Other works that appear in the Stand

[TheWereFox]

I am hoping that another reader may help me to compile a list of other works that appear in The Stand. I remember, for example, that Stu Redman purchased Watership Down as a gift (and subsequently read and enjoyed it). I remember that several other titles, such as those read by Glen Bateman or those in Nick Andros' bookshelf, but I cannot remember specific titles or authors. I am really interested in pursuing these threads of reference, as they may help me to more fully appreciate King's epic.

[Sarkisaur]

Watership Down is a must-read. The only other work i know of mentioned is a story "Flowers for Algernon" (by Daniel Keyes) about "a bunch of scientists who manage to turn a retarded janitor into a genius... for a while anyway". I remember cos it sounded interesting and i mean to read it myself sometime.

[GNTLGNT]

Read them later...IMHO, they won't add a damn thing to your enjoyment of "The Stand". I too like how he drops actual other works into his writing, but I consider them clever window dressing until his tale is told. Live, sleep, eat and breathe "The Stand"!!!(No, I hated the book-why do you ask)

[wally wonder]

in his steps is mentioned, p666...cue the twilight zone soundtrack....doopy doopy doo...or is that the penguin?...how bout the fictional stories, or are they really fictional...bobbi/bobby anderson, up over there in haven, cranking out westerns...reader's digest and the total woman are also noted p726 fifty friendly planets...max brand, star weekly, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, ball four, my gun is quick, proverbs, louis l'amouor, elmore leonard....all within the pages 711-752....seven independent power sources for your home....600 simple recipes...the acts of the apostles...animal farm....das kapital, mein kempf....ladies home journal 835 and national science fair prize winners, 841...charlette's web, 316 adromeda strain, the time machine, classic comics version...308....boll, two little dots above the "o"....camus, milton, the lord of the rings...oh, here it is, rimfire christmas is anderson's contribution, lady from haven. guiness book of world records, the study bible....shirley jackson's the demon lover...19.....a rose for emily, faulkner, 237.....wright morris, hubert shelley jr. pages 238, the book of knowledge p 245....moby dick 132...time 140....mccalls...looks like 109, but it is a scribble, prolly tired by that time....follow?

[wally wonder]

here's another. came across it last night whilst reading chapter 38 for the group...you still around? where'd ya go...irma fayette reads satan is alive and well on the planet earth...i think i missed sports illustrated, too, p825...and that flowers for algernon, daniel keyes is p964....another i missed, gore vidal p1040...nice, hey, the tax form connection, spooky...oh, some more, hunter thompson and james fennimore cooper, 431...gallery, i think that's a magasheen, 448...the upper room? 495....oh, and james d.l. stanton's 1958 study of (can't read the next word) and airplane crashes...the word i can't read looks like...well, look it up, p536. train...study of train and airplane crashes...gone with the wind, p539, john paul sartre 552 and donald duck, next page, and next in order of philosophical growth...here's more even: burroughs, stevenson, and robert howard (he of conan fame)...p561....yates on page 167....winnie the pooh p183....looks like sk is covering all the bases...i think i missed this one, too: set this house on fire, william gyron? p652....redbook p791, but i might be repeating myself on that one....i think that heinrich boll, two dots on the o, won the nobel, german guy i believe...should read him i spose...him and pooh.

[TPG555]

Ms. Mod or anyone, in one of the chapters between 45 and 48 of The Stand, there is a mention of a study regarding airplane crashes and airplane capacity. I don't have my book with me but I wanted to do a search for that particular study to see if it really exists. Thanks.

[Moderator]

I've never found an actual study as cited in The Stand but I do remember reading something along those lines in The Ghost of Flight 401 and ever since I can't help myself from checking to see how full the plane is whenever I have to fly somewhere. Have also never used a Ouija board since reading that book.