The Bachman Books: from No. 1 bestseller Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
Author(s): Richard Bachman (Author), Stephen King (Author)
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
- Publication Date: 14 Jun. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 992 pages
- ISBN-10: 1444723537
- ISBN-13: 9781444723533
Book Description
Includes the story THE LONG WALK. Soon to be a major film from The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence and starring Mark Hamill (Star Wars), David Jonsson (BAFTA EE Rising Star, Rye Lane), and Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza, Saturday Night Live).
For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling author Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out – and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense.
The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a gruelling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition.
Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress.
The Running Man: TV’s future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.
Publishers Note: Includes The Running Man which is also published as an individual book.
Editorial Reviews
Review
You can’t help admiring King’s narrative skills and his versatility as a storyteller ― Sunday Telegraph
Book Description
The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King.
About the Author
In his ‘lifetime’, Richard Bachman published five novels. A sixth, THE REGULATORS, was published after he died of pseudonym cancer (a relatively painless way to go) in 1985. He developed a cult following both before and after his death. Two of his novels (THINNER and THE RUNNING MAN) were made into motion pictures.
BLAZE–both brutal and sensitive–is his final legacy. The last of the Bachman novels, written in 1973 and published for the first time. Stephen King’s ‘dark half’ may have saved the best for last.
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His titles include Firestarter, Misery and The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub).
Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb’s top-rated movie of all time.
King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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