A new anthology set in the world of The Stand, written by various authors, offers a chance to explore the story's aftermath more fully and address a common criticism of the original novel.
Stephen King getting an anthology set in the world of The Stand is exciting, but even more exciting is that it can fix a common complaint of the original novel. The anthology The End of the World As We Know It, releasing this year, will find dozens of today's biggest genre writers coming together to each pen a short story set during and after the events of The Stand .
The Stand anthology is a first for Stephen King, the first time he's had or allowed other writers to write stories set in one of his own universes. Considering that, The End of the World As We Know It is one of the most exciting Stephen King-related projects coming out soon, even if he's not actually writing it. Still, that's not the only reason it has so much potential: The Stand anthology can also fix the biggest complaint with the original novel. Granted, there aren't many. Stephen King's apocalyptic epic is beloved for so many reasons. But that doesn't mean the book is flawless, and it has one glaring problem that has been an ongoing weakness of King's throughout his career: Stephen King's book endings often leave readers wanting more. The End of the World As We Know It can fix it. Stephen King's The Stand Needed To Spend More Time On The Aftermath Of Its Story It Ends Too Abruptly After The Nuclear Explosion In Las Vegas Close The Stand is undoubtedly one of Stephen King's masterworks. The novel, which pits the citizens of Boulder, Colorado under the guidance of Mother Abigail against the denizens of Randall Flagg's Las Vegas, is the purest good vs. evil story King has ever penned. The tale quietly explores the motivations and relationships between the survivors of the Captain Trips superflu against the backdrop of a sweeping, post-apocalyptic epic. In terms of the breadth of pure human experience and psyche, The Stand examines both as deeply and thoroughly as any novel ever penned. It's a classic through and throug
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