Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-02-11
Joe Rogan & Roger Avary: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2452
#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.
Roger Avary recommended Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and discussed Screenplay by Syd Field, The Issue With Chronology by Anatoly Fomenko, Asimov on Numbers by Isaac Asimov, and One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe by William Carpenter. Joe Rogan discussed The strain by Guillermo del Toro and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Screenplay
Screenplay by Syd Field is a foundational instructional guide on the craft of screenwriting that outlines the fundamental principles of structure, plot points, and character arcs necessary for commercial filmmaking.
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.”
Where to get it
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The strain
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan is a horror novel about a terrifying vampiric outbreak that begins with a mysterious commercial airplane landing.
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 through the unusual friendship between a bullied young boy and a child vampire in suburban Sweden.
Recommended“And the book is fabulous as well. It's a an amazing novel.”
Where to get it
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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.”
Where to get it
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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”
Where to get it
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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.”
Where to get it
