What book u reading at the moment?

[noctuary]

Just finished reading The Ruins by Scott Smith, a mainstream author who has apparently decided to try horror. I'll put it simply: this is an excellent novel. This is a very grim and disturbing book, definitely not for those looking for a little light reading. Quick synopsis: a group of young college students has taken a trip to Cancun. Circumstances lead them to seek out an archaeological dig site in the Yucatan, where things take a sudden and drastic turn for the horrific. I would recommend this book highly, but only for those who enjoy particularly gloomy horror.

Currently reading: A Cavern of Black Ice by J.V. Jones. On deck: the 16th "Best New Horror" collection, edited by Stephen Jones.

[Miss Olivia]

Currently working my way through China Boy by Gus Lee.

[hammerfan]

Introduction to Animal Care

OK, it's not a book, but that's what I'm reading

[urgeok]

Originally posted by hammerfan
Introduction to Animal Care

OK, it's not a book, but that's what I'm reading


if i could get 10 seconds of free time .. it would have been "they thirst"

[hammerfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
if i could get 10 seconds of free time .. it would have been "they thirst"

You should make sure you get 10 seconds of free time - it's an awesome book!


bastard! :D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by hammerfan
You should make sure you get 10 seconds of free time - it's an awesome book!


bastard! :D

no - i meant that if i had 10 seconds of extra time - it would be the book YOU are reading at the moment..

i already read it years ago..

I just need time to get this in the mail to you ..

[hammerfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
no - i meant that if i had 10 seconds of extra time - it would be the book YOU are reading at the moment..

i already read it years ago..

I just need time to get this in the mail to you ..


Oooohhhhhh, I get it now!

damn menopausal brain!

[circusfreak]

I have just re-read for the millionth time The Fog by James Herbert. All in one day. I managed to get it off Ebay, the 1977 version I had as a kid, and it still stands the test of time. Especially the bit in the school gym.

[noctuary]

Originally posted by circusfreak
I have just re-read for the millionth time The Fog by James Herbert. All in one day. I managed to get it off Ebay, the 1977 version I had as a kid, and it still stands the test of time. Especially the bit in the school gym.
I don't really like Herbert in general, but that book has some scenes that are just superb. For example, the one where the lady tries to drown herself, changes her mind at the last minute, and then gets pushed out to sea by the lemming-like charge of infected folks. Great stuff.

[Miss Olivia]

The Executioner's Song. Again.

[dw_horrorfan]

Never really got into Herbert as well, although i've read some of his books when i was younger .. horror as well as fantasy. His plot always seem to go on a little too long. Might give the Fog another shot, if i can get my hands on a good copy :cool:

[hammerfan]

Just got my second set of study books for Veterinary Technology and am getting ready to start "Behavior".

[novakru]

Originally posted by hammerfan
Just got my second set of study books for Veterinary Technology and am getting ready to start "Behavior".

Goody,now you can explian to me why my cat is so wierd.

OH! *smacks head* Never Mind!
It's 'cause he's a CAT:D



I just got this book from a friend:

Velvet Elvis - Repainting The Christian Faith by Rob Bell

This author used to be in a Punk band and now is the founder and pastor of a church called Mars Hill.
He's not the best writer and reading this book so far is like riding a rollar coaster,it's all over the place.
So far though,if anyone is making SENSE about the whole God issue-this guy has nailed it.
I have a hard time reading for long amounts of time though, so I may finally finish this small 194 page book sometime next year:D

[Miss Olivia]

Just finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Holy shit, the next movie is gonna be rough.

[Despare]

Just finished American Psycho and am moving on to Intensity.

[Miss Olivia]

Right now I'm reading The Tommyknockers by Stephen King.

[punk666]

im reading The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson.

[urgeok]

upstairs - i'm reading Off Season - Jack Ketchum

downstairs - i'm reading They Thirst - until i get a chance to mail it to lil ms. hammerfan.

(i have holidays next week - i promise - on my life - that it will be sent then.)

[hammerfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
downstairs - i'm reading They Thirst - until i get a chance to mail it to lil ms. hammerfan.

(i have holidays next week - i promise - on my life - that it will be sent then.)


What do you think of it? Do you think I'm completely out of my mind yet?! :D

[knife_fight]

Just finished:

Salvation on Sand Mountain. this book is awesome. it's about a reporter who infiltrates snake~handling churches in north alabama to get a story, but then ends up becoming immersed in their culture. it's a true story and is great, especially if you're into the Southern Gothic stuff.

Currently:
the Shining. when I was in middle school I read all of Mr King's "classics." like this one, Carrie, It, etc. now that I have graduated with my BS in English, I now realize that he really is a hack like all my professors said. while this isn't too well written (i.e. it's very straight-forward), it's still quite entertaining. it was lying on the floor while we were moving and I picked it up and read the first page and it sank its hooks in. now I'm in for the long haul.

the Watchmen. someone on here mentioned this not long ago and it made me want to re-read my Alan Moore books. I recently finished From Hell and went even further back and am re-reading this.

Werewolves in their Youth. this is a collection of short stories by pulitzer-winning writer Michael Chabon (author of Wonder Boys and the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, both of which are great). so far, so good. a good short story is hard to beat.

[knife_fight]

Originally posted by urgeok
upstairs - i'm reading Off Season - Jack Ketchum


how is this?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by hammerfan
What do you think of it? Do you think I'm completely out of my mind yet?! :D


i've read it before - remember :)

i remember it being ok (considering i'm not a fan of horror fiction)
so far - it's ok again ... nothing to write home about ..good for killing time while eating my morning cereal :)

[hammerfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
i've read it before - remember :)

i remember it being ok (considering i'm not a fan of horror fiction)
so far - it's ok again ... nothing to write home about ..good for killing time while eating my morning cereal :)

Well, the menopausal brain forgot that you read it before! :D Hey, I could have gone on Who Wants to be a Superhero and been called "The Amazing Menopausal Brain"! :D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by knife_fight
how is this?

well, he suggested i buy it because it's his first novel (i bought this and one other from him)

i'm about 100 pages in and i have to say it's pretty impressive for a first work.

he does one thing i like - a lot .. he doesnt feel the need to provide every little detail to describe the characters .. he builds a framework via the actions of the characters and lets you fill in the blanks yourself.

he also avoids a lot of other cliches i see in horror fiction all the time .. painfully obvious forshadowing ... silly characters ...

so far its pretty good ..

[urgeok]

just finished Ketchum's Off Season (the uncut version)

excellent writing considering that this is his first novel ..

it has the same feel and flow as Last House or I Spit ..
intense, brutal, no frills.

no cliches either .. impossible to know how this one will end at any time in the novel..

[hammerfan]

Handling and Restraint in Introduction to Veterinary Technology

[punk666]

interview with the vampire - anne rice

[Miss Olivia]

Clive Barker-The Hellbound Heart.
Great story. One of the few occasions where I like the story and the movie equally.

[The_Return]

Im fighting my way through Treasure Island by Robert Lousis Stevenson.

I really dont like novels like this...normally I would have given up on it, but I have to read it for a stage version that Im in this fall. Our play is gonna rock, but God the book is boring.

Oh, if anyone is famiulliar with the book...Im Dr. Livesay:)

[Roderick Usher]

Dark Delicacies

it's a horror anthology that won the Stoker award this year - great shorts from Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Steve Niles, Whitlry Strieber, Richard Matheson and others.

also reading Education of a Felon by Edward Bunker

[Miss Olivia]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

[Miss Olivia]

Memoirs of a Geisha. One of my favorite "historical fiction" books.

[noctuary]

Dark Terrors 6. It's the annual collection by Gollancz. Pretty strong selection this year, I'd say, with an excellent story by Ramsey Campbell.

[Dude Guadalupe]

I am currently reading Stephen King's Gunslinger series. I'm on book 5 'Wolves Of The Calla' right now.

[circusfreak]

Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith. The cover art for his books is so bad its good!

[urgeok]

Pirates of Venus - edgar rice burroughs

picked up all 5 volumes of the series at a used book store for $3 bucks each - Score !!

(i collect ERB books and other classic heroic fantasy - one of my guilty pleasures)

[scaryminda15]

i am currently reading what janie found?

[evilreign]

im reading the hellbound heart, really great so far.

[urgeok]

Pirates of Venus is going pretty fast so I picked up Timothy Findley's HeadHunter to read.

(no not a horror)

the late timothy findley was a canadian writer - from toronto.

this book looks pretty cool ... its written as if from the point of view of a scitzophrenic who is an ex librarian.

she's convinced that she's responsible for letting Kurtz out of 'heart of darkness' (the book) and he's running rampant causing trouble. in Toronto.

a great author - too bad he isnt as well known outside of canada as he should be.

[the_real_linda]

curious incident of the dog in the night time

[BlueCherub]

I'm currently reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". It's fairly good so far. Not my usual sort of book but I occasionally delve into the classics.

BlueCherub

[Vodstok]

I am reading The Mist by Stephen King. It's a short story in the Skeleton Crew, and according to Mark Laidlaw (Writer for Half-Life), it was one of the inspirations for the game's story.

[lovecraft]

Years Best Fantasy and Horror (2003)

[noctuary]

Breeding Ground by Sarah Pinborough

[VampiricClown]

The Books Of Blood by Clive Barker

[stacilayne]

The Ruins, by Scott Smith (author of A Simple Plan).

Staci

[urgeok]

Originally posted by stacilayne
The Ruins, by Scott Smith (author of A Simple Plan).

Staci

how does it compare ?

simple plan was a pretty straight forward no frills kind of writing style that suited the story ..

is that typical of him or did his style change for this book ?

[Miss Olivia]

Just read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
It actually upset me. :rolleyes:

[lovecraft]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
Just read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
It actually upset me. :rolleyes:

Yeah, I was upset after reading this one, too. Things really start to get intense. I am very eager for the next one...


JUst about to start Farewell to Arms-Ernest Hemingway

[Morbid Fantasy]

The Edible Woman-Margaret Atwood

[evilreign]

the books of blood- clive barker

[noctuary]

Shelter by L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims

[scottnicholson]

A House Divided by Deborah LeBlanc

[Miss Olivia]

Originally posted by lovecraft
Yeah, I was upset after reading this one, too. Things really start to get intense. I am very eager for the next one...


I'm actually nervous about reading the next one....I have a terrible feeling it's going to be horrible.

Rereading Tai-Pan. James Clavell is one of my all time favorite authors.

[lovecraft]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
I'm actually nervous about reading the next one....I have a terrible feeling it's going to be horrible.



I read an article on MSNB.com in which Ms. Rowling admits two more people die in the last book...:eek:

[psycho_butthead]

robin hood

and the pigman

[The_Return]

Originally posted by psycho_butthead
robin hood and the pigman

Wow...that would be quite a book.

(Fuck I hated The Pigman)

[urgeok]

i thought the pigman was great when i read it in school ... very powerful for its intended level

[Morbid Fantasy]

I LOVED The Pigman.

Didn't they ban that book now though?

[dark thoughts]

Dragons in the waters

[psycho_butthead]

Originally posted by Morbid Fantasy
I LOVED The Pigman.

Didn't they ban that book now though? it is banned in some schools but my young adult fiction class has us reading some banned books. the teacher is hell bent on it.


Originally posted by The_Return Quote:
Originally posted by psycho_butthead
robin hood and the pigman


Wow...that would be quite a book.

(Fuck I hated The Pigman)

I didn't care for it. i think it was a little kiddish reading compared to the shit i read and what i thought we would be reading in high school. hell i read king,poe, and lovecraft. i thought we would be reading something advanced like that in high school. no such luck.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by psycho_butthead
i think it was a little kiddish reading compared to the shit i read and what i thought we would be reading in high school. hell i read king,poe, and lovecraft. i thought we would be reading something advanced like that in high school. no such luck.

highschool ?

we read it in public school ...


(dumb americans heeheehee)

[The_Return]

Originally posted by urgeok
highschool ?

we read it in public school ...


(dumb americans heeheehee)

Not sure about wherever you are, but we call it High School in my neck of Canada...:confused:

Anyway, I read it a couple years ago in High School also...I found it very juvenile, in both style and plot. Didnt enjoy it at all.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by The_Return
Not sure about wherever you are, but we call it High School in my neck of Canada...:confused:

Anyway, I read it a couple years ago in High School also...I found it very juvenile, in both style and plot. Didnt enjoy it at all.

i was in grade 7 or something when i read it .. well before highschool...

[noctuary]

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon. This was one of the very first horror novels that I ever read, and I was overjoyed to find it in the local used bookstore the other day. Very dated, but a fun read.

Looking back, my parents really probably shouldn't have let me read that type of stuff at such an early age. Fortunately, it didn't warp my mind TOO much.

[punk666]

The House And The Brain by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

[Freak]

The Relic

[noctuary]

Right now, I'm switching back and forth between Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell and The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

[urgeok]

Lost on Venus - E. R. Burroughs

second in the Venus series .. goofy fun.

[Jacob Singer]

Dune: House Corrino-B. Herbert & J. Anderson

[Miss Olivia]

Originally posted by noctuary
Stinger by Robert R. McCammon. This was one of the very first horror novels that I ever read, and I was overjoyed to find it in the local used bookstore the other day. Very dated, but a fun read.

Looking back, my parents really probably shouldn't have let me read that type of stuff at such an early age. Fortunately, it didn't warp my mind TOO much.

Stinger is one of my favorite Robert McCammon books....they could update the story easily and make a pretty fine sci-fi-horror movie out of it. I hope someone picks it up eventually, it would be cool to have an original movie instead of a million blase remakes.

Just read The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing. It was odd and depressing, but still interesting. It left me feeling a little woozy, like I had just had an unpleasant dream.

Now I'm about to start the collective works of the Marquis de Sade, beginning with Justine.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Jacob Singer
Dune: House Corrino-B. Herbert & J. Anderson


man i gave up on that series after God Emperor.
I think I started Heretics of Dune and just couldnt share Herberts vision anymore.

[Vodstok]

Only mccammon book i ever read was Swan Song. LOved that one, would make a great mini series.

still plowing throuhg The Mist. Not enough time....

I am writing though, so i guess that is more productive than reading...

[Jacob Singer]

Well you read more than me, I gave up on God emperor. anyway the last books (House Atreides, Harkonen and Corrino) were written by Herbert's son. The new books are easier for reading and don't take part on that particular vision of his father (on special with things like religion and politics). He respect the amvience and the principal characters (Mentats, Beneheserith fremen....and the royal houses) The plot took place on years before the original books, when Paul Atreides wasnt born

[Miss Olivia]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Only mccammon book i ever read was Swan Song. LOved that one, would make a great mini series.

still plowing throuhg The Mist. Not enough time....

I am writing though, so i guess that is more productive than reading...

I agree, provided they don't use the same guy who did The Stand. And NO Molly Ringworm, okay?
Please.

The Mist is a good story.

[Vodstok]

I always though Charles S Dutton would make a good Josh. Not quite huge enough, so these days i think Michael Clark Duncan would be a good choice. I dont know who they could use for Swan. Pleas, dear god, please, no dakota fanning. Cute kid, but she has overstayed her welcome.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Jacob Singer
Well you read more than me, I gave up on God emperor. anyway the last books (House Atreides, Harkonen and Corrino) were written by Herbert's son. The new books are easier for reading and don't take part on that particular vision of his father (on special with things like religion and politics). He respect the amvience and the principal characters (Mentats, Beneheserith fremen....and the royal houses) The plot took place on years before the original books, when Paul Atreides wasnt born

interesting ..

i still have a few i havent read .. chapterhouse, as well as the 'houses' books.(not sure if i have corrino or not but i know i have atreides and harkonen.

maybe i should have a peak at those ...

[hammerfan]

I'm in the Introduction to Computers study unit of my vet tech course. My reading assignments all come out of a book called "Understanding Computers". If it were any more dry, I'd be in the Sahara desert!! I read a page or two and start nodding off. Ugh, I have to get through this to get to the next study unit (Biology). At least this is the only time I'll be reading this!

[Miss Olivia]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I always though Charles S Dutton would make a good Josh. Not quite huge enough, so these days i think Michael Clark Duncan would be a good choice. I dont know who they could use for Swan. Pleas, dear god, please, no dakota fanning. Cute kid, but she has overstayed her welcome.


MCD would be great for Josh, and I agree about Dakota. She's having a Macaulay Culkin transformation. The little girl from Silent Hill is pretty cute, and she seems like a good actor.

[urgeok]

Carson of Venus - ER Burroughs 3rd in the series

[novadawn969]

Just finished The Scarlet Letter in english yesterday. Good book. Bad teacher. He skipped over entire paragraphs and important parts. Pissed me off. I had to read over because of his gay self. None of these 'hip peeps' even cared... they could barely understand it.

[dw_horrorfan]

Just completed Ellery Queen's A Study in Terror (1966 paperback). Now 2/3 thru Abarat (Clive Barker).

Its fantasy, not exactly horror, but needed to pick up some light reading - work has been the pits the past month

[evildemontoo]

The Memoirs of Cleopatra, like a 1000 pages, awesome book.

[mallorygold]

by allen C. weisbecker

[noctuary]

The House by Bentley Little.

[urgeok]

i have a few on the go now - but Roman Polanskis autobiography is calling my name

[Phalanx]

Got the latest Aretmis Fowl book from my brother.
So far seems a big improvement on the fourth (IMO weakest) in the series.
Decent series overall.

[virose_pt]

The Beast House - Richard Laymon

It's the second book of the Beast House Trilogy. The first one is The Cellar, and this is the second one, and I recommend it because is a very good book, much better than the first one.

I've got the trilogy in an omnibus edition, so I'm going to read all of them in a row!

[dw_horrorfan]

Just finished Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (weird shit).

Now reading The Book of the Dead. 1989 short story collection ft. top horror writers (King, Laymon, Campbell, Rasnic, McCammon etc.) in tribute to George Romero's Living Dead trilogy.

so far so good ...

[ali555]

Vampire Apocalypse by Derek gunn

[ali555]

Vampire apocalypse by Derek Gunn - fast paced horror vampire adventure!

[urgeok]

escape on venus - e r burroughs.

4th in the series - 1 more to go.

these are extremely dated and goofy - but fun and addictive

[noctuary]

The Rising by Brian Keene. So far, so excellent! I'll be picking up the follow-up book City of the Dead tomorrow as well.

[virose_pt]

At the mountains of Madness and other stories - H.P. Lovecraft

It's the first time I read Lovecraft and so far it seems very good.

[alkytrio666]

Cabal by Clive Barker

[The_Return]

Cabal by Clive Barker

Have you seen Nightbreed?

Ive been meaning to read that myself, because the movie kicked so much ass.

[alkytrio666]

Have you seen Nightbreed?

Ive been meaning to read that myself, because the movie kicked so much ass.
No, but I've got it TiVOd right now, so I plan on reading the book and immediately watching the movie. I'm excited, because I hear it's good.

I mean, c'mon. Directed by Clive Barker. Starring David Cronenberg. Music by Danny Elfman. I'm pumped to say the least. And it's a great read so far, too.

[The_Return]

Starring David Cronenberg

...and let me tell you, he's just as awesome infront of the camera as behind it.

I'll have to grab the book.

[urgeok]

it takes place in Canada :D


(another shameless canuck plug)


americans dont care but we're so seldom mentioned in any way shape or form its a huge deal to us.

[alkytrio666]

Hey, my friend, if it's a huge deal to you, it's a huge deal to me. :)

I'll be thinking of you and Return when I read it/ watch it.

[Geddy]

I started reading Cujo last night.

[alkytrio666]

I started reading Cujo last night.
I actually loved Cujo. The book goes so much deeper into fear and emotion than the movie does...

...but isn't that true with any Stephen King movie...?

[zwoti]

Have you seen Nightbreed?

Ive been meaning to read that myself, because the movie kicked so much ass.

got a few e-books, have to check which i have ;)

[urgeok]

got a few e-books, have to check which i have ;)

holy moley ! look who just dropped in :)

get lost on the forum ? :p

[zwoti]

holy moley ! look who just dropped in :)

get lost on the forum ? :p

just keeping out of general, you? :p

[urgeok]

just keeping out of general, you? :p



just starting trouble :)

[noctuary]

I just finished reading City of the Dead by Brian Keene. Hoo, boy. It's been a while since I've read a horror book that had the same blunt, visceral impact. It's been while since I've seen that sort of grim ending as well. No real spoilers there, as it's apparent fairly early on just how things are going to end up. If you like zombies, and you're willing to accept an extremely different kind of zombie, check these books out.

[urgeok]

I just finished reading City of the Dead by Brian Keene. Hoo, boy. It's been a while since I've read a horror book that had the same blunt, visceral impact. It's been while since I've seen that sort of grim ending as well. No real spoilers there, as it's apparent fairly early on just how things are going to end up. If you like zombies, and you're willing to accept an extremely different kind of zombie, check these books out.


i liked the take on how the zombies got there .. but i found the writing to be simplistic - typical of the genre.

you want a book with a blunt visceral impact - check out Jack Ketchum's Open Season.


reading it was like watching Last House on the Left ... but waaaaaay more brutal

[noctuary]

How does Open Season compare to The Girl Next Door, Urge? That's the only one of Ketchum's books that I've read, and to this day it remains the single most distressing thing I've ever read. If Open Season is more depressing than that, it should come with a prepackaged straight razor.

Sorry you didn't like Keene's books, by the way. I know that his style is... er... straightforward (or simple, as you put it) but something about the struggle of the characters to survive in a dead world (pun intended) really connected with me.

[urgeok]

How does Open Season compare to The Girl Next Door, Urge? That's the only one of Ketchum's books that I've read, and to this day it remains the single most distressing thing I've ever read. If Open Season is more depressing than that, it should come with a prepackaged straight razor.

Sorry you didn't like Keene's books, by the way. I know that his style is... er... straightforward (or simple, as you put it) but something about the struggle of the characters to survive in a dead world (pun intended) really connected with me.

the story was ok .. i just found the prose weak.

i havent read The Girl Next Door .. but Open Season was probably the most brutal book i've read ... it was also extremely well written
avoided most character and situation cliches that most other horror writers seem to be more than happy to use over and over again.

[virose_pt]

I´ve been reading At The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft.

The first 50 or so pages are very good and I was very excited about the book, but lately the story is so boooooooring! 20 or 30 pages with useless descriptions of EVERYTHING?? For what? To make me sleep, I guess...

Hope things improve, otherwise its just another disapointment.

Like Urgeok, I think there isn´t many good horror writers, let´s face it...

[The_Return]

20 or 30 pages with useless descriptions of EVERYTHING?? For what? To make me sleep, I guess...

One of my only gripes with Lovecraft. Fantastic author IMO, but he can really get lost in descrption.

[Zero]

just finished Keene's THE RISING and i can see the complaint about it being very straightforward. that said i really enjoyed it and even was late to work on friday because i HAD to finish the last chapter (which was a cliffhanger - DAMNIT!) i agree with Noct- i liked the characters and found the action moved along at a rapid clip (ok- at times a bit irrationally rapid but i can see the whole chaos and insanity leading to crazy decisions).

am off to the mall today to try and find City of The Dead - I'm also looking forward to the new Keene novel _THE GHOUL_ which should be out sometime really soon.

[Despare]

Monster Nation
Follow up to Monster Island
A little bit of political crap and some of the same old stuff but it's still a good read so far.

[urgeok]

i started reading Gaimans: Anansi Boys (spelling ?)

i must have 6 books on the go now ..

since sorting my collection i've found a ton of stuff i want to read - all at the same time..

[Zero]

you need more eyes

[urgeok]

time - i need more time..

[Morbid Fantasy]

I would love more time to finish reading all the books I have collected over the years...meh.

Well I've started "I'm the vampire, That's why" By Michele Bradsley...not too bad...but not great either.

[The_Return]

i started reading Gaimans: Anansi Boys (spelling ?)

i must have 6 books on the go now ..

since sorting my collection i've found a ton of stuff i want to read - all at the same time..

Any good?

Ive been wanting to check out more of his stuff

[urgeok]

Any good?

Ive been wanting to check out more of his stuff

so far so good ...
he gets a little frilly around the edges - more than necessary .. but still decent.

[novadawn969]

I just got done reading "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and I loved it.

[dw_horrorfan]

i've read most of Gaiman' novels (except the Sandman series, which is rare to find), and highly recommend them to anyone. His short stories arent too bad as well (new one out Fragile Things). Some are very British, but overall very good quality stuff.

[scouse mac]

Neverwhere

Neil Gaimon

[virose_pt]

Just starting The Midnight Tour, Richard Laymon.

[Trilby Wearin' Maniac]

Currently halfway through 'Men, Women and Chainsaws', which is a textbook on my course. Pretty interesting stuff mostly, although some of the psychoanalytic interpretation gets a bit annoying. I'm also reading 'The Bloody Chamber' by Angela Carter (another course book)

[Jacob Singer]

A book about Spanish criminal law next one about Criminal Procedure, those books would take me a looong time

[horrifying]

i just finished acid row by minette walters and birdman by mo hayder, both were good books.

[Trilby Wearin' Maniac]

A book about Spanish criminal law next one about Criminal Procedure, those books would take me a looong time

Argh, I can sympathise with that, I started studying law before I switched and the amount of reading you have to get through is horrendous:eek:

[Jacob Singer]

Argh, I can sympathise with that, I started studying law before I switched and the amount of reading you have to get through is horrendous:eek:
Well, I'm searching a job as a lawyer and for that reason I need to be prepared in the better way. It's not funy but I hope that it would be useful

[Geddy]

Frankenstein.

[JP500]

Nothing......it's been about a year since I've read a good book.

[noctuary]

Re-reading Swan Song by Robert McCammon for the hundredth time. I'll never get tired of a nuclear apocalypse.

[horrifying]

i just finished hot springs by stephen hunter 8/10. i am just starting darwin's blade by dan simmons.

[Elvis_Christ]

American Hardcore: A Tribal History

[urgeok]

Just finished Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys ... thought it was so-so

now reading his American Gods.

[cactus]

Just finished Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys ... thought it was so-so

now reading his American Gods.

My wife just finished American Gods, now I'm about to read it.

[Despare]

Finished Monster Nation, David Wellington has put together an interesting story with a unique premise. Can't wait for the third book. Been read some Lovecraft lately, Dagon and The Statement of Randolph Carter yesterday.

[dw_horrorfan]

Koko by Peter Straub.

Not new. But ties in with the Blue Rose trilogy which i've read. Halfway thru, so far so good. Depiction of life thru Vietnam war era quite believable.

[tic]

* same as last book you bought thread *

Supernatural (1977) 1st Ed. Robert Muller.

This is a Horror anthology. (based upon a 1970's tv show of the same name, which no one seems to have heard of * Tv Show thread*)

It comprises 7 stories which where in the programme, stories include a vampire, werewolf and frankenstein style story.

[urgeok]

My wife just finished American Gods, now I'm about to read it.

so far it reminds me of a nicer gentler Damnation Game

[SamCostello]

Working on The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman and Cerebus Vol. 3: Church and State 1 right now. Both are good, though in very different ways. Don't know if the Goodman is going to stay good. It's a first novel and rough in places.

Sam

[TWILIGHTEYES]

Im Rereading A Brian Lumley Book Called Deadspeak. Its About Vampires And The Man Who Hunts Them Its Good

[noctuary]

I just finished reading this year's Best New Horror, and I'd like to mention that "Haeckel's Tale" is probably the best thing that Clive Barker's written in fifteen years.

Up next: Dark Delicacies.

[Despare]

Been reading short stories as of late. Read one from Storie of Terror and Madness From the Borderlands called N0072-JK1 by Adam Corbin Fusco. I love how dark and clinical it was, moved along at a brisk pace too. The little intro describes it as, "Study of Synaptic Response of the Organism to Spontaneous Stimulation of Vulnerability Zones. Photographic Analysis.

[heebiejeebies]

Just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Now I'm reading Brimstone by Preston and Child. Looking forward to Dean Koontz's new book coming out this week.

[urgeok]

finished Gaiman's American Gods ... not a bad book..

now reading Richard E Grants - With Nails ..

great fucking book !!! this is the format i wish all movie stars would write - instead of their usual bios.

Grant writes it diary form - exclusively talking about his involvement in films - film by film (starting with Withnail and I)

great reading !

[Zero]

finished Gaiman's American Gods ... not a bad book..

now reading Richard E Grants - With Nails ..

great fucking book !!! this is the format i wish all movie stars would write - instead of their usual bios.

Grant writes it diary form - exclusively talking about his involvement in films - film by film (starting with Withnail and I)

great reading !

i was totally disappointed in american gods - i really felt it had a great premise but couldn't muster anything to pull it off. reinforced my general feeling that gaiman is way overrated.

but, if you liked that, and want a slightly more 'literary' take on the same general theme - check out The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (or something close to that) - i liked this one but was a little underwhelmed by the ending.

[urgeok]

i was totally disappointed in american gods - i really felt it had a great premise but couldn't muster anything to pull it off. reinforced my general feeling that gaiman is way overrated.

but, if you liked that, and want a slightly more 'literary' take on the same general theme - check out The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (or something close to that) - i liked this one but was a little underwhelmed by the ending.


thing is - i'm not a horror fiction reader but i've heard a lot about gaiman.
i read (stardust?) then ananci boys, then american gods.

i have good omens and neverland around somewhere - havent read them yet.

he reminds me of a lighter younger clive barker.

i'm not a big fan .. but the book kept me reading to the end..

[Spec7ral]

I started Micheal Slade's Special X series at the beginning of summer, thus far I have read:
Headhunter
Ghoul
Cutthroat
Ripper
Primal Scream
Evil Eye
Burnt Bones

and right now I am halfway through Hangman.

The writing in this series is really up and down as the pen name starts off as three dudes and then they start to drop off, until the last few books of the series are one of the original dudes and his daughter writing tandem. The cool thing about them is that they are all based out of vancouver (where i live).
I would reccomend the first two to fans of splatter-pulp, as the gore is really well laid out, although it comes off kinda like a police report in certain parts. The ones after the first two are still bloody, but tend to be more reasearch driven (hence long bibliographies at the end) and kinda lose their spooky edge.
I would highly reccomend them all to anyone who lives or has lived/knows alot about Vancouver, as all the murders take place in easily recognizable landmarks (mostly).

I have
Death's Door
Bed of Nails
Swastika
left to read. Hopefully I can finish them sooner than later, I was hoping to be done by the time Kamikaze was in paperback, but i think that may have happened earlier this month.

Here's dudes webby if anyone is interested:

http://specialx.net/

And I just saw that they are making a movie out of Headhunter (the first novel in the series)!!! SWEET!!!

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=2931

[virose_pt]

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - Lovecraft. Very good so far, after the total letdown of In The Mountains of Madness.

[Disease]

The third Brother by Nick McDonell, so far a bit of a let down after his first novel.

[urgeok]

I started Micheal Slade's Special X series at the beginning of summer,

Ghoul



that was the only one i read and i didnt like it at all...
never gave another one a chance because of it..

[Spec7ral]

i would prolly stay away then if i were you, some of the other works are definetly different than that one, but i don't think the changes constitute an improvement, per se.

[the_real_linda]

im reading thru some clive barker stuff i downloaded

[The_Return]

Just started Rohinton Mistery's "A Fine Balance" yesterday. Doesnt seem too bad so far, pretty well written even though it's not really my kind of book.

The problem is I'm reading it for school and have to finish it for Monday:eek: :eek:

713 pages in 4 days...wish me luck. You wont be seeing me around here much this weekend, thats for sure.

[Jacob Singer]

The next week I would take 4 days for relax so maybe I would had enough time to read new material

[virose_pt]

Re-reading Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

[BASSI]

I just started to read The Stand by Stephen King's

[noctuary]

The Store by Bentley Little

[Phalanx]

DC - Crisis on infinite Earths...novelisation thing...haven't read the series, bit before my comic reading days. Seems interesting enough.

[The_Return]

Just started Rohinton Mistery's "A Fine Balance" yesterday. Doesnt seem too bad so far, pretty well written even though it's not really my kind of book.

The problem is I'm reading it for school and have to finish it for Monday:eek: :eek:

713 pages in 4 days...wish me luck. You wont be seeing me around here much this weekend, thats for sure.

So Ive got through 229 pages so far...not bad. Like I said it's not really my style, but its well written. Supposedly it gets pretty distubing later on, not sure if Im looking forward to that or not...

[punk666]

Silent Playgrounds By Daunta Reah

[Spec7ral]

i read the Slade series at home but at work i am reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. I found it on the ground and picked it up and decided to read it on my break. It's pretty fucking awesome.

[novakru]

I'm reading Stephen Kings CELL.
And Neil Gaimans 'Smoke and Mirrors'...again.
And Neils new short story collection 'Fragile Things'.

And Granma Joy's 'Hope for Hurting Women'...she is a local author and what a woman!
I went to one of her book signings and I really dig her whole schick,I think she's going to be BIG.
The very first page of her book just fucking floored me and inspired me and made me cry and about 20 other emotions.

And about 3 different magazines.

I think I have developed ADD.:D

[tcardenas]

undercurrents by ridley pearson.

[The_Return]

Just started Rohinton Mistery's "A Fine Balance" yesterday. Doesnt seem too bad so far, pretty well written even though it's not really my kind of book.

The problem is I'm reading it for school and have to finish it for Monday:eek: :eek:

713 pages in 4 days...wish me luck. You wont be seeing me around here much this weekend, thats for sure.

Well I didnt finish it in time persay....but I lucked out because my teacher wasnt there today:p

Just finished it ow...damn good book. Fantastic characters.

[urgeok]

finished Richard E Grants 'With Nails'

i cant recommend this book enough .. easily the best autobio/book about film i've ever read.

its written in diary form .. each chapter is a movie he worked on starting with Withnail and I.

no bullshit - no dirt - just an extremely entertaining and unintentionally informative take on his experiences in film.

[the_real_linda]

midnights children-salman rushdie


id got it for english lit 2 years ago

[noctuary]

Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. Awesome book. I'm only about a hundred pages in, and it's already a contender for best fantasy I've read.

[Nocturnal]

The History of Atheism- Georges Minois
How Free Are You? The Determinism Problem- Ted Honderich
Of Human Bondage- Somerset Maugham
Tender is the Night- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Symbolism- Michael Gibson

[The_Return]

And Neils new short story collection 'Fragile Things'.


Has that been out long? This is the first Ive heared of it...

Loved Smoke & Mirrors, will have to grab this one soon.

[evilreign]

im reading part 1 of Imajica by CLive barker, and im also reading the drawing of the three by stephen king. I had to read the giver for school yesterday, I thought it was going to be gay since it was from school but it was actualy pretty good.

[noctuary]

Just finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay. If I hadn't already read Gardens of the Moon, this would have been the best novel I've read this year.

[Katrina]

I'm currently reading Bram Stoker's "Dracula" again. I've read this book a million times, but it just gets better and better with time.

I'm not a heavy reader, I know. ^_^

[urgeok]

spider world - the tower .. by colin wilson.


this guy is a pretty sharp writer ..
one of the guys heavily influenced by Lovecraft.

[scaryminda15]

"Down a dark hall" by Lois Duncan she is the shit lol. she is like Stephen King, but a girl. with the suspense. Check out her books, they are awesome!

[alkytrio666]

"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand

[phantomstranger]

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril

and

The Vampire Who Came For Christmas

[BlackSunProductions]

Cell by Stephen King.

[SamCostello]

I'm right in the middle of Lynch on Lynch, a book-length interview with David Lynch about his career, films, painting, approach to art and much more. Great stuff, though reading it for an hour or two makes the rest of the world look pretty weird when you're done.

Sam

[BASSI]

Final Destinatination 3: End of the line (i got all 5 of them now)

[Geddy]

Rebel without a crew.

[The_Return]

Planning to start "The Keep" by F. Paul Wilson later this evening.

[urgeok]

Planning to start "The Keep" by F. Paul Wilson later this evening.


you'll want to see the film after that ..

[Geddy]

dreams of terror and death by hp lovecraft.

[urgeok]

just finished Spider World - the Delta by Colin Wilson

then started The Space Vampires - by Colin wilson
(the book that was the basis for the film Lifeforce)


also began Randy Bauchmans autobio.

[Leavetheclassicsalone]

World War Z

[Jacob Singer]

James Clave's "Tai Pan" after another reading of CLive Baker's "Book's of blood"

[Kreech]

The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell. It's pretty good so far, and I love fungi so I guess that just makes me like it more.

[virose_pt]

To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee

[urgeok]

To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee


great book.

[Geddy]

Gonna start frankenstein soon.

[Roderick Usher]

Fragile Things Neil Gaiman

it's a collection of short stories. A Study in Emerald has to be one of the best short stories I've ever read...it's a Sherlock Holmes story set in H.P. Lovecraft's universe.

[Angra]

Finally got through Stephen King´s "Cell". Took me just about half a year.

Over 400 pages of pure crap, if you ask me.

[novakru]

Finished Stephen King's 'Cell'.
It was a very good read.

Finished Neil Gaiman's 'Smoke and Mirrors', excellent short stories!...still working on 'Fragile Things' ...so far, so good.

Picked up World War Z by Max Brooks today, this looks REALLY good, can't wait to crack it open.

Everything else I have been perusing lately has failed to keep my interest and I just do not have the time. I have given up on them until the baby is in school , cause I think that will finally be the time I am able to finish them all:D


I really want a copy of the Anniversary Edtion of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Does anyone own this?

[urgeok]

I really want a copy of the Anniversary Edtion of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Does anyone own this?

i have good omens but its aregular paperback .. beat all the hell up too.
its the only gaiman i own that i havent read yet.

[novakru]

You own a beat-up copy that has never been read?
Oh the tragedy!:D

You'll enjoy it when you get around to it though.

[Despare]

Father Bob and Bobby - Whitley Strieber

Powerful short story that is unflinching when it comes to the Catholic church and little boys. Distrubing, fun stuff.

[ThrillerWriter666]

The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen. Just finished Jeffrey Deaver's Cold Moon.

[novakru]

ok,I am not quite finished yet with 'World War Z' by Max Brooks but I have to tell you guys to pick this book up at all costs!You will not REPEAT not regret it!
It's written as if it really happened.....

*A writer goes around the world getting first person accounts of a specific experience or thoughts about what they remember about the 'zombie war'*

I have never been so entralled by a book and if I had the time , I would sit down and read this one cover to cover.

Highly, HIGHLY recommended!!!

[noctuary]

Finally finished reading Deadhouse Gates. This was an absolutely brilliant novel. If any of you have any interest in the epic fantasy genre at all, I would strongly urge you to read this book, as long as you don't mind your fantasy to be terribly tragic at times. Steven Erikson is one of the best prose stylists currently working in any genre.

[SamCostello]

I'm going to finish Cerebus Vol. 7: Flight later today. I'm plowng through this series, surprised by how great it is. I don't much like Dave Sim's politics, but it's a terrific series.

Sam

[Jacob Singer]

Now "At the mountain of madness"

[noctuary]

I'm now re-reading China Mieville's Perdido Street Station. Mieville's mastery of language creates a very pleasurable reading experience.

[BASSI]

Dying Words By Shaun Hutson

[horrorobsessed]

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

pretty damn good so far

[Dude Guadalupe]

Currently reading The Dark Tower, Stephen King's last (7th) in the series



Next comes Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way

[Geddy]

The Zombie Survival guide.

[bloodrayne]

The Zombie Survival guide.OH, you just reminded me...I have to buy that!!!...Thanks


Glad I still have the eBay page open :)

[SamCostello]

I'm reading The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore right now. Not loving it, really, too cutesy for me, but it was lent to me by a friend so I'm giving it a shot.

Later today, I'm going to dig through my big stack of to-read books and find something new to assail. It may be Michael Houellebecq. Could be Steve Erickson.

Sam

[Zero]

i'm reading a book called julius winston - not really horror, but very well written and has a kind of sudden, violent nature that makes it a bit disturbing. . . highly recommended so far

[AUSTIN316426808]

Frank Miller's 300

[virose_pt]

"An autobiography" by Agatha Christy.

I love Hercule Poirot's books, and this autobiography so far is very good.

[DP McCoy]

I'm reading James Herbert's Domain.Haven't read this book since i was at school,found it after going through some of my old stuff at my parents house,its a cracking read,rats are usually shit on the screen but they really have more impact in books.

[can't get enough gore]

The Zombie Survival guide.

great choice



the chronicles of narnia

[Geddy]

great choice



the chronicles of narnia

Yeah, it's pretty wicked.
Frankenstein.

[yourlastmistake]

Das Reich... The military role of the 2nd SS Division.

[SamCostello]

I'm about 2/3s of the way through Osamu Tezuka's 800-page Ode to Kirihito, which is about a strange disease spreading throughout the world that turns people, basically, into human dogs. It's partly a thriller, partly a medical drama, partly a religious allegory. It's pretty good, though at 800 pages is a little hard to hold.

Sam

[AUSTIN316426808]

Frank Miller's 300


Finished that one, going to have another go with Dark Knight Returns next.

[Shadow]

Think im going to re-read Silence of the Lambs etc.

[jay o2 waster]

House of Leaves

[DP McCoy]

I'm reading The Mammoth Book of Zombies an anthology featuring short works by Authors including Edgar Allen Poe,H.P.Lovecraft,Clive Barker,Ramsey Campbell,Graham Masterton and many more.the collection has a good mix of the traditional voodoo zombis and the more modern Romero type zombies.Great stuff.

[Geddy]

I just started Dr.Jeckyl and Mr.Hyde last night.

[novadawn969]

lol. Some erotic novel on the web... anbout a jello-chick... lime... :rolleyes:

Don't ask... I can't even get through the first book... and there's 4, I think.



yeah... I need a good book... quick!!! :eek:

[The_Return]

great choice



the chronicles of narnia

The Chroni-what?-cles of Narnina!

[Horror_Writer]

Lisey's Story . . . an interesting read. I have about 100 pages to go. Thought it was just going to be a flashback novel, which it sorta is, but then it gets into travel to an alternate plane of existence . . . and the description of the child abuse--wow, just about brought a tear to my eye.

[DP McCoy]

James Herbert's 48-twelve chapters in and so far so very good.

[virose_pt]

Appointment With Death - Agatha Christie
An Autobiography - Agatha Christie

[JP500]

Stephen King's Insomnia. It's a pretty good book I'm about 400 pages into it so far.

[Dominion]

I just read "The Dead Letters". I liked it.

[Horror_Writer]

Stephen King's Insomnia. It's a pretty good book I'm about 400 pages into it so far.

I really, really had a hard time with that one. From what I remember you could almost have cut off the first 250 pages and been good to go. Did you think it was slow to get going?

[SamCostello]

I’m currently reading J-Horror by David Kalat. It’s a great introduction to J-Horror and its major figures. Even for someone who’s seen a lot of the major films, and even some minor ones, it’s a terrific book. It’s got great context for the works, as well as choice bits of interviews with directors and screenwriters. Highly recommended.

I’m also re-reading Leviathan by Paul Auster, a great book about chance, America, and blowing up patriotic statues.

I just finished Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka. A huge, 800+-page manga about a disease that is turning people into animals – literally – all over the world. It’s something of an allegory for the life of Christ, and is very weird, but it’s also good.

Sam

[Horror_Writer]

Just got my copy of The Terror by Dan Simmons and started it today. 40 pages in so far, a little slow so far and lots of characters.

Finished King's Lisey's Story yesterday.

[Jacob Singer]

Finaly find an anthology of Mr Bierce on spanish, this only took me one year.....and 30 euros......D'oh!!

[Despare]

More Lovecraft, Dreams in the Witch House & From Beyond.

[BASSI]

Slugs by Shaun Hutson

if you love gore (MUST READ BOOK)
I am reading this for the 3rd time

[jay o2 waster]

Just picked up Fight Club

[DP McCoy]

Nobody True by James Herbert,i'm having a bit of a Herbert Phase at the moment,i do enjoy his work though.

[virose_pt]

The Shining - Stephen King

People seem to like this one, but I'm having a fight whit it. So boring, Jesus... 200 pages on and nothing happens. Pages and pages of pure dullness. Do we really have to read 10 pages about the previous owners of the hotel?

Oh well, I think I need some action from Richard Laymon :D

[virose_pt]

Nobody True by James Herbert,i'm having a bit of a Herbert Phase at the moment,i do enjoy his work though.

I have The Rats in my TBR list, hope to read it soon. I have high hopes for this one, my first JH.

[DP McCoy]

I have The Rats in my TBR list, hope to read it soon. I have high hopes for this one, my first JH.

I don't think you will be dissapointed:)

[the_real_linda]

i just finished reading peter kays autobiogrophy this morning....love the pork chops off that man

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/peterkay/2002-november-peter-kay.jpg

[noctuary]

Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay. Beautifully written book.

[Aeacus]

For once I'm not reading a horror book.... I'm trying to finish the wheel of time series which is 10 very long books just got into the fourth book...the shadow rising

[DP McCoy]

Stephen King's(Writing as Richard Bachman)The Regulators,read it a few years ago and decided to dust it off,This will more than likely be followed by Desperation being my next read.

[noctuary]

For once I'm not reading a horror book.... I'm trying to finish the wheel of time series which is 10 very long books just got into the fourth book...the shadow rising
Just a little word of warning... the series slows down in a major way around the sixth and seventh volumes. I think it's worth it to stick with it, but many disagree.

[Aeacus]

Thanks for the heads up.... At this point I am really enjoying the series and don't think i could let it go... really is the type of series where you feel you know a little bit about everybody that gets mentioned and everything about main characters.... at least up to this point

[Despare]

I REALLY enjoyed The Regulators, a fun read for sure.

[Posher778]

The Great Gatsby- Yeah, it's boring.

[Horror_Writer]

The Great Gatsby--wow. Been on my list to read for a while as it is mentioned often in writing books and used as an example of excellent writing.