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ABOUT
RICHARD BACHMAN:
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Bachman name was created to keep the book market from being oversaturated
with Stephen King titles. But Stephen King himself has said: "R. Bachman
began his career not as a delusion but as a sheltered place where I could
publish a few early books which I felt readers might like. Then he began
to grow and come alive, as the creatures of a writer's imagination so frequently
do. I began to imagine his life as a dairy farmer; his wife, the beautiful
Claudia Inez Bachman..." Bachman's true identity remained a secret for
many years, until a bookstore clerk did a little research and discovered
who Bachman really was. |
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Bachman's
official biography:
Born in
New York, Richard Bachman's early years are a mystery. As a young man,
Bachman served a four-year stint in the Coast Guard, which he then followed
with 10 years in the merchant marine. Bachman finally settled down in rural
central New Hampshire, where he ran a medium-sized dairy farm. He did his
writing at night (he suffered from chronic insomnia) after the cows came
home. Bachman and his wife, Claudia Inez Bachman, had one child, a boy,
who died in an unfortunate, Stephen King-ish type accident at the age of
6. He apparently fell through a well and drowned. In 1982, a brain tumor
was discovered near the base of Bachman's brain; tricky surgery removed
it. Bachman however, didn't live long after that, dying suddenly in late
1985 of cancer of the pseudonym, a rare form of schizonomia. |
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The
Running Man
(Paperback)
by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
Set
in the year 2025, The Running Man is a frightening tale of a very sick
society, fascinated by blood thirsty game shows where desperate
individuals wager their lives for a shot at fabulous
riches. From The Bachman Books by Stephen King writing as R. Bachman. Arnold
Schwarzenegger stars in the film version due to open mid-July. Includes
8 pages of photos from the movie. |
The
Long Walk - by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
Finally
available in a single volume edition under Stephen King's name! In the
near future, a young boy has been one of 100 selected to take the Long
Walk--a deadly contest of endurance and determination, in which each step
can literally be your last. Follow the contestants' tortured footsteps
as they struggle with each other, and themselves, to survive the race.
Includes the Introduction "The Importance of Being Bachman". Vintage King,
this harrowing tale was originally published under the Richard Bachman
pseudonym. |
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The
Bachman Books: Four Early Novels: Rage, the Long Walk, Roadwork, the Running
Man - by Richard Bachman, Stephen King (Introduction)
Four of Richard
Bachman's eerie works are gathered here in a posthumous edition. They are
Rage,
a story of stunning psychological horror about an "estra" ordinary high
school student;
"The
Long Walk," a contest with death; "Roadwork, a strange variation on the
theme of
"Home
Sweet Home"; and "The Running Man," where you bet your life--literally. |
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The
Regulators - by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
Bachman is
really Stephen King, and The Regulators is a kind of companion novel to
Desperation, which was published simultaneously. These books mark the return
of the Stephen King of old; the Stephen King of The Stand and Pet Sematary,
where good and evil were at war and blood and gore flowed through the pages.
The companion novels center around a new personification of evil that goes
by the name of Tak, unearthed by an evil mining company that's destroying
the earth in the name of profit. In each, the characters and situations
are altered as Stephen King plays with questions of identity and form. |
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