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Richard B. Knight

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in Dover, The United States

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https://www.cinemablend.com/author/rich-knight/

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Fantasy, Young Adult, Humor and Comedy

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Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bra ...more

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April 2012

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Richard B. Knight (The “B” stands for Brandon) teaches Language Arts during the day and writes fiction at night. He decided that he wanted to be a novelist back in the fourth grade. It was all quite spontaneous. Back then, his teacher asked all of the students what they wanted to be when they grew up, and while many students chose “doctor”, or “lawyer”, or “astronaut,” Richard, wanting to be funny, chose “drag queen garbage man”. It wasn’t until his peers starting reading off their choices that Richard decided that it would probably behoove him to write down another profession. He has stuck with “novelist” ever since.

Richard has a love of movies, video games, and comic books, and all three influences come through in his writing ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 169 ratings · 54 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Clean Hands 3.83 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkness of the Womb 3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Q: Are We Not Human? A: We Are Corpses! by Richard B. Knight (Goodreads Author), Veronica Roxby Jorden (Editor) 3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boy and His Corpse 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interdimensional Subwoofer 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Father's Fears 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It's Okay To Think Blade Runner Sucks

Blade Runner is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. It's the "thinking man's" sci-fi film. Ridley Scott is a genius, and Harrison Ford has never been better.

Except none of that is true. At least not for me. Blade Runner is a boring, meandering, mess of a movie, and I hate it, even if you love it. Sure, everybody talks about it like Jesus Christ Himself was behind the camera when it was Read more of this blog post »

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Firestarter

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Monster: Oil on Canvas

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Richard Knight is currently reading Firestarter by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Knight rated a book liked it Black Paradox by Junji Ito	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It starts off strongly, but then devolves into ridiculousness, much like most of Junji Ito's other long-form stories. After reading 8 of his books now, I feel his strongest suit is truly the shorter tales. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book really liked it The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A short book that sometimes feels long, overall, I enjoyed this book, and I can see why it's stayed famous for all of these years. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book really liked it Shiver: Selected Stories by Junji Ito	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Some of Junji Ito's best work is here, though the book does feel a bit long at times. I especially liked the story about the mannequins. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book really liked it Shiver: Selected Stories by Junji Ito	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Some of Junji Ito's best work is here, though the book does feel a bit long at times. I especially liked the story about the mannequins. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book it was amazing Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3) by Gary Paulsen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a good, "What-if?" book. Like, What if Brian didn't get rescued before winter? I enjoyed it quite a bit. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book it was amazing Moan by Junji Ito	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This might just be my favorite collection of Junji Ito stories yet. Six tales, and they're all really good. I laughed out loud with the first one. ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book it was ok The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I think I may have appreciated this book a lot more in my 20s when I was an ardent fan of existentialism. Today, I find this bland.
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Richard Knight rated a book it was ok Remina by Junji Ito	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Utterly ridiculous, and not in a good way. Sort of like Gyo, but worse.
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Richard Knight rated a book it was amazing The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An utter masterpiece. I read it in just three days. Twe beautiful prose, the twists, the relationships. This is what wonderful fiction should be.
Jan 23, 2026 07:51PM · like · see review

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“When I'm writing, I make words my b*tch. But when I'm editing, the words make me their b*tch. It all equals out in the end.”
― Richard B. Knight

tags: editing, writing-life, writing-process

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“If I could make money making armpit farts, I would. But since I can't, I teach. And write.”
― Richard B. Knight

tags: armpits, farts, teaching, writing

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Richard’s Quotes

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: humour, telekinetics

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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“When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”
― George A. Romero, Dawn of the Dead

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“It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”
― Ken Kesey, Kesey's Garage Sale

tags: enlightenment, existence

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“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”
― Ira Glass

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