His acclaimed nonfiction book, on writing, is also a bestseller. The stand is and will remain my favorite of his books. 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.
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. He lives in maine with his wife, novelist tabitha king. Society starts to break, and martial law does little to stem the devastation. 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. In stephen kings mesmerizing new masterpiece his biggest, most riveting novel since the stand a maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome.
If you are already a king fan and you havent read the stand, youll love this book. 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. The stand audiobook free online streaming tokybook. 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. The stand by stephen king 1990, hardcover for sale. Audiobooks are voice recordings of the text of a book that you listen to rather than read. Im grateful she knew i was a scaredy cat early on and could only handle that one.
Before this i had never tried any of stephen kings books. 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. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. Tonight the regulars were there, sitting by the cash register drinking beer, talking idly, watching the bugs fly into the big lighted sign. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture. Just finished reading stephen kings the stand i have the 1990 unabridged version. Now stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and. King explores this phenomenon through numerous points of view. The stand audiobook by stephen king 9780307987570 rakuten. Listen to the stand by stephen king available from rakuten kobo. 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. This book is what my aunt used to introduce me to king. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
Download the stand audiobook by stephen king audiobooksnow. Listen to and download the stand audiobook by stephen king without annoying advertising. Listendownload the stand audiobook by stephen king. Stephen king the stand complete and uncut audiobook. 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. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to. In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. 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. The book falls under the genre of novel, horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction. The stand audiobook is novel written by stephen king. The stand is one of the finest and highest level masterpieces 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. The stand is a postapocalyptic 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.
The pentacle stephen king audio book part 1 unpublished. 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 stand audiobook is a popular novel written by stephen king. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Stephen king helpfully posts the stand chapter that. Now stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague. I had watched a film or two based on his novels, but never.
For hundreds of thousands of fans who read the stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is stephen kings gift. I like all of them but i love a select few and the stand is at the top of the list. 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. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. Wolves of the calla, song of susannah, and the dark tower. The stand audiobook by stephen king full audiobooks. Ecoutez ce livre audio gratuitement avec loffre dessai. Stephen king posts chapter of the stand to explain.
The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. With stephen kings new book revival coming out this month, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite books by the horror master. The book was originally published on october 3, 1978. This was not only my first audiobook on this site but my first stephen king book. Audiobooks can be exact wordforword versions of books or abridged versions. 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. 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. Stephen king the stand audiobook stephen king audiobooks. 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. The stand by stephen king the stand is one of the finest and highest level masterpieces written by stephen king. Was fun to revisit this after 20 years in an audio version.
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. The stand the complete and uncut audiobook 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. Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. Part one of a terrifying comingofage tale about life, death, suicide and the supernatural.
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