Title: The Running Man
First published: October 1999
Description: The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising.

The story follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the reality show The Running Man in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are chased by the general public, who get a huge bounty if they kill him.

The book has a total of 101 chapters, laid out in a "countdown" format. The first is titled "Minus 100 and Counting ..." with the numbers decreasing, ending with the last chapter called "Minus 000 and Counting" (or, in some versions, simply "000").


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Also contained in:

 - [The Bachman Books][2]
 - [The Bachman Books](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24796729W)



  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/bachman_novel/running_man_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81591W/The_Bachman_Books_(Rage_The_Long_Walk_Roadwork_The_Running_Man)
Subjects: horror fiction, Game shows, Television game shows, Fiction, Suspense, science fiction, dystopia, bluffing, surface-to-air missles, crime scenes, parachutes, autopilot, skyscrapers, carjacking, postmarks, torture, safe houses, ghetto, underclass, propaganda, overdubbing, totalitarianism, blacklisting, prostitution, outlaws, hitmen, Adventure stories, Survival skills, World history, American literature, Fiction, horror, Fiction, dystopian, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, American Horror tales, United states, fiction
Places: United States, New York City, Boston, YMCA, Manchester, New Hampshire, Portland, Maine, Derry, Rockand, Camden, Winterport
People: Rolf, Dickie, Frank, Frankie, Gilley, Jake, Jennifer, Muhammed Ali, Clyde Barrow, Arthur M. Burns, Bobby Cowles, Mary Cowles, Jack Crager, Old Man Curry, John Deegan, Robert S. Donahue, Flapper Donnigan, Wayne Duninger, Kippy Friedman, Rich Goleon, Sheila Catherine Gordon, Charlie Grady, Ogden Grassner, Gerry Hanrahan, Mr. Harris, Heinrich Himmler, Governor Hizzoer, Don Holloway, J. Edgar Hoover, Mick Jagger, Mr. Jansky, Eileen Jenner, Molie Jernigan, Governor Johsnbury, Jack Johnson, Miss Jones, Liz Kelley, Dan Killian, Jimmy Laughlin, Mick McCartney, Evan McCone, Dink Moran, Rich Moran, Budgie O'Sanchez, Walt O'Sanchez, Elton Parrakis, Virginia Parrakis, Mr. Rettenmund, Mr. Richards, Mrs. Richards, Benjamin Stuart Richards, Catherine Sarah Richards, Todd Richards, John Griffen Springer, Grace Taylor, Bobby Thompson, Bradley Throckmorton, Cassie Throckmorton, Stacey Throckmorton, Mrs. Upshaw, Fred Victor, Rinda Ward, H.G. Wells, Amelia Williams
Time periods: 2025