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  1. 'The Stand' Review: Stephen King's Pandemic Story Hits TV Again

    This new version of "The Stand" (a four-episode mini-series written by King came out on ABC in 1994) was spearheaded by Josh Boone, who directed "The New Mutants," one of the few big ...

  2. The New York Times: Book Review Search Article

    ''The Stand,'' unabridged and 1,153 pages long, may prove the exception. In 1978, Stephen King, the author of ''Carrie'' and ''The Shining,'' published ''The Stand'' and almost immediately added thousands of new readers to his already huge following. At that time, Mr. King's publishers thought the book would be better and certainly more salable ...

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    6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week. Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Jenny Erpenbeck, Julia Lee, Simon Winchester and more. By Shreya Chattopadhyay. Second Life.

  4. Rereading Stephen King: week six

    The Stand looked at those ordinary people - the readers of his book - and said: let's damage you all. Rather than the threat being ghosts or vampires, it was a sickness, nicknamed, in the ...

  5. Book Review: 'James,' by Percival Everett

    JAMES, by Percival Everett. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," the critic Lionel Trilling wrote, is "one of the world's great books and one of the central documents of American culture ...

  6. THE STAND

    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 Salem's Lot. In part this is because The Stand, with its flow of hundreds of brand-name products, is a kind of inventory of American culture. Superflu has hit the U.S. and the world, rapidly wiping out the whole of civilization ...

  7. The Stand First Reviews: New Take On Stephen King's Viral Apocalypse Is

    The author's iconic novel is considered by many to be one of his best works — it has been updated multiple times by King and was adapted into an Emmy Award-winning mini-series by Mick Garris in 1994. Now, a new version of the story is hitting CBS All Access on Thursday, December 17, in the form of a nine-episode mini-series.

  8. The Stand by Stephen King

    Stephen King, Grover Gardner (Narrator) 4.35. 763,502 ratings29,737 reviews. First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand.

  9. The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick

    An account of Custer and his last stand by Nathaniel Philbrick; and a history of the Comanche nation's last and greatest chief, by S. C. Gwynne.

  10. The Stand Reviews Are In, Here's What Critics Thought ...

    The Stand adapts Stephen King's gargantuan novel of the same name that runs for more than 1000 pages, and it has only nine hours to do so with a stacked cast of characters.The plot reveals a world ...

  11. 'The Stand' review: CBS All Access turns Stephen King's epic book into

    The original 1994 version of "The Stand" is rightfully ranked among the best Stephen King miniseries, admittedly not an inordinately high bar. Streaming brings the chance to expand upon that ...

  12. THE STAND

    King's fifth novel returns, 12 years after its first publication, with 230 of its original pages restored. There is also some new writing in the present 1,153 pages of what is now King's longest creation—all has been updated ten years to include references to AIDS, Roger Rabbit, and more recent happenings. But the plot is almost utterly the same, only with more incidents and details ...

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    His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 ...

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  15. The Stand

    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 deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few surviving humans gather into factions that are each led by a personification of either good or evil and seem fated to clash with each other.

  16. The New York Times Book Review

    0028-7806. The New York Times Book Review ( NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. [2] The magazine's offices are located near Times Square in ...

  17. The Stand by Stephen King: 9780307947307

    A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail-and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man. In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works.

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    Editors' Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review. Paperback Row. Minimalist landscapes, maximalist extraterrestrials and schlock movie stars populate this month's offerings. In Freddy. GRAHAM CHAFFEE, AFTER A NINE-YEAR BREAK, The Book Review Podcast. Previous issue date: The New York Times - Book Review - April 28, 2024

  19. The Stand Review: Both Too Real and Too Unreal for 2020

    A review of The Stand, the new TV adaptation of Stephen King's novel, starring James Marsden, Amber Heard, Jovan Adepo, Alexander Skarsgard, and Whoopi Goldberg, and premiering Thursday December ...

  20. How Stephen King Got Under Their Skin

    Each week, top authors and critics join the Book Review's podcast to talk about the latest news in the literary world. Listen here. As "Carrie" turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek ...

  21. The Stand a book by Stephen King

    His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 ...

  22. The New York Times Book Review

    The New York Times Book Review contains reviews of new releases, author interviews and coverage of the book world. It also has best-seller lists for fiction, nonfiction, paperbacks and more. The New York Times Book Review is included with Sunday Home Delivery subscriptions. You can also subscribe separately to the Book Review. To purchase a New ...

  23. One Black Conservative Continues to Stand Apart

    By Pamela Paul. Opinion Columnist. May 8, 2024. Glenn Loury thought maybe the world — maybe he — had been wrong about Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in ...

  24. Here is what Stormy Daniels testified happened ...

    May 7, 2024 4:50 PM PT. NEW YORK —. Porn performer Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money case against former President Trump, who looked on as she detailed their ...

  25. Former exec describes his role in hush money payments as Trump's

    A former top executive at the Trump Organization took the witness stand in Donald Trump 's criminal trial Monday to describe his role in the payments the former president made that led to charges ...

  26. Stormy Daniels testifies about alleged sexual encounter with Trump

    8 min. NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, the adult-film actress at the center of Donald Trump's hush money trial, testified Tuesday about a disturbing sexual encounter she says she had with him ...

  27. His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life

    "The Chocolate War," published 50 years ago, became one of the country's most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today.

  28. Three Lives Entwined by Tragedy

    Set in Portland, Maine, the novel opens in a women's prison book club full of caustic inmates whose spirited discussions reveal a thick vein of humor and a weary compassion. According to Violet ...

  29. Stephen King Reviews Horror Movie With 88% RT Score: "You Have Never

    Directed by Caye Casas, The Coffee Table is a 2022 Spanish black-comedy horror movie starring Josep Riera, David Pareja, Estefanía de los Santos, and Claudia Riera. Known for his extensive work in the horror genre after rising to fame with his debut novel, Carrie, King has written a total of 66 books. Many of his works, including IT, The ...

  30. 6 New Books We Recommend This Week

    May 9, 2024. It's a happy coincidence that we recommend Becca Rothfeld's essay collection "All Things Are Too Small" — a critic's manifesto "in praise of excess," as her subtitle ...