Title: The Long Walk
Description: The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardback.

Set in a future dystopian America, ruled by a totalitarian and militaristic dictator, the plot revolves around the contestants of a grueling, annual walking contest. In 2000, the American Library Association listed The Long Walk as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000.


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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/long_walk_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81591W/The_Bachman_Books_(Rage_The_Long_Walk_Roadwork_The_Running_Man)
Subjects: Horror, Suspense, Fiction, dystopia, walking contests, totalitarianism, half-tracks, Horror tales, American literature, Fiction, general, Contests, Walking, Survival, Teenage boys, Teenage athletes, Fascism, Fiction, horror
Places: United States, Maine, Canada, Pownal, Androscoggin County, Massachusetts
People: Randy, Sheila, Carolyn, Curley, Gwendoline, Hattie, Janice, Joe, Mike, Percy, Priscilla, Ralph, Hank Aaron, Aaronson, Abraham, Cannonball Adderley, Fred Astaire, Arthur Baker, James Baker, Gary Barkovitch, Ray Bradbury, Done Bredes, Dave Brubedk, John Carter, Wilkie Collins, Regie Cotter, George D'Allessio, Davidson, Amelia Dorgen, Mr. Elwell, Mrs. Elwell, Ewing, Fenter, Roger Fenum, Charlie Field, Georgie Fielder, W.C. Fields, Stephen Foster, Gallant, Jeff Garraty, Mrs. Garraty, Raymond Davis Garraty, Grange, Gribble, Harkness, Harlan, Bill Hough, Ron Howard, Shirley Jackson, Jensen, John Keats, James Kirkwood, Klingerman, Eddie Klipstein, John Knowles, Dom L'antio, Larson, Major, Katrina McVries, Peter McVries, Milligan, Robert Mitchum, Thelonius Monk, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Morgan, Henry Olson, Jimmy Owens, Collie Parker, Bruce Paster, Dr. Patterson, Pearson, Miss Petrie, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Davey Popham, Harold Quince, Rank, Eleanor Roosevelt, J.D. Salinger, Scramm, Cathy Scramm, Bobbi Sledge, Stebbins, Swinburn, Toland, Travin, Tressler, Tubbins, Wayne, Marty Wyman, Yannick, Zuck