This was part of the three Richard Bachman books in one that I read together including The Long Walk and Road Works. Like The Long Walk, it is set in a dystopian future where the general population are oppressed and impoverished and, in this book, given the opportunity to enter cruel and gruelling game showsContinue reading “The Running Man – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 01.10.25”
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Roadwork – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 14.09.25
This was in the kindle book containing three Richard Bachman (Stephen King’s early pen name) novels and this was my least favourite of the three (the others being The Long Walk and The Running Man). It follows Barton Dawes, who takes on a personal crusade to stop the development of a new road through hisContinue reading “Roadwork – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 14.09.25”
The Long Walk – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 10.09.25
SPOILERS First published in 1978, this early work by Stephen King (published under his pen name Richard Backman) pre-dates both The Hunger Games and Squid Games although it has been compared to both. Set in a dystopian future where people live in poverty and fear with a ‘big brother’ type of controlling government, every yearContinue reading “The Long Walk – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 10.09.25”
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