Movies gave me plenty of nightmares and fears, some of them sane, and some less (and can still cause the occasional nightmare, thank you I Am Legend). If I ever got a nightmare from a book, it was from foolishly reading scary stories. I mean, that's just asking for it, and I knew I only had myself to blame -- but they never affected me in the long run *g*

Well, at least you can emphasise with poor Rodney and his Moby Dick inspired whale phobia!

To think I laughed at Rodney and said, "Oh, how silly. Books can't give you weird, life-long phobias!" Oh, life, how ironic is thee?