Reddit reviews The Stand

Ok I've read a lot of this genre, I'll try and remember some of them..

( not all are a specific post-collapse scenario and may involve other causes of apocalyspe, but the post-apocalyptic scenarios are similar )

"Wool" great concept, sequels/prequels are out now.

"Extinction Point" quite short but liked this, debut novel, some lack of writing skill evident, but has a lot of potential.

"The Dog Stars" Sparse writing style, yet very emotional, interesting survivalist gun toting character involved who is very useful :)

"The Passage" This was a bestseller, and is mainly the aftermath of a total vampire apocalypse , many decades later, and how a small community of humans survive that.

"Swan Song" This is very dark, very bleak, but also slightly silly, very much similar to King's The Stand... which brings us to ...

"The Stand" Maybe one of his best? again, this is a fantasy novel somewhat, not your nitty gritty post collapse scenario, but its tangentially connected ( OP mentions walking dead, so if zombies are ok, I guess vampires and the devil are too )



"Song of Heaven" This is apparently a remake of a "Chung Kuo" series from a while ago. set in 2040s Cornwall, ENgland, after the total economic collapse of the world and descent into small fragmented communities. and then the Chinese....

This is all that springs to mind now, except for the ones already mentioned by others.

In terms of film, a little known New Zealand film called

"The Quiet Earth" is a great and criminally un-noticed thing.

From Wikipedia (pretty much accurate):

> When the novel was originally published in 1978, Doubleday believed the readers would be averse to such a long book, and that The Stand would be a bigger seller if it was much shorter. Stephen King cut approximately 400 pages (around 150,000 words) from the original manuscript.

> In 1990, a new unabridged edition of The Stand was published, billed as "The Complete & Uncut Edition". Published in hardcover by Doubleday in May 1990, this became the longest book published by King at 1152 pages. This edition reinstates most of the deleted pages (as selected by King), as well as updates the setting from the 1980s to the 1990s. This new edition features a new preface by Stephen King, and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson.

> Additionally, Doubleday published a deluxe edition of The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition, limited to 1,250 numbered copies and 52 lettered copies. This edition, known as the "Coffin Box" edition due to the book being housed in a wooden case, was signed by Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson.

The 1978 version was about 700 pages or so (for some reason, 600+ sticks in my head). That's the original I'm referring to. I'm not aware of a version with 1,400 pages. Where did you get it?

Here's a link to the 1978 edition on amazon.

This listing on amazon UK is for a copy weighing in at 1344 pages. Doorstop time. ;-)

I'm really not sure which version it is, this is my first Stephen King novel that I'm committing to reading (there's been a few books of his that I just gave up on). This is the one I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Stand-Stephen-King/dp/1444720732
Sorry if I'm not of help.

This is by Hodder and is readily available here in the UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stand-Stephen-King/dp/1444720732/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+stand&qid=1568669083&sr=8-1)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444720732/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_JIxlDbB2PKYAV

Lone dude walking down a long road, and LOTS of brown. Not a bad cover, but I prefer yours.