An edition of The Long Walk (1979)

The long walk

a novel

First Gallery Books trade paperback edition February 2016.

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An edition of The Long Walk (1979)

The long walk

a novel

First Gallery Books trade paperback edition February 2016.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 34 Ratings
  • 196 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 56 Have read

In an ultraconservative America of the not-too-distant future when America has become a police state, the annual marathon is the ultimate sports competition. One hundred boys are selected each year to enter a grueling 450-mile marathon walk. The game is simple: maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings and you're out--permanently. The winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life; but a single misstep could be the last.

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English
Pages
391

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Subjects
Horror, Suspense, Fiction, dystopia, walking contests, totalitarianism, half-tracks, Horror tales, American literature, Fiction, general, Contests, Walking, Survival, Teenage boys, Teenage athletes, Fascism, Fiction, horror
People
Randy, Sheila, Carolyn, Curley, Gwendoline, Hattie, Janice, Joe, Mike, Percy, Priscilla, Ralph, Hank Aaron, Aaronson, Abraham, Cannonball Adderley, Fred Astaire, Arthur Baker, James Baker, Gary Barkovitch, Ray Bradbury, Done Bredes, Dave Brubedk, John Carter, Wilkie Collins, Regie Cotter, George D'Allessio, Davidson, Amelia Dorgen, Mr. Elwell, Mrs. Elwell, Ewing, Fenter, Roger Fenum, Charlie Field, Georgie Fielder, W.C. Fields, Stephen Foster, Gallant, Jeff Garraty, Mrs. Garraty, Raymond Davis Garraty, Grange, Gribble, Harkness, Harlan, Bill Hough, Ron Howard, Shirley Jackson, Jensen, John Keats, James Kirkwood, Klingerman, Eddie Klipstein, John Knowles, Dom L'antio, Larson, Major, Katrina McVries, Peter McVries, Milligan, Robert Mitchum, Thelonius Monk, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Morgan, Henry Olson, Jimmy Owens, Collie Parker, Bruce Paster, Dr. Patterson, Pearson, Miss Petrie, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Davey Popham, Harold Quince, Rank, Eleanor Roosevelt, J.D. Salinger, Scramm, Cathy Scramm, Bobbi Sledge, Stebbins, Swinburn, Toland, Travin, Tressler, Tubbins, Wayne, Marty Wyman, Yannick, Zuck
Places
United States, Maine, Canada, Pownal, Androscoggin County, Massachusetts

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Cover of: The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Apr 19, 2016, Pocket Books
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The long walk: a novel
2016
in English - First Gallery Books trade paperback edition February 2016.
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Todesmarsch
2008, Ullstein
Paperback in German and English
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The Long Walk
2004?, Turtleback
Library Binding in English - First Printing (King Introduction), April 1999 (22)
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De Marathon
2000, Poema Pocket
Mass Market Paperback in Dutch
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The Long Walk
1999-04, Signet
Mass Market Paperback in English - First printing (with King introduction) (1)
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Marche ou crève
1998-03-20, Éditions J'ai Lu
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Marche ou crève: roman
1989, Albin Michel
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Todesmarsch
1987, Heyne
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Copyright Date
1996

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PS3561.I483 L66 2016, PS3561.I483L66 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 391 pages
Number of pages
391

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26961694M
Internet Archive
longwalknovel0000king
ISBN 10
150114426X
ISBN 13
9781501144264
OCLC/WorldCat
932001728

Work Description

The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardback.

Set in a future dystopian America, ruled by a totalitarian and militaristic dictator, the plot revolves around the contestants of a grueling, annual walking contest. In 2000, the American Library Association listed The Long Walk as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000.


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