The Stand
Doubleday, 1978
Bracket #2
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.724137931
Bracket Winner: Advancing to Round 2
I loved it - 5
It was good - 4
Average - 3
Only so-so - 2
I didnt like it - 1
Never Read
The Stand--Voting Closed
The Stand
Doubleday, 1978
Bracket #2
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.724137931
Bracket Winner: Advancing to Round 2
Heng Dai
LOVED it! (Except for Fran.)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Quite ashamed to admit this is one of the books by King I have yet to read.
Get reading, Pablo!
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I liked this book...a lot. But I also feel that, despite the acheivement of literature that it is, it is also highly overrated. I gave it a four. It was good, but not good enough to make me want to read it again.
Well, I'll read the comics at least--but that's a far cry from 1000+ pages.
It's definitely a serious dedication of your time.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
I was torn between giving a 4 or a 5. I gave a 5 in the end - I know what you're saying Aaron about it being overrated, but I've reread it twice and I feel like it was such an achievement to write an epic like this that it deserves a 5 despite any failings it has in parts.
This is definitely a 5 for me. (Have you got anything higher than a 5 Aaron?)
I've loved this Book from the first time I read it, and every tim eI've re-read it since (original and uncut). Lord of the Rings is the only Book I've re-read more times.
Not to jump the gun here, but who thinks this will win the first annual Best Book award?I personally haven't yet read this, but I understand what Aaron is saying about it perhaps being a tad overrated by critics and fans alike, so that I feel a little apprehensive even starting it. I am half-done with DT7, and I think I'll start the Uncut Stand once I'm done.
Personally I'm hoping IT wins.
No, I totally dig that, Lisa. And I don't think it really has many flaws at all. Like I said, I really liked it a lot. But I do remember that--for me--I felt relief nearly equal to my satisfaction when I finished it. And I like long books. Then I consider something like IT, where I still wanted more when it was done, and I have to concede that it wasn't one that I loved, though it was certainly close.
I think it will come down to this and IT.Originally Posted by pablo
Not to jump the gun here, but who thinks this will win the first annual Best Book award?
Personally, I'm cheering for Insomnia, but I know that's a long shot.
I could reread IT forever and a day!
First time I ever read The Stand, I probably would have posted exactly what you just said above. I reread it years later and felt much the same - then when I reread last year for the Tower Connections, I saw so much more in it and it seemed like a completely different book.
I think thats one of the things that makes voting so hard. Rereading can change your opinion because of time, circumstances - a multitude of things. Sometimes if I've really loved a book I won't reread it, because I don't want to come across anything that'll tarnish my original opinion, y'know?
Yes, that's often true - & it works both ways sometimes, though usually you re-rate upwards after a re-read (I did say 'usually'!)
I first read The Stand back in the early 80's , and have re-read it probably upwards of 15 times minimum. Have to say the same of 'It'. I agree it could well come down to those 2 in the end.
The second time I read The Stand I was pregnant, and I get really sensitive about what I'm reading...I learnt to avoid King, Gaiman and the like when up the duff!
I think it will come down to this and IT.Not to jump the gun here, but who thinks this will win the first annual Best Book award?
You think The Stand and IT will beat out all The Dark Tower books?
I voted "loved it" because I feel that you have to have great talent to go on and on for 1000+ pages and not have it suck boring ass. The Stand had me involved for the entire book. I was thinking about it when I wasn't reading it and for me, that is a good is a good sign.
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I LOVED IT! I've read it a whole bunch of time and it never looses anything for me, I only notice more.
I believe this is on of Kings absolute very best.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I doYou think The Stand and IT will beat out all The Dark Tower books?
My first 5 , in these votings ....a great book, a great read. A+
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
The winner will almost certainly come down to either The Stand or IT. I thought The Stand was a better book, but just barely. I read the uncut version and have never regretted my decision to wait to read The Stand until I had that volume. This was really the first book that I ever read that truly ran me through every emotion I ever had. I knew love, hate, fear, sorrow, everything. I actually cried halfway through this book, and that was at a time when I didn't cry for ANYTHING. I felt real fear several times through this book. Not the kind of fear that you feel when you're reading, but tangible, heart pounding, palpable FEAR. The kind that keeps you awake, not because you're too scared to sleep, but because you're too scared to not find out what's going to happen next. I never felt that way reading any other book, before or since. I love that a story can do that to me, and though I fell in love with King's writing long before that, this book cemented my need for his writing. I would give it a 10 if I could. I would vote twice if I were able. 5!! for certain. Long live The Stand. Long live The Boulder Free Zone.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
my all-time fave SK book... I love it even more than...
Spoiler:
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
I'm with Darkthoughts on this one.
There were parts of The Stand that I did enjoy and appreciate, but on the whole, it seemed a little too long, and hard to pay attention to all the characters, where they were and what they were doing. It took me longer than I expected to finish it.
Now IT, on the other hand, started out a little slow for me (especially Chapter 3), but by the time I finished that I felt similar to how I felt when I finished The Dark Tower--no other Stephen King book has given me that feeling at its end, not yet.
I voted 4.
I am not a big fan of IT. It didn't do a thing for me.
The Stand, however - if I could give it a 10, I would.
I love, love, love this book, and I've read both versions.
"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
I'm always the only one making the Stand a bad publicity but I really think it was not a good book and it did not entertain me and I don't think it was well-written and the characters weren't very interesting or elaborate enough to make the plot-line, that I thought very lousy, enjoyable. Still, I gave it a 2 because it was ok until the second half of the second book.
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