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It Mass market paperbound - 1987
by King, Stephen
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- Title It
- Author King, Stephen
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 1138
- Volumes 1
- Language ITA
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, N.Y
- Publication date 1987
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP93890583
- ISBN 9780451149510 / 0451149513
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Reading level 900
- Category Fiction - Horror
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 2
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About this book
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).
Reader reviews for It
Review summary
Readers largely hail Stephen King’s IT as a landmark of modern horror and an affecting coming?of?age epic. Many praised its immersive dual timelines, richly drawn Losers’ Club, and evocative portrayal of childhood friendship, memory, and fear—alongside sharp social undercurrents about abuse, racism, and small?town rot. Pennywise’s menace and several set pieces were described as genuinely terrifying, and the book’s cultural impact remains undeniable. However, frequent criticisms targeted the sheer length and digressive pacing, with some arguing it’s hundreds of pages too long. The ending divided opinion, and several scenes—most notably the child sex scene, graphic violence, slurs, and animal cruelty—were cited as disturbing, unnecessary, or sexist. Even so, many consider it a quintessential, if challenging, King experience; the audiobook narration by Steven Weber also drew praise.
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First line
The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.
First edition identification
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.
