2006-06-15 07:56:22 · 20 answers · asked by james b 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
the stand
2006-06-15 07:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Sportsterjohn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Stand
2006-06-15 09:37:36 · answer #2 · answered by Tangle Elfshimmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand is much better. It's more interesting. Just the idea of everyone dying and leaving the stuff behind--what would happen?
It is very scary. I had a friend who said that he was so scared reading it he would turn the lights off so he wouldn't see anything.
The problem with It is it has a poor ending. I don't want to ruin it, but I felt the ending was a let down.
The Stand on the other hand has Flagg, Trashcan man, and a good ending
2006-06-15 08:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT has a more supernatural feel to it than does The Stand. I read IT when I was younger and The Stand a few years later. I felt like I knew the kids in IT and identified better with them than I did with the survivors in Stand. I thought IT was a better movie.
2006-06-18 20:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by cincin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand...hands down.
I like every book he's written, but The Stand is my favorite. I also think it's one of the scariest because it's plausible. If you're of the sort who has a rational, scientific answer for everything, take out anything "supernatural" (Mother Abigail, Randall Flagg and the hand of God), and the book's plot is terrifyingly possible.
He has a truly demented mind..I love it!
2006-06-16 02:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by circe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand is better.
Characters like Stu, Molly, Glenn, Nick, Randall Flagg and Tom (MOON, that spells Tom!) come alive.
IT was better of the two as a TV miniseries. Pennywise is a nightmare. I hate clowns. Stupid ending though.
2006-06-15 08:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by busterp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love them both. I think the characters in IT are better developed and you get more attached to them, but I always pick The Stand as my favorite because of the story - killer disease, good v. evil, Walking Dude - and the imagery. (The part on the road to Nebraska where Sue Stern bludgeons the guy with a rifle butt and then waves it triumphantly, with a primal scream, still gives me chills.)
2006-06-16 03:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by NobdyPtclr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read The Stand at least three times, so I guess I must like it better.
2006-06-15 08:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by Caffiend 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna join the club and say The Stand. Not only is it infinitely better then "It", in my opinion it is his best book period.
2006-06-15 08:21:55 · answer #9 · answered by gotalife 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the stand
2006-06-15 07:59:38 · answer #10 · answered by Jack Kerouac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋