After seven months of living through this, there's a level of new normalcy. It's time.Īs it turned out.maybe not the best idea. Clearly, however, a once-in-a-100-years pandemic was the sign I was looking for. As a way to fully compare it to the rest of his oeuvre.

I thought it might be after King's death (rue the day) or after reading everything else by him. In the back of my mind I knew there would be a right time to read it. Naturally I'm a Stephen King superfan, so it's strange I hadn't yet read what is commonly considered his magnum opus. So much so, in fact, that my immediate first thought was not to stock up on bottled water and toilet paper, but that it's finally time to read The Stand. Then the virus spread just like viruses do in every horror novel. I thought it m As soon as Chinese New Year got cancelled, I knew coronavirus was serious.

As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them–and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.moreĪs soon as Chinese New Year got cancelled, I knew coronavirus was serious. Two emerge–Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. The survivors who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge–Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful communit When a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99 percent of humanity within a few weeks. When a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99 percent of humanity within a few weeks.

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