# Peter Straub has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [September 6, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081 "2022-09-06T20:20:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081/1 "2022-09-06T20:20:18Z")

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One of my favorites. The author of Ghost Story and Koko and co-author with Stephen King on The Talisman and Black House.

He was 79, and had never been in what you’d call excellent health.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081/2 "2022-09-06T20:41:38Z")

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Oh no. He was so freaking imaginative. I was just starting to reread the Blue Throat books… RIP

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081/3 "2022-09-06T20:45:55Z")

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Ghost Story was a wonderful one of a kind story.  
It’s hard to know who wrote exactly what, but the opening pages of Black House with the unique perspective is some damn fine reading.  
RIP Mr. Straub.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081/4 "2022-09-06T20:46:32Z")

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Oh no. I loved _The Talisman_, I read it in high school. I have a paperback copy of _Black House_ I’d picked up at a secondhand store and never got around to reading it. I should do so in his honor.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-straub-has-died/971081/5 "2022-09-06T20:59:03Z")

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> Ghost Story was a wonderful one of a kind story.

One of my all-time favorites. I re-read it every few years, and I almost always find something new.

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> It’s hard to know who wrote exactly what, but the opening pages of Black House with the unique perspective is some damn fine reading.

I left work early and raced to the store the day it came out.

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> RIP Mr. Straub.

RIP, sir, and thank you.