The Running Man
A desperate father enters a deadly televised manhunt to save his sick child in a ruthless near-future America.
First published 1999
HorrorScience Fiction
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In a near-future United States marked by poverty, pollution, and media control, Ben Richards is trapped by unemployment and his child’s urgent medical needs. The only way to get money is to enter the government-run Free-Vee games.
Ben ends up chosen for The Running Man, the most dangerous of the televised contests: a nationwide manhunt where Hunters, informants, and the audience all become part of the chase. To keep the prize alive, he must stay on the move, evade capture, and survive long enough to earn the payout.
As the countdown advances, the game exposes the cruelty and manipulation built into the system. Ben’s survival becomes not just a test of endurance, but a confrontation with propaganda, class power, and whether anyone can outlast a rigged spectacle designed to kill.
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- Authors
- Richard Bachman, Stephen King
- First published
- 1999
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Dystopia, Fantasy, Suspense
- Subjects
- horror fiction · Game shows · Television game shows · Fiction · Suspense · science fiction · dystopia · bluffing · surface-to-air missles · crime scenes · parachutes · autopilot · skyscrapers · carjacking · postmarks · torture · safe houses · ghetto · underclass · propaganda · overdubbing · totalitarianism · blacklisting · prostitution · outlaws · hitmen · Adventure stories · Survival skills · World history · American literature · Fiction, horror · Fiction, dystopian · Fiction, media tie-in · Fiction, thrillers, suspense · American Horror tales · United states, fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780451197962
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