Elko T wrote:   
   > lizardgirl wrote:   
   >> On Feb 14, 1:10 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:   
   >>> On Feb 12, 3:09 pm, lizardgirl  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> the recent events in haiti i think bare witness to just how horrific   
   >>>> and messy a mass die off is. jumping the story to 'every body's dead   
   >>>> except we three' feels like a bit of a cheat that white washes all the   
   >>>> blood and gusts   
   >>> Stephen King's "The Stand" is actually very good on the messy mass die-   
   >>> off stuff, especially Stu Redman's harrowing journey through a Lincoln   
   >>> tunnel filled with wrecked vehicles and rotting corpses. Yuck!   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> not a bid stephen king fan. i want to say i read something of his a   
   >> long, long time ago but i could be wrong.   
   >> i'll at least give the title a look see on amazon. i'm bookless at   
   >> the moment.   
   >   
   > St. King is variable, at least to my tastes. Of the ones I've read, I   
   > liked "Firestarter", "It", "The Stand" (the complete edition),   
   > "Insomnia" and "Rose Madder". I didn't like Carrie, Salem's Lot, The   
   > Shining, Cujo and Pet Sematary. I couldn't bring myself to read The Dark   
   > Tower series for some reason.   
   > And, of course, the annoying presence of the supernatural in almost all   
   > of his works (but it comes with the package, so has to lived with).   
   > Maybe I liked the ones I did, because its presence in them was less   
   > annoying. In any event, "The Stand" and "Insomnia" are powerful, even   
   > epic books.   
   >   
   What about "The Langoliers"?   
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