Stranger Things: Adam Christopher's Darkness on the Edge of Town (2019)

In this episode, I'll be taking a look at a novel where I know nothing/nada/nowt about the TV show, so this should be interesting! The novel is 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' by Adam Christopher, and the TV series is 'Stranger Things'.

Can you understand a tie-in novel when you haven't seen one episode of the TV series? Can it work as a standalone novel and/or an entry point to the TV series? What, if any, are the differences between this novel and the ones we've already looked at? On top of all that, we're revisiting an author that appeared in the first season (episode 4), so feel free to go and listen to that before you dive in here!

Useful links and sources:

Adam Christopher's Website

Stranger Things Books Penguin Random House site

M.J. Clarke - The Strict Maze of Media Tie-In Novels

Matt Hills -Torchwood's trans-transmedia: Media tie-ins and brand 'fanagement'

Filipo Gilardi and James Reid - Transmedia storytelling: Paradigm shift in literary studies, narrative, adaptation, teaching and learning

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Stranger Things - Edited by Anton Roberts

Richard Lawson's Vanity Fair Review

Jonathan Pile's Empire Review

Lucy Mangan's Guardian Review