''Goosebumps Series 2000'' is the successor to the original ''
Goosebumps
''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror novels written by American author R. L. Stine. The protagonists in these stories are teens or pre-teens who find themselves in frightening circumstances, often involving the supernatural, the p ...
'' series by
R. L. Stine
Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943) is an American novelist. He is the writer of '' Goosebumps,'' a horror fiction novel series which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second- best-selling book ...
. The cover design of the ''Series 2000'' books was different from the original books, though the cover art was again by the same person,
Tim Jacobus
Tim Jacobus (; born April 21, 1959) is an American artist best known for illustrating the covers for nearly one hundred books in R. L. Stine's ''Goosebumps'' series. He has done over three hundred book covers and paintings for various different ...
. There was no back tagline anymore, and the paragraphs at the back were excerpts from the book rather than a short summary of the story as the original books' back covers had. There was another difference with back covers too, as the "Reader Beware, You're In For A Scare!" of the original series was changed to "2000 Times The Scares!" and "Welcome to the new millennium of fear". Originally there was supposed to be 40 books, but only 25 books were printed because of a dispute that Parachute Press had with Scholastic. A 26th book, called ''The Incredible Shrinking Fifth Grader'' was planned and while it was canceled, Stine retooled it into a standalone book called ''The Adventures of Shrink Man''.
The main subject of the covers, the title, and R. L. Stine were printed in raised print, something only ''
Goosebumps HorrorLand
''Goosebumps HorrorLand'' is a horror novella series by R.L. Stine, a spin-off of his popular ''Goosebumps'' books. There was an almost ten-year gap between the publication of the initial installment in the ''Goosebumps Horrorland.''
Overview
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'' has other than ''Series 2000''.
Sequels to ''Goosebumps'' books
A few of the ''Goosebumps Series 2000'' books were sequels to original ''Goosebumps'' books. Below is a list of those books:
* ''Bride of the Living Dummy'' and ''Slappy's Nightmare'' (sequels to ''Night of the Living Dummy 3'')
* ''Return to Horrorland'' (sequel to ''One Day At Horrorland'')
* ''Return to Ghost Camp'' (sequel to ''Ghost Camp'') but by name alone. It does not have anything to do with the original book.
Episodes in the TV series
The first two books, ''Cry of the Cat'' and ''Bride of the Living Dummy'', were adapted for the
''Goosebumps'' television series, with the former being a two-part episode.
Books
See also
References
External links
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Scholastic Press
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