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Running Man (other)
Running Man may refer to: Literature * ''The Running Man'', a 1963 novel by Joan Carol Holly under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly * The Running Man (novel), ''The Running Man'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman * The Running Man (Bauer novel), ''The Running Man'' (Bauer novel), by Michael Gerard Bauer * The Running Man (short story), "The Running Man" (short story), by Bill Pronzini * ''Running Man'', a musical by Cornelius Eady and Diedre Murray Film and television * The Running Man (1963 film), ''The Running Man'' (1963 film), a British drama * The Running Man (1981 film), ''The Running Man'' (1981 film), a Canadian television film * ''Running Man'', working title for the Australian film released as ''The City's Edge'' (1983) * The Running Man (1987 film), ''The Running Man'' (1987 film), an American dystopian action film loosely based on the Stephen King novel * Running Man (2013 film), ''Running Man'' (2013 film), a 2013 South Korean fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Running Man (novel)
''The Running Man'' is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus '' The Bachman Books''. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising. The story follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the reality show ''The Running Man'' in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are chased by the general public, who get a huge bounty if they kill him. The book has a total of 101 chapters, laid out in a "countdown" format. The first is titled "Minus 100 and Counting ..." with the numbers decreasing, ending with the last chapter called "Minus 000 and Counting" (or, in some versions, simply "000"). ''The Running Man'' was very loosely adapted into a film with the same name in 1987, five years after the book was released. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |