The Running Manpulls audiences into a complex, dystopian world, and doesn't pull many punches in introducing it. From the mind of legendary author Stephen King, The Running Man was first a 1982 novel published under King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman, set in a then-futuristic 2020s dystopian society. Similar to The Hunger Games, King's novel depicts a version of America where, under authoritarian rule, citizens are brainwashed and entertained by a propagandized TV series called The Running Man, among other titles produced by the sinister Games Network.

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