If you like it, it will keep you busy for quite a while, there are over 80 episodes right now. Seconding the hitchhikers guide recommendation for welcome to night vale fans who havent experienced the series before. 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read welcome to night vale.
Welcome to night vale series by joseph fink goodreads. From the new york times bestselling authors of welcome to night vale and it devours. Welcome to night vale is a 2015 novel based on the popular welcome to night vale podcast created by joseph fink and jeffrey cranor, who also wrote the book. Welcome to night vale by joseph fink, jeffrey cranor. Welcome to night vale night vale presents all you can. A wonderfully creepy tale filled with revelations about the nature of the town and its residents. Its a town like your town, with a city hall, a bowling alley, a diner, and a radio station reporting all the news thats allowed to be heard. Inside this book welcome to night vale pdf book by joseph fink i will be writing, have been writing, or have already written depending on when you see this. Welcome to night valethe charmingly odd mix of garrison keillors lake wobegon tales, linked story collections like winesburg, ohio, and the sound of npr as broadcast from the twilight zonewent from the small, independently produced podcast of commonplace books in brooklyn to one of the mostdownloaded shows on itunes, rubbing shoulders with wtf, the bs report. Our smoothtalking, usually unflappable radio announcer. Joseph fink created the welcome to night vale and alice isnt dead podcasts. Welcome to night vale ebook by joseph fink rakuten kobo. A novel masterfully brings the darkly hilarious, touching and creepy world of the podcast into the realm of ink and paper.
A novel ebook written by joseph fink, jeffrey cranor. Well post updates as well as any future changes to social media and our website. Those of you who are familiar with the podcast of which this book is based. Episode 33 shows that cecil was an intern at the radio station. Welcome to night valethe charmingly odd mix of garrison keillors lake wobegon tales, linked story collections like winesburg, ohio, and the sound of npr as broadcast from the twilight zonewent from the small, independently produced podcast of commonplace books in brooklyn to one of the mostdownloaded shows on itunes, rubbing shoulders with wtf, the bs report, and this american life. Join the cocreators of welcome to night vale at a location near you this october and november. If you like welcome to night vale you might like similar books it devours. Night vales 5th birthday party june 21 at the bell house, featuring very special and secret guests and something were calling night vale after dark. He is a writer and editor, and the coowner of commonplace books. I will put the list behind a read more and keep it updated as more are mentioned in future episodes this. Be sure to get a copy for yourself, your dog, and the hooded. Our new novel, the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home, is available for preorder now. A novel is easily enjoyed on its own terms even for those who are new to the town.
A novel expands the universe of the podcast as we follow two women, diane crayton and jackie fierro, whose already weird lives get turned upside down when a man in a tan suit with a deerskin briefcase gives them both a piece of paper with the words king city written on it. This kind of support is likely to make people much more joined. I received a request to make a welcome to night vale reading list a summer reading program, if you will a central place to find all books, plays, musicals, and other bits of literary reference which have been mentioned in the show. Welcome to night vale is a 2015 novel based on the popular welcome to night vale podcast created by joseph fink and jeffrey cranor, who also wrote the. Welcome to night vale reading list cecil speaks night. This event will take place in the rare book room on the strands 3rd floor, accessible via the main store elevator or the stairs and elevator next door at 826 broadway. I received an advance copy of this book and was eager to see how my favourite surrealist town translates to a novel. Jackie runs the local pawn shop and only ever follows the same routine, that is, until she meets the man in the tan jacket.
Books similar to welcome to night vale welcome to night vale. And lately dianes started to see her sons father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Welcome to night vale is a podcast presented as a radio show for the fictional town of night vale, reporting on the strange events that occur within it. A friendly but terrifying and comic but dark and glittering but bleak story of misfit family life that unfolds along the side streets, back alleys, and springloaded trapdoors of the small town home youll realize youve always missed living in. Set in the desert town made famous in the podcast of the same name, welcome to night vale is a hilariously dark novel about family, strangers, shapeshifting teenagers, and the deceptiveness of memory. That steves ideas of reality mesh better with the listeners than, say, cecils seems like an indication that hes saner, but thats a dangerous. Sep 20, 2015 i know, i know, a two star rating for the welcome to night vale novel. Joseph fink sadly, at this time do not have got specifics of your performer joseph fink. Welcome to night vale script books hc international. A novel is an enjoyable read for anyone who is already a fan of the podcast. A night vale local, cecil has a voice like butter and remains calm in the face of many of the towns dangerous peculiaritiesbut is reduced to fanboyish glee over husband carlos perfect hair and internet cat videos action survivor.
Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Thats how i found night vale ran out of other podcasts and poked around in the itunes podcast section. The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are. A novel is easily enjoyed on its own terms even for those who are new to the town of night vale largely because the storytelling shines so brightly on the level of its individual parts. From the creators of the wildly popular welcome to night v. Welcome to night vale novel sticks too closely to the podcasts.
A novel by joseph fink, jeffrey cranor from waterstones today. It is a singularly inventive visit to an otherworldly town thats the stuff of nightmares and daydreams. 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. What are some good books similar to welcome to night vale. A waterstones paperback of the year and new york times bestseller based on the no. Welcome to night vale will be available in book form in 2015. Sep 15, 2017 depending on what constitutes similar in the realm of night vale, id recommend station eleven by emily mandel.
Part twilight zone, part xfiles, part this american life, night vale manages to bridge all these disparate elements together into a cohesive and entertaining story that appeals to a wide audience. October 22, 2015 the creators of the popular podcast welcome to night vale are now telling their tales of a strange desert town in novel form, in a. Welcome to night vale a novel joseph fink, jeffrey cranor. Each week, our hosts do a deep dive into one episode of welcome to night vale, starting with the very first episode from 2012. Published by night vale presents since march 15, 2015, the podcast was previously published by commonplace books. In this ordinary little town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are commonplace parts of everyday life, the lives of two women, with two mysteries, are about to converge. But the longawaited welcome to night vale novel, based on the popular, increasingly surreal, decidedly tongueincheek podcast, resolves one big mystery. Night vale is a town that provides far more questions than answers, mostly about angels and mountains and other things that may or may not exist. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending october 24, 2015. Perhaps no book has ever begged to be listened to rather than read as much as welcome to night vale, joseph fink and jeffrey cranors.
Praise for welcome to night vale this is the novel of your dreams. And before we begin, yes, i actually do have the book. Welcome to night vale uploaded a video 3 weeks ago. Joseph fink and jeffrey cranor are touring the country to talk about it devours. Check out the books the original five by douglas adams, the radio dramas, andor the 1980s bbc television miniseries you can probably skip the hollywood film, and the sixth book by eoin colfer. Good morning night vale is the official welcome to night vale recap show, hosted by cast members meg bashwiner, symphony sanders, and hal lublin. With that said, we are cancelling our book tour forthe faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home. The first edition of the novel was published in october 20th 2015, and was written by joseph fink. Similar books like welcome to night vale tastedive. All hail the glow cloud as the weird and wonderful town of night vale brings itself to fine literature. Cocreators of the popular welcome to night vale podcast, successfully expand the mythology of their strange desert town. We are working with our publisher and bookstores to reschedule and are discussing other possibilities for events.
This isnt just some attempt on my part to spit on dreams and fart on hopes for the fun of it. Welcome to night vale lives up to the podcast hype in every way. When i like a book, i share it around with nearmissionary zeal. I saw a post on tumblr that pointed out that what appears to be the lights of the town of night vale on the book cover, looks a lot like morse code. Night vale pta treasurer diane craytons son, josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. Books similar to welcome to night vale welcome to night. Free download or read online welcome to night vale pdf epub book. Nonetheless, we may get pleasure from if you have any kind of. Its a town like your town, with a city hall, a bowling alley, a diner, and a radio station reporting all the news. Glen david gold, author of carter beats the devil and sunnyside. Authors joseph fink and jeffrey cranor present a story that follows two of night vales residents diane, an unassuming office worker with a shapeshifter for a son, and jackie, a 19 year old pawn shop owner. Depending on what constitutes similar in the realm of night vale, id recommend station eleven by emily mandel. In night vale, theres a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyones home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from, until now.
But untilwhenafter i do or until you return from whatever time stream you are in to read this, or move ahead into another one i can offer one definite bit of advice. Welcome to night vale is a wonderfully strange novel which takes you through the events of how two women meet and the experiences that follow. The book was first released on october 20, 2015 through harper perennial in the united states and orbit books in the united kingdom. Bookpage as a companion piece, welcome to night vale will be hard to resist. Creators fink and cranor offer fans of their occult podcast welcome to night vale a fantastic addition with a standalone tale of the mysterious desert town that also offers loyal listeners some interesting clues about the nature of the place. So, the big draw of this book for me was the promise that we would finally get some resolution to one of welcome to night vales longestrunning mysteries. The series was created in 2012 by joseph fink and jeffrey cranor. Aug 11, 2015 night vale is a town that provides far more questions than answers, mostly about angels and mountains and other things that may or may not exist. The vinyl edition is performed by joseph fink, jeffrey cranor, cecil baldwin, dylan marron, retta, therese plummer, and dan bittner and features excerpts from the welcome to night vale audiobook, commentary from joseph fink, jeffrey cranor, and cecil baldwin, flypaper sleeve, purple record, and a full length digital audio download of the welcome to night vale audiobook powered by. Ones opinions to book welcome to night vale additional audience should be able to make a decision with regards to a guide.
The hit podcast is absurd and hilarious, and as a book its similarly entertaining, but the cosmic horror satire makes it difficult for readers to. Does anyone have any guesses as to what it might say. Unlike most night vale natives, steve is aware that night vale is weird and even how it is weirdbut he claims to know this because of the arrows and dotted lines in the sky that only he can see. In this ordinary little town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are commonplace parts of everyday life, the lives of two women, with two mysteries, are about to. An excerpt from a spy in the desert, now available. Harper perennial 5 95 0 summary 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 401 pages and is available in hardcover format. Part twilight zone, part xfiles, part this american life, night vale manages to bridge all these disparate elements together into a cohesive and. Belongs to a particular strain of american gothic that encompasses the twilight zone. A chooseablepath adventure, unnatural creatures, guide to troubled birds, trigger warning. Synopsis 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. The popular podcast welcome to night vale has ventured into the literary world with its first novel. An excerpt from the audiobook of the second welcome to night vale novel, it devours.