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Old 09-12-2014, 04:53 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
Actually as I understand it Stephen King got his initial start on The Stand while trying to work up an idea based on Patty Hurst's kidnapping. That said I agree that Mr. King's books aren't to everyone's tastes. I haven't read any of his more recent books yet though I do remember reading the expanded edition of The Stand when I was in College. It took me a couple of days to finish it. How many I can't remember it's been so long ago. The Harry Potter books are fairly long. At least some of them are 500+ page books.
I thought that, thematically, there were quite a few parallels between Stephen King's The Stand and the Harry Potter books.

Could Rowling have read it before she started the HP series?

So I find it an interesting coincidence that you have mentioned both of them in the same post.
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