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Rage
by Richard Bachman
A book only a school shooter could love. Did Rage inspire school shootings? Stephen King seems to think so. He has maintained that his decision 20+ years ago to take it out of print was the right.
School shootings are an unfortunate part of our lives, and it's important that we have media that addresses them with nuance and tact. Rage, however, leads disaffected readers to think they can somehow come away the hero after the school shooting, and that holding their classmates hostage will lead to a therapeutic version of The Breakfast Club. That seems less of a risk now, when the horror and reality of shootings can be seen easily and readily through the internet and when kids live in fear that they'll be victimized, but it's hardly a surprise that so many shootings were linked to the novel before the topic became so publicized.
School shootings are an unfortunate part of our lives, and it's important that we have media that addresses them with nuance and tact. Rage, however, leads disaffected readers to think they can somehow come away the hero after the school shooting, and that holding their classmates hostage will lead to a therapeutic version of The Breakfast Club. That seems less of a risk now, when the horror and reality of shootings can be seen easily and readily through the internet and when kids live in fear that they'll be victimized, but it's hardly a surprise that so many shootings were linked to the novel before the topic became so publicized.