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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 · The Long Walk. Richard Bachman (Pseudonym), Stephen King. 4.08. 191,527 ratings12,825 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.
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- Richard Bachman, Stephen King
Jun 1, 2024 · The Long Walk is a 1979 horror novel by Stephen King about a deadly walking competition in a futuristic America. Learn about the film's director, cast, story, and history of development.
- Dalton Norman
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...
In 1941, the author and six fellow prisoners of war escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk—a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, and untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats.
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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.
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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.
