The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king. Everything we know about stephen kings new the stand. Released in 1978, the weighty book the original version is 823 pages long, while the 1990 uncut edition is over 1,000 pages explores this wasteland as a group of survivors try to find meaning in a new reality, and end up choosing sides in a war of supernatural. The stand is a postapocalyptic science fiction novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. On the surface, it appears to be a story set in a postapocalyptic world following the release of a deadly virus. Though stephen king has written it far back in the 70s now its uncut entire version has come on the market to unveil the real and complete story behind this apocalyptic story plot. Stephen king the stand audiobook stephen king audiobooks. What do you think about the length of stephen kings novels. In danse macabre, king writes about the origins of the stand at some length. It is the fourth and the longest novel written by stephen king.
King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. Nov 29, 2012 the stand was a landmark book for stephen king, and not just because its the approximate size and weight of an actual landmark. 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 s apocalyptic novel that mixes science fiction with horror think of it as a realistic merging of the andromeda strain and the final conflict, was a runaway bestseller when it first hit bookstores in the late 1970s and is still regarded as one of king s best works, at least by his millions of fans. The books stephen king hasnt written yet, but should. Written by stephen king, audiobook narrated by grover gardner. Stephen king books in order of length a novel best seller. Stephen king took to twitter sunday to reassure his 5. Kings original draft was 1152, but kings publisher at the time, doubleday, forced him to trim the book. The original version of the stand was 823 pages long. Brentner and underwood are going to be executed, together with flaggs people in attendance, but at that moment, a guy known as the trashcan man arrives with a nuclear warhead. Its expansive in scope and dabbles in quintessential stephen king ephemera, while also blending fantasy and horror in a weirdly wonderful way something king has continued to do during his tenure as.
One of the things i like best about kings writing is the way he breathes life into characters and every day settings. With gary sinise, molly ringwald, jamey sheridan, laura san giacomo. It was the book that ended his contract with doubleday and landed. Stephen fry harry potter and the chamber of secrets audiobook. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Mar 02, 2019 stephen king is the king of the horror writers. Listendownload the stand audiobook by stephen king. The bestsuited genre for this novel is postapocalyptic and horror. Oct 11, 2017 this feature is not available right now. It falls into the categories of postapocalyptic science fiction and horror fantasy. Author stephen king has a reputation for the big book.
King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. It was one of the best selling novels in the united states of that year and is now considered a modern masterpiece of the horror genre in literature. The novel was published on october 3, 1978, by doubleday publishers. The stand is the fourth and longest novel by bestselling author stephen king, who has written over 60 books to date, including such wellknown titles as carrie 1974, the shining 1977, pet sematary 1983, misery 1987, and the green mile 1996. In 1978, stephen king, the author of carrie and the shining, published the stand and almost immediately added thousands of new readers to his already huge following. Jun 20, 2012 todays entry is the second entry about a book by author stephen king the first one was carrie, which was a monday matinee a couple of weeks ago. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels. In stephen king s mesmerizing new masterpiece his biggest, most riveting novel since the stand a maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome. The stand was highly appreciated by literary critics and is considered one of kings best novels. Heres every single stephen king movie and tv series currently on netflix across the world. The complete and uncut edition of the stand is considered to be kings longest standalone work. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Stephen king s 20 best audiobooksthe definitive list stephen king is one of the most prolific american authors of all time.
After a deadly plague kills most of the worlds population, the remaining survivors split into two groups one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being to face each other in a final battle between good and evil. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. A list of stephen king s audiobooks, organized alphabetically. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by king s office and refers to the american hardcover editions. The novel, the stand audiobook was written by an american author stephen king. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. Harry potter read by stephen fry stephen fry harry potter and the philosophers stone audiobook.
Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily. Stephen king can only write a good ending to a book by chance. Flaggs army catches them, and glen is killed when he wont submit to flaggs will. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. Kings publishers thought the book would be better and certainly more salable. Nov 07, 2017 the stand is one of the finest and highest level masterpieces written by stephen king. A list of stephen kings audiobooks, organized alphabetically. Stephen kings the stand the plague part one youtube. The stand, unabridged and 1,153 pages long, may prove the exception. If you are already a king fan and you havent read the stand, youll love this book.
He has published 61 novels, more than 200 short stories, and six nonfiction booksand he shows no sign of stopping. The prolific writer, who has 58 novels to his name has had many of them adapted into movies or tv series. Originally intended as a bachman book, misery finds stephen king unpacking toxic fandom. Mar 10, 2020 stephen king took to twitter sunday to reassure his 5. With stephen kings new book revival coming out this month, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite books by the horror master. Nov 27, 2019 it may have been just kings fourth fulllength book, but over the past four decades, the stand has cemented itself as one of his best. But as it was first published, the stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story night surf and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, which kills off. The book was released by viking on september 15, 1986. Kings original draft was 1152, but kings publisher at the time, doubleday, forced him to trim the book, because. King s latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. A truly underrated novel, and one of the few fulllength novels king.
Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. Striking a far less hysterical tone than in the shining, king has written his most sweeping horror novel in the stand, though it may lack the spinal jingles of salems lot. Larry tells his mother that his album isnt on the hot 100 yet. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. That said, the first 95% of his books is generally so good that i can forgive the ending. It was his 18th novel, and the th novel written under his own name. In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. Yes in terms of paperbacks which are huge, heavy, and damage your neck and back while holding them to read for too long.
In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. This edition is no longer in print following the 1990 publication ofthe stand. That, in a nutshell, is the gist of stephen king s fourth novel, the stand. Stephen king audio books, best sellers, author bio. The illustrations in the revised edition were done by bernie wrightson. Jan 12, 2018 stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. The stand audiobook free online streaming tokybook.
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