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The Running Man
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This is turning into the Running Man before our eyes. Running man was a, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's a Stephen King story and then they made it into that Schwarzenegger movie.
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1987, a sort of dystopic sci-fi movie comes out called The Running Man. This is based on the 1982 book that King wrote under a pseudonym.
Exactly. He wrote um Running Man. Yes, he wrote Running Man as Richard Bach and other things too.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2025 Where and when it comes up
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The Running Man is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, depicting a lethal game show in a grim future society. The book has been discussed across several popular podcasts. On This Week in Startups, Lon Harris compared dangerous stunts undertaken for attention and money to the harrowing plot of the story, identifying Stephen King as the author and noting its adaptation into an Arnold Schwarzenegger film. Meanwhile, Edgar Wright appeared on SmartLess and discussed how King originally published the work and several other non-horror novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman before his identity was uncovered. Gilbert Cruz also addressed the book's origins on The Book Review, noting that the 1987 dystopian movie adaptation was based on King's 1982 novel written under the Bachman pen name. Finally, Joe Rogan mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while briefly discussing King's pseudonym and other works he published under that specific name. The book remains a notable entry in King's bibliography, recognized for its dark premise and its connection to the author's hidden writing alias.
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Edgar Wright Yeah, it was um it was one of the books he wrote under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. He wrote like five no… 1
“Yeah, it was um it was one of the books he wrote under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. He wrote like five novels before he got rumbled, maybe four novels before he got rumbled as Richard Bachman. It was this pseudonym that he wrote for like nonhorror stuff.”
Gilbert Cruz 1987, a sort of dystopic sci-fi movie comes out called The Running Man. This is based on the 1982 book that… 1
“1987, a sort of dystopic sci-fi movie comes out called The Running Man. This is based on the 1982 book that King wrote under a pseudonym.”
Joe Rogan Exactly. He wrote um Running Man. Yes, he wrote Running Man as Richard Bach and other things too. 1
“Exactly. He wrote um Running Man. Yes, he wrote Running Man as Richard Bach and other things too.”
Lon Harris This is turning into the Running Man before our eyes. Running man was a, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger. I… 1
“This is turning into the Running Man before our eyes. Running man was a, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's a Stephen King story and then they made it into that Schwarzenegger movie”
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“And The Running Man, which is going to come out in November.”
“the long walk the running man and road work which has never been made into a movie”
“Uh there are the running man, another good example. Shout out Stephen King. Um via his pseudonym.”
“not unlike the running man but in a in an entirely different Universe than the Running Man is basically it takes place in a not too distant totalitarian authoritarian”
“i wrote a short story i was i was thinking about like writing some short stories when i was younger and i wrote the story and i said because i love the running man and some of that kind of stuff”