Can't remember which book...

**footloose123** · January 30th, 2013

One of the SK books I read several years ago had a couple of paragraphs about how, for some reason, people end up not getting on airplanes that are going to crash. There were also references to other bad events that people somehow avoid.

I want to read that passage again, but I've tried and tried to remember which book it was in, and can't.

Re-reading all of them is not an option (big collection).

So can any of you die-hard fans point me in the right direction?

Confession: Noob

**Moderator** · January 30th, 2013

My knee-jerk reaction is that it was from The Langoliers but not 100% sure. Don't know if it's really true, but I'd first read about that phenomenon in The Ghosts of Flight 401 years before The Langoliers came out.

**Amphiaraus** · January 30th, 2013

It was in 'The Stand', and was part of one Glen Bateman's rants about the nature of things. Sadly, it appears King made it up - no such research on the subject suggests such a phenomenon actually occurs.

**Bev Vincent** · January 30th, 2013

It's from THE STAND, Chapter 47 -- Glen Bateman talking about a sociology paper where the bottom line was, "Full planes and trains rarely crash."

It's in Fran's journal for July 14, 1990 in the unabridged version.

**footloose123** · January 30th, 2013

Originally Posted by Bev Vincent

It's from THE STAND, Chapter 47 -- Glen Bateman talking about a sociology paper where the bottom line was, "Full planes and trains rarely crash."

It's in Fran's journal for July 14, 1990 in the unabridged version.

She shoots! She scores!

Thanks, BV. That was exactly what I was thinking of.

**Moderator** · January 31st, 2013

Originally Posted by footloose123

She shoots! She scores!

Thanks, BV. That was exactly what I was thinking of.

Bev's a dude.

**Moderator** · January 30th, 2013

The Stand had also been my thought but second-guessed it was the right title because I was thinking of the Blessing, UT story that was in The Stand and couldn't remember if they'd both been in the same one.