{"product_id":"the-stand-gift-edition","title":"The Stand (Gift Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1978 Stephen King published \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1990 Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil was restored to its entirety. \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e : \u003cem\u003eThe Complete And Uncut Edition\u003c\/em\u003e includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral complexity of a true epic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor hundreds of thousands of fans who read \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErrata:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ewhile the interior accrediting notes the appearance of Ned Damerons' artwork, interior artwork was additionally provided by the incredible Francois Vaillancourt. Both dust jackets are provided by Francois Vaillancourt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlipcased Oversized Hardcover Gift Edition  (7\" x 10\") featuring two color interior printing as part of the page design, printed on a heavy interior specialty paper stock that is much thicker than the paper in a normal trade edition. Custom-made slipcase, full color dust jacket artwork, original interior illustrations never before seen in any edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1300\u003c\/span\u003e pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCemetery Dance (December 31, 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-1587675980\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"King, Stephen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178578460923,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0078\/1906\/7459\/files\/king13_385x540_9afa8974-b992-4628-b344-4b478358de32.jpg?v=1747840839","url":"https:\/\/aesopsfable.com\/products\/the-stand-gift-edition","provider":"AESOP'S FABLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}