The bit where House is the only one not infected made me think of The Stand, though, and I kind of imagined him riding off to the last stand in Vegas or something, but I didn't actually mind that as I loved The Stand.

Oh good, as The Stand is basically the book that informs all my apocafic writing and this one (with the flu and all) especially. I finished that 1000 page sucker in a week, and I would dare to say it's King's best.

Thanks :)