It falls into the categories of postapocalyptic science fiction and horror fantasy. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. Its making no excuses for its pacing and, for those with the patience to stick with it, its all the better read for it. After the world is in ruins, due to a manmade plague, a battle of literally biblical proportions ensues between the survivors. Who ever was the person who thought to put all the comics into one set was a great thinker. Best fiction books are always available here the largest online library. A longer edition of the novel was later released in may of 1990. This is a red alert to all fans of stephen king and the comic book genre of entertainment. Captain trips is an amazing first series in marvels adaptation of the stephen king masterpiece, the stand. Perkins appeared with peter david, the cowriter of marvels dark tower. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. Stephen king, free book online in epub, txt, pdf at.
Stephen kings horror epic continues in this issue as the unseen killer, the superflu captain trips, spreads across the entire country, a tide of disease and death. The story follows one evening on a place called anson beach, new hampshire, with a group of teens, survivors of a catastrophic virus called a6, or captain. Unfortunately for the campion familyand the rest of americathey are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo. Its thirtyone issues, divided into six story arcs, completed the telling of the. Captain trips by roberto aguirresacasa text by artphoto books in chm, doc, epub download e book. Character profile for captain trips from the stand page 1.
In 2008, marvel also began publishing a graphic novel adaptation of kings expansive novel the stand with captain trips 2010. Captain trips, a fictional character from the book series wild cardsa nickname of american musician jerry garcia 19421995. This is simply one of the greatest stories ever told and even or especially if. This highly anticipated graphic novel will be released exclusively to comic shops nation wide. A virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanitys last stand. Theres a lot of direct homage to the wizard of oz, like there is in the dark tower series. Wikipedia has an article that relates much of this information. Loosely related to the authors highly regarded novel the stand, the story occurs on an august night on anson beach, new hampshire, with a group of former college students who survived a catastrophic plague caused by a virus called a6, or captain trips. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. It makes many references to characters and objects from his other books, such as it and the stand. The captain 80 book of basic adventures, 80northwest publishing, 1981. Meanwhile, in atlanta, in the center for disease control, the us government has taken a keen interest in stuart redman, who seems to be the only person immune to the captain trips. The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king.
The stand, published from 2008 to 2012, was a series of comic books by marvel comics based on stephen kings 1978 novel of the same name. Captain trips is a pretty bold comic to be publishing. Does anyone know where the superflu got its most famous nickname in the stand. It is an apocalyptic vision of mans battle to save life against a worldwide plague of death. Captain trips refers to both the title of the first third of the stand and of a slang term used. Nows your chance to hop onboard marvels revamped new series chronicling kings greatest epic novel, the stand from the start and spare yourself the painful delays that go along with waiting for the trade paperbacks.
With james marsden, jovan adepo, whoopi goldberg, amber heard. The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. The book was the last of kings novels published by doubleday in september 1978 the novel is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy story that reworks the scenario of kings earlier short story, night surf. This volume as well as future ones, presumably includes reproductions of the alternate covers of each issue, notes from creators, and other contributions to give the reader an overtheshoulder look. But dont give up, because the adventure really starts with book 2. The stand is the fourth and longest novel by bestselling author stephen king, who has written over 60 books to date, including such wellknown titles as carrie 1974, the shining 1977, pet sematary 1983, misery 1987, and the green mile 1996. On a secret army base in the californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. They believe the virus spread out of southeast asia and wiped out most of humanity. Captain trips, the first volume of the stand comic adaptation. The story was originally published in the spring 1969 issue of ubris, then in august 1974 issue of cavalier magazine, and was later included in kings own 1978 collection night shift. The founding editor of the wall street journals sports section profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed. Im aware jerry garcia was also occasionally known as captain trips, but there didnt seem to be anything particularly psychedelic or acidlike about the superflu in. The stand is an adaptation of stephen kings epic novel of the same name.
Stephen kings the stand the plague part one youtube. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. Also, captain trips was a nick name of jerry garcia so it could have come from anywhere. The plot starts with escape and spread of a humanmade superflu influenza virus. Achetez et telechargez ebook stephen kings the stand vol. Captain trips premiere hardcover, collecting the first criticallyacclaimed graphic fiction adaptation of stephen kings seminal novel, will be released exclusively to direct market retailers on march 10th at a special stand advance release opening at 9pm local time. Captain trips is a fiveissue comic book miniseries, the first of six the stand series by marvel comics, adapting stephen kings novel of the same name. Marvel press release world fantasy awardwinning writer stephen king, and marvel comics join forces once again to launch a new groundbreaking comic book series adapted from kings apocalyptical novel, the stand. Browse your favourite books and read them free in our ereader. Read the stand online free book in epub, txt or pdf. Captain trips premiere hardcover, collecting the first criticallyacclaimed graphic fiction adaptation of stephen kings seminal novel. Im not even a comic book fan, but as a longtime reader of king, this project is a treat, and you dont have to be into comics to enjoy it. Dark tower is considered by many people to be kings way of tying up loose ends in his stories. Night surf is a short story written by stephen king.
For when captain trips works its way across the land, it is time to make a stand. Marvel has announced the highlyanticipated the stand. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. On march 11, captain trips will be unleashed on the world in a new way. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of full text books. Please do not spoil content of next issues report spoiler. Captain trips is a fiveissue comic book miniseries, the first of six the. Captain trips is an indispensable take on a muchloved work, a gutsy effort whose reach and grasp are as one. Theres barely any action, some flashes of violence putting at risk no one of any import, just over sixty pages now of the most basic of stage setting. It is to be overseen by king, written by roberto aguirresacasa, illustrated by mike perkins, and colored by laura martin. With visually stunning interiors from eisnernominated artist, mike perkins captain america, house of m. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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