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The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardback. In 2023, Centipede Press released the first stand-alone hardcover edition.
- Stephen King
- 1979
Dec 1, 1978 · Ray Garraty is to take part in an annual national event called the Long Walk, where 100 boys are chosen to participate in a walk where if they stop walking, they are shot. Only one boy survives. This book is a psychological-thriller filled with commentary on entertainment media, life, and desensitisation.
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- Mass Market Paperback
- Richard Bachman, Stephen King
Dec 4, 2010 · The story was The Long Walk, a gripping account of a Polish officer's imprisonment in the Soviet gulag in 1940, his escape and then a trek of 4,000 miles (6,437km) from Siberia to India,...
Dec 2, 2023 · The Long Walk, a 1979 novel by Stephen King under his pseudonym Richard Bachman, is getting a feature film adaptation by Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence. The novel is set in a future where Americans walk along a highway for entertainment and face deadly consequences.
- Dalton Norman
- Author
A futuristic America hosts a deadly 450-mile walking contest where only one winner can survive. The novel explores the themes of violence, conformity, and rebellion in a totalitarian society.
The Long Walk is the seventh book published by Stephen King; it is his sixth novel, and the second written under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. It was first published in July 1979 and collected in the 1985 anthology, The Bachman Books. In an alternate United States (references to "April...
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20 hours ago · The Long Walk is a dystopian thriller that follows 100 teenage boys who embark on an annual walking contest. The rules are simple yet brutal: maintain a minimum speed of four miles per hour ...
