it is banned in some schools but my young adult fiction class has us reading some banned books. the teacher is hell bent on it.


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

highschool ?

we read it in public school ...


(dumb americans heeheehee)

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

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

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

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

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

The House And The Brain by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The Relic

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

Lost on Venus - E. R. Burroughs

second in the Venus series .. goofy fun.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mist is a good story.

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

interesting ..

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

maybe i should have a peak at those ...

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

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

Carson of Venus - ER Burroughs 3rd in the series

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

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

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

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

Can't you get along with anyone
 

by allen C. weisbecker

The House by Bentley Little.

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

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

The Beast House - Richard Laymon

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

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

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

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

so far so good ...

Vampire Apocalypse by Derek gunn

new horror author
 

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

escape on venus - e r burroughs.

4th in the series - 1 more to go.

these are extremely dated and goofy - but fun and addictive

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

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

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

Cabal by Clive Barker

Have you seen Nightbreed?

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

No, but I've got it TiVOd right now, so I plan on reading the book and immediately watching the movie. I'm excited, because I hear it's good.

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

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

I'll have to grab the book.

it takes place in Canada :D


(another shameless canuck plug)


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

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

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