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markfiend wrote:The name The Last Magician Of Rational Thought is IIRC from Steven King's The Stand.

Hm. I am totally unfamiliar with that, so it looks like a trip to the bookshop on Saturday.

*Markfiend edits:
I've split this stuff about The Stand out of this thread cos it's not really Sisters Chat any more is it?

Dark wrote:

markfiend wrote:The name The Last Magician Of Rational Thought is IIRC from Steven King's The Stand.

Hm. I am totally unfamiliar with that, so it looks like a trip to the bookshop on Saturday.

its a good book aswell. one of his better ones. and (as alwasy) much better than the dreadful U.S. tv mini-series they made of it.

its a wopper of a book though

makes you feel a bit anxious every time you cough too

Quiff Boy wrote:the dreadful U.S. tv mini-series they made of it.

that Steven King himself is in. Just a bit-part, but he does get a couple of lines IIRC.

The book was "revised and expanded" a few years back; King put in some extra material his original publisher/editor had made him take out. Like it wasn't long enough?

but its a good book.which i will have to re read if stuff has been added.
dare i mention , i have all 6 hours of the mini series on vhs.
sad i know,
i have no friends and a wife who hates me and my children are leaving home 1 by 1

Yeah, it's probably Stevo's best book. And I enjoyed the miniseries too. (And I taped it to VHS. I wonder if I still have it?)

i got it for christmas one year. bits of it still pop up in my head.

I used to enjoy his books when I was younger. I can't stand his style of writing anymore!!!

I saw the miniseries when I was about eleven or twelve. It may explain a great deal about me now...

Good show though. Never read his books; the inside of my skull is scary enough without additions!

I have all his books up to 1993, or soo. Loved him when I was younger, but haven't read him in years.

The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?

Bah, gave up after trawling through about the first three chapters...and if I remember rightly they were STILL probably just walking down a road

I love and loathe Mr King with equal measure. His thin books are the best.

Debaser wrote:The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?

that's the one.

hee hee

and ooooh I've just remembered....the guy in the film Gary Sinise (?) I wouldn't mind having a go on him either



Where's that lusting thread gone?

one of the few king books i've not even started - i find his writing inconsistent to it's content eg "christine"; "the shining";both fine books and films."pet semetary";"carrie"; good stories ,not that well written.

i've watched the mini-series on video -stared off great.turned to s**t.

markfiend wrote:I've split this stuff about The Stand out of this thread cos it's not really Sisters Chat any more is it?

Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?

markfiend wrote:

Debaser wrote:The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?

that's the one.

Oh dear - I have a cold at the moment!
*achoooo*

Francis wrote:

markfiend wrote:I've split this stuff about The Stand out of this thread cos it's not really Sisters Chat any more is it?

Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?

what would be the point of that?

Well, this thread starting in "Currently watching" here in General Chat, to "Last Magician Of Rational Though" in Sisters Chat and back here to "The Stand" in General Chat.

This'll probably end up in Trading, Where Are They Now, and then in Announcements over in Tierkreis' forum.

emilystrange wrote:

Francis wrote:

markfiend wrote:I've split this stuff about The Stand out of this thread cos it's not really Sisters Chat any more is it?

Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?

what would be the point of that?

What's the possibility of that?

Oh, nice, pick on the new moderator for doing it properly

You're all a gang of bastards

@ Dark:

@ emilystrange: yes indeedy, and that was why the chairman gave mf his seal of approval when i first thought of giving them the promotion

@ markfiend: there there. dont listen to the bad people

*blushes*

Like Rian, I used to read a lot of Stephen King about ten years ago, but nothing since. But I do remember liking The Stand, along with The Shining. Definitely one of the better ones and even if it's long, he's not exactly a taxing writer to read. It and The Tommyknockers were good too, but as with any super-prolific author, his stuff is a bit patchy.

markfiend wrote:Oh, nice, pick on the new moderator for doing it properly

You're not in the weeding section now Mr Fiend. We're a bit less anal in here.