I loaned The Stand to my husband for a flight to Germany once. He read it on the way there, read it on the way back, and then never picked it up again. I was like, "It's about the battle of good against evil and the world almost ends!! Don't you want to know who wins?" His reply, "I'll watch the miniseries."

The miniseries isn't bad, by the way. Jamie Sheridan who was on L&O was Flagg, and Gary Sinise was excellent as Stu. Rob Lowe, who had not been seen for a while before this because of a sex scandal, surprised everyone with some very good acting as Nick. Molly Ringwald was unbearably annoying, but the rest of the cast was very good.