Discussion Literature / TheStand

If someone could cast a light on the vast darkness of my ignorance, I'd appreciate it. Under Meaningful Name, Harold Emery Lauder is listed. I understand that he's an important character, but how is his name meaningful? Does it have something to do with his initials? Or is this a mistake and his name is not really meaningful at all, in the spirit of trope? I was going to take this to Ask The Tropers, but I thought I would start here first/

"After Bobby Terry winds up shooting the Judge rather than taking him alive per Flagg's explicit orders, Flagg sends a pack of wolves which tear Bobby apart."

Are we reading the same book? The uncut edition has Flagg order his men not to mark the Judge's face, nothing about taking him alive, and there are no wolves in that scene - Flagg kills Bobby personally. With his teeth.

I'm changing all instances I find of "Abigail" to "Abagail" on all pages except Headscratchers and WMG. It might not be the most common spelling in real life, but it is how it's spelled consistently in my 1991 Signet paperback with the exception of Fran's diary. I have heard of editions where both spellings are used, apparently e-books, but I know of no edition that consistently spells it "Abigail." I'm open to discussing it if there is such an edition.

Frankly, I'm not confident enough to add it myself yet, but should there be a One Steve Limit entry on here? There are no less than three Vics in the story. Vic Palfrey, one of Stu's friends from Arnette. Vic Hammer, the son-in-law of William Starkey and an important figure in Project Blue (the project that spawned Captain Trips). And one more Vic, with no last name given, a nurse in the hospital Stu is quarantined at, in the plague center in Stovington, Vermont. He asks Stu to shoot him.

Also there's a few Marks, as I recall, but I don't have my book handy and can't provide specifics on that.