Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication.

And in this week's episode, I continue my examination of Stephen King's 1990 re-edition of The Stand.

Please note that this particular review is the third of a three-part review of what many

considered to be Stephen King's greatest work, the post-apocalyptic American nightmare,

The Stand.

So if this is your first time tuning in, I would recommend going back to parts one and

part two. I'd actually recommend going back all the way to the beginning, starting with

Kerry and working your way through. But especially if you tune in to just check out what

I have to say about the stand, I would start off with part one. So before I get any further,

everyone, I just want to read a couple

listener emails because I've been negligent in my podcasting host duties, and I haven't

been really reading any listener emails lately, so I have a couple that I wanted to share.

So the first is from David, who writes, I came across Stephen Kingcast yesterday.

I've never been much of a podcast listener, but I've grown weary of what radio has to offer

these days, and a friend suggested I create my own drive-time content via my smartphone.

I've been a King fan since I first read Kujo as an 11-year-old boy

in 1983. Soon after my grandmother would begin buying me the latest hardcover release, starting

with It, every year for my birthday. About eight years ago, I glanced at the collection I amassed

and realized the paperbacks at the beginning were dwarfed by their

glossy, wide-spined counterparts. I ordered the hard covers of Carrie through the talisman

on eBay to complete my collection. As I placed the last volume on the shelf, I decided to re-read

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