Erich w/ an h

Erich w/ an h asked David Wong:

In my humble opinion, Spiders is your best written novel. I believe that partially because I view the titular Spiders as a metaphor for addiction. That makes them a lot more terrifying for me. Is this just my interpretation, or was that something you intended when writing the novel?

David Wong Thanks! I do think someone who doesn't have a personal connection to addiction could still find truth in it, because that feeling of having someone you love not be in total control of their personality is terrifying whether it's due to drugs, joining a cult, mental illness or whatever. Not because they turn into mindless monsters, but the opposite - you can still see the person there, it's just that you never know which decisions are truly "them" versus ones they'd later say they had no control over. It's the struggle of trying to find where the person stops and some malignant influence starts and the urge to stop treating them like a person at all.

To people who haven't read the book: It's not as depressing as I'm making it sound

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Dylan

Dylan asked David Wong:

When will your next book be released? I've been told FV&FS is getting a sequel, and will be your next book, which I find very exciting, I loved the first one. It's already been a whole 4 months or so since JDatE 3: WtHDIJR came out tho, so I'm going into withdrawal, and hoping I won't have to wait 2 years between books this time, because the wait between FV&FS and JDatE 3 was a long laughless length in literature.

A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked David Wong:

Hi, I haven't even read your fourth book yet but already I can not wait for your fifth book.. So my question is - Are you planning a fifth book? Maybe JDAT 4 or FVAFS 2 or maybe something different?

Dani

Dani asked David Wong:

Some lines in this story seem personal to you, does this bother you? That masses of people know intimate knowledge of your thoughts or feelings? Did you think about this when you wrote/writing your blog or books? Or is it an outlet for your darkest thoughts? Maybe I'm off base here but they say the best writing comes from the heart so I would be surprised if I'm wrong.

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