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It Hardback - 2017
by Stephen King
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Details
- Title It
- Author Stephen King
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 1168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scribner Book Company
- Publication date July 2017
- Bookseller's Inventory # 373855
- ISBN 9781501182099 / 1501182099
- Weight 3.1 lbs (1.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 2.8 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 7.11 cm)
- Reading level 900
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Category Fiction - Horror
- Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Suspense fiction
- 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 largely hail Stephen King’s IT as a modern horror classic that pairs epic scope with a tender coming?of?age story. Praise centers on the vividly drawn Losers’ Club, the deftly interwoven 1958/1985 timelines, and resonant themes of friendship, memory, trauma, and the rot beneath small?town life—making Derry feel like a character in its own right. Pennywise’s set pieces are widely deemed genuinely terrifying, and the novel’s breadth fosters deep immersion; several noted it rewards rereading at different ages. Criticism focuses on the immense length and digressions, a divisive ending, and especially the controversial underage sex scene and other disturbing elements (slurs, abuse), which some found gratuitous. Even so, many concluded the book’s ambition, emotional heft, and cultural impact outweigh its flaws.
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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.
