King/Bachman?

Question

I've read dozens of Stephen King's books. He's my favorite author of all time. I've read all the Bachman books. My question is this. Does anyone think that the Bachman books are VERY VERY subpar compared to the King books? I'd go as far as to say that the Bachman books are NOT good. I wonder what the difference is since it is coming from the same mind.

Answer 1

Sub-par? No. I think King was just stretching his writing wings..even authors need to change it up now and again.

I don't think I could compare King stories to Bachman stories, because they 'are' different, and to expect them to be written in the same style would be disappointing.

Answer 2

I would not say that the Bachman books are sub-par. I remember reading that Stephen King just wanted to try something different, which is why he wrote Roadwork, The Long Walk, The Running Man, & Rage, as Richard Bachman.

The Long Walk & The Running Man were definatly the best.

Answer 3

Thr Running Man and the Long Walk are excellent reads. Thinner is quite good as well as the new one Blaze. They may not be the King style but I think he purposely writes in a different manner when he compose as Bachman. Its kind of an alter ego.

Answer 4

I can tell its Kings books because of how involved he gets with the characters. Bachman books seem to be not as 'scary', like thinner, Long walk, and the new one Blaze it is more of people being psycho, not ghosts, monsters or demons. I like both sets of books, when I read Long walk I couldn't get that out of my mind for a long time.