 Get in losers. We're going for a ride. Welcome to Church of the Chair where we all float down here I'm your host E and today we'll be clowning around It is what it is. But first I have promises to keep this comment is only about four years old But I think it's time to show it off. The first copy. I have is this paperback It's a pretty boring cover But I like it anyway even though Pennywise is more of a mime in this one then we have the movie tie-in cover from the 2017-2016 version of the reboot and we have another version of this This one was sent to me by my friend Sarah by the way, I can't forget this is the 2017 Reboot, but yeah, there's the this the trade and this is the mass market paperback Believe this joke is 1400 pages. It's nuts. Then we have the first edition paperback This is the one that I have read the most if you don't know I have read it by Stephen King 18 times And this one accounted for probably you can see the bow in the in the spine this one accounted for probably 15 of those Used to be on my nightstand as soon as I stopped reading as soon as I finished the book I would just start it all back over again now on to some international editions my buddy Richard sent me this one Which is the Chinese edition of it and then my buddy Kobe? Kobe sorry kobe sent me the Dutch version of it This one's probably the closest to the original American artwork I think yeah hit and the last international edition was sent to me by my friend Wayne Fenlon amazing dude I had been looking for this one for ages and he just sent it to me free of charge And I will always this is also my favorite cover of This novel I mean he sent it to me free of charge didn't ask for anything in return One of the best gifts I've ever gotten and that is the UK edition of it Yeah Next up we have an edition that I started reading After I stopped reading this one for fear that it was gonna fall apart because these first edition paperbacks are kind of hard to find I went ahead and I bought this one This is the re-release that came out just before the 2017 reboot and this one's heavy and I also have the cover I have read this one at least three times and you can see the spine is just Disgusting and last but certainly not least I have not one But two first edition copies of it This one over here has a I it's a much better condition But the reason why it's so much drabber and duller is because I had to have this printed because I found this in great Condition without the dust jacket and then this one is the one that I've had the longest I haven't had it since release date all of my Stephen King books my mother's Stephen King books got lost in a hurricane in 95 But I did find this one. It is a first edition It's got the price code up here and everything 2295 it is in terrible condition But I love it all the same Anyways on to the rest of the video. I know that took a while But thank you for hanging out with me if you're new around here a word of warning before we continue I will be discussing all of Stephen King's books in detail With spoilers throughout this entire series. So if you have not read all of his works, I Suggest you click away now. You've been warned if it if it isn't obvious to you already today We're talking about Stephen King's it my favorite novel of all time Not just my favorite Stephen King book, but my favorite novel of all time first things first I want to read you guys an excerpt from it. Tell your friends. I am the last of a dying race. It said Grinning its sunken grin as it staggered and lurched down the porch after her The only survivor of a dying planet. So that excerpt is important Because that is how I tie in all of these books to the Tommy knockers dreamcatcher the stand all those things Even the books that technically do not connect that I have a theory that they connect like Carrie The shining so on and so forth the most important aspect here is in the opening chapter of it after the flood Pennywise introduces himself to Georgie Denbrough as Pennywise the Dancing Clown or Bob Gray or Is there a or Mr. Gray this is important because the Tommy knockers and The end in dreamcatcher the aliens are called grays There's also the short story gray matter from night shift that deals with an alien shape-shifting presence In a little boys house now as far as a hard tie-in to the dark tower series We have mature in or he's also known as Gan Who's the turtle on which the world the rock the world rides on his back There's also the path of the beam the turtle beam That is a hard connect not to mention and not to forget that Stephen King Was was writing it and the wastelands at the same time and he says in the afterward of Either it or the wastelands I'm not sure which that he was stuck on how to finish it and then lightning struck and he realized that everything Tied together some references to other books that put this directly into the King universe and ties all that together is Dick Holleran was a cook at the black spot Also Belch Higgins after Belch dies He shows up to pick up Henry Bowers in none other than a 1958 Plymouth Christine another note that ties it Into dreamcatcher is the obvious connection that Penny wise lives is spray painted on the loading dock of tracker brothers in Derry and many thanks to silent silo 987 for this comment tying under the dome into it You pause to read but wait There's even more we have this comment from draw your sword for 20. I Like the name again, you can pause to read I definitely gel with the concept that Ardelia lorts from the library policeman is a creature Just like Penny wise and the outsider so on and so forth We also can't forget that both Bev and Richie were in 11 20 to 63 as pointed out by Valperga literature review 96 oh two. Yeah, that's a mouthful. Anyways, here's a comment. I probably already put it up there But next we have Chris one eight seven who said this and And while that poem is All over the place even outside of Stephen King's work. I still think it's important to highlight this comment Thanks, Chris and going back to Richie. We have this comment from Rick Alicia's 92 and it says I Do not remember this But if it's true, very cool. Well, that's all the time I have for you today Hopefully I didn't miss anything this time But if I did feel free to tell me about it down there in the comments If I miss something if you need to correct something if you have your own theories Please leave them down there in the comment section, but until next time feet feet Richie