Tag: The Stand
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Why reread books?
Here is an answer I gave to a question asked on Quora: Which fiction books have people read more than once? Why? 1) For deeper understanding of the meaning of the book. Some books, especially those with challenging structures, benefit from rereading because each time you can dig deeper into the themes and unwind the…
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Endings: Why the Dark Tower succeeds where Lost fails
Please understand that if you read further, you will be totally and irrevocably spoiled for the endings of both The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and the Lost television series. The choice is yours. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and Lost have a lot in common, and it’s no secret that the Lost writers…
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The comic book adaptations of Stephen King…
Two of Stephen King‘s longest works — the Dark Tower series and The Stand — are currently being adapted into comic book form, and a third, The Talisman, is forthcoming. I am reading both the Dark Tower and Stand series. Here are my thoughts. Unlike the novel series, the Dark Tower comics tell the story…
Shannon Turlington 