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| title = The Long Walk
''The Long Walk'' is a novel by [[Stephen King]] published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback & hardback. Set in a near future, the plot revolves around the contestants of [[Deadly Game|a gruelling walking contest]], [[Day of the Jackboot|held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America.]] [[All There in the Manual|The rules of the titular Long Walk are as follows (at least the ones that are mentioned in the novel):]]▼
| caption = First edition cover
| author = Stephen King
| central theme =
| elevator pitch = One hundred teenage boys are forced to take part in a death march until only one is left alive.
| genre = Dystopian horror
| publication date = July 1979
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▲'''''The Long Walk''''' is a novel by [[Stephen King]] published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback & hardback. Set in a near future, the plot revolves around the contestants of [[Deadly Game|a gruelling walking contest]], [[Day of the Jackboot|held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America.]] [[All There in the Manual|The rules of the titular Long Walk are as follows (at least the ones that are mentioned in the novel):]]
* Consistently maintain a speed of at least 4 MPH
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Not to be confused with [[Judge Dredd|the retirement option for judges]].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: Only some rules of the Long Walk are mentioned, but the ones that get the most mention are Hint 13 (conserve wind) and Rule 8 (no interference with other Walkers).
* [[Alternate History]]: A blink-and-you-miss-it example where Garraty narrates about a landscape view reminding him of the German air-blitz on the American East Coast during the last days of World War II.
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