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Inziladun · 01-19-2009, 11:32 AM

Having read The Stand, both the uncut and original (which I prefer) versions, the parallels are certainly readily apparent. JRRT's influence can be seen in other SK books as well, most notably in the Dark Tower series. I believe in the first volume of Tower, The Gunslinger, King makes another comment in the forward that he had wanted to write a Tolkienesque fantasy, but gave it a bit of a western setting to set it apart. He said something along the lines of the world already having all the elves, hobbits, and trolls it needed.

01-19-2009, 11:32 AM	#3
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Having read The Stand, both the uncut and original (which I prefer) versions, the parallels are certainly readily apparent. JRRT's influence can be seen in other SK books as well, most notably in the Dark Tower series. I believe in the first volume of Tower, The Gunslinger, King makes another comment in the forward that he had wanted to write a Tolkienesque fantasy, but gave it a bit of a western setting to set it apart. He said something along the lines of the world already having all the elves, hobbits, and trolls it needed. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.