The End of the World as We Know It

New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand

De: Brian Keene - afterword, Christopher Golden - foreword, Stephen King - introduction

Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo, Sean Patrick Hopkins

*** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER ***

Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered No. 1 bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television. Although there are other extraor­dinary works exploring the unravelling of human society, none have been as influential as this iconic novel - with generations of writers impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilization, and its stunning array of unforgettable characters.

Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today's greatest and most visionary writers, The End of the World as We Know It fea­tures remarkable, all-new stories set during and after the events of The Stand - brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with listeners everywhere as an essential companion to the clas­sic bestselling novel.©2025 Brian Keene, Christopher Golden, Stephen King (P)2025 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

A great idea that didn’t really work.

I wanted to love this, I really did. I suspect that most who bought this book will be Stand Stans from way back and, like me will have read it many times. If, also like me, you were hoping to catch a glimpse of old friends and hear what might have happened to them after the events of The Stand, then you can join me in my disappointment! To be fair the book didn’t promise that, so perhaps my optimism was misguided.

What is included is an anthology of stories, some are pretty good and some IMO are not. I’m not even sure some of the authors have even read The Stand tbh. Section 3 felt the weakest, but that’s just my opinion.

On the whole perhaps a tighter edit would have made sense and returned some of the relevance to what became a bit rambling at times (not unlike this review!)

The narrators did a pretty good job, though I will say that Adenrele Ojo produced one of the least convincing British accents I’ve heard for quite some time!