Wave 3B: It vs. The Stand

[mae]

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/It_face.jpgvs.http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/The_Stand_face.jpg


This is the third and final round of our 2010 Constant Reader Awards. Please vote for the book you would rather re-read. The winner receives 0.1 points added to its score previously acquired in the first two rounds.

If you haven't yet read either book or both of them, please vote Never read one or both titles. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[Sam]

No doubts here: The Stand

[Jean]

This is the moment of truth.

The showdown.

The ultimate battle.

The Armageddon.

Bears say It.

[Darkthoughts]

I do love The Stand, but couldn't It just win once?! It's a better story.

I'm with the Bear :couple:

[Aaron]

I choose IT as well. It was much more multi-faceted in the social issues that the story delved into and made me care much more about its characters than The Stand. The Stand is overrated IMHO.

[Darkthoughts]

I concur with your humble opinion!

[Resident Chris]

Veeery Hard... but.... IT!

[Jean]

I choose IT as well. It was much more multi-faceted in the social issues that the story delved into and made me care much more about its characters than The Stand. The Stand is overrated IMHO.
I don't think The Stand is overrated, I love it immensely and don't really know any story that would give a deeper analysis of both society and characters under apocalyptic circumstances... But It is so sweetly and painfully personal, it's like the story of my own life being retold at a different angle on every page... the only other I know that possesses the same peculiar force is Duma Key, but much as I love that one, It is better. In fact, the only King novel I know that is - marginally - second to It is the Stand; but yes, only marginally.

[Daghain]

The Stand. I have never been fan of IT. :ninja:

[cody44]

I love them both, but I think IT is the better book.

[fernandito]

Never read one or both titles

:ninja:

[DoctorDodge]

The Stand. I loved IT, but I just wasn't as sucked into the story as I was with The Stand. Maybe I'm just a big fan of epic, apocalyptic stories, though!

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

It.

[woodpryan]

IT. My favorite novel. literally. My favorite.

[Jean]

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[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

It......oh wait....did I already say that?

[alinda]

Hardest one yet......IT!

[turtlex]

The Stand ....

.... and how did Feev get by without having read either of these!?!? :o

[Jean]

Everybody who has voted for It gets a special bearhug. Bears know it wasn't easy to vote against something as really truly great as The Stand... hard choice, but you did it!!!

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It has exactly 19 votes now... exactly 19 special superhugs! (I know I have voted too. The extra hug goes to Lady Linda, my Queen)

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[Melike]

Everybody who has voted for It gets a special bearhug. Bears know it wasn't easy to vote against something as really truly great as The Stand... hard choice, but you did it!!!

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Messages/hug00083.gif

It has exactly 19 votes now... exactly 19 special superhugs! (I know I have voted too. The extra hug goes to Lady Linda, my Queen)

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Awesome. :dance: I voted for It in every single poll. :D
*Means I deserve hugs too. :)*

[mae]

I don't think I voted once for It, sorry friends. It was a good novel, but I don't think it was a great novel. In places it was a chore to read.

[Jean]

one more personal bearhug for Melikie

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[Aaron]

I really feel like this is skewed by popularity. I was thinking today that sometime this year we should have something of a summit regarding these two books. We create a uniform criteria for grading the books in a number of areas and then the summit committee reads each book together and discusses merits and downfalls as they progress through each title, scoring the books in each area while everything is fresh.

Does that sound like something you (any member reading this) would find interesting or worthwhile?

[mae]

I can see it now:

TheDarkTower.com Presents a Symposium on the Classification of Stephen King's Most Enduring Works: Classics or Hype? Guest Speaker: Stephenie Meyer.

(Sounds like a cool idea, Aaron.)

[Jean]

::shrugs::

I loved both the novels in question most of all even when I had no idea anyone else in the world loved Stephen King besides me, or at least appreciated him as someone else than the author of "horrors". I will participate anyway, but for me the answer to the question is much too obvious. Also, I don't believe in grading: as I said before, - and am very thankful to Mike for agreeing - a perfect novel will prevail over an imperfect one if separate positions are evaluated, though perfection has little to do with greatness, depth, importance and impact on the readers. If it wasn't so, we would all be readers solely of Flaubert or Maugham (God forbid), while such imperfect authors as Dickens or Dostoyevsky would be totally forgotten.

[johnsmith87]

IT wins this one for me, although I do know that it's an uphill battle against The Stand.

[stone, rose, unfound door]

It.

[LineofEld]

I really feel like this is skewed by popularity. I was thinking today that sometime this year we should have something of a summit regarding these two books. We create a uniform criteria for grading the books in a number of areas and then the summit committee reads each book together and discusses merits and downfalls as they progress through each title, scoring the books in each area while everything is fresh.

Does that sound like something you (any member reading this) would find interesting or worthwhile?

I would love to participate in something like this. But since I'm one of the new girls in town, do I need to do anything special to be invited?:D

[Aaron]

Nah...I would say that if we do it anyone can participate. The only rule would be that you are actually reading the books and not making your judgments based on a past read. I'll talk with the other directors about it and we'll see what we can do. It would probably be a little while, so as to avoid undermining the entire purpose of the Constant Reader Awards. Thanks for your interest!

[mae]

The poll has closed. The winner with 63.51% of the vote was The Stand. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 8.499695122.

It is 7 for 8 (0.7, 87.50%).
The Stand is 8 for 8 (0.8, 100%).

[Kieron]

Hard, hard choice, but I have to go for 'It'- my all-time favourite novel by anyone.

[darkdiscoveries]

The Stand for sure (the original 1978 version though, not the revised doorstop).

- James
http://www.darkdiscoveries.com

[acdckingfan]

ok the bears win i vote for it

[Jean]

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[jmorrison]

I'd have to go for the original Stand as well. The ending of It was a big letdown for me.

[rogwats]

IT remains my favorite book, ever. The Stand is an epic tail, but no other book of King's (or really any other in the genre) has captured the innocence and curiosity and fear of a child than It, which is a huge feat that I enjoy each time I re-read it.