I read the secret Stephen King book you've never heard of

I read the secret Stephen King book you've never heard of

Today I wanted to discuss the novella Rage written by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). I've been wanting to read this out of print Stephen King book for some time and was able to find a copy of The Bachman Books that still had Rage in it. It's a controversial story with a complicated past and I'm curious to know what you think of it.

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[mikedahuman]

Correlation does not imply causation, I do not believe a piece of media has the power to make someone do something like this, its a bigger problem than just what children are consuming for entertainment when it gets to the point of murder.

[campbelldoug]

It was my student Jeff Cox in 1988 who took a class hostage after reading Rage. He asked for me however, I was at a debate tournament at the time. Was it the book? At school, teachers noted his intelligence, even when he was doing poorly. “He had a lot to say and knew how to say it, ” said Doug Campbell, San Gabriel High’s debate coach. “He saw things that other kids didn’t see at his age.”

[KrystleLovesHorror]

I went to Half-Priced Books today and found an old copy of The Bachman Books with “Rage” in it. I watched this video the other day and couldn’t believe I found a copy for $4.99! Loved your video, but I did want to read it myself as well. 😆

[michaellopez]

Alfred Hitchcock had a similar situation with his movie 'Psycho'. A man who had murdered a few women saw the movie and was inspired to kill another, he was subsequently caught. Hitchcock was asked if he felt any responsibility for the man's actions and he responded, at least in part, by asking what movies the man had seen before murdering the previous women.

[josephcossey]

Perhaps ironic that the similarly themed "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver should have been turned into an award winning movie and that both book and film are now regarded as modern-day classics.

[dannettermann]

At the time he wrote Rage, it must've seemed like something that could never happen in real life.

[josephwelch]

I was able to get my copy of thr Bachman collection at the Mississippi Comic Con for 5 dollars. (They definitely didnt know how much it was worth.) Rage and Carrie have similar themes about mental illness, abuse and violence. I think the only reason Rage was pulled was because of the realism of it.

[Keylime_Pi]

You put a lot of work in for such a small channel. I’ve enjoyed your recommendations and reviews!

[bramdelorijn]

An audiobook version is available on youtube.

[interghost]

The interesting thing is that Stephen King himself said in another unrelated interview that by banning a book all you do is make so more people seek it out and want to read it. So if he truly felt that way then by banning this book he would have acomplosh the oppsite that they were hoping for??

[kidneystonequeen]

I love this book but I definitely see why they pulled it. Charlie is painted really sympathetically and you're meant to understand and relate to him in many ways, but not outright excuse his actions. Though its a great story, I think a book from the perspective of a school shooter that paints him so sympathetically, who has so many things go right for him and is very in control as you said, unfortunately takes on a whole different interpretation with the context of the modern day.

[TrevorMcNeil-ey]

I can only assume the title is directed at your fellow late-Millennials, because most folks my age have very much heard of Rage and are well aware that Richard Bachman is actually Stephen King. This "double life" was part of the the inspiration for The Dark Half, and there is an essay titled, "Why I was Richard Bachman" at the back of The Regulators, which younger folks might not know. Kudos on an informative video.

[happygoathorror]

I also got my copy in the Bachman Books but I was sooo lucky because I got it second-hand for about £10. I was expecting it to arrive without Rage in it!

[stephennootens]

I read in eighth grade and recall loving the book. I have two or three copies around the house because I know how hard it is to find.

[Itsalladamnlie]

There's also Rose Madder. It's not out of print, but most King fans generally disliked it, even King himself said that the book tries too hard. If you'd make a video on that, that would be pretty cool, unless you have already.

[Sisren]

So proud of my hardback Bachman Books. Too bad its a library edition. :(

[GlynDwr-dh]

Rage is actually a pretty good book that squarely within King's classic era. It's got moments in it where King gets totally carried away by inspiration, like in the bit just before he shoots the teacher where he's describing the cosmic dimension of what he's doing and how his life trajectory led him to that point. It's the kind of stuff King could only write when he was younger and miserable. You don't get that kind of stuff in his books after the 1980s, unfortunately. I hate to say this, but like David Bowie, King started to fall off after he got clean and sober. In the early 80s, during the height of his drug and alcohol problems, his writing has a really strong melancholic streak and you could see that he was still chafing at the idea of being a popular horror writer, which is why you got things like Different Seasons where he was still toying with literary aspirations. That was best King. After rehab though, it seems like he was just paying bills and had acquiesced to his fate. That was around the time he wrote Needful Things. It was all mostly downhill from there, imo.

[pennylaughlin]

I’ve heard of & read this book, I loved it.

[moatsofdust]

I have and read this years ago and never knew until this year it was out of print. Did you read Roadwork in the collection? That one is kinda wild to read now too.

[nmbosch]

A few years back i found an old copy of the bachman books on the free book rack at the library. I scooped it up quick!