Volume 1: Captain Trips
Volume 2: American Nightmares
Volume 3: Soul Survivors

Volume 4 of 6: the Trashcan Man gets to Vegas and meets many of the Dark Man's other followers. Meanwhile, things are getting organized in the Boulder Free Zone, but some feel a call other than Mother Abigail's...

Volume 5: No Man's Land
Volume 6: The Night Has Come

This set of 6 graphic novels is off to travel the country as a bookray; see the forum thread or Volume 1 for more information.

First stop: Minnesota!

Off and running!

Tracking #9114 9011 5981 5800 7956 56

4 lbs, 10.3 oz
Scheduled delivery date 9/06/13 but I won't hold my breath.

Battle lines are hardening as all the survivors are coalescing into 'camps'. A sad episode as you wish that the various 'Hardcases" had made other choices.

Sending this off to the next person in the ring. Enjoy!

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I just liked this Trashcan Man, I don't know why. The thing I loved the most was the return of Kojak. He's fighting his war too!

Happy Halloween!
Mailed this box to the next reader.

The six-volume set arrived today; many thanks! Will savor the horror, and get it moving again soon.

Later: Poor Trashy - his life's been pretty horrible all along, and things seem to be getting worse. True, he's done some awful things, but it's hard not to feel for him, and wish he hadn't drawn Flagg's attention... (The Kid's fate was certainly deserved, but I found myself feeling bad for the *wolves*!)

Since much of the book shows us how the different camps are going about rebuilding, it feels more than a little anvilicious, contrasting the let's-live-simply democracy in Boulder with the tyrannical efficiency in Vegas. Granted, I'd rather live in Boulder if I had to choose, but later on in the story we do get to see how little separates many of the people in both camps; the tipping point for who went to Mother Abagail and who went to Flagg could be very small indeed in some cases...

The drama in this volume has to do with Mother Abagail herself, and the decision she made; I remember how shocked I was when I first read the book and came to that bit. Cue "Now what?" from the folks in the Free Zone!

The six-volume series will be on its way to its next stop, cinnycat in New York, on Tuesday. Enjoy!

thanks again! I really don't remember The Stand somehow... so this should be like a fresh reading experience sadly.. I just remember it was the typical Stephen King amount of riveting!

Four is slightly better than three since they are finally making their way to Boulder or Vegas. Needing to restart community and society. It's interesting that Flagg wouldn't allow drugs with penalty of death since it distracted anyone from his evil mission. The poor people in Boulder are setting up spies but they aren't thinking there are already spies from Flagg's side.

I'm still surprised that the most suspenseful book I've ever read (no joke) can be such a mystery to me and so unmemorable! It's the thing I hate most about reading: not remembering even my favorite books. There are just some books I remember, I guess. The thing I remember most about this book is the suspense - even on King standards.

Just a note: the show 'Revolution' uses many character names and themes from The Stand for some reason. The book has been on the show... there is even an episode called 'Captain Trips' for some reason. haha. I can't promise it's the best show ever, for me, but I watch it anyway. I don't really understand why there is such an influence.. rather than a virus killing people, the show is an "apocalypse" because technology disappears.

Sent out today! thanks again!

All six volumes arrived safely in Florida today. Thanks for sharing!

What can I say but that this was another great chapter in the best story ever told? This volume spends a good deal of time with Trash Can Man, and tells the story of The Kid (who I always forget about since he was cut from the original printing of the book, which was the first one I read over two decades ago). We spend some time in Vegas and get to see the rough "justice" Flagg doles out to his followers. Back in Boulder, the gang is forming something that resembles a government, Harold is plotting dark deeds, and Mother Abigail has wandered off into the woods. Two volumes to go!