dewey@ttidca.UUCP (William Dewey) (06/10/85)
Having just finished the book 'Thinner' by Richard Bachman, I am a bit puzzled by the small white wrapper which was around the book upon which was printed 'Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman'. I have seen a reference to this in net.sf-lovers pertaining to the book 'The Long Walk' and the people at B. Dalton said that there were several other books by 'Richard Bachman/Stephen King' which would be out soon. On the book jacket of 'Thinner' is a picture of Richard Bachman which looks nothing like Stephen King, at least not the Stephen King in the American Express adds, and the book is dedicated 'To my wife, Claudia Inez Bachman' just coincidentally, Claudia Bachman took the photo of the author which appears on the jacket. Any info on this would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill Dewey
campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) (06/14/85)
> Having just finished the book 'Thinner' by Richard Bachman, I am a bit > puzzled by the small white wrapper which was around the book upon which > was printed 'Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman'... I've seen two articles in the past couple of months about this. Seems publishers don't like to carry too many titles by one author at a time; makes them hard to promote, and apparently they'll sell more books if they wring one dry before publishing the next one. But Steven King is one of the most prolific writers around today. So he published a bunch of books under the Bachman name. He's gone public with it now, and I don't think he'll write any more under that name. The "author's picture" on some books is some random guy from N.H., not named Bachman. - Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton St., Boston MA 02109 UUCP: {decvax, security, linus, mit-eddie}!genrad!enmasse!maynard!campbell ARPA: decvax!genrad!enmasse!maynard!campbell@DECWRL.ARPA