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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.
Dec 1, 1978 · The Long Walk. Richard Bachman (Pseudonym), Stephen King. 4.08. 191,456 ratings12,816 reviews. Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk.
The country's #1 sports contest, a grueling 450-mile marathon walk, where a single misstep could be the last . . . The cream of the nation's youth, 100 red-blooded American boys out to make it to the top no matter who they trample on to get there . . .
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.
Jun 1, 2024 · Penned under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979, The Long Walk was King's first stab at dystopian fiction and was something of a departure from the usual small-town monsters and ghouls that typically populate his works.
Apr 19, 2016 · In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner—the one that survives.
In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only...
Dec 1, 2001 · A classic maybe-dystopian novel, Stephen King’s The Long Walk (written as Richard Backman) starts quietly and gradually darkens, filled with threat and the deep dark mystery of why the walk exists in the first place.
Jan 1, 2016 · In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner—the one that survives.
Aug 24, 2018 · The Long Walk is, in many ways, more hauntingly prophetic than the more famous novel The Running Man. It focuses on a walking competition, in which 100 teenage boys walk – to the death. That’s it. It’s literally ‘last man standing’, or last boy standing, anyway.
