The Stand Stephen King Paperback

I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list.

The stand stephen king paperback.

Full dark no stars. The stand stand complete and uncut e mass market paperback unknown binding june 30 2011 by stephenking author 4 8 out of 5 stars 206 ratings. It is his fifth novel and the fourth novel under his own name the book was the last of king s novels published by doubleday in september 1978. If you are already a king fan and you haven t read the stand you ll love this book.

Stephen king is denouncing comparisons between his 1978 novel the stand and the coronavirus. Fauci warns coronavirus could kill as many. The stand is a post apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday the plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. The stand stephen king 1947 publication date.

It has been four decades since stephen king wrote the stand his acclaimed novel about a deadly influenza pandemic wiping out most of human civilization. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108 year old mother abagail whoopi goldberg and a handful of survivors. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. The few survivors united in groups establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other.

The release of. The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. Social media users have drawn comparisons between the two due to the novel s premise. And the concluding novels in the dark tower saga.

When news of the covid 19 pandemic broke earlier this year people began readily comparing it to stephen king s 1978 post apocalyptic novel the stand roughly six months into the u s. Ive been a stephen king fan for 40 years. The stand is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy novel by american author stephen king. Wolves of the calla song of susannah and the dark tower.

The novel is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy story that re works the scenario of king s earlier short story night surf a longer edition of the novel was later released in may of 1990. The stand is stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. His acclaimed nonfiction book on writing is also a bestseller.