Does anyone own the orig. Bachman paperbacks ?

**chris2-4** · January 20th, 2011

The Bachman Books are some of my fav. stories . I know a lot of people collect Stephen King material . I was just wondering if anyone owned the originals ?

**king family fan** · January 21st, 2011

I have 3 different paperbacks of the Bachman Books with Rage in them. what year is the original,does anyone know?Thanks

**garygak** · June 16th, 2011

I heard the new ones don't contain Rage. Is that true? Too bad if it is; it's probably my favorite SK.

**JohnDalglish** · June 16th, 2011

Originally Posted by garygak

I heard the new ones don't contain Rage. Is that true? Too bad if it is; it's probably my favorite SK.

Hi,

Yes, that's true.

But second-hand copies containing Rage are readily available on the secondary market.

Long days and pleasant nights

**Jojo87** · January 21st, 2011

I don't own any originals. But I have one Bachman/King book Blaze. I've read it. It was great.

**Bev Vincent** · January 21st, 2011

Yes, quite a few collectors have some or all of the original paperback editions of the individual books that were later collected as The Bachman Books. They can often be purchased at used book stores (you can find many on www.abebooks.com). I see one set of all four selling for $650.

**Tinahorve** · January 24th, 2011

Were the Bachman books not published in Hardback?

**fljoe0** · January 21st, 2011

Does anyone know what the sales of the original paperbacks before the author's identity was revealed? In "The Bachman Books" intro I believe SK said that Bachman was steadily gaining a bigger audience and that "The Running Man" (I think that's the one) sold 28,000 copies. I wonder about the originals of "Rage", "The Long Walk" and "Roadwork". There probably isn't many of the original paperbacks around anymore.

**fushingfeef** · January 21st, 2011

I used to see them in libraries back in the early 80's, but it's been a long while since I have seen one. I read The Long Walk before anyone knew it was SK, great book!