Tony C's Guide to "The Stand" Wiki

An exhaustive - indeed obsessive - guide to Stephen King's novel The Stand and all its adaptations.

 This is my in-depth guide to Stephen King's novel The Stand, including every character no matter how minor, a chapter-by-chapter breakdown, important events and objects, influences and later historical events which bear a striking similarity to the fiction and even some critical analysis.

Unlike most Wikis, this one has a single editor. My name is Tony Caroselli, and I am a rather obsessive fan of this novel and have been since I read the paperback of the original novel when I was in junior high school in Carmel, Indiana in 1989. At the time, I didn't care for horror, and it was the first Stephen King novel I had ever read, but it was the only one at my school's library. I was instantly drawn in and read all 800-plus pages within the school week, staying up later than my parents would allow and sneaking in another chapter or two whenever I had a chance at school. A year later, when the Complete and Uncut Edition was released, I bought it when it came out in paperback and read it again for the first time - this time in four summer days, despite it now being more than 1,150 pages. By this time, I had already started to read every Stephen King novel I could find, and while I liked many of them, particularly The Dark Tower series, none of them ever replaced my first love, which I came to know forward and backward like some people know The Lord of the Rings.

Nonetheless, a Wiki format is the best format for this guide, which is why that will be what I am using, but as administrator, I'll be locking all pages. I appreciate anyone who wants to help, but this is my obsession. That said, in the spirit of the Fandom community, I will leave all Talk pages open for feedback, discussion and information. I am also releasing this guide under CC-BY-SA, which means you can use part or all of the information found here (all of it based on original research, except where noted - I may even try to conduct some interviews), but please attribute it to me. It may take me the better part of 2021 to finish this guide, but I won't stop until it is done.

I am writing this front page on Monday, November 30, 2020. Whenever you read this, you will no doubt know why I decided to re-read the novel again earlier this year, and it wasn't just because of the CBS All Access TV miniseries adaptation due to be released two weeks from Thursday.

Other Categories

 * Characters - Major, secondary and minor
 * Locations - Fictional and real-life settings
 * Events - Key moments in the plot
 * Objects - Objects which play an important role in the plot
 * Influences - Other works or real-life events which influenced King when he wrote The Stand
 * Spin-Offs - Later Stephen King works and their adaptations featuring characters who appeared in The Stand (usually Randall Flagg)
 * People - Real-life people who wrote or illustrated The Stand or worked on its adaptations
 * Future History - Real-life events which happened after the release of the 1978 novel The Stand that bore a striking resemblance to the fiction
 * Analysis - Articles I've written on the major themes and influence of The Stand

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