Last time we covered Stephen King, we were walking a long ways. Now we're running. We're speeding up, folks!

Today we're covering King's 1982 dystopian novel, "The Running Man." Joining us are Evan and Bill from the "Left of the Projector" podcast. Together, we'll get mad at how clearly Stephen wrote this book in just one week and then...didn't fix it.

Topics include the fetishization of the working class, super-individualism, King's recurring bigotries, and 9/11.

If you're wondering if there's a version of this story we like, you're in luck! In just a few days a pt 2. about the 2025 Edgar Wright adaptation will be up on Left of the Projector feed, ft. Aysha, Lenore, and Jacob, so go over there and subscribe to those fine folks to be ready to hear it!

Listen to Left of the Projector here or wherever you get your podcasts