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Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.

A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 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 nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.

(This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition.)

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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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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.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Paperback: 1200 pages
Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (August 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307947300
ISBN-13: 978-0307947307
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 2 x 8 inches
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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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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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Engrossing, Thought-Provoking, Worthy Reading

ByRainanon April 28, 2015

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This is my most favourite book ever. I read it every year. This copy is my third copy because I keep wearing them out!

I finally convinced my mother to read it last year. She resisted at first because King gives her nightmares, but when she started reading The Stand she couldn't put it down. When she finished, she said she was glad she read it. I always suggest it to people who need an engrossing read that will make them think. King questions the polarisation of good and evil, pointing out how good people can do bad things and very bad people can do the right thing. The very definition of evil comes not from a single person, but from the actions of mankind as a whole in the face of destruction. I'm a bit of a misanthrope anyway, but I did find some redeeming souls in this story. I'd set it at about an 11th or 12th grade reading level, but most adults should read this book.

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ByTinaon March 7, 2015

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I have read this book several times - each time is as if it was the first. I discover new themes, characters and events with each read. What never changes is my longing to keep turning the page when I reach the end
The first time I picked up this book was when it first came out in paperback. I remember writing a letter to the author (whichever sent) asking - no, begging for a sequel. I downloaded this expanded version last year and though I have just finished my third reading of it, I find the longing still as strong.
Stephen King' s ability to weave characters and plots and themes so intricately is as compelling today as s it was when he first burst on the scene. His newer books have drawn me into the story and made the idea of it SO believable that indeed I believed in vampires and clowns that lived in sewers-Even aliens placing a dome over a small town.
As I began the most recent read of The Stand, the Ebola epidemic was winding down and the measles woes were ramping up in the US. There were even rumblings of the measles outbreak being the result of a government conspiracy and this year's flu is a strain not well covered by the immunizations as the strain had mutated. Ah, scary thoughts when reading this book. What Mr. King manages to do each time is to weave a story of good vs evil wherein good triumphs but not in a predictable or easy way. Thank you for this Mr King from a long time constant reader.

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A classic that probably should have stayed set in 1980.

ByJames E. O'brienon August 20, 2016

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What else is there to say? It's a classic, and one of Stephen King's finest works. Nothing can top It for me when it comes to horror, and some of King's non-horror works such as Under the Dome and 11/22/63 are beyond comparison to the books that established him. I grew up with the original 1978 version of The Stand, and this is the first time I've read the 1990 version. I really can't tell what he added because it has been so long since I read the original. I just didn't think he really found a way to make it realistically seem like 1990, despite occasional attempts to update the pop-cultural references. The descriptions of New York and Times Square are nothing like the city was in 1990. And there's just no way to make the Walking Dude seem like anything but a seventies creep....

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I read The Stand every few years. It's an amazing book - well written, intelligent and a good story! Every time I read it I'm struck by something new.Read more

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Reading the stand again as an adult, realized the dialogue was improbable for the characters. Nobody has conversations with each other like the ones in the book.Read more

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This is my favorite novel of all time! I read it at least once a year! Action packed and mind blowing

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If you like the dark tower, you will like this. Many similarities and RF is awesome in this.

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Better than the original edited version. Reads as current. Worth rereading. Couldn't put it down, and I tried to. Buy it.

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One of Kings best. I've read it many times most recently as an audible book. Love it!

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Great. Read it years ago. Still greatest King novel ever.

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