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The Stand
- Author
- Stephen King
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 19 July 2012
- Run Time
- 47 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Urban fantasy, Classic science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
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. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
(P)2012 Random House Audio
Critics Review
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[The Stand] has everything - adventure, romance, prophecy, allegory, satire, fantasy, realism, apocalypse . . . Great!
New York Times Book Review
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A masterpiece . . . King says in the novel's introduction that he "wanted to write a fantasy epic like The Lord of the Rings, only with an American setting", and that's absolutely what he did . . . The Stand is dense and rich. Every character is full and alive
Guardian
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A fabulous teller of stories who can create an entire new world and make the reader live in it
Express
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His work plumbs with unnerving accuracy, the hopes and fears of an entire nation
Observer
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As a storyteller, he is up there in the Dickens class.
The Times
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A writer of excellence . . . King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel
The Sunday Times
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
At over 47 hours a mammoth listen but worth every minute. Character lead and so well written you actually feel as if you know and feel for them - even the bad ones!
MikeinBlack 2025-12-24 -
5.0 5.0
A 48 hour marathon with plot twists and emotional ups and downs. Part of my quest for value for money from the longest audiobooks available to fill the time on a long commute. Also consider Shantaram, Fairytale and 11/22/63 if looking for the epics.
timhm 2024-09-15 -
5.0 5.0
Definitely one of the best tales Stephen King has written. The Stand with most of the pages put back in. A pure masterpiece
Hojohns 2022-10-02
Details
- Author
- Stephen King
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Duration
- 47 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 July 2012
- ISBN
- 9781444764390
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Urban fantasy, Classic science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
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. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.(P)2012 Random House Audio
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