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The Stand is a post-apocalyptic
horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It
demonstrates the scenario in his earlier short story, Night Surf.
The novel was originally published in 1978 and was later
re-released in 1990 as The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition;
King restored some text originally cut for brevity, added and
revised sections, changed the setting of the story from 1980 (which
in turn was changed to 1985 for the original paperback release in
1980) to 1990, and updated a few pop culture references
accordingly. The Stand was nominated for the World Fantasy Award
for Best Novel in 1979, and was adapted into both a television
miniseries for ABC and a graphic novel published by Marvel
Comics.
The
book is dedicated to King's wife, Tabitha: "For my wife Tabitha:
This dark chest of wonders."
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A. ISBN
number (3rd digit) = (A)
B. Marvel
Comics adapted The Stand into a series of six, five issue
comic book miniseries. The series is written by Roberto
Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins. Colorist Laura
Martin, letterer Chris Eliopoulos and cover artist Lee Bermejo are
also confirmed to be on the staff. The first issue of The Stand:
Captain Trips was released on September 10, 200(B).
C.
Intertwining cross-country odysseys are undertaken by a small
number of survivors in 3 parties (8 people in "Stu's", 7 in
"Nick's" and (C) in
"Larry's") which are drawn together by both circumstances and their
shared dreams of a 106-year-old woman from Hemingford Home,
Nebraska whom they see as a refuge and a representation of good in
the struggle of good versus evil. This woman, Abagail Freemantle
(known as "Mother Abagail"), becomes the spiritual leader of this
group of survivors, directing them to Boulder, Colorado, referred
to as "the Free Zone", where they begin to reestablish a democratic
society.
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D. ABC
eventually offered Stephen King the chance to make The Stand into a
8-hour miniseries for television. King wrote a new screenplay
(toned down for television). The miniseries was broadcast in
199(D), directed by Mick
Garris and starring such actors as Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob
Lowe, Miguel Ferrer, Laura San Giacomo, Ossie Davis, Shawnee Smith
and Ed Harris.
E. Abagail
Freemantle, also known as "Mother Abagail", leads the "good"
survivors of the Captain Trips plague, and is also a prophet of
God. She is 108 years old and lives in a farmhouse in Hemingford
Home, Nebraska. She is one of the 0.(E)% of the population that is immune to
the Captain Trips virus, and initially appears to some of the
plague survivors in dreams, drawing them to her just as Randall
Flagg draws the evil survivors to him. She and her followers make
their way to Boulder, Colorado where they establish the "Boulder
Free Zone" government.
F. In
199(F), a new unabridged
edition of The Stand was published, billed as "The Complete &
Uncut Edition". Published in hardcover by Doubleday, this became
the longest book in Stephen King's oeuvre at 1152 pages. When the
novel was originally published in 1978, Doubleday believed the
readers would be averse to such a long book, and The Stand would be
a bigger seller if it was much shorter, and Stephen King cut
approximately 500 pages (around 150,000 words) from the original
manuscript.
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