Regarding The Stand..

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Lisey Landon

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I actually got a first edition of the Stand at Goodwill for 2.99 . Needless to say not my reading copy. I liked both versions. But I think I liked the uncut best.
I only have the uncut as audiobook. I loved it, and have had an order in amazon.de for a year now to get the book. They still have no delivery date, but I leave it in there, and hope!
I would totally read the uncut version first.
 

Neesy

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It seems to me there are way too many characters which got me bogged down in Under The Dome---Is there one or two characters I can root for?
To me, from what I can recall of "The Stand", it ended up being a battle of good vs. evil - like the world had somehow been divided into two camps. The idea of too many characters has never bothered me. Even in Under the Dome I could keep them all sorted out.
 

not_nadine

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The characters in the Stand were not a problem for me. The beginning of the book pretty much has a chapter on each of the main ones.

Sounds like a re-read is in order for you, Neesy :calm: I would have put some of you posts in spoilers! :numbness:

You know you have to read The Drawing of the Three first, right?
 

Neesy

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The characters in the Stand were not a problem for me. The beginning of the book pretty much has a chapter on each of the main ones.

Sounds like a re-read is in order for you, Neesy :calm: I would have put some of you posts in spoilers! :numbness:

You know you have to read The Drawing of the Three first, right?

I do not think I gave anything away with my post above actually. I did pick up a copy of the revised version of the Stand while on holiday in Mexico last year for my son's wedding.

The first time I read "The Stand" was probably around 30 - 35 years ago so don't expect me to remember all the details! :wink::laugh:
 
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CriticAndProud

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Finished the uncut version this morning. LOVED IT. Haven't read the original cut,like No1FanUK , I dunno how the hell they cut 400 or more pages out of it. I can see 70-100 pages (absolute maximum) that could be sliced without major detriment to the story, and cutting even those pages would reduce some of my involvement in the story I think.

Well that is enough of my happy crappy....
 
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Shoesalesman

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Just finished the cut version. Characters and interactions were great, but a few hundred pages in the middle seemed to lag and sputter for me. A great book, no doubt, but not an excellent one. In comparing the last two SK books I've read (11/22/63 and The Stand), I liked 11/22/63 better. Just an opinion, that's all. Looking forward to reading the uncut version of The Stand, though.
 

Geoff Jones

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Any recommendations on where to find the original version? I have the Expanded version (and love it), but I'd be curious to revisit the "shorter" one.
 
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skimom2

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I don't see how anyone would NOT want to get as much character development as possible. Yes, the original version is a bit more streamlined, but part of the allure of the Stand for me is the epic nature of it. I like getting absorbed into the world as deeply as possible.

Just a difference of opinion :) The characters who benefitted most from the reboot were Trashcan Man and The Kid, one of whom was developed nicely in the first place and one who was non-essential enough that he could disappear entirely with little net effect on the story. To my mind, that makes the initial edition the stronger.

Either way, the OP will enjoy one of the finest dystopian novels ever written :)
 
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John Excell II

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The expanded edition follows this with a brief coda called "The Circle Closes", which leaves a darker impression and fits in with King’s ongoing "wheel of ka" theme.
An amnesia-stricken Flagg wakes up on a beach somewhere in the South Pacific, having somehow escaped the atomic blast in Vegas by using his dark magic. There he begins recruiting adherents among a preliterate, dark-skinned people, who worship him as a deity.
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John Excell II

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The Stand is starting to get very
Interesting now that I'm getting to
the middle of the book!!
I'll soon have. it. whipped in a few more mouths or so give or take!!
 
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Checkman

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I own both versions. It took me awhile to find a copy of the 78 edition. I like the "director's cut" version, but the 78 version isn't too bad either. What really makes the 90 edition are the chapters that provide extra details about the collapse of civilization.
 
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