Stephen King should write a sequel to THE STAND
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Stephen King should write a sequel to THE STAND
The novel could be called Our Founding Fathers (And Mothers), and it could be written like a history book. It would tell the histories of Stuart Redman, Frannie Goldsmith, and the rest, and it could take place 200 years after Captain Trips, to give it a real historic perspective. It would outline the life history of Peter Goldsmith-Redman, the son of Frannie and the first post-flu child of the New World.
Nice idea, huh?
Nice idea, huh?
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Wouldn't it be kinda dry without a new evil, supernatural villain to run amok? I can't really think of a hook that would make me want to read it. Maybe if it was targeted at a Grapes of Wrath type audience it would find readership, but I don't think straight history would find much favor with King fans.
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It wouldn't have to be a very big book - perhaps 200-300 pages, just so we can have a glimpse of life after The Stand ends. It would imagine there to be much adventure and storytelling, especially in regards to Peter and how the superflu affected the rest of the newborns to come after.
They'd have had to set up colonies, like our own real forefathers, and it would be interesting to see how Stuart Redman is regarded and remembered 200 years later, and how different/the same the world is from how it was.
I'd be intrigued to see how Larry Underwood, Glen Bateman, and Ralph Brentner maintain their martyr-dome through the centuries, and if they could have possibly imagined just exactly might have happened in Vegas before the explosion. And Harold Lauder would have become that world's Benedict Arnold - would he be considered misunderstood, or truly a despised individual?
They'd have had to set up colonies, like our own real forefathers, and it would be interesting to see how Stuart Redman is regarded and remembered 200 years later, and how different/the same the world is from how it was.
I'd be intrigued to see how Larry Underwood, Glen Bateman, and Ralph Brentner maintain their martyr-dome through the centuries, and if they could have possibly imagined just exactly might have happened in Vegas before the explosion. And Harold Lauder would have become that world's Benedict Arnold - would he be considered misunderstood, or truly a despised individual?
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Originally posted by BigPete
Wouldn't it be kinda dry without a new evil, supernatural villain to run amok? .
Wouldn't it be kinda dry without a new evil, supernatural villain to run amok? .
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Of course Flagg ain't dead cause he's still chillin' in the DT series.
Anyways, according to the foreword of the STAND's unabridged edition, he will not be writing a sequel. I think the book is perfect as it is.
Anyways, according to the foreword of the STAND's unabridged edition, he will not be writing a sequel. I think the book is perfect as it is.
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Originally posted by mytzplyx
Anyways, according to the foreword of the STAND's unabridged edition, he will not be writing a sequel. I think the book is perfect as it is.
Anyways, according to the foreword of the STAND's unabridged edition, he will not be writing a sequel. I think the book is perfect as it is.
I take King with a grain of salt.