The Long Walk

1979 · Book · horror fiction, psychological fiction, dystopian fiction, science fiction

Stephen King

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The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Set in a dystopian alternative version of the United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, the plot follows the contestants of a grueling annual walking contest. While not the first of King's novels to be published, The Long Walk was the first novel he wrote, having begun it in 1966–67 during his freshman year at the University of Maine, some eight years before his first published novel, Carrie, was released in 1974.

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Type: Book
Release date: July 1, 1979
Genres: horror fiction, psychological fiction, dystopian fiction, science fiction
Created by: Stephen King
Countries: United States