Welcome to Night Vale
By Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
- Release Date: 2015-10-20
- Genre: Fantasy
Description
New York Times Bestseller
"Hypnotic and darkly funny. . . . Belongs to a particular strain of American gothic that encompasses The Twilight Zone, Stephen King and Twin Peaks, with a bit of Tremors thrown in." —The Guardian
“A splendid, weird, moving novel.”— NPR.org
From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves. . . no matter where we live.
Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.
Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "KING CITY" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels.
Night Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.
Diane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: "KING CITY". It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures...if they can ever find it.
Reviews
Everything the secret police has always told me I wanted
5By Reallynametakers?This book was just wonderful. I've been a fan of the podcast for almost two years now but I didn't quite know if it would translate well to a written format. Let me tell you son, it did! It was riveting and it sucked me in. I felt like I was living in the same surrealistic dream Jackie and Diane were. It hit on all the right notes, tied in all the podcast call backs, and over all was just entertaining! Bonus points for adding in pink flamingoes boys.A review
5By That-one-hot-amporaAfter listening to night vale for two years now I was eager for this book and let me tell you it lives up to anyone's expectations. It is perfect . Just as perfect as Carlos's perfect hair. ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUDVery good but the podcast is better
4By Keystone72This book is just like the podcast, but the humor and cleverness work better listening then reading the words. It isn't until about 80% through the book that you become fluent enough in the language of the book to read engage with the characters.Tired of thinking your own thoughts?
5By LandOfMegBelieveHello! Are you tired of thinking your own thoughts? Try listening to someone else's thoughts! Hear these thoughts voiced by Cecil Baldwin: Listen to "Welcome to Night Vale." (audio version only - the voice of Cecil in your head is just a bonus when reading the written word.)Welcome to Night Vale
1By Fooled&canivedThis is unbelievably bad writing. And the 50 five star reviews are a sham as most admitted they hadn't even read the book yet! I want my money back. How does Apple even allow this!!As great as expected
5By AshtonJThe podcast is so amazing because of the writing. Of course a book with the same writers would be as amazing.A True Nightvale Tale
5By BearPoet5Usually, as a fervent listener of the podcast I'm left with more questions than answers when it came to Welcome to Nightvale. My friends and I would discuss theories and possible connections that could make heads or tails of a strange new event or figure. This novel, took that same formula but added one more delicious and satisfying thing. A resolution. Most Podcasts of Nightvale are based on reports that are reported by Cecil after an event occurs. His guess is usually as good as ours when it comes to things. Unfortunately and fortunately for us, Cecil is only there to report as is his passion and career. The method of this drove mystery and intrigue into listeners as they craved more answers but instead received more questions. Of course, the Podcast itself doesn't just act as a report. It's a story. Many stories making a larger story. Arcs of death and disaster laced with anticipation and thought provoking strange mannerisms. Which is why the novel succeeds. It not only provides a more personal and emotional view from the actual people witness to the events of the story, but it follows the same strange formula. What makes Nightvale, Nightvale is not simply explained. It's accepted. I began the novel expecting, well, maybe expecting the podcast and possibly something different as well. I got what I expected and that, actually shocked me. I was confused as Nightvale does well to naturally confuse anyone's rational thought process. Seeing such a normal oddity for Nightvale was quite extraordinary and strange, if you're able to understand by now. This novel was crafted with love and enriched with only a humor and touch that Nightvale can offer to any listener or reader. All you need to do, is to accept it. Then you'll understand. Also, please treat Tarantulas with kindness. They're simple creatures, unlike ourselves.books bad
5By yoshi1361aren’t books bad??????!! but i still can’t wait!Welcome to Night Vale
5By Hetalia and Fairy TailThe sample already is amazing, I can not WAIT for the whole book. Although, looks like I'll be buying both the hard copy AND the audio book! Cecil as the reader will be perfect of course, almost as perfect as Carlos.ALL HAIL
5By chellxdALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD. And now for the weather.
