The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)
by: Stephen King
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Amazon.com Review:
In 1978, science fiction writer SpiderRobinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which heexhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them notto buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but youcan't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to pollsof his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating fluvirus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipesout 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting thestage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf inme, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, becausethere I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it wasfun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I workedon The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining anentire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnailsketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens ofbelievable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things leftbehind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a worldwe find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darknessunderneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart ofthe American experience needs to read this book. --FionaWebster
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The ultimate battle between good and evil
In 1978, science fiction writer SpiderRobinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which heexhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them notto buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but youcan't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to pollsof his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating fluvirus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipesout 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting thestage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf inme, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, becausethere I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it wasfun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I workedon The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining anentire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnailsketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens ofbelievable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things leftbehind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a worldwe find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darknessunderneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart ofthe American experience needs to read this book. --FionaWebster
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The ultimate battle between good and evil
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- Very long book worth the time. EXCELLENT READ
This book is of course a classic in Stephen King writings. Excellent read and worth every hour and penny spent!
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- M-O-O-N spells "too expensive"...@ $40?...Laws, yes
Absolutely a great book.Absolutely an outrageous price.To reiterate others, I will never pay $40.00 to download a book to my Kindle...never.
Rating: - Great book, horrible price!
The stand is definitely an enthralling book and one that deserves more than one read. The price on the other hand is horrendous.Why should anyone pay $40.00 for the kindle e-book when the paperback version is only $8.99.This is a flagrant ripoff considering that the e-book is all profit since there is no production cost besides the initial kindle format conversion.
Rating: - $ 40.00 ???
Are you kindding me ?Kindle download of this book is $40.00. Never ever will I pay that much to download a book to my Kindle. I love this book want to read it again but not at that price !
Rating: - Price is out of sight
This is one of the best books I have ever read but the price is rediculously high.No one is going to pay $40.00 for this e-book.
- Very long book worth the time. EXCELLENT READThis book is of course a classic in Stephen King writings. Excellent read and worth every hour and penny spent!
- M-O-O-N spells "too expensive"...@ $40?...Laws, yesAbsolutely a great book.Absolutely an outrageous price.To reiterate others, I will never pay $40.00 to download a book to my Kindle...never.
- Great book, horrible price!The stand is definitely an enthralling book and one that deserves more than one read. The price on the other hand is horrendous.Why should anyone pay $40.00 for the kindle e-book when the paperback version is only $8.99.This is a flagrant ripoff considering that the e-book is all profit since there is no production cost besides the initial kindle format conversion.
- $ 40.00 ???Are you kindding me ?Kindle download of this book is $40.00. Never ever will I pay that much to download a book to my Kindle. I love this book want to read it again but not at that price !
- Price is out of sightThis is one of the best books I have ever read but the price is rediculously high.No one is going to pay $40.00 for this e-book.
