tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post7856089493772698460..comments2022-04-09T21:27:57.877+01:00Comments on Stephen King Reviewed: The Stand (1978/1990)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post-88345571658120363212011-03-24T17:01:25.997+00:002011-03-24T17:01:25.997+00:00I first read The Stand in 1985 when I was seventee...I first read The Stand in 1985 when I was seventeen. I've read it all the way through three other times since then. The "Director's Cut" in 92. That version again in 95 and finally the 78 version a couple years ago. Just to compare the two of them. <br /><br />I'm in my forties now and my opionions of the Human race and the necessary evil that is Human society have (of course) changed over the past 26 years. <br /><br />Still a fascinating read and one that I have found works on different levels as I move through my own life. Not bad for a book that was written by a man in his twenties. We tend to forget that. King had only been out of a college for a few years in the mid-seventies and was a young father himself. <br /><br />Good review. <br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post-49710836419268671362008-08-05T13:33:00.000+01:002008-08-05T13:33:00.000+01:00Great review Dan - I've avoided re-reading The Sta...Great review Dan - I've avoided re-reading The Stand over the past few years as it's such a weighty tome and so involves a large amout of emotional investment. The review has inspired me so I'll be digging my copy out from my parents' attic this weekend. Thanks!Emma (not at all jammy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05997691519972946218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post-47923690730797910282008-08-04T14:10:00.000+01:002008-08-04T14:10:00.000+01:00My work here is done. Except you should read it!My work here is done. Except you should read it!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915433557352644972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post-72807199416714820902008-08-04T13:13:00.000+01:002008-08-04T13:13:00.000+01:00I very much enjoyed that review Dan. Such a good s...I very much enjoyed that review Dan. Such a good summation that I feel no need to read the book itself! WillWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297290986314113426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706034178786173234.post-13817234612887440462008-07-28T19:06:00.000+01:002008-07-28T19:06:00.000+01:00I can see why it took over your life, physically a...I can see why it took over your life, physically and imaginatively. I'm interested in the dichotomy of rational/dark and intuitive-compassionate/light, which while schematic seems to be a modern inversion of, for example, the Enlightenment stance. The rational for them took the place of religious superstition, an ideological shift which has now flipped over. Not necessarily relevant to the book, but made me think. Anyway, take a pair of shades out into the sunlight...Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571481177617370450noreply@blogger.com