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jay o2 waster 02-21-2007 06:39 AM

House of Leaves

DP McCoy 02-25-2007 01:47 AM

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

Geddy 02-27-2007 01:34 AM

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

novadawn969 02-27-2007 07:17 AM

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

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



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

The_Return 02-27-2007 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by can't get enough gore (Post 552377)
great choice



the chronicles of narnia

The Chroni-what?-cles of Narnina!

Horror_Writer 02-27-2007 03:25 PM

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

DP McCoy 02-28-2007 06:27 AM

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

virose_pt 03-01-2007 10:05 AM

Appointment With Death - Agatha Christie
An Autobiography - Agatha Christie

JP500 03-01-2007 12:31 PM

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

Dominion 03-03-2007 09:57 AM

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

Horror_Writer 03-03-2007 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JP500 (Post 562276)
Stephen King's Insomnia. It's a pretty good book I'm about 400 pages into it so far.

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

SamCostello 03-04-2007 12:41 PM

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

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

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

Sam

Horror_Writer 03-04-2007 03:33 PM

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

Finished King's Lisey's Story yesterday.

Jacob Singer 03-05-2007 02:55 AM

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

Despare 03-05-2007 06:52 PM

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

BASSI 03-06-2007 08:38 AM

Slugs by Shaun Hutson

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

jay o2 waster 03-09-2007 01:01 PM

Just picked up Fight Club

DP McCoy 03-11-2007 01:30 PM

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

virose_pt 03-12-2007 03:42 AM

The Shining - Stephen King

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

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

virose_pt 03-12-2007 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DP McCoy (Post 568470)
Nobody True by James Herbert,i'm having a bit of a Herbert Phase at the moment,i do enjoy his work though.

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

DP McCoy 03-12-2007 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by virose_pt (Post 569006)
I have The Rats in my TBR list, hope to read it soon. I have high hopes for this one, my first JH.

I don't think you will be dissapointed:)

the_real_linda 03-12-2007 10:33 AM

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

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/peterkay/2...-peter-kay.jpg

noctuary 03-14-2007 05:45 AM

Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay. Beautifully written book.

Aeacus 03-14-2007 09:03 PM

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

DP McCoy 03-15-2007 01:56 AM

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

noctuary 03-15-2007 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Aeacus (Post 570963)
For once I'm not reading a horror book.... I'm trying to finish the wheel of time series which is 10 very long books just got into the fourth book...the shadow rising

Just a little word of warning... the series slows down in a major way around the sixth and seventh volumes. I think it's worth it to stick with it, but many disagree.

Aeacus 03-15-2007 01:42 PM

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

Despare 03-17-2007 06:08 AM

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

Posher778 03-17-2007 07:32 AM

The Great Gatsby- Yeah, it's boring.

Horror_Writer 03-17-2007 01:37 PM

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

Horror_Writer 03-17-2007 01:38 PM

Oh, and regarding The Wheel of Time series . . . I got through the 4th book and that was as far as I got. I even bought all the books, but I just kept getting lost with so many characters and not getting back to a particular story line for hundreds of pages drove me to exasperation.

Regulators and Desperation--both excellent reads.

hellfire1 03-18-2007 01:00 PM

the black dahlia. haven't seen the movie and don't know if i want to now.

the_real_linda 03-18-2007 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Horror_Writer (Post 573083)
The Great Gatsby--wow. Been on my list to read for a while as it is mentioned often in writing books and used as an example of excellent writing.

yeah i read that a few years ago through a-levels....thought it was really good

LadyFrost 03-19-2007 04:50 PM

At the moment I'm reading Christine Feehan's "Dark Demon" it's one of many that she has written it is a different and more romantic twist on Vampires.

xxFrostyxx

AsylumSeeker 03-23-2007 08:07 PM

Phil Rickman's Curfew.

JollyRoger 03-24-2007 03:46 PM

getting ready to read Harbingers by F Paul Wilson...

Ash's_evil_hand 03-25-2007 12:09 PM

Just started reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's been on my list for a while.

SamCostello 03-25-2007 01:14 PM

I’m currently in the middle of Museum of Terror Vol. 2 by Junji Ito. I’d read these Tomie stories years ago, but hadn’t come back to them in a while. I’m finding them to even stranger, even scarier, even better than the first time.

This week, I’ll dive into Cerebus Vol. 9: Reads and probably Let It Be, by Colin Meloy, his memoir related to the Replacements’ album of the same name.

Sam

stubbornforgey 03-28-2007 06:44 PM

the autobiography of mark twain

swiss tony 03-30-2007 06:24 AM

taras bulba and other short stories, by gogol.


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