Well, the last novel was the best, by far. It is also the (probably not coincidentially) the most well known, "The Running Man." It was made into a movie starring the govenator himself. I think I had heard that King was not happy with the movie, and I wouldn't blame him. It changed so many elements of the novel, it is hard to say it is even the same story.
It was one of those tense action thrillers that make you want to keep turning the pages. While I have complained before that these novels were too long, this is not. The pacing is perfect.
Like The Long Walk, this is a slightly futuristic dystopian society. And again, Stephen King plays with the game show theme, this time involving contestants running for their lives from hunters. The people participating are poor and desperate to make money for their families, and are paid for every hour they stay alive...all of this for the viewing public to watch.
Again, I must give dues to King as a futurist here. We are not far away from that now, especially not on the internet, viewing death and destruction as entertainment.
King is at his best here, even under the name of Bachman. He leads us down a tense quickly paced thriller, while leaving us wondering when do we turn it off, and how far is too far.
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