MR>    That's what I thought, too.  I don't know *exactly* when Kings' w
MR>  career began, but at the earliest I thought it was late 60s or earl
KA> 
KA> I've got a small collection of King's books and I just checked various 
KA> notes in them concerning the author. It appears his earliest works are 
KA> those now known as the Bachman books, which include Running Man and 
KA> Thinner, now movies. Those books were written in the late 60's to early 
KA> 70's. The first one published under King's name, Carrie, came out in 74.
yello. got my copy of the bachman books in my lap right now... the bachman 
books were published between '77 and '84.  he actually *wrote*, not published 
Getting it On (which became Rage) and The Long Walk in '66 and '67 when he 
as
a HS senior/college freshman... he shelved 'em and dug them up later for 
revision.
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