Erich w/ an h
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David Wong:
2 quick Q's about the reprints of your books under your given name: Spiders, What the Hell, and Futuristic Violence say "Includes a new Afterward!". Are these afterwards all different, or is it the same one across the board? Also, Zoey Punches says "Includes a sneak preview of Pargin's upcoming novel!" Is that a taste of JDatE 4? Thank you, as always, for your time.
David Wong
Good question! They're all different!
Spiders - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into my fascination with Dunbar's Number and how the human brain processes empathy.
What the Hell - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into the concept of "Umwelt" and the horror of knowing every single person is perceiving a completely different universe.
Futuristic Violence - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into the unintentional parallels between Arthur Livingston and Donald Trump, and how I hope the future doesn't see this as some kind of convoluted metaphor for the Trump years.
Zoey Punches - this includes the first several pages of the upcoming John and Dave book, the fourth in the series that does not yet have an official title.
JDATE - This has no new afterword, since we just did the 10th anniversary edition with all the tons of new material at the back so only the cover will change.
Spiders - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into my fascination with Dunbar's Number and how the human brain processes empathy.
What the Hell - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into the concept of "Umwelt" and the horror of knowing every single person is perceiving a completely different universe.
Futuristic Violence - This has an essay about why this is my favorite of my novels and digs into the unintentional parallels between Arthur Livingston and Donald Trump, and how I hope the future doesn't see this as some kind of convoluted metaphor for the Trump years.
Zoey Punches - this includes the first several pages of the upcoming John and Dave book, the fourth in the series that does not yet have an official title.
JDATE - This has no new afterword, since we just did the 10th anniversary edition with all the tons of new material at the back so only the cover will change.
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Chevy Rendell
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David Wong:
Your blog posts often caution against essentialism (for example, the idea that all of the people who voted for Trump are hate-mongers). In John Dies at the End (a deliciously ambiguous title) the reader's assumptions are untethered (how reliable, for instance, is the narrator?); resolution is subsumed by acceptance that things (people/events) defy essential categories. To what extent, if any, was this deliberate?
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