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Vlucht naar de top
In Vlucht naar de top van Stephen King vallen De Hongerspelen en Squid Game in het niet bij de gruwelijke wedstrijd waar Ben Richards in terechtkomt…
Op jacht naar hoge kijkcijfers worden er steeds extremere televisiespelletjes bedacht. Kandidaten de werkloosheid is hoog en uitkeringen zijn er niet. Ben Richards, achtentwintig jaar, is de wanhoop nabij. Zijn dochtertje is ziek en geld om medicijnen te kopen heeft hij niet. Ben schrijft zich in als kandidaat voor het spel Vlucht naar de top. één miljard dollar. Het een jacht op leven en dood...
King schreef Vlucht naar de top onder zijn pseudoniem Richard Bachman. Het werd in 1987 verfilmd door Paul Michael Glaser met o.a. Arnold Schwarzenegger in de hoofdrol. Een nieuwe film is in de maak onder regie van Edgar Wright.
Op jacht naar hoge kijkcijfers worden er steeds extremere televisiespelletjes bedacht. Kandidaten de werkloosheid is hoog en uitkeringen zijn er niet. Ben Richards, achtentwintig jaar, is de wanhoop nabij. Zijn dochtertje is ziek en geld om medicijnen te kopen heeft hij niet. Ben schrijft zich in als kandidaat voor het spel Vlucht naar de top. één miljard dollar. Het een jacht op leven en dood...
King schreef Vlucht naar de top onder zijn pseudoniem Richard Bachman. Het werd in 1987 verfilmd door Paul Michael Glaser met o.a. Arnold Schwarzenegger in de hoofdrol. Een nieuwe film is in de maak onder regie van Edgar Wright.
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307 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2014
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About the author
Stephen King
2,393 books888k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
August 29, 2025
Gelezen ter voorbereiding van de verfilming van het boek wat uitkomt in oktober.
De pacing is goed, er gebeurt voortdurend iets waardoor het leuk wegleest. Op de hoofdpersoon na hebben de overige personages echter wel vrij weinig diepte.
Al met al een prima boek dat vlot weg leest. 3/5.
De pacing is goed, er gebeurt voortdurend iets waardoor het leuk wegleest. Op de hoofdpersoon na hebben de overige personages echter wel vrij weinig diepte.
Al met al een prima boek dat vlot weg leest. 3/5.
June 6, 2024
3,5 sterren maar ik neig meer naar de 4 dus 4 sterren. Dit boek werd geschreven in 1982 en doet zich voor in 2024. Onze wereld is al een ramp maar Thank God nog niet zo’n grote ramp als in dit boek. Ik was aan het hopen op een bepaald einde maar werd verrast in de plaats, kwam even binnen.
April 13, 2025
Not a bad book, although I do feel that the translation to Dutch leaves out a lot of feelings.
Some parts feel messy, especially for someone as good as Stephen King. The concept and ending are great though.
Some parts feel messy, especially for someone as good as Stephen King. The concept and ending are great though.
March 16, 2024
What the fuck.
July 27, 2024
Algemeen wel een goed boek, leuke spanning die toeneemt naar het einde toe.
November 10, 2025
Ik heb erg genoten van dit boek omdat het relevante problemen uit de wereld gied reflecteerd.
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