The Long Walk

TitleThe Long Walk
Year for Search1979
Authors[King], [Stephen Edwin](b. 1947)
Tertiary AuthorsBachman, Richard [pseud.]
Date Published1979
PublisherSignet
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia in which one hundred teenage boys participate in an annual ritual of walking until only one is left alive, most of the rest having been shot for infractions of the rules. 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels by Stephen King. Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man (New York: New American Library, 1985), 133-322 with "Why I Was Bachman" (v-x); and separately New York: Signet, 1996 with "The Importance of Being Bachman" (v-xiii).

Pseudonym

Richard Bachman [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

(b. 1947)

Full Text

1979 [King, Stephen Edwin] (b. 1947). The Long Walk. By Richard Bachman [pseud.]. New York: Signet. Rpt. in The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels by Stephen King. Rage The Long Walk Roadwork The Running Man (New York: New American Library, 1985), 133-322 with “Why I Was Bachman” (v-x); and separately New York: Signet, 1996 with “The Importance of Being Bachman” (v-xiii). MoU-St, PSt

Authoritarian dystopia in which one hundred teenage boys participate in an annual ritual of walking until only one is left alive, most of the rest having been shot for infractions of the rules.