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Originally Posted by missimpossible
I bought the original at a used book sale as I forgot that there was the extended edition also. After a lot of swithering, I decided just to read the version I have rather than seek out the extended one. I've read a lot of arguments one way or another for which is "better" but I thought I'd read the version set in the "original" time period as the update seems a bit weird to me and apparently plenty of others agree. Depending on how much I enjoy it I might give the other version a go, though.
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Ah ok. From what I understand the extended version is pretty much like the original release of the book just with some more stuff that Mr. King was forced to cut (due to concerns about length) when it was 1st published. Some stuff he cut stayed cut (according to the forward in the extended version) but some stuff was restored as he felt it added to the story. That's pretty much a personal judgement call though I think as to which is better.