After Steven King published "Kerry" in 1973, Brian de Palma's adaptation brought it to life To stay, a frightening effect. Although King has already collected the following, De Palma's film has undoubtedly contributed to the growing popularity of the novel (and the author). After four stable years of writing attractive stories, King hit gold with the "glitter", which still remains one of the most popular stories associated with the Lord of Horror. Applying with personal elements of King's life, the "glossy" handles the fever trophy in the cabin with a tight mastery over the suspension and the walk, where the psychological and supernatural are found to form a dunk story.

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A year later, King again saved success with "IT", which can be considered an entry into the turning point in the Pulp horror genre we take for granted today. This is also a junction when King has almost stopped writing more horrorAs he was tormented by self -doubt and was considered "not much of the writer", but "Hell of the Elaborator" (through Time). These feelings do not reflect objective truth, of course, but every creative has the second hit its talent at some point, with King being no exception. This magic of self -doubt (fortunately) did not last long, but King wanted to prove that there was still juice. What better way to measure the authentic reactions of people to one's craft than to write under a pseudonym?

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Richard Bachmann was the name King chose to write under, which used to use many stories, including the highly controversial "rage" and the dystopian thriller "The Run Man" (that got a loose adaptation for video games For Commodore 64, for some reason). However, King's relationship with Bachmann was exceeded in 1985 by a Steve Brown, a bookstore officer who surprised the similarities between King and Bachmann's styles. There is a lot more to this story about the pseudonym, so let's take a look at the details.

After King was out as Bachmann, the author confirmed that he really used this fax identity and clarified some details On his official web site. King explained that the publishing industry at the time had an unspoken rule for publishing a book per year, working to assume that the general public would not be open to two or more editions by the same author. King admits that it is not strictly true, citing the writers of mainstream genres like Daniel Style, who "usually publish (d) two books a year". However, to bypass this understood question, King chose the pseudonym Bachmann on a whim during the phone call. This is what he had to say about it:

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"I adopted Richard Bachmann and that was what allowed me to make two books in a year (...) The name Richard Bachman actually came from when they (publishers) called me and told me" We are ready to stamp with this novel, which name we put it? "(...) The name of a pen for Donald Westlake, and what he played on the record player was "You haven't seen Notin from Bahman Turner Prenurnver yet, so I put the two together and went out with Richard Bachmann."

Before King was identified as Bachmann, he imposed these double identities to pen more books: "Long Walk" came after the "stand", "Roads" were written after "Firestarter" and so on. To make Bachman's books appear different, King cooked some biographical details of the author, who apparently served in the Coast Guard and the Marinka for years, eventually settled in Newu Hampshire as a dairy farmer. Minute details have been added to make this person look true, as is the accidental death of Bachmann's child (!) And the health complications the author experienced. After proving that King and Bachmann were the same, the last fact was added to the biography of the latter: Bachmann's death due to "pseudonym cancer".

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Although the royal Bachmann was relatively short -lived, he is an integral aspect of King's author's journey because he allowed him to write without additional pressure on public expectations. In case you want Read something fun for the King-Bahman relationshipI recommend reading King's "Dark Half", which occupies a fictional approach to this identity and sets it within the horror premise. Good things.