Blake
12-08-2007, 05:31 PM
I think the biggest issue with getting the new versions printed in mass market paperback has to do with the publisher being willing to invest the money. That'll probably happen if and when the Repairman Jack movie ever gets done, but whether it'll happen anytime before that is anyone's guess.
I'm sure FPW will chime in with accurate answers, but my recollection is that the current mass-market PB of The Tomb is the latest revised version, excepting the title. I think The Keep is not the revised version, but we're mainly talking about one additional paragraph for that one.
Note that the story, for the most part, hasn't changed throughout most of the AC. The new versions mainly have some prose tightened up and some anachronisms removed to bring them into the new timeline. Nightworld has the most substantial changes, but I won't say anything more in this thread to keep things spoiler free.
In short, I wouldn't worry too much about reading one of the earlier editions if that gets you by for now. With that in mind, the suggestion about used book stores is a good one. There's a decent one on Rock Blvd. in your area called Book Gallery, and Paperback Exchange is pretty good, too (located on Vesta, just off of Wells behind Rapscallion). I'm sure there are others I don't even know about yet. And for new books, the local Borders has traditionally been far better than B&N when it comes to stocking FPW's stuff, but you probably already knew that.
Blake