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

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Survivors of a chemical weapon called superflu confront pure evil in this updated and even more massive version of King's 1978 saga. "The extra 400 or so pages . . . make King's best novel better still," said PW. " A new beginning adds verisimilitude to an already frighteningly believable story, while a new ending opens up possibilities for a sequel . "
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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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After reading King for 40 years, The Stand is still one of my top 10 fiction reads!

ByP. E. Hallon 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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One of the Best from One of the Best!

ByHera I Junoon August 25, 2013

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I love this book, it's my "go to" book when I need a good read and a familiar set of characters. Stephen King out did himself with this story of Good vs Evil. Even including God and the Devil in a manner that will not (or should not) offend anyone.
I have owned many paperback copies of this book that have literally fallen apart due to reading too many time (if it is possible to read too much of anything)
I now have this book on my Kindle and my Computer so that I can read as often as I like and not worry about the "book" falling apart.
Very easy to see this story actually happening in today's world. This is a book with a story, plot, and characters that will keep you held in place and you will find yourself carrying this book with you to find the time to read it.
NOW, there is a TV mini-series that was well done even with the changes and the fact the screen writers combined multiple characters into one. The story stayed true. If you have the hours to watch the TV version of the story go for it, just read the book first!
NOW, I am finding that this book is being made into a motion picture. I have very mixed feelings about this- I find no way that the story could be fix into a two hour movie. Guess I will have to wait and see what happens with it.

Otherwise, if you haven't read this book- Go get it now and start before the summer time is over!

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One heck of a doorstopper.

ByJames B.on June 21, 2014

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I've been reading Stephen King for awhile now, and finally got around to reading this, his book with perhaps the best reputation. King's apocalyptic novel certainly delivers.

This novel has three basic, the Outbreak, the Rebuild, and the Confrontation. The outbreak is easily the best part, as King explains how humanity was decimated by a super-flu virus. The amount of nightmare fuel in this chunk of the book is mind-blowing. The other two sections are interesting, but not in the same way. Rebuild shows how the surviving characters, who you should hopefully care about, attempt to put society back together in Colorado, while societies outcasts and villains do the same in Las Vegas. It also puts you inside the head of the stories villains in the best possible way. If you like the characters and the world building, you may like this section even more than the first. Finally, the last section has the heroes take a, dare I say it, 'Stand' against the forces of darkness.

So, why the one star off? Well, while I did like this expanded addition, I will admit it could have been shorter without missing much. This especially hits the last third of the book hard, where half of what happened after the climax could have been cut. The book also had a classic problem of having side characters with far more personality the the heroes. Fortunately, most of the heroes own chapters focus heavily on the side characters, so it doesn't hold them back much.

Overall, definitely a great King book. Buy it now!

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One of Stephen King's best!

ByWilliam Schwab Jron July 11, 2015

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The Stand is a book I first read in the early 90's, just when I started to realize that Stephen King was more than just the schlockmeister he was typecast-ed as by the media at that time. The nice thing about his books, especially this one, is his ability to describe. What I mean here is the ability to describe a wide variety of scenes, spanning the gamut of emotions between shame, love and chaos. Some may describe the build-up of the super-flu epidemic in the book as slow or tedious are missing out on important character traits and themes.

To me, the most interesting part of the book is the dissolution of society once the flu takes hold. Yes, the scenes described are horrifying, but in my minds eye, as I read them, they are fascinating and plausible. King's description of America disintegrating was gripping, making you think about what could happen should a similar plague hit the world in the future.

The aftermath was interesting, with the main characters finding their place in the new world order and the conclusion fits the underlying theological current that runs through the book.

This book is what convinced me to read the Dark Tower Saga; it further peaked my interest in King's other novels. For that alone, I love it.
One of my favorites and well worth the read!

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