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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. For my money the best book of it's genre (  )BookMarkMe | Jun 2, 2009 |   What does it say about me that about all I remembered from reading the shorter version was Franny's comment about Stu's "skidmarks" when she was doing laundry? This expanded version is incredibly rich in characterization, the extra 500 pages read like they are integral to the story. I have always been a fan of King's writing style and characterizations, just not of his subject matter (not a big horror fan), he didn't fail here. Don't be intimidated by the size of the book, it's well worth your time. AuntieClio | May 31, 2009 | good v. evil. not too complicated. my tv replacement (  )dendrea | Apr 24, 2009 |  I love this book and it is ONE of my favourite Stephen King books. It really is two books rolled into one - the first book, concentrating on the devastation of the spread of a deadly disease is purely terrifying in the respect that this is something that could happen if someone was careless enough....... The second 'book' is the story of the plague survivors and is a typical good V evil story. This book succeeds because of the likability of the characters - in this case a team of main characters - they are so well written. This is a massive book, but well worth the time (and believe me, this will pass more quickly than you initially thought) and effort. A book worth reading! M. O. O. N. spells read it now!!! ( )lostinabook3 | Apr 18, 2009 | 1  A classic tale of good vs. evil set in post-apocalyptic America. King shows off his literary chops as he renders a spiritual journey of characters, rich and deeply detailed. The epic tale has developed a cult-like following that will continue to grow with time. (  )pharaoh3 | Apr 8, 2009 | 0.080 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0517219018, Hardcover)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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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