Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-02-11
Books mentioned on #2452 - Roger Avary
Roger Avary is a director, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter known for “Pulp Fiction,” which he co-wrote with Quentin Tarantino, as well as “The Rules of Attraction” and “Killing Zoe.” He is the co-host, along with Tarantino, of “The Video Archives Podcast.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Screenplay
Discussed“I mean there was this book by Sid Field which was a screenwriting book um that you know at one hand it gave a kind of formula on what a movie should be.”
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The strain
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan is a gripping horror novel that launches a terrifying vampire outbreak in modern New York City.
Discussed“I even loved his book, The Strain. Like, it was really, it was really good till about like 3/4 of the way through and it seemed like he just wanted to finish the book.”
Where to get it
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Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is a chilling vampire horror novel that explores dark themes of bullying, loneliness, and survival in a snowy Stockholm suburb.
Recommended“And the book is fabulous as well. It's a an amazing novel.”
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The Issue With Chronology
Discussed“Well, um there's this guy Anatoli Fenco who's a Russian mathematician and historian and he wrote a book called The New Chronology.”
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Asimov on Numbers
Discussed“Isaac Azimoff wrote a book called Is Azimoff on numbers which is fantastic which talks about this and he talks about Kalahari Bushmen who have no concept of the number zero”
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One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe
Discussed“Do you know who this guy is? Oh, he's a flat earth guy. Yeah, he's the flat earth guy and he's written a book called Aundred Proofs.”
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