The hosts discuss James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, speculating more about the rest of the series than the upcoming film. They wonder at the society created in the Glade, the bravery of the runners and how bad the world must have gotten to justify the Maze as a solution.
Check out our episode on the film here! And on the next book, The Scorch Trials, here!
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For a similar discussions, check out our episodes on The Giver, Divergent, Catching Fire, and Ender’s Game.
SHOW NOTES:
Music: The Righteous and the Wicked by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Upcoming
-Sep 19 (US and UK)
-Based on the novel by Lawrence Block
Hector and the Search for Happiness
-Sep 19 (US), aug 15 (UK)
-Based on the novel by Francois Lelord
-Premieres 22
-Based on the DC Comics
-Premieres Sep 22
-Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Main Discussion
The Maze Runner
-by James Dashner
-published in 2007
-first in a series, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure and a prequel, The Kill Order
-writing syle (repetitive?)
-their own swear words
-Maze as a society
-Grievers
-Maze as a code
-the Creators loooking for kids/ppl that won’t give up, keep hoping and fighting
-epilogue (anyone surprised?)
-themes/issues: humanity, hope, survival, sacrifice, memories making you who you are (or not)
The Maze Runner (2014)
-Written by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers and TS Nowlin
-Directed by Wes Ball
-Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen and Ki Hong Lee
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