Стивен Кинг
THE LONG WALK
Richard Bachman
[05 feb 2001 – scanned for #bookz, proofread and released – v1]
Only death can keep you from the finish line – in the ultimate competition of the all-too-near future…
"To me the Universe was all void of Life, or Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steamengine, rolling on, in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. O vast, gloomy, solitary Golgotha, and Mill of Death! Why was the Living banished thither companionless, conscious? Why, if there is no Devil; nay, unless the Devil is your God?"
-Thomas Carlyle
"I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible.
It's more than healthy; it's fun."
-John F. Kennedy (1962)
"The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handle."
-Bob Dylan
PART ONE: STARTING OUT