Those of us that were enthralled by the surprise hit John Dies at the End and are anxiously awaiting the coming film adaptation with open arms can take solace. The sequel, This Book is Full of Spiders is available for pre-order and has an official release date.

You may remember This Book is Full of Spiders from our list of the Top Ten Fandom Events of 2012. That’s no exaggeration. Cult fans of the original book have been waiting for this sequel ever since the original book was published online in 2007 by the author Jason Pargin.

Like John Dies At The End, This Book is Full of Spiders began its journey online, published almost in its entirety by the author. This was back when the book was still called John and Dave and the Temple of X’al’naa’thuthuthu (no, I’m being entirely serious), but until now no one was sure if they’d be reading the polished and published copy before the end of the decade.

Now we know. You’ll be able to scare yourself to death (and then laugh like an idiot every couple of pages) with This Book is Full of Spiders starting on October 2nd, 2012.

You can pre-order the book here before it sells out, or do yourself a favor and check out the original (full of R-rated sophomoric humor, NSFW imagery and mind-blowing twists and turns) right here.