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The Running Man

The Running Man
Stephen King

The Running Man is a science fiction thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising.

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“Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.”

Stephen King The Running Man

Source: The Running Man

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“He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.”

Stephen King The Running Man

Source: The Running Man

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“In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives….”

Stephen King The Running Man

Source: The Running Man

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