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Stephen King, The Stand (1978)
Stephen King's epic, post-apocalyptic horror-science fiction novel has influenced countless writers. After a lethal virus, "Captain Trips," is accidentally released from a U.S. Army base, more than ninety-nine percent of the world's population is decimated. The survivors, who have immunity to the virus split into two camps. One group follows a woman who receives visions from God and sets up a democratic society in Boulder, Colorado, and the other follows a so-called "Dark Man" who establishes a tyrannical society in Las Vegas, Nevada. The groups prepare to take a stand against each other for good or evil. The Stand was a 1994 television miniseries, and there have been several attempts to turn the novel into a feature-length film. |