The Stand Stephen King Cover

Cbs all access has unveiled the latest trailer for its limited series remake of stephen king s the stand premiering on the streaming service on december 17th.

The stand stephen king cover. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. Marilyn manson covers the doors the end for upcoming stephen king adaptation the stand track will come out as a 12 inch picture disc single in the spring. The stand is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy novel by american author stephen king. Ive been a stephen king fan for 40 years.

The few survivors united in groups establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. A mutated strain of super flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world s population within a few weeks. The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. It is his fifth novel and the fourth novel under his own name the book was the last of king s novels published by doubleday in september 1978.

It looks mid evel but from what i understand the book happens in present day. The stand was the first stephen king novel i read and i ve been reading stephen king novels ever since. How is it relevant. Who are the characters fighting in the stand cover.

A patient escapes from a biological testing facility unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story night surf and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic which kills off the majority of the world s human population. The stand is a post apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday the plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list.

If you are already a king fan and you haven t read the stand you ll love this book. Stephen king novels were what made me want to be a writer. It looks old and not the current age that the book takes place in. The novel is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy story that re works the scenario of king s earlier short story night surf a longer edition of the novel was later released in may of 1990.

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