I agree that the made-for-TV version of The Stand was a poor rendition, and Molly Ringwald was a bad choice.
Have you read Swan Song? I put that one up there with The Stand as well.
Robert McCammon.
One of my favorites. I actually liked it a little better than the Stand.
"Lord, god we come a cropper!" "Discipline and control... these are the things that make a man." Haven't read this in twenty-five years, but I agree, it was up there with "The Stand"!