![]() ![]() Dark secrets go flying, fights start, but everybody seems pretty nonchalant about the two people Charlie shot. As negotiations with the police go on via the intercom in the room, Charlie transforms a group of scared teenagers into a psychology class/town hall meeting. Filled with the titular emotion, he grabs a handgun, shoots two teachers, and takes a classroom hostage. Rage is about an average high school kid named Charlie Decker, who has lived a surprisingly tortured life. Bachman books tended to feature much more realistic stories, often involving insanity, and having very dreary endings. The collection features the first four, all of which are very unlike your average Stephen King book. ![]() Under Bachman’s name, King published six books (although one was published when Bachman’s real identity was widely known)- Rage, Roadwork, The Running Man, The Long Walk, Thinner (which was a much more King-like story, incorporating horror elements), and The Regulators (which tied into another King book, Desperation). ![]() If you’re wondering what my least favorite of the Hungry City Chronicles is, it’s the original Mortal Engines.) in the collection.Īs some of you literary buffs may know, Richard Bachman was a pseudonym by famous horror writer Stephen King. ![]() This time around, however, I’m going to be looking at a four-book collection known as The Bachman Books, and instead of just the best, I’ll also be examining the worst (P.S. This is a post in the same vein as my Best of The Hungry City Chronicles. ![]()
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