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Reddit mentions of This Book is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End)
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Reddit mentions: 14
We found 14 Reddit mentions of This Book is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End). Here are the top ones.
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This Book Is Full of Spiders Seriously Dude Don t Touch It John Dies at the End
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| Height | 8.3200621 Inches |
| Length | 5.62 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | October 2013 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Width | 1.25 Inches |
Hello, Cracked writer here.
I understand some of the frustration you feel, but I don't fully agree with your conclusions. I have done the Cracked list and it is a great launching off point for writing.
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There are several writers for the site who have gone on to be published. Among them
In addition, if you go into the Lounge section of the forum you will find threads about other sites that pay and offer other types of writing. I wrote for Playboy's The Smoking Jacket for a while.
Overall Cracked has made me a much better writer and prepared me for receiving feedback, collaborating with other authors and building credentials. It's not the end all, be all of crafting great writers, but it is a rare gem that it is a site that allows anyone to sign up, contribute whatever weird or obscure knowledge and get an article before hundreds of thousands to millions of readers, all while giving far more attention to developing writing far more than other sites.
This is from the article where the quote is from (can't say it better):
>"But I'm not good at anything!" Well, I have good news -- throw enough hours of repetition at it and you can get sort of good at anything. I was the world's shittiest writer when I was an infant. I was only slightly better at 25. But while I was failing miserably at my career, I wrote in my spare time for eight straight years, an article a week, before I ever made real money off it. It took 13 years for me to get good enough to make the New York Times best-seller list. It took me probably 20,000 hours of practice to sand the edges off my sucking.
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>The bad news is that you have no other choice.
No /s when I say good luck
There’s this
If you're looking for something really dark I'd suggest Harry Connolly's Twenty Palaces series. The first one is Child of Fire. I really enjoyed it and Jim Butcher has also recommend it. Keep in mind there are only 3 books and 1 prequel that Harry self published due to his publisher dropping him.
If you're looking for something stupid and funny I recommend John Dies at the End and it's sequel This Books is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It. I have to admit I'm a bit biased on those though, I won a free signed copy of TBiFoS by participating in an alternate reality game around the time of its release.
John Dies at the End by David Wong is a very funny, light-hearted book. Might be right down your alley. If you end up liking it, there's also a sequel titled This Book is Full of Spiders, which carries the same tone and writing style.
Check out This Book Is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude Don't Touch It.
Well if you're in to horror/ sci-fi, you need to check out a book called John Dies at the End. Best book I've ever read. Horror, sci-fi, comedy, action, all executed perfectly. The sequel is even better.
Not yet, kind of got sidetracked by this thing. Definitely a bit absurd, but for sure engaging.
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250036658/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_R8i8BbJATNAJQ
DaaaAAAMMNN you have my exact taste. !!!
That said, I really enjoyed [This Book is Full of Spiders] (http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/1250036658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395534690&sr=8-1&keywords=this+book+is+full+of+spiders) , which, even though its a sequel, I've passed around to a bunch of friends who didn't read the inferior first book. (Plus, the movie of the first book John Dies at the End is on Netflix.) It's dark comedic scify that is a lot like a lovecraft story written in the style of Good Omens.
Also, I would love to snag a copy of [Arthur C Clarke's 2001] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451457994/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=39SNV45L41Q57&coliid=I3CJIMF23M329N) for as miserably cheap as possible :p
http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/1250036658
I'm also scared of books, they're full of spiders!
John Dies at the End and it's sequel This Book is Full of Spiders.
Goddammit I love CRACKED so goddamn much and I don't care what anybody else says about it.
You should all use your bonus $100 to pick up David Wong's This Book Is Full of Spiders if you haven't already!
I read that book.
You might enjoy this book: https://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/1250036658