The Bachman Books
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| Author | Stephen King |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror, Speculative fiction novel |
| Publisher | New American Library |
| Publication date | 4 October 1985 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) & turtleback |
| Pages | 692 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0453005071 |
The Bachman Books is a collection of novels by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
The book was published by King in 1985 in order to introduce Bachman's work to fans who did not know about his pseudonym's work and wanted to be able to get copies of them (few of Bachman's early novels were still in circulation at the time). It opens with an introduction by King called "Why I Was Bachman", explaining how and why he took on the persona of Bachman, as well as how it was found out by the public. Another version with a new introduction to coincide The Regulators with the title "The Importance of Being Bachman" was published in 1996.
[edit] Books
These are the novels that are in The Bachman Books, appearing in the following order:
Note that this is not a complete collection of Bachman's works. Thinner (1984), The Regulators (1996) or the recently released Blaze (2007) were not included in this collection.
[edit] Going out of print
The US editions of this collection and the aforementioned novel were allowed to go out of print by the author and publisher because of a school shooting incident involving Michael Carneal. The remaining three novels are still in print and are published as separate books.
The Bachman Books is still in print in the United Kingdom [1] and can still be found at some used book stores in the United States.
[edit] Editions
- ISBN 0-451-14736-7 (paperback, 1991)
- ISBN 0-452-27775-2 (paperback, 1996)
- ISBN 0-451-19193-5 (paperback, 1996)
- ISBN 0-606-03722-5 (turtleback, 1996)
