In a message written 08 Jun 97 at 14:16:38, Tim Bisaillon wrote to me about 
Which book is the best?:
Hello Tim!
 KL>> me with  the novel (and the mini-series) was the lousy  ending. 
uddenly
 KL>> the hand of God comes down and  destroys Las Vegas; ridiculous. :( King
 KL>> could have  thought out something more King-ish, IMHO.
 TB> justice. I guess that's why King didn't like this novel in the first
 TB> place (I haven't read Danse Macabre yet it tells of his reasons why he
 TB> disliked this novel).
You mean before he added the 400+ pages for the new release of the book or 
even after that? 'Cause the new release doesn't change the ending in any way, 
IMO.
 TB> The whole hand of God thing was kind of lame and
 TB> the way some of the characters died didn't really suit the story. But I
 TB> still loved the concept and underlying story.
I really like the idea of reading about one or two people who are completely 
alone in a huge city like New York. Well not entirely alone. A few million 
corpses are there, too. Larry's walk through Holland Tunnel was one scary 
event in the book. That's why the book and the mini-series were at their best 
in the beginning. When they settle in the FreeZone and start fighting The 
Dark Man (The Black Man?), that whole concept disappears, though. :(
 TB> Gerald's Game and Insomnia are two of his worst novels. There are two
 TB> novels which really stand out in my mind as true king novels Salem's
 TB> Lot and Dead Zone which are pretty darn good reading...
As I said before, It will always be the best novel of his in my opinion.
May The Force Be With You
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