John Dies at the End

     John Dies at the End is a fantastic book so far.  I am 250 pages into the 480 page novel, and every paragraph brings new, shocking descriptions and hilarity.  The book itself is a frame story told to a reporter named Arnie by a young man named David Wong.  Although it so far proves to be a horror comedy, there are a lot of serious questions and ideas brought to light about our mortality and connection with the overall universe.  It certainly has me thinking and asking questions that I have never thought about before.

     One question that comes to mind very early in the book is, "what enables our subconscious to know the future?"  This is brought about when Dave meets Bob Marley (not the real Bob Marley) at a party.  Bob says that he can tell Dave about the last dream Dave had in perfect detail, and it will be done for the small price of a beer.  Of course, Dave doesn't believe him, but Bob does not disappoint.  One thing Dave thinks about while having his nightmare rehashed is that somehow, in his dream, he predicted the future.  The dream was set up in such a way that when there was an explosion, his alarm clock rang and woke him up.  Dave goes on to contemplate this.  How did the dream sequence itself in such a way?  How could his subconscious have possibly known the exact timing of the explosion and synced it to the alarm?  Most of us have had a dream like this, and I, for one, never thought about it in this capacity.  It proves that there are some greater mysteries of the universe and of the mind that we do not fully understand. 

      I can't wait to get back into the book tonight.  Here is the movie trailer.  It features Paul Giomatti as Arnie.