cyber-jack Wrote:I know! The cost of that first book has skyrocketed over the past year, year and a half...I think The Gunslinger L.E. was issued at $60 maybe? Now this guy is going to rake in over 7 grand!

Full sets of the 7 book Limited Edition series with matching numbers are going for $25,000 and up. All for an initial investment of around $1000. Pretty good scratch if you ask me.

Scott Hajek Wrote:If the value of the books were based on the quality of the writing, I could just imagine the MasterCard commercial:

Complete set of Anne Rice Vampire books, signed: $1.50
Collection of Limited Edition Stephen King books: $25,000
Full set of F. Paul Wilson Adversary Cycle: Priceless

MasterCard: When you need your literary fix.

Scott Hajek Wrote:If the value of the books were based on the quality of the writing, I could just imagine the MasterCard commercial:

Complete set of Anne Rice Vampire books, signed: $1.50
Collection of Limited Edition Stephen King books: $25,000
Full set of F. Paul Wilson Adversary Cycle: Priceless

MasterCard: When you need your literary fix.

cyber-jack Wrote:I know! The cost of that first book has skyrocketed over the past year, year and a half...I think The Gunslinger L.E. was issued at $60 maybe? Now this guy is going to rake in over 7 grand!

Full sets of the 7 book Limited Edition series with matching numbers are going for $25,000 and up. All for an initial investment of around $1000. Pretty good scratch if you ask me.

Scott Hajek Wrote:If the value of the books were based on the quality of the writing, I could just imagine the MasterCard commercial:

Complete set of Anne Rice Vampire books, signed: $1.50
Collection of Limited Edition Stephen King books: $25,000
Full set of F. Paul Wilson Adversary Cycle: Priceless

MasterCard: When you need your literary fix.

Scott Hajek Wrote:If the value of the books were based on the quality of the writing, I could just imagine the MasterCard commercial:

Complete set of Anne Rice Vampire books, signed: $1.50
Collection of Limited Edition Stephen King books: $25,000
Full set of F. Paul Wilson Adversary Cycle: Priceless

MasterCard: When you need your literary fix.

Biggles Wrote:I won't diss Stephen King as a writer. but while I've enjoyed hundreds of hours reading his books, I found Dean Koontz to be better (for my taste). I'll never diss Dean Koontz as a writer, as I have enjoyed his books enormously for many year; and his audiobooks have kept me awake (and away from bridge abuttments) for many thousands of mles.

Nevertheless, Paul's books are the best I've ever read, and they're also the only ones I collect. It's like my gun collection: I only collect what I shoot!

Biggles Wrote:.

Nevertheless, Paul's books are the best I've ever read, and they're also the only ones I collect. It's like my gun collection: I only collect what I shoot!

KRW Wrote:You shoot your F. Paul Wilson books?


KRW

cyber-jack Wrote:Biggles,

I've got King, Koontz and Wilson on my top shelf, and collect a few others as well. I won't diss you for liking Koontz over King, but I do disagree...and I think there are a few million other folks out there who would put King over Koontz with me. BUT, that's the beauty of literature. We can all disagree, and it doesn't mean a thing, because all tastes are different. I think there are flaws with all writers, but we overlook them when we find one we can relate to. I can relate to King better than I can relate to Koontz...and I can't relate to Anne Rice at all. You, on the other hand, can relate better to Koontz...