John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two
college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small
town--and the world--from a host of supernatural and paranormal
invasions.
This updated special edition includes commentary from the characters and
the author!
"[Jason Pargin] has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it
with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it
dramatically. Every time I set the book down, I was wary that something
really was afoot, that there were creatures I couldn't see, and that
because I suspected this, I was next. Engaging, comic, and terrifying."
--Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion
"[Pargin] is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King...
'page-turner' is an understatement." --Don Coscarelli, director,
Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tep
STOP. You should not have touched this book with your bare hands. NO,
don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is
David. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to
change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on
these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion,
and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the
game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need
to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why?
You just have to trust me.
The important thing is this: The sauce is a drug, and it gives users
a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say
no. You still do.
Unfortunately for us, if you make the right choice, we'll have a much
harder time explaining how to fight off the otherworldly invasion
currently threatening to enslave humanity.
I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read
about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is
about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind:
None of this was my fault.
