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Did Stephen King predict the future in "the running man" (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by penquin@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.world
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Did he? Or was it like that even back then? I'm reading this book, and it's like a carbon copy of our world in the US nowadays. I keep yelling "oh my god, this is basically happening right now!!!" Not as blatant and (I don't know the word) as in the book, but essentially the same. The book is like now, but on steroids (to explain the word I'm missing). The divide/polarization, the police brutality, the pollution, corporations and exploitation, the government's overreach..... Etc, it's all here now.

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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The stand, just because it’s a much bigger scale novel with lots of interesting characters, world building, and a lot of story.

The dead zone is one I probably won’t reread. But it’s definitely worth it once, like most of King’s work. And the fact that it has uncomfortable parallels to Trump and the MAGA movement adds another element.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Damn. I'll put it on the list for next