What book u reading at the moment?

[Geddy]

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.

[Dante'sInferno]

Eclipse and The Silence of the Lambs. The next books I plan on getting are, The Stand and American Psycho. :D


I'm enjoying reading alot more now, so, ill be posting in this thread alot more, have any suggestions as to what I should check out next?

[Doc Faustus]

Boy's Life by Robert R. Mc Cammon, Apeshit by Carlton Mellick III, the Keep by F. Paul Wilson and also his Repairman Jack books, It by Stephen King, Murderland Part 1: H8 by Garrett Cook, all books of the highest quality by sexy and cool people.

[sfear]

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!

Sounds cool and refreshingly paranoid! Wonder if "Donald Antrim" might be a pseudonym for J.G. Ballard?

[urgeok2]

Michael Palin - Diaries - the Python Years

[scouse mac]

Michael Palin - Diaries - the Python Years


I fancy giving that one a try, let me know if its as good as I think its going to be.

[Geddy]

Dr. Sax, by Jack Kerouac.

[fortunato]

Re-reading Yonder Stands Your Orphan, by Barry Hannah

[scouse mac]

The Dark, James Herbert

[urgeok2]

I fancy giving that one a try, let me know if its as good as I think its going to be.


its excellent so far.

a nice blend of what was going on with him personally as well as how the pythons came to be - and how they interrelated, and how they created.

buy it without hesitation.

[sfear]

THE JOY OF ABSTINENCE by Dr. Oitduse Igneur

[Doc Faustus]

THE JOY OF ABSTINENCE by Dr. Oitduse Igneur

Sounds like a short book.

[novakru]

------Sounds like a short book.


lmao

[The_Return]

Back on a play reading kick: Tore through William Hoffman's As Is earlier today, now I'm starting Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams.

[Doc Faustus]

You ever read Eric Overmyer's On the Verge?

[The_Return]

You ever read Eric Overmyer's On the Verge?

Can't say that I have...I'll have to look into it. What's it about?

Once I finish Night of the Iguana, I have a collection of plays by Oscar Wilde that's calling my name.

[Doc Faustus]

It's sort of protobizarro. It's hard to describe what it's about. Three young women are in a strange jungle. Chaos...cognitive dissonance. Very philosophical, weird and zany.

[The_Return]

It's sort of protobizarro. It's hard to describe what it's about. Three young women are in a strange jungle. Chaos...cognitive dissonance. Very philosophical, weird and zany.

Sounds like something I need to read! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Isis Unveiled by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

[Geddy]

Re-reading The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger.

[Doc Faustus]

Isis Unveiled by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Awesome! She was quite the character.

[Geddy]

Deliverance, by James Dickey.

[The_Return]

Been reading through a collected edition of most of Oscar Wilde's plays...just about finished A Woman of No Importance.

[The_Return]

Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things. I adored Smoke and Mirrors, so I'm really looking forward to this one.

[Papillon Noir]

Just finished Last Watch, the fourth book in the Night Watch Series by Sergei Lukyanenko. Amazing! Best one in the series yet, highly recommended.

[sfear]

Showcase Presents Sgt. Rock Volume One. Trade paperback reprinting over 500 pages of vintage Sgt. Rock stories from the late 50s through the early 60s. I love this stuff. Sure I grew up with it but it's still stunning!

[The_Return]

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

[Geddy]

Re-reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey.

[Doc Faustus]

Never got into that. He stole too much of his intro from Burroughs.

[The_Return]

A Twist in the Tale by Jeffery Archer

Also - Plato's The Symposium.

[hammerfan]

"Sour Puss" by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown

[Zombie_Bait]

World War Z.. again.

[hammerfan]

The Cat Who Went Into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun

[Geddy]

Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris.

[Zero]

Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris.

love love LOVE this book - i've read it about a dozen times and loved it each time by far (FAR FAR) his best book

[Geddy]

love love LOVE this book - i've read it about a dozen times and loved it each time by far (FAR FAR) his best book

Just finished it up, definetly a great read. I'm guessing you've seen Manhunter? If you have what did you think of it?

[urgeok2]

just finished Alice Cooper's autobio (Golf monster - or something like that)
very interesting - entertaining.


finished Steve Martins account of his stand up comedy years before that (and michael palin's diary - the python years before that)

reading these autobiographies - i'm amazed at how much they reference each other. 1 degree of seperation in most cases


now i'm reading Helen Mirrens book.

[jenna26]

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

[Orange]

The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury, a man known mostly for his sci-fi, but is ten times better at horror in my opinion.

[Doc Faustus]

I agree. The Small Assassin is really chilling.

[urgeok2]

finished helen mirrens book,

read a couple of trade comics (walking dead 9, wildguard) and now i'm reading the big stack of batman comics my kid bought at the comicon on the weekend

[sfear]

finished helen mirrens book,

read a couple of trade comics (walking dead 9, wildguard) and now i'm reading the big stack of batman comics my kid bought at the comicon on the weekend

Any 10 or 12 centers in that stack?

[scouse mac]

Scepticism Inc. by Bo Fowler (again)

Really love this book, its so out of the ordinary and well written. Defo catch it if you can find it.

[siorai]

Mind Gym - Gary Mack (http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Gym-Athletes-Guide-Excellence/dp/0071395970) - Great book on sports psychology.

It - Stephen King - Finally getting around to reading this one. Great book, but god is it long as fuck. King really seems to go a bit overboard in this one with the very indepth explanations of past and present events.

[missmacabre]

Fucking Trainspotting is the hardest book I have ever attempted to read. I just finished Twilight and thought that was a difficult read, but blood hell this accent is tough.

[The_Return]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

[urgeok2]

Any 10 or 12 centers in that stack?


nope - all in the #450 - 500 range

[Geddy]

The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett.

The Running Man, by Richard Bachman.

[Norman applegate]

Blood bar, hit #1 in Dark Fantasy Horror on AmazonCa.com today...

Vampires don’t exist...yet, on the brownstone back alley side streets of New York, a vampire dies. Desperate, his lover turns to Kim Bennett, author Norm Applegate’s quintessential heroine whose passion for S&M led to celebrity status as a hell-and-back murder mystery sleuth who’s been there, done that, and then some. This time, Kim finds herself caught between a secret vampire society’s attempts to locate The Black Testament (a sacred document written by Jack the Ripper), the modern-day vampire hunters bent on their destruction, and a white knuckled journey of self-discovery that catapults her into the bowels of hell and the arms of the ultimate vampire.......courtesy of The Haven, New York’s ultimate BLOOD BAR.

Blood Bar on Amazon.com

www.normanapplegate.com

[Geddy]

The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker.

[Cheetara101]

The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker.

Ahhh... I have this book in my collection as well. One of my all-time favorites. I'm currently reading Clive Barker's "Imajica" book. I just purchased it from Barnes & Noble.

[Doc Faustus]

The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker.

I kind of like the lead Cenobite in Hellbound Heart better than I do Pinhead.

[beheaded]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA


Good job there man:D :D

wtf is this about:confused:

ihavent read it in a while cos i forgot where i put it but i was reading nightmare on elm street 7 deadly dreams

[The_Return]

wtf is this about:confused:


1st off - that post was over three 3 years ago. Why would you quote something from the first page of such a long thread?

2nd - Now that I read the post (3 years after I posted it, in case you missed that part), he was spamming his own book and patting himself on the back. I obviously found that amusing at the time. 3 years ago.

[Doc Faustus]

It's hard to self promote without sounding like you think you're the second coming. It's been really weird for me. Never been a product before.

[psycho d]

Currently reading Vampires and Vampirism by Montague Summers. It would have been nice if the huge Latin quotes were interpreted for ignates such as myself. Ashe.
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[scouse mac]

Michael Palin Diaries: The Python Years

[SamCostello]

I'm about 1/3 of the way through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's a great idea for a book, and a cool example of modern remix culture, but I don't know if it's a great book. Still, I've got about 200 pages for it to convince me of it being good.

Sam

[The_Return]

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers

[Doc Faustus]

I wanted to like that book more, but he's a bit too smarmy and arrogant.

[The_Return]

I wanted to like that book more, but he's a bit too smarmy and arrogant.

I'm still just around the halfway point, but so far I'm really enjoying it...you have a point for sure, he's pretty full of himself but honestly: he titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Were you expecting modesty? ;)

[Doc Faustus]

There's a difference between a veneer of arrogance and actual arrogance, though.

[urgeok2]

There's a difference between a veneer of arrogance and actual arrogance, though.

a veneer is a cheaper imitation. sort of a wannabe ... hard to tell what's worse ..



last read/reading :

I needed a break from the autobiographies so i picked up Eragon/Eldest
out of curiosity. (they are written by someone very young)

basically it's Star Wars put to a fantasy setting.
about 90% different from the movie .. which i understand because the book meanders all over the place.

[ferretchucker]

I just finished reading book nine in The Saga of Darren Shan. Pretty good vampire stories for young people. But, now that I finally cleared enough of my "To Read" list, I can start on the book I bought the other week. DRACULA. I once, when I was about eight, read a much shorter, friendlier for children version, and I've always told myself I have to read the real thing. Next on my list is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, then Frankenstein. I'm doing all the classics.

[scouse mac]

I just finished reading book nine in The Saga of Darren Shan. Pretty good vampire stories for young people. But, now that I finally cleared enough of my "To Read" list, I can start on the book I bought the other week. DRACULA. I once, when I was about eight, read a much shorter, friendlier for children version, and I've always told myself I have to read the real thing. Next on my list is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, then Frankenstein. I'm doing all the classics.

Throw in The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, Hound of the Baskervilles and the like. You wont be disappointed.

[ferretchucker]

We studied a bit of the hound of the baskervilles in class but never finished it and ended up watching the film. In fact, same with War of the Worlds. The Time Machine sounds good.

[Doc Faustus]

Might want to get into some Lovecraft and Machen too.

[The_Return]

Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction - Edward Craig

[urgeok2]

The Digital Photography Book - Scott Kelby

i picked up 4 books on digital photography ... they've been very informative ... filled in a lot of gaps so far.

[mordrid]

Reading off and on "The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian" which are the first 12 published Conan stories by Robert Howard

[scouse mac]

We studied a bit of the hound of the baskervilles in class but never finished it and ended up watching the film. In fact, same with War of the Worlds. The Time Machine sounds good.


I was encourage to read War of the Worlds by Urgeok and Im really glad I did. Its different to any of the film interpretations and so much better. Its only a short book and once you get into it, you'll fly through it.

[psycho d]

On Killing- The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Great book, though some of the psychology is a bit dated. Does not detract from the message. With the exception of two or three percent of the population (natural born killers), killing another man is a difficult thing to do. With the right training, though, such resistance can be much reduced. My favorite statistic was the average rifle kill rates in WW2 and Vietnam: raised from 15% to 90%, repectively. Ashe.
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[urgeok2]

monty python speaks

[The_Return]

Read Beckett's Waiting for Godot today - glad I finally did. A masterpiece to be sure.

[psycho d]

On Writing Horror by the Horror Writers Association. Good stuff. Ashe.
d

[Doc Faustus]

On Writing Horror by the Horror Writers Association. Good stuff. Ashe.
d

It really is. I had thought it would be a waste of money before I picked it up, but it's worth its weight in cocaine.

[beheaded]

dont like reading cos it gives me a headache:mad:

[urgeok2]

dont like reading cos it gives me a headache:mad:



excellent contribution to the "what book are you reading' thread.

thanks heaps.

[psycho d]

The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War. Just started it, but solid so far. Ashe.
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[hammerfan]

Re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[jenna26]

Have a few going right now...
Charmed to Death by Shirley Damsgaard
The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels by Stephen King (rereading this)
The Good Mother by Sue Miller

[Haunted]

I just recently finished the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. God, I missed so much reading those books the first time through, but the second time, I was engrossed in the story. It haunts me.

[Doc Faustus]

Yeah. I wish King would do more Fantasy stuff. He's one of the only fantasy writers out there worth their salt nowadays. He's been floundering horrorwise for some time too so it would be a good change of pace.

[urgeok2]

the rolling stone interviews : the eighties

[The_Return]

Almost An Evening - Ethan Coen

Pretty cool so far - for those that don't know, it's a collection of 3 short plays by half the Coen brothers.

I've only read the 1st one so far - Waiting - and really enjoyed it. Maybe not too original, but the writing is snappy and it's a quick read. Look forward to the rest.

[jenna26]

True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman

[MrShiver]

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

[The_Return]

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams

[jenna26]

Lost Echoes by Joe R. Lansdale

[Horrorible_Horror_Films]

Cabal by Clive Barker

I saw Nightbreed recently, and loved it. I saw Nightbreed once before, but wasn't paying attention when I watched it, this time I payed attention and loved it. So I had to go out and get the book, so far I really it's great.

[Geddy]

Just finishing up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce. After that gonna move on to On the Road, by Jack Keroauc.

[Weapon X]

The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub.

[The_Return]

The Theatre and Its Double - Antonin Artaud

...I am in awe of this man.

[Doc Faustus]

One of my favorite intros to a book ever. I really took it to heart.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Just Finished "Scar Tissue". Pretty interesting read, definately a must for a Chili Peppers fan.

[psycho d]

The Moral sense by James Q. Wilson. A rather outdated book on the nature vs. nurture debate. So far, he seems to have been missed the whole evolutionary psychology movement, which may be a good thing. Just started it, but i will know soon enough. Ashe.

[sfear]

FROOMB! by John Lymington. SF/horror hybrid, still a little confusing right now, about scientist killing subject to go to heaven then being resurrected and/or time travelling into the future and coming back with news of some big disaster. Hopefully will become more clear as the pages fly by.

[nightmare_of _death]

Notes left behind 135 days with Elena by Brooke & Keith Desserich

and

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

[The_Return]

The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker

Tried to read this awhile back but never finished...I was in the mood for some trash so decided to give it another shot.

[hammerfan]

Blood Brothers (Book 1 of the Sign of Seven Trilogy) by Nora Roberts

[urgeok2]

a liars autobiography - graham chapman
always looking up - michael j fox
the dracula tape - fred saberhagen

[hammerfan]

The Hollow (Book 2 of the Sign of Seven Trilogy) by Nora Roberts

[psycho d]

i am about half-way through Erich Fromm's Psychoanalysis and Religion. It is different from his other books, which all seem less dated. Ashe.
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[hammerfan]

The Pagan Stone (Book 3 of the Seven of Seven Trilogy) by Nora Roberts

[mjv135]

Reading 'Pillars of the Earth' ... again. Not a horror book but still really good. Have to say 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker is next on my list.

[hammerfan]

Cat on the Scent by Rita Mae Brown

[Doc Faustus]

Reading 'Pillars of the Earth' ... again. Not a horror book but still really good. Have to say 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker is next on my list.

Weaveworld's one of his best. A little redundant when you look at the rest of his body of work, but still excellent.

[scouse mac]

The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill

[sfear]

Finished FROOMB! by John Lymington. Now reading THE RETURN by Isidore Haiblum, a tale of the aftermath of a Texas-New York nuclear holocaust.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?

[The_Return]

Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?

Madeleine L'Engle?

That was one of my favourite books growing up...was probably in 6th grade when I read it first, and fell in love with it. Great fantasy adventure, a lots of really cool ideas and concepts.

Not sure if I'd still like it as much today or not, but I hope you enjoy it!

There's a film version as well...never bothered with it as I'm sure it couldn't live up to the book.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Yes that's the author's name. I've had it forever, I'm 21 and my brother read it in school and he's 32 lol, but I still want to read it. I didn't know there was a movie but it as you said prolly won't be any good

[Geddy]

Franny and Zooey, by JD Salinger

[mjv135]

Weaveworld's one of his best. A little redundant when you look at the rest of his body of work, but still excellent.

Imajica is a great read too. I love his writing, his word usage and the rythym he uses, he could copy a phone book and make it interesting.

[Doc Faustus]

Apparently, you haven't read Mr. B. Gone. I agree about Imajica, but his last few years of output have been kind of so-so.

[urgeok2]

Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?


great book. i think there are 2 more in the series as well.




my current :


The Strain ..

enjoying this so far - it reads like a film treatment.

[Weapon X]

Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk.

[jenna26]

The Pines by Robert Dunbar
The Vampire Files Volume 1 by P.N. Elrod
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

All are books of the month (or past months, I'm behind) of online reading groups I am a member of. I think its about time to cut back on my online book discussion groups for awhile.....:rolleyes:

[hammerfan]

The Pines by Robert Dunbar
The Vampire Files Volume 1 by P.N. Elrod
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

All are books of the month (or past months, I'm behind) of online reading groups I am a member of. I think its about time to cut back on my online book discussion groups for awhile.....:rolleyes:


Oh, sure....now that you've got me on Shelfari.....:rolleyes:

Tell me about Dark Lover

[jenna26]

Oh, sure....now that you've got me on Shelfari.....:rolleyes:

Tell me about Dark Lover

LOL...well, I can't quit Shelfari....its one of my online addictions...:p But I have a few Yahoo groups I am a member of also that just have to go, I always try to keep up and I can't anymore.

So far, not sure what all the fuss is about on Dark Lover, but its entertaining enough trash. Ward did actually seem to put a little more thought into her vampire world than most of the paranormal romance writers I have read though. As much as I like urban fantasy (which is not all that different really, I suppose) you would think I would enjoy it more.

[hammerfan]

LOL...well, I can't quit Shelfari....its one of my online addictions...:p But I have a few Yahoo groups I am a member of also that just have to go, I always try to keep up and I can't anymore.

So far, not sure what all the fuss is about on Dark Lover, but its entertaining enough trash. Ward did actually seem to put a little more thought into her vampire world than most of the paranormal romance writers I have read though. As much as I like urban fantasy (which is not all that different really, I suppose) you would think I would enjoy it more.


Good enough to check out at the library, but not good enough to spend money on?

I'm getting ready to start my first J.D. Robb book. Got it at Barnes and Noble with birthday money - I remembered you saying how you liked her "....in Death" books.

[jenna26]

Good enough to check out at the library, but not good enough to spend money on?

I'm getting ready to start my first J.D. Robb book. Got it at Barnes and Noble with birthday money - I remembered you saying how you liked her "....in Death" books.

I wouldn't buy it no, but yeah, definitely worth a read if you enjoy romance.

Oh, I LOVE the In Death series, much more than I thought I was going to, totally addicting. I've actually read them all I think. It is weird that I have never read anything else by Roberts.

[hammerfan]

I wouldn't buy it no, but yeah, definitely worth a read if you enjoy romance.

Oh, I LOVE the In Death series, much more than I thought I was going to, totally addicting. I've actually read them all I think. It is weird that I have never read anything else by Roberts.

Please tell me they're not in any kind of order....

[jenna26]

Please tell me they're not in any kind of order....

They are, they are individual mysteries, and you could easily read them out of order I think. But it follows the same characters, so there is a lot of relationship development. Naked in Death is the first one, if I am remembering right.

[hammerfan]

They are, they are individual mysteries, and you could easily read them out of order I think. But it follows the same characters, so there is a lot of relationship development. Naked in Death is the first one, if I am remembering right.

Shit. I don't think I got the first one.

[hammerfan]

Getting ready to start Born in Death by J.D. Robb

[jenna26]

Getting ready to start Born in Death by J.D. Robb

Yep, this is one of the more recent ones. Hope you enjoy it though! :)

[Angra]

"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

What an amazing writer.

[jenna26]

"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

What an amazing writer.

Excellent read! Looking forward to The Angel's Game, hope it will be in at the library soon.

[Angra]

Excellent read! Looking forward to The Angel's Game, hope it will be in at the library soon.

Heard good thing about that one as well.

[urgeok2]

just finished The Strain ...good book.

Now reading The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen

[The_Return]

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

[Disease]

Renegade by Mark E SMith

[psycho d]

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. Great book with incredible illustrations. More of a tome than a book. Ashe.
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[ADropOfFuelForANightmare]

The Excorcist, I'm 100 ish pages in, it's pretty good, creepy but not really that scary

[urgeok]

An Old Friend of the Family - fred saberhagen (a continuation of his Dracula series)

[SamCostello]

Shot a Man in Reno, by Graeme Thompson – an interesting enough book tracking the history of death through popular music. It’s got good passages, but somehow doesn’t quite hold together for me. Maybe it’s because it was more about death than music and I wanted it the other way around.

Sam

[_____V_____]

Murderland I: H8 by Garrett Cook.

Very impressive. Waiting for pt II eagerly now.

[urgeok]

Thorn - fred saberhagen

4th book in his Dracula series (which i just found out ran to 10 books)

[nightmare_of _death]

Dracula by: Bram Stoker

The Perk's of being a Wallflower by:Stephen Chbosky

[Geddy]

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

What do you think of it so far? I'm a fan of Kerouac's stuff, if you like On the Road, check out Big Sur and Dr. Sax.

-----------------------

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an introduction, by JD Salinger.

[The_Return]

What do you think of it so far? I'm a fan of Kerouac's stuff, if you like On the Road, check out Big Sur and Dr. Sax.


Little over halfway through, and really enjoying it. Makes me wish I could just pack up and go somewhere, heh.

[Caenxavier]

The Hellbound Heart- Clive Barker

I looked for it everywhere after I saw Hellraiser but I could never find it, until about a week ago. I cracked it open then had it stolen by my girlfriend.....

[Doc Faustus]

[QUOTE=Geddy;822689]What do you think of it so far? I'm a fan of Kerouac's stuff, if you like On the Road, check out Big Sur and Dr. Sax.
/QUOTE]

I think Dr. Sax is Kerouac' s best.

[Vodstok]

Swan Song by Robert R McCammon. Great story; very much like The Stand if there was no actual theology involved and there was a nuclear war instead of superflu.

[jenna26]

The Haunted Air: A Repairman Jack Novel by F. Paul Wilson

[urgeok2]

i am spock - leonard nimoy

[SamCostello]

Night Visions, Night Voices: Lair of the Hidden Gods, Vol. 1 – The first volume of an anthology of Japanese Lovecraft mythos stories. Great concept, but so far the execution is iffy. The first “short” (120 pages!) was terrible – and it was by the series’ editor. The second was more promising, though, so I hold out hope.

Sam

[3dfan]

Finished Stephen King's IT and started his amazing The Shining!:)

[Doc Faustus]

I think It's a lot better than the Shining actually. Salem's Lot and the Stand are too.

[The_Return]

Still reading On the Road, but also started into David Lynch's Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. Seems like fascinating stuff so far.

[hammerfan]

Vellum by Hal Duncan

[Geddy]

The Illuminations, by Arthur Rimbaud

[psycho d]

Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism. Pretty intense study of religious symbolism by the master historian of religion Mircea Eliade. Ashe.
d

[SamCostello]

Fugue State, Brian Evenson's latest short story collection - and probably his best one to date. It's the most consistently great, has a straight up comedy story in it (though not without a touch of horror), and is just generally excellent.

Sam

[hammerfan]

Couldn't finish Vellum, so I'm putting it aside for the moment....just can't get into it.

Getting ready to start The Death List by Paul Johnston

[The_Return]

I'm reading your namesake Doc - just started Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

[Doc Faustus]

One of my favorite plays.

[The_Return]

One of my favorite plays.

I can see why...just finished, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd love to see a production of this on stage...must be breathtaking (if done properly, of course).

[Doc Faustus]

It really would be. Goethe's Faust is also brilliant and mostly told in dramatic form, but the last act lacks the punch of Marlowe's I feel.

[Weapon X]

Just After Sunset by Stephen King

[Geddy]

Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

[The_Return]

The Essential Theatre by Oscar G. Brockett

Also just finished off Shaw's Arms and the Man.

[SamCostello]

Between big chunks of the surprisingly heavy Absolute Sandman vol. 1, I've been reading a lot of Jack London shorts. My mom always wanted me to read London growing up and I resisted it. She may be happy to hear that I'm loving these stories - especially The 1,000 Dozen, Make Westing, and A Piece of Steak. London could really write.

Sam

[The_Return]

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

[Caenxavier]

Just finished Hellbound Heart after putting it off for weeks. I'm going to finish The Plauge by Camus soon.

[Doc Faustus]

Between big chunks of the surprisingly heavy Absolute Sandman vol. 1, I've been reading a lot of Jack London shorts. My mom always wanted me to read London growing up and I resisted it. She may be happy to hear that I'm loving these stories - especially The 1,000 Dozen, Make Westing, and A Piece of Steak. London could really write.

Sam

Kickass reading. A Doll's House is, in my opinion, the best volume of Sandman. It's serial killer convention encouraged me to ask a lot of questions about the phenomenon and do some of the research I did that led me to creating the Murderland world. And, as for Jack London, he's a great American writer and a great American journalist, much better with short fiction than novels. To Build a Fire is really something.

[Caenxavier]

Between big chunks of the surprisingly heavy Absolute Sandman vol. 1, I've been reading a lot of Jack London shorts. My mom always wanted me to read London growing up and I resisted it. She may be happy to hear that I'm loving these stories - especially The 1,000 Dozen, Make Westing, and A Piece of Steak. London could really write.

Sam

I did the same thing, not a big fan of his novels but his short stories are pretty good.

[psycho d]

Signs and Symbols. Pretty good anthology of current and historic symbols. Ashe.
d

[Geddy]

Just finished Hellbound Heart after putting it off for weeks. I'm going to finish The Plauge by Camus soon.

I've been meaning to check out Camus lately, lemme know what you think of it.

------------------------------

Hunting and Gathering, by Anna Gavalda

Nine Stories, by JD Salinger

[Doc Faustus]

Just finished Sea of the Patchwork Cats by Carlton Mellick III. An eerie quiet, poetic, post apoc Bizarro book about a man who's all alone after the whole world commits suicide.
Now I'm reading The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. In spite of occasional bad writing, it's shaping up to be pretty cool.

[nightmare_of _death]

Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

[psycho d]

The United States Occupation of Haiti. Just starting this one that covers the US's messy occupation of Haiti from 1915-1934. Probably not our finest moment, but it appears that we learned our history lesson and did it right during the second occupation in 1994. Ashe.
d

[GhostlyChills]

I'm reading Stephen Kings 'Salem's Lot' for the second time.:D

[Doc Faustus]

A worthwhile pursuit. Reading The Strain left me feeling like I should do the same.

[SamCostello]

Await Your Reply, by Dan Chaon – A new novel about identity, dead parents, travel, and how circumstances reveal who you are, rather than shaping it. Chaon clearly loves horror and it comes through even in his literary fiction. I’m less than third through, but this is shaping up well.

Sam

[ferretchucker]

So many on and off, don't know if I can pinpoint one!

Dracula
My Booky Wook
Firestar
THUD!
Lady Killers

[nightmare_of _death]

So many on and off, don't know if I can pinpoint one!

Dracula
My Booky Wook
Firestar
THUD!
Lady Killers

I saw "My Booky Wook" at Barnes & Nobel once.....I was with a friend and I started laughing at the title..cause I switched the B and the W and was like look its "My Wooky Book"...... Sure Wookie is spelled wrong,but It worked 'cause of the title.... :D

[GhostlyChills]

Stephen Kings Regulator's is top grossing of all time. Sorry to bust your balloon but learn something about sales of horror books before you comment. After that his Green Mile series scored big at the book store. check it out yourself.:mad:

[MattKilby]

It's not fiction, but definitely horror. The author, Erik Larson, balances two stories: one about the conception and construction of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the other about an opportunistic serial killer who set up a hotel to lure the fair tourists. While it takes a while for the book to gain its momentum, it really is darkly fascinating. I'm halfway done with it now and the level of dread and tension is spectacular.

I'll let you all know how it pans out in the long run...

[Doc Faustus]

Stephen Kings Regulator's is top grossing of all time. Sorry to bust your balloon but learn something about sales of horror books before you comment. After that his Green Mile series scored big at the book store. check it out yourself.:mad:

Are you using sales to judge artistic merit and critical reception? What is this in reference to?

[zombie ash]

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. for like the 5th time now. its a classic. Dean Koontz Frankenstein wasent that bad. it was worth a read. i just dont want to read all the other ones hes going to come out with.

[zombie ash]

Are you using sales to judge artistic merit and critical reception? What is this in reference to?

HA! that made me laugh. HA. there i did it again.
*cough*

[Doc Faustus]

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. f
It's no Regulators, but it's pretty good.

[zombie ash]

i do like king. but he just doesnt do it for me. its just not enough for me. and its to much little shit i dont care about. but i loved cell. cause of how it started right away. and pet semtary was awesome. i loved it. but once again a lot could have been cut out.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of my favorites ever.

[psycho d]

The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer, 1994/2006. A sad little tale of how the the first black country in the western hemisphere was so used and abused by the powers that be. Ashe.
d

[Doc Faustus]

Somebody's researching for a script.

[Geddy]

Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer

[ChronoGrl]

It's not fiction, but definitely horror. The author, Erik Larson, balances two stories: one about the conception and construction of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the other about an opportunistic serial killer who set up a hotel to lure the fair tourists. While it takes a while for the book to gain its momentum, it really is darkly fascinating. I'm halfway done with it now and the level of dread and tension is spectacular.

I'll let you all know how it pans out in the long run...

FANTASTIC, lush, and colorful book... I need to pick that one up again (I was reading it for a while but put it down because I didn't put enough time into it to remember characters' names) - it's incredibly engaging and one of my boyfriend's favorites.

Now I'm reading The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. In spite of occasional bad writing, it's shaping up to be pretty cool.

Ooooooooooo. Let me know how that is. I'm going through a bit of a vampire phase at the moment...

Just finished:


You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore - Cute and fun. The writing bothered me a bit toward the beginning, but by the end I was definitely enjoying it. What a fun light summer read. Would make a cool movie if done by the right person.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer - Nothing more than a seventeen romance story (it took them 300 pages to get to the first kiss and then the "villain" is introduced on page 400 and dealt with by page 460), but a guilty pleasure nonetheless. I'm actually excited to read the next one. :o


I tried reading the first Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Until Dark, by Charlene Harris, but I thought that the writing was so pedestrian that I had to put it down. Hate to say it, but I think that True Blood the series is better than the books.

At the beginning of the summer I read The Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood, which was simply amazing. An incredible character piece surrounding three women and how they lives are impacted by another woman, Xenia. Beautifully written. I've already loaned/bought it for a few people I know.

...

And to continue with the vampire theme, I am reading Interview with the Vampire for the first time. Pretty psyched to get through this. Maybe I'll read Salem's Lot again - Definitely a good little vampire book.

Lined up I have Blood Sucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore, which should be fun as well.

[Doc Faustus]

The Strain turned out to be a three star beach read kinda thing. I think Chuck Hogan holds del Toro back.

[Weapon X]

Halfway through Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Pretty solid.

[SamCostello]

Finished Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply, which turned out to be a tremendous novel with horror overtones. Fans of Shirley Jackson’s James Harris stories, as well as those who dig the stranger murder ballads, will find things to like here. It’s a really unsettling book about identity and patterns in lives. Well worth reading.

I’m now a few pages into Michel Houellebecq’s The Possibility of an Island.

Sam

[Geddy]

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

White Fang, by Jack London

[Weapon X]

Finished Shutter Island. Nice story.

[Lowrie Productions]

I'm reading World War Z by Max Brooks

awesome book

[nightmare_of _death]

waiting......... for Dead Until Dark by:Charlaine Harris to come in at the library
I've been waiting for it for over 2 weeks....but I knew I would.....books are allowed our for like a month at a time.

[JennyXoXo]

Easy to aswer,

The tortured wood, scary as shit

"Ghost Sword" is a book im reading, translated form Japanese so you might not be familiar with it. Overall great book. Anything that originated from japan usually beats anything on the scare factor.

[sfear]

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft (Ballantine, 1974, bizarre John Holmes cover).

[ChronoGrl]

waiting......... for Dead Until Dark by:Charlaine Harris to come in at the library
I've been waiting for it for over 2 weeks....but I knew I would.....books are allowed our for like a month at a time.

PM me your address and I'll send you my copy (seriously - I'm not a creep I promise). I wasn't a huge fan and I feel bad asking my boyfriend to buy it for me after having read only a little bit of it. Then you can let me know whether or not it's worth getting through.

[sfear]

Cool painting. Is that from a book cover?

[ChronoGrl]

Cool painting. Is that from a book cover?

It's actually by one of my favorite artists, Ray Caesar. He's definitely twisted and ridiculously talented. You can check out his stuff here:

http://www.raycaesar.com/work

I started a thread about him a while ago where I posted a few of my favorite works of his. Check it out. Enjoy! :)

http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32215

[The_Return]

Have two on the go right now:

Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography by Victoria Price

The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer by Patsy Rodenburg

[psycho d]

Human Natures by Paul Ehrlich (2000). Finally someone that seems willing to end the debate of nature vs nurture by combining these two in regards to what shapes human nature. Ashe.
d

[sfear]

It's actually by one of my favorite artists, Ray Caesar. He's definitely twisted and ridiculously talented.
I started a thread about him a while ago where I posted a few of my favorite works of his. Check it out. Enjoy! :)

Thanks for the links. Yeah, I really like his borderline creepy/kinky view of the world around him. Makes my brainstem twang like a jew's harp.

[Angra]

Tom Rob Smith "The Secret Speech"

[urgeok2]

William Shatner : Star Trek Memories

a lot of fun. Shatner has a lot of humor in his books - always entertaining (and informative)

[hottielegs]

hmmmm , im reading ummmmmm jim getting down and dirty with pam

[StillAlive1364]

Blade: Playing Dead by Tim Bowler
A psychological thriller about a fourteen year old boy running away from goons who want to capture him. Interesting POV narrative, but it could be a bit more interesting.
Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkein
It's not a horror or thriller, but hey, you asked me what I was reading.

[novakru]

Mister B Gone- Clive Barker

Might be his worst work ever.
Devoid of shock and horror, I wasn't pulled emotionally into this story at all.
The references to babies-very unnecessary.
It took me a whole week to finish it and I was very glad when it was finally done, good thing I only paid 3 bucks for this in the bargain bin.


Strange Candy- Laurell K. Hamilton
Collection of short stories

eh.
Filled in carpool lane time and waiting for soccer practice to end:rolleyes:

[Doc Faustus]

Mister B Gone- Clive Barker

Might be his worst work ever.
Devoid of shock and horror, I wasn't pulled emotionally into this story at all.
The references to babies-very unnecessary.
It took me a whole week to finish it and I was very glad when it was finally done, good thing I only paid 3 bucks for this in the bargain bin.


Strange Candy- Laurell K. Hamilton
Collection of short stories

eh.
Filled in carpool lane time and waiting for soccer practice to end:rolleyes:
Both of these suck so bad. Try some Mc Cammon if you haven't already.

[novakru]

Both of these suck so bad. Try some Mc Cammon if you haven't already.

Any particular titles?

[hammerfan]

Any particular titles?


My favorite of his is They Thirst.

Right now I'm reading Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

[novakru]

My favorite of his is They Thirst.

Right now I'm reading Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

I'll check it out, THX:)

I saw a shitload of Harris books on sale at BOM, might pick up some of those too;)

[Doc Faustus]

Boy's Life is also amazing and thoroughly weird.

[hammerfan]

Getting ready to start Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

[hammerfan]

Getting ready to start Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Finished that one, now starting Club Dead....same author

[Doc Faustus]

The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave. The guy can really write. I'm not wild about his sense of pacing though.

[CrimsonFiend138]

The Hellbound Heart, I think it's a great book the only problem I had was how it keeps saying Kirsty is jealous of Julia and how amazing and beautiful she is but, I don't know about you but in the movie Kirsty is HOT and Clare Higgins not so much.....Not at all Sorry for that unimportant comment.

[Doc Faustus]

I'd recommend you move on to The Damnation Game next. Fantastic read, deals with Hellraiser's themes in a way that's more literary and more shocking at the same time. Well worth the read. And if this doesn't sell you, I don't know what will: there's a character in it named The Razoreater.

[MyraHindley]

Half Life By Shelley Jackson

It's about a Siamese twin seeking an illegal twin removal surgery. It takes place in a surreal world where Siamese twins, or "twofers," are common enough to be considered a cultural group. The narrator is a raging C*NT too, which keeps things interesting.

[psycho d]

Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture (2006). Nice collection of essays that expounds upon how Vodou is imbued into all aspects of the life of the Haitian. As opposed to the secular lifestyles of the Occident, the Haitian peoples do not divorce physical reality from spiritual reality, and these essays help to understand how Haitians view their spiritually infused reality. Ashe.
derek

[Doc Faustus]

I'll have to check that one out.

[fortunato]

Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag.

[Geddy]

Re-reading The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

also,

Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[hammerfan]

The Tail of the Tip-Off by Rita Mae Brown

[Doc Faustus]

[QUOTE=Geddy;831628]Re-reading The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

/QUOTE]

Have I said that's my favorite book before? If I haven't, let me just tell you I've read it over thirty times and it was a HUGE influence on my personal style. Fitzgerald is the master of negative space.

[psycho d]

The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State by Johnson and Earle. What is scary is that, after 12 years of collage and 43 years of life, i am still reading college textbooks for pleasure. So far it is a pretty interesting read if ya are into reading about anthropology, cultural evolution, and ethnology. Ashe.
derek (not my other brother derek)

[bubsy]

Feeding Ground by Sarah Pinborugh (Mutant spiders on crack terrorize London!!), and Depraved by Bryan Smith (Disgustingly nasty backwoods community don't take too well to strangers!!!)...Both awesome and both out in Leisure paperback.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Cool, I'll check that out. Now I'm reading The Hobbit.

[SamCostello]

Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O'Nan - I'm about 50 pages in and already it's meticulously written, deeply sad, compelling. I can't wait to get back to it.

Sam

[videorat]

"Slice Of Life" by Paul Haines

Dark and twisted, soaked in black humour.

Available at www.themaynepress (http://www.themaynepress) and www.paulhaines.com (http://www.paulhaines.com)

[TwistedCherry]

Right now, a collection of short horror stories called Blood Lite. My next one will be: Twisted Tree by Kent Meyers

Trying to step away from vampires and monsters and work more towards the worst demon of all, man...

[psycho d]

Coping with Difficult People by Robert M. Bramson. Great little book if ya have to deal with difficult people in the workplace and such. i actually work alone, live alone, and am as ascetic as one could be without living in a monastery, but read it anyway as a study in psychology. What i like most about the book was finding out what kind of difficult person i am/could be. Not only does it give hints as to how to deal with difficult people, it also may unknowingly help difficult people be deliberately and effectively more difficult. Its a good thing that i am such an eremite. Ashe.
derek

[Geddy]

Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen

[missmacabre]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[nightmare_of _death]

Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen

Good book....interesting,sad....etc..

I'm reading "Dead Until Dark" - Charlaine Harris

A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios :Monsters - various(essays by:Rick Barker,Ron Chaney,Sara Karloff,John Landis,Bela G. Lugosi,Stephen Sommers,Gloria Stuart...and more) Forward by: Forrest J. Ackerman
http://www.gojoemoe.com/pix/universal.jpg

[PD Allen]

Just started reading China Mieville's The Scar. I hope it's as good as Perdido Street Station.

[p1zl3]

I'm 1/2 way through William Peter Blatty's Legion. I read it a few years back, but have forgotten most of it.

http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41ZGSAC0A5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[SamCostello]

Just One Look, by Harlan Coben – My impression was that this guy was regarded as a good writer of intelligent modern crime thrillers. Guess not. This is a pretty bad book so far – bad writing, bad characters. I’ll probably power through, since I’m halfway done, but not good.

Sam

[annekke]

Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion by Gerald N. Callahan. Kind of plotless at the moment. Only 2 chapters in though. Combining science with philosophy doesn't seem to work out well. Waiting for a thesis besides his exploration of why he hallucinates seeing his dead first wife.

[Geddy]

Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk

[psycho d]

The Savage Mind by Clause Levi-Strauss (1908-2009). World class anthropologist's take on the psychology of the primitive mind. The guy is a genius and it shows in his writing, which i can just barely comprehend. Good stuff nonetheless. Ashe.
d

[p1zl3]

Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk


Guts: "...you can take a deep breath now, but I haven't been able to since."

[Dean Caves]

MEAT joseph D'lacey. Pretty disturbing and entertaining at the moment.
Before that I read I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. One of the finest books I've ever read. Definately the best vamp novel FUCK TWILIGHT
Also if you like disturbing, gritty macabre tales check out my debut novel:

http://www.amazon.com/Playground-Samuel-Bonner/dp/1902835190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258128184&sr=8-1

[Doc Faustus]

If you like Meat, I recommend his novella The Kill Crew.

[tbrookside]

Naked Metamorphosis, by Eric Mays.

It's a Bizarro blend of Shakespeare and Kafka. Very, very energetic narrative with a lot of humor. A quick read. Picture "Hamlet" as it might have been written in the Star Trek mirror universe...if Mirror Shakespeare was tripping.

[psycho d]

Pastoralists: Equality, Hierarchy, and the State by Philip Carl Salzman. Pretty good, though dry, stuff about the social nature of the world's pastoralist peoples. Ashe.
derek

[RavisHarnell]

Recently finished Dennis Lehane's "Shutter Island," he's not known primarily for horror and you could call it a psychological thriller, but it's super-creepy and incredibly well written.

[SamCostello]

Columbine by Dave Cullen - A truly excellent and comprehensive accounting of what really happened - not we think happened - that day. It's particularly valuable in destroying the "outcasts who snapped" narrative and showing that the massacre was the work of a psychopath, not a bullied kid.

Sam

[p1zl3]

http://www.bookstellyouwhy.com/pictures/14648.jpg

...so far, so good.