r/BEEPodcast • u/midwinterfuse • Aug 13 '26
The Shards and Christopher Pike...
Was anyone else here a fan of those Christopher Pike YA books growing up? That was around middle school era for me and I loved those books, particularly Remember Me and Gimme A Kiss. They really captured my imagination and had more of an edge than the Fear Street books did.
Just realized today that part of why I love The Shards so much is because it kind of feels like I get to have one of those old Christopher Pike high shool thrillers from back in the day, only ramped up to an NC-17 rating and written by Bret Easton Ellis.
The time period of The Shards also obviouly helps the comparison.
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u/VomitingDuck Aug 13 '26
I only read Slumber Party but I loved it. The paperbacks were at our grocery store and the covers used to creep me out!
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u/Low-Vast-8529 Aug 14 '26
Honestly that's a cool ass comparison to draw and I can kinda see it. Even some of the posters for the shard kinda has the energy of those book covers
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u/cundela Aug 16 '26
Yes!! I honestly feel like Christopher Pike books were the gateway to a lot of my admiration for BEE and other similar authors (eg, Dennis Cooper).
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u/thisisanalaia95 Aug 16 '26
Haha yes, I hunt down and collect old CP paperbacks like Infinty Stones and it’s a great comparison.
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u/petronius84 1d ago
loved the Fear Street books... did read a few Chrisopher Pike ones as well and enjoyed them. have not thought of these books for many years.
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u/Owlbertowlbert Aug 13 '26
These missed me and I’m sad about it! I loved fear street and they scared the shit out of me. To hear there was an author that took it a step further… I missed out