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  • It, by Stephen King

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Thread: The Final - Round 6: It vs. The Dark Tower

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by webstar1000 View Post
    I started reading King because of IT.... but I do not feel a connection to the characters in IT like I do in the Dark Tower.... I am sorry but IT is a great book but is no where near the Dark Tower.... I can't even remember all the characters in IT other than Bev and Richie.... (of course Pennywise)... But I remember the Ka-tet VERY well.... DT all the WAY!!!
    Agreed.




    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    I always thought King was known for both The Stand and It. Those are his big two that you always hear people talking about. Maybe I'm wrong but I would bet that aside from here there are many King fans that have not even read The Dark Tower books. I always wonder if you took a poll of your average King fan where The Dark Tower would rank.
    You do have a point. I know that I was reading SK for a long time before I decided to read The Dark Tower books. I didn't associate him with TDT. I associated him with his more well known stories. Even though I had been reading his books for at least 10 years, TDT was unknown territory for me.
    But, once I read The Dark Tower, it affected me unlike anything I had ever read.
    (To be fair though, the ka-tet probably altered any future chance I may have had with having a healthy relationship with a fictional group of characters. This is my doom) Because, after TDT, nothing compared to the attachment I had to Roland, Jake, Eddie, etc.
    But, I'm assuming that IT is that way for you?
    I must AGREE with you as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    I always thought King was known for both The Stand and It. Those are his big two that you always hear people talking about. Maybe I'm wrong but I would bet that aside from here there are many King fans that have not even read The Dark Tower books. I always wonder if you took a poll of your average King fan where The Dark Tower would rank.
    You do have a point. I know that I was reading SK for a long time before I decided to read The Dark Tower books. I didn't associate him with TDT. I associated him with his more well known stories. Even though I had been reading his books for at least 10 years, TDT was unknown territory for me.
    But, once I read The Dark Tower, it affected me unlike anything I had ever read.
    (To be fair though, the ka-tet probably altered any future chance I may have had with having a healthy relationship with a fictional group of characters. This is my doom) Because, after TDT, nothing compared to the attachment I had to Roland, Jake, Eddie, etc.
    But, I'm assuming that IT is that way for you?
    Makes sense. And It is most definitely that book for me
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    I know it is for me

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    This one is close!
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    ... and It is leading by two votes (one of which mine)!!! Unprecedented and, frankly, totally unexpected.

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    I love reading this discussion, despite the realization that my dear friends, Jean and Heather, have their priorities confused.





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    And this shall go down in history as the disagreement that caused the great DT.org War of 2014.

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    I voted for It. Taken as one work, TDT is very uneven while It is probably the closest thing to perfection King has ever done and (in my opinion) the greatest novel ever written.
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    Wow, I'm quite surprised it's this close (although maybe I shouldn't be considering the site we're on). But it does make me sad that there isn't more love for It.

    Jean, I'm glad you finally voted. You had me worried you were going to stray over to the dark side.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    bears were torn... but their sweeter, nostalgic self prevailed...

    Grrrrr, now it's a tie! I should have closed the poll when everything was all right

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    Good job I alerted a couple of members who hadn't voted then eh ?
    "A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King

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    Can I vote again?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BROWNINGS CHILDE View Post
    Can I vote again?
    Only if you promise to do it right this time
    "A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King

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    Grrr, it's getting worse! Obviously, all It lovers have already voted... I should have left it at that, now goblins start rallying the dark powers

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    Agreed, this poll really saddens me
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    Can't decide on a vote, but I've always had a big connection to IT as I was 12 when I read the book and kind of identified with the kids at that age.

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    Psssst......Saintmatthew, vote for It! If for nothing else it will tie it up and cause a rip in the space-time continuum.
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    "Eddies," said Ford, "in the space-time continuum."
    "Ah," nodded Arthur, "is he? Is he?"
    "A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King

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    tomorrow night I will have to close these polls...unless, of course, there's one more It vote and they tie again

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