# Stephen King fans...Your favorite "Bachman" book. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018 "2004-02-01T07:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018/21 "2004-02-02T15:02:37Z")
I like _The Running Man_. The reality TV stuff is great and was written well before the advent of real reality TV. I wish someone would remake it as a movie. The Ah-nold version is one of the worst examples of what Hollywood can do to good books (although I liked the casting of Richard Dawson). If it was remade today the satirical potential is endless. Second chice: _The Long Walk_. Extremely original concept, good characters, lots of tension, lots of pathos (especially the way that friendships are forged with the knowledge that almost all of them will die). I’m not sure how cinematic it would be, though. It would have to be just a lot of shots of walking and talking. I also wouldn’t trust Hollywood not to try to graft a happy ending onto it or defang the concept somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018/22 "2004-02-02T15:45:37Z")
[hijack - sorry] Did anybody catch the Superbowl commercial for Secret Window? Stephen King wasn’t mentioned at all. [Link to the trailer.](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/secretwindow/) [/hijack] I absolutely LOVE The Long Walk. Followed by The Running Man. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018/23 "2004-02-02T16:26:36Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > Did anybody catch the Superbowl commercial for Secret Window? Stephen King wasn’t mentioned at all. My wife and I saw the same thing, when we saw the trailer in front of _Big Fish_ last Friday. There’s some King stories (mostly “straight” stories, rather than horror-themed ones) that they actually downplay his role in… _Stand By Me_ and _The Shawshank Redemption_ were, as I recall, marketed without King’s name featured at all. Not sure why this one would also be marketed without King’s name, though, since it has more of a scary story angle. Maybe they’re worried about a repeat of the outright stinker-dom of _Dreamcatcher_? ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018/24 "2004-02-02T16:43:03Z")
Am I correct that _Dolan’s Cadillac_ (packaged in _Nightmares and Dreamscapes_) was originally penned by Bachman? If so, it’s right up there behind _The Long Walk_ and _Rage_. The other two didn’t grab me nearly as much. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018/25 "2004-02-02T16:55:34Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Am I correct that _Dolan’s Cadillac_ (packaged in _Nightmares and Dreamscapes_) was originally penned by Bachman? Actually, IIRC, _Dolan’s Cadillac_ was originally published in serial form in the Stephen King Newsletter. I could be wrong there, but if this is the case, it’d be at least a little difficult to pass it off as a Bachman story. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-fans-your-favorite-bachman-book/227018.md?page=1)