The Stand Stephen King

Yet it is the very combination of timely premise immersive world and rich characters that make benjamin cavell s nine part adaptation of stephen king s the stand wholly relevant.

The stand stephen king. In order to satisfy expectations from king fans and. With gary sinise molly ringwald jamey sheridan laura san giacomo. 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. If you are already a king fan and you haven t read the stand you ll love this book.

The few survivors united in groups establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. The stand alternatively known as stephen king s the stand is a 1994 american television post apocalyptic horror miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name by stephen king king also wrote the teleplay and has a minor role in the series. The stand is a post apocalyptic horror fantasy novel by american author stephen king. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108 year old mother abagail whoopi goldberg and a handful of survivors.

Stephen king s the stand enter a near future of a horrifically plague ravaged earth where a fraction of its population survives compelling them to choose sides between the overwhelming forces of good and evil in this critically acclaimed film version of stephen king s phenomenal number one bestselling novel the stand. The stand stephen king 1947 publication date. When news of the covid 19 pandemic broke earlier this year people began readily comparing it to stephen king s 1978 post apocalyptic novel the stand roughly six months into the u s. The stand is stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil.

The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list. After a deadly plague kills most of the world s population the remaining survivors split into two groups one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.