Goosebumps

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The very popular Goosebumps series of children's horror fiction books was created by author R. L. Stine. Sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title from 1992 to 1997. The series also spawned a gamebook spinoff, also written by R. L. Stine called Give Yourself Goosebumps. The Goosebumps series was 15th on the American Library Association's list of most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 1999 [1]. Several of the titles in the series were made into movies; the series also inspired a television series which ran from 1995 to 1998. Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask inspired two videos. Some consider it the Harry Potter of the early 1990s.

In terms of plot, the books are hardly scary, as they were written for a younger audience. Adults may even find some of the sillier situations to be rather humerous. It is obvious that Stine keeps his plots well within typical horror stereotypes, so much so that the books can be categorized according to plot (monsters, ghosts, etc.). Even so, Stine did come up with a few interesting variations, namely, Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes. Settings are always generic, suburbs, summer camps and such. Some of the books spawned sequels, Monster Blood had no less than four appearences. These sequels seemed merely to repeat the story from the original, and never enlarged very far on the plot. Furthermore, the narrative is nearly always first-person. Finally, the endings to the books are always undesirable; there has never been a Goosebumps book with a happy ending.[1]

After the original series ended in 1999, Stine began writing Goosebumps: Series 2000 books, although the spinoff of the original series did not last long, due to declining popularity. There are 25 Series 2000 books, including one sequel to an original series (Night of the Living Dummy).

[1]This is not always true; The Horror at Camp Jellyjam has a pleasant ending, as does One Day at Horrorland.

Contents

1 Running gags/trademarks

2 List of Goosebumps books

3 Related topics

4 External links

Running gags/trademarks

The protagonist is always twelve years old, except in the case of sequels starring the same character. The protagonist is usually picked on by older siblings, or jealous of younger ones.

List of Goosebumps books

Most of the titles are now out of print, although as of 2004, the most popular ones have been reissued.

1. Welcome to Dead House
2. Stay out of the Basement
3. Monster Blood
4. Say Cheese and Die!
5. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
6. Let's Get Invisible
7. Night of the Living Dummy
8. The Girl Who Cried Monster
9. Welcome to Camp Nightmare
10. The Ghost Next Door
11. The Haunted Mask
12. Be Careful What You Wish For...
13. Piano Lessons can be Murder
14. The Warewolf of Fever Swamp
15. You Can't Scare Me!
16. One Day at Horrorland
17. Why I'm Afraid of Bees
18. Monster Blood II
19. Deep Trouble
20. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
21. Go Eat Worms!
22. Ghost Beach
23. Return of the Mummy
24. Phantom of the Auditorium
25. Attack of the Mutant
26. My Hairiest Adventure
27. A Night in Terror Tower
28. The Cookoo Clock of Doom
29. Monster Blood III
30. It Came From Beneath the Sink
31. Night of the Living Dummy II
32. The Barking Ghost
33. The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
34. Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
35. A Shocker on Shock Street
36. The Haunted Mask II
37. The Headless Ghost
38. The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
39. How I Got My Shrunken Head
40. Night of the Living Dummy III
41. Bad Hare Day
42. Egg Monsters From Mars
43. The Beast from the East
44. Say Cheese and Die - Again!
45. Ghost Camp
46. How to Kill a Monster
47. Legend of the Lost Legend
48. Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns
49. Vampire Breath
50. Calling All Creeps!
51. Beware the Snowman
52. How I Learned to Fly
53. Chicken Chicken
54. Don't go to Sleep
55. The Blob that Ate Everyone
56. The Curse of Camp Cold Lake
57. My Best Friend is Invisible
58. Deep Trouble II
59. The Haunted School
60. Werewolf Skin
61. I Live in Your Basement!
62. Monster Blood IV

External links

Goosebumps Home from Scholastic Press

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