Long Walk, The
First published: 1979
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THE PLACE
An ultra-conservative America of the not-too-distant future...
THE EVENT
The country's #1 sports contest, a grueling 450-mile marathon walk, where a single misstep could be the last...
THE COMPETITORS
The cream of the nation's youth, 100 red-blooded American boys out to make it to the top no matter who they trample on to get there . . .
THE PRIZE
A fortune in money, fame, and everything the heart desires for the one and only winner...
But in a flawless society there are no losers--because the New American Government knows how to bury its failures...
Characters
| Randy | The robot on the shirt of a child |
| Sheila | The Major's dog |
| ?, Carolyn | Girl that once dated Ray Garraty |
| ?, Gwendoline | Daughter of the king in Ray Garraty's story |
| ?, Hattie | Aunt of Ray Garraty |
| ?, Janice (Jan) | Ray Garraty's 16 year old girlfriend |
| ?, Joe | Long Walk competitor. Brother of Mike |
| ?, Mike | Long Walk competitor. Brother of Joe |
| ?, Percy | Long Walk competitor |
| ?, Priscilla | McVries' girlfriend |
| ?, Ralph | Worked at a pajama factory with Peter McVries |
| ? Curley | Long Walk competitor |
| Aaron, Hank | Baseball player who hit 730 home runs (or so) |
| Aaronson, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Abraham, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Adderley, Cannonball | Musician mentioned in passing |
| Astaire, Fred | Dancer mentioned in passing |
| Baker, Arthur (Art) | Long Walk competitor |
| Baker, James | Long Walk competitor |
| Barkovitch, Gary | Long Walk competitor |
| Bradbury, Ray | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Bredes, Don | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Brubeck, Dave | Musician mentioned in passing |
| Carter, John | Fake name Henry Olson used to Barkovitch |
| Collins, Wilkie | Wrote "The Woman in White" |
| Cotter, Regie | Previous winner of the long walk from Maine |
| D'Allessio, George (Freaky) | Ray Garraty went to his funeral after he was hit and killed by a car |
| Davidson, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Dorgen, Amelia | Ran a modern dance school that Ray Garraty attended |
| Elwell, Mr | Neighbor of Ray Garraty as a child |
| Elwell, Mrs | Gave Garraty a drink of cold water when younger |
| Ewing, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Fenter, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Fenum, Roger | Long Walk competitor |
| Field, Charlie | Long Walk competitor |
| Fielder, Georgie | Long Walk competitor |
| Fields, W.C | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Foster, Stephen | Composer mentioned in passing |
| Gallant, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Garraty, Jeff | Brother of Ray that died of pneumonia at 6 years old |
| Garraty, Jim | Ray's father who was taken away by the squads when Ray was 5 |
| Garraty, Mrs | Ray Garraty's mother |
| Garraty, Raymond Davis | Long Walk competitor. Boyfriend of Jan |
| Grange, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Gribble, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Harkness, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Harlan, ? | Worked in the dye shop where McVries worked |
| Hough, Bill | Long Walk competitor |
| Howard, Ron | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Jackson, Shirley | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Jensen, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Keats, John | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Kirkwood, James | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Klingerman, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Klipstein, Eddie | Friend of Ray Garraty |
| Knowles, John | Writer mentioned in passing |
| L'Antio, Dom | Gave free watermelon to competitors |
| Larson, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Major, The | The person in charge of the walk each year |
| McVries, Katrina | Peter McVries 4 year old sister |
| McVries, Peter | Long Walk competitor |
| Milligan, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Milligan, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Mitchum, Robert | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Monk, Thelonius | Musician mentioned in passing |
| Monroe, Marilyn | Actress mentioned in passing |
| Morgan, Frank | Long Walk competitor |
| Olson, Henry (Hank) | Long Walk competitor |
| Owens, Jimmy | Friend of Ray Garraty as a child |
| Parker, Collie | Long Walk competitor |
| Paster, Bruce | Long Walk competitor |
| Patterson, Dr | Ray Garraty's mothers friend |
| Pearson, ? | Long Walk competitor. |
| Petrie, Miss | One of Garraty's teachers |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | Author mentioned in passing |
| Popham, Davey | Friend of Arthur Baker |
| Quince, Harold | Long Walk competitor |
| Rank, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor | Mentioned in passing |
| Salinger, J.D | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Scramm, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Scramm, Cathy | Wife of competitor number 85 |
| Sledge, Bobbi | Long Walk competitor |
| Stebbins, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Swinburn, ? | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Toland, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Travin, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Tressler, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Tubbins, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Wayne, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Wyman, Marty | Long Walk competitor |
| Yannick, ? | Long Walk competitor |
| Zuck, ? | Long Walk competitor |
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