Ep 321 - Carrie, by Stephen King

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Spooktober 2018! Our first book this year is Carrie, Stephen King’s first published novel. Even if you know what happens—and you have probably at least encountered the pigs-blood-prom-night thing through cultural osmosis at this point—the way King builds to and follows that iconic scene keeps this book plenty spooky.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.
0:43.8	It's a podcast about the books you've been meeting to read.
0:47.2	My name is Craig.
0:48.2	My name is Andrew but spooky.
0:51.8	Craig Bahontas.
0:56.0	It's another Spooktober.
0:57.3	It's like our fifth or sixth one.
0:59.1	I didn't count.
1:00.1	I'm not going to go count.
1:02.1	Well it's probably like the 70th Spooktober.
1:05.0	We just weren't always celebrating it.
1:07.4	Think about that.
1:09.2	Sure.
1:10.2	Because like a cat died or something 70 years ago and that's the ghost that causes Spooktober.
1:15.5	So if you're joining us for this Spooktober and this is your first one, Spooktober is
1:20.9	a yearly month of spooky delights.
1:24.6	We've got spills, chills, thrills and silent hills up in here every week in October.
1:32.5	We're going to read a book that's spooky for some reason.
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