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Ripped From a Dream: The Nightmare on Elm Street Omnibus
This omnibus sees the collection of Black Flame's first three original novels in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In each of the stories, Freddy Krueger, with his trademark fedora and razor gloves, manages to cross from dreams to reality and stalk the inhabitants of Springwood. This ominbus editions features the novels - Suffer the Children , Dreamspawn and Protege
- GenresHorror
768 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 10, 2006
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About the author
David Bishop
133 books39 followersDavid James Bishop is a New Zealand screenwriter and author. He was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000.
He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4 broadcast his radio play Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007, he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys, and was a finalist in the 2009 PAGE Awards with his script The Woman Who Screamed Butterflies.
In 2008, he appeared on 23 May edition of the BBC One quiz show The Weakest Link, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money.
In 2010, Bishop received his first TV drama credit on the BBC medical drama series Doctors, writing an episode called A Pill For Every Ill, broadcast on 10 February.
He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4 broadcast his radio play Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007, he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys, and was a finalist in the 2009 PAGE Awards with his script The Woman Who Screamed Butterflies.
In 2008, he appeared on 23 May edition of the BBC One quiz show The Weakest Link, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money.
In 2010, Bishop received his first TV drama credit on the BBC medical drama series Doctors, writing an episode called A Pill For Every Ill, broadcast on 10 February.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
June 23, 2021
the nightmare franchise is my all time favorite horror or slasher franchise. That makes me very biased but it was thoroughly entertaining. I wish I could find more books
6.23- after re-reading it recently I think this deserves 4 stars. I am a big NOES fan and I think i was too hyped up reading this initially after seeing Freddy vs. Jason.
Suffer the children- this was the worse novel in the omnibus. too many characters in and out of nightmares because of Freddy utilizing a coma patient to get in and out of the patients friends dreams. Good little twist at the end with main character locked up and having a new bundle of joy. But overall this one was 2-3 stars
DreamSpawn- This might have been my favorite of the 3. Freddy isn't even in it until thee 3rd act mostly. Definitely ties into teen and school anguish as well as recent school shootings. 4 stars
Protege- This was reminiscent of Freddy vs Jason in that he uses a real world person to do his bidding to have his name and fear spread to power him. Its obviously done differently with a pregnant mother and thee protagonist in thee womb at time of death. 3-4 stars
6.23- after re-reading it recently I think this deserves 4 stars. I am a big NOES fan and I think i was too hyped up reading this initially after seeing Freddy vs. Jason.
Suffer the children- this was the worse novel in the omnibus. too many characters in and out of nightmares because of Freddy utilizing a coma patient to get in and out of the patients friends dreams. Good little twist at the end with main character locked up and having a new bundle of joy. But overall this one was 2-3 stars
DreamSpawn- This might have been my favorite of the 3. Freddy isn't even in it until thee 3rd act mostly. Definitely ties into teen and school anguish as well as recent school shootings. 4 stars
Protege- This was reminiscent of Freddy vs Jason in that he uses a real world person to do his bidding to have his name and fear spread to power him. Its obviously done differently with a pregnant mother and thee protagonist in thee womb at time of death. 3-4 stars
May 5, 2008
I love Freddy Krueger! I loved this book it's AWSOME!!!!
March 4, 2013
Although it seems very out of place in the nightmare universe it's Freddy so I enjoyed it either way. Wish the series had a longer run.
September 21, 2013
love it love it love it... freddy is awsome
September 30, 2014
i lve this book hoping there's more fred krueger books
July 30, 2022
the nightmare franchise is my all time favorite horror or slasher franchise. That makes me very biased but it was thoroughly entertaining. I wish I could find more books
6.23- after re-reading it recently I think this deserves 4 stars. I am a big NOES fan and I think i was too hyped up reading this initially after seeing Freddy vs. Jason.
Suffer the children- this was the worse novel in the omnibus. too many characters in and out of nightmares because of Freddy utilizing a coma patient to get in and out of the patients friends dreams. Good little twist at the end with main character locked up and having a new bundle of joy. But overall this one was 2-3 stars
DreamSpawn- This might have been my favorite of the 3. Freddy isn't even in it until thee 3rd act mostly. Definitely ties into teen and school anguish as well as recent school shootings. 4 stars
Protege- This was reminiscent of Freddy vs Jason in that he uses a real world person to do his bidding to have his name and fear spread to power him. Its obviously done differently with a pregnant mother and thee protagonist in thee womb at time of death. 3-4 stars (less)
6.23- after re-reading it recently I think this deserves 4 stars. I am a big NOES fan and I think i was too hyped up reading this initially after seeing Freddy vs. Jason.
Suffer the children- this was the worse novel in the omnibus. too many characters in and out of nightmares because of Freddy utilizing a coma patient to get in and out of the patients friends dreams. Good little twist at the end with main character locked up and having a new bundle of joy. But overall this one was 2-3 stars
DreamSpawn- This might have been my favorite of the 3. Freddy isn't even in it until thee 3rd act mostly. Definitely ties into teen and school anguish as well as recent school shootings. 4 stars
Protege- This was reminiscent of Freddy vs Jason in that he uses a real world person to do his bidding to have his name and fear spread to power him. Its obviously done differently with a pregnant mother and thee protagonist in thee womb at time of death. 3-4 stars (less)
May 13, 2010
It was a decent read, but after rereading it I wonder if the authors were friends of the publisher. None of the writing talent impresses me, but the stories were good enough to entertain me.
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