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The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)

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The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)
Stephen King
Manufacturer: Signet
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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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

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The epic #1 bestseller, and the "book that has everything." (The New York Times)

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Plain and simple: my favorite book of all time.......2007-06-26

I have read it three times and will certainly read it again. I have given this book to at least 2 people who do not even like SK novels and they also gave it rave reviews. READ IT!!!!!!

My favorite book of all time.......2007-06-24

I read this in 1990, when my mom sent it to me. I was deployed on an aircraft carrier in Desert Storm. It's a long book, but I had lots of time. It is still my favorite book of all time.

Read this book!.......2007-06-02

This was an interesting apocalyptic story with a plethora of diverse characters. I have read a bunch of mediocre books this year (spring 2007) and wanted/needed a book I could get lost in, that would continually call me back throughout the day. I'd had The Stand sitting on my shelf since last summer, just waiting. I picked it up, and it did the trick. This is the classic story of the battle between good and evil, between God and the Devil. The characters need to choose which side they're going to be on, though they don't necessarily realize the spiritual implications of their choices, at least at first. I appreciated Stephen King's character descriptions. He assumes we can think. He describes the characters in unobtrusive ways; we know what they're like without having to be told in so many words.

I rated this book a 4 instead of a 5 for two reasons. Firstly, I didn't like the way King described the sex scenes. It seemed that the intent was to get the reader aroused. I don't mind reading stories with a sexual aspect, but when the author seems to be deliberately trying to get the reader involved in it, it's distracting to the story. I won't recommend this book to certain people because of this. Secondly, I thought there were two many random descriptions of people that essentially had nothing to do with the story. Learning about them did help me to understand a bit more about what was going on throughout the country, but mostly it was distracting to the story.

Overall, I highly recommend this book. Stephen King grabbed me from the first page.

The Stand - Uncut.......2007-05-25

I read "The Stand" when it was first published and loved it. The author stated that it was in an incomplete form, edited out many things.

As a Constant Reader of SK - I have waited patiently for this book in its true form, or as SK would say, "His way, his words - all of them."

Although the subject matter may turn some people off. It is a great read and "The Stand" will remain with you long after you put the book down. Which is what the author wants.

Thank you Stephen King for your amazing stories and never giving up writing for your ever "Constant Readers."

The Stand: Complete and Uncut.......2007-05-19

Well, where should one start about such a glorious book, considering the fact that it is over 1000 pages long. I might as well start with the characters. There are many characters from extremely important people to the ones who just help provide more depth to the story.

The book is the basic good versus evil setting. Although the complete and uncut version offers more reading for you, it does have some things that are kind of pointless to have. (Maybe only like 50 pages of the stuff that can bore you if you don't continue reading)
By the time you are at page 30, you are basically entranced, and you won't want to stop until you finish, but that's kind of hard to do in one day. If you read it slow and lavish the taste of the deliciousness you get from it, you will be rewarded with a great feeling.

There are some downsides though like the fact that you may start thinking a little bit like some of the characters. So you may feel a little bit of insanity at times: love, pain, loss, sadness, and other thoughts like that. Also you want the book to last forever so you feel disappointed when you do finish the book.

There is lots of death in the book but that's ok because there was a big plague that kills almost everyone. I actually literally loved the book, because it gave lots of feelings of goodness and it gave thoughts of evil. If you have time I would suggest getting it so you could read it and get the same feeling of joy I got from it.

I absolutely loved the book, so if you like Stephen King I would suggest you get it. The imagery is also very good, so good it's like watching a movie. If you do decide to read it, take your time so you can enjoy the book to its fullest extent.

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Good solid apocalyptic fiction

The Stand
Stephen King
Manufacturer: Double Day & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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1978 Book Club Edition Hardcover, published by Doubleday, 823 pages.

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Good solid apocalyptic fiction.......2007-06-08

I enjoyed this book. It was a quick, easy, entertaining read. It was not the most horrific horror, nor the most apocalyptic apocalypse I've come across, but it also isn't exactly lightweight.

I did not expect such heavy Biblical themes, but it is not preachy, narrow-minded, or evangelistic. Instead, it references this material along with science fiction elements in a thought-provoking mix. Good storytelling, interesting characters, and worth the time of anyone interested in this genre. It has some ethical texture and subtlety, but within a fairly clear binary good vs evil framework. Probably not cynical enough for the most existential nihilist fans of apocalyptic literature, and probably too human and nuanced for the most simplistic "good guys" vs "bad guys" genre fans. But if you're somewhere in between, you'll probably enjoy it.

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Apocalipsis / The Stand
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The Stand
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The Stand
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The Stand THE COMPLETE AND UNCUT EDITION

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The Stand THE COMPLETE AND UNCUT EDITION
Stephen King
Manufacturer: Hodder And Stoughton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J5JR6E

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The Stand Part 2 of 2
Stephen King
Manufacturer: Books On Tape
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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Herbst und Winter. 8 CDs. Zwei Novellen: Stand by me und Atemtechnik.

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Herbst und Winter. 8 CDs. Zwei Novellen: Stand by me und Atemtechnik.
Stephen King , Joachim Kerzel , and Udo Schenk
Manufacturer: Lübbe
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Binding: Audio CD

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Das letzte Gefecht. The Stand.
Stephen King
Manufacturer: Lübbe
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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