I am surprise they have yet to make it into a movie yet. It is possible one of the earliest teenagers in a death game books. I think I was a freshmen in high school when I first read it and just ate it up. I had never read anything like it before.
I have that same edition of Bachman and plan to read Running Man as my first book of 2025 since it takes place in that year. Rage is no longer published (my copy has that book). Hadn't thought of this collection of books for Garbaugust but will consider reading one of the books too Enjoy!
Welcome Michael and Roger. I miss you so much. I love the Running Man. The Regulators is a pale version of DESPERATION, even TAK ANLAH is weaker than himself in DESPERATION.
It looks like Roadwork came out in 1981 and in 1987 Stephen King's small press published a novel by Don Robertson called The Ideal, Genuine Man which, in my memory, is pretty much the same book although maybe more literary. Not sure if that's true or if my memory has just melded the stories together. Either way, yes, Bachman is suitably GarbAugust-worthy!
Maybe Bachman was the pseudonym of a respected author of "high" literature, you know, guys like Updike or Philip Roth, who needed an outlet for their violent side, somethink like a "dark half", you know? just a thought, don't hate me ...
I never finished 'Roadwork' after many attempts over the decades. My mom found 'Thinner' so trashy she wouldn't let me read Bachman for a good number of years. I should change that to buy them. I did sneak them; in that required 15 minute after lunch reading period at school.
I saw a video recently, not sure if it was Media Death Cult or Bookpiled, who talked about Rage - the author 👀 has allowed it fall out of print, even though it was a fairly big hit, as it was linked to a couple of early school mass shootings.
The information that I'm about to present, is not widely known. Perhaps I should refrain from continuing. But alas, I feel that the truth needs to be told. Richard Bachman, is indeed alive. His current whereabouts are a little unclear, but as far as I can tell, he is living just off the coast, in a tiny village in the state of Maine. He continues to write, and his books have been on the bestsellers list for many years. Now, I need to make sure we are on the same page here. Remember, you did not hear this from me but, Mr. Bachman has chosen to use a pseudonym. All I can safely say here is that the initials are SK. I leave the rest up to you.
Lol where did they even get that picture of him? I have heard that The Long Walk is pretty good, and that The Running Man is supposed to be better than the movie, not that that is a high bar. Ill have to check a couple of these out. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on them.
They are all pretty good Michael, lucky you got that edition with Rage in it, King has decided it will never be reprinted in new editions due to it's links with real school shootings, which unfortunately appear to be true. I wouldn't call them garbage Michael, they are efficient thrillers that hold some nuggets of gold, especially The Long Walk and The Running Man which counts down from 100 to zero, according to King he wrote this in a week! It bears very, very little resemblance to the 1987 movie which crushed me at the time but I hold out hopes for the proposed Edgar Wright remake.
I read "Thinner" years ago and have not been able to eat a strawberry pie since. Nor strawberry shortcake. Or strawberry tarts. Stephen King was a close friend of Bachman's and he has confirmed many times that Bachman is dead. Unless someone took Bachman's body to the Pet Sematary.
I am that Bachman. That said he is the type of writer they should be reading in school. His books are easy enjoyable reads that by and large well paced. I read more than a few books in my day that seemed to just go off in a dozen directions. I have listened to myateries fallen a sleep and woke up a half hour to and hour later and realized plot wise I have misses nothing. Not with the late great Richard Bachman he wrote no filler novels. Amazing tales that grabbes you and never let go. More people should read him.
The covers to Roadwork are deceiving. I looked at about 20 covers of Roadwork from around the world and I started to form the plot in my head based on the cover art. My expectations were not met. The book was not what I expected. I was disappointed. A year later, I read it again with my expectations properly aligned and I loved it for what it was was.
These oversimplified synopses of The Long Walk are designed to peak your interest and get you to the buy the book, but they deviate from the truth and just make stuff up. Future America could have passed when the book was published in 1979, but the book is dated in 100 different ways. It's clearly set in the past, although the tech they use to track walking speed, still hasn't been invented. It does contain more than 20 examples of alternate histories and alternate reality, so it's an alternate reality novel.
Isn't Richard Bachman a pen name for Stephen King? Or am I missing something? The intro in that book, written by King, he states that Bachman is indeed himself.
Ok, maybe I've missed something my whole life. I don't understand why authors, especially well known ones, use pen names at all. I understand writers doing this when there's some need to hide their identity. (Especially in other countries.) But why do authors use pen names when they are entirely open about the fact that it's a pen name? What is the purpose/benefit of doing this?
Thinner is prolly the best written of these 5, except the idea is so Stupid! Rage, terrible, The Long Walk, not quite as terrible. At least The Running Man is better than the film, but that's not saying much. Read it twice though. And finally, Road Work is my favorite of all these.
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I wish I kept my Bachman Books omnibus I bought in the 80s. It’s hard to come by nowadays.
Same here. But who would have known at the time that King would kill one of his own stories?
The Long Walk is an awesome book! I've read it over three decades ago and still remember it vividly.
I am surprise they have yet to make it into a movie yet. It is possible one of the earliest teenagers in a death game books. I think I was a freshmen in high school when I first read it and just ate it up. I had never read anything like it before.
My favorite Stephen King book.
I live how the c0rpse on the cover of Ragenis wearing high heels and a miniskirt.
Great choice for GARBAUGUST! 😊
I think Bachman was a pen name for J. R. R. Tolkien.
That could be why their writing styles are so similar.
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I hear that Bachman is still alive, but is living in a van by the river under the witness protection program.
I knew it!
😂😂😂
I feel like this video's going to have some people Raging.
I had that hardback of Thinner by Dick Bachman but gave it away to a big steve king fan who was collecting all his book in hardcover......
The Long Walk is one of my favorites. I might read Road Work for GarbAugust.
Roger looks like he really is rapped in anticipation for Garbaugust.
I found a first edition UK paperback of Rage at a library book sale. Perfect condition. 99 cents.
Bachmann also wrote a book called 'Blaze'.
I loved this guy! One of the truly great creatives like Alan Smithee, Judas Booth and David Agnew.
@@glenmcculla6843 yeah! This guy’s some kind of genius!
I believe they are making The Long Walk into a movie.
I'm reading BLAZE right now, a Bachman book that is somewhat forgotten nowadays.
This is the perfect author for Garbaugust. With the exception of Rage, these were all made into films-- even Roadwork.
I have that same edition of Bachman and plan to read Running Man as my first book of 2025 since it takes place in that year. Rage is no longer published (my copy has that book). Hadn't thought of this collection of books for Garbaugust but will consider reading one of the books too Enjoy!
Ha! Glad to see Bachman is finally getting the attention he deserves!
Welcome Michael and Roger. I miss you so much. I love the Running Man. The Regulators is a pale version of DESPERATION, even TAK ANLAH is weaker than himself in DESPERATION.
It looks like Roadwork came out in 1981 and in 1987 Stephen King's small press published a novel by Don Robertson called The Ideal, Genuine Man which, in my memory, is pretty much the same book although maybe more literary. Not sure if that's true or if my memory has just melded the stories together. Either way, yes, Bachman is suitably GarbAugust-worthy!
That omnibus counts as 4 books in your 500 BC. Tell me I'm wrong.
You are not wrong.
Maybe Bachman was the pseudonym of a respected author of "high" literature, you know, guys like Updike or Philip Roth, who needed an outlet for their violent side, somethink like a "dark half", you know? just a thought, don't hate me ...
Yeah, he could be Philip Roth.
I just looked up Bachman and it said that he died in 1985 of cancer of the pseudonym.
That sounds painful.
I never finished 'Roadwork' after many attempts over the decades.
My mom found 'Thinner' so trashy she wouldn't let me read Bachman for a good number of years. I should change that to buy them. I did sneak them; in that required 15 minute after lunch reading period at school.
We need the 1930s self help books of Rufus T Firefly. A good alternative to Dale Carnegie :)
I saw a video recently, not sure if it was Media Death Cult or Bookpiled, who talked about Rage - the author 👀 has allowed it fall out of print, even though it was a fairly big hit, as it was linked to a couple of early school mass shootings.
The information that I'm about to present, is not widely known. Perhaps I should refrain from continuing. But alas, I feel that the truth needs to be told. Richard Bachman, is indeed alive. His current whereabouts are a little unclear, but as far as I can tell, he is living just off the coast, in a tiny village in the state of Maine. He continues to write, and his books have been on the bestsellers list for many years. Now, I need to make sure we are on the same page here. Remember, you did not hear this from me but, Mr. Bachman has chosen to use a pseudonym. All I can safely say here is that the initials are SK. I leave the rest up to you.
@@PagesAndProse69 this story sounds pretty far fetched.
Lol where did they even get that picture of him? I have heard that The Long Walk is pretty good, and that The Running Man is supposed to be better than the movie, not that that is a high bar. Ill have to check a couple of these out. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on them.
They are all pretty good Michael, lucky you got that edition with Rage in it, King has decided it will never be reprinted in new editions due to it's links with real school shootings, which unfortunately appear to be true. I wouldn't call them garbage Michael, they are efficient thrillers that hold some nuggets of gold, especially The Long Walk and The Running Man which counts down from 100 to zero, according to King he wrote this in a week!
It bears very, very little resemblance to the 1987 movie which crushed me at the time but I hold out hopes for the proposed Edgar Wright remake.
Yep, Bachman is dead. Stephen King, who was a good friend of his, reported than he died of cancer of the pseudonym.
@@nunyabidness4220 what a horrible way to go!
I read "Thinner" years ago and have not been able to eat a strawberry pie since. Nor strawberry shortcake. Or strawberry tarts.
Stephen King was a close friend of Bachman's and he has confirmed many times that Bachman is dead. Unless someone took Bachman's body to the Pet Sematary.
This is really weird, my copy of Running Man has an author named Stephen King on it! What is this plagiarism?! 🤷🏼♀️
@@ingridfitz5677 That guy! No respect!
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I am that Bachman. That said he is the type of writer they should be reading in school. His books are easy enjoyable reads that by and large well paced. I read more than a few books in my day that seemed to just go off in a dozen directions. I have listened to myateries fallen a sleep and woke up a half hour to and hour later and realized plot wise I have misses nothing. Not with the late great Richard Bachman he wrote no filler novels. Amazing tales that grabbes you and never let go. More people should read him.
Thinner was a movie too besides The Running Man.
The covers to Roadwork are deceiving. I looked at about 20 covers of Roadwork from around the world and I started to form the plot in my head based on the cover art. My expectations were not met. The book was not what I expected. I was disappointed. A year later, I read it again with my expectations properly aligned and I loved it for what it was was.
Will you be snacking on deep fried butter and Gatorade?
@@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd uuuhhh…no
No, no, no, no and no 🤭 I'd rather re-read Hillbilly Elegy, in fact, damn it, I will !!
Richard Bachman? That guy's a hack.
These oversimplified synopses of The Long Walk are designed to peak your interest and get you to the buy the book, but they deviate from the truth and just make stuff up. Future America could have passed when the book was published in 1979, but the book is dated in 100 different ways. It's clearly set in the past, although the tech they use to track walking speed, still hasn't been invented. It does contain more than 20 examples of alternate histories and alternate reality, so it's an alternate reality novel.
Is it L. ron hubbard?
😂❤👍
Love yor channel more people should read its sad no one really has
Studys anymore well you do but not Many anymore a dieing art keep reading..
Isn't Richard Bachman a pen name for Stephen King? Or am I missing something? The intro in that book, written by King, he states that Bachman is indeed himself.
What?! No way. I’m pretty sure he was really John Irving.
Whoosh
But it’s okay, we forgive you 😂
🤣🤣Bachman is better than King🤣🤣
Why does Steve Donoghue hate Steven King?
Why can't you spell the name Stephen properly?
Stephen King stole Steve’s horse 🐎
Ok, maybe I've missed something my whole life. I don't understand why authors, especially well known ones, use pen names at all. I understand writers doing this when there's some need to hide their identity. (Especially in other countries.) But why do authors use pen names when they are entirely open about the fact that it's a pen name? What is the purpose/benefit of doing this?
I would guess marketing usually. Just in case a science fiction writer wanted to write mysteries for example.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Ah, interesting. Thanks. Well, if you ever write a book under a fake name, we won't tell!
Roger looks like he could use a dentist 😏
Don’t worry, he recently ate one.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 A healthy diet is very important ; 🤠
I thought Richard Bachman was a fiction carácter created by Stephen King (an alias, nickname)
What!? That’s crazy.
I have read 3 of them and I agree, it´s crap, specially Rage LOL
@@richardmatheson5693 Yay! Perfect!
Bachman was so much better than that hack, Stephen King. He peaked with Carrie in my opinion. Bachman…gone too soon.
Thinner is prolly the best written of these 5, except the idea is so Stupid! Rage, terrible, The Long Walk, not quite as terrible. At least The Running Man is better than the film, but that's not saying much. Read it twice though. And finally, Road Work is my favorite of all these.
I read Rage and The Long Walk. They are definitely garbage. They're worse than Stephen King.
Fun fact: 'Circus of Evil' would go on to become the repubican party motto.
Projection.
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Yeah, because the party of open border invasion and b * b y b * t c h e r i n g is so great. Please.
I am going to read some Robert E. Howard. I mean Conan sounds pretty trashy. I love corny pulp.