Long Walk, The Formats: Paperback/Audio First Edition Release Date: 1979
Synopsis:
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're out - permanently.
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Posted By: Frazer - 08/23/2010 - 9:44 PM EST
im fourteen and this was my first stephen king book i read i did a book report on it and the visule aid was gruesome
Posted By: Baronvonsengir - 08/18/2010 - 12:52 PM EST
Absolutely one of his best. Riveting, haunting, depressing. Only Stephen King could make a Long Walk spellbinding, can't-put-it-down good. VERY DIFFICULT to make into a movie, because as with so many of King's great works, most of what makes it great occurs in the hearts and minds of the characters... That is extremely difficult to convey on screen. Would have to be done flawlessly to pull it off (think: Peter Jackson, LOtR trilogy). So much has to do with how perfectly King uses characterization to make you feel as though you have known these guys your whole life - and in such a short span (150 pages)? The psychology of the "terminally ill" patient, brought to life in a short story as vividly as though you were part of Crowd yourself.
Posted By: Cheshire Human - 08/10/2010 - 9:30 AM EST
The Bataan Death March (google it), on Steroids, and All Volunteer... Great book.
Posted By: Rachel Peters - 07/27/2010 - 3:35 PM EST
It couldn't have ended another way.I had nightmares about my son signing up.
