Trashcan Man was definitely in the original Stand.
It's been a long time since I read either version, but the main thing that sticks out is that Harold had a larger role in the longer version, so he comes across as more tragic than in the original.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Fred Pete - Jan 10, 2011 11:09:09 am PST #13493 of 28333
Ann, that's a ferret.
Amy - Jan 10, 2011 11:13:03 am PST #13494 of 28333
Because books.
What am I misremembering? I have no time to go read and compare both now, darn it.
java, I think it's Full Dark, No Stars.
erin_obscure - Jan 10, 2011 12:21:50 pm PST #13495 of 28333
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I was ruminating on Stephen King last night and why i've loved so many of his books for so many years...and i think it's that his world building is amazing. So many books start right in our normal world, then gradually shift to an alternate reality so seamlessly that i don't notice the change until the story captivates my sleeping and waking thoughts.
Since reading Salems Lot more than 20 years ago I still am hesitant to walk down basement stairs, even with the lights on. Some things just stick with you.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 12:25:07 pm PST #13496 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seagulls. The Talisman. Though that might have been the other guy.
javachik - Jan 10, 2011 12:31:44 pm PST #13497 of 28333
Our wings are not tired.
Amy, yes. My memory is extremely poor these days.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2011 12:32:58 pm PST #13498 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Talisman was written with Peter Straub.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2011 12:34:03 pm PST #13499 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After I finished Salem's Lot, at about 3 a.m., I went into the kitchen to be sure there was garlic.
Liese S. - Jan 10, 2011 3:30:43 pm PST #13500 of 28333
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, speaking of four stories, I just read our own Holli`s Four love stories and a robot and OMG love! So great and stuff that was unexpected but perfect and just very Holli! Yay!
Atropa - Jan 10, 2011 8:55:28 pm PST #13501 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(looking for distraction, yes I am.)
Salem's Lot is still my favorite King book of all time. It just hurtles along, and I don't think there's a dud scene anywhere in it.
I kind of want to reread It, but I have very vivid memories of how terrified I was by it.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 10, 2011 9:01:29 pm PST #13502 of 28333
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
My favourite Stephen King is the lesser-celebrated Needful Things. It's creepy as anything.