World Fantasy Award nominee
           for Best Short Fiction.
1988:  MISERY.  World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel.
1988:  “The Night Flier.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long
           Fiction.
1988:  THE DARK TOWER II:  THE DRAWING OF THE THREE.
           Locus Award nominee for Best Novel.
1990:  “The Langoliers.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long
           Fiction.
1990:  FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Best
           Collection.
1991:  NEEDFUL THINGS.  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best
           Novel.
1991:  THE DARK TOWER III:  THE WASTE LANDS.  Bram Stoker
           Award nominee for Best Novel.
1992:  THE DARK TOWER III:  THE WASTE LANDS.  Locus Award
           nominee for Best Novel.

1992:  Stephen King is honored by being named a World Horror

        Convention Grandmaster Award winner for Lifetime

        Achievement.

1993:  NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES.  Bram Stoker Award
           nominee for Best Collection.
1994:  INSOMNIA.  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel.
1995:  “Lunch at the Gotham Café.”  Bram Stoker Award winner for
           Best Long Fiction.
1995:  “The Man in the Black Suit.”  World Fantasy Award winner for
           Short Fiction.
1996:  THE GREEN MILE.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Best
           Novel.
1996:  “The Man in the Black Suit.”  O. Henry Award winner for Best
           American Short Story.
1997:  “Everything’s Eventual.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best
           Long Fiction.
1997:  DESPERATION.  Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel.
1997:  DESPERATION.  Locus Award winner for Best Horror/Dark
           Fantasy Novel.
1998:  BAG OF BONES.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel.
1998:  “Autopsy Room Four.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best
           Short Fiction.
1999:  “Low Men in Yellow Coats.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee
           for Best Collection.
1999:  BAG OF BONES.  British Fantasy Society Award winner for
           Best Novel.
1999:  BAG OF BONES.  Locus Award winner for Best Dark Fantasy/
           Horror Novel.
1999:  “Storm of the Century.”  International Horror Guild Award
           winner for Best Television Episode.
2000:  “Riding the Bullet.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best
           Long Fiction.
2000:  “Riding the Bullet.”  International Horror Guild Award nominee
           for Best Long Story.
2000:  ON WRITING:  A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT.  Bram Stoker
           Award winner for Best Nonfiction.
2001:  ON WRITING:  A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT.  Locus Award
           winner for Best Nonfiction Book.
2001:  BLACK HOUSE.  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel.
2001:  “Riding the Bullet.”  Horror Guild Award winner for Best Long
           Story.
2001:  ON WRITING:  A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT.  Horror Guild
           Award winner for Best Nonfiction.
2002:  FROM A BUICK 8.  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel.
2002:  EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL.  Bram Stoker Award nominee
           for Best Collection.

2002:  Stephen King is honored by being named a Bram Stoker

        Award winner for Lifetime Achievement.

2002:  BLACK HOUSE.  Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel.
2003:  THE DARK TOWER V:  WOLVES OF THE CALLA.  Bram
           Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel.
2003:  “Harvey’s Dream.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Short
           Fiction.
2003:  FROM A BUICK 8.  Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel.
2003:  EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL.  Horror Guild Award winner
           for Best Collection.

2003:  Stephen King is honored by being named an International

        Horror Guild Living Legend Award winner for Lifetime

        Achievement.

2003:  Stephen King is honored by being named a National Book

        Foundation Medal winner for Distinguished Contribution

        to American Letters.

2004:  THE DARK TOWER V:  WOLVES OF THE CALLA.  Locus
           Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel.
2004:  THE DARK TOWER VII:  THE DARK TOWER.  Bram Stoker
           Award nominee for Best Novel.
2004:  “Lisey and the Madman.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best
           Long Fiction.
2004:  “Kingdom Hospital.”  International Horror Guild Award nominee
           for Best Television Episode.
2004:  Stephen King is honored by being named a World Fantasy Award
        winner for Lifetime Achievement.
2005:  THE DARK TOWER VI:  SONG OF SUSANNAH.  Locus Award
           nominee for Best Fantasy Novel.
2005:  “The Things They Left Behind.”  Bram Stoker Award nominee
           for Best Long Fiction.
2005:  THE DARK TOWER VII:  THE DARK TOWER.  British Fantasy
           Society Award winner for Best Novel.
2005:  THE DARK TOWER VII:  THE DARK TOWER.  Quill Award
           nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel.
2006:  LISEY’S STORY.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel.
2006:  CELL.  Quill Award nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/
           Horror Novel.
2007:  Stephen King is honored by being named a Canadian Booksellers
        Association Award winner for Lifetime Achievement.
2007:  Stephen King is honored by being named a Mystery Writers of America
        Grand Master Award winner for Lifetime Achievement.
2009:  DUMA KEY.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel.
2009:  JUST AFTER SUNSET.  Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior
           Achievement in a Collection.
2009:  JUST AFTER SUNSET.  Alex Award winner for Fiction.
2009:  JUST AFTER SUNSET.  British Fantasy Award nominee for
           Best Collection.
2009:  DUMA KEY.  Black Quill Award winner for Best Dark Genre

           Novel of the Year:  Readers’ Choice.

2010:  UNDER THE DOME.  Locus Award nominee for Best
           Science Fiction Novel.
2010:  UNDER THE DOME.  British Fantasy Award (August
           Derleth Award) nominee for Best Novel.
2010:  “Morality.”  Shirley Jackson Award winner for Best
           Novelette.
2011:  FULL DARK, NO STARS.  Bram Stoker Award winner
           for Best Collection.
2011:  “1922.”  British Fantasy Award nominee for Best
           Novella.
2011:  FULL DARK, NO STARS.  British Fantasy Award
           winner for Best Collection.
2012:  “The Little Green God of Agony.”  Locus Award
           nominee for Best Novelette.
2012:  11/22/63.  Locus Award runner-up for Best Science
           Fiction Novel.
2012:  11/22/63.  World Fantasy Award nominee for Best
           Novel.
2012:  11.22.63.  British Fantasy Award nominee for Best
           Novel.
2012:  “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive.”  Bram Stoker Award
           winner for Best Short Fiction.
2014:  JOYLAND.  Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy
           Novel.
2014:  DOCTOR SLEEP.  Locus Award nominee for Best
           Fantasy Novel.
2014:  DOCTOR SLEEP.  Bram Stoker Award winner for
           Best Novel.
2014:  DOCTOR SLEEP.  Phantastik Preis Award nominee
           for Best Foreign Novel.
2015:  REVIVAL.  Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy
           Novel.
2016:  “Obits.”  Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette.
2016:  THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS.  Shirley Jackson
           Award winner for Best Collection.
2018:  SLEEPING BEAUTIES.  (co-written with Owen King).
           Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel.
2019:  THE OUTSIDER.  Locus Award runner-up for Best
            Horror Novel.
 

Clearly Stephen King is not only one of the greatest of all dark fantasy and horror writers in the world, he is also one of the greatest of all time.  He is the logical successor to Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.  And, he is also one of the greatest of all modern fiction writers, regardless of genre.


From the dust jacket:  “ . . . Johnny Smith is an ordinary young man with an engaging grin, a talent for teaching, and a new girl.  As he takes Sarah to a carnival, lie looks very good.  But is his bizarre run of luck on the Wheel of Fortune really a blessing? . . .  ‘There was a sudden jingling sound that Sarah at first thought must be in her own ears.  Then she saw that the others who had put money down were sweeping it back off the board again leaving Johnny to make his play alone.  No!  She found herself wanting to shout.  Not like that, no alone, it isn’t fair.’ . . . A few hours later an accident slams Johnny Smith into a coma that will last four and a half years . . . In four and a half years a lot can change.  When Johnny wakes up, his girl his career, and his youth are gone.  But the tragedy of his loss is nothing compared to the horror of his gain.  For Johnny Smith can now scan the minds, the pasts, and the futures of certain others through a single touch.  It is a gift he does not want and a fate he cannot escape.  He is repeatedly forced into the role of Cassandra  --  morally compelled to warn, and inevitably despised for his efforts . . . ‘If you really can see such things, I pity you.  You’re a freak of God, no different from a two-headed cow I once saw in the carnival.’ . . . And then, one fine summer day, Johnny shakes the hand of an ambitious politician and is visited by a vision of a future so unspeakable that only Johnny can believe its truth.  And only Johnny Smith can act to stop it.  He is alone . . . and it isn’t fair . . . In his gripping tale of an ordinary man forced to confront extraordinary evil, Stephen King has created a masterpiece of menace.  But it is also the compelling story of Johnny Smith, one whose echoes will haunt you long after the final page is turned . . . “


From the rear panel of the dust jacket:  “ . . . He swallowed and heard an audible click.  When Smith had grabbed his hand, he had felt a sudden onrush of bad feelings, childlike in their intensity; crude images of revulsion had assaulted him.  He had found himself remembering a picnic in the country when he had been seven or eight, sitting down and putting his hand in something warm and slippery.  He had looked around and had seen that he had put his hand into the maggoty remains of a woodchuck that had lain under a laurel bush all that hot August.  He had screamed then and he felt a little bit like screaming now . . . except that the feeling was fading, dwindling, to be replaced with a question:  How did he know?  He touched me and he knew . . . “


Clute, Nicholls THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION (1993):  “ . . . Stephen King is probably the most successful bestseller novelist in history . . . King’s pungent prose, his sharp ear for dialogue, his disarmingly laid-back, frank style, along with his passionately fierce denunciations of human stupidity and cruelty (especially to children), put him among the more distinguished of ‘popular’ writers . . . “
 
Jones, Newman HORROR:  THE 100 BEST BOOKS (1988):  “ . . . Stephen King is arguably the most popular novelist in the history of American fiction and is indisputably the most successful horror writer of all time, with hundreds of millions of copies of his books in print . . . “

Barron HORROR LITERATURE (1990):  “ . . . A discussion of Stephen King must be a dominant consideration in any analysis of contemporary dark fantasy . . . The essence of successful storytelling is solid plotting and the structural principles of King’s plots are remarkably effective.  His characters are believable, sympathetic, and thoroughly contemporary; his settings are realistic, his dialogue colloquial, his writing clear and vivid . . . In order for a horror novel to achieve best-seller status, it must touch subjects, themes, and attitudes of more general public concern than is usual in hardcore genre products, while also exploiting the characteristic appeal of the genre.  Stephen King has done this more efficiently and consistently than any other horror writer, past or present . . . “


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CONDITION:

A NEAR FINE book in a NEAR FINE dust jacket.  The book is tight and square in its black quarter-cloth and black boards binding with gilt lettering on the spine of the book.  There is no writing in the book; no bookplates; no remainder marks.  THE DUST JACKET IS PRICE-CLIPPED, BUT IS THE CORRECT 1st STATE DUST JACKET.  Again, please note that the dust jacket is price-clipped.  There are no chips or tears or wrinkles to the dust jacket. Other than the clipped price, this is a very nice of example of the dust jacket.

A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF STEPHEN KING 1st EDITIONS!
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I own the following two books:

Leckie, Anne.  ANCILLARY JUSTICE.  Subterranean
     Press, 2014.  1st limited edition.  (#2/500).

Leckie, Anne.  ANCILLARY MERCY.  Subterranean
     Press, 2016.  1st limited edition.  (#2/500).

I am looking for:

Leckie, Anne.  ANCILLARY SWORD.  Subterranean
      Press, 2015.  1st limited edition.  (#2/500).

I would like to round out this set by acquiring the #2/500
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