The Stand

by Stephen King

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Series (with order)

Canonical Title

The Stand

Original publication date

1978

People/Characters

Important places

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Boulder Free Zone

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

New York, New York, USA

Ogunquit, Maine, USA

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Important events

Related movies

The Stand (1994 ∙ IMDb)

Awards and honors

Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 73)

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1990)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 53)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Reader's List, 29)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008 (83)

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Epigraph

We need help, the Poet reckoned.
--Edward Dorn

Outside the street's on fire In a real death waltz Between what's flesh and what's fantasy And the poets down here Don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night They reach for their moment And try to make an honest stand... -- Bruce Springsteen

...And it was clear she couldn't go on, The door was opened and the wind appeared, The candles blew and then disappeared, The curtains flew and then he appeared, Said, "Don't be afraid, Come on, Mary," And she had no fear And she ran to him And they started to fly... She had taken his hand... Come on, Mary, Don't fear the reaper... -- Blue Oyster Cult

Well the deputy walks on hard nails And the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters much, It's doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn "Come in," she said, "I'll give ya Shelter from the storm." -- Bob Dylan

Dedication

For my wife Tabitha:

This dark chest of wonders.

First words

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.

"Sally."

Quotations

They were standing atop a snowbank nearly nine feet high. Crusted snow sloped steeply down to the bare road below, and to the right was a sign which read simply: Boulder City Limits.

Last words

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Disambiguation notice

Please do not combine The Stand with The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition. The new edition contains over 300 pages of new material and includes subplots and characters not included in the 1978 edition.
ISBNs associated with the Uncut version of The Stand include (0340358955 ,0340920955 ,0340951443 ,0385199570, 0450537374, 0451169530, 0451179285, 0517219018, 1568495714, 270961281X, 3404132130, 3404134117, 340425242X, 3404255240 ,840149896, 8497599411, 8789918304, 8845212173, 9021005719, 9024545579 ,9127063631)

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