Retic, I always enjoy the books more. It is very rare for a movie, or mini-series to be able to match the novel. What I hate is when they change it up, instead of sticking closely to the original story line. When I was young I read every Stephen King book there was. None of the movies did any justice to the books. Take Cujo for instance, it changed what happened to the boy. That ruined the whole movie for me. I thought I knew what was going to happen, then they had to ruin it with an alternate ending. What you are saying they are doing is even worse, in my opinion. It is more than aggravating, it is downright nauseating to me.