Which one is more epic - IT or THE STAND?

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Grandpa

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In both the standard and colloquial sense of "epic," it would be The Stand. I read somewhere that Mr. King wanted to do a version of The Odyssey with The Stand (and I think he did), so that would be "epic" practically by definition.

And if this gets me expelled from the site and from SKFandom, with my tail between my legs and slouching toward Bethlehem to be reborn, then so be it. In his lovely book On Writing, Mr. King advises us to be scrupulously honest, so I will: I did not like It.
 

GNTLGNT

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One thing with The Stand that I often think about upon re-reading it (and maybe this should go in that thread), is how/why people who weren't necessarily EVIL went to the West. Were they deficient in some way? More deficient than Larry (who was not no nice guy for some of his life)? These are the things I think. I'm going to put this thread over there too.
...that point is well addressed in the novel, most time-it's NOT black & white...people are "gray" if you will...no deficiency of character, possibly of will...
 
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Dana Jean

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In both the standard and colloquial sense of "epic," it would be The Stand. I read somewhere that Mr. King wanted to do a version of The Odyssey with The Stand (and I think he did), so that would be "epic" practically by definition.

And if this gets me expelled from the site and from SKFandom, with my tail between my legs and slouching toward Bethlehem to be reborn, then so be it. In his lovely book On Writing, Mr. King advises us to be scrupulously honest, so I will: I did not like It.
I absolutely hated The Stand when I first read it. BUT, when they added the 400 pages back in, I really liked it. Of course, the tunnel scene was good in both versions.