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It Paperback - 2016

by Stephen King

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IT weaves a supernatural tale of seven socially outcast kids who find themselves brought together one summer to battle an ancient and deadly shape-shifter known as IT. IT emerges from the sewers once every 27 years, using it's polymorphic abilities to terrify and prey upon children in the rural town of Derry, Maine - often in the form of the demonic Pennywise the Clown. IT was made into a television mini-series in 1990, starring Tim Curry and more recently as a blockbuster film (2017).


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This seller has earned a 4.24 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
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Readers largely hail this as a landmark blend of horror and coming?of?age, praising King’s vivid portrayal of childhood, the deep bonds of the Losers’ Club, and the immersive, menacing portrait of Derry anchored by the iconic Pennywise. Many admire the interwoven 1958/1985 timelines, rich character work, and emotionally resonant set pieces. The most common criticism is the extreme length and digressive pacing—often said to be 200–300 pages too long. The ending and several disturbing elements, especially the notorious sewer sex scene alongside graphic violence and bigoted language, are polarizing; yet despite these controversies, a large contingent still considers it a modern classic and among King’s finest.

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Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers.

Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

"Stephen King's most mature work" (St. Petersburg Times), "It will overwhelm you...to be read in a well-lit room only" (Los Angeles Times).

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Stephen King's 22nd book, IT was published in 1986 by Viking, with an initial print run of 800,000 copies. It has black boards and a grey and black jacket with IT emblazoned across the front in stark red letters. The dust jacket inner flap has a price of $22.95. The copyright page states "First Published in 1986 by Viking Penguin, Inc.". Owing to it's recent popularity, prices for a first edition are rather volatile, but tend to be in the $200-300 range.

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  • Title It
  • Author Stephen King
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 1168
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner Book Company, New York
  • Publication date 2016-01-05
  • ISBN 9781501142970 / 1501142976
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.3 x 2.4 in (21.08 x 13.46 x 6.10 cm)
  • Reading level 900
  • Themes
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Category Fiction - Horror
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Good and evil
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016288004
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch, the short story collection You Like It Darker (a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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