Also, jason pargin david wong is hugely interested in general in fundamental questions of consciousness, subconscious, and the influence of outside forces on identity. The first one left me with such an impact from the interesting characters. Its a paranormal, psychoactive drug that promises an outofbody experience with each hit. The book is incredible, i completely recommend you read it and the sequel this book is full of spiders. For some reason ive been thinking about that piece and what it means about john and daves relationship ever since i read that. Later, john uses the soy sauces properties to convert a super soaker into a proper flamethrower.
Oct 01, 2009 two wisecracking slackers attempt to thwart an invasion by supernatural beings. When john and dave get somewhat famous due to the sauce, people begin sending them bizarre things. However, john is in the sequel which is called this book is full of spiders. Ive only gotten partway through it, but so far it looks promising. Ive pretty much given up on figuring out the plot in its entirety until i read the book. The ending of the film sets up the second novel in the series, which is nearing its fourth installment according to david wong earlier this march. David wong has updated the lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than. Okay, i think its high time may have fucked up that saying. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. One of them is a package of explosive bullets for davids pistol. Their budget wasnt great and adapting this book to film would be different in ways. The sense of humour in this book is brilliant and theres a lot of really original, insane, and amusing stuff going on throughout. Seriously, dude, dont touch it with david wong real name jason pargin. This edition is newly rewritten by the author with additional material.
While not familiar with the book, the bizarre and surreal story does seem like a perfect fit for coscarelli as his films have alway had a touch of both the surreal and a bit of offbeat whimsy. It was not written and published at once, but one part after another. Thomas dunne books published the story with additional material as a hardcover on september 29, 2009. I have read a dirty job by christopher moore and it was close to what i am looking for but i have been looking through amazon recommendations and goodreads to a lesser extent and havent found anything that seems worthwhile. Its a drug that promises an outofbody experience with each hit. A sequel to the book, this book is full of spiders, was published on october 2, 2012. Martins press, is kind of like pride and prejudice and zombies, but with five fewer bennet sisters and six dozen more dick jokes. The tale of nearapocalypse at the hands of two hapless heroes has already caused a cult sensation. A novel of cosmic horror and you can buy it in hardcover or. Principal photography began in october 2010, and by january 2011, the project had entered postproduction for a planned theatrical 20 release. Think men in black mixed with a dash of limitless and a dash of some psychedelic, and you might end up with a movie like this.
This is one of the most entertaining and addictive novels ive ever read. Fangoria david wong is like a mashup of douglas adams and stephen king. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. On the street they call it soy sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. This channel was generated automatically by youtube s video.
The book has a sequel called this book is full of spiders. What it gets instead is john rob mayes and david chase williamson, a pair of college dropouts who can barely. It originally had the working title of john and dave. This is actually a book that fell in at a time when i was really interested in exploring the idea of continuity of consciousness. When smart but troubled videostore employee david gets a peculiar latenight phone call from a friend, he assumes john is just having another of his semiregular drug or alcoholinduced freakouts. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. This also is the reason why the book is somewhat episodic at times. An estimated 70,000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in september 2008. In october 2012, the longawaited sequel this book is full of spiders.
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