300-400 miles isn’t happening unless maybe as a death march.
He-he, I guess you typed that before reading the wiki page.
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solrize@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I watched the long walk and now I’m reading the book. I was wondering, how credible is the distance? It’s 300 to 400 miles. What would happen to your body on the way?
I don’t know what happens in the long walk, but if you mean nonstop, 300-400 miles isn’t happening unless maybe as a death march. OTOH for someone who is in shape, 300-400 miles with stops for sleep and provisions is certainly doable. The Appalachian Trail is 2200 miles and lots of people through-hike it. It typically takes 5 to 7 months though some do it faster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail
Oh man, the long walk sounds nuts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk_(novel)
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RubberDuck@lemmy.world 6 days ago
But they do poop in the book and the movie. In quite graphic detail lol
adhocfungus@midwest.social 6 days ago
I haven’t seen the movie, but the book is very detailed about how the death march is tearing apart their bodies and minds. Some basically sleepwalk and get the tiniest fraction of rest. But even those that do are driven insane.
I’m not really a fan of most of King’s work, but The Long Walk is worth a read even if you don’t like his other stuff.
solrize@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
The main I disliked about the few King works that I read was that the characters had got put into these horror-like situations and then had no freedom of action. This sounds like another one of those. I guess I’ll make a note of its existence in case I find it on a park bench someday, but I don’t feel likely to go looking for it. Thanks.
Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think he’s a great writer that frequently drops the ball with the ending and has a few big flops.
However, he wrote the Green Mile and the Shawshank Redemption, which are awesome. He also wrote Thinner, which I quite liked. I recently read, I have to remember the date 11-23-69 I think it was. That was pretty good. I think many people liked the Shining. I personally never saw or read it though. So personally I have mixed feelings.