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It Trade paperback - 2017
by King,Stephen
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- Paperback
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Details
- Title It
- Author King,Stephen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 5th or later Printing
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 1184
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher scribner, New York, NY
- Publication date 2017
- Bookseller's Inventory # 060955
- ISBN 9781501175466 / 1501175467
- Weight 2.24 lbs (1.02 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.5 x 2.4 in (21.29 x 13.97 x 6.10 cm)
- Reading level 900
- Category Fiction - Horror
- Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Good and evil
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017296342
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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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 widely regard Stephen King’s IT as a landmark of horror and a moving coming-of-age saga, praised for its vivid small-town setting, the unforgettable Losers’ Club, and the iconic terror of Pennywise. Many applauded the immersive dual timelines and thematic depth—friendship, memory, trauma, and the banality of evil—often calling it King at or near his best. Criticisms center on the novel’s massive length, repetitive digressions, and a divisive ending; several condemned graphic or controversial elements (slurs, cruelty, and the infamous child sex scene) as gratuitous. Overall, it’s seen as an epic, culturally influential work whose ambition and emotional power outweigh its excesses.
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From the publisher
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.
