Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-06-27
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #1957 - Shane Gillis
Joe Rogan recommended Count Down by Shanna H. Swan and others, and discussed The Dark Half by Stephen King and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Shane Gillis recommended The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, and discussed The Stand by Stephen King, The Shining by Stephen King, Pet Sematary by Stephen King, and Cujo by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Dark Half
The Dark Half by Stephen King is a psychological horror novel exploring the dark boundaries of identity, artistic alter egos, and parasitic duality through a writer whose fictional pseudonym comes to life on a murderous rampage.
Discussed“do you remember that we were talking about that movie the other day um that they made about that Stephen King book when he was Richard Bachmann the dark side we're talking about that movie do you know what that movie is”
Where to get it
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The Stand
Stephen King's monumental post-apocalyptic epic The Stand details the devastating sweep of a weaponized influenza strain that wipes out the vast majority of humanity, leaving survivors to choose sides in a final conflict between good and evil.
Discussed“do you remember that we were talking about that movie the other day um that they made about that Stephen King book when he was Richard Bachmann the dark side we're talking about that movie do you know what that movie is no which one is it it was a movie where there was a guy who was a writer”
Where to get it
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel that follows a struggling writer descending into madness while caretaking an isolated, snowbound resort.
Discussed“did he do The Shining mhm yeah he rules oh he wrote The Shining he rules the book is even more intense than the the movie he didn't like the movie which is crazy”
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a classic horror novel by Stephen King that explores grief, mortality, and the terrifying consequences of crossing the boundary between life and death.
Discussed“when I was on my way into town I would read damn pet cemetery Cojo he said he said he didn't even remember writing Cojo just blacked out on coke and beer what yeah oh Stephen King rules dude rules he got [ __ ] up in Ro God he got [ __ ] up and wrote everything what if”
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a suspenseful horror novel about a mother and her young son trapped in a broken-down car by a rabid, killer Saint Bernard.
Discussed“Cojo he said he didn't even remember writing Cojo just blacked out on coke and beer what yeah”
Where to get it
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The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is a science fiction horror novel about a small Maine town whose residents become slowly altered and possessed after uncovering a massive, ancient alien spacecraft buried in the woods.
Recommended“read Tommy knockers no Tommy knockers is a good one What's happen Tommy knockers is about they they uncover like a a spaceship that uh crashed into the Earth like a long time ago and it starts affecting people in the in the town”
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Count Down
Count Down by Shanna H.
Recommended“there's a great book about it called Countdown by Dr shanana Swan and she was on the podcast before a lot of books are doomsdays yeah but this is”
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The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane's renowned historical novel The Red Badge of Courage depicts the psychological experience of a young private who flees from combat during the American Civil War.
Discussed“it's like [__] Red Badge of Courage in the Civil War they wrote a book that that was like it's not what you think it is it's not Glory it's cowardice”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“when I was on my way into town I would read damn pet cemetery Cojo”