Long Walk, The Formats: Paperback/Audio First Edition Release Date: 1979
Synopsis:
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're out - permanently.
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Posted By: Heather - 02/04/2010 - 10:47 PM EST
this story chilled me to the bone especially the end which seems at one point victorious and then switching to tragic. I was mesmerized.
Posted By: Rudolf Niehaus - 01/22/2010 - 7:19 AM EST
Excellent story.
Posted By: Mangan - 01/11/2010 - 2:04 PM EST
I read The Long walk (Swedish translation: "Marathonmarshen") as a child and i remember having a big inpact on me. It was by far the best King book i had ever read. Growing up in secure country of Sweden where nothing horrifying ever happends. Kings books where about the only place u could escape boring reality for a teenager. Also made some special work on Stephen King in School (one of the few good degrees i got that year). After a couple of years i totally forgot about King and The Long Walk. Last summer me and my fiance bought an old wooden house on the countryside and i found my old King books , and i started reading The Long walk again, and it blew my mind. Scary and brilliant. As an adult u see stuff in the plot that u didnt see as a child. Looking forward to see the Movie.
Posted By: Yvette - 01/10/2010 - 6:57 AM EST
I've read this book over and over again... read it every once in a while. It's def. one of my favorite books of all time!
Posted By: Rob L. (S. Africa) - 01/08/2010 - 9:11 PM EST
I've read this one two or three times a year for the last 18 years or so. It's like a bit of exercise I simply need to do. Seems to keep things in perspective. Doesn't need the silver screen, but could adapt well. Well done Dick/Steve.
