Episode · SmartLess · 2025-10-20
Edgar Wright on SmartLess: every book mentioned
Get the motion-sensors on in here: it’s Edgar Wright. Free ice cream, the dregs of humanity, and a fistful of fingers.
Edgar Wright discussed The Running Man by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Running Man
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.
Discussed“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.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Gremlins
“We went up to the cinema manager with a copy of the novelization of Gremlins and said to the manager, "Hey, um we've already read the book, so we know what happened, so we're not going to be scared, so you should let us in."”