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mae
03-03-2010, 09:01 AM
The Stand, 1978
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/The_Stand_face.jpg

Please vote for The Stand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
mae
03-03-2010, 09:09 AM
You may base your vote on the 1990 uncut version as well as the 1978 original.
Jean
03-03-2010, 09:52 AM
5++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
turtlex
03-03-2010, 10:22 AM
I'm with Jean on this one. Completely.

One of my all time favorites. So excellent.
mae
03-03-2010, 10:37 AM
Our inaugural Best Book winner :)
turtlex
03-03-2010, 11:05 AM
Going out on a limb here and am going to say that Larry's trip through the Lincoln Tunnel was one of the best written, most intense "scenes" King has done.

I just loved this book, on so many levels.
candy
03-03-2010, 11:15 AM
i gave it a 6:thumbsup:
divemaster
03-03-2010, 12:47 PM
Not only the best King book ever, it's one of the best books I've ever read, of any sort from any one.
LadyHitchhiker
03-03-2010, 01:04 PM
I was disappointed there wasn't a voting scale higher than 5 for this book. This book gets 1000 out of 5.
mae
03-03-2010, 01:07 PM
Just think of 5 as 1,000 ;)
Daghain
03-03-2010, 01:08 PM
This is definitely a 5 for me. I LOVE this book.
Ageless Stranger
03-03-2010, 04:07 PM
5++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


i gave it a 6:thumbsup:


I was disappointed there wasn't a voting scale higher than 5 for this book. This book gets 1000 out of 5.

Need I say more?
gsvec
03-03-2010, 05:38 PM
5. Definitely 5. No doubt - 5.

And to those of you who haven't read this one yet - you don't know what you're missing! :excited:
DoctorDodge
03-03-2010, 06:27 PM
Not only the best King book ever, it's one of the best books I've ever read, of any sort from any one.

Absolutely, it really is an alltime classic.

Great story, great characters, and best of all: Flagg. Need I say more?
Ruthful
03-04-2010, 12:32 AM
Going out on a limb here and am going to say that Larry's trip through the Lincoln Tunnel was one of the best written, most intense "scenes" King has done.

I just loved this book, on so many levels.


Oh man, I love that chapter!

How can you not give The Stand a 5?
CRinVA
03-04-2010, 08:14 AM
Someone actually voted 3 - Average!

What's up wioth that!!


It's a 5
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-05-2010, 09:20 AM
5. DUH!
vacant lot
03-05-2010, 06:43 PM
5 all the way.
Doug Peck
03-07-2010, 05:05 PM
i don't know how anyone can rate this book less than a 5!!!:cowboy:
ladysai
03-07-2010, 07:06 PM
I'm with all the previous posters...
this is a great book!
The Stand is King's best work, and one of the best of it's time.
Dagavidiab
03-08-2010, 05:23 AM
This was my first King book!!! I was around 11 years, and it hook me for life!! Vote: 5
mae
03-09-2010, 01:15 PM
Whoa, look at all those fives... Must be our best vote-getter yet.
pathoftheturtle
03-10-2010, 07:42 AM
The premise of "Captain Trips" is most famous to our cultural mainstream, but it's the final book that really takes your breath away. King is often defensive about his tendency for weak endings, but in this case, the ambiguity needs no justification.

I gave The Stand a 5, too, of course.
mae
03-10-2010, 09:26 AM
The poll has closed. The Stand has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.845528455 or 96.91%, placing 1st (winner) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, The Stand also placed 1st with a FAS of 4.724137931, so it gained 0.121390524 (+2.57%) this time.