The Stand, Favorite Character & Question

[glyde69]

Forgot about THE KID. He was incredible. "I'd PISS Coors if I could." LMFAO!

[Ophelia]

Good thing you read the unabridged version then, because Trashy's encounter with him wasn't in the original!

Eeewie, eewie, that was a disgusting encounter. I hated the kid.

As for " another 1oo pages " like you say...I`m pretty sure that nobody would mind another thousand, but Sai King called that book " his own personal Vietnam ", meaning he had a wee bit of trouble finishing it anyhow, so I guess he is pretty happy with those " measely " thousand and change pages...

I did feel like SK just said to himself, "Fine, let's just finish this ASAP." once the four left for the west. It went quickly without much explanation, but I think blowing up half the cast worked.

I kept thinking wondering what would happen when all the canned foods and pharmaceuticals expired. Someone would have to learn to farm, learn to make medicine. What would folks do? And when Frannie and Stu went back toward Maine, what would they do about the diseases from all those damp, rotting bodies? ?


I was also SUPER thrilled to finally have some of my questions from the Dark Tower series answered.

Oh yeah, my favorite character was Tom Cullen. And then Nick & Stu. And Kojak because he was just stinkin' cool.

[midnightlady]

I read both books, and both are very good. As far as a favorite character, I think Stuart, Nick, Tom Cullen, Glen, Larry, and Kojak. I'm easy!

[DancingCorpse]

Forgot about THE KID. He was incredible. "I'd PISS Coors if I could." LMFAO!

LOL now it comes back to me why i loved that guy. What an odd character. All through his section i found myself laughing and wondering what the heck this guy was on. I just wish i could have seen more of him, it would have been interesting to see how he panned out that's for sure.

You believe that happy crappy?

[K4driver]

there are four things in this world that do not expire "Slim jims,honey,Water and, Twinkees.

But another favorite quote has gotta be.... "come down and eat chicken with me Beautiful, It's so dark" I just crack up every time I read that

"why did you do that Mr Redman? Sorry that is Classified information"

[curagash]

such a pleasant thing to read all those post, guys.
it's a great experience to read a SK's book and come to read Q & A about it, opinions and impressions.
My favorite character is Glen - the guys who put philosophic depth in the book.

thank you for keeping this place, - Mr. King, moderators and SK's fans.

[Er0tic NeUr0t1c]

randal flagg, of course, and TrashCanMan... crazy muhfuh

[randallFlaggfan1]

I read the short version and it didn`t seem any "short" to me. I noted some blank spaces between some chapters and the next one... but I really liked the book and I think that the uncut version would have seemed to long to me.. what I liked from this one is that every conversation, every scene was important.
My favourite character... mmh, it`s hard to say... I think I choose Stu. But the one that I liked most to read about was Harold

Nunu, you should definitely try the unabridged version. Granted, it is really long, but it's also much more in-depth and rich. Plus, the reader is treated to scenes not found in the original, such as Frannie's confrontation w/ her mother, and the introduction of The Kid.

[Dances_in_Underwear]

Good thing you read the unabridged version then, because Trashy's encounter with him wasn't in the original!

As for my favorite STAND characters, I'd have to go with Stu or Nick because those are the two characters that seem to make the same decisions I would have made if put in their situation.

Stu or Nick are my favorites too. Probably because I could fall in love with men like that.

[LadyDelphia]

Tom Cullen was my favorite character, and his dynamic with Nick Andros was my favorite duo.