Stranger Things season three is still several months away from seeing the light of day, but the world of the Upside Down is set to expand in only a few short weeks.
Penguin Random House and Netflix have partnered up for Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down, the first official companion piece for the Emmy-winning supernatural series. With an Oct. 30 street date, Worlds Turned Upside Down arrives just in time for Halloween — much to the delight of Ghostbusting monster-hunters everywhere.
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The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive look at the new companion book, including two different angles on cover art, as well as three compelling pieces from inside the manuscript itself: a character bio of Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), modeled after a Dungeons & Dragons player character sheet, complete with vital stats; a “Monster Morphology” spread, which tracks the evolution of the Upside Down’s most menacing creature from Pollywog through Demogorgon; and Eleven’s Morse code decoder, which was featured on the show and is included with the companion book as a means of detecting secrets hidden throughout the text.
In addition to these excerpts, Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down includes a foreword from creators Matt and Ross Duffer, interviews with stars like Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour, details on the show’s earliest drafts and pitches to Netflix, a map of Hawkins, and perhaps the most intriguing but enigmatic bit of all: “a look into the future of the series — including a sneak preview of season three.” Exactly how that sneak peak will manifest remains to be seen.
See below for more details from Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down.
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