R.L Stine gets more Goosebumps

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...d=43770&type=0

Best-selling youth author R.L. Stine told SCI FI Wire that he will write a dozen more titles in his popular Goosebumps series, which last appeared in 2000 with the 87th book, "Ghost in the Mirror." In the novellas, which blend humor, horror and sometimes SF, teenage heroes and heroines battle and ultimately triumph over a wide array of creepy creatures.

"I took a break from scaring kids, but now I'm getting back into that," Stine said in an interview while promoting the Sept. 4 release of the direct-to-DVD title R.L. Stine's Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It. "I've just signed a contract to write 12 new Goosebumps books for Scholastic."

The new series, revealed the author, will be called Goosebumps: HorrorLand. "It's a theme park," Stine said. "I'm thrilled. I love doing Goosebumps. It's been a long time. It's my favorite series. So I'm really looking forward to it." The first Goosebumps: HorrorLand title, "Revenge of the Living Dummy," will be released in April 2008.

[The Terror of Death]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

teenage heroes and heroines battle and ultimately triumph over a wide array of creepy creatures.

I had to laught at that.

[DrSpengler]

I read a bunch of em when I was in elementary school and they first came out. I liked the TV series pretty good, too.

Not gonna read these new books since I'm too old for them, but I might check out some of the TV movies. I always did like Slappy.

[discordiatookie]

I used to like Goosebumps books, they were cool...

But he really wrote 87 of them? Geeez, that guy's a machine!!!!

[Mandi-chan]

I used to love his "Ghosts of Fear Street" books, Night of the WereCat and How to be A Vampire were my favs!

His Fear Street books were pretty good too, used to freak me out when I was a preteen.

[Spike Spiegel]

Also, for those of you who didn't know, Cartoon Network will be showing episodes of the old TV series come October.

[Ra]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I always did like Slappy.

Really? Slappy scared the living daylights out of me. I first saw him when I was...I don't know. Six? I mean...well, just look at him. He's a living dummy!



I never got a chance to read the series when I got older and less frightened. Which is a shame, since I probably would have become a fan of the books.

I really like the sound of HorrorLand. Creepy carnivals and theme parks are always fun to read and write about. And it sounds like Slappy is going to be coming back, looking at the title. Maybe if I get time I will check the new books out...

[Scandia]

That's awesome. They are very popular at my library.

Now if they could come up with more "Choose your own adventure" books, that would rock. Those were my faves when I was a teen.

[JaffleMan]

I could never get into them, all the other kids in my class were reading them in year 6 and 7 when they were becoming really popular but i was already getting into Stephen King by that stage.

Now if they could come up with more "Choose your own adventure" books, that would rock. Those were my faves when I was a teen.

Lol, I absolutely loved those. But i always took what i thought would be the lazy option in the books and always ended up getting killed.

Example: To feed the griffin mince meat at a cost of $3, turn to page 45.
To feed the griffin dog food at a cost of 50c, turn to page 90.

*ponders that it'd be best to save the money and turns to page 90 only to anger the griffin who ends up eating my character instead*

[Serp]

Man I remember when "Goosebumps" were really popular. I liked them and I read a few of them. I still have a few in the closet at my moms house. Well I think I do. Some weren't so scary but some did scare me. I remember "Ghost Camp" scared me so much.

Originally Posted by JaffleMan

Lol, I absolutely loved those. But i always took what i thought would be the lazy option in the books and always ended up getting killed.

Yeah, I remember the "Goosebump" books where you had to take the different route by selecting the scenario and going to the certain page. I used to choose the route that got me killed sometimes. It was an interesting concept, but it was a bit confusing as some times I believe if you take a few wrong routes and get killed, you could end up getting lost in the book by not ever figuring out the right route from where you went wrong. I wouldn't know but some times I thought the character was suppose to get killed and that was the end. I don't think I ever really finished the book.