Rage

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English language

Published Nov. 11, 1977

ISBN:
978-0-451-07645-8
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Rage (written as Getting It On; the title was changed before publication) is a psychological thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, the first he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was first published in 1977 and then, it was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel describes a school shooting, and has been associated with actual high school shooting incidents in the 1980s and 1990s. In response, King allowed the novel to fall out of print, and in 2013, he published a non-fiction, anti-firearms violence essay titled "Guns".

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Anyone saying that they don't understand why this book is out of print hasn't read it. This book sucks and anyone who "likes" it isn't someone you should listen to. Yeah, the whole "angry at the world" thing sucks and probably shouldn't be heralded but the fact that an absolutely unlikable character should be some type of antihero worth appreciation at all is just insulting to a reader looking for a good story. King says this was written primarily in high school and it shows.