Superstitious (novel)
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| Author | R.L. Stine |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror fiction |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Publication date | September 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-446-51953-7 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 32510288 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.T4837 S86 1995 |
Superstitious is a 1995 horror novel by author R.L. Stine. This was the first adult novel by Stine who mainly writes young adult literature. This book deals with Sara Morgan, who falls in love with Liam O’Connor. It was published on September 1995 by Grand Central Publishing in the United States.
R. L. Stine began writing this book after Robert Gottlieb, an agent offered him a one million dollar advance.[1] It took him four months to write.[2][3]
Plot summary
Sara Morgan, a graduate student who has left an abusive relationship with chip, starts a new relationship with a handsome professor named Liam O'Connor. Liam is extremely superstitious and he lives with his sister Margaret, who he is quite close to. Sara does not mind these quirks and marries Liam. Shortly, people start dying in grisly ways, and it turns out the professor knew all of them. Sara starts to wonder if her husband might be the killer, while Liam's superstitious behaviors increase.
One day, after Sara discovers Margaret and in bed together naked, she smashes the mirror out of protest and runs out of the house. She returns later to retrieve her keys to find Margaret dead and leaves afterwards in search of her boss' house. There, she spots her boss dead and Liam glaring at her. He explains to her that Margaret was his wife and that he needed Sara to bear their child so that demons of superstition lived inside of him could pass down on to the child. He went on to explain that when the demons slip away, they kill someone he knows; when Sara broke the mirror, the demons slipped out and murdered Margaret.
Sara, in an attempt to show Liam that there are no demons, shatters one of the mirrors in the house. The demons then slip outside of him and kill him. The demons then knock Sara out. She then awakens in the hospital to find out she is going to have a baby.
Reception
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The novel was not as well received as his young adult novels,[4] selling only 150,000 copies within 9 months of publication.[5][2] The book was featured on USAToday''s bestseller list for 7 weeks, attaining a peak position of 80.[6] This book was also a main selection of the Doubleday Book Club.[7]
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References
- ^ Tabor, Mary (September 7, 1995). "AT HOME WITH: R. L. Stine; Grown-Ups Deserve Some Terror, Too". New York Times. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- ^ a b Cohen, Joel. "R. L. Stine". Lucent Books, 2000. p.55.
- ^ "A chat with the best-selling children's author". CNN.com (October 28, 1999). Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- ^ "R.l. Stine". People.com (December 25, 1995). Retrieved on March 22, 2009.
- ^ "THE STEPHEN KING OF PRETEEN READERS R.L. STINE KNOWS HOW TO GIVE KIDS GOOSEBUMPS.". Philadelphia Inquirer (May 12, 1996). Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Best-Selling Books Database", USA Today. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- ^ From the back flap of the Superstitious book published by Warner Books.
