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Welcome to Night Vale

By: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Narrated by: Cecil Baldwin
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Night Vale is a small desert town where all the conspiracy theories you've ever heard are actually true. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.

Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked 'KING CITY' by a mysterious man in a tan jacket. She can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City before she herself unravels.

Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape-shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.

Diane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: 'KING CITY'. It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries and their futures...if they can ever find it.

©2015 Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

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The Definitive Welcome to Night Vale Experience

This book is for fans, in short. If you love the podcast and want to enjoy a far longer experience, or really if you just want to understand the lights seen in the sky above Arby's and the Man in the Tan Jacket, this is for you. Please note though, this book takes place between episodes 75 and 76 of the podcast, and consequently features spoilers for everything before episode 75.

I cannot recommend it enough, and if you have yet to listen to the podcast, I highly recommend you give it a go.

Cecil Baldwin continues to be an incredible actor, and the cameos from Dylan Marren (Carlos) and Retta (Old Woman Josie) as well as the *ahem* DEFINITELY NOT ANGELS were welcome and happy appearences.

I cannot wait for the next Night Vale novel, as well as the next episode of the podcast.

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I could tell you that this book was the most interesting, fun, and different book I have ever, ever, ever come across ever, but I won't because it is illegal, in fact it is illegal for me to say anything about it. It also mentions angels, though let's pretend you did not know that since it is illegal to talk of angels also.
So in conclusion you could say I may or may not have thoroughly enjoyed this book. I did. but go check with a scientist who will hook me up to a machine, write something on his clipboard then indicate the answer to you using actual words.

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A wonderful welcome.

This book was different to the podcasts since it's a real, full story all in one so it had the lulls in action and plot that the podcasts don't. The story was also a little disjointed sometimes but overall I loved it very much and it was so wonderful to listen to the book the same way we listen to the podcasts. Diane and Jackie were awesome main characters and Cecil's shows in between the story was such a nice surprise!

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I enjoyed this silly story

Good story to zone out to, doesn't take much brain power to follow along and was weird, wonderful and fun.

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Fantastic

even if you don't know nightvale this book is awesome and a great listen. Cecil is an amazing voice actor

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A quirky adventure!

I loved this book. The storytelling was intriguing. Well read and engaging. Akin to the writing of Douglas Adams and just as gripping. A must if you love random, disjointed but also linear narratives.

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Brilliant story full of lovable characters

Amazing book that I couldn't stop reading!! The story had me in a trance and I can't recommend it enough to people who love the podcast or love a good surreal and touching story.

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Don't listen to the bad reviews!!

This was a remarkable book, filled with the trademark night Vale weirdness. It has a great story and amazing characters. Thank you Joseph and Geoffrey!!!!

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AMAZING!!!

Incredible story telling. Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel brings the Night Vale universe to life like never before, whilst retaining the weird and wonderful story-telling we are so accustomed to!

Cecil Baldwin makes this novel an unforgettable experience with his beautiful, one of a kind voice.

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A very well made audiobook

I think the fact that this is a spin off of a podcast gives it a very good opportunity to lean into the acting. It could have been an audio book read by one person the traditional way, but it really kept the WTNV charm. Of course, Cecil Baldwin is truly the voice of NV so this is just 12 hours of uninterrupted vocal candy.

As for the story, I got this when I was younger so I couldn't get on board with a mom as a MC, but now that I'm a little older and wiser, she's a fantastic character. I love the complex awkward love that her son has for her as well. Lots of nasty rotten fictional teen boys out there, so I really love Josh just being a nice young man.

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