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I still understand the Electoral College better.
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hannah? does aaron know what he's doing?
Was there discussion about including/excluding The Stand Complete and Uncut (1990)?
Excellent question. I was also curious about how The Stand will be categorized in this poll.Originally Posted by Randall Flagg
i would think that both versions need to be included. just like both versions of the gunslinger need to be included. some people are purists and will only read the original versions. some people much, much prefer the richer, fuller, expanded editions.
(can you tell which type of person i am?
My kind.i would think that both versions need to be included. just like both versions of the gunslinger need to be included. some people are purists and will only read the original versions. some people much, much prefer the richer, fuller, expanded editions.
(can you tell which type of person i am?
Funny, I like the original Gunslinger best, but I MUCH prefer the Uncut Stand.
John
I haven't read either, but I'd probably prefer the original version of The Stand....
At any rate, if I participate in this, I'll consider them the same books (the versions I've read).
I prefer the intact "The Stand."
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
At the beginning of this thread I was talking about just this. I wanted people to vote for either version of The Stand, but the listing just be The Stand. Same with The Gunslinger. We don't want two entries for the essentially same book, as that's not fair to the others, since it gives slightly better odds to these two books.
We can do it however you choose, but I personally view The Gunslinger and The Gunslinger Revised as two separate entities and wouldn't rate them equally in a poll such as this. The Stand I can see taking as one because the re-publication didn't involve the addition of new material or revision of old material, it was more of a correction to the original editing process. Either way, I'm looking forward to this poll.
I think The Revised Gunslinger is much more similar to the original Gunslinger, than The Stand Uncut is to The Stand. I think there's over 50,000 words difference.
Agreed.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
That's supposed to about a 150,000 word difference!
John
I was thinking more along the lines of the difference in the intent of the revised editions. The Stand to include original material edited out of the original version, and The Gunslinger to include new material to establish consistency within the DT universe. However we do it, I think this will be a fun poll.
Same here.
Me too. The uncut Stand is possibly my all time favorite. The original Gunslinger is another.Same here.
Y'know, I had no idea we'd have the same opinion
I think that's what they mean by that saying that "Great minds think alike"!!
John
I'm in that boat as well.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
For the sake of organization and, as Pablo said, keeping the odds for each book on a level playing field, there will be only one entry for The Gunslinger and The Stand. What we will ask in the thread is that when you rank the books that you rank based on the version that you most enjoyed.
I would like to get this started up later today; I just need to set up the forum for it. I am actually thinking that for the duration of the competition that I may just make it a full on forum in Keystone Rose, as opposed to a sub-forum. There is just going to be so many threads that I think that will be easier, so that I can set up further sub-forums within it to categorize things. After the event we would simply condense it all into a "read only" sub-forum in The Clearing.
Be looking for the first round of threads around mid-day MST.
Heng Dai
Excellent idea, Aaron! I'm excited, can't wait to startThis'll be good.
P.S.: We still need someone with good Photoshop skills to come up with a logo for our first annual TDT.com Constant Reader Awards, and the award itself. I have Photoshop, but I totally suck at it...
We really appreciate the idea Pablo, I think it is going to work out great.
An image would be terrific.
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I want to have an official logo as well, and have been mulling around some ideas for the graphics. We'll have something together soon, I hope.
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