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Post by Jili on Feb 9, 2017 3:42:03 GMT
It's a fantastic book, one of my all-time favorites. I read it as a teen and again in my 20's. It's been awhile, and I'd love to pick it up again, but I don't have much time to read anymore and I have a pile to wade through as it is. Someday...
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Post by seaexplore on Feb 9, 2017 3:46:46 GMT
Readdddddd iiitttttt! I loved it!
I also adore the gunslinger books.
The talisman is also good as is The Eyes of The Dragon.
I think I might love Flagg! Lol
No zombies, ghouls, etc in them.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 9, 2017 4:00:08 GMT
seaexplore I really like The Eyes of the Dragon also.
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Post by leslie132 on Feb 9, 2017 4:10:06 GMT
Dr. Sleep is an amazing book. Yes. It has some fright to it, but I have read it more than once. It is by far my favorite SK book. I wish they would make a movie of it!!
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Post by papercrafting on Feb 9, 2017 4:31:03 GMT
I was 17 when I started reading it, I was ill so it ended up scaring me so bad I had to put it away for a few years before I could finish it. So, don't read it if you have a cold.
Annette
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Post by Frazzled Mom on Feb 9, 2017 6:14:01 GMT
My favorite Stephen King work! Intense and supernatural, but not horror, per se. You should definitely read it! ![](http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r481/2peasrefugees/Smilies/2thumbsup.jpg.gif)
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Post by jennyap on Feb 9, 2017 9:43:06 GMT
The Stand is also the only book whose film adaptation was genuinely good. None of his other stories translated as well to film. Maybe the Green Mile? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
Uhh, Shawshank Redemption
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Post by KelleeM on Feb 9, 2017 9:50:54 GMT
I feel like a literary failure (and perhaps should hand back my BA in English literature). I've never read The Stand and bought the kindle version of 11-23-63 when it was released and haven't read it.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Feb 9, 2017 11:10:54 GMT
I would suggest if you are overly squeamish, that you skip the unabridged version. there is an abridged version...damn I should have read that. The abridged is the original.
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Post by phoenixcov on Feb 9, 2017 11:55:21 GMT
Joint number one favourite book along with The Magic Cottage by James Herbert. The only books where I can remember all the characters and the plots.
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Post by breetheflea on Feb 9, 2017 14:37:47 GMT
The Stand is also the only book whose film adaptation was genuinely good. None of his other stories translated as well to film. Maybe the Green Mile? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
Uhh, Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me also and maybe Misery and the Shining... The Fog, IT, Under the Dome, blech (just my opinion).
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Post by Anita on Feb 9, 2017 14:45:15 GMT
Let us know how you like it. I'm not a fan of horror so I don't read most of his work, either. I did read 11-22-63 and really loved his writing style. I *get* why he's so beloved as an author. So if there is another non-horror book of his, I'd love to read it.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Feb 9, 2017 14:52:58 GMT
I haven't read The Stand in so many years that I won't comment on it, but I'll echo others that he is one of my favorite authors. I am not a horror fan, really (though I re-read It a couple of years ago and enjoyed it), but his fantasy books are excellent. Among my favorites are The Dark Tower series, 11/23/63, and The Green Mile. I remember everyone loving The Green Mile movie, but I was horribly disappointed, because the movie had no where near the depth of the book.
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Post by scrappyesq on Feb 9, 2017 15:36:21 GMT
I would suggest if you are overly squeamish, that you skip the unabridged version.
Its not horror but it is scary AF to me. I haven't read it for years, although it is one of my all time faves. There are a few scenes that gave me nightmares. Still love it, tho.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Feb 9, 2017 15:49:31 GMT
My big issue with the unabridged version wasn't any horror (in the traditional sense) but the rape scene. Granted, I may be remembering incorrectly, but I don't recall it being in the original (or at least not quite so graphically).
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Post by scrapnatya on Feb 9, 2017 15:59:09 GMT
I first read it early 80's when I was a teen. It has remained my number 1 favorite book. It's long and a tale of a super flu when only a few survive. There is a supernatural element to it having to do with good vs. evil. There is just something about the way Stephen King writes. I instantly feel like I know the characters, warts and all.
My number 2 book for sure is 11/22/63. Reading that felt like vintage SK. I really loved it.
Bag of Bones was another one of his I really liked but more horror involved.
I will say some of his later books end up featuring the same guy over and over again...not your typical hero who ends up saving the day because he loves a woman.
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Post by jonda1974 on Feb 9, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
Snowsilver - It is definitely worth the read, not horror at all, but very End of Days Revelations with a twist sort of. The mini-series is still one of my favorites. With the snow, maybe I should watch that this weekend.
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Post by imsirius on Feb 9, 2017 16:44:58 GMT
The Stand is also the only book whose film adaptation was genuinely good. None of his other stories translated as well to film. Maybe the Green Mile? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
Uhh, Shawshank Redemption
And Misery
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Post by oh yvonne on Feb 9, 2017 16:50:12 GMT
I remember one of my girlfriends read it in high school and it scared the heck out of her, and she wasn't the scary type at all. I never picked it up for that reason but now this thread has me wanting to read it now. I'm putting on my list for this year. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) Glad you started the thread, Elise!
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Post by ~Susan~ on Feb 9, 2017 17:12:47 GMT
I read this book many, many years ago. I remember I read on that dang book every chance I got, even on my 10 minute work breaks. I don't remember a lot about it, but I do remember that it freaked me out because the way it started out could very well happen today. I might have to read it again.
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Post by edie3 on Feb 9, 2017 17:34:06 GMT
Anytime i am in crowd and people are sneezing or coughing, i think of this book.
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Post by katiescarlett on Feb 9, 2017 17:43:38 GMT
It is also my all time favorite book. I read it for the first time in my early 20's and have read it several times over the years and listened to it recently as an audio book. I love seeing how many people also rate it as their favorite book! You should definitely do another thread as you read it, I think we'd all enjoy hearing your thoughts as you go along!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 9, 2017 19:53:07 GMT
I feel a reread coming up!
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Post by seaexplore on Feb 10, 2017 0:47:45 GMT
Let us know how you like it. I'm not a fan of horror so I don't read most of his work, either. I did read 11-22-63 and really loved his writing style. I *get* why he's so beloved as an author. So if there is another non-horror book of his, I'd love to read it. Try Duma Key. I loved that one!
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Post by kauri on Feb 10, 2017 1:39:23 GMT
Stephen King is one of my favourite authors, and I can't handle horror anymore. I devoured his scary books when I was younger and LOVED 11/22/63 as I could read it and still sleep. I'd never read The Stand and picked it up about a year ago after finishing Doctor Sleep (which initially scared me too!) I didn't get very far into The Stand when I feared that it would get scary and had to put it down. Hearing that some of you love it more than 11/22.63 has convinced me that it's worth reading and that it won't be scary.
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Post by theshyone on Feb 10, 2017 4:27:15 GMT
It is not horror. Although the premise (end of the world as we know it) is horrible.
one of my top books of his ever right after eyes of the dragon, again not horror.
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Post by theshyone on Feb 10, 2017 4:30:43 GMT
Anytime i am in crowd and people are sneezing or coughing, i think of this book. The breaking news ticker tape things when H1N1 was thought to be worse than it turned out to be had me thinking about the stand
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Post by Scrapbrat on Feb 10, 2017 12:54:32 GMT
It's not exactly horror in the sense that many of his other books are, but as with all of his novels, there are certainly some horrific elements. There are also some supernatural elements. At its core, it's certainly "good vs evil," but I've always found that description to be unacceptably simplistic. It's a complex book that really makes you think. TBH, it's not my favorite book of his (although SK has said it's HIS favorite book that he has ever written), though many people would cite it as their favorite SK book. My personal favorite is 11/22/63.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Feb 10, 2017 12:59:20 GMT
My big issue with the unabridged version wasn't any horror (in the traditional sense) but the rape scene. Granted, I may be remembering incorrectly, but I don't recall it being in the original (or at least not quite so graphically). If you are referring to the cross-country trip, you are right. My understanding is that what happened is that the book was originally published in an edited version, because to produce the tome that would be the whole unedited thing, the paperback would have cost (at retail) what the publisher considered an unacceptably high amount. Remember that King was not nearly as famous then as he is now. King said it always bothered him that that particular book had been abridged/edited so much, so once he had the pull, he caused it to be re-released in his original, unabridged version. At that point, the publisher knew anything he put out would sell, so it got published. The later one is definitely a LONG book.
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Post by mama2three on Feb 10, 2017 13:09:31 GMT
It is not horror in the way of ghouls and zombies. It's more like a societal collapse. It's long but I loved it. And I can't spoil the end for you. Yes. This. I read this when I was in college when it first came out. Very long but a very good book. I haven't watched the movie version.
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