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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 10, 2013 21:38:04 GMT -5
I like to think that the guys will be alright, because good always prevails, right? ...plus they have Kojack with them. ![]() But I still worry about them. I love these stories that make you happy or sad or worried for the characters in the stories. I think that's a sign of a well-written story. Me too. And it definitely worked its magic on me. These are characters I care about and will never forget. |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 10, 2013 21:40:56 GMT -5
And Larry with his heart stopping line Ah man I feel like this is the end of everything I think that's my favorite line in this short chapter. It gives you the feeling that they know they're going up against impossible odds. Especially doing it the way MA told them to do it: on foot, carrying nothing with them. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 10, 2013 21:43:58 GMT -5
I like to think that the guys will be alright, because good always prevails, right? ...plus they have Kojack with them. ![]() But I still worry about them. I love these stories that make you happy or sad or worried for the characters in the stories. I think that's a sign of a well-written story. I completely agree with you Chloe! When an author creates characters that grab your heart and take you along their journey with them that's when you know you haven't just picked up another book but that you are embarking on a journey that will press upon you the same emotions the characters are feeling and in the end when you have finished the book you won't look back at it as just another story you read but instead as an adventure you lived through and with friends as well because at that point the characters are no longer fictional but instead are as real as anyone else |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 10, 2013 21:54:42 GMT -5
It def does seem like a bad omen and scares me for them I hope all turns out well for them too
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 10, 2013 21:55:14 GMT -5
I like to think that the guys will be alright, because good always prevails, right? ...plus they have Kojack with them. ![]() But I still worry about them. I love these stories that make you happy or sad or worried for the characters in the stories. I think that's a sign of a well-written story. I completely agree with you Chloe! When an author creates characters that grab your heart and take you along their journey with them that's when you know you haven't just picked up another book but that you are embarking on a journey that will press upon you the same emotions the characters are feeling and in the end when you have finished the book you won't look back at it as just another story you read but instead as an adventure you lived through and with friends as well because at that point the characters are no longer fictional but instead are as real as anyone elseSo true. I've never heard it put better. I just might have to steal that line at some point.  I've just started reading a dissertation on this book titled "Standing Up With The King: A Critical Look At Stephen King's Epic." It's almost 200 pages long. Hope to have some interesting things to share from it next week. Love its second page: "Dedication To Larry Underwood, for showing that it’s never too late to knit a spine and Stand." |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 10, 2013 22:03:21 GMT -5
Ooh I like that! And I'm def looking forward to what you will say
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Post by Watchtower on Aug 10, 2013 22:08:37 GMT -5
I am also looking forward to hearing what you will say.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 10, 2013 22:13:33 GMT -5
Well good luck and god speed to our travelers I think that ends it for tonight I'm glad to have had this discussion with you guys and ill be looking forward to next weeks |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 10, 2013 22:16:34 GMT -5
It looks promising. It's supposed to compare The Stand to its inspiration, Lord of The Rings, among other things.
I'll share what I find out next week.
Same Bat-Time.
Same Bat-Channel.
Enjoyed it immensely, gals!
Night, all.
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Post by Watchtower on Aug 10, 2013 22:20:51 GMT -5
I really enjoyed tonight's discussion. M-O-O-N, that spells goodnight!  |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 17, 2013 19:11:31 GMT -5
We begin tonight's discussion with chapter 61, and the story of the judge.
King starts off Book III with lyrics from these songs:
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 20, 2013 10:14:25 GMT -5
I am very sorry for missing Saturdays meet I am having Internet issues at my house but it works fine at my job however I hadn't been aware of the issue sadly until Saturday when I returned home and have ha Sunday and Monday off sorry for the delayed explanation  |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 24, 2013 19:43:42 GMT -5
Hey, Jen, I have to apologize, too. I just got home from work, and it just now hit me that tonight is Saturday. D'oh!
If I'd thought about it earlier I could have warned you that I was going to be late tonight.
Anyway, I'm here now, so I'll hang around and see if you make it back on.
Sorry, again.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 25, 2013 0:12:24 GMT -5
Sorry we just now got the home Internet to work
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 6:50:42 GMT -5
Ill be seeing everyone here tonight at 8 pm for our book club we will begin our discussion with chapter 61
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 6:57:28 GMT -5
Sounds good. See you then.
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Post by Watchtower on Aug 31, 2013 9:47:12 GMT -5
I am at my Mom's house, still. If I do make the discussion tonight, I will be late. Just letting you guys know.
Edit: I'm just letting you guys know, I do not feel well, so I will not be joining in the discussion tonight. I will be going to bed early. I hope to join you guys next week.
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 19:02:44 GMT -5
Sorry you're not feeling well and cannot join us tonight, Chloe. Hope you feel better soon.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:04:51 GMT -5
Hope you feel better Chloe get some rest
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:05:31 GMT -5
Sorry I'm a bit late I was so engrossed in reading chapter 61
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 19:07:08 GMT -5
Hi Jen. Do you need a little while longer to finish it?
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:11:40 GMT -5
I wanted to start with a short overview of chapter 60 the final chapter in book 2
The four (Larry,stu,Ralph and glen) have headed west
Also lets not forget Kojack which I must admit I was comforted somehow by simply knowing Kojack was going along
Fran is still highly upset but accepting too
And at one point says shed like to go inside with Lucy
And king says they began to wait
To me that phrase says so much like they one with us the readers as we too waited to see how the journey/book would play out
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 19:18:12 GMT -5
Thanks for that wrap-up.
That final scene of the girls beginning their long wait was a good way of ending book II, because we'll be with the Las Vegas camp for a good part of book III.
And this is the section where we begin to see that not all is hunky-dory there, that things are beginning to go wrong in a way that doesn't make The Dark Man happy at all.
Somehow Flagg knows the general area that the judge will be arriving in. Not only that, but the judge's general description as well as that of his vehicle.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:19:02 GMT -5
I have a little more to mention on chapter 61
I feel like this is the end of everything, when Larry said this I feel he described my feelings accurately
But then stu spoke
Do you dog faces want to live forever?
And I feel that summed up my hopes for all of them
Because I hoped they would all live forever
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 19:22:41 GMT -5
You mean 60, right?
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:27:15 GMT -5
Sadly though we lose someone dearly loved in chapter 61 and a sad way for him to go
It broke my heart to see the judge murdered and all I kept thinking when I knew the judge was right about it being close to the en for him was if Larry were there they would be an unbeatable team
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Aug 31, 2013 19:30:12 GMT -5
I have a little more to mention on chapter 61 I feel like this is the end of everything, when Larry said this I feel he described my feelings accurately But then stu spoke Do you dog faces want to live forever? And I feel that summed up my hopes for all of them Because I hoped they would all live forever "The end of everything" gives the right amount of foreboding, plus it's a nice play on words, since we're moving into the end of the book. That line 'you dogfaces want to live forever?' is one you hear in a lot of war movies when men are going into battle, often against great odds. I like that the guys are able to find a few moments of lighter banter, too, like Glen's great line, "Chapter 43: The Bald-Headed Sociologist Dons His Sweat-Band." I laughed at that one. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:30:25 GMT -5
Whoops yes thank you moon I had started rewriting something about 61 and then realized I'd made a couple more notes concerning chapter 60 I must not have backspaced enough lol
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:31:26 GMT -5
And how right you are about nothing going right for the dark man even his first demands concerning the judge weren't followed
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Aug 31, 2013 19:37:05 GMT -5
I have a little more to mention on chapter 61 I feel like this is the end of everything, when Larry said this I feel he described my feelings accurately But then stu spoke Do you dog faces want to live forever? And I feel that summed up my hopes for all of them Because I hoped they would all live forever "The end of everything" gives the right amount of foreboding, plus it's a nice play on words, since we're moving into the end of the book. That line 'you dogfaces want to live forever?' is one you hear in a lot of war movies when men are going into battle, often against great odds. I like that the guys are able to find a few moments of lighter banter, too, like Glen's great line, "Chapter 43: The Bald-Headed Sociologist Dons His Sweat-Band." I laughed at that one. I so love all the extras you bring into the book club I wouldn't have known about men saying that before going to war thank you for that! Yes it does get you moving right along with them making you feel you are traveling too and if course in a way we are I have a quick question concerning breaks like that in books when you come to another part in a book where the two parts are sectioned off with blank pages like it was between book two and book three what do you do? And yes I love that line in chapter 60 I kept rereading it again and again!!!! |
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