The Stand Stephen King Book
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The stand stephen king book. 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 stand is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy novel by american author stephen king. If you are already a king fan and you haven t read the stand you ll love this book. Fauci warns coronavirus could kill as many.
The stand the upcoming limited series adaptation of one of horror author stephen king s most celebrated novels premieres on cbs all access on december 17. 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. In order to satisfy expectations from king fans and. I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list.
The stand alternatively known as stephen king s the stand is a 1994 american television post apocalyptic horror miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name by stephen king king also wrote the teleplay and has a minor role in the series. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. Set in a virus decimated us king s thrilling american fantasy epic is a classic. 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.
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 majority of the world s human population. Ive been a stephen king fan for 40 years. The stand is a masterpiece guardian. Soon to be a television series.
The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. It was directed by mick garris who previously directed the king adaptation sleepwalkers 1992. The stand is stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil.