Fazha
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Paul Tremblay:
I'm a little more than half way through Head Full of Ghosts. Fantastic read so far. I was wondering what inspired you to write a book that clearly pays homage to exorcism books and movies that came before, but in a way that (so far) subverts the well established tropes of all of them? Did it start out as a more conventional Exorcism story and evolve?
Paul Tremblay
I actually started with thinking, "Hmm, there have been lots of luke-warm PG13 possession movies in the last 10/15 years but no one has really written a possession novel in a while, how would I do one?" I knew that I'd have to address the Blatty-sized elephant in the room. Instead of ducking the Exorcist, I decided to address it head on (with the blog posts) and thought it would be another cool way to build the ambiguity by letting the reader know that yeah, you've seen some of this before, but then again, have you? And also make what's-real-what's-not even more murky.
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Patty Abarno
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Paul Tremblay:
hi Paul- So, I just finished "The Cabin at the End of the World" and I cannot stop thinking about this novel! Can you give me some incite into how you wanted the reader to interpret the ending? I read the book cover to cover in one day at the beach! It was so intense and well written, while also so full of twists and doubts. I'd love to hear back from you if you have the time! Thanks! Patty
Alexandra
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Paul Tremblay:
Hi Paul! I just binge read The Cabin At The End Of The World. I'm gay and in a gay marriage and I have to tell you how nice it was to read about a family that represented my own experiences! What inspired you to make Eric and Andrew a gay couple? Was there a reason? It's really nice for gay people to read about gay characters in books where the point of the story is not that the characters are gay!
Mason
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Paul Tremblay:
So I just finished reading Joe Hill's Plunge and saw that you were thanked for helping with the math, what an awesome and crazy credit, haha, though I now see in your bio you have a masters in mathematics so it makes more sense. Anyway my question is when are we getting the Paul Tremblay horror comic? If Hillhouse does a second run you gotta get in there.
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