Gwendy’s Button Box
Jul 13, 2026 · 2 hr 5 min · 14 segments
We talk about the 2017 novel Gwendy’s Button Box, co-written with Richard Chizmar. Content warnings for: misogyny, fatphobia, sexual assault…
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Jul 13, 2026 · 2 hr 5 min · 14 segments
We talk about the 2017 novel Gwendy’s Button Box, co-written with Richard Chizmar. Content warnings for: misogyny, fatphobia, sexual assault…
We are today talking about Gwendy's Button Box, co-written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
You know, when we, when we did Hodges, when we, when we did the Bill Hodges trilogy, there were people who were like, "I cannot wait for you to get to the Bill Hodges trilogy," and I was one of those people.
And as I noted in the beginning of the Bill Hodges trilogy, I'm Hodgepilled now.
I can't say that I, at, at the, at the opening swing, you know, the, the opening pitch of the season of the Gwendy trilogy, I can't say I'm Gwendy pilled.
Oh, no. [laughs] Well, I, I, something productive here then is I might be a little bit Gwendy pilled, I think.
You sent the show doc over beforehand, and it does seem like you might be Gwendy, Gwendy pilled.
Okay, wait, before we say anything about the content of the book, and, and let me say, I actually don't think this book is bad.
Like, I think this book is just, like, kind of barely a book and barely an idea.
And I'm actually really interested in digging into why anyone thought they should do this, you know?
We are today talking about Gwendy's Button Box, co-written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
You know, when we, when we did Hodges, when we, when we did the Bill Hodges trilogy, there were people who were like, "I cannot wait for you to get to the Bill Hodges trilogy," and I was one of those people.
And as I noted in the beginning of the Bill Hodges trilogy, I'm Hodgepilled now.
I can't say that I, at, at the, at the opening swing, you know, the, the opening pitch of the season of the Gwendy trilogy, I can't say I'm Gwendy pilled.
Oh, no. [laughs] Well, I, I, something productive here then is I might be a little bit Gwendy pilled, I think.
You sent the show doc over beforehand, and it does seem like you might be Gwendy, Gwendy pilled.
Okay, wait, before we say anything about the content of the book, and, and let me say, I actually don't think this book is bad.
Like, I think this book is just, like, kind of barely a book and barely an idea.
And I'm actually really interested in digging into why anyone thought they should do this, you know?
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