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It Hardback - 1986
by King, Stephen
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Details
- Title It
- Author King, Stephen
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st Edition 4th Printing
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 1138
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking, New York
- Publication date 1986
- Bookseller's Inventory # 047964
- ISBN 9780670813025 / 0670813028
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Reading level 900
- Category Bargain Books
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85041062
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
- Bookseller catalogues Science Fiction/ Fantasy/Horror
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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).
Summary
A promise made twenty-eight years ago calls seven adults to reunite in Derry, Maine, where as teenagers they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Unsure that their Losers Club had vanquished the creature all those years ago, the seven had vowed to return to Derry if IT should ever reappear. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that summer return as they prepare to do battle with the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers once more (from Stephen King’s website).
Reader reviews for It
Review summary
Readers widely regard Stephen King’s IT as a landmark of modern horror and an expansive coming-of-age saga. Praise centers on the vividly drawn Losers’ Club, the intertwined 1958/1985 timelines, and the novel’s potent evocation of childhood friendship, memory, and small-town corruption; Pennywise’s set pieces and the pervasive dread are often called genuinely terrifying. Many celebrate its immersive scope and emotional resonance, with some noting its lasting cultural impact and rewarding rereads. Criticisms focus on the sheer length, repetitive digressions, and a polarizing ending; several call out disturbing or gratuitous elements—especially the sewer sex scene—as unnecessary or sexist. Overall: hugely ambitious and moving, but uneven and longer than it needs to be.
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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.
