I've got to read "The Stand" right now, and...

[Amy-Strange]

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see how this whole pandemic thing turns out.

Anyone else read it yet? Is it any good?
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[brokephibroke]

1. It's a good book

It’s big but moves fast.

[Amy-Strange]

3. Yeah, I read it, but... [SPOILER ALERT]

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I was making a joke.

I liked it, but the ending sucked.

It was like King was tired of writing it and just blew everything up.

Hopefully, our King doesn't get the urge to do the same thing, but I'm not holding my breath
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[brokephibroke]

4. A battle of good vs evil awaits us all

We must head to Las Vegas.

[Amy-Strange]

6. Whatever happens there...

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stays there!

It's a good motto.
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[FirstLight]

7. Yeah, that's where I was gonna go with it too

I liked the premise, and could have done without the "woo-woo" angle...

Honestly, taking it from a human angle is far scarier. At least the Govt in the book actually MOBILIZED (as fucked up as it was)
But then again, Captain Tripps was so lethal you would go within a day or so...Covid19 moves slow comparitively

[Amy-Strange]

8. You should get a yellow submarine... [SPOILER ALERT]

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you know, for when Fiji goes under water.

They're probably better than a bomb shelter.

Anyway, what did you think of that part where the Devil throws his pregnant girlfriend out the window?

That's when I knew the ending was gonna come fast and furious, and it was gonna suck!
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[FirstLight]

9. IMO she was already a weak character, i knew she was gonna get whacked

and yeah, a yellow sub isnt a bad idea lol

[Amy-Strange]

10. Yeah, she should've thrown him out the window, changed her ways, and then...

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got an abortion.

That would've been a much better ending and controversial to boot!
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[GP6971]

2. I just started it.

Probably the first King book I've read.

[Amy-Strange]

5. Whatever you do...

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don't read my [SPOILER ALERT].

It'll ruin the whole book for you.
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[Laffy Kat]

11. I read it right before I moved to Colorado, a coincidence.

I want to read it again. Long story short: just come on and relocate to Boulder!


On edit: Oh, and you might want to avoid Las Vegas.

[Amy-Strange]

12. Is it better than Vegas?

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From what I understand, they're still wide open, or are they?
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[Laffy Kat]

13. You'll have to read the novel to find out.

[Amy-Strange]

14. Damn!

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One hint, please, please, please
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[Laffy Kat]

15. No spoilers!!!

[Amy-Strange]

16. Why not?

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Pffft. I know the answer anyway, hahahaha
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[Laffy Kat]

17. Well still read the novel. You'll like it.

[Amy-Strange]

18. 0K

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Read the original version.

Not the updated and expanded one.

For what it's worth, King gets it totally wrong about the amount of snow Boulder, CO gets. He has it essentially snowed in completely for about three months straight in the middle of winter, which is totally laughable. Yeah, it snows, but usually about two days later the temperature is up to about 60 degrees and the snow is all gone. Even if a couple of feet of snow fall all at once, it will be gone within a week.

When I was living in Boulder, and my oldest was in morning kindergarten. Starting in January, on Fridays, we (meaning the moms and our kids who were in morning kindergarten at Table Mesa school) would meet up at a nearby park, after feeding our kids lunch. Starting in January, we had to cancel only twice because of weather. One day it had snowed on Wednesday and the ground was fairly wet, another time we agreed it was chillier than we cared to tolerate. So, snowed in for months at a time it definitely wasn't.

And I'm pretty sure he lived there for a year while writing The Shining.
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[Amy-Strange]

20. I read it in 1983, and I think that was the original version...

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I remember seeing the expanded one advertised, and unless he changed the ending, there was no way I was gonna read it, sorry.

When I wrote my story, my characters had to drive through the old Route 66.

Now mind you, I was about 12 the last time I rode through it, so this time, I had drive it using Google.

Anyway, in my story, I also changed a few things, and I can understand why he would change the type of weather in Boulder.

Isn't that called a literary license?

And not to mention that his whole story is mostly after a cataclysmic epidemic, and who the hell knows how that would affect the weather?

(My characters also drive through Colorado, but that's for another post)
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[flibbitygiblets]

21. I read it (expanded version) about a year ago. The beginning is the best part IMO

later the good vs. evil part got rolling, and the religious angle rubbed me the wrong way.

But the beginning, how the pandemic got started and spread, how it impacted people's behavior, that to me was fascinating.

[flibbitygiblets]

22. I read it (expanded version) about a year ago. The beginning is the best part IMO

later the good vs. evil part got rolling, and the religious angle rubbed me the wrong way.

But the beginning, how the pandemic got started and spread, how it impacted people's behavior, that to me was fascinating.