The 1994 miniseries they made from it is pretty good. Also pretty bad since acting was still in the initial stages of being invented judging by several performances.
So many people here loved the stand, so I guess I’ll give the dissenting opinion that it was boring as fuck. There are huge swaths of that novel where nothing is happening.
His novels are very hit or miss for me, but he shines as a short story author. Even still there are 10+ of his pre-2000 books (I basically stopped reading him after the 90s) I’d recommend before the stand.
I’ve only read one book by Stephen King and it was The Institute. It was really great, I couldn’t put it down.
At some point I’d like to try The Stand and 11/22/63 which I’ve heard are both excellent :)
The Stand was amazing! I love post apocalyptic stuff and I was GRIPPED. It’s really long though
The 1994 miniseries they made from it is pretty good. Also pretty bad since acting was still in the initial stages of being invented judging by several performances.
Haha I can imagine
Mate there’s a tv version of the institute coming soon!
Oh neat! Hopefully it can live up to the book :)
They just turned that into a TV show, but I hear it’s not as good as the book. :(
So many people here loved the stand, so I guess I’ll give the dissenting opinion that it was boring as fuck. There are huge swaths of that novel where nothing is happening.
His novels are very hit or miss for me, but he shines as a short story author. Even still there are 10+ of his pre-2000 books (I basically stopped reading him after the 90s) I’d recommend before the stand.
The Institute was such a great book. If you liked it, you should read Fairy Tale.