The Bachman Books
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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 ahold of 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.
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) and The Regulators (1996) were not included in this collection.
Going out of print
Due to the similarities between Rage and the Columbine High School massacre, this collection and the aforementioned novel were allowed to go out of print by the author. The remaining three novels are still in print and are published as separate books. However, copies of The Bachman Books can still be found at some used book stores.
ISBN numbers
- ISBN 0451147367 (paperback, 1991)
- ISBN 0452277752 (paperback, 1996)
- ISBN 0451191935 (paperback, 1996)
- ISBN 0606037225 (turtleback, 1996)nl:4 x Stephen King