What book u reading at the moment?

[Angra]

Just because you haven't heard of a writer, doesn't mean nobody else has.


I sure hope so.

[Geddy]

Interviews With Robert Altman, edited by; David Sterritt.

[ChronoGrl]

Next by Michael Crichton

Why the fuck does he always have write in pedophiles? Sick bastard, I'm never reading him again.

Other than the PERVERTS , it was an amazing book, scary because it was so real. It could be happening right now

Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Congo don't have pedophiles... :rolleyes:

[Angra]

Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Congo don't have pedophiles... :rolleyes:


What about Sphere?

[ChronoGrl]

What about Sphere?

Didn't read that one... And I've been trying to remember whether or not The Andromeda Strain had one.

...

[novakru]

I only ever read Jurassic park and Lost World (1000 times better than the movie) by him. does he include a lot of perverts?


I think the last book I read of his had one, can't think of the name at the mo, I'll look for it...
I was irritated by the fact that there was no reason for the mention in the storyline, I think most of his work is brilliant, but I will be more careful about the content of books from now on.

[novakru]

Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Congo don't have pedophiles... :rolleyes:

I was wide reaching-granted.
It truly sucks to be into a good read and have one thing ruin it though. I hate when that happens.

[barnes]

Call of Cthulu...really interesting. A different sort of horror. I'm digging it though.

[ChronoGrl]

I was wide reaching-granted.
It truly sucks to be into a good read and have one thing ruin it though. I hate when that happens.

I totally get you on that one... I just thought it was interesting because I had never heard any critiques about Crichton dwelling on paedophilia. Sorry it ruined the read for you.

[Abominus]

I'm reading "The Tribe" by Bari Wood. It's a horror/thriller based on Jewish lore. I'm just finishing it up and it's been solid all the way through. Great story, a lot of sadness and sympathy considering the subject matter.

[Devil-Hunter]

The body stephen king book.

[Geddy]

Firestarter, by Stephen King.

[jaybomb]

The Year We Disappered


A book written by my wife's father's best friend....

Based on true events, A cop gets shot in the face one night by a small town criminal and he has to move his family around year after year...

Really good book and a real quick read, can't believe this shit goes on in my hometown

[Geddy]

Crime And Punishment by, Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[urgeok2]

Reading a book about Russ Meyer ..

Big Bosoms and Square Jaws ... something like that - i forget.


the author seems to be a big fan of the work .. but in quoting his sources - man they sure are painting a sad picture of RM .. he sounded like a gigantic piece of shit.

[jenna26]

The House by Bentley Little
Evans to Betsy by Rhys Bowen

[Leprucky Cougar]

Dissent: Voices of Conscience; Government Insiders Speak Out against the War in Iraq by Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright


I RECCOMEND TO ALL...GREAT READ...GET MOTIVATED...SPEAK OUT...Follow the Conscience!

[Devil-Hunter]

At the moment im reading Last house on the left.

[jenna26]

The Association by Bentley Little

[amc420vt]

the girl who loved tom gordon-stephen king

[Nella]

I must say that I have really enjoyed reading this whole thread! I love books. Someone mentioned "The Cabinet of Curiosities" by Preston and Child. I have this book so I will start with it.

I recently read "The Ruins" by Scott Smith since I loved "A Simple Plan." I'm not used to reading horror novels. That book disturbed me for days. I saw the movie and it sucked! Anyway, I don't want to sound like a cry-baby but I do have Major Depressive Disorder (if not Bipolar I). If there are any books that might be disturbing to me, could you please post some here? Thanks! I love this website. I think the "Ketchum" books may not be good for me as I have recently seen the videos of his books on the shelves at Hastings.

Oh, by the way, the only movie that disturbed me, that I can think of, was Jeepers Creepers. I don't usually get upset unless a movie sucks. :p I wasn't prepared for that ending! Sheesh!!!

What do you all think of me reading "House of Leaves?"

[jenna26]

The Lost by Jack Ketchum
and also pulled out an Edgar Allan Poe collection to reread through October.

[Geddy]

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.

[SamCostello]

The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 – The annual volume of the best crime writing from American magazines. Great stuff, as usual, but also kind of depressing in how consistent stories of crime and human misery can be.

Sam

[Nella]

Well, I broke down and ordered "The Girl Next Door" by Jack Ketchum. Hopefully, I can get through it. If I can't, I'll just donate it to the library or sell it on Amazon.com.

[Lived]

SOUL RIDERS By Brian Coyle

Pretty freaky

[Chris M.]

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. I dig her Mayfair witch stories even more than her vampire writings.

Here's a shameless plug - If you like short stories, I have a couple in the top 20 on the horror best seller list at Fictionwise.com. Dinner for the Dead and When Darkness Falls.

www.chrismorrow-writer.com

[jenna26]

Writ in Blood by James A. Moore
and a short story collection, A Harvest of Horrors

[Geddy]

The Godfather, by Mario Puzo.

[Festered]

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

A very dry, clinical approach to the sinking of the Titanic. Filled with brief anecdotes from various survivors, the book gives no hub characters with which to rally around. A quick read, but not very engrossing.

[sfear]

Horror Times Ten edited by Alden H. Norton. A conscientious attempt to collect stories that haven't anthologized before. Last night finished Frankenstein. Highly recommended.

[amc420vt]

Well, I broke down and ordered "The Girl Next Door" by Jack Ketchum. Hopefully, I can get through it. If I can't, I'll just donate it to the library or sell it on Amazon.com.


i bought that book awhile ago...it was well written...very sad. but it was good.

[Geddy]

The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe.

[SamCostello]

The Last Season, by Phil Jackson – the story of the 2003-2004 Lakers season. I love basketball books, and appreciate Jackson’s view of the team as something that the individual has to lose himself in in order to find greatness. I’ll be curious to see where this goes (though, of course, I know the Lakers didn’t win that year).

The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion – Reading this for a class and am finding the writing so wonderful in its mechanics that it’s a joy to read, even if the subject matter is very heavy indeed. This writing feels light and easy and wonderful.

Sam

[Roderick Usher]

I just finished Cormac McCarthey's The Road

Best book I've read in a looooooong time. Really amazing. It reads like a stacato epic poem. Profound and elegaic. Stunning, upsetting stuff.

Just started Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas de Quincey - doing research for a certain prequel;)

[fortunato]

I just finished Cormac McCarthey's The Road

Best book I've read in a looooooong time. Really amazing. It reads like a stacato epic poem. Profound and elegaic. Stunning, upsetting stuff.

excellent, excellent book. one of the best i've read in the past five years or more.

seeing the film should be interesting, although john hillcoat's doing it, and he did an incredible job with the proposition (which i feel pretty safe assuming you thought was awesome, yes?). supposedly he's staying true to mccarthy's intent, and the stills i've seen look pretty great:

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-road-2008-movie-images-gallery/

http://www.jeremyambler.com/theroad.html

[urgeok2]

Long Time Gone - autobiography of David Crosby

extremely interesting read so far.

[Dahlia]

"The Devil You Know" by Jenna Black

[jenna26]

Tower Hill by Sarah Pinborough

[hammerfan]

Web of Evil by J.A. Jance

[Despare]

The Husband by Dean Koontz afterward I think I'll go through House of Leaves again, or start back into some Xanth novels.

[Nella]

The Husband by Dean Koontz afterward I think I'll go through House of Leaves again, or start back into some Xanth novels.

Let me know what you think about the Koontz novel, if you would. I'm interested in getting it. Thanks. :)

[Doc Faustus]

The Husband by Dean Koontz afterward I think I'll go through House of Leaves again, or start back into some Xanth novels.

I haven't read Piers Anthony for ages. I miss those books.

[ferretchucker]

Russel Brand's Autobiography, My Booky Wook.

[Dahlia]

Let me know what you think about the Koontz novel, if you would. I'm interested in getting it. Thanks. :)

"The House of Leaves" is the most surreal book I've ever read. Whew!

[Doc Faustus]

Rereading the Bizarro Starter Kit:Orange. I recommend this to anyone looking for something more weird, edgy and out there. There's a novella about zombie cartoons, another about a guy who survives an apocalypse with a cockroach suit, a Pythonesque and surreal Tour de France...all kinds of weirdness from some really cool writers most people haven't heard of yet.

[jenna26]

I have several going right now, a couple of short story collections, a book about supposedly true hauntings and Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo

[The_Return]

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/olid/OL8535322M-M.jpg

The Theatrical Juggernaut (2nd Edition) - Monroe Mann

Great book...both practical and inspirational. If any of you you want to pursue acting as a career, you should read this for sure.

[Geddy]

Dubliners, by James Joyce.

[SamCostello]

World War Z, by Max Brooks – Coming to this party a little late, obviously, but a great book. Not strictly a horror book, I think, but great, great stuff.

Sam

[Psycom5k]

Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz, pretty creepy once you get into it.

[bloody_ribcut]

Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz, pretty creepy once you get into it.

this, this is what im reading at the moment.

[Angra]

"Child 44" by Tom Rob Smith.

Cruel, brutal, awsome.

[The_Return]

Been reading some plays lately...just started Fool for Love by Sam Sheppard.

[Despare]

I haven't read Piers Anthony for ages. I miss those books.

I love these books, the adventure and fantasy is fantastic and I'm a sucker for puns. Heh, cat-ass-trophy. :D


Let me know what you think about the Koontz novel, if you would. I'm interested in getting it. Thanks. :)

Sure, I'm about halfway through it and already there's been a fairly interesting twist. Not a bad read so far but it doesn't help that I stop reading it for extended periods of time.

[CrimsonFiend138]

My brother let me borrow his " I Lucifer". So far my feeble mind doesn't get ANYTHING he was talking about. About 20 Pages into it.

[chaibill]

Mr Murder read that one when i was a teen its great.

Right now A SIMPLE PLAN, Scott Smith

[Geddy]

New Australian Cinema: Sources And Parallells in British And American Film, by Bryan Mcfarlane, and Geoff Mayer.

[Geddy]

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

[Geddy]

Short Cuts, by Raymond Carver.

[jenna26]

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

[novakru]

The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy

[Flinx]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone :D

[Geddy]

Less Than Zero, by Bret Easton Ellis.

[Zero]

just finished a new book by jose saramago - he wrote the vastly superior book that became the movie Blindness.

the new book is called Death with Interruptions and in many ways it is very similar to most of saramago's recent books. a strange event grips the country (which is always some small country that really resemble portugal). this time it is the fact that suddenly no one is dying. now they aren't leaping back up to full health they (the terminally ill, old or injured) are just not dying. the consequences are widespread and hilarious. Death w/ Interruptions is an odd book but i liked it. saramago's style is very distinct and intrusive but, if you can fall into the rhythm of his narrator's voice it becomes really enjoyable. for those who like their fiction 'literary' - this is a good choice (he did win the noble a few years back after all).

[Geddy]

That Was Then This Is Now, by S.E Hinton.

[Angra]

Been listening to Iron Maiden's "Piece of mind" earlier today and the song "Still life" made me curious in finding which horror movie it was inspired of. Turned out not to be a movie, but an old short story called "Genius Loci" by the, to me, infamous author Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961). Luckily i managed to find the entire story on the net and after finnished reading i must say i'm both quite surprised and disappointed that it has never been turned into a movie. It had all the ingredients to become a horror classic, such as "The haunting" and "house on haunted hill".

Here's for anyone who gives a flying...


"Still life"

Take a look in the pool and what do you see
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
They were there oh I know you don't believe me.

Oh...I've never felt so strange
But...I'm not going insane.

I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head
You don't say but it's in your eyes instead
Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool
Something draws me there I don't know what to do.

Oh...they drain my strength away
Oh...they're asking me to stay.

Nightmares...spirits calling me
Nightmares...they won't leave me be.

All my life's blood is slowly draining away
And I feel that I'm weaker every day
Somehow I know I haven't long to go
Joining them at the bottom of the pool.

Now...I feel they are so near
I...begin to see them clear

Nightmares...coming all the time
Nightmares...Will give me peace of mind.

Now it's clear and I know what I have to do
I must take you down there to look at them too
Hand in hand then we'll jump right into the pool
Can't you see not just me they want you too.

Oh...we'll drown together
It...will be forever.

Nightmares...forever calling me
Nightmares...Now we rest in peace.





Especially after reading the short story i find these lyrics to be quite clever and one of my Maiden favorites.

Here's the link to "Genius Loci"

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/78/genius-loci

[Geddy]

The Outsiders, by SE Hinton.

[missmacabre]

Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror film. I'm reading it for a research essay on strong females in horror. The book is very informative and interesting. Wish I could read it all but its limited preview on google scholar. :(

[SamCostello]

Just finished Stiff, by Mary Roach – Hilariously fun book about the uses of human cadavers. Not for the squeamish, but highly recommended to those who like to learn as they read.

Sam

[urgeok2]

just finished the last 2 Harry Potter books (Half Blood Prince and The Deadly Hallows)

i know people dont like the harry potter stuff - but i think they are great fun.

as the best kiddie lit is - i find the books to be seemingly simplistic, yet incredibly clever at the same time.

[jenna26]

just finished the last 2 Harry Potter books (Half Blood Prince and The Deadly Hallows)

i know people dont like the harry potter stuff - but i think they are great fun.

as the best kiddie lit is - i find the books to be seemingly simplistic, yet incredibly clever at the same time.


I agree, I love them. :)

Stranger by Simon Clark
Estate of Mind by Tamar Myers

[Geddy]

Tex, by S.E Hinton.

[The_Return]

Happy Birthday, Wanda June - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I've been on a play kick as of late - just started this one, but it seems promising. Never read any of Vonnegut's stuff before, but this seems like a good place to start.

[nightmare_of _death]

The "Twilight" Saga.

[TheSlasher]

HP Lovecraft "The Road to Madness"

[Geddy]

A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby.

[novakru]

Web Design in easy steps by Richard Quick

[weluvzombies]

Im re-reading The Gunslinger.

[jenna26]

Stinger by Robert McCammon
All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson

[urgeok2]

some harry potter wannabe called Wyrd Museum

[TheSlasher]

The Ruins, by Scott Smith

[Dream Warrior]

Ring Of Hell- The Story Of Chris Benoit & The Fall Of The Pro Wrestling Industry.

Im about half way through this book, So far, Not bad,

50% fact, 50% fiction

Alot of the comments and storys in this book are passed of as fact, i think otherwise, non the less an interesting and at times enjoyable read.

[Geddy]

Duma Key, by Stephen King.

[jenna26]

Stinger by Robert McCammon


Still with this one, and also Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

[urgeok2]

I have one book going in the beedroom (for before bed)

one book going in the kitchen (for when i eat breakfast)

and one book in the downstairs bathroom (no need to explain)


anyone else do this ? I've had up to 6 - 7 books on the go at once - and i never have any problem jumping back and forth.

[jenna26]

anyone else do this ? I've had up to 6 - 7 books on the go at once - and i never have any problem jumping back and forth.


I usually have about 3 or 4 I'm reading at a time. A couple of novels (maybe a mystery or some historical fiction, along with a horror novel for example) and a short story collection. Then when I sit down to read I have several to choose from, depending on my mood.

[urgeok2]

I usually have about 3 or 4 I'm reading at a time. A couple of novels (maybe a mystery or some historical fiction, along with a horror novel for example) and a short story collection. Then when I sit down to read I have several to choose from, depending on my mood.



i've always done that too .. but i think this is the first time there has been such a clear geographical/functional division as to which book i pick.

[hammerfan]

Right now I'm reading The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun.

[nightmare_of _death]

Into the Wild by:Jon Krakauer

[jenna26]

i've always done that too .. but i think this is the first time there has been such a clear geographical/functional division as to which book i pick.

I used to always have one book going that was for bedtime only. But I rarely read in bed anymore. And I always seemed to pick the wrong book....:rolleyes:

Right now I'm reading The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun.

You know, I love cozy mysteries but I have never read a single one of these. And I am always on the lookout for good cozies, how are these?

[hammerfan]

You know, I love cozy mysteries but I have never read a single one of these. And I am always on the lookout for good cozies, how are these?


I really like them. Very good murder mysteries with a touch of humor. There's another series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, the Mrs. Murphy mysteries. They're good, too.

[urgeok2]

I really like them. Very good murder mysteries with a touch of humor. There's another series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, the Mrs. Murphy mysteries. They're good, too.

what's with all the cat ones ?

there's 3 i know of with cats in every title.
if i still have them - and i might - i'll send them to you when i uncover that box.

the only mysteries i ever liked were agatha christie. i have a pretty full set of those

(well sherlock holmes too - but they arent typical mysteries)

[hammerfan]

what's with all the cat ones ?

there's 3 i know of with cats in every title.
if i still have them - and i might - i'll send them to you when i uncover that box.

the only mysteries i ever liked were agatha christie. i have a pretty full set of those

(well sherlock holmes too - but they arent typical mysteries)


I stumbled across them at Barnes & Noble and thought the titles were cute. So I bought one, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

My favorite is definitely Agatha Christie. I also like to explore other mystery writers.

Tell me the titles before you send them - I might already have them.

[urgeok2]

I stumbled across them at Barnes & Noble and thought the titles were cute. So I bought one, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

My favorite is definitely Agatha Christie. I also like to explore other mystery writers.

Tell me the titles before you send them - I might already have them.


will do ... it wont be till summer though - too damn cold in the garage and the books are up high under a bunch of other stuff

[hammerfan]

will do ... it wont be till summer though - too damn cold in the garage and the books are up high under a bunch of other stuff


Good deal. Thanks, urge :)

[jenna26]

I really like them. Very good murder mysteries with a touch of humor. There's another series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, the Mrs. Murphy mysteries. They're good, too.

I think I read one of the Mrs. Murphy mysteries awhile ago, and I liked it, just never picked up the others for some reason. My mom likes them though.

Finished Blood Games up, so Stinger (oh one day I WILL finish this book...haha) and a short story collection, Back from the Dead.

[Geddy]

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[siorai]

Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

[Geddy]

A Farewell To Arms, by Ernest Hemingway.

[nightmare_of _death]

New Moon by: Stephenie Meyer

[CryptKeeper13]

Review Times: A History of Fostoria

[Geddy]

The Old Man And The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.

[Zero]

just read saramago's death, with interruptions[I] - smart, funny and complex (imagine suddenly no one dying anymore - not staying young so much as just not dying - complicated stuff)

also finished philip roth's [I]exit ghost - great book if you like roth

am in the middle of number 9 dream by david mitchell - cool, surreal and trippy

not much horror lately - last horror novel i read was a disappointment (badly written and cliched - i find it hard to get into novels that are poorly written)

[SamCostello]

Blindness, by Jose Saramago – I know this won a Nobel prize and all, but gosh is it boring and clunky. I assume some of the clunkiness is down to the translation and expect it will improve as the story picks up. Still, it seems an awkward, tedious book right now.

Sam

[Geddy]

The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy.

[Papillon Noir]

Blindness, by Jose Saramago – I know this won a Nobel prize and all, but gosh is it boring and clunky. I assume some of the clunkiness is down to the translation and expect it will improve as the story picks up. Still, it seems an awkward, tedious book right now.

Sam

I couldn't get into this either. The whole book is like that because it is suppose to symbolize the blindness of the people involved. It has nothing to do with the translation.

[Sleepy]

I have been listening to the unabridged audio book "The Ruins" by Scott Smith. I'll check out the movie version afterwards.

http://www.ssqq.com/travel/images/ruins%20scott%20smith.jpg

[urgeok2]

Silverwing ... does for bats what Watership Down did for rabbits.

good kids book .. i always read everything before my kid does to see if it's something he'd like it or not

[Geddy]

Slaughter House Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.

[Geddy]

The Plot Against America, by Phillip Roth.

The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler.

[cutupyo]

Lullaby

Interesting so far, but meh...

[TheSlasher]

They Thirst Robert McCammon

[Geddy]

Les Miserable, by Victor Hugo.

[urgeok2]

Sherlock Holmes VS Dracula (cant remember the name of the author)

[Odin]

The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice

It's been so long since I read this that it's almost like reading it for the first time. Good though, I like it.



Bram Stoker's Dracula

Very late to the game on this one... I don't know why I never picked it up before.
Not very far in yet so I'm not sure what my opinion is.

[Azazel005]

I just read Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys" recently. A charming little tale, he blends supernatural without an overbearing sense of surrealism very nicely. I am planning on hunting some more of his work.

[Geddy]

The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe.

[nightmare_of _death]

The Christmas Sweater by: Glenn Beck

[savage_reader]

just finished The eye of the Moon - Anon (the sequal to the book with no name)

now reading Lisey's Story - Stephen King:eek:

[The_Return]

I just read Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys" recently. A charming little tale, he blends supernatural without an overbearing sense of surrealism very nicely. I am planning on hunting some more of his work.

Check out Smoke and Mirrors - it's a collection of his short stories. Most of them are absolutely brilliant (especially Angel City and We Can Get Them For You Wholesale).

He's got another collection out called Fragile Things, but I haven't gottenm around to that one yet.

[Angra]

Check out Smoke and Mirrors - it's a collection of his short stories. Most of them are absolutely brilliant (especially Angel City and We Can Get Them For You Wholesale).

He's got another collection out called Fragile Things, but I haven't gottenm around to that one yet.



Neverwhere dude... Neverwhere. :cool:

[Geddy]

Re-reading Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

[Geddy]

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis.

[scissorhands]

I'm kinda reading 3 books at once :S. A book for children, Fiona Macdonald's Monsters. The aforementioned Manga Bible and Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life, which had been VERY helpful :D .

[frantic100]

The breathing dead a zombie tale, by AM Esmonde is not King but its women, twists and gore. A zombie clown too.:eek:


http://www.amazon.com/BREATHING-DEAD-M-Esmonde/dp/1409245578

[Geddy]

Atonement, by Ian McEwan.

[The_Return]

Neverwhere dude... Neverwhere. :cool:

That's the one that got me interested in his stuff in the first place...great book, but I was far more impressed with his short stories.

My girlfriend gave me Fragile Things for Christmas, so I'm going to dig in to that one pretty soon.

[Geddy]

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson.

[Posher778]

Cobain Unseen

Some interesting facts, but it remains another "Cobain was a suicidal freak" story.

[urgeok2]

Rat - a book about rats

zombie survival guide

twilght (my wife bought it so i started having a look - its not bad actually)


i'm reading these at the same time

[scissorhands]

I don't know what's worse- "Cobain was a suicidal freak" stories or "Courtney offered me a beer and a hotdog if I killed Kurt. She wanted him dead for some obscure reason" stories.

[Geddy]

Catch-22, by Joseph Heller.

This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[Doc Faustus]

Sunset and Sawdust by Joe Lansdale

[Babygurl20]

"Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane


I'm wanting to read a book called "Disquiet" by some woman with the last name Leigh, but I can't find it anywhere!!

[hammerfan]

When Darkness Falls by James Grippando

[sfear]

The 39 Steps by John Buchan :)

[jenna26]

Reading Rebel Angels by Libba Bray and The Spanish Bridegroom by Jean Plaidy now.

[Geddy]

The Great Movies, by Roger Ebert.

I Lost it at the Movies, by Pauline Kael.

[Doc Faustus]

I liked the Great Movies, but Ebert really neglects horror films. He's not quite as bad as Leonard Maltin who outright freakin' hates horror, but he does neglect horror. Pauline Kael is the most horror friendly of the three pretty much.

[sfear]

Finished The 39 Steps by John Buchan which was great and started The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson which looks promising. :)

[The_Return]

Just read Arthur Hailey's teleplay Flight Into Danger - it was well-written, but as a big fan of Airplane!, it was pretty hard to take it seriously.

Turns out Airplane! got about 95% of it's plot out of this one, heh - right down to the poisoned fish.

[Doc Faustus]

The Ninth Configuration by William Peter Blatty.

[Babygurl20]

Just finished Mystic River, now I am starting on Faces of Fear by John Saul

[SodaGirl]

I started reading "Wicked" tonight

[harris302]

At the moment I am reading 'Fellowship of the Ring'. This book is very interesting.

[Babygurl20]

At the moment I am reading 'Fellowship of the Ring'. This book is very interesting.

All of the Ring trilogy books are interesting. I like them better than the movies really.

[urgeok2]

eclipse #3 in the twilight series.


its horrible

[hammerfan]

"Night" by Elie Wiesel. It's his chronicle of being at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Just started it, so I can't give a critique yet.

[marianne]

"Night" by Elie Wiesel. It's his chronicle of being at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Just started it, so I can't give a critique yet.
i read the book called twilight
twilight ( new moon)
twilight ( eclips ) sorry i dont know how to spell eclips
friday the thirteenth comic

[Azazel005]

I just finished Neil Gaimon's American Gods, and I was more then a little disappointed. It had none of Anasi Boys over the top charm, or none of Neverwhere's subtely or impact.

I think he shot over the mark quite a bit in trying to write an "epic" story and whiel snippets of it entertained most of it was pretty drab. I was sad... I had been saving that one up!

[nightmare_of _death]

The Host by:Stephenie Meyer

[Geddy]

Nineteen Eighty Four, by George Orwell.

[hammerfan]

"Witchlight" by Marion Zimmer Bradley

[fortunato]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, truly one of the funniest books ever written.

[fortunato]

I just finished Neil Gaimon's American Gods, and I was more then a little disappointed. It had none of Anasi Boys over the top charm, or none of Neverwhere's subtely or impact.

I think he shot over the mark quite a bit in trying to write an "epic" story and whiel snippets of it entertained most of it was pretty drab. I was sad... I had been saving that one up!

Ah, bummer. I was trying to decide whether or not to pick this one up. I'll keep your critique in mind when I go back to the bookstore.

[Doc Faustus]

If you're looking for something surreal and unique, I'd recommend my friend and colleague Andersen Prunty's book Zerostrata. Here's my review of it: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3922904.Zerostrata
There's also a link on this page to the Amazon page. Zerostrata's fun, uplifting and doesn't skimp on biting social satire.

[hacelikewhoa]

I just ordered all of the Chronicles of Narnia books (well all in one) off Amazon. I have always loved The lion The witch and the wardrobe movies but haven't ever read from the books. Plus, Sci-fi/fantasy are really the only books I get into. Read all of the Harry Potter books and loved them. Never bothered with Lord of the Rings though. Any suggestions on any more of these sorts of books? I need to get back into reading...

[Doc Faustus]

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Weis and Hickman's early Dragonlance books, Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series and for sci fi, fantasy and horror fiction in one book the Essential Ellison. Gutsy, surreal, funny, harsh, magical and brutal. One of the kings of all three genres.

[The_Return]

Inherit the Wind, by Lawrence and Lee.

There's nothing like a well written courtroom drama.

[The_Return]

Belle Moral by Anne-Marie MacDonald

[Doc Faustus]

Two Bear Mambo by Joe Lansdale. I like his short fiction better.

[Geddy]

Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste, by John Waters.

[Death_for_all]

i dnt normally read that many books, in fact i get about half way through a book and put it down and never pick it back up again.... but the pink room sound interesting think i might buy it and get my nose stuck in :P

[Death_for_all]

ok i changed my mind i looked on ebay and the cheapest i could find was around the £19 mark......sod that

[The_Return]

I'm working through another collection of short Canadian plays - right now I'm reading one called The Mercenary by Walter G. Spunde.

[The_Return]

Picked up a collection of works by Aristophanes - Frogs, Wasps,, and Women at the Thesmophoria.

Always wanted to read some ancient Greek comedies...only familiar with the tragedies (Sophocles, anyone?)

[scouse mac]

The Sum of Men by David Farland

[Doc Faustus]

Picked up a collection of works by Aristophanes - Frogs, Wasps,, and Women at the Thesmophoria.

Always wanted to read some ancient Greek comedies...only familiar with the tragedies (Sophocles, anyone?)

You wouldn't think Aristophanes would actually be funny today, but the Frogs is hilarious. Have you read any Euripides yet?

[jenna26]

Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton.....I have no idea why, but I can't seem to stop, I guess I am sticking with them until the end no matter how boring they have become.

[Doc Faustus]

Virtual Unrealities: Short Fiction of Alfred Bester. A true sci-fi great.

[Geddy]

High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby.

[The_Return]

Have you read any Euripides yet?

Not really, but we studied him in passing in my high school English class last year. Should look into reading some of his work in full, seems like he'd be worth reading.

[Doc Faustus]

Not really, but we studied him in passing in my high school English class last year. Should look into reading some of his work in full, seems like he'd be worth reading.
It certainly is. I'd start with Medea.

Last night I read Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden by Cameron Pierce. A fun, blasphemous giant shark filled romp through a biopunk Eden leading to a theological conclusion that is surprisingly not juvenile, silly or cliche. Cameron's twenty, very funny, very sharp and unabashedly Bizarro. Recommended for anybody who likes Aqua Teen Hunger Force, strange anime and umm...weird giant shark filled romps through a biopunk Garden of Eden. The sharks also fly.

[TheSlasher]

Currently reading John Saul, The Devils Labyrinth

[Geddy]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey Through the Heart of the American Dream, by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

[Geddy]

Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs.

[Leprucky Cougar]

Women, Politics, and American Society (4th Edition) They're currently working on the 5th edition

Nancy E. McGlen
Karen O'Connor
Laura Van Assendelft
Wendy Gunther-Canada

[Doc Faustus]

Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs.

One of my favorites and a big influence on a lot of stuff I've written. Brilliant stuff.

[nightmare_of _death]

Purpose for the Pain, by: Renee Yohe

[Geddy]

One of my favorites and a big influence on a lot of stuff I've written. Brilliant stuff.

Oh yeah, a great book for sure. Have you seen the Cronenburg film? I'm interested in checking it out.

[Doc Faustus]

The Cronenberg film is great. It adapts the book in the only way it couldbe adapted outside of as particularly brutal anime.

[Geddy]

Sounds great, I'll be sure to check it out.

[The_Return]

Antonin Artaud: Man of Vision by Bettina L. Knapp

Fascinating man, but the writing here is VERY dry. Not sure if I'll bother finishing this one.

[Doc Faustus]

Feh. Just read the man´s work. Theater and It´s Double is amazing.

[The_Return]

Feh. Just read the man´s work. Theater and It´s Double is amazing.

My library doesn't have it :(

[mrglass666]

Just coming to the end of Joe Hills 'Heart Shaped Box'. Quality stuff.

[urgeok2]

Dean and Me - Jerry Lewis


dont know how much is bullshit or not but it's a terrific read

[jenna26]

The Rising by Brian Keene

[scouse mac]

Murderland 1: H8


The author is some wierdo called Garrett Cook ;)


Ive only just started it but its strangely absorbing, hoping to get a decent bit of spare time to get stuck in.

[Doc Faustus]

Glad you received it without a hitch. I've sold two copies to the UK in the past month and each time it scares the crap out of me because of the whole customs thing and because without fail, everytime a person from the UK has mailed ME something it's taken a few months or never shown up.

[Disease]

I'm in the middle of High Fidelity, I liked the movie a lot but this is the first time I have gotten around to reading the book. It puts a different spin on the story since it is based in London.

Also reading a book of poems and short stories by Henry Rollins called "Body Bag", some of it blows my mind with the gritty heart of society style he writes and then some sounds like an angsty 14 year old which completley ruins it...

[scouse mac]

Glad you received it without a hitch. I've sold two copies to the UK in the past month and each time it scares the crap out of me because of the whole customs thing and because without fail, everytime a person from the UK has mailed ME something it's taken a few months or never shown up.

Thats the Royal Mail for you, but I was pleasantly surprised at the speed of the books arrival.

[Doc Faustus]

As was I both times I sent books to the UK. I've sent things to people in the states that have taken like ten days.

[urgeok2]

If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell

i knew i would dig this book - bit i had no idea i'd love it as much as i am.

cant put the damn thing down ... funny and informative.
i'm going to have to track down the other one he wrote

[ChronoGrl]

If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell

i knew i would dig this book - bit i had no idea i'd love it as much as i am.

cant put the damn thing down ... funny and informative.
i'm going to have to track down the other one he wrote

Weird - I'm actually reading that book now too.

Just started.

And I love it. :D

[Doc Faustus]

If Chins Could Kill is great.

[urgeok2]

Weird - I'm actually reading that book now too.

Just started.

And I love it. :D


i'm close to the end .. just past him talking about new zealand.

how far in are you ... i mean, how deep in are you... oops, i mean....


where are you in the book ?

[ChronoGrl]

i'm close to the end .. just past him talking about new zealand.

how far in are you ... i mean, how deep in are you... oops, i mean....


where are you in the book ?

*giggles*

I honestly just started, as in picked it up for the first time the other night - So I'm just at his autobiographical beginnings.

I'm cutting into this reading with the latest volume of The Walking Dead. Not quite as satisfying as If Chins Could Kill, though.

[urgeok2]

*giggles*

I honestly just started, as in picked it up for the first time the other night - So I'm just at his autobiographical beginnings.

I'm cutting into this reading with the latest volume of The Walking Dead. Not quite as satisfying as If Chins Could Kill, though.

thats funny - i just read everything up to the last vol of Walking Dead (vol 9?) only because they didnt have it in stock.

looks like we belong to the same book club

[Zero]

i'm in the middle of the brief wondrous life of oscar wao - which i think won the pulitzer last year. very good and really well written.

[Geddy]

Re-reading Less Than Zero, by Bret Easton Ellis.

[The_Return]

I've had a collection of works by Elmer Rice sitting around for awhile now...think I might start into them pretty soon.

[urgeok2]

Kathleen Turner - send yourself roses

had a hard time getting into it at first - getting more into it now.
(family history bores me to tears - i'm really only interested in the filmmaking)

[The Mothman]

Just finished
An Ordinary Soldier
its a story about an irish soldier who fought in Garmsir Afghanistan.

Iggy Pop: Open Up And Bleed
great biography, I have much more respect for Iggy now than i did before.

[scouse mac]

The Time Machine

HG Wells

[Geddy]

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson.

[Doc Faustus]

That book is awesome.

[Geddy]

Definetly, Thompson is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors.

[Doc Faustus]

Have you read Kerouac's Dr. Sax? If you like Naked Lunch and you like Thompson's writing you might enjoy Dr. Sax.

[Geddy]

Unfortunately I've not read any of Kerouac's stuff. Been meaning to pick up a copy of 'On the Road' for quite a while now. I'll keep my eyes open for a copy of Dr. Sax as well.

I'm actually just finishing up Naked Lunch. Probably the most intense novel I've ever read. Are all Burrough's books written in that style?

[The_Return]

Just finished Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine, now I'm tearing through Street Scene.

Surprised I didn't come across this guy earlier...fantastic playwright.

[Angra]

"The Shack" by William P. Young

[Geddy]

No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan, by Robert Shelton.

[hammerfan]

The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters

[urgeok2]

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not.

[Doc Faustus]

Are all Burrough's books written in that style?

His others are much more narrative and I don't like them half as much.

[The_Return]

Read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday. Great story...movie mangled it though.

[The_Return]

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley

This is my first time reading the actual novel...kind of excited.

[scouse mac]

Lush

Peter Benchley

[Geddy]

Big Sur, by Jack Kerouac.

[Papillon Noir]

Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler

Awesome. Very Tarantino.

[Doc Faustus]

Read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday. Great story...movie mangled it though.

People forget what a great surrealist Fitzgerald could be sometimes. The haunting imagery in the Great Gatsby is proof enough of that. Have you read a Diamond as Big as the Ritz or any of his other short works?

[The_Return]

People forget what a great surrealist Fitzgerald could be sometimes. The haunting imagery in the Great Gatsby is proof enough of that. Have you read a Diamond as Big as the Ritz or any of his other short works?

Not yet, but I plan to - I picked up a collection of his short works not long ago, which is where I read Benjamin Button. Diamond as Big as the Ritz is in there, plus a ton of others. Planning to dig into the rest of 'em in the near future.

[siorai]

Spook Country by William Gibson
Infoquake by David Edelman
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway

Although Hemmingway is on hold at the moment. I find his writing style to be pretty annoying. Huge amounts of near-pointless dialogue separated by long, drawn out sections of compound sentences. I don't think I have ever read the word "and" so many times in my life.

[Doc Faustus]

No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan, by Robert Shelton.

I must warn you to steer clear of Bob Dylan Chronicles. Blood on the Tracks is my favorite album ever, I know every word to Desolation Row and Dylan's book pissed me off. It's sad how the greatest post Ginsberg poetic voice in America can turn into your senile great uncle at the drop of a hat.

[Geddy]

I must warn you to steer clear of Bob Dylan Chronicles. Blood on the Tracks is my favorite album ever, I know every word to Desolation Row and Dylan's book pissed me off. It's sad how the greatest post Ginsberg poetic voice in America can turn into your senile great uncle at the drop of a hat.

Really? I was actually looking forward to reading that. What made it so bad?

[Doc Faustus]

It has some nice anecdotes, but it's dull, disjointed and positively maddening. The story straight from the horse's mouth is quite confusing and ranty. It's readable if you're prepared to skip pages to get past really obtrusive digressions.

[Disease]

Complicity by Ian Banks....

[novakru]

Berlitz Korean Phrase Book and Dictionary

Beowulf
The Script Book as told by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary

While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky

Bushido By Inazo Nitobe (2nd attempt, it's hard to absorb)

Crafts For The Spirit by Ronni Lundy

[urgeok2]

Lucky Man - Michael J Fox

fascinating - highest recommendations

[Geddy]

Dylan: Visions Portraits and Back Pages.

Cosmopolitan Greetings, by Allen Ginsberg.

Howl and Other Poems, by Allen Ginsberg.

[scouse mac]

Carra: The Jamie Carragher autobiography

Brotherhood of the Wolf (Runelords 2) by David Farland

[Doc Faustus]

Just finished Sabre's Call by Troy Chambers and the 27s by Eric Segalstad. Read my reviews of them here:
http://thegarrettcook.blogspot.com/
The 27s is highly recommended.

[Doc Faustus]

Shazam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dante'sInferno]

New Moon, finished Twilight. They're actually pretty good. :)



Please don't kill me. :eek:

[Leprucky Cougar]

The Apartment (Screenplay--Drama) by Billy Wilder

[urgeok2]

Goldie Hawn autobiography .. cant remember the name -


not bad so far .. its always a pain for me to get through the childhood crap - i'm getting near the film stuff so it should be picking up soon.



The Bruce Campbell - if chins could kill - is the only autobio where i actually enjoyed reading about his upbringing.

[Geddy]

Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck.

Scorsese, by Ebert.

[Papillon Noir]

New Moon, finished Twilight. They're actually pretty good. :)



Please don't kill me. :eek:

I like them too. :o

Just to warn you though that New Moon isn't as good as Twilight, but it's worth reading to get to Eclipse, which is very good. Still haven't read the 4th one yet though.

[Doc Faustus]

New Moon, finished Twilight. They're actually pretty good. :)



Please don't kill me. :eek:

It's not your fault. You didn't write it.

[Geddy]

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.

[The_Return]

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.

How is that? I've been thinking about picking it up.

[Geddy]

How is that? I've been thinking about picking it up.


From what I've read it's great, written very well.

[Doc Faustus]

My one critique is that he seems a bit too turned on by the outlaw mystique and was fooled by textbook sociopathy.

[sfear]

THE AUGMENTED AGENT AND OTHER STORIES by Jack Vance. This 1988 Ace paperback contains a fair number of stories I've never heard of.

[urgeok2]

Ian Fleming - Moonraker

and

Alice Cooper - autobiography

[The_Return]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay

Plus, I managed to get through that biography on Antonin Artaud. Once I got used to the biographers dry writing style, it was a fantastic read....what a fascinating man. I've ordered a copy of Theatre and It's Double, and I can't wait for it to get here :D

[scouse mac]

Im sitting off in work all this week, no work to cover as Im on whats called a standby turn of duty. All which means this morning I polished off about 1/3 of Stephen King's Christine.

[Zero]

in cold blood is amazing writing - definitely a must-read

i just finished Elect Mr. Robinson For A Better World - by Donald Antrim - definitely a film for those who like bizarre books:

the premise - in a sunny suburban california neighborhood all the neighbors begin building moots and fortresses to protect their homes - including mines and artillery - all the while maintaining their sunny dispositions towards each other - must be read to be appreciated!