Talk:R. L. Stine

Eric Affabee
This pen name, if indeed he uses it, is presumably derived from Eric the Half-a-Bee, but is that documented anywhere? Aredbeardeddwarf (talk) 19:36, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

New user, New Books
Stine has released at least 2 additional novels that have not yet been included in the listing, including an autobiography and an additional Goosebumps: Most Wanted title listed on his main website. The books are titled It Came From Ohio and A Nightmare on Clown Street, respectively. Additionally, while there is a reference for ''Eted with the other listed works, or should only books be listed? Just a question. I would make the changes myself, but I'm unable to since I'm a relatively new user. Have to edit an author wiki for a class, etc. Since I can't edit, I'll at least point it out. ImNotTrevor (talk) 22:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I added A Nightmare on Clown Street. It Came from Ohio was already included, I just added a note saying an updated version was published this year. I don't think Eureeka's Castle needs to be added to his list of works as it is already mentioned in the text, and I can see people confusing Eureeka's Castle as a book if we were to include it with all of his books. Also, if you'd like to make any changes to this article for your class, you only need autoconfirmed status – this requires 10 edits and your account to be four days old. You could also try editing another article on an author – most articles do not require autoconfirmed status to edit. This one does due to vandalism; unfortunately a lot of people find it funny to add bullshit and fake works to the article. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 05:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Revenge of the Jew?
In the novel list it says 'Revenge of the Jew!' i looked around and couldn't find a book with that title. Does the book exist or is it just a joke pulled off by an editor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.73.72.202 (talk) 20:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Inconsistent Birthday
hey hey hii wrud?

The date of birth listed in the first sentence (October 8) does not match with the one in the caption under his profile picture (October 9). Slicksurfer1898 (talk) 13:05, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I added a sentence
I added the sentence "He won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2007." to the article. The source is R.L. Stine's official site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schuym1 (talk • contribs) 07:06, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Son?
I highly doubt his son still lives with him, as he is in his late twenties no

A librarian once told me that the Goosebumps books were written by many authors, and that the R. L .Stine title was a pseudonym covering all of them... a lie, I presume? Saccerzd 20:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The Goosebumps books were all written by him, but the Ghosts of Fear Street series was written by several other authors and published under his name. --Dleav 13:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL! I bet librarians loved saying that, since I'm sure they hated the Goosebumps books. Someone once told me that Christopher Pike IS R. L. Stine, but that appears to be false. Madman Marz 05:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

copyvio?
this page reads like it was taken from somewhere else. it definitely feels like a magazine article and not an encyclopedic article.


 * Directly from the R. L. Stine web bio on his site. I'll fix it.--Dleav 02:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, I just removed the copyvio. Sorry for not leaving a note here. Cowman109Talk 02:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I concur. It reads like the bio found at the

149 Books!
Fback page of his books. Also, there's no mention of the fatc that he created the television show "Eureeka's Castle" or of the various attempts to turn "Goosebumps" into a theatrical film.


 * The copyvio was removed as it was a direct copy from the R. L. Stine website, then was copy edited and cited. I do remember that Stine wrote for Eureka's Castle, but I didn't know how to work it in and I have never heard of Stine trying to make Goosebumps as a film. If you can add it in and verify it, please go right ahead. That's what wikipedia is for. --Dleav 12:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Adult horror novel
In addition to the countless children's books, R.L. Stine has written at least one novel for adults called Superstition, which was in the New York Times bestseller list for awhile.


 * It's been listed in his book list, I just haven't made the distinction in what the novel was about. Please sign your comments with four tildes in the future, thanks. --Dleav 13:36, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

149 Books
I chalked it up in the list of Goosebumps books. Counting Give Yourself Goosebumps and all the other books, he's written 149 books. I'd say thats fairly remarkable FinalWish 05:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

"Early Life"
Looks like someone has a grudge against R.L. because I highly doubt the claims of him being gay and loving pie. but we dunno if he liked pie or not he also gives off bi vibes dummy


 * Perhaps he does like pie, but probably not to that extreme. Dleav 03:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I certainly like pie, so you can't really blame him. GlassCobra (Review) 14:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Wealth
Could someone please tell me how much money he has made selling his horror-books?

I'm writing a report about him, but I'm not that sure how much. He has written so much so I would have to say about 2 millions dollars or somthing.-BlueBananas4ever

Jovial Bob Stine?
I KNOW I had some of his "Jovial Bob Stine" books as a kid, but my memory is way too fuzzy to contribute to the article. I am reasonably convinced, however, that in the '80s he was as noteable as a humour writer (Cracked?) as he was for his horror books. Am I totally out to lunch here? --66.129.135.114 12:35, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think so. Jovial certainly implies humor, though I confess that I hadn't read anything of his pre-Goosebumps, so I'm not really sure. GlassCobra (Review) 14:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * On Google I found some references to a series called 101... jokes by Jovial Bob Stine. http://www.allbookstores.com/author/Jovial_Bob_Stine.html Strdst grl (talk) 11:03, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism?
"As an elementary school student he enjoyed playing soccer. He was gay and thought he could be come a woman, by having his right toe cut off. so he had surgery and is now living in new york with his new husband bil 78.148.79.235 (talk) 18:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Beach House
In section 1.2, the link in the first line, beach house leads to an article about the band, not the book. someone fix it please.

Personal Life
The last little paragraph has horrible grammar; it reads as though it were written by a 12 year-old. Also, the last sentence clarifying the two authors as influences is reundant seeing as the two authors were mentioned in an earlier sentence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fruhtloops514 (talk • contribs) 19:19, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Favorite Authors
Is it a joke to list R.L. Stine as one of R.L. Stine's favorite authors? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.159.96.121 (talk) 11:52, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

nationality confusion
How is he a Canadian? What connection does he have to Canada other than the Goosebumps TV series was produced in Canada? chant essy  16:51, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, he was born in Ohio and this article doesn't mention Canada at all137.22.121.95 (talk) 09:26, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Photo
Is that the best picture that could be found? He look seriously uninterested. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.180.229.194 (talk) 14:07, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Missing (Fear Street, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
There is no link to "Missing" but a title can be found on Amazon and I'm sure is verifiable other ways as well. Here is the amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Missing-Fear-Street-No-4/dp/0671851241/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247095020&sr=8-1

Captcpsc (talk) 23:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Giant list
I recently added a lot of books to the list on this page, because it was extremely incomplete. However, now it is a really really long list. I like the idea of a list of all his books together, but at the same time, other pages already have lists of some of his books (ie. the List of Goosebumps Books page, and the Fear Street page). Opinions? Spock of Vulcan (talk) 16:05, 29 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the list is rather too long. Perhaps a new page for his bibliography could be created. After all, there are two bibliographies for Stephen King's work (novels and short fiction) and I'm quite sure R. L. Stine has written more books than (the) King. I would offer to do it myself, but I'm inept. Missrain4 (talk) 03:23, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I second that, make a separate 'Books of R.L. Stine' page and leave here a list of names of each series and time frame in which they were first published (e.g. Goosebumps 19XX - 20XX). I would try and do it but I'm pretty useless at editing.--82.32.195.84 (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree, I think the list is overkill and should probably be given its own page. A personal thing, I really dislike level 4 and above headers... the text becomes smaller than the body of the section. It's kind of stupid looking and not very professional. –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ galaxies  04:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Adaptation of Goosebumps to television series.
Something that was not included in this article is that some of RL Stine's Goosebumbs books were adapted to television. The USA channel briefly had a show entitled "Goosebumps" which aired in 1995 that adapted Stine's Goosebump books to a TV show format that lasted for about a half hour or an hour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marx99 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 22 January 2011 (UTC)


 * No, it's included. Quote from article: "Also produced was a Goosebumps TV series that ran for four seasons from 1995–1998". Fearstreetsaga (talk) 17:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Accuracy
Here are all the sections of this article, plus suggestions to improve accuracy. Please help in making it accurate and fully cited.

Fearstreetsaga (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Lead and infobox - Good.
 * Biography - Needs more citations, not everything there is accurate.
 * Bibliography - Needs to include the ISBN at the very least, needs to be updated and include accurate titles.


 * Lede, books have sold over 400 million copies - I can't see that in the reference given; am I missing something?
 * I really think the bibliography needs to be moved to a separate article, and just have a paragraph or two giving an overview of the major series.  Chzz  ► 17:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, read the description, not the review. Quote from source: "R.L. Stine is the best-selling children's author in history (with 400 million books sold in 32 languages all around the world). Now he's come to the world of the iPhone!". Here's another source from 2008:.
 * And yes, I agree that the section should be separated, leaving just an overview of his books. I'm too lazy to do it myself. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 23:28, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Fixed Error with dangerous girls section
The link that was on the section went to a page that talked about the book. That was not the problem. The problem was that it was on the header. I transfer the link to the book and added the to second book. That way both books can be reached. I added a sentence about the re-release in 2010 under the name bitten, with isbn. I felt it was better mention here because it contains both books. I also added a redirect page to that section for those who are looking for information on the book and what stories are a part of it. It made more since than creating a whole page about the book and prevent someone else from creating a duplicate like I almost did. I have the book but did not relized it was two books in one. I am still reading it. That is everything I did. Program Death (talk) 22:30, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from, 22 November 2011
I believe the phrase " and 'our generation's Lovecrafit,' by children growing up in the early 90's." should be added to the second sentence. source: www.twitter.com/wesdontknow

74.4.32.136 (talk) 22:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ❌, twitter accounts are not a reliable source-- Jac 16888 Talk 22:27, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 27 January 2012
In the Goosebumps section, I thought it would be easier to have a list of all the Goosebumps books available instead of having a link since all of the other series have a list. It would make it easier for readers, instead of having to switch to an entirely different page and go back if they wanted to look at the other lists. I also think it would be very helpful to put dates by each book for the year it was written. This will help people to compare books better and see which ones are better to read first, or just out of curiosity.

Miamonkey89 (talk) 13:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌, this template is for making specific requests for changes, and besides, listing every single book would make for one very long not very useful list. The date's idea seems better, I suggest you wait until you become autoconfirmed then add them yourself-- Jac 16888 Talk 13:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 20 November 2012
This page contains two links (one in the sidebar, one in the text) to "Bananas (magazine)", which is a redirect that points to this page, creating a circular link. Circular links should be eliminated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.23.185 (talk) 09:47, 21 November 2012 (UTC+11)


 * ✅. Thanks! gwickwire &#124; Leave a message 00:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, the first instance is done. The second isn't :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.23.185 (talk) 08:49, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks again. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

page for list of books
Earlier someone suggested making a separate page/article for RL Stine's books - since he's so exceedingly prolific, the list here is the tail wagging the dog. Any votes needed? Manytexts (talk) 07:03, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2014
The 'nightmare room' link in the first paragraph links to the T. V. Series page rather than the book series page. I simply wish to edit this to make it link to the correct page. Do not wish to edit it myself; this is simply to bring this to the notice of those who can.

117.247.116.159 (talk) 15:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC) ❌ - Currently, we do not appear to have an article on the book series, only on the TV series. - Arjayay (talk) 15:21, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2014
RL Stine grew up in Bexley, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus). Source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/12/09/author-still-scaring-up-kids-stories.html

Could we update the "Early Life" section? And add him to this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Bexley,_Ohio

Thanks for the help!

73.162.194.78 (talk) 08:06, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -Thanks for the improvement suggested. Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  14:42, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you so much! If you happen to get a chance, could you add the Category:People from Bexley, Ohio tag? 73.162.194.78 (talk) 07:39, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2014
Category:Dark fantasy writers

24.165.80.219 (talk) 00:49, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 01:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2015
I request that in the box of R.L. Stine info at the top right of the article, next to the words in bold "Pen Name", Eric Affabee be added, in the interest of completion and accuracy.

2602:306:C541:CC60:31C2:BD28:63F3:C62B (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cannolis (talk) 20:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Books
There are a couple things wrong with the page. If someone would be nice enough to fix them, that would be great. First Ready Set Ghost for the Rotten School series is not a book of the series. Which in turn would bring the ones below it up one in the series. Second is that Party Games is not a fear street book but a stand alone book. Third is that Crosswinds is broken it has not dot and leads to no where, which Im not sure if its even his or he did any work on it. Fourth I do not see a Most Wanted special series list which is different from the Most Wanted series. 72.15.25.104 (talk) 21:47, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * 1. I've removed it, thank you. People used to add fake titles to the bibliography all the time before it was protected. I thought I got rid of them all, but I guess not.
 * 2. Party Games is part of the Fear Street series (source).
 * 3. I removed the red link. The books under Crosswinds are definitely his, I remember reading a few reviews on those books.
 * 4. I added the special edition titles; thanks again. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 14:55, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2015
Append the following to the lede:

Jack Black portrays a fictionalized version of Stine in the 2015 film Goosebumps, while Stine himself makes a cameo appearance.

136.181.195.25 (talk) 16:01, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I added it the career section of the article. (I don't think a cameo appearance by him needs to be included in the lead per WP:LEAD.) Thank you very much. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 20:25, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2017
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I think you should update how old he is because according to my math he is 75 yrs. in 2017 SMadrid139510 (talk) 23:49, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: 73 years is correct. Cannolis (talk) 01:28, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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Pseudonyms
For R. L. Stine at Library of Congress Authorities ("Stine, R. L."; LCCN: n85-268710, a number assigned in 1985), the Library of Congress notes ["See also"] that "Stine, Jovial Bob" (only) is another name by which Stine is in the catalog (LCCN is assigned; probably some books are catalogued). In fact ["Browse this term in LC Authorities", and onward to the catalog], there are now 17 LC Online Catalog records that credit this R. L. Stine.

I added this line to section External links:
 * Jovial Bob Stine at LC Authorities, with 17 records, and at WorldCat

For Jovial Bob Stine, however, LC lists also "Affabee, Eric" and "Blue, Zachary" as other names for Jovial Bob in the catalog. In fact, they appear in two and one catalog records.

Those may be useful here.
 * Eric Affabee at LC Authorities, with 2 records, at WorldCat [but the latter is now Paul R. Bonenberger; Affabee now here]
 * Zachary Blue at LC Authorities, with 1 record, at WorldCat

Evidently LCCNs were assigned to Jovial Bob in 1977, Stine and Blue in 1985, Affabee in 2000. --P64 (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2020
Add the categories "American fantasy writers", "American science fiction writers" and "Ghost story writers", as none of these are present. 78.149.105.88 (talk) 18:10, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done! GoingBatty (talk) 01:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Question
Question: Why does Wikipedia use two letters seperated in-between the periods? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.68.2.144 (talk) 12:49, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2021
Considering that teenagers are not publications, please rewrite the second sentence of the first paragraph of to, for instance: Written for teenagers, Bananas was published by […]. 151.132.206.250 (talk) 18:58, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ –– F ORMAL D UDE ( talk ) 21:24, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2021
Under Picture Books

Masters of the Universe

 * Demons of the Deep

edit to

Masters of the Universe

 * Demons of the Deep Stated Author 1985 Golden Books : Golden Heroic Champions Book Series Daisymask (talk) 12:40, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: the bibliography section seems like a bit of a mess, but either way as it currently stands it's just giving a list of titles without any extra info. &#8209;&#8209;Volteer1 (talk) 13:20, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion
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 * Student RL stine around copies of the sundial.png

Add link to Sundial Humor Magazine
Sundial Humor Magazine has been added as a wiki page, can we update his early life to include the link to that page? Agenthl (talk) 23:42, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:56, 21 December 2021 (UTC)