The Running Man
by Stephen King
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Author: Stephen KingEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN: 0451197968
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Signet
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Book Review: "Because You Watch It, We Won't Botch It"
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Meet Ben Richards, one of the faceless millions who are supposed to keep their mouths shut, work hard in exploding conditions of filth, disease & pollution and enjoy a brief escape through the government-sponsored game shows, which may give some of those desperate enough a chance for brief fame, before they die chasing the huge payout for their efforts.
Richards washed out of a variety of menial jobs and has a wife & sick daughter to support, so he decides to take his chances at becoming a game show contestant. He is selected to be in The Running Man, where the riches are enormous for the winner; but not one person has survived to reap that glory.
Author Richard Bachman (Stephen King) takes the reader through the violent chase for survival by Richards and the pursuit by professional hunters, with every citizen a possible game show snitch. In this intense story, Richards may be welcomed into the government machine, if he is willing to sell his soul to those who wanted him dead.
The manuscript is not the same as the script of the film by the same name; this Richards is an anti-hero, who was created as much by society as he was through his boiling anger with the monstrous monolith of a government.
And the end proves that many people can try to run, but they cannot hide.
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