![]() Some may dispute that and claim The Dark Tower is his version, but I would say that The Dark Tower is his magnum opus, an epic fantasy series. A vast cast of characters will have to find their inner courage and make a final stand in the battle of good and evil.Įssentially, Stephen King’s narrative is his version of The Lord of the Rings. They are summoning their people for a final reckoning. Visions of two people – Mother Abigail, a kindly ancient old black woman, and Randall Flagg, evil incarnate. After the veil of civilisation has fallen the story follows numerous different characters as they all begin having shared dreams, or more appropriately, visions. Tolkien.Ī plague, colloquially known as Captain Trips, ravages the world. With this one he cracks his way into the shared light of authors such as Charles Dickens, and J. It is not popular fiction, as perhaps most of his books are. Stephen King’s epic post-apocalyptic narrative is, without a doubt, great literature. ![]() Another part is that it’s just so long and there is so much to talk about here. Part of this is because it’s difficult to write a review and contribute something to a book that has become so monumentally huge. I have a confession to make: I don’t really know how to start writing a review about The Stand. ![]()
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