The book set the pace at 4 mph, but the movie lowers it to a slower and steadier 3 mph. “They changed it at my advice,” King says, “because four miles an hour was just too fucking fast.”
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Such a crazy dystopian story that’s not that far fetched. What’s etched into my mind from that book was the kid who didn’t survive the like first hour bc his stomach got fucked up. Crazy story. Didn’t think this could ever be made into a film. Can’t wait.
My favourite of your novels! I’m probably overdue for a reread. I think my interpretation of the end will probably have changed over the past 30 years.
I know you must be excited about this as well as the breaking news that Trump has announced his plans to reopen Alcatraz as well as the notorious Shawshank prison. Possibly bringing in the brilliant Warden Norton and some hard screws to get tough on criminals.
@stephenking.bsky.social I became a huge fan of yours after reading this short story when I was young little man. I fondly recall what I’ve learned since reading many of your classics. You inspire me, sir. I am forever grateful to your immense imagination and literary contributions to humanity. ToFu
Wow, I read this in my teens long ago! What a good read it was Stephen, still think of it to this day.
In Sweden it is called Maratonmarschen (the Maraton March).
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Fantastic!
I found these stories in the early 90s.
Shared them with my teenage daughter around 2016 ish, and am sure "Rage" was the catalyst for her teaching degree.
She found her voice that year.
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I first read that book 10-15 years ago.
It means more the older I get; I'm in my late 60s now.
To be able to write such a story at such a young age; we were blessed w/folks like you, Dylan, Hunter & more who could express feelings and ideas well beyond their calendar ages.
Good time to be alive!
One of my favorites
Every time I read it, there is a metronome in my brain, following step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step bystep by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by
Thank you for all you have written. You are appreciated. One of the greats. The world needed you. I needed you. Thank you. May all your best dreams come true and your worst dreams be best sellers 🖤🌬️
First book of yours I ever read. Was given to me as a birthday gift by another kid when I was 12!
Still remember key parts vividly decades later.
Great book!
I read The Long Walk long before I became an ultra runner. 4 miles per hour can start feeling very, very fast as the miles add up. I still think about this story a lot.
@stephenking.bsky.social I always though this would make an excellent screen adaptation. I read all of the stories you wrote while in college under your other pen name. I can’t wait to see this!
The book captured my imagination as a teen. I read it every year. This year I have it as an audio book to listen to on my first 100 mile (non stop) walk in a couple of weeks.
Hoping for no washed out bridges and better food. Also, not to be shot if I need a short sit down.
Is that the one "Richard Bachman" wrote about a whole big group of teens boy that Walk and Walk and Walk until eventually all of them were killed but one?
It reminds me of something written for the Korean torture-porn film industry.
The past years of dystopian movies when put into the context of the world we are living in now. It feels like a foreshadowing of what we have to come like our world is turning in slow motion to a horror plot. I only hope we can make changes soon enough to survive.
Kind of crazy when you realize that Putin is now spending about as many people every month for his attempted genocide of Ukraine, as the USA lost in the entire Vietnam war.
Huge news, had no idea this was in production. First read it maybe 1991 and have returned to it many times. And Mark Hamill playing against type as the Major? Just take my ‘king money, OK?
The Long Walk has one of the bleakest endings I've ever read. I'm legitimately surprised it got made into a film, but I'm looking forward to watching it all the same.
I want to be the @stephenking.bsky.social of musicians. Covers should cost a dollar, as long as I get to be in the studio and maybe cameo on the album.
I write nearly as frequently as Mr. King does, just not in words.
I’m having my first bout of sciatica pain. I read this story many years ago, and it’s funny because as I was walking(if that’s what you wanna call it) down my driveway yesterday, I swear to Jesus I thought, “I’d not make the first mile,” while thinking of The Long Walk.
I’m not a huge horror fan. But your work is so much more.
Even your horror work mines the human psyche and pieces like this are absolutely beautiful in their brutality.
Can’t wait to see it.
I've always been surprised this hasn't been filmed yet. It seems like it would be so low budget that it would make money if you just showed it in a Utah drive-in: get 100 teenage/young adult boys, a road, a military jeep, and you're 70% of the way there.
Read this book, long ago.
My favorite was the short story Rock n Roll Heaven! ??
Long time ago too.
Loved all the shorts in that book that I can't remember the name of...
This is sooooooo exciting. I've literally been waiting for years for this. This is my second favorite book right behind The Stand. I do book swaps a lot. Every single one I buy a copy of this. It doesn't get enough attention. People need to know it's out there!
Really liked the long walk (as a book anyway). Was thinking though that the term "dystopian Sci-Fi" may need to be replaced with "Prescient Historical Fiction", seeing as how much of it seems to be coming true. Have you looked into getting Nike to be a sponsor of this movie ?
I only read the book a few montzs ago and loved it. It is one of those stories that lingers in your mind for quite a while... Really an incredible read and a great (though sinister) thought experiment. Looking forward to the movie, even though I doubt it can fully capture the depth of the story.
Read this as a preteen in the 80s. It has stuck with me more than most books, and I am glad it’s getting made. Now is certainly the right time for the dystopian game show Bachman books
Hey!! Stephen King!!!..if you are writing this nightmare we are living..you can end it now..make it a short story ..a really short story..very short...You can put it in a anthology or something..
I can't believe this is finally happening after all these years. It's a shame we never got to see Romero or Darabont's versions, but I have faith that Lawrence can do your excellent novel justice.
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First book of yours I ever read. Was given to me as a birthday gift by another kid when I was 12! Still remember key parts vividly decades later. Great book!
