In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. The stand audiobook is a popular novel written by stephen king. Ecoutez ce livre audio gratuitement avec loffre dessai. The stand audiobook by stephen king 9780307987570 rakuten. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to. Unusually for a stephen king book, the stand was not too scary for me to read at bedtime, but this did not detract at all from the suspense. Listendownload the stand audiobook by stephen king. Was fun to revisit this after 20 years in an audio version. The stand by stephen king the stand is one of the finest and highest level masterpieces written by stephen king.
He was the recipient of the 2003 national book foundation medal for distinguished contribution to american letters, and in 2007, he received the grand master award from the mystery writers of america. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. I had watched a film or two based on his novels, but never. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. The stand was a milestone audio novel for stephen king, and not merely because it is the approximate size and weight of an actual landmark.
Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. I was hooked immediately and have purchased several others just from the description. Just finished reading stephen kings the stand i have the 1990 unabridged version. Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as. Tonight the regulars were there, sitting by the cash register drinking beer, talking idly, watching the bugs fly into the big lighted sign. Ill never not think of her when i think about this book. The stand audiobook free online streaming tokybook.
Im grateful she knew i was a scaredy cat early on and could only handle that one. The stand audiobook is novel written by stephen king. You can listen to audiobooks on a music player, cell phone, computer, tablet, home speaker system or in cars that support streaming audio. Stephen king posts chapter of the stand to explain. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. Now stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague. With stephen kings new book revival coming out this month, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite books by the horror master. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. His acclaimed nonfiction book, on writing, is also a bestseller. Stephen king the stand audiobook stephen king audiobooks. If you are already a king fan and you havent read the stand, youll love this book. Download the stand audiobook by stephen king audiobooksnow. He lives in maine with his wife, novelist tabitha king.
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. Society starts to break, and martial law does little to stem the devastation. But as it was first published, the stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. The book falls under the genre of novel, horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction. Listen to the stand by stephen king available from rakuten kobo. Audiobooks are voice recordings of the text of a book that you listen to rather than read. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population.
And those who are listening to the stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival. In hopes of teaching how a contagious virus can spread, stephen king posted the audio of a chapter from his postapocalyptic 1978 book the stand. The book was originally published on october 3, 1978. Now stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. This book is what my aunt used to introduce me to king. There are a couple of theories i have considered, and want to get any feedback to see if others have the same or different viewpoints. Listen to and download the stand audiobook by stephen king without annoying advertising. Wolves of the calla, song of susannah, and the dark tower. I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list. Before this i had never tried any of stephen kings books.
Striking a far less hysterical tone than in the shining, king has written his most sweeping horror novel in the stand, though it may lack the spinal jingles of salems lot. Now stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and. For hundreds of thousands of fans who read the stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is stephen king s gift. In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. King explores this phenomenon through numerous points of view.
The stand the complete and uncut audiobook stephen king. The stand audiobook by stephen king full audiobooks. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. Stephen king the stand complete and uncut audiobook. The second portion of this audio book occurs from july 5 to september 6. The stand is one of the finest and highest level masterpieces written by stephen king. The book is about a number of things, and there is a wide cast of characters an ensemble cast, you might say but the story mainly revolves around one thing. Stephen king helpfully posts the stand chapter that. It kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish, and i feel like it tuned right in to my own fears about the future of humanity. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. This was not only my first audiobook on this site but my first stephen king book. It was the audio book that finished his contract with doubleday and landed him his first agent, turning stephen king from wealthy author to some very, very rich writer. For hundreds of thousands of fans who read the stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is stephen kings gift. One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as captain tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that in the ensuing weeks wipes out.
From the moment i finished it, i have been waiting for more about those characters. The pentacle stephen king audio book part 1 unpublished. Though stephen king has written it far back in the 70s now its uncut entire version has come on the market to unveil the real and complete story behind this apocalyptic story plot. Hapscombs texaco sat on number 93 just north of arnette, a pissant fourstreet burg about 110 miles from houston. The stand by stephen king 1990, hardcover for sale.
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