The Bachman Books

Four Early Novels by Stephen King

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Stephen King: The Bachman Books (Hardcover, 1985, NAL Books / New American Library)

Hardcover, 692 pages

English language

Published Oct. 22, 1985 by NAL Books / New American Library.

ISBN:
978-0-453-00507-4
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OCLC Number:
1028666262

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The name on the cover was "Richard Bachman," but the imagination inside could only belong to one man--Stephen King. for years readers of these four novels wrote to "Bachman," asking if the author was really Stephen King writing under a pseudonym. At last the secret is out--and so are these four spellbinding tales of future shock and suspense, now available in one volume.

Here is rage, a story of stunning psychological horror about an "extra" ordinary high school student...a chilling glimpse into a future America where a macabre marathon, The Long Walk, is a contest with death...Roadwork, an eerie variation on the theme of "Home Sweet Home"...and a nightmare vision of a ghoulish game show. The Running Man, where you bet your life--literally.

The first two of these superlatively shocking novels were completed before Carrie was even begun. the others were written in between some of Stephen King's most popular …

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  • Horror tales, American