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David Wong Books In Order

Publication order of john dies at the end books, publication order of zoey ashe books.

David Wong is a pen name for Jason Pargin. He is an American humor writer. He has written three novels namely; This Book is Full of Spiders, John Dies at the End, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits. John Dies at the End was featured in a film in 2012 using the same name. He is also the editor of Cracked, a humor website. Jason was born on 10th January, 1975 in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He attended high school where he met Mark Leighty also known as John Ceese. These two writers met in an art class where they shared ideas. Wong proceeded to attend the Southern Illinois University where he enrolled into a radio-television program. He was part of Consumer Advocate, a TV show on Alt.News cable TV. After campus, he lived in Marion, Illinois until late in 2014. He then moved to Nashville.

Two years after graduating he started his own humor site called Pointless Waste of Time. This developed into the renowned Cracked website. He developed PWOT while working as a copy editor at a law firm. He edited insurance claims for the firm while posting humor articles on his site. He published a web serial based on the story he wrote on every Halloween. The free online versions were read by at least 70,000 people before they were removed in 2008. John Dies is based on the feedback provided by the readers of the web serial. He adopted the name David Wong as he started the online writing career. This was an effort of keeping his online and real life separate. He did not want his work mates to get around his writing career. This is because most of his work was inspired by real people. His real name became common after signing a book and a film deal. He went on to defend himself my claiming that he wanted to live a simple life.

The web prominence forced Demand Media to hire Wong. Demand was unaware of Wong’s book writing career. He became the head editor for the online magazine, Cracked.com. Part of the deal was to merge PWOT with Cracked forums. There were many incompatibility issues as reported by Wong. He is known to have published an article that talked about Dunbars number with humor. This was again seen in his book, This Book is Full of Spiders. He is now responsible for running the Cracked website. He has a monthly column called David Wong’s End Times Report. He also wrote the script for the Starship Icarus, a Cracked video series. The series had a production controversy which elevated it to a national level. The story is about common people who are responsible of keeping the ship running while high people enjoy the adventure.

John Dies at the End was the pioneer book-project. The publishers rejected his book at first. Fortunately, Permuted Press accepted to publish the book in 2007. Additional material was included in the second edition published by Thomas Dunne Books. The book was received well in the market. This success caught Don Corscarelli`s attention who decided to make a film based on the book. He went on to produce the film after acquiring the rights. The filming was done in Southern California from late 2010 until early 2011. The actors include Chase Williamson, Paul Giamatti, Rob Mayes and Clancy Brown. The film was premiered during the Sundance Film Festival on 23rd January, 2012. It was also played in Austin, Texas at South by Southwest on 12th March, 2012. The book is about a drug that promises to provide a super-body experience. It is refereed as the common sauce in the streets. People appear to drift across time and space. Some come back as non-humans. Later, a space invasion takes place and mankind needs saving. John and David, two college drop outs get a chance to do something worthwhile. These two are expected to stop this horror. This book enabled David Wong to win a cult status.

David Wong went on to write another book called This Book is Full of Spiders. It was published by St. Martin’s Press in 2012. It is a follow up to the previous boo. A year has passed since the events of the outer world invasion. Both David and John continue with their lives. One day they follow up a military convoy and discover a strange box at the back. While asleep, David is attacked by a spider-like creature. The creatures turn on to the officer who comes to investigate. The creature takes control of his body with a zombie effect. The infection spreads throughout the town. Panic ensues as the town is isolated in attempt to stop the spread of the infection. David Wong talks about the possibility of having a living spider in your skull. This creature secrets a chemical in your brain that stimulates skepticism. This prevents you from seeking a cure. It cannot be felt since it controls the nervous system. It decides what you feel and what you see. There is no telling what will happen if everyone around you has spiders in their skull.

The Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits is a third novel written by David Wong. It is the first book that steered away from the Soy Sauce Series. In this book, he decides to taken people into the near future. A young woman and her smelly cat found themselves in a world of fortunes, assassins and technology which provides super powers. Zoey Ashe, finds herself at the center of a wild war between the rich and powerful people. In the street nothing is illegal especially for the rich. She can only trust the associates of her dead father. The associates are called The Suits. They are well dressed individuals who seem to be the only form of order in this chaotic future. But still Zoey has to figure out if they can be trusted. This book is filled with class divisions, an overbearing media presence, suspicious military technology, gaudy, Christmas decorations and corporate over-saturation. David Wong has proven to be a master of humor and horror in this book. His work exhibits a brilliant and cynical comedy. He appears to be a keen observer of human condition and proceeds to predict their future.

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Order of David Wong Books

David Wong made his debut as a published novelist in 2007 with the novel John Dies at the End . The novel has been adapted to film by Don Coscarelli. Below is a list of David Wong’s books in order of when they were originally released:

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David Wong Synopsis: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits is a standalone title by David Wong. In this world, anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, while human achievement soars to new heights and its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. This is a world in which at least one cat smells like a seafood shop’s dumpster on a hot summer day. This is the world in which Zoey Ashe finds herself, navigating a futuristic city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, nightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner. Her only trusted advisor is the aforementioned cat, but even in the future, cats cannot give advice. At least not any that you’d want to follow. Will Zoey figure it all out in time? Or maybe the better question is, will you? After all, the future is coming sooner than you think.

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If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe

I want you to stop what you're doing and ask yourself an important question: If some dark, powerful entity was attempting to ensnare your mind and dominate your will, would you even notice?

A competent devil would know that if he revealed his true nature, you'd resist, or seek help. The ideal possession would be more subtle; to you, it would feel like it was your choice. The takeover of your soul would be soothing, satisfying, maybe even kind of fun. An entity armed with such techniques would ensnare millions before anyone caught on.

In possibly related news, Dave, John and Amy hear from a panicked mother that a popular toy and its connected smartphone app are demanding flesh from her daughter. Around the world, other owners of the toy are reporting the same. Who, or what, is behind it? What's their endgame? And why does this mother seem to be harboring dark secrets about her family's past?

As these three barely-employed amateurs dig for the truth under layers of high-tech occult manipulation and subterfuge, another crucial question lingers: Is there seriously no one else who can handle this?

The long-awaited fourth book in the New York Times bestselling John Dies at the End series, another terrifying and hilarious tale of almost-Armageddon at the hands of two hopeless heroes.

Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick: A Novel

New York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest―and greatest―sci-fi thriller in the Zoey Ashe Series.

Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman suddenly in charge of the most decadent city in the world. And her very smelly cat.

Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. She finds herself struggling to establish rule over a sprawling empire while Tabula Ra$a's rogue's gallery of larger-than-life crime bosses and corrupt plutocrats smell weakness. Tensions brew across the city.

A steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she and her bodyguard Wu are shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse, and even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises from the box and goes on a rampage through the house. After being subdued, it speaks in an electronic voice, accusing Zoey of being its murderer. Soon, it makes the same claim to the public at large, along with the promise of a cash reward for proof that Zoey and the Suits are behind the crime.

Now Zoey is having doubts of her own: Is she 100% sure that someone on her team didn't do this? She also doesn't even have a complete list of what businesses she owns, or what exact laws her organization is still breaking. So what does she really know?

What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror

It's the story "They" don't want you to read.

Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached." No, don't put the book back on the shelf -- it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it works with e-books, too, I don't have time to explain how.

While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth they -- like you -- would be better off not knowing.

Your first impulse will be to think that a story this gruesome -- and, to be frank, stupid -- cannot possibly be true. That is precisely the reaction "They" are hoping for.

John Dies at the End 's "smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next" ( Publishers Weekly ) and This Book is Full of Spiders was "unlike any other book of the genre" ( Washington Post ). Now, New York Times bestselling author David Wong is back with What the Hell Did I Just Read , the third installment of this black-humored thriller series.

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits: A Novel

A Winner of the 2016 Alex Awards

Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat. Together, they will decide the future of mankind.

Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, in which human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. A world in which at least one cat smells like a seafood shop's dumpster on a hot summer day.

This is the world in which Zoey Ashe finds herself, navigating a futuristic city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, nightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner. Her only trusted advisor is the aforementioned cat, but even in the future, cats cannot give advice. At least not any that you'd want to follow.

Will Zoey figure it all out in time? Or maybe the better question is, will you? After all, the future is coming sooner than you think.

This Book is Full of Spiders

From David Wong, the writer of the cult sensation John Dies at the End, comes another terrifying and hilarious tale of almost Armageddon at the hands of two hopeless heroes.

Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.

You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection -- the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed.

Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it. Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking.

"Like an episode of AMC's "The Walking Dead" written by Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." …Imagine a mentally ill narrator describing the zombie apocalypse while drunk, and the end result is unlike any other book of the genre. Seriously, dude, touch it and read it." – Washington Post

"Kevin Smith's Clerks meets H.P. Lovecraft in this exceptional thriller… David Wong (Jason Pargin) is a fantastic author with a supernatural talent for humor. If you want a poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, disturbing, ridiculous, self-aware, socially relevant horror novel than This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is the one and only book for you." – SF Signal

John Dies at the End

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 edition is newly rewritten by the author with additional material and an even more epic epic of slackers versus the occult!

"David Wong 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

"Wong 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 flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. 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 drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say no. You still do. 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.

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If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe

• By: Jason Pargin, David Wong
• Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
• Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 2,150
• Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,938
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 1,931

If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn’t tip you off, you’ve just wandered into the city of “Undisclosed”. You don’t want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave....

• 5 out of 5 stars

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• By Chris Bell on 10-23-22
• By: Jason Pargin , David Wong
• Series: John Dies at the End , Book 4
• Release date: 10-18-22
• Language: English
• 5 out of 5 stars 2,150 ratings

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John Dies at the End

• By: David Wong
• Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 9,059
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,213
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 8,229

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John....

Vulgar Funny. 4.95 Sale Win.

• By C Yohe on 11-19-12
• Series: John Dies at the End , Book 1
• Release date: 03-09-11
• 4 out of 5 stars 9,059 ratings

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This Book Is Full of Spiders

• Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End, Book 2)
• Narrated by: Nick Podehl
• Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,918
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,341
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,345

Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. This is not a metaphor....

Holy Velvet Jesus Painting, My Jimmies Are Rustled

• By C Yohe on 04-26-13
• Series: John Dies at the End , Book 2
• Release date: 10-02-12
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,918 ratings

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What the Hell Did I Just Read

• A Novel of Cosmic Horror
• By: David Wong, Jason Pargin
• Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,729
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,313
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,300

While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on....

Please fix the audio

• By Chris Bell on 10-03-17
• By: David Wong , Jason Pargin
• Series: John Dies at the End , Book 3
• Release date: 10-03-17
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,729 ratings

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Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick

• Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
• Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,696
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,504
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,498

On the eve of the world's most lavish and ridiculous Halloween celebration, a steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she is shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse....

Loved the story but....

• By Brianna Stahl on 11-15-20
• Series: Zoey Ashe , Book 2
• Release date: 11-10-20
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,696 ratings

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

• Narrated by: Christy Romano
• Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,931
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,454
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,446

In a prosperous yet gruesomely violent near future, superhero vigilantes battle thugs whose heads are full of supervillain fantasies....

This whole city is a butt that farts horror.

• By Claudia H on 03-03-16
• Series: Zoey Ashe , Book 1
• Release date: 10-06-15
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,931 ratings

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David Wong was the pseudonym for Jason Pargin, the New York Times bestselling author of the John Dies at the End series who now publishes under his real name. He is also the former Executive Editor at Cracked.com and the author of the Zoey Ashe novels.

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