{"product_id":"it-special-edition","title":"It (Special Edition)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \n\u003ci\u003eNever Flinch\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \n\u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker (\u003c\/i\u003ea \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003etop ten horror book of 2024), \n\u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e (a \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2023), \n\u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \n\u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \n\u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \n\u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Stephen King and \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The indisputable King of Horror.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A mesmerizing odyssey of terror... Stephen King is the master of modern horror. He writes like one possessed, never cheats the reader, always gives full measure... He is brilliant... dark and sinister.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Vintage King... a magnum opus of terror... just a glance at the first few pages, and you can't put this novel aside.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Epic... gargantuan... breathlessly accelerating suspense... the \n\u003ci\u003eMoby Dick \u003c\/i\u003eof horror novels.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A great scary book...a nightmare roller-coaster...packed with more chills than a Frigidaire... 'It' turns out to be the monster-dread in us all, the one that refuses to go away.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A great book... a landmark in American literature.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"King is our great storyteller... I imagine him as a possessed figure rocking over a smoking word processor, hunting for a beat his sentences can dance to, pounding the shocks and scares like a rock organist laying down the power chords.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald-Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A ghoul's delight... a good old-fashioned chill and shiver fest... as creepy as the finest of that genre.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" King's most ambitious project... reads as if written in a white heat!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eIT \u003c\/i\u003eexhibits the potato chip syndrome - quite simply, you can't read just one page and stop... It is in this novel that King comes out of the closet, a closet jammed and crowded with his own monsters.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Compulsively readable!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"King's most mature work!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The horror master's best novel since 1980's \n\u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Chock-full of spooky stuff... a sprawling scare-fest that defines King's recurring themes and adds a new set of ambitions to the mix.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003ewill overwhelm you... Characters so real you feel you are reading about yourself... scenes to be read in a well-lit room only!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA gorgeous, 40th anniversary hardcover edition featuring new cover art, stained edges, and more! \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStephen King's classic #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and the basis for the massively successful films \u003ci\u003eIt: Chapter One \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt: Chapter Two\u003c\/i\u003e as well as inspiration for HBO Max's series \u003ci\u003eIt: Welcome to Derry\u003c\/i\u003e--about an evil without a name: \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \n\u003ci\u003eBag of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eHearts in Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e. But it all starts with \n\u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stephen King's most mature work\" ( \n\u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \" \n\u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003ewill overwhelm you...to be read in a well-lit room only\" ( \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKing, Stephen\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \n\u003ci\u003eNever Flinch\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \n\u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker (\u003c\/i\u003ea \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003etop ten horror book of 2024), \n\u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e (a \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2023), \n\u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \n\u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \n\u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \n\u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow 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. 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