This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript.

Now Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral comlexity of a true epic.

For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.

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In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.

The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.

"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."

There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster

From Publishers Weekly

In its 1978 incarnation, The Stand was a healthy, hefty 823-pager. Now, King and Doubleday are republishing The Stand in the gigantic version in which, according to King, it was originally written. Not true . The same excellent tale of the walking dude, the chemical warfare weapon called superflu and the confrontation between its survivors has been updated to 1990, so references to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Reagan years, Roger Rabbit and AIDS are unnecessarily forced into the mouths of King's late-'70s characters. That said, the extra 400 or so pages of subplots, character development, conversation, interior dialogue, spiritual soul-searching, blood, bone and gristle make King's best novel better still. A new beginning adds verisimilitude to an already frighteningly believable story, while a new ending opens up possibilities for a sequel. Sheer size makes an Everest of the whole deal. BOMC selection, QPB main selection.
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File Size: 5697 KB
Print Length: 1348 pages
Publisher: Anchor; 1st edition (June 24, 2008)
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B001C4NXKM
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P. E. Hall

After reading King for 40 years, The Stand is still one of my top 10 fiction reads!

December 22, 2016

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Ive been a Stephen King fan for 40 years. The Stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. I like all of them but I love a select few and The Stand is at the top of the list. If you are already a King fan and you haven't read The Stand, you'll love this book. The overall theme is Biblically related and he sticks close to details in well known Biblical stories. But, don't get me wrong, this is not "Christian Fiction". This is the best of Sci-Fi/Horror you'll find in King's books. The characters are fully developed and totally interesting. The dystopian story is compelling and believable. If you are a fan, since this is one of his earlier works, you'll see familiar types of characters, ie..Randy Flagg and Tom Collin. If you're a new King reader, you will get to know the characters and you'll care about them. This isn't a read in one sitting book. Rather, it is a day after day reading that you'll enjoy and hate to put down. Though some may say King is extremely verbose, I think his detailed telling of the story connects the reader to the characters like very few authors are able to do. This is my sixth reading of the book and the first time I listened to the audio book. It was just as good this time as the last. With a hour long ride to work and back, my time in the car seemed shorter because of the quality of the reader and the quality of the story.
I won't give away anything, I'll only say take your time and enjoy the ride with King's epic. I loved every word.

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CacTaylor

A+++ but I'm missing pages ;(

June 27, 2016

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This is yet another "can't put it down, work and rent and social life be damned," King book. Love it. BUT somehow my copy is missing pages 561-576 (no obvious spine defect) so I'm pretty pissed about what I may have missed there. Can't seem to find anyone else with that problem so it must just be my luck. Anyway, read this.

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Barry J.

Stop your complaining about the page count - just dive in and REALLY enjoy yourself.

November 12, 2017

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While repairing my mother's Kindle, I noticed that she had a copy of The Stand installed, and after the repair was done, I felt kind of a duty to test the repair by reading a bit of her copy. My experience was that I wound up buying a copy for my own Kindle, and then spent an entirely inappropriate amount of my waking hours reading it.
It's totally engrossing, and very interesting in enough different ways that you just don't get tired of working your way through all those damn pages. A great premise, great plot development, interesting and believable characters, and a scope that constantly reminds how transient we all are. Great stuff that got ME so involved that when I went to hospital for a relatively normal visit, I was ACUTELY aware of everyone who coughed or sneezed, and though I snickered at myself almost immediately for my temporary transportation from reality to plot, the snicker wasn't quite as immediately convincing as it might have been. So, yeah, it was THAT engrossing.

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Highly Recommended

December 28, 2016

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Its a long ride but well worth it. Clocking in at some 1,200 pages this book can be very intimidating. Stephen King paints a picture of a plague infested world and the events that conspire after the survivors are left. In it you get to know a couple handfuls of people, their lives, their passions, how they survived Captain Trips and how they grow and change throughout the book. There are times when Stephen Kings backstory for every character can be a bit drawn out, but I find in the end you're glad you knew those things about that character. You truly get to know the people in this book you appreciate that looking back some 500 pages ago. Look at where they are now. Look how they've change. Its one of the best books I've read in terms of character development. The story is just as good as well, hooking you in with a vision of what would happen if a super virus hit, the fallout from said super virus, how savage people can become, how we try to rebuild and how theres a dark wizard lurking about in people dreams, gathering people together, building an army, planning a war.

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A great book

January 17, 2018

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Stephen King does write about people, the fact that those people are living in a pos-apocalyptic scenario don't make then less people than your neighbors or and old childhood friend.
I think it is a little different take on the end-of-the-world stuff, I had hoped for some stronger ties with the T, after all, R.F. (those who know, know) but there is very little in this regard.
This book had many good parts, had some not so good too and even had some dragging pieces on it. I never did read the "shorter and older" version, but I can see some wisdom in an editor that decided to trim some of the stuff away, there are some parts that I wouldn't miss. There is also one scene I shall strive to forget as soon as possible.
The story is still great and more than worth reading.

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Mr. Samuel A. Stidham

Definitely worth the time

January 22, 2018

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I'm fairly new to Stephen King, and I picked this book as my second due to all the glowing reviews. I'm not going to go into great detail except to say that this is definitely worth the read. The version I got had a preface about things King added back in after cutting the original release, so I was happy to have the complete version.

I don't understand the comments people leave about King being too verbose in certain parts. In my opinion, this is leading me further into the character's state of mind and actions related to that. I don't think it dragged at all, and I love all the characters.

I would say that only one thing I would have liked a bit more on was the history on Randall Flagg from his own point of view. Other than that, it still gets 5 stars from me.

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Jeanne G Pocius

Epic Story from the Master of Stories

August 26, 2017

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The Stand was epic in its original form, and this edition, with expanded story lines and restored cuts lives up to the original. All of Stephen King's books are excellent, but this one is a parable for modern times of the age-old battle between good and evil. Read it again if you have read it before. And if you have never read it, be assured: this is a book you will never forget! I found myself cheering as favorite characters came into the story, and even though I knew the ending, I read faithfully onward through days and nights to the very end. I am not sure how many times I have read this book now--a dozen times? More? Yet, I know I will read it again in the future. It is not "The Good Book" but it is A Good Book, and a very good book, indeed! A+ +

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One of the best from the King of Horror

The Stand, sleeping night with It and the Dark Tower Series are the best of King. If you haven’t read The Stand then you’ve never really read King.

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Truly different

I like Stephen king. I'm afraid of Stephen king.i still can't see balloons without a cold feeling in my spine thinking about "IT" ; or a horrible shudder at the sound of a "big...Read more

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Exciting page turner, even if I felt it did drag in a few places, which I've always felt is King's style.

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Sofoklis

Dont read the long version- highly overrated

Weakest King book I have read
This version is torment- irrelevant details
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This picture shows the book with the dust jacket however when I ordered I received the book without a dust jacket. Beware!

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Stacey Roberts

The Classic Doesn’t Disappoint

The end of the world is just the beginning. And out of the ashes, a battle of good vs. evil. And as always, there is hope. A great and epic read.

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One of my absolute favorites!

Okay, I am obsessed with this book. I read it at LEAST once a year, and this year I got the audible for my birthday! I know Mr.Read more

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The book arrived in much poorer condition than I expected. The cover is badly torn in several places and the pages of the book are stained.Read more

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