I see that Under the Dome is GyNORMOUS!

How in h*** am I supposed to find the time and concentration to read something so long? I just barely made it through Hyperion Cantos and that was less than 1088 pages.

Sigh.

Well you know IT is a little bit longer than Under the Dome. IT was over 1100 pages long. But this is coming from someone who enjoys reading real long Novels so Under the Dome shouldn't be too much of a challenge for me. Plus all 7 volumes of his Dark Tower series totalled over 3000 pages.

Beatles1964

Message edited by its author, Nov 9, 2009, 3:38pm.

I read IT a long time ago... didn't realize it was that big. Guess I must have had a better attention span when I was younger!

I read the extended version of The Stand earlier this year, which was 1150 pages. It was HUGE! I have no idea what possessed me to buy the extended edition of a Stephen King novel.

Extended version? Is that like the director's cut?

Yea, the Publisher made King Edit out over 350 pages and something like 50,000 words because they felt it was way too long and his fans wouldn't want to read a monster of a book that long. In the 90s they Published the extended version of The Stand called The Stand For the First Time Complete and Uncut with everything put back in that had been originally edited out at the time. In fact I own both editions the original 1978 edition and the 90s uncut version. They had also made a 1,250 Limited Editon of the complete and uncut edition of The Stand. I have no idea as to how much the Limited Edition copies of The Stand are worth today. It does make a difference when you read the book. Personally, I prefer the longer uncut version myself. I think people need to read both versions of the book so they can make up their own minds and compare them to see which edition they prefer.

King had been given the choice by his Publisher to either do the Editing himself or they would do it for him so he chose to do the editing himself.

Beatles1964

Message edited by its author, Nov 10, 2009, 7:41am.

I think the best thing with a really long book is just to accept that it's long and it's going to take ages to read and just read a bit each day, while reading other books as well. That's what I did with Les Miserables a couple of years ago and what I am doing now with a monster biography of Dickens by Peter Ackroyd. I appreciate them far more that way.

I didn't do that when I read War and Peace nine years ago, tried to read it like a "normal" novel with the result I remembered almost none of it and intend to read it again some day.

i love stephen king! i have read everyone of his books that i am able to get my hands on. IT is my favorite book of his, because it is the only book or character that has every really gave me the creeps.

Even though I mostly read physical books, I think I'll have to get that one on Kindle. 1088 pages will get uncomfortable to hold late at night!

Mine just arrived today and it is immense, but Duma Key wasn't exactly a short story either. Good thing I don't have much to go on my current read.

i love his salems' lot. even though it is terribly long, it is by far one of my favorites, along with his chiller IT. .

THEY ARE CRAZY LONG, THANK GODDNESS HE IS GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.