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| Author | Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) |
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| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, Horror novel |
| Publisher | E P Dutton |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 480 pp (1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-525-94190-8 (1st edition) |
The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Richard Bachman is a Pseudonym used by Horror fiction author Stephen King. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view E P Dutton is an American book publishing company founded as a book retailer in Boston Massachusetts in 1852 by Edward Payson Dutton. The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Richard Bachman is a Pseudonym used by Horror fiction author Stephen King. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books Desperation is a Horror novel by Stephen King. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances.
King had previously "killed off" Bachman after the pseudonym was publicly exposed around the time of the 1984 release of the Bachman novel Thinner. The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. However, on the book's jacket and in a tongue-in-cheek introduction by the book's editor, it was alleged that this 1996 work was written by Bachman years earlier, but the manuscript had only recently been discovered by his widow in a trunk.
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Development
King states that he got the idea for the book while having a conversation with the late Sam Peckinpah. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release [1] The novel originated as a screenplay titled "The Shotgunners". [1] Apparently, Peckinpah liked it and made some suggestions to the script. King wrote a second draft for it, but Peckinpah died before he finished the script. [1]
Plot synopsis
The story takes place in the fictional town of Wentworth, Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads On Poplar Street, an autistic boy named Seth has gained the power to control reality through the help of a being known as Tak. Language development. The terminology Seth Garin is a fictional character from the Richard Bachman Novel " The Regulators. Tak is an extradimensional entity existing within the Stephen King Universe Soon, Poplar Street begins to change shape, transforming into a wild west caricature based on what Seth has seen on his television. A caricature is either a Portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness or in literature a description Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Meanwhile, the other residents of the street are being attacked by the many beings that Seth's imagination is creating, due to Tak's control over them. These residents are forced to work together to stop Seth and Tak from completely transforming the world around them and stop Tak before he kills anyone else.
References to other King works
- In the novel's epilogue, a letter written by one woman on her honeymoon to her friend mentions one of Stephen King's earlier works, The Shining.
References
- ^ a b c HorrorKing.com
Publication history
- ISBN 0-525-94190-8 (hardcover, 1996)
- ISBN 0-670-87281-4 (paperback, 1996)
- ISBN 0-340-67177-7 (paperback, 1997)
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