bachman versus king

In my imagination, I read stuff by Richard Bachman before I knew that
he was just a Stephen King pseudonym.... but anyway for whatever
reason I thought I liked the stuff under that name better. Maybe I
liked "The Running Man" particularly because I had seen the movie at a
friend's house, and then when I read the book it was different and so
it seemed smarter. That sort of thing always makes me fond of the
author. I don't think I saw any other Stephen King movies in time to
make that sort of judgement call. Just read a ton of the books.
Which might explain or illustrate why I'm a little twisted at this
point in my life.