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The Running Man

by Stephen King

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Dystopian worlds ↗
Original publication
1999
Selected edition
paperback
Pages in this edition
219
English editions
15 ↗
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1987 · New American Library · eng

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WELCOME TO AMERICA IN 2025 WHEN THE BEST MEN DON'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT, THEY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES--IN THE ULTIMATE DEATH GAME.

Each night all Americans tune in to the nation's favorite TV game show--The Running Man.

Each night they see if the contestant has evaded death at the hands of the Hunters just one more day. Thirty days of survival takes the prize--one billion dollars.

The record is eight days...

But now a new contestant, Ben Richards, has set out to beat the brutal odds, beat the rigged game, beat the entire savage system. He's betting his life that he can...
--back cover

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Catalogued editions of The Running Man
EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
The Running ManSelected1987paperback219Open Library ↗
The Running Man2009-11paperback317Open Library ↗
The Running Man2022paperback416Open Library ↗
Running Man2012unknown256Open Library ↗
The Running ManAugust 1, 1999unknown336Open Library ↗
The running manStephen King writing as Richard Bachman.1983unknown219Open Library ↗
Running Man2007unknown256Open Library ↗
Running Man2016unknown400Open Library ↗
Running Man2007unknown256Open Library ↗
Running Man2016unknown416Open Library ↗
Running Man2010-04-01other—Open Library ↗
The Running ManOctober 1999unknown—Open Library ↗
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