In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. This stephen king page has biography information, bestsellers. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. The best king film ever, stephen king and the stars up there, the stephen king phenomenon, and much more. The stand is part of a lengthy sciencefiction tradition of postholocaust tales extending back to mary shelleys the last man 1826 through such works as hermann langs the air battle 1859. Stephen kings the stand 1994 apocalyptic horror hd. The stand by stephen king identifying first edition points of issue. Because of the box this book is often refereed to as the coffin edition.
But some of stephen kings greatest creations are in this book. Many of the best stephen king metal tracks come from european power metal bands, as opposed to death metal and doom groups. See more ideas about stephen king books, king book and steven king. Definitely one of my favorite king books, only topped by the dark tower series and maybe the shining. The stand ebook by stephen king 9781848940833 booktopia. May 12, 2011 stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. The edict to show, dont tell urges storytellers, including filmmakers and showrunners, to rely on action, sensory details, and contextual meaning rather than exposition to build narrative and theme alike. Look very sharp for a grownup mike lookinland, the youngest brady bunch son, as a military sentinel, and kareem abduljabbar as the streetwise voice of doom in a collapsing manhattan beseiged by manmade plague. Stephen king was born in portland, maine in 1947, the second son of donald and nellie ruth pillsbury king. Generally speaking, i have been nonplussed by stephen kings popularity over the years, but the stand, because of its widely held reputation as the best of kings gargantuan output, has been on my to read list for some time. Buy a discounted paperback of the dead zone online from australias leading online bookstore. Sep 07, 2011 stephen king has written some forty books and novellas, including carrie, the stand and rita hayworth and shawshank redemption from the collection different seasons, bag of bones, on writing and. Ten songs inspired by stephen king decibel magazine.
Stephen king books on the booktopia stephen king author page. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Booktopia has the shining, the shining by stephen king. Stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. Stephen kings the stand where to stream and watch decider. The stand first trade front cover the stand signed limited edition front cover. Since humanity and society were nearly wiped out entirely by the super flu, the survivors needed to come together in. Booktopia stephen king books on the booktopia stephen. How can i watch stephen kings the stand miniseries.
The new minister came to harlow, maine, when jamie morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front. Set in a virusdecimated us, kings thrilling american fantasy epic, is a classic. The novel was published in 1978, with its narrative set during the 1980s. Salems lot by stephen king 9780307743671 booktopia. Booktopia the stand by stephen king, 9780307947307. I like the fact that book 1 starts off slowly because it seems like when the characters start meeting up my reading pace increases and i miss the incredible descriptive. See more ideas about stephen king books, steven king and king book.
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. Discussion of themes and motifs in stephen kings the stand. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. After a deadly plague devastates the worlds population, remaining survivors band together into warring factions with good pitted against evil. The book comes in a black wooden box with a plaque attached to the front stephen king. The following is a partial list of characters from stephen kings novel the stand. An exciting reissue of stephen kings debut novel about an outcast teenager with a frightening power which put him on the map and set him on his journey as a. One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as captain tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that in the ensuing weeks wipes out most of the worlds population. Sep 30, 2017 stephen king was born in portland, maine usa on 21 september 1947. This is a truly great villain, and anyone who has read kings dark tower series knows that he is not quite done with humanity at the end of this book. You either love it or hate it, but you cant ignore it. The original version was published in the 1980s, but the version i will being discussing is the complete and uncut edition, published in the 1990s. Abcs 1994 miniseries of the stand, directed by mick garris from stephen kings screenplay, is a primer on the powerand weaknessof detail.
Stephen king books are available from booktopia, the leading online bookstore in australia. Finding songs that reference his work presents little challenge. Bookpoi a guide to identify points of issue for first. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to boulder or the dark man, randall flagg, who. Buy the ebook the stand by stephen king online from australias leading online ebook store. Since humanity and society were nearly wiped out entirely by the super flu, the survivors needed to come together in order to rebuild civilization. Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between. The design of the actual book has been compared to an antique family bible, originally the book comes wrapped in wax tissue paper inside of the box. Soon to be a television series a patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. But the plot is almost utterly the same, only with more incidents and details. The stand is part of a lengthy sciencefiction tradition of postholocaust tales extending back to mary shelleys the last man 1826 through such works as hermann langs the air. Find out where stephen kings the stand is streaming, if stephen kings the stand is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Just finished reading stephen king s the stand i have the 1990 unabridged version. These links will take you directly to search results for 1st and limited edition. In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture. Stephen edwin king was born in portland, maine in 1947, the second son of donald and nellie ruth pillsbury king. 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. Stephen king novels were what made me want to be a writer. The following is a partial list of characters from stephen king s novel the stand. The stand is a product of the 70s, though its origins got a little obscured by the 1990 release of the stand.
After his parents separated when stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, david, were raised by his mother. In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered one of his finest works. I think the stand is the only stephen king book ive read. Set in a virusdecimated us, king s thrilling american fantasy epic, is a classic. Just finished reading stephen kings the stand i have the 1990 unabridged version. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. Buy a discounted paperback of the stand online from australias leading online. Kings fifth novel returns, 12 years after its first publication, with 230 of its original pages restored. Buy a discounted hardcover of the stand online from australias leading online bookstore. The apocalypse is a believable one, a flu pandemic with a mortality rate so high that only a tiny fraction of the population survives. 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. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard. Oct 24, 2010 as i said, the character list in the stand is staggering.
What i learned from rereading stephen kings the stand. Stephen kings the stand theories spoilers this whole post is spoilers, so dont read if you are worried. You can search for first and limited editions of the stand on, and. Stephen king has written some forty books and novellas, including carrie, the stand and rita hayworth and shawshank redemption from the collection different seasons, bag of bones, on writing and.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. In the stand, a superflu decimates the us population, leaving a small amount of the overall population alive. Generally speaking, i have been nonplussed by stephen king s popularity over the years, but the stand, because of its widely held reputation as the best of king s gargantuan output, has been on my to read list for some time. Find out where stephen king s the stand is streaming, if stephen king s the stand is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The stand was the first stephen king novel i read, and ive been reading stephen king novels ever since. The stand by stephen king is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel which expands upon his previous short story night surf.
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 plausible as when it was first published. Discussion of themes and motifs in stephen king s the stand. Buy a discounted paperback of the shining online from australias leading online bookstore. The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story, night surf. Stephen kings most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an endoftheworld scenario. The stand is a postapocalyptic fantasy novel by stephen king. In 1977, the kings spent three months of a projected year long stay in england, cut the sojourn short and returned home in middecember, purchasing a new home in center lovell, maine. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. Buy a discounted paperback of the stand online from australias leading online bookstore. Order dvd and bluray movies, tv series and box sets from australias online.
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. I like the fact that book 1 starts off slowly because it seems like when the characters start meeting up my reading pace increases and i miss the incredible descriptive parts that made me a constant reader in the first place. 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. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to startling mystery stories. At that house, stephen finished writing the stand, much of which also is set in boulder. People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. There are a couple of theories i have considered, and want to get any feedback to see if others have the same or different viewpoints. The apostate of death, his worndown boot heels tramping the night roads. Booktopia has the stand, complete and uncut by stephen king. There is also some new writing in the present 1,153 pages of what is now kings longest creationall has been updated ten years to include references to aids, roger rabbit, and more recent happenings. Stephen kings the stand mick garris director rated. Set in a plaguedecimated us, king s thrilling american fantasy epic, is a classic.
It was the book that ended his contract with doubleday and landed. But as it was first published, the stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Anyway, the stand, is not typical king as the main core of it is an apocalypse, and the super natural horror element is rather secondary and low key for most of the story. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school english classes at hampden academy, the public high school in hampden, maine.