The Stand

Yet another Stephen King book for this update, one that is fresh in my memory,  and one of the books I will remember my entire life. 

The Stand

The Stand is the ultimate fight between good and evil, happening in a post-apocalyptic America, after a horrible disease known as Captain Trips, made by the American government,  have plagued the earth. You are introduced to some people that were immune to this disease, which some you follow through the entire Epic. Yes, this is no ordinary book, it's 1300 pages of Epic writing. Of course, with good comes evil, and  evil often seems to be more powerful than the forces of light. Much of the book is dedicated to telling about what happens before, during and shortly after the plague strikes, but no one can give such life to a couple of people walking as Stephen King can. Definitely worth reading, the Stand should be in the shelf of any fantasy and/or apocalypse fans. Biblical stories is also something I'm not a fan of, but God seems reasonable (however just as unintelligable as usually) in the book. As with other Stephen King books, you live in the story, you would want this apocalypse to happen just to be there, in the company of Larry the Rockstar, Tom the loveable retard, Stu, Frannie and all the others from the Boulder Free Zone. So the good folks are all trying to make society work again, while the forces of Dark and Evil are of course preparing for something else entirely. But even in the end, you start to like some of the bad guys; get sympathetic with them. Well, maybe not the antagonist which is more like an anti-christ but you get the deal.

I will not spoil anything else from the book, but if you are interested a plot summary from Wikipedia can be found here.

It exists a small series of TV episodes featuring the Stand, but I have not seen those. It lasts for 11 hours as far as I'm aware of anyway.

The Stand deserves its title of an Epic, though it might be a little slow to read at certain points. So I rate the Stand 5 out of 6 possible stars, and reccomends it to everyone.

If you are interested, you can buy The Stand on Amazon in paperback or for a Kindle.

Other Information about The Stand:

Author: Stephen King

Country: United States

Language: English

Genre(s): Post apocalyptic fiction
Publisher: Doublesday

Publication date: November 1978

Pages: Varies. The newest paperback had ~1300 pages, but it is revised. Originally ~800 pages.

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Time has come to write about the first book in the most epic fantasy series written ever, The Dark Tower by Stephen King.

The Dark Tower - The Gunslinger

The man in black fled through the desert, and the Gunslinger followed is the first line in Stephen King's epic series of Roland Deschain the Gunslinger. Annoyingly, describing the series is a very hard task because it do really happen loads of stuff, even while Roland is simply walking through a desert. Basicly, it's Stephen's amazing writing style that makes the entire book what it is. From the first sentence to the last, you are completely caught in this amazing book (and series for that matter), and you wish to follow Roland to the end of the world (which basicly is his great quest anyway). The heartless Gunslinger has been changed though, the old Roland was brutal, but a revised version of the book came in 2003. Roland is still the same badass as before, but there are some minor details (Revised version changes can be read HERE, Warning, spoiler alert). Roland meets several people on his journey through the desert, some of which has a lot to do with the rest of the series (which means you should not by any means skip to book number 2). The book is in my opinion not only a novel, but a piece of art that can and should be enjoyed by anyone. If there is a book museum or will be one, this book should have Mona Lisa's spot so that everyone could see it. But back on topic: Roland Deschain tries to find answers. What answers he look for we do not (yet) know, but he knows he can find them in the place he calls the Dark Tower. His journey takes us through his world, our world and lots of other worlds unrecognizable by anyone. With the Dark Tower, Stephen King gives proof that he is the great author we know him as.

I will not spoil anything else from the series, but if you are interested a plot summary from Wikipedia can be found here.

The Gunslinger is coming to the movies seventeenth of May 2012.

The Gunsligner is in my own opinion the best book I have ever read, and the best novel Stephen King has ever written. I give it the best of scores, 6 out of 6 possible stars.

And don't despair just because the first book is short, it's merely a introduction.

If you are interested, you can buy The Gunslinger on Amazon in paperback or for a Kindle.

Other Information about The Gunslinger:

Author: Stephen King

Country: United States

Language: English

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction,Western

Publisher: Grant

Publication date: June 10, 1982

Pages: 224