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A PREFACE IN TWO PARTS
PART l: TO BE READ BEFORE PURCHASE
PART l: TO BE READ BEFORE PURCHASE
There are a couple of things you need to know about this version of
The Stand
right away, even before you leave the bookstore. For that reason I hope I've
caught you early--hopefully standing there by the K section of new fiction, with
your other purchases tucked under your arm and the book open in front of you. In
other words, I hope I've caught you while your wallet is still safely in your
pocket. Ready? Okay; thanks. I promise to be brief.
First, this is not a new novel. If you hold misapprehensions on that score,
let them be dispelled right here and right now, while you are still a safe
distance from the cash register which will take money out of your pocket and put
it in mine.
The Stand
was originally published over ten years ago.
Second, this is not a brand-new, entirely different version of
The Stand
. You
will not discover old characters behaving in new ways, nor will the course of
the tale branch off at some point from the old narrative, taking you, Constant
Reader, in an entirely different direction.
This version of
The Stand
is an
expansion
of the original novel. As I've said,
you won't find old characters behaving in strange new ways, but you will
discover that almost
all
of the characters were, in the book's original form,
doing
more
things, and if I didn't think some of those things were interesting--
perhaps even enlightening--I would never have agreed to this project.
If this is not what you want, don't buy this book. If you have bought it
already, I hope you saved your sales receipt. The bookshop where you made your
purchase will want it before granting you credit or a cash refund.
If this expansion
is
something you want, I invite you to come along with me
just a little farther. I have lots to tell you, and I think we can talk better
around the corner.
In the dark.
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