John Dies at the End
A horror-comedy about two slackers who see monsters.
It began as a webserial in 2001 before appearing in print.[1] Jason Pargin, writing under the name David Wong, authored the comic Lovecraftian horror novel John Dies at the End.[1] Before being taken down in September 2008, the free online versions had roughly 70,000 readers.[1]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Jason Pargin
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Horror, comedy
- Publisher
- Permuted Press
- Released
- August 15, 2007
- Format
- e-Book, print
- Followed by
- This Book Is Full of Spiders
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
On September 29, 2009, Thomas Dunne Books issued a hardcover edition that included extra content.[1] Principal photography started on October 21, 2010.[2] The fourth book came out under Pargin's actual name, and all earlier books were also reissued under that name.[3]
What the cited sources add
The Ain't It Cool News report noted that Coscarelli had been covertly filming the adaptation.[4] The Guardian reviewer Eric Brown described the novel as "a farrago of nonsense" that is "unputdownable thanks to great narrative pace and its pair of likeable layabouts"[5][6] The Kirkus Reviews summary explains that the drug Soy Sauce gives users heightened awareness along with odd side effects that often include a grisly demise.[7] Kirkus Reviews concluded that when the book is funny it is "laugh-out-loud funny," yet when the situation calls for chills it "provides them in spades"[7][8]
The Kirkus Reviews entry for the sequel This Book Is Full of Spiders called it a "joyful return to the paroxysms of laughter lurking in the American Midwest".[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "John Dies at the End" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "September 29, 2009 That’s the release date for the book." , Official Site, May 18, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Dies at the End" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Quint knows what Don Coscarelli's new movie is! And more importantly he knows Paul Giamatti and The Kurgan are in it!", Ain't It Cool News, October 21, 2010; "Quint knows what Don Coscarelli's new movie is! And more importantly he knows Paul Giamatti and The Kurgan are in it!", Ain't It Cool News, October 21, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Dies at the End" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pargin, "John Dies At The End Book Series", Facebook, January 18, 2022; Pargin, "Clearing up confusion about my old pseudonym", Jason Pargin’s Newsletter, 2024-08-23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Quint knows what Don Coscarelli's new movie is! And more importantly he knows Paul Giamatti and The Kurgan are in it!", Ain't It Cool News, October 21, 2010. facts only, no text reused. aintitcool.com
- Brown, "Science fiction & fantasy roundup – review", The Guardian, July 8, 2011. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- Wikipedia, "John Dies at the End" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brown, "Science fiction & fantasy roundup – review", The Guardian, July 8, 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "John Dies at the End", Kirkus Reviews. facts only, no text reused. kirkusreviews.com
- Wikipedia, "John Dies at the End" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "John Dies at the End", Kirkus Reviews (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "THIS BOOK IS FULL OF SPIDERS Kirkus Reviews". facts only, no text reused. kirkusreviews.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article John Dies at the End (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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