Stephen King The Stand Book

The stand is a post apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday.

Stephen king the stand book. Reissue edition june 28 2011 product dimensions. Stephen king is denouncing comparisons between his 1978 novel the stand and the coronavirus. The few survivors united in groups establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. Social media users have drawn comparisons between the two due to the novel s premise.

Stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting eerily plausible as when it was first published. I would recommend this series graphic novel to anyone who loves stephen king s books especially if they love the stand. 3 1978 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 salem s lot. By stephen king release date.

In part this is because the stand with its flow of hundreds of brand name products is a kind of inventory of american culture. 5 0 out of 5 stars very satisfied. 840 item weight. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population.

1472 pages isbn 10. The artwork is amazing and the story is awesome. The novel is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy story that re works the scenario of king s earlier short story night surf. Product details lexile measure.

The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. The book was the last of king s novels published by doubleday in september 1978. 4 16 x 2 24 x 6 82 inches language. The new york times called it the book that has everything.

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.