Stephen King's The Stand - Page 3

desertgrandma · 08-02-2008, 08:13 PM

Medical and Scientific errors don't bother me since I"m oblivious to them. I just get carried away by the story. (ignorance is bliss?) And "The Shining"? Very well done. Scared the crop out of me!

daffy4u · 08-02-2008, 08:14 PM

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Scared the crop out of me!

And Children of the Corn?

desertgrandma · 08-02-2008, 08:15 PM

well, I did want to be polite!!

RickyMaveety · 08-02-2008, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Medical and Scientific errors don't bother me since I"m oblivious to them. I just get carried away by the story. (ignorance is bliss?) And "The Shining"? Very well done. Scared the crop out of me!

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And Children of the Corn?

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

well, I did want to be polite!!

Hehehehe .... again, there's that word .... "polite" .... I can't help but wonder what the crap it means???

desertgrandma · 08-02-2008, 09:56 PM

Of course, reading novels about quiltmaking.....Now, if they had glaring errors I'd feel the same way as you, RM.......thats something I can relate to!

Children of the corn ALso scares the crop out of me!

desertgrandma · 08-02-2008, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Hehehehe .... again, there's that word .... "polite" .... I can't help but wonder what the crap it means???

JSWolf · 08-02-2008, 10:30 PM

I personally give The Loangoliers top marks. It's in his collection of 4 novellas titles Four Past Midnight

desertgrandma · 08-02-2008, 10:47 PM

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I personally give The Loangoliers top marks. It's in his collection of 4 novellas titles Four Past Midnight

Most excellent read also. I have all of his books, in hardback. Stephen King and James Michener......shelf-worthy authors!

daffy4u · 08-02-2008, 10:49 PM

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I personally give The Loangoliers top marks. It's in his collection of 4 novellas titles Four Past Midnight

That 's a good one!

JSWolf · 08-02-2008, 11:55 PM

While they did a good job witht he mini-series, I preferred the book. It just felt more like King meant it to feel.

montsnmags · 08-04-2008, 05:11 AM

My two favourites are Misery and Rose Madder, I think because they delve into the mind a fair whack (though I read them when they first came out, so my memory could be playing tricks on me). For stuff more closely aligned with the "supernatural horror" genre, I'd say my favourite is IT. I liked its "epic" nature more than The Stand, I think because I tend to more like grand events spinning around single or few people that are unaware of the larger consequences of their actions (eg. The Hobbit).

Cheers,
Marc

Over · 08-12-2008, 03:52 PM

I'm half-way through and enjoying it greatly. For those who liked "The Stand", let me recommend you "Earth Abides", by George Stwart. Oldie but goodie. It's a classic, but somebody here might not know about it.

teejer · 08-12-2008, 05:58 PM

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I'm half-way through and enjoying it greatly. For those who liked "The Stand", let me recommend you "Earth Abides", by George Stwart. Oldie but goodie. It's a classic, but somebody here might not know about it.

The only problem is that Earth Abides isn't in Kindle format.

daffy4u · 08-12-2008, 06:02 PM

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The only problem is that Earth Abides isn't in Kindle format.

Click that Publisher's Link.

daffy4u · 10-29-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Amazon sold it for $9.99 on July 7....its now at $8.99. I've requested a refund. On the Amazon discussion sites someone said it could be done. Its only a dollar, I know, its just the idea. And from now on I'll wait a couple of weeks before I download.....Sheesh! I should know better!

It's now $2.95. I snagged quite a few of his older books this morning that are now selling under $3.00.

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08-02-2008, 08:13 PM	#31
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Medical and Scientific errors don't bother me since I"m oblivious to them. I just get carried away by the story. (ignorance is bliss?) And "The Shining"? Very well done. Scared the crop out of me!

08-02-2008, 08:15 PM	#33
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	well, I did want to be polite!!

08-02-2008, 09:56 PM	#35
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Of course, reading novels about quiltmaking.....Now, if they had glaring errors I'd feel the same way as you, RM.......thats something I can relate to! Children of the corn ALso scares the crop out of me!

08-02-2008, 10:30 PM	#37
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I personally give The Loangoliers top marks. It's in his collection of 4 novellas titles Four Past Midnight

08-02-2008, 11:55 PM	#40
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	While they did a good job witht he mini-series, I preferred the book. It just felt more like King meant it to feel.

08-04-2008, 05:11 AM	#41
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	My two favourites are Misery and Rose Madder, I think because they delve into the mind a fair whack (though I read them when they first came out, so my memory could be playing tricks on me). For stuff more closely aligned with the "supernatural horror" genre, I'd say my favourite is IT. I liked its "epic" nature more than The Stand, I think because I tend to more like grand events spinning around single or few people that are unaware of the larger consequences of their actions (eg. The Hobbit). Cheers, Marc

08-12-2008, 03:52 PM	#42
Over Wizard Posts: 1,462 Karma: 6061516 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2", OnePlus 6	I'm half-way through and enjoying it greatly. For those who liked "The Stand", let me recommend you "Earth Abides", by George Stwart. Oldie but goodie. It's a classic, but somebody here might not know about it.

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