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The Stand

The Complete & Uncut Edition

By Stephen King

(170)

| Hardcover | 9780606018289

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Book Description

In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookshops 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 popuContinue

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Bookreporter.com - STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND, Volume 1: CAPTAIN TRIPS written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins

Marvel Books has begun a beautiful and respectful adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. It is being carefully sectioned into five-issue arcs that, as you read them, draw you deeper and deeper into a dark world where an apocalyptic battle between th ... (read full critics)

bookreporter published on Sun, 29 Aug 2010

Bookreporter.com - STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND, Volume 2: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins

Marvel Books is in the early days of a gutsy but respectful adaptation of The Stand by Stephen King. The story, as visualized through the narrative of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the art of Mike Perkins and the colors of Laura Martin, is being published ... (read full critics)

bookreporter published on Sun, 29 Aug 2010

22 Reviews

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Big and ambitious

Classic King, the complete and uncut version... all 1200 pages of it. The story is familiar: evil devil-type guy and a group of nice, regular american people fighting him, in the aftermath of a plague that has killed off most of the world's population.
I loved the first part of the book: surv ... (continue)

Classic King, the complete and uncut version... all 1200 pages of it. The story is familiar: evil devil-type guy and a group of nice, regular american people fighting him, in the aftermath of a plague that has killed off most of the world's population.
I loved the first part of the book: survivors of the superflu all scrabbling for sense and sanity in a world gone mad. Once they got together and the God vs. Devil theme came into play, the book became predictable and at times even boring. Not loving it as much as I do other King novels.

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annemarie said on Oct 25, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 2 feedbacks

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i really wanted to kill fran and stu...

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Randall Flagg said on Mar 30, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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one of King's best!

One of my favorites by King. A long read, but it's worth down to every sentence :)

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ghostboy said on Mar 8, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

One of the best books I've read in my life.

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jelabino said on Aug 1, 2011 | Add your feedback

Meet Randall Flagg : he's a nice guy that can levitate sometimes .
Meet Abigail Freemantle : she's 108 and on a mission for God .
Meet the survivors of the super flu that killed 99% of the human race .
Do you believe in evil ?
Not everything works 100% but it's a great story .
Don't read it if y ... (continue)

Meet Randall Flagg : he's a nice guy that can levitate sometimes .
Meet Abigail Freemantle : she's 108 and on a mission for God .
Meet the survivors of the super flu that killed 99% of the human race .
Do you believe in evil ?
Not everything works 100% but it's a great story .
Don't read it if you have the flu !

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Nertz79 said on Jun 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King (1991)

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Gslngr said on Nov 9, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback