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The work of fiction re-works the particular dilemma very first affecting King's previously short story, Night Surf (included within the simple account variety Night Shift ). The novel includes that initial published a blueprint in order to King's ber-villain Randall Flagg. Flagg as well appears within King's fantasy novel Dark Tower series.

The submitting background connected with the actual reserve can be one of a kind for the reason that it absolutely was re-released as The Stand : The Complete & Uncut Edition throughout 1990. This release refurbished several wording in the beginning edited to get brevity, put in quite a few brand-new portions and revised others, plus improved the particular setting up of the work of fiction in the early eighties to help your early 1990s.

Synopsis Edit

The story begins considering the death on most belonging to the human population involving North America (and, presumably, this world) following the escape and also multiply of your man-made biological weapon (a superflu virus) known previously because "Project Blue" as well as colloquially, around the western coast, seeing that "Captain Trips". 99.4 per cent with consumers are vulnerable to Trips, as well as disorder carries a fatality rate rate regarding a hundred percent. This first component to the novel develops more than 19 a short time and charts this full description in addition to destruction of community in some pretty visual scenes.

The novel continues, simply two, using the intertwining cross-country odysseys from the smaller availablility of survivors, as well as a with child institution college (Frances Goldsmith), your laid-off factory artist coming from Texas (Stuart Redman), a superior institution nobody (Harold Lauder), a deaf-mute wanderer (Nick Andros), a not satisfied pop musician and performer (Larry Underwood), and a pessimistic sociology mentor (Glen Bateman). They are drawn jointly by way of their distributed desires regarding a strong elderly clairvoyant lady whom they notice as a refuge. This woman, Abagail Freemantle (known as 'Mother Abagail'), gets the spiritual chief of your number of survivors, that start to endeavor to be able to re-establish a democratic culture in the Colorado city connected with Boulder. Meanwhile, another group of survivors like a welcome thief (Lloyd Henreid), an arsonist (Trashcan Man), plus the ex-chief from the Santa Monica PD (Barry Dorgan) are generally used that will Las Vegas, Nevada by simply an additional entity, an evil becoming along with supernatural strenght generally known as Randall Flagg, the "dark man," or perhaps your "walkin' dude." Flagg's rule is actually tyrannical and brutal yet effective.

In section three, the point is defined to the remaining confrontation since the a pair of camps turn into cognizant of one particular another, and just about every recognizes your alternative because a hazard to help it's survival, leading to help ' the stand ' of the very good versus that evil in addition to involving a salvaged nuclear weapon.

Confirmed have an impact on with LostEdit

Charlie resembles The Stand's boosting personality Larry Underwood through his rank as a musician and performer as well as drug abuse issues. According to be able to Damon Lindelof, the freelance writers created Charlie as an "homage in order to Larry Underwood."

In The Stand (and different King works), villain Randall Flagg, generally known as this Man throughout Black, is usually King's personification with the universe's adviser of evil. Said Damon Lindelof with 2004, "We're not really misdirecting an individual about Terry O' Quinn's Flagg-esque (Walter using some worlds) qualities. nonetheless hopefully he is obtained a number of major surprises available intended for everyone." The main villain with Lost wound up known as , as well as your dog took Locke's form.

Similarities and also distributed themesEdit

As known above, this produces clearly modeled Charlie upon Larry Underwood and lent Locke characteristics reminiscent of Flagg.

On a bigger level, both memories start using the theme of visitors forming a brand new contemporary culture with each other immediately after disaster. Unity along with cooperation will be significant themes or templates around the two works. In Lost, Jack famously claims that "If we can not survive together, we're likely to stop functioning alone." This is actually paralleled throughout The Stand by the line, "If these people slept alone, they might expire alone", a new concept attributed to be able to Nadine.

Both tales engaged drama encircling pregnancy, along with personas fearing that a infant born to somewhat of a sole the mother could be vulnerable to a mysterious illness. Vivid are a regular theme both in that reserve as well as the show.

The scene throughout "Ab Aeterno " by which this Man within Black offers an jailed Richard resembles some sort of picture with the Stand where the Man in Black slides open Lloyd Henreid out of prison. Damon in addition to Carlton acknowledged this likeness on the Official Lost Podcast .

Sam Anderson who seem to takes on Bernard also has a component from the Mini-Series adaptation involving the actual Stand since Whitney Horgan.

Both performs involved nuclear bombs; in a podcast soon enough prior to a Season a few finale, Damon in addition to Carlton gave the label "Trashcan Man" as some sort of touch towards ultimate outcome associated with , a reference in order to Trashcan Man by accident detonating a great Atomic bomb inside Las Vegas.

See also Edit

Apocalypse - Article on apocalyptic references with Lost

ReferencesEdit

Ain't It Cool News: Herc Chats Up The Co-Creator with Fall's Best New Series, ABC's LOST!! Hercules; Fall 2004