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Just got a hardcover edition of The Bachman Books with Rage included for $10! Happy dance :)

Mark wrote: "Just got a hardcover edition of The Bachman Books with Rage included for $10! Happy dance :)"

Congrats! That's a great find.

That’s awesome! That is very difficult to find. Lucky finding it at such a good price

I was shocked to find it. Haven't seen a complete edition in years.

I got a beat-up paperback edition many years ago and considered myself very lucky.

I managed to find a UK Hardback of Bachman Books that also included Rage about 3 years ago on an auction site here in New Zealand called Trade Me (similar to eBay). It cost me $70NZD. I was very happy to find it and considered that I was very lucky to find at this price. I would really like to find a US version of it though. I do tend to prefer US over UK editions.

Mark wrote: "Just got a hardcover edition of The Bachman Books with Rage included for $10! Happy dance :)" I still have my old paperback copy of The Bachman Books with Rage in it. Holding on to it for sure.

F.C. wrote: "Mark wrote: "Just got a hardcover edition of The Bachman Books with Rage included for $10! Happy dance :)" I still have my old paperback copy of The Bachman Books with Rage in it. Holding on to it ..."

The red/orange cover with the skulls buried in the road! I remember buying it when I was 16 in an airport.

Yes, that is the one, got a paperback copy for Christmas one year. Books make the best gifts.

Nice find!

OH HAPPY DAY!
Just scored a 1985 first edition hardcover of the Bachman Books, in pristine condition, for $13.00usd, I'm soooooo excited! Have never read any of these or the prelude where King explains why he wrote as Richard Backman. This book has been on my wish list for years,
My reading queue is crammed right now but this one is destined for the front of the queue....let's get started!

I have to admit that I don't know what the deal is with Rage, can someone explain it to me, please?
I have a hardback edition of The Bachman Books from 1986 that includes Rage as well as the intro from SK as to why he was Bachman. I don't know what it cost as it was a birthday present & there isn't a price printed on the book anywhere.
What I did notice is that it was printed by The Garden City Press, Letchworth, Herts, UK. Letchworth is the town I used to live in for the first 23 years of my life.

Merv wrote: "I have to admit that I don't know what the deal is with Rage, can someone explain it to me, please?
I have a hardback edition of The Bachman Books from 1986 that includes Rage as well as the intr..."

As far as I know, there was a furor over Rage because it was about student violence -- shooting a teacher, in fact -- from the point of view of the student... presenting him as almost a sympathetic character. And the problem was compounded when a school shooter was found to have a copy in his locker after a shooting. I don't know all the details, unfortunately. King withdrew the book from publication himself after that.

Nick wrote: "Merv wrote: "I have to admit that I don't know what the deal is with Rage, can someone explain it to me, please?
I have a hardback edition of The Bachman Books from 1986 that includes Rage as wel..."

After a mass shooting at a school by a student a copy of Rage which is about this topic was found in the shooter's locker. As a result King decided to pull it from any future editions. I've read it and I can understand why he did this. After all, when he wrote about Mailbox Baseball in Stand By Me there was a rash of toppled mailboxes across America.

There had been several instances of escalating school violence linked to Rage, with early events involving hostages, then later events where teachers were killed, and then a couple where kids were shot. SK then let it fall out of print.

Okay, thanks for the replies & explanation. Does that make the copy I have valuable? Only out of curiosity, not thinking of selling it.

Nick wrote: "Merv wrote: "I have to admit that I don't know what the deal is with Rage, can someone explain it to me, please?
I have a hardback edition of The Bachman Books from 1986 that includes Rage as wel..."
I've always thought that King withdrew Rage from circulation on advice of his lawyers to limit his liability from future civil litigation from survivors from a shooting. He was probably wise to heed the advice.

Merv wrote: "Okay, thanks for the replies & explanation. Does that make the copy I have valuable? Only out of curiosity, not thinking of selling it."

Not enough to retire on. Copies of The Bachman Books that include Rage are selling for about a hundred to four hundred dollars. Of the four original Bachman books, Rage is commanding a much higher price that the other three. Into the thousands of dollars. Now, these are the paperbacks that were sold as written by Richard Bachman before anyone knew that he was King.

Michael wrote: "Merv wrote: "Okay, thanks for the replies & explanation. Does that make the copy I have valuable? Only out of curiosity, not thinking of selling it."

Not enough to retire on. Copies of The Bachman..."

Cheers for that Michael, interesting to see what it's worth. Makes sense how much the original standalone book is now worth.

Michael wrote: "Merv wrote: "Okay, thanks for the replies & explanation. Does that make the copy I have valuable? Only out of curiosity, not thinking of selling it."

Not enough to retire on. Copies of The Bachman..."
Still have my paperback copy of the four Bachman books with Rage included. I believe it was a Christmas present one year.