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978-0-451-11508-9. The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ...
Apr 19, 2016 · Paperback – April 19, 2016. by Stephen King (Author) 4.4 4,544 ratings. See all formats and editions. A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. “Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins.
May 1, 1982 · King dedicated Bachman's early books—Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), and The Running Man (1982)—to people close to him. The link between King and his shadow writer was exposed after a Washington, D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, noted similarities between the writing styles of King and Bachman.
The Running Man. Released. 1982. Available Format (s) Paperback / Audio. Publisher. New American Library (NAL) It is 2025 and reality TV has progressed to the point where people are willing to wager their lives in exchange for a chance at enormous wealth. Ben Richards is desperate - he needs money to treat his daughter's illness.
Jan 1, 2016 · Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman) crafted The Running Man early in his career, though after such mega-hits as Carrie and The Shining.A bit of a departure from the supernatural horror that is most frequently associated with his work, the novel describes a science fiction dystopia where market capitalism and television game shows have spiraled out of control, and the separation between ...
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award ...
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Mar 8, 2016 · The Running Man. Paperback – March 8, 2016. by Stephen King (Author) 4.4 4,382 ratings. See all formats and editions. A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman.
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Apr 19, 2016 · The Running Man. : Stephen King. Simon and Schuster, Apr 19, 2016 - Fiction - 416 pages. A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. “Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins. Remember his face!" Ben Richards is a desperate man.
Apr 19, 2016 · The Running Man: A Novel. Paperback – April 19 2016. by Stephen King (Author) 4.4 4,345 ratings. See all formats and editions. A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. “Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins.
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Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award ...
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The Running Man. Paperback – 8 Mar. 2016. by Stephen King (Author) 4.4 3,842 ratings. See all formats and editions. A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. "Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins.
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'The Running Man' is a fast-paced, uncompromising indictment of contemporary society. Things have continued to get worse since it was first written, and its ending is poignant both for its readiness to face up to the implications of living in a facile, plutocratic world, and its prophetic take on what might just happen when people are driven to ...
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