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by: Stephen King Amazon.com's Price: $8.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780451169532 ISBN: 0451169530 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1141 Publication Date: May 07, 1991 Publisher: Signet Sales Rank: 2044 Studio: Signet Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: It's the end of the world... as only Stephen king could imagine it. Humanity has been all but wiped out by a lethal virus. But the survivors are divided by light and darkness, and must face a final battle that will decide the fate of more than their lives: their very souls... Amazon.com Review: In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil. 'I love to burn things up,' King says. 'It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke.' There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster Average Rating:
 Rating:  - An incredible readCould not put it down once I picked it up. This story had me from the very beginning, and kept me with its incredible tale. I loved the struggle between good vs. evil, and the fight for post apocolypic earth. Rating: - Still the diamond in the King's crownI will start by saying that I read the edited version of this book many years ago--probably not too long before the uncut version appeared. I was mesmerized and, for me, took Mr. King from mainstream pop author to cult literary artiste. I have thought of rereading the author's chef d'oeuvre over the last couple of years and finally picked up the unedited version right after the Thanksgiving holidays. Some broad strokes: I remember hanging on every word in the original published ... Read More Rating: - King's Epic...can also be used as booster for small children...No wonder there's a saying..."as scarce as clean paper in Stephen King's house." I know it's daunting, but worth every word. This timeless plot of good vs. evil rides again gallantly as King puts the characters through their paces. I read the edited version and then the uncut...well worth the extra pounds. (I tease) Again a King classic and, in my humble opinion, a classic on it's own merit. Rating: - Stephen King's Greatest NovelDear God this is the perfect apocalyptic novel ever! There is everything in this book really: antichrist, disease, violence, and Stephen King takes the time to give background to all of the characters in this novel! Yeah it was long. It took me five months to finish it, but it is worth the time! Rating: - Stephan King's BestThis is the best book stephan king has ever written. Sadness, terror, and a happy ending make this book amazing. It will keep you on the edge of your seat for the full 1141 pages. |
