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OK, so we have to talk about that introduction by SK himself.
I don't know if he was on drugs or what, but what an asshole?
He's seriously as pissed-off about people having figured out he was writing under a pseudonym as if they had broken into his house?! Also, HE decided to kill Bachman as a result, he didn't HAVE to (many authors don't and it works out well) so how can he blame people for his "death"?!
— Mar 15, 2026 11:52PM
I don't know if he was on drugs or what, but what an asshole?
He's seriously as pissed-off about people having figured out he was writing under a pseudonym as if they had broken into his house?! Also, HE decided to kill Bachman as a result, he didn't HAVE to (many authors don't and it works out well) so how can he blame people for his "death"?!
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Trish
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I'm actually surprised about how the boys ended up on the Long Walk. I was expecting something more sinister but apparently most can be chalked up to laziness / naiveté / idiocy?! Not that that means any of them deserve this but I do wonder what the point of it all is supposed to be ... we still have time to find out though.
— Mar 21, 2026 11:56AM
Trish
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We still don't have too much information on the why behind the Long Walk or the boys' being there for this one. I like it that way but I do hope we will be getting an explanation eventually. More details have been trickling in and especially a recent one has the potential to be really awesome (in a FUBAR kinda way).
— Mar 20, 2026 08:47AM
Trish
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Here we go!
I might watch the movie soon, but that's not why I'm finally reading this story. I need to catch up on several of the Bachman stories (Running Man included).
We've met the boys, they've completed their first mile. I'm curious to see the "obstacles" since 7.x miles is the longest anyone has lasted so far?
— Mar 15, 2026 11:59PM
I might watch the movie soon, but that's not why I'm finally reading this story. I need to catch up on several of the Bachman stories (Running Man included).
We've met the boys, they've completed their first mile. I'm curious to see the "obstacles" since 7.x miles is the longest anyone has lasted so far?
Don't get me wrong: he had an idea and his plans were thwarted so I'd get him being disappointed, but he was about 50 when he wrote this and this introduction was supposedly the civilized version (I don't wanna read the other one). It all seems as if he was a petulant little prick.
I am seeing SK in a wholly new light lately and it's not a flattering one. Thank goodness practically all of his old books are still wonderful!