I saw what ya did up there! Thanks!
See, you're expecting me to remember that little ol' squiggly looki' thing, too. Oh, boy, the pressure, the pressure.....It's called a hash tag, right? I know a thing or two....haha!What Is The Best Bachman Book?
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See, you're expecting me to remember that little ol' squiggly looki' thing, too. Oh, boy, the pressure, the pressure.....It's called a hash tag, right? I know a thing or two....haha!
In the Author's Note at the beginning of The Dark Half King says-
'I'm indebted to the late Richard Bachman for his help and inspiration. This novel could not have been written without him.'
S.K.
'I'm indebted to the late Richard Bachman for his help and inspiration. This novel could not have been written without him.'
S.K.
I've never read any of them, but I know what all of them are about because my older sister's read ALL of them - even Rage, which I'm really upset to learn I didn't have a chance to read before they took it off the market. I was going to get around to reading Richard Bachman books after I was finished with most of the Stephen King books. Unfortunately my sister doesn't know what she did with all her Bachman books.
The collection is pretty easy to find in second-hand book stores usually. Good luck.
The Long Walk It was so totally different than anything I'd ever read, I read it a second time right after the first time. I had a really hard time getting my head around why the walkers would want to take the long walk. I thought it was very imaginative
It was so totally different than anything I'd ever read, I read it a second time right after the first time. I had a really hard time getting my head around why the walkers would want to take the long walk. I thought it was very imaginative 
The link between King and his shadow writer was exposed after a Washington, D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, noted similarities between the writing styles of King and Bachman. Brown located publisher's records at the Library of Congress which included a document naming King as the author of one of Bachman's novels.
Brown wrote to King's publishers with a copy of the documents he had uncovered, and asked them what to do. Two weeks later, King telephoned Brown personally and suggested he write an article about how he discovered the truth, allowing himself to be interviewed.[2]
This led to a press release heralding Bachman's "death" — supposedly from "cancer of the pseudonym", and an article written by Brown in the Washington Post.[3] At the time of the announcement in 1985, King was working on Misery, which he had planned to release as a Bachman book.
You are a sharp one kingricefan! You know your SK trivia that's for sure
I knew King wrote Thinner, but I had not connections. Two paragraphs, and I knew it was King. Months later, one of my co-workers treated me to lunch to show me the news article. He was so impressed that I was right.
My favorite is The Long Walk but I thought Roadwork was an excellent slow burner. I was a little surprised to hear SK say he wasn't very fond of it. Of course, he wasn't fond of Carrie either so what does he know?
Not a very difficult choice. The Long walk. But i liked Rage too as a story. The running man.. so-so, If Misery had come out under the Bachman name it would have been my choice.
The vote isn't even close. The Long Walk by a mile. 
I think Running Man would have made the choice more difficult for me, but Arnie ruined it for me. Although I did think Richard Dawson in that movie was the absolute best case of type-casting ever.
I think Running Man would have made the choice more difficult for me, but Arnie ruined it for me. Although I did think Richard Dawson in that movie was the absolute best case of type-casting ever.
I won't pick one so I won't vote.
The Long Walk
Rage
Blaze
The Long Walk
Rage
Blaze
Roadwork for me. The tale of a man losing the plot because of a tumour (not his) say,about the size of a walnut, was an astonishing feat considering King wrote this when he was a teenager!
Gets my vote, too.
It's close between 'Thinner' and 'The Long Walk', but I'm going with the latter.
My legs and feet actually hurt while reading The Long Walk. I was exhausted.
Gets my vote.
Gets my vote.
When I think "best Bachman" I always think Long Walk, which seems over time to gain substance somehow.
The Long Walk, very closely followed by Rage.
Is it true that Stephen King wrote Misery while living in England?The link between King and his shadow writer was exposed after a Washington, D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, noted similarities between the writing styles of King and Bachman. Brown located publisher's records at the Library of Congress which included a document naming King as the author of one of Bachman's novels.
Brown wrote to King's publishers with a copy of the documents he had uncovered, and asked them what to do. Two weeks later, King telephoned Brown personally and suggested he write an article about how he discovered the truth, allowing himself to be interviewed.[2]
This led to a press release heralding Bachman's "death" — supposedly from "cancer of the pseudonym", and an article written by Brown in the Washington Post.[3] At the time of the announcement in 1985, King was working on Misery, which he had planned to release as a Bachman book.
You are a sharp one kingricefan! You know your SK trivia that's for sure