There Are No Giant Crabs In This Episode - A Conversation with Jason Pargin

Jason Pargin, author of John Dies At The End, has published his fifth enstallment. It RULES, and he's here to talk about it today!! There Are No Giant Crabs In This Novel: A Novel Of Giant Crabs is a slam dunk bizarro masperpiece of modern scifi/ horror, and you don't need to read any of the other books in the series to enjoy it.

Here's what I said on Good Reads:

This book comes out in November, I got an advanced reader's copy with no strings attached. These thoughts are my own and there are no spoilers.

This is straight up five stars for me. It started as a 3, then jumped to a 4.5 for the whole second half, and I was so satisfied with the ending I couldn't help but give it the full five.

This is like if you crossed Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with a big splash of Clive Barker and a sprinkling of x files and Idiocracy. In other words, it's a horror scifi fever dream of a novel that involves paranormal investigations, alternate dimensions, hometown losers, punks and randos. And maaaaaybe a giant crab or two. Some of the imagery is so dark it will stick with you, and a lot of it is irreverent and funny, like, actually funny.

This is a fifth book in the John Dies At the End universe, but it can easily be read as a stand-alone. You do not need any context before this book whatsoever. Pargin does an amazing job of filling in tiny details of the backstory without it feeling like a recap. The structure of the book makes it a total blast to read, and to top it all off, there's well-thought-out commentary on the current state of our culture that resonates deeply in regards to social media, AI, and the feeling of wanting/ needing/ longing for something more human and grounded. This is a "go touch grass" novel in all the best ways.

I started with his previous release "I'm starting to worry about this black box of doom" and now after this I'm very eager to try one of his Zoey books as well. But I can say with absolute certainty, I will be coming back to visit John, David and Amy again soon in a previous installment of this series.

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