末日逼近

The Stand , #1

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Paperback, 1320 pages

Chinese language

Published by 上海译文出版社.

ISBN:
978-7-5327-7169-1
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世界便是如此而终结：美国国防部实验室计算机十亿分之一秒的差错，致命流感病毒迅速传播，百万人次漫不经心的相互接触而构成了死亡连锁信。 这是个劫后余生、满目疮痍的新世界：在这个世界里，各种组织机构不复存在，百分之九十九的人口死于非命；在这个世界里，一群惊惶失措的幸存者不得不选择营垒归属——或被选择；在这个世界里，正义的力量承载于一百零八岁的阿巴盖尔妈妈那脆弱的肩膀，而邪恶的一方，那最可怕的噩梦却包藏于一个面带致命微笑、诡计万般的人身上：兰德尔·弗拉格——黑衣人。

“完整版的《末日逼近》是一部百科全书，充满了冒险、浪漫、预言、讽刺、寓言、魔幻、现实和启示。棒极了。”——《纽约时报书评》 “斯蒂芬•金是美国当代的狄更斯。一位杰出的作家……金是最高产的现代小说作家之一。”——《星期日泰晤士报》

One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil. (source)

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3 stars

Been interesting reading this a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic first began in 2020.

All in all I felt this book was twice as long as it really needed to be. I stayed up all night plowing through the final 1/3 of the book because I wanted to get to the resolution and I found myself skipping entire chapters of meaningless exposition. As a fan of Stephen King I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised. Maybe I’m just anxious to get through this Man In Black character development so I can continue on my Dark Tower Extended Reading journey. I miss the gunslingers.

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