Post by Jessiealan on Aug 12, 2019 17:17:05 GMT -5
Stephen King has written another new ending to The Stand \
Stephen King fans, gather ye here: our lord and master has written a new ending to The Stand, his story of a post-apocalyptic world decimated by a superflu that he has called a “long tale of dark Christianity”.
King wrote the “new coda that won’t be found in the book” for the forthcoming TV adaptation starring James Marsden and Amber Heard; CBS’s Julie McNamara told Deadline that “for fans of the book who have wondered what became of the survivors of The Stand, this episode will contain a story that takes us beyond the book to answer those questions.”
King himself has tweeted that his script for the final episode is already written, and that it “has been in my mind for 30 years”.
But The Stand, in which the scant American survivors of the superflu are drawn towards the saintly Mother Abagail if they’re good, and towards the evil Randall Flagg if they’re bad, already has two endings. The first appeared in the original, 800-page version published in 1978. Set in the 1980s, that version ends as two survivors, Stu and Fran, contemplate the future of humanity.
“Do you think … do you think people ever learn anything?” She opened her mouth to speak, hesitated, fell silent. The kerosene lamp flickered. Her eyes seemed very blue. “I don’t know,” she said at last. She seemed unpleased with her answer; she struggled to say something more; to illuminate her first response; and could only say it again: “I don’t know.”
The rest is at this link. There ARE spoilers in the article so skip it if you don't want them.
www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/aug/08/stephen-king-has-written-another-new-ending-to-the-stand-but-do-we-need-it
Stephen King fans, gather ye here: our lord and master has written a new ending to The Stand, his story of a post-apocalyptic world decimated by a superflu that he has called a “long tale of dark Christianity”.
King wrote the “new coda that won’t be found in the book” for the forthcoming TV adaptation starring James Marsden and Amber Heard; CBS’s Julie McNamara told Deadline that “for fans of the book who have wondered what became of the survivors of The Stand, this episode will contain a story that takes us beyond the book to answer those questions.”
King himself has tweeted that his script for the final episode is already written, and that it “has been in my mind for 30 years”.
But The Stand, in which the scant American survivors of the superflu are drawn towards the saintly Mother Abagail if they’re good, and towards the evil Randall Flagg if they’re bad, already has two endings. The first appeared in the original, 800-page version published in 1978. Set in the 1980s, that version ends as two survivors, Stu and Fran, contemplate the future of humanity.
“Do you think … do you think people ever learn anything?” She opened her mouth to speak, hesitated, fell silent. The kerosene lamp flickered. Her eyes seemed very blue. “I don’t know,” she said at last. She seemed unpleased with her answer; she struggled to say something more; to illuminate her first response; and could only say it again: “I don’t know.”
The rest is at this link. There ARE spoilers in the article so skip it if you don't want them.
www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/aug/08/stephen-king-has-written-another-new-ending-to-the-stand-but-do-we-need-it