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The Stand
The Stand is an apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King. It was published in 1978.
The Stand re-works the scenario first seen in King's earlier short story, "Night Surf" (included in the short story collection Night Shift). The novel contains the first published reference to King's super-villain Randall Flagg. Flagg also appears in King's fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon and his epic Dark Tower series.
The novel was re-released as The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition in 1990. This edition restored some text originally edited for brevity, added some new sections, and revised others, and changed the setting of the novel from 1975 to 1990. However, the time change appears to have produced several anachronisms, which may have been due to careless editing, such as references to: a vehicle containing a "modified Studebaker engine"; one character being paid a dollar for a morning's babysitting; rental of a beachfront house in Malibu for US$1000 per month; one character being portrayed as having been "in the war" (presumably, Vietnam) despite being too young for such service, etc.
The novel is one of the few King books of its era not to have been made into a theatrical feature film. King had agreed to support a film version to have been directed by George Romero,and written by Excalibur scribe Rospo Pallenberg. This screenplay (still available on some internet sites [1]) cut down the novel's excess material into a 3-hour running time, and took many liberties with the material (most notably the absence of Ralph Brentner and Glen Bateman, two of the characters destined to take the titular "stand" against the book's villain, Randall Flagg). Unfortunately, the project proved unworkable, and was abandoned. A TV miniseries version of the novel was broadcast in 1994. Airing over four nights on the ABC Network, it starred Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Laura San Giacomo, Rob Lowe, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Jamey Sheridan, Ray Walston, Bill Fagerbakke, Miguel Ferrer, and Adam Storke. Special guest appearances included Ed Harris, Kathy Bates, and former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Stephen King himself scripted the miniseries, and also acted in it. The miniseries notably featured the songs "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult and "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House.
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