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Anyone read "The Stand"?

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Anyone read "The Stand"?

 #6822  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:20 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '><img src="http://malakoff.com/stand21.jpg">

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/17/WH ... .html">The Flu</a>

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2856163.stm">More Flu</a>

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/17/WH ... .html">Flu on the flights</a></div>

 #6824  by Flip
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:34 pm
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>I have, its great. Long as shit though.</div>

 #6825  by Flip
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:35 pm
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>I have, its great.  Long as shit though. I love King, hes more then just a horror writer, he defenitely has raw talent.</div>

 #6826  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:37 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>M-O-O-N...that spells TALENT! =8^) BTW.....did you get your flu shot? =8^)</div>

 #6829  by Manshoon
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:46 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>He's got a new DT book coming out this year, can't wait for that.</div>

 #6832  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:15 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I'd be more scared about it if it was actually airbourne.</div>

 #6837  by ManaMan
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:22 pm
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I actually just watched the movie last weekend for he fist time.</div>

 #6839  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:51 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>It is.</div>

 #6840  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:02 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Well, not in any major sense. You need prolonged contact with the host to get SARS.</div>

 #6841  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:04 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I've been to Hong Kong. You're always in close contact with people. If that sickness got to New York City, it's a cause for concern.</div>

 #6844  by Flip
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:17 pm
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, maybe they will actually get somewhere this time.</div>

 #6846  by Zeus
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:37 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I like King...but only in short story format. I think his books just are too damned long and he goes on and on about crap. When he writes short stories and gets to the point, he's excellent. The Stand is 1200 pages........can't imagine him not going off on many tangents...</div>

Whenever I hear news reports of this, I imagine it being the beginning of some story. The entire world is wrapped up in a war, while The Worst Disease Ever slowly kills people off.

 #6848  by Kupek
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:00 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I don't think this is the case, but I've thought about it a few times.</div>

 #6850  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:01 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, like Hong Kong isn't a major city already.</div>

 #6851  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:01 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Ditto.</div>

 #6854  by Ishamael
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:58 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Yes. Possibly King's best book ever. I don't think it's the flu though (thank God for that). If it were the flu, then I'd be *very* worried...</div>

 #6856  by Ishamael
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:04 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Yes indeedy. One this year, and one next year and I think he's done after that. He also said he plans on retiring from writing soon. He feels he's starting to retread old story ideas (which is true)...</div>

 #6857  by Ishamael
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:06 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>bwah! I loved that dude...Was that from The Stand or was it The Talisman?</div>

 #6858  by Ishamael
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:08 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Gotta admit, the same thing crossed my mind the first couple times I heard about it...The more I hear about it though, the less worried I am, now that I know it's not flu...</div>

 #6859  by Shellie
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:24 pm
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Love it..my favorite King book and movie. The book to screen adaptation was pretty damn good too</div>

 #6860  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:28 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>People get sick a lot not go to the doctor. There's more infected I'm sure.</div>

 #6861  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:29 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>The Stand.</div>

 #6862  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:32 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Stephen King goes on and on about crap? The Stand may have been the last King book I read but I don't recall him going on extreme tangents like Tolkien or Crichton. Most authors go on tangents anyway.</div>

 #6867  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:54 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/200 ... tm">Flu</a>

More.</div>
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