The stand
June 16, 1985. That is when the horror began--the evil that started in a laboratory and took over America.
Main Author: | King, Stephen, 1947- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Garden City, N.Y. :
Doubleday,
1978.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Publisher description |
Summary: |
June 16, 1985. That is when the horror began--the evil that started in a laboratory and took over America. |
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Physical Description: |
823 pages ; 22 cm |
ISBN: |
0385121687 9780385121682 0450537374 9780450537370 0385199570 9780385199575 0340358955 9780340358955 0451169530 9780451169532 0450054802 9780450054808 0450045528 9780450045523 0517219018 9780517219010 9780340951446 0340951443 |
Author Notes: |
King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. She removed the first few chapters from the garbage after King had thrown them away in frustration. Three months later, he received a $2,500 advance from Doubleday Publishing for the book that went on to sell a modest 13,000 hardcover copies. That book, Carrie, was about a girl with telekinetic powers who is tormented by bullies at school. She uses her power, in turn, to torment and eventually destroy her mean-spirited classmates. When United Artists released the film version in 1976, it was a critical and commercial success. The paperback version of the book, released after the movie, went on to sell more than two-and-a-half million copies. Many of King's other horror novels have been adapted into movies, including The Shining, Firestarter, Pet Semetary, Cujo, Misery, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers. Under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King has written the books The Running Man, The Regulators, Thinner, The Long Walk, Roadwork, Rage, and It. He is number 2 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. King is one of the world's most successful writers, with more than 100 million copies of his works in print. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages, and he writes new books at a rate of about one per year. In 2003, he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2012 his title, The Wind Through the Keyhole made The New York Times Best Seller List. King's title's Mr. Mercedes and Revival made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2015 for Best Novel with Mr. Mercedes. King's title Finders Keepers made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. Sleeping Beauties is his latest 2017 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) |