Yes, I just read the expanded version of the book last September actually (big Stephen King fan, even though some of his stuff seems a little hard to believe:hmm
although I've never seen the mini-series. Not a vision of the world I'd really like to see happening right now though...
Especially since I spent all weekend writing up a rough draft for a jurisprudence essay and wouldn't want it to go to waste...:p
Seriously though, how great a threat is this plague of which we are speaking?