Goosebumps...

[JLBats]

I read Mad Magazine and I'm 35.

I'm sorry, but we're past the confessional portion of this thread

 

[spideyboy_1111]

theres nothin wrong with reading goosebumps between 11-13... imo

 

[Socrates]

I remember i was in a thing called in school suspension. i was in school but i didn't go to class. I was just stuck in a room all day left to do nothing until the end of the day. And my sister had a ton of this books so i took them with me and read a few books each day. I had in school suspension for a week. So i really got into this then. More so then my sister did after awhile.

Left to do nothing, you say? That's bulls**t. You're supposed to study or do school work during In-School Suspension. Reading for fun comes after that.

 

[Catman]

Like I said i read them cause they were my Sister's And i needed something to do and i just thought i would read them.

Don't be ashamed, man! Many people, including myself, read Goosebumps in 1992. Then again...I was still in Elementary school so maybe it was different for you.

 

[Catman]

theres nothin wrong with reading goosebumps between 11-13... imo

Some don't feel that way. R.L. Stine wrote the Fear Street series for kids in that age group. Goosebumps was for elementary school kids.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

who cares what people think then.. if you enjoy reading them i dont see a problem with it... hell Harry Potter was ment for young ages... and due to fan enduldgence they were written for all age and every age group loves them...

plus 11 or 12 isnt bad at all 13-14 i'd say is pushing it though

 

[Catman]

who cares what people think then.. if you enjoy reading them i dont see a problem with it... hell Harry Potter was ment for young ages... and due to fan enduldgence they were written for all age and every age group loves them...

plus 11 or 12 isnt bad at all 13-14 i'd say is pushing it though

I'm just saying, man! I was 10 when Goosebumps came out and I read it. I liked it. JAL is only a year older than me. So, I don't know why he's so embarrased.

 

[JLBats]

I really don't care how old you are when you read something

I mean, if they put a stamp on Moby Dick that read "For Kids", only the stupidest of scholars would stop reading it if they'd enjoyed it.

I was just pointing out how odd it was that JAL was in the thread talking about his enjoyment of the books when the rest of us are ten years younger. It reminded me of the guy who still goes and plays on the swingset when he's like 40. But, hey, maybe that guy's not a pedophile and he just likes swinging. To each their own, right?

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Left to do nothing, you say? That's bulls**t. You're supposed to study or do school work during In-School Suspension. Reading for fun comes after that.

I mean after i did all the work.

And even if i didn't its not like anyone was in there. I was all by myself. they come and check every other hour or so.

 

[Catman]

I was just pointing out how odd it was that JAL was in the thread talking about his enjoyment of the books when the rest of us are ten years younger.

The rest of us?! I doubt every single member here is 15-years-old. In fact, I know many members who are already in their `20s.

 

[Catman]

And even if i didn't its not like anyone was in there. I was all by myself. they come and check every other hour or so.

Your school was weird.

 

[Abaddon]

My favorites were the choose your own adventure one's though...there was some freaky one where you're stuck in a carnival..yeah

Ha, I had a few those!


I'd cheat sometimes of I didn't like the ending.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

That'd be cool if you were nutso and read one of those and if you died one time you just threw the book away, 'cause you wanted to be true to your character.

 

[Abaddon]

Wilhelm, what did you read as a kid?

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Your school was weird.

Yeah it was. I had home school summer school. I had the work sent to my house and i mailed it out. After awhile i stopped doing the work and they still passed me to the next grade.

 

[JLBats]

Wilhelm, what did you read as a kid?

The Bible, duh.

 

[Abaddon]

The Bible, duh.

No wonder.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Wilhelm, what did you read as a kid?

First, my Mom's encyclopedias. I marveled at the Salvador Dali entry for hours.
Also marveled at her disGUSTING medical school text books and a certain edition of Bulfinch's Mythology where I loved the illustrations and was very annoyed when I tried to read it and understood nothing.

Books that come with a record:

One about Batman vs. Man-Bat
One about The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
One about The Fantastic Four
One about Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back

Robinson Crusoe

Every Jack T. Chick tract. Everyday, All the time

A Book of Freaks

Inumerable books on Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster, Aliens, Monsters

One Avengers comic with Ultron
One Mickey Mouse Comic where there's a giant mechanical lobster
Some Red Sonja that the baby-sitter's biker husband had.

Mad Magazine
Cracked Magazine
Crazy Magazine

The Iron Sceptre
All the Xanth books

Disney's the Art of Animation
The Art of the Dark Crystal

The New Teen Titans
The Legion of Super Heroes
The X-Men, back when they were good.
Ronin by Frank Miller
Elfquest
Thor
The Fantastic Four
The Secret Wars
Who's Who of the DC Universe
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
X-Men vs. Micronauts which really helped cement my kink
The last Rom comic
What If

Misery


I never stopped being a kid as far as many interests, but those are some big ones from before I became what most would call an adult.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Uh....I'd love to see R.L.Stine include a scene where a woman is savagely raped by a demon-possessed tree.
.

Becuase of Sam Raimi, that's one of the most infamous scenes in The Evil Dead.

 

[Abaddon]

Excellent. *documents info*

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

The sky is blue on sunny days.

 

[Spider-Gamer]

The sky is blue on sunny days.

You just blew my mind...

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

You just blew my mind...

Because of Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick adapted "The Shining" to film, making "Here's Johnny!" an enduring catchphrase for Jack Nicholson.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

Ha, I had a few those!


I'd cheat sometimes of I didn't like the ending.

Same here, I'd have the choice of going down the dark cooridor or going into the bright room...and I'd go into the bright room

"A clown lady jumps out and bites your face off"

...**** that


I'm going back to the dark cooridor

 

[jimmy]

After the first "Choose Your Own Ending!" series, I gave up on Goosebumps.