The Stand by Stephen King (1980, Paperback)

The “Original Stand”

I’m a “constant reader” of Steven King but I truly almost put him down after he “re-released” The Stand touting it as the “original uncut” version. That was just wasn’t so. I was so excited when the “uncut” version came out...I couldn’t wait. But to my “horror” no pun intended, King made multiple references to things that simply did not exist in 1978 when the Stand was originally released. Spuds MacKenzie? Freddy Krueger? AIDS? I could go on and on. So clearly he did the re-write after and passed it of as the original. I was so mad! I’ve since forgiven my all time favorite writer for just trying to make a buck but this is the “original” Stand! And by far his true masterpiece that he simply should have left alone.Read full review

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