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I just finished, Joyland and I really enjoy reading books with a carnival/amusement park setting. Any good suggestions for other books with this as a main setting? I've read and also enjoyed Twilight Eyes, Something Wicked This Way Comes

I thought Joyland was pretty good to.

I think Dean Koontz had another one with a carnival theme but can't remember the name?

I also love the carnival and amusement park theme

Bryan Smiths Freakshow fits the bill but sadly I can't recommend the book as I personally disliked it

I got one, sort of.

Full Tilt however, is awesome.

The Funhouse by Dean Koontz.

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I read The Funhouse in school during reading time. Yeah, It was alright but I found it to be in odd taste and not in the good way.

Copper_Wings wrote: "I got one, sort of.

Full Tilt however, is awesome."

Thanks! just added to my "to read" list

Erica wrote: "The Funhouse by Dean Koontz."

Just checked it out from the library, thanks!

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Mine is "Coulrophobia," on Amazon for 99 cents, and probably not precisely what you're looking for. "Coulrophobia" is the technical term for the phobia of clowns.

You can also find some pretty cool pictures abandoned carnivals and some profoundly interesting bits of carnival history and trivia, lying here and there about the internet.

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Under "real life."

One of the more well-known is the one near Prypiat, the town Chernobyl made famous. It never even opened.

If you're interested in some cool, shorter fiction. The website "Pen and Muse" is putting on a Dark Carnival month of October. Every friday features some dark carnival fiction. Here's the link:
http://penandmuse.com/dark-carnival-s...

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This book has an amusement park theme to it and it was pretty good.

is set in a theme park, and is a great book. I couldn't put it down. It's sort of spendy, so you might want to see if you can get it from the library (I had my library get it for me through ILL).

Another fan of Joyland here, though it wasn't really scary. There is something about this kind of setting that really appeals.

Mark wrote: "If you're interested in some cool, shorter fiction. The website "Pen and Muse" is putting on a Dark Carnival month of October. Every friday features some dark carnival fiction. Here's the link:
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Thanks! Checking it out now. I'm putting a few books from this thread onto my wish list too.

Love the cover of Fantasticlsnd! I remember reading Funhouse by Dean Koontz when I was younger. I found it enjoyable.

Justin wrote: "Love the cover of Fantasticlsnd! I remember reading Funhouse by Dean Koontz when I was younger. I found it enjoyable."

I did a review on Fantasticland if you wanted to check it out.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...