Comments on: Old Review: The Stand

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:03:10 +0000

Yeah you’ll probably like it for the most part. I tell people that the parts are better than the total. It’s a read though. Something like 1,100 pages. Enjoy.

By: Drunken Goon

Drunken Goon — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:17:55 +0000

You know, I’ve always meant to read the book. Sounds like I need to get my hands on it. I hear its good. That’s crazy that you visited the site back in the “the old days”. Heh. The only difference between then and now is I’m slightly more well-read, and slightly less drunk. Heh.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:01:55 +0000

Give the book a try. Or are you reading it already? If not you’ll probably find the first 300 pages to be the most interesting. I’m talking about the expanded or 1990 edition. Those 300 pages build up to the apcolypse, cover the collapse and then the immediate aftermath. There are a couple memorable sequences involving the Lincoln tunnel and one of the characters in a goverment research center. However if you enjoy meat and potatoes of a plague apocalypse stay away from the original 1978 edition. That version is probably four hundred pages shorter and the apocalypse is very truncated.

However there are aspects to the original edition that I prefer.

The mini-series seemd edgy back in 94. My wife and I were living in Germany in 94 (courtesy of Uncle Sam) and a friend recorded the entire mini-series and sent it to me. At the time it seemd to pack a wallop. Perhaps because we were so far from home. Admittedly it’s become fairly creaky, but I own the two disc version and I still occassionaly watch it.

You know I remember coming across your original site back in 97. I didn’t even own a computer then and a cell phone was something that goverment agents and actors used.

But my friend (and best man at my wedding) was/is a techno geek from hell. He had Internet access as early as 92. I believe in 97 he would have had a 56K modem which seemed lighting fast. Anyway I do recall your sight. You cracked me up, but are congratulations in order for becoming a little healthier? Or is that a sore topic?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:39:22 +0000

Ok. I’ll give it a read. Since I first posted that review, I went from being mainly illiterate to now trying to read everything that’s ever won the Hugo. That said, it’s hard to squeeze in time for non-Hugo award winners, but I’ll make an exception here.

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By: MEGATØN

MEGATØN — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:13:56 +0000

The Stand is still my favorite post-apocalyptic novel of all time. You’re mostly right about the quality of the mini-series, but I still enjoyed it since a lot of the scenes were straight out of the book, and matched the way it looked in my mind’s eye.

So yeah, once you get over that illiterate thing, you should give it a read. I last read it about 15 years ago, but just started it again myself yesterday.