Anybody here ever read Rage?

**mojomofo** · November 4th, 2010

I've got a couple copies of the Bachman Books- you should have let me known and I would have sent you one. You would get the paperback version, which is a bit more worn though.

**JohnDalglish** · November 4th, 2010

Originally Posted by Shawshank

So, I've bid on a copy of the Bachman books on eBay. It looks like an intriguing story and, if I win in, I may have the distinction of being the only King fan I know to have ever so much as seen a copy. I anxiously await the completion of the auction.

Hi,

Sorry but there's a a lot of copies including Rage still available on the secondary market, so try Amazon etc before you put in a high bid IMO.

I re-rtead it recently and I think it's a great story.

Long days and pleasant nights

**Pucker** · November 4th, 2010

Originally Posted by Shawshank

Has any member of this site ever read Rage? If you acquired it after King requested all printings to cease, where in the world did you find it?

During arguments and debates, I've always defended King's decision regarding Rage. As much as I may want to read it, I can wholeheartedly understand and cope with the reason why Stephen King would want this book to never be read. As much as I support Freedom of Press, if an author doesn't want his book to see the light of day - especially for a reason so grand as with Rage - than I would not dream of hindering him and I believe him to be within his rights to make that decision.

True enough, an author can do whatever he likes with his work, but when I read grandiose statements like the one below -- in a book purporting to instruct would-be writers -- and then watch the author of this hollow sentiment censor himself when the evening news hits a little too close to home, it makes me question if this guy actually believes in anything that doesn't have a dollar sign attached to it.

"There are a lot of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see...or to at least shut up about what you do see that's different. They are agents of the status quo. Not necessarily bad guys, but dangerous guys if you happen to believe in intellectual freedom."

Just a thought.

**JohnDalglish** · November 4th, 2010

Originally Posted by Kid Charlemagne

True enough, an author can do whatever he likes with his work, but when I read grandiose statements like the one below -- in a book purporting to instruct would-be writers -- and then watch the author of this hollow sentiment censor himself when the evening news hits a little too close to home, it makes me question if this guy actually believes in anything that doesn't have a dollar sign attached to it.

"There are a lot of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see...or to at least shut up about what you do see that's different. They are agents of the status quo. Not necessarily bad guys, but dangerous guys if you happen to believe in intellectual freedom."

Just a thought.

Hi,

But self-censorship surely is different from external censorship?

'Grandiose', 'purporting', 'hollow', 'dollar sign attached to it'?

Hmm, what do you mean?

Long days and pleasant nights

**Bryan James** · November 4th, 2010

It's in my attic somewhere (literal and figurative).

**GLewman** · November 4th, 2010

I had no idea he took one of his stories out of print because of political correctness....Very strange(Deep frown)...Dosen't art imitate life and vice versa...Perhaps Rose Madder should be taken out of print as thousands of women are terrorized and stalked, by their ex-husbands, every year....children are molested every day. I think he should reconsider The Library Policeman....The more I think about it, the more irritated I get...It is quite in vogue to tear down christianity now days. Not politically incorrect at all to use a major character in a book that "praise Jesus", every other sentence, to justify murder...Damn Stevie! You might reconsider a few dozen of your stories. There is a lot of bad s**t going on in the world that you have written about. Wouldn't want to offend anyone.