Your favorite book

[lucky18234]

What is your Favorite horror book that semms you can't ever put is down?I really don't have a favorite.The Stephen King books are so long but interesting.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by lucky18234
What is your Favorite horror book that semms you can't ever put is down?I really don't have a favorite.The Stephen King books are so long but interesting.

i prefer king's short stories otherwise i read barker, herbert, campbell, laymon and lovercraft.

[lucky18234]

I started to read the stand, and that book sounded interesting.

[massacre man]

scary stories

[lucky18234]

Right on mm

[KRUGERKID13]

carrie

[Zillah]

Exquisite Corpse - PZB

[lucky18234]

what was that last one ohh carrie good stuff

[Zillah]

Excuisite Corpse ......."Blood-soaked sheets, cannibalism, rotting, half-dissected corpses: this gruesome psychological horror novel has all the grue a reader might or might not want."
Poppy Z Brite rocks my world.
Lost Souls is one of my favourite vampire stories, an excellent read, plain and simple. It makes you want to crawl inside the characters and view life from their drug induced, demented perspective.

[Freddy Krueger.]

Hannibal, by far. I love a good Horror and scary book. A book that doesnt skip on the scary action. The Dark Half was a good book, too...

[Steelsymth]

Originally posted by Zillah
Excuisite Corpse ......."Blood-soaked sheets, cannibalism, rotting, half-dissected corpses: this gruesome psychological horror novel has all the grue a reader might or might not want."
Poppy Z Brite rocks my world.
Lost Souls is one of my favourite vampire stories, an excellent read, plain and simple. It makes you want to crawl inside the characters and view life from their drug induced, demented
perspective.

I love Poppy you are one of the few people who knows who she even is. Lost Souls is great and I have those two books Love Bites I,II

[Zillah]

Originally posted by Steelsymth
I love Poppy you are one of the few people who knows who she even is. Lost Souls is great and I have those two books Love Bites I,II

I have nearly all of Poppy's books, with two more on the way. I never use to read much, that was until a friend gave me Drawing Blood to read.

[Steelsymth]

Have you read any of the Sonja Blue ser. by Nancy a. Collins

[Zillah]

No, never heard of them.

[Steelsymth]

See if you can find a book name Sunglasses at Night by Nancy A.Collins it's the 1st of 3 books about the vampire names Sonja Blue very good. I met the author at a book signing nice lady.

[lucky18234]

wow i migjt have to then

[Zillah]

Cheers for the plug

[lucky18234]

plug?

[jay o2 waster]

the kamasutra

[lucky18234]

oh...

[Miss Britt]

The complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...

[lucky18234]

WOW THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER

[Miss Britt]

Originally posted by lucky18234
WOW THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER

Who me? if so Thanks;) lol
if not Sorry for interrupting...

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by Miss Britt
The complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...

That was a good answer. I have a big, fat copy of "The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe" sitting right here. I like much of his stuff ... but a lot of it is quite crappy. Since you brought up the classics, though, I have to say I LOVE "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". I have probably read that more times than anything else in my library.

Favorite horror book of all time: Shakespeare's "MacBeth". I'm an English teacher, what can I say? Shakespeare was actually the Stephen King of his day. People would come to his plays not only for the stories he told, but also for the blood. They loved it! The actors would fill thin sacks with pigs' blood and entrails, and hide it under their costumes. During a sword fight, if they were hit by a sword, they would burst the bag with their arm and let the blood and guts spill out from under their shirt.

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by Miss Britt
Who me? if so Thanks;) lol
if not Sorry for interrupting...


of coiurse you and your not interupting

[Lucid Dreams]

if all of u like poppy...try picking something up by caitlin r. kiernan...they have a close writing style

[orangestar]

Pet Sematary and The Langoliers (part of "4 Past Midnight") both by Stephen King. I could read them forever.

[VisionOfBlood]

clockwork orange, the complete works of edgar allen poe, and here's an old one from when i was seven BUNNICULA! lol ahh how i miss thee lol

[KRUGERKID13]

bill o'reilly's 'whos looking out for you'

'Michael Moore is a big fat stupid white man'

[AlexaVoorhees]

Possesions by James Moore

[LeprousHag]

really hard to pick just one book, but my favourite authors include: stephen king, clive barker, e. a. poe, h. p. lovecraft, poppy z. brite, brian lumley, to name a few.

[annabel lee]

looooove macbeth and hamlet, its horror there was a ghost!! my favorite books: King, the stand, salem's lot; Mccammon, summer of nights, carrion comfort; Herbert, the survivor, the dark, the fog (that one was real good); Straub, floating dragon, ghost story; anne rice, the witching hour; Gary A. Braunbeck, in silent graves; brian lumley, the necroscope series;

i read a lot. I just finished a good novel by Jeff Long, The Reconning. He also wrote The Decent and Year Zero.

[dantehorrorfan]

the godfather,star wars,hannibal

[shadow_13]

House Of Leaves. That book is insane!

[MichaelMyers]

Plato's "Republic".

[Thepuppetmaster]

at the moment my favorite book that i cant put down is The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice.

[elsid]

PERSONALY I THINK STEVEN KING HAS GONE SOFT, HE'S NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY..

[lucky18234]

I have another series i forgot about the gossebumps and all of Rl.Stine's work

[nine9]

Anything by J.D Salinger.

As for Horror..........I liked The Shining.

[yourlastmistake]

Originally posted by lucky18234
I started to read the stand, and that book sounded interesting.

The Stand is a good book. I thought it was one of King's better books.

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by yourlastmistake
The Stand is a good book. I thought it was one of King's better books.


it it a good movie to. BUT i really would not want to watch the whole movie in one day all eight hours.

[Thepuppetmaster]

Originally posted by lucky18234
I have another series i forgot about the gossebumps and all of Rl.Stine's work i remember those books i use to read them in elementary at least some of them that was before i got into the darker stuff like Anne rice and H.P Lovercraft i omost for got to mention S.D.Perry i got into perry first when i got into middle school i use to be in special ed but when i started reading horror books so damn much i got my reading lvl up from 3rd grade to like 11th grade before i got into 7th grade thats why i was in that kind of class in the first place so i owe it all to horror books.

[Sistinas]

The Outsiders, Rumblefish, and That Was Then, this Is Now by S E Hinton are awsome.I also love Stephen King.My favorites by SK are probably The Stand and th Dark Tower series.

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by Thepuppetmaster
i remember those books i use to read them in elementary at least some of them that was before i got into the darker stuff like Anne rice and H.P Lovercraft i omost for got to mention S.D.Perry i got into perry first when i got into middle school i use to be in special ed but when i started reading horror books so damn much i got my reading lvl up from 3rd grade to like 11th grade before i got into 7th grade thats why i was in that kind of class in the first place so i owe it all to horror books.

i am in 8th but i read his other stories too.

[Haunted]

The Stand,
The Shining,
The Exorcist (and you thought the movie gave you chills)

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Haunted
The Stand,
The Shining,
The Exorcist (and you thought the movie gave you chills)

have you read that clive barker book yet?

[Vodstok]

I dont think i ever responded here....

My favorite book is Homeland by Bob Salvatore.


Favorite short story: Call Of Cthulu.

[lucky18234]

never heard of it.

[Amalthea]

Chronicles Of Redwall - Martin The Warrior (Brian Jacques)
Firebringer Trilogy (Meredtih Ann Pierce)
Carrie, It & Misery (Stephen King)
Momo & Never Ending Story (Michael Ende)

[Rager]

My favourite author is Darren Shan and my favourite books are all 12 Darren Shan! I met him at a book signing, very nice man... before i killed him!

[phantomstranger]

Anybody who is a vampire fan might want to check out "They Thirst" by Robert R. McCammon. It's about a vampire invasion of Los Angeles.

[lucky18234]

well I like vampire books

[urgeok]

A Burnt Out Case - Graham Greene
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Dune (just the 1st one) - Frank Herbert
The Summer of 42 - (herman Raucher - or something like that)
the only book to make me laugh out loud.
Ghost Story - Peter Strawb

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by urgeok
A Burnt Out Case - Graham Greene
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Dune (just the 1st one) - Frank Herbert
The Summer of 42 - (herman Raucher - or something like that)
the only book to make me laugh out loud.
Ghost Story - Peter Strawb


awesome

[taylorsmommy]

They Thirst

[ButterflyKate09]

My all time favorite horror is Stephen King's: Carrie

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by ButterflyKate09
My all time favorite horror is Stephen King's: Carrie


i saw the movie not the book

[ButterflyKate09]

I've never seen any stephen king movies only read the books

[lucky18234]

Originally posted by ButterflyKate09
I've never seen any stephen king movies only read the books


you have to see the movies. But of course the books are always the best

[urgeok]

Originally posted by lucky18234
you have to see the movies. But of course the books are always the best

I thought that when i was a younger fella, then i saw the Dead Zone .. I thought it was a much better movie than a book ...

[PurplePoison89]

My fave horror book is SK's The Shining (but that isnt saying to much considering its the only horror book i have yet to finish)!

[taylorsmommy]

SK's Salem's Lot. It was the first horror book I ever read.

[jedicow]

i cant narrow it down to just one...so here are some of the best.


stephen king-salems lot, the stand, IT, and pet semetary.

dean koontz-phantoms, watchers (ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER!), servants of twilight and the face of fear.

J.R.R tolkien-the hobbit and the lord of the rings

steve vance-the hyde effect (THE ABSOLUTE BEST WEREWOLF STORY EVER!!!)

[tom-tom]

my Fav book has got to be Stephen King's Dark Tower series, though, it is more fiction, but it has undertones of horror.
READ IT AND C WHAT I MEAN!!!

[evil_deadman]

Hard to pick 1 favorite..but..10 of my favorites i own are.
1.Midnight=Dean Koontz
2.Skeleton Crew=Stephen King
3.The Dream Cycle of H.P.Lovecraft=H.P.Lovecraft
4.Twighlight Eyes=Dean Koontz
5.Stinger=Robert R. McCammon
6.Books of Blood1,2.3=Clive Barker
7.The Collection=Bently Little
8.Blue World=Robert R.McCammon
9.In the Flesh=Clive Barker
10.The Parasite=Ramsey Campbell

You may notice i am kind of partial to collections,but i read many full lentgh novels as well

[The_Return]

Asshat [Not directed at anyone]

[urgeok]

favorite book with a horror theme ?
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury.

Non horror - I love Graham Greene ... particularily : A Burnt Out Case

[Marroe]

I can't really say what my favorite is, but the one I've liked the longest is 'The Phantom of the Auditorium'. It's a "young adult/childrens" book. I have been reading the 'Series of Unfortunte Events' for a while, and am in the middle of 'The Devil in the White City', which is the only adult book I have been reading. I think it's time to start looking into getting some more:D

[Katelan1089]

I would have to say Pet Semetary- now that is one CREEPY book!!!!!!!

[Amalthea]

I used to read It and Misery, John Christopher (If it counts) and books by the Danish writer Dennis Jyrgensen when I was in school, and then there was a book by Dean R Koontz I can´t remember the name of.

[aborted]

not horror - a clockwork orange, the play on language in this book paints a perfect picture of good and evil existing within hours of each other.

[Za'afiel]

"The Gunslinger" and the rest of SK's books.

[kain]

The Necroscope series and Vampire World books by Brian Lumley

The Adversary Cycle (six books) by F Paul Wilson

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by kain
The Necroscope series and Vampire World books by Brian Lumley

The Adversary Cycle (six books) by F Paul Wilson

Love your avatar!

[fannyface]

WHERE THE WILD THING ARE by Maurice Sendak

[barbra]

that is like the hardest question
for mindless entertainment my favorite is the whole dark elf series by salvatore
I really like the way stranger in a strange land puts everyday perceptions in perspective
I really love to cry when Gandolf and all the magic get on the boat in RotK
Im entertained by the errie love in lolita
I get sucked into the drama of anne rice's world
I fly with dragons thanks to macaffrey
I learn how to bring down wal-mart with Bill Quinn
My femma-nazi side is subdubed when I read the mist of avalon
blah, there are too many. I suppose I could list all the books that stay in my room because I read them over and over but who's got the time for that?

[Marroe]

All time favorite book no matter how old I am, Is The Phantom of the Auditorium by R.L Stein

[gut]

my favourite book is 'killer clown' the john wayne gacy murders.

[fulcilives]

h.p lovecraft (any)

[The_Return]

1. Falling Angel - William Hjortsberg
2. The Shining - Stephen King
3. Watchers - Dean Koontz

[noctuary]

Tough call here. It's easier for me to go by genre, so here we go.

Horror: anything by Thomas Ligotti. Songs of a Dead Dreamer is probably his strongest collection. Another favorite would be The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell.

SF: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin and Hot Sky at Midnight by Robert Silverberg.

Other: Crash and The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard.

[alkytrio666]

The Shining- Stephen King

[BillyNedar]

I Am LEGEND by Richard Matheson...

Harlan Ellison's Edge in My Voice...

Also, just started god's 15 minutes by Clifford Meth (got it from Shocklines). Very cool collection. The best I've read in years.

[midnite1869]

EarthCore is a great book, it's by Scott Sigler. He's new and seems to be really good. I found his podcast website where he did the reading of his book in chapters for free. If you like listening to a good book that would be one to try.

[Zombee]

Anything by Poppy Z Brite, Edward Lee and Wrath James White.. Will do. Poisong Eros is probably my fav. It is sick and twisted. if you get a chance please check out Wraths website http://www.wrathjameswhite.com/main.htm ... read his short stories on the fiction link this will give you a taste of Wraths demented mind.


Please let me know what you think about his stuff..negative or positive.. They are short reads ...do yourself a favor!

[Bobby Jack]

I'll try and find those. My favorite book of all time is "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn. It's a beautiful disturbing book about love and family among circus freakshow. That doesn't even really do it justice but it's the quickest way to describe it.
As far as straight up horror goes Joe R. Lansdale is the absolute best for me. He wrote the original short story that became Bubba Ho-tep but his really great stuff is "the Drive-in", "High Cotton", "the Nightrunners", and any of his graphic novels particularly"God of the Razor"

[noctuary]

I don't know how I managed to neglect Harlan Ellison from my list. The Essential Ellison is a monumental volume, plain and simple. A must for any fan of fantastic (in both senses of the word) fiction.

[Maerlyn]

The Damnation Game : Clive Barker

"Salem's Lot" and "Wizard and Glass" (Dark Tower IV ) : S. King

Lovecraft: all