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Pic related was the best one.

>> No.20012936
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I must have been out of the Goosebumps phase by the time The Curse of Camp Cold Lake came out. Pic related was always my favorite.

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>>20012936
That one was a great one many a nights did I stay up late being spooked out of my mind. This one had a twist I never saw coming. Maybe one of the biggest.

>> No.20012979

>>20012923
Thanks to this series, I love to read and I love horror. Cheers, Stine

>> No.20012983

>>20012923
One time I burrowed "The Haunted Mask" audiobook from a neighbor (it was still on cassette, lol) and I never managed to finish it. Shit is SPOOKY.

>> No.20013023
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>>20012923
Was R.L. Stein a single person or was he a corporation with many writers?

>> No.20013049

>>20012979
+1.

>> No.20013078

>>20013023
It was one guy. He even made appearances on the tv show back when that was on air.

>> No.20013125

Say cheese and die is a classic

>> No.20013222

>>20012923
Cold Lake is a strong one. The scene where she wakes up in the future/another world after supposedly drowning is very good. However the ending is a huge let-down that reduces it to a 4/5.
How I Learned to Fly is an easy 5/5 although it's a strange one because it's not strictly horror.

>> No.20013227

>>20013023
I could have sworn I saw the name of a ghostwriter on the inside cover of one of the CYOA books. Maybe I'm mixing it up in my memory with Animorphs.

>> No.20013255

>>20013023
One guy with a regimented routine. He's pretty open about it.

>> No.20013639

>>20012979
Same here. Without these books I doubt I would've developed the love of reading I have now.

>> No.20014057

>>20012965
When I read it recently I knew the twist so it lessened the impact somewhat. Still, it's really something. I also noticed King Jellyjam is genuinely fucking gross. The part about him sweating snails made me a little nauseous.

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UK editions had great covers.

>> No.20014205

>>20014193
The combo of the looks and the embossing was very nice.

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Combination of good cover and story.

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fags

>> No.20014494

>>20014205
I was just remembering the embossing, it was excellent.

>> No.20014509

Goosebumps is definitely what got kid me into reading. I tried to read one ONCE when I was an adult and I just couldn’t stand it. Very basic and not interesting for adult me.

Very happy for its influence though. His fear street and other books aimed at a older teenage audience are still readable for an adult IMO

>> No.20015317

>>20014243
H. P. Lovecraft is not scary though. Every story is the same- an educated man records how he stumbled upon some rednecks who worship some pagan deity.

>> No.20015407

>>20014243
What the fuck did you say about Rob Bob Stine? Fight me you pussy bitch.

>> No.20015728

>>20014243
>Poe/Lovecraft: one good novel between them
>The Chad Stine: over 500 bestselling novels

>> No.20015785

>>20012936
I can't believe I'm now just realizing the ghost looks like Young Leonardo DiCaprio

>> No.20015786

>>20014243
Nice bait

>> No.20016172

>>20012923
RL Stine is unironically based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1IygWbNGhg

>> No.20016267

>>20016172
He looks like he did less than 1 minute of exercise in his whole life, and he sounds like he's on tranquilizers. He looks like he's been irradiated.

>> No.20016294

>>20016172
>muh based jew

>> No.20016362

>>20012965
The cover for shit one was so shit but it turned out to be one of the best ones

>> No.20016396
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>>20013023
One nigga.

>> No.20016404

>>20016172
>A Big List of My Enemy's Social Security Numbers
Fucking lol

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>>20012923
welcome to dead house is my favourite. But, night of the living dummy is also good. though, i have only read about 20.

>> No.20016917

>>20012965
Camp Jellyjam was kino

>> No.20017004

>>20016471
I liked slappy a lot. Seems like Stine did as well cause he's still making books about him.

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>>20012923
The best of his later works. Read it, anons, and be awed.

>> No.20017264

>>20016172
My sides

>> No.20017284

escape from bat wing hall

>> No.20017629

My dad worked for Scholastic and came home one day with boxes full of every Goosebumps book. Mfw

>> No.20019081

>>20017057
I see a puppet, I nope out.