I kind of want to watch the movie now, although I really just don’t understand how they figured Arnold Schwarzenegger was a good fit for Richards. I honestly can’t sing enough praises for this book. There’s something wonderful about a character living in poverty totally sticking it to the man by playing the man’s game but playing it their own way. Dystopian future, televised game shows that pretty much guarantee death, and an Orwell-esque government. Right from the get go, stuff is happening, and in typical Bachman style, it’s pretty fucked up. I read this book in only four sessions, it’s so intense and fast paced. It definitely feels like the Hunger Games could have been an homage to the Running Man. I remember thinking of the Running Man when I read the Hunger Games for the first time, and upon this reread I wondered if Suzanne Collins was inspired by this book when she came up with the idea. This is another of the Bachman books, and one that I was crazy excited to reread.
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