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Spaceballs: The Book
Spaceballs, the nastiest beings in the universe, have decided to kidnap the beautiful Princess Vespa. But she's already run off from her wedding and is speeding away in a Mercedes space coupe, accompanied by her robot, Dot Matrix. Meanwhile, our hero, Lone Starr, threatened by terrible Pizza the Hut, is flying his Winnebago as far away as possible.
Will the wicked Spaceball...more
Will the wicked Spaceball...more
Mass Market Paperback, 122 pages
Published
June 1987
by Scholastic Inc.
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We've all seen Spaceballs and thought it was hilarious, right? A novelisation should be a laugh too, right?
WRONG.
Someone needs to tell 'Jovial Bob Stine' that jokes aren't as funny if you add exclamation points and explain why its funny. Seriously, turn to any page in the book and see if you can't find at least three exclams - some paragraphs contained twice as many!
On top of that almost all the best lines from the movie are missing, the author added some hilarious(!) jokes of his own and all...more
WRONG.
Someone needs to tell 'Jovial Bob Stine' that jokes aren't as funny if you add exclamation points and explain why its funny. Seriously, turn to any page in the book and see if you can't find at least three exclams - some paragraphs contained twice as many!
On top of that almost all the best lines from the movie are missing, the author added some hilarious(!) jokes of his own and all...more
I am embarrassed to admit that I read this book - I was young, I didn't know better. I wanted to watch the film, and this was the closest I could get to it without the power of the internet or a bank balance.
I'm not sure how a book about a slapstick film was ever thought a good idea. It almost conveyed humour, but was let down by an innate inability to actually write a humorous recount of the film.
Also, almost none of the corny lines made it into the book. What aspect of recounting a film don't...more
I'm not sure how a book about a slapstick film was ever thought a good idea. It almost conveyed humour, but was let down by an innate inability to actually write a humorous recount of the film.
Also, almost none of the corny lines made it into the book. What aspect of recounting a film don't...more
GUYS! That "Jovial Bob Stine" on the cover of this Spaceballs novelization...is actually R.L. Stine!!! That's right, I give that fact THREE exclamation points. Made me love this ridiculous novelization even more. Somehow this is even sillier than the actual film and unlike his other awesome books I read in my childhood, this one didn't give me nightmares. (Though I did once have a dream that a robot version of Joan Rivers picked out my clothes in the morning, but who HASN'T had that dream.)
The film is pretty average at best, yet in turning it into a book 'Jovial Bob Stine' manages to removed pretty much all of the humour.
For some reason, the book is written for a younger audience than the film is aimed at and, instead of using the change of media to add depth or additional jokes, Stine simply describes the key moments of the plot of the film in the simplest manner possible.
Do not read this book.
For some reason, the book is written for a younger audience than the film is aimed at and, instead of using the change of media to add depth or additional jokes, Stine simply describes the key moments of the plot of the film in the simplest manner possible.
Do not read this book.
Oh jeeze. I can't believe I even read this, let alone, admit to reading it. Hey, I was a kid, the movie just came out and Spaceballs was just...cool. I'm sure I thought it was great at the time - the novelization of Spaceballs. I mean, we're talking Spaceballs!! That movie was incredible when it came out, and just hilarious. It really makes you realise 20 years later: novelisations of movies are about ther worst idea ever conceived.
What's funny is that I just watched this the other day and that'...more
What's funny is that I just watched this the other day and that'...more
"Hey! I don't have to put up with this! I'm rich!"
This novelized version of the movie classic by Mel Brooks is actually a scathing allegory of the socialist movement in the early 20th century. At least that’s what I said in my 5th grade book report on this enlightening read.
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Yes. I read this. I had a deal with my parents back then. I wasn't allowed to watch anything PG-13 unless I read the book. God did my childhood suck.
Read this in primary school, still have it, didn't live up to expectations.
Lot of times the book is better than the movie. Sometimes it ain't.
Yeah, I read... what's it to ya!
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Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
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