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You've got me there. I've no clue what that means... and actually, I'd be hard-pressed to work out how it's even pronounced. I know some Greek, but there's no question you're beyond me in...

If you loved TDT and It, definitely read The Stand. PS is also great (really, really scary) but different. The monster is comparable, but it's more from a single point of view.Agree!

Agree!
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I don't think the spider form was so important, really. But they are kind of creepy when you think about it on an existential level: you know, little predators, dark side of nature, all that.

Look for the earlier scene where Bill tells the Losers about his research into folklore. That foreshadows the final confrontation and establishes the Ritual's meaning.

Wow, surprised; I just...

Hm. You sure have a point on one level. But if reproduction is good for the continuation of life, so is a stable home for children. I can see why some would object to a portrayal appearing...

Seems the only readers who didn't find it disconcerting are those of us who first read It as pre-teens ourselves.

The tendency you're talking about to react more to sex than to violence is...

I don't really want to dissect It exactly, and I won't have time soon to re-read the novel complete (not that I should need to, having already read it many times) but more power to you just the same....

BC: C'mon, now; it's me. :cool:Maybe, just maybe, in the grand scheme of things, if someone else had been in Stan's place then somehow they wouldn't have won in the end. Or it would have meant a...

I think you're missing my point.

Mark Twain once pointed out that God hand-picked Noah as the only man on Earth worthy to survive and lead civilization forward... and about as soon as they were...

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I understand. I'm not saying that it's a bad question. Here's a better one, though: does that ever happen in real life?

Stan cleaned up Beverley's bathroom.
I cetainly don't think that SK cared any less about this character than the others.
I'm not sure whether I made my point in my last post. Probably could have...

Let's be generous and call him the mouth. ;)
Richie hurt It, but Bill finished It. Interesting to note that these two work in the most creative fields.
Then Ben and Bev, architect and fashion...

But of course, you cannot know for sure.

I was thinking: with all of the attention that this book’s detractors give to the scene at the ending with group sex, no one ever seems to talk about the scene at the beginning with homophobic hate...

No, not me. Even though I was very young when I first read It, I had already had that type of experience. Comes from growing up in the country, I guess.
Nonetheless, I can totally relate to what...

Let me look some quotes up, and I'll try to post my best explanation tomorrow. ...[/QUOTE]:blush: I did try… jus’… life, y’know? Better late than never, do ya?“…why she had fallen so desperately...

Let me look some quotes up, and I'll try to post my best explanation tomorrow. In general, tho;
Not so sure; she did have a bad tendency to sabotage herself in terms of lasting happiness,...

I think he meant that since a sequel would presumably be set at the next appearance of It, in 2012 (27 years after 1985)
they're now all in their mid-60's.
65 y.o. Bill +65 y.o. Ben +65 y.o. Bev...

I think it's less a matter of a need for a sequel than of the continuing importance of the original book.[/quote]
I'm trying to understand what you mean by this and failing. Can you clarify,...