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Richard B. Knight

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Born

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: 3.82 · 170 ratings · 55 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) 3.66 avg rating — 32 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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Richard is Currently Reading

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The Little Mermaid

by Hans Christian Andersen

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Monster: Oil on Canvas

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Richard Knight is currently reading The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen	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 did not like it The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas	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 it was ok Atonement by Ian McEwan (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
Good story, but I didn't like the writing. Ian McEwan is a bit long-winded when it comes to his prose. I would have liked the story a lot more if it was more direct. Good ending, though. ...more
Jul 04, 2026 09:24PM · 1 like · like · see review
Richard Knight rated a book it was amazing The Reader by Bernhard Schlink	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 excellent, dark novel. Now, I want to watch the movie.
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Richard Knight rated a book it was amazing The Reader by Bernhard Schlink	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 excellent, dark novel. Now, I want to watch the movie.
Jun 29, 2026 06:21AM · like · see review
Richard Knight rated a book really liked it True Grit by Charles Portis	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
Great voice, fun story, and one of the few books where I think the film adaptations did right by the source material. It did slow down at parts, but overall, a great read.
Jun 20, 2026 03:44PM · like · see review
Richard Knight rated a book did not like it Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald	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
Never have I read a book where I got less out of it. This isn't really a story. It's a vibe. And at almost 300 pages with no paragraphs and no chapters, it seriously harshes my personal vibe. This book is on a poster of 100 must-read books, and I thi ...more
Jun 09, 2026 07:33PM · like · see review
Richard Knight rated a book liked it Godzilla Rivals: Round One by Paul Allor (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
It's fine. Some villains are more interesting than others ...more
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Richard Knight rated a book did not like it The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran	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 got literally nothing out of this book. Perhaps that says more about me than anything else, but I couldn't see myself at any point in my life taking value from what is essentially an archaic self-help book rather than a story. ...more
May 29, 2026 04:17AM · 1 like · 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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