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 Amy Guskin to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated 
 Re: Post-apocalyptic fiction 
 16 Feb 11 21:52:06 
 
>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:46:53 -0500, lizardgirl wrote
(in article 
):
> On Feb 14, 1:10 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
>> On Feb 12, 3:09 pm, lizardgirl  wrote:
>> 
>>> the recent events in haiti i think bare witness to just how horrific
>>> and messy a mass die off is.  jumping the story to 'every body's dead
>>> except we three' feels like a bit of a cheat that white washes all the
>>> blood and gusts
>> 
>> Stephen King's "The Stand" is actually very good on the messy mass die-
>> off stuff, especially Stu Redman's harrowing journey through a Lincoln
>> tunnel filled with wrecked vehicles and rotting corpses.  Yuck!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Joe
> 
> not a bid stephen king fan.  i want to say i read something of his a
> long, long time ago but i could be wrong.
> i'll at least give the title a look see on amazon.  i'm bookless at
> the moment.<<
I love "The Stand."  It's one of my all-time favorite books.  I'd be shocked 
if your local library didn't have a copy.  (Hrm, I wonder if the original 
version is still around, or only the version with the additional material.)
Amy
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