Talk:It (novel)

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Sure —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.252.66.98 (talk • contribs) .

• Merge It (monster) into this article, not the other way around —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Daemon8666 (talk • contribs) .
• I disagree. The article about the monster is very long, long enough to differentiate itself with the novel itself. Hbdragon88 00:25, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Redundancy 2 Movie 3 Source? 4 "IT" or "It"? 5 Re: title and name of entity 6 "Its" versus "It's" 7 Bigger Plot Summary 8 richie 9 Stan

[edit] Redundancy

This article is alarmingly repetitive, with several plot points detailed time and again. Only one plot summary is really needed, I think. Minaker 19:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

• Yeah, why merge such long, in-depth articles on noteworthy and distinct topics? -Silence 08:46, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• I think that if they were merged, and the monster article is as long as everyone says, then it'll fall under the "too long" category, and it'll probably have to be undone.Eyeball kid 03:35, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep them seperate. Having character pages works well for other book topics when there is enough info for a character to warrent one, and Pennywise certainly does. No reason to merge. ZPS102 22:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• I actually believe that IT (monster) contains many details from the Novel and infact should be merged with the Novel. --Stripedtiger 11:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Movie

Do we really need the two links to the IMD and Rotten Tomatoes reviews for the "It" movie? This article is really on the book, and I think those links would be more appropriate in the It (movie) article. Psycho Medic 03:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• I agree. I removed them. (Ibaranoff24 15:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Source?

Turtle is based on other World Turtle stories, such as the Discworld's Great A'Tuin

Where is the source?

[edit] "IT" or "It"?

I believe "It" is correct, both for the title of the book and for describing the monster.

I made that change, plus took out all the excessive links (like "murder" and "racist" and various character names that went nowhere). Willerror 03:11, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

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Does anyone have a hosted image (or link to) of the glyph on the door to Pennywise's lair? I lost my book, and can't remember what it was like.

[edit] Re: title and name of entity

Please stop altering the title of the novel from It to IT. Though the cover of the book reads IT, King always lists the novel as It on his book list page, and when discussing the book. The typeface on the cover is clearly a logo and graphic design choice. For random example, the covers of Insomnia and Needful Things actually read INSOMNIA and NEEDFUL THINGS, and we do not feel the need to write Christine in chrome just because it appears that way on the cover. The title is It. The eponymous entity in the novel is not referred to as "IT" by the characters, ans so should not be in articles. I have also just removed a lot of unnecessary bold face from the article for proper formatting.

If anything, editors may want to discuss putting the character's name in quotation marks ("It"), as the word is a common pronoun and may make the article easier to read. Discuss? Chris Stangl 22:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Its" versus "It's"

I notice that in the article the word "Its" is use to indicate possession of "It". However, since "It" is a name, and not a pronoun, the usage should be "It's". Unfortunately this can be confusing since the pronoun "it" and the possessive pronoun "its" can also be used as well, so it could be that whenever "Its" is seen at the beginning of a sentence and capitalized that the pronoun "it" is being used, not the noun "It". -68.114.154.249 17:49, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

At the moment, a mixture of both is used. I have moved all of them to "It's" on the grounds that, starting with a capital letter, "It" is a proper noun. --John Lunney 13:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bigger Plot Summary

If its no big deal, and somebodys looking for something to write, can somebody make a newer more detailed plot summary of It? Its an 1000+ page novel so I dont think that summary gives it justice. --Gunmetal2k4 04:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] richie

It is interesting to note that he is the only Loser who didn't previously see It, before they formed their club. One theory suggests that this may be because he has the "least serious" ka, and It's powers didn't effect him.

I erased this part because Richie DOES in fact see It before they formed the club, he just refused to accept it as real and never told anyone. This occurs during the scene where as an adult, he remembers the incident with the statue of Paul Bunyan. Johnnyt471 22:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stan

His description states that he is racially persecuted, but since he is a jew, that should make him religiously persecuted. - Redmess 11:25, 8 April 2007 (UTC)