Rage
Signet, 1977
Bracket #1
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
3.422222222
I loved it - 5
It was good - 4
Average - 3
Only so-so - 2
I didnt like it - 1
Never Read
Rage--Voting Closed
Rage
Signet, 1977
Bracket #1
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
3.422222222
Last edited by mae; 03-10-2010 at 12:08 PM.
Heng Dai
Seems this is one of the lesser-read books. So far most have voted as having never read it.
I gave it a 4, I enjoyed this story alot and I'm not generally over awed with the Bachman stories.
It's out of print--I don't know when that happened, but obviously too soon for me to have read it....Originally Posted by pablo
I don't know if The Bachman Books omnibus is very hard to come by on eBay or Amazon Marketplace? I've had my hardcover copy for a long while, so I haven't ever checked on that.
I haven't found it at amazon.com....
And apparently it's not even available in America anymore, and the current British version doesn't have Rage....
No, just took a quick look and there are plenty of copies there.
Original hardcover
Original paperback 1
Original paperback 2
Re-release paperback
All contain Rage.
And all are "used and new."No, just took a quick look and there are plenty of copies there.
Original hardcover
Original paperback
Re-release paperback
All contain Rage.
It was taken out of print after the Columbine shootings. King said that it would never be put in print again.
I think it actually was taken out of print around 1999.
According to wikipedia, the clincher was Michael Carneal, which was December 1st, 1997.
So you're probably right.
I have one for the giveaway--Omnibus including Rage I mean
Paperback
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I gave this one an average. It's fairly obvious that it's an EARLY King work.
John
it was good, not average but not awesome.
I voted good. I liked it.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Wow, i've never even heard of it. Now i'm going to find it!
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
It's definitely worth a read. It's a pretty good psychological story.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Cool. I'll see about buying myself a copy at Borders.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
You can't, it's out of print. You need to get a second-hand copy of The Bachman Books. Check those links I gave a few posts up in this thread.
Thanks Pablo. Have we met? If not, Nice to meet ya!
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
Hey William. Hope you get a good copy of The Bachman Books. It's a great tome.
Yes, that is accurate regarding King allowing/wanting Rage to go out of print shortly after the Carneal shooting.
I gave this a 3. It was pretty good, but I'm consious that I'll be hitting a lot of 4's & 5's in any SK category, so for me a 3 is fair on this one.
I voted "1", and if there were negative numbers, I would have gladly given a very big one
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why didn't you like, Jean?
John
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