Grant edition ofLittle Sisters Of Eluria--a disapointment!

[Sweet One]

I rcieved my Grant editionof Little Sister/Revised Gunslinger the other day. I am disapointed. The first half of the book coantin all-new Whelan paintings, and they are superb, as well as great ink renderings. But with two exceptions, all the paintings for the revised gunslinger are the old. Why is this? I expected 18 brand-new paintings.

[Nebulosity]

Dunno, I haven't opened mine up! Keepin that baby nice and sealed :)

[fire_bat777]

Whoa whoa whoa... you mean you ACTUALLY got your shipment? Where the heck is mine? I ordered it a while ago now!

I figured the Gunslinger boards would be the same. I can't wait to see the new art, but I'm hesitant to take it out of the shrinkwrap. How's the quality of the slipcase and the book itself?

Fire Bat

[swiftdog01]

The publisher never promised new paintings. Just the revised text and inclusion of the Little Sisters short story with artwork.

[BlackThorn]

New artwork for a series that's already been completed? That sounds a bit funky. Michael Whelan made the art the way King wanted it to begin with the first time. I don't think that material should be scrapped and tried to 'do over' just to release the same story again with another story attached to it this time.

https://secure.grantbooks.com/images_S_King/R_LS-moved-on-west.jpghttps://secure.grantbooks.com/images_S_King/R-LS-time_belongs.jpg

I'd just be happy with the detailed new art, and be happy to get those pictures of Roland with his hand in the water by the lush woods, next to the stone circle and altar, and all those other amazing Whelan paintings that weren't in my all text version of the first gunslinger book I owned, that only had the 'gunslinger on the beach' artwork foldout at the very end.

[Gris]

For those of you that are keeping it sealed...

It has come out that several of the books have custom hand-drawn art (remarques) and/or doodles along with the signature.

I've seen some on another SK message board that are truly amazing. Michael Whelan has said that he did around 50 full blown remaques and a few hundred little doodles.

I think opening the shrink wrap to see if you got one is well worth it.

[fire_bat777]

I also heard about Whelen's little doodles and drawings on the signature page. Supposed to raise the value of the book by about 1000%.

To open or not to open.... I should've ordered two! :)

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

My, my, there's a few Calvin Towers in here, ain't there? LOL

Long days and pleasant nights

[fire_bat777]

LOL... I am definitely a Calvin Tower when it comes to the DT Series and Stephen King in general. What's funny is that I only collect Stephen King, Thomas Harris, Greg Iles, and Chuck Pahliniuk.

But yeah, I love the special/limited/artist editions. I'm only 26, so many of these came out during my childhood and are exceedingly difficult to find!

[rjt65]

Wouldn't you have checked what was included in the book when you purchased? why the confusion

PS- I am not a serious collector per se--just a constant reader with all hhis books for reading....

[swiftdog01]

I opened mine. No sense in ordering if you can't read it!!!

[pixiedark]

I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO TAKE THE SHRINK WRAP OFF OF THEIR BOOKS ARE CRAZY AND TOTALLY ANAL! Why buy a book and not read it and look at it from time to time. The book comes with a slip-case for goodness sakes!

[Deavlynn]

I was really happy with mine. I think the new art is amazing, and the old stuff is just as good now as it was the first time I saw it. I think it was well worth the money. The book itself is beautiful too.

[Cognac]

we are two peas in a pod fire bat lol

[Gris]

When I get something shirnked like that, I just slit the front around the shape of the book so I can slide it out and look at it, but leave the shrink wrap on the rest to protect it from dust and such.

Best of both worlds, and since I don;t plan on ever selling them, I don;t care about the $.03 loss in value that opening the shrink wrap incurs.

[Sweet One]

Where is the link, so I can see the quality of the doodles?

It was a while before I got mine too. I had to send more money, becasue i forgot the psotage. I ordered well before Xmas.What I expected was brand new interpretations of Whelans old paints, like Roland saving Jake from the Slow mutants, while shooting one in the eye. And maybe some scenes he didn't illustrate the first time around.

[Gris]

For those of you that are keeping it sealed...

It has come out that several of the books have custom hand-drawn art (remarques) and/or doodles along with the signature.

I've seen some on another SK message board that are truly amazing. Michael Whelan has said that he did around 50 full blown remaques and a few hundred little doodles.

I think opening the shrink wrap to see if you got one is well worth it.
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Where is the link, so I can see the quality of the doodles?

It was a while before I got mine too. I had to send more money, becasue i forgot the psotage. I ordered well before Xmas.What I expected was brand new interpretations of Whelans old paints, like Roland saving Jake from the Slow mutants, while shooting one in the eye. And maybe some scenes he didn't illustrate the first time around.

I'm not sure if I can post the link to another message board or not, but here are some of the remaques and doodles...

http://www.thedarktower.com/gallery/data/519/medium/210.JPG
http://www.thedarktower.com/gallery/data/519/medium/110.JPG

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww198/billthree/LSoE.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7429/lsoe5dy9.jpg

[Eleese of Gilead.]

I'm with Fire Bat, not sure If I'll ever get mine....

:sad:

[kingricefan]

I ordered tow copies of the new edition. I knew there was to be new artwork with this edition, but I figured that Grant would keep the old artwork as well as it is wonderful. The new artwork is fantastic, I can always count on Michael Whelan to surpass himself. As for the book itself, Grant Books did a bang-up job with the materials used on this one! I love the blue snakeskin-like covers! Yes, I opened both of my copies hoping that one of them would be a remarqued one, but no such luck! Oh well, there's always the story, which I read as soon as I finish my re-read of Anne Rice's Cry To Heaven. Love that book!

[fire_bat777]

I'm with Fire Bat, not sure If I'll ever get mine....

:sad:

Yeah, I'm wondering if mine is every going to get shipped! My checking account has had the extra $103.00 in it for MONTHS. It's getting annoying! Grrr... Grant Books is usually so on top of things too!

Fire Bat

[Gris]

Guys waiting for books...

From what I've been hearing elsewhere, they are doing them in batches.

All artist edition orders that were JUST LSoE stateside have been sent. If that fits you, you might want to contact them.

I'm pretty sure all foreign orders that are JUST LSoE have also been sent. You might also want to contact them.

Any orders that were LSoE AND SOMETHING ELSE, are being filled now, but most should be sent already.

Orders for the Deluxe are being packed now as they had a delay getting the traycases.

[Eleese of Gilead.]

Yeah, I'm wondering if mine is every going to get shipped! My checking account has had the extra $103.00 in it for MONTHS. It's getting annoying! Grrr... Grant Books is usually so on top of things too!

Fire Bat

I actually emailed them last week and the response I got was they had just started shipping them Mon-Tues of last week, chances are you wont be charged until it's actually shipped. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and checking my bank statements often.

[Eleese of Gilead.]

I have the book, safe and sound on the shelf. It's gorgeous. The release date was pushed back, but hey what's two months when we've been waiting years!

[fire_bat777]

My card was just charged (finally!) and the book is being shipped! *crosses fingers* I really hope I get a remarque! :)

Fire Bat

[Matticus]

For those of you interested in this book. The Whelans have donated a copy of it with a special edition remarque (sketch) on the title page. If you would like a chance at winning it, visit my thread on this board for Friends of the Haven Foudation (http://www.stephenking.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10459).

http://www.thedarktower.com/2009f/LSoE%20R.jpg

[rok]

it say in the write up for the book on the publishers website that the old ones are there plus some new ones

[mashead2000]

So happy got a letter from Grant last week saying they had some Deluxe editions put aside for UK customers (no lottery needed) so i've ordered my copy and just waiting for it to arrive :). was upset when i read about it when it was released about it only being available to previous owners number 1-1250 etc :( but i think the reason there is some left over is because previous owners of The Gunslinger don't want to buy it again?lol
6months later I've now ordered it-at least the UK customers aren't being ignored lol......