<human>: First of all I'd like to point out that despite what you may have heard, read, or even believed, after reading the description on the back, Swan Song is not a knock off of the Stand by Stephen King.    I have read both and enjoyed each for their own merit.  The Stand is a popular book around here, well known and well loved.   I hear little of this affection for Swan Song.    It is a beautifully written experience with it's own nuances, themes and distinct characters.  If the Stand plays out like real life then Swan Song is more akin to an opera.   The evil characters are darker, the good characters, more innocent.   You fall for each character as you are supposed to, with empathy, sympathy, pity, and, at least in my case, something like genuine care.   These characters are thrust into action that feeds your primal emotions like a well tuned overture.   It just satisfies.

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<bot>: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon =/= the Stand by Stephen King, both are well worth it.   If you loved the Stand give Swan Song a similar chance.