"The Long Walk" is King yet again in the mode of seer presenting a reality show pitting teens in a deadly and exhausting race.Īwesome collection that's diverse enough for anyone who doubts King's storytelling genius. Throughout the early years of his marriage. "The Running Man" is a tale of ingenuity and sharp-thinking in the face of imminent death with a final violent scene pa infully reminiscent, and prescient of the tragedy of 9/11. Stephen made his first professional short story sale (The Glass Floor) to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. "Road Work" is a character study of the most intese sort with the action almost exclusively taking place in a single location-a home in the path of a new highway extension project. "Rage" is an insightful study of teen frustration and confusion, acted out in a very ugly way.
The inclusion of "Rage" resulted in the quick disappearance of this collection from bookstores and online booksellers following American school shootings, especially at Columbine H.S. Biblio logo: Used, Rare and Collectible Books for Sale. These four novels existed in obscurity until their author announced that Bachman was in fact himself-Stephen King, who had already sold millions of copies of his novels and story collections. The Bachman Books is a collection of short novels by Stephen King published under the pseudonym.
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