All of these were Half Price Books finds, all firsts, and all but the Sagan and Wong came from Austin stores. The Sagan and Wong came from Dallas Metroplex area stores, but I pulled them into this post because they go in bookcases I’m reorganizing.
Unusually for Half Price Books, three of these titles had aftermarket labels over the UPC code that needed a fair amount of Bestine and elbow grease to remove…
Two David Wong firsts from that bulk book purchase:
Added the back cover scan just because there doesn’t seem to be one on the Internet.
Wong, David. John Dies At the End. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Cult science fiction horror novel and basis of the Don Coscarelli movie of the same name. Bought for $32.50 from Half Price Books with a 50% off coupon.
I’m going to have a review of John Dies at the End up over at Locus Online tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s the trailer:
The movie is based on David Wong’s novel of the same name, the protagonist of which is named David Wong. A sequel, This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It, is now out, and even has its own trailer:
The movie is only showing in a few theaters nationwide (including the Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane in Austin), but it’s also available for video download through Amazon and elsewhere.