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This Book Is Full of Spiders

Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End, Book 2)

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This Book Is Full of Spiders

By: David Wong
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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From David Wong, the writer of the cult sensation John Dies at the End comes another terrifying and hilarious tale of almost Armageddon at the hands of two hopeless heroes.

Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.

You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection - the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed.

Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it. Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking.

"Like an episode of AMC's "The Walking Dead" written by Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." …Imagine a mentally ill narrator describing the zombie apocalypse while drunk, and the end result is unlike any other book of the genre. Seriously, dude, touch it and read it." –Washington Post

"Kevin Smith's Clerks meets H.P. Lovecraft in this exceptional thriller… David Wong (Jason Pargin) is a fantastic author with a supernatural talent for humor. If you want a poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, disturbing, ridiculous, self-aware, socially relevant horror novel than This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is the one and only book for you." –SF Signal

©2012 David Wong (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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I loved this book!! It's amazing, funny, and not like any other book I read before! This author is absolutely unik and I laugh servel times! The story is with out a doubt worth reading!!!

Amazing and so funny

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honestly, this is the best book I've ever read. I can't decide whether I love this or JDaTE more.
Seriously dude, touch it.

this is the best.

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Gonzo mash-up of contagion horror, conspiracy thriller, slacker comedy and zombie apocalypse from "David Wong" in the sequel to his cult hit 'John Dies At The End' (something I've neither read, heard nor seen, and which didn't detract from my enjoyment of this in the least). There's a lot going on here; stuff flies at the wall thick and fast, the narrative carried along by sheer gusto rather than any conspicuous design: POV's shift, plot lines switch track and random developments occur throughout. For all that, Wong is invested in his main characters and can slip with ease between horror, drama and humour. Occasional flashes of an ideological position show behind the noise but it's difficult to gauge how much the titular brain spiders are supposed to be a metaphor, a moral dilemma or simply a vehicle for gross-out shenanigans; in any event, the bizarro plot keeps most such considerations at bay.
An unusual work, but still rooted in a tradition or two, a fair comparison might be a blend of Charles Stross' Laundry Files with the films of Kevin Smith (with Night Of The Creeps playing on at the midnight drive-in of your mind).
Fortunately, this works well as an audiobook, with the narration lending it a snappy coherence that an attention-deficit reader might have lost on the page.

Ten Sardines In Indra's Net Is Not A Palindrome

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And it's because it's a great series. If you've not read the first in the series and are worried about jumping in, don't. I started with this book and still really enjoyed it.

There is a reason 'John dies at the end' is famous

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A rollercoaster ride of occult, conspiracy, infection and spider, set in the sleepy town of UNDISCLOSED.

Highly recommended.

hugely entertaining sci-fi-ish romp

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