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[kattahj]

I'm still hung up on The Stand. I entered Pocket the Bookstore today and left with the unabridged version, as well as Coraline, Night Watch and Fellowship of the Ring. (Before you lose all respect for me, I do have the Ring trilogy, just not in English.) If anyone wants my copy of the abridged Stand, let me know

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[deslea]

Eee, you found decent The Stand fic? Details, details!

There is an X Files crossover called Last One Standing - it's not really to my taste because of its treatment of the supporting characters (in particular Krycek towards the end is IMO unrecognisable), but the Mulder and Scully treatment is pretty good. It's loooooong. Worth a look.

[kattahj]

Well, I don't know about details, but these were pretty okay:

Starry Night
A short Nick and Tom friendship piece. Very sweet.

The Stand
Loooong crossover with Buffy. I have to admit I have only skimmed this one, since it had no Stand characters, but some parts of it seemed pretty moving. There are eight chapters so far, and it's a WIP.

Strange Angels
Another WIP, though not a crossover. Well written and very in character, with some Stu/Larry towards the end. Major flaw is that it hasn't been updated since 2002.

The Dreams Begin
Buffy crossover again, this one mostly Cordelia and some Angel. This one I read all the way through even *though* it was a crossover, because I liked it quite a bit.

Atomic Fireball
A short Tom/Nick piece. Nice and sort of mellow. (Am a little troubled by the pairing. Am also a bit troubled about being troubled about the pairing - why *shouldn't* they get together if they want to? Perhaps you'll feel neither of those things, in which case reading will be a purer joy.)

[love2loveher]

All I can say is that I am so glad that you are obsessed with this at the same time as my obsession. For some reason I tend to obsess over the Stand around the holidays - I think its my need for excapism when around my mom's family.

Anyways - I expect you to forward links to any good fanfic, and when I get home tomorrow I may say "to hell" to Christmas decoratinga dn write up taht story thats been terrorizing me.
Or watch my DVD all over again.

So if you need Stand support, you know who to turn to.

and when I get home tomorrow (I'm at my parent's now) I will look for that Nick/Larry peice.

[kattahj]

I think my obsession might have to do with Swedish TV series "The Stricken" being so very like "The Stand" (mixed with some X-Men superpowers). Or maybe it's that I've spent so much time reading Neil Gaiman, whose books sometimes resemble King's but better. Or maybe it's a combination of both, or neither, or a direct connection to your brain. :-)

As for fanfic, Deslea asked too, so the links are in my comment to her.

[roseveare]

There's Stand fic? I did not know that. It's years since I watched the movie!

I'm more likely to lose respect for you for actually owning LoTR in 2 languages... (oh dear oh dear oh dear...) Someone at university buggered off with my copy 5 years ago, and I've never bothered to buy another. *evil grin*

[kattahj]

There's Stand fic? I did not know that. It's years since I watched the movie!

There is, though not all that much and even less good. *sigh* Hard to write when people die left and right, I guess.

I'm more likely to lose respect for you for actually owning LoTR in 2 languages...

Well, I still only have RotK in Swedish... when I've bought that one too, I might very well sell my Swedish copies. If I like reading the English ones, that is - I haven't tried them yet, and I've heard that the translation is *very* different from the original.

[roseveare]

Heh. Oh, that's not soooo bad, then. I just find LoTR kind of tedious and stodgy, as books go.

I used to have both editions of the stand novel. Should probably look it up on DVD, but then I was most upset about Nick Andros dying 3/4 of the way through. I thought it was terribly interesting to have a deaf-mute character be the man in charge. All the little details about communication between that character and the others was really what fascinated me so much about the book/movies.

[love2loveher]

... and thus, an obsession with deaf-mutes is born...

er, I mean, welcome to the club :)