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FIRST CAME THE VIRUS. AND THEN THE DREAMS... A man escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out over 99 percent of the world's population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge - Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the 'dark man', the apostate of death, the warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. Now the survivors must choose between them - and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity. Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil is a classic for our times.… (más)
lquilter: Terry Brooks' Armageddon's Children is basically a YA post-apocalyptic gathering of the forces, much like Stephen King's adult-fiction version, The Stand. Brooks' AC is more high-fantasy good-versus-evil, and King's is more Christian eschatology, but both involve dark forces working towards a final show-down, in a post-apocalyptic world.… (más)
BookshelfMonstrosity: An ensemble cast of flu survivors journey across the U.S. and through the remains of civilization to fulfill their fated roles in these novels. The Stand is more graphic and action-packed, with a clear theme of good vs. evil.
There was a time when King was the man standing on the anthill looking down upon his peers. The Stand was written in that time. In reality I feel that many of his books are no better than some of his contemporaries... he just got luckier. The stand starkly stands out as a crowning achievement in his first era. Well written and utterly terrifying, The Stand will forever be an epic standard for the genre. With characters you are unable to forget and a plot that today may seem simply overdone, The Stand is indicative to us a species. Once you read it you will love it or hate it, but you will never forget it. Unfortunately The Stand is one those King Novels turned into a television movie and is watered down to the point of madness and once you see the film you can never get it out of your head while attempting to read the novel. So do yourself a favor read the book first. ( )
I fans di Stephen King adorano questo libro. Io lo ho trovato farraginoso, infantile e indigesto fin dalla prima lettura, e sì che avevo 12 anni e mi bevevo di tutto... Ma sta lotta tra il bene e il male bisognava per forza identificarla con la lotta fra la famigliola americana e i disadattati? Ma bisognava per forza allungare il brodo fino a questo punto? Della caratterizzazione dei personaggi, non parliamone neanche. Piatti come figurine dei calciatori. E allora, perché tre stelline tre? Perché all'epoca mi fece comunque una paura boia. E la scena di Flagg che tira fuori un gran sorriso ancora mi fa rizzare i capelli in testa al solo pensiero.
I read the 1990 expanded edition this year (2021). Some of the language and tropes, especially the dialogue, are now pretty dated (who refers to sex as "the horizontal bop" these days? and a character like Frannie, whose world seems to revolve around the men in her life, does not read well in the 21st century). That said, it's still a rip-snorter of a story. Like most of what King has written, it hooks you until the you can actually hear the characters just behind your shoulder, murmuring, breathing, laughing. I felt bereft when I'd finished. ( )
Saw the miniseries in the early nineties. Now, finally I am reading the audiobook during corona quarantine. Perhaps, Stephen king’s all time best. It shows that King is truly one of the great masters. A Great idea that has been put to paper making all fit smoothly, the characters, the plot, prose. ( )
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Outside the street's on fire In a real death waltz Between what's flesh and what's fantasy And the poets down here Don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night They reach for their moment And try to make an honest stand... -- Bruce Springsteen
...And it was clear she couldn't go on, The door was opened and the wind appeared, The candles blew and then disappeared, The curtains flew and then he appeared, Said, "Don't be afraid, Come on, Mary," And she had no fear And she ran to him And they started to fly... She had taken his hand... Come on, Mary, Don't fear the reaper... -- Blue Oyster Cult
Well the deputy walks on hard nails And the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters much, It's doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn "Come in," she said, "I'll give ya Shelter from the storm." -- Bob Dylan
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Hapscomb's Texaco sat on US 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.
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Please do not combine The Stand (1978) with The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (1990). The latter edition contains over 300 pages of new material and includes subplots and characters not included in the 1978 edition.
ISBNs associated with the original version of The Stand include (0385121687, 0450045528, 0450054802, 0451090136, 0451098285, 0451121597, 0451127897, 0451139712, 0451150678, 451160959, 2277223263, 3785704267, 9020409611, and 9158215735)
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FIRST CAME THE VIRUS. AND THEN THE DREAMS... A man escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out over 99 percent of the world's population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge - Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the 'dark man', the apostate of death, the warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. Now the survivors must choose between them - and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity. Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil is a classic for our times.
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The Stand - Original vs. Uncut?
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