“Yum! Yum!”
—Bookster's response to the book "Dining After Midnight in New York"
Bookster, or the book-reading gremlin, was a gremlin that spawned at Clamp Center in 1990.
History[]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch[]
Bookster first appeared in the laboratory scene, where he was seen reading a different book called "The Double Helix." Before Forster got attacked by Greta, later, he's seen again with Gizmobuster who was holding a teddy bear while reading a book named "Dining after Midnight in New York." He also laughed along with the Gizmobuster Gremlin about the teddy bear that was hanging from a small noose. The book reading gremlin was destroyed by the Electric Gremlin along with the most of the gremlins (except Greta).
Trivia[]
- "Dining After Midnight in New York" could be a reference to the rule of eating after midnight that turns a Mogwai to a Gremlin, as Mohawk, Lenny, George, and Daffy did in New York. The book's also fictional, made only for the movie.
- He may be a reincarnation of one of the Caroling Gremlins, because they could read, and he can read as well.
- He is shown in the movie to be calmer than his kind, although he does show the same kind of sick humor as the others.
- This might prove that some Gremlins might prefer fun that doesn't involve wrecking things.