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From: kalash@ucbcad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Thinner, by who?
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 19:07:26 EST
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> the hosts put forth the rumor that the novel, "Thinner", attributed to a man
> named Richard Bachman, was in reality written by Stephen King.

	This rumour has been floating around for awhile. The latest
round came when Loyd Currey (a major name in SF and Fantasy collecting)
started claiming he has "proof" that King is Bachman. I haven't seen
anything yet, but rumour (sigh) has it that Currey has a letter from
King to his publishers (signet) talking about the sales of the Bachman
books. You may take this with as large, or as small a grain of salt
as you choose. For what it is worth, here are the known Bachman books

	Road Work
	Rage
	The Running Man
	The Long Walk
	<the above are all paperbacks from Signet>
	Rage
	<a hardback from NAL>

Just for more fuel, note that King's agent and Bachman's agent are
the same person (Kirby McCaulley).


			Joe Kalash
			kalash@berkeley
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