I would say The Stand is a very important book. It's probably the most modern tale of Absolute Good VS Absolute Evil I can think of. It's really an epic story that deals with a virus that wipes out most of humanity. In this day and time, it is VERY relevant. It's also one of the few books that hinted toward the HIV virus before it was completly classified as such. Many books and stories have paid homage to the book in varied ways. What makes it classic is that it is the utlimate battle of good and evil. The book also uses many literary devices and has a lot of symbolism.

The Shining less so, but it is considered a classic horror story. Again this story uses some very good literary devices and also has a lot of symbolism. For a story about alcoholism, it's pretty harrowing. My mom screamed aloud when she read this book and I almost did... That makes it a classic to me.

anybody else remember the mini-series ABC had for the langoliers? it sucked...

yep, a classic doesn't have to be written like Finnegan's Wake. I think Star Trek is classic. It just has to work on whatever level.

The Stand is so universally praised by fans. Some day I'll definitely get to it. It seems like the Dark Tower is alluding to it in places, but I don't know for sure

anybody else remember the mini-series ABC had for the langoliers? it sucked...

Anyone else get creeped out when they got a cold after reading the Stand. I got a cold while reading it and it freaked me out.

Captain Trips!

i don't think i got a cold after reading it.

anybody else remember the mini-series ABC had for the langoliers? it sucked...

anybody else remember the mini-series ABC had for the langoliers? it sucked...

Wasn't that with Bronson Pinchot doing the Pac Man Fever? It was as bad as Lawnmower Man

I thought lawnmower man had way more legitimacy than the langoliers

I thought lawnmower man had way more legitimacy than the langoliers

Wasn't that with Bronson Pinchot doing the Pac Man Fever? It was as bad as Lawnmower Man

the crappy CGI effects they had in the langoliers when the monster-alien-langolier-thingies were eating the plane or whatever were total crap! i was staring at the screen like "omg, is that a ball of reynolds wrap attacking the plane?!"

I thought lawnmower man had way more legitimacy than the langoliers

I thought lawnmower man had way more legitimacy than the langoliers

The Stand Mini Series was AWFUL!!!! They need to make it into a full movie or something.

the crappy CGI effects they had in the langoliers when the monster-alien-langolier-thingies were eating the plane or whatever were total crap! i was staring at the screen like "omg, is that a ball of reynolds wrap attacking the plane?!"

That would be pretty scary if they were forced to chew it.
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it would be bad-ass if they made it into a full-length feature film and if they do it right.

Right? His books that end us movies is pretty 50/50. ALLLL of the TV ones are utter crap. He should just say no when it comes to TV movies. Desperation should have been a movie for the violence alone.

And the Stand would have to be Lord of the Rings length in order to do it right. I mean they had 8 hours of TV time and still could not work it over the 4 days they had. Oh bring me the head of whomever cast Molly Ringwald as the heroine

I think he's an author who has a lot in common with the guy whom we've all got to thank for being here. Insanely proflific, crazed with ideas, but ultimately cannot help but repeat himself due to a lack of true originality. He's not a trailbalzer like Poe or Dante - he's never given us the shock of the new - ie, create a universally influential and seimestic work of art which instantly hrenders all else in te genre redundnat. King's just an incredible recycler and master storyteller - even if his descriptive talents and dislogue flow are waning and clunky in old age. But fuck, that happens to us all. The Stand (uncut) and It are astonishing things to pull out of your brain.

You're kidding me right?