i think jurassic park should have been shortened, because, especially the ending, sucked. has anyone else read this book?

The one book I think everyone should read, not only horror fans, is Frankenstein by Mary Shelly; one of my favorite books (if not my all time favorite). It is a book that is frightening and, even now, relevant. One of the few books that completely stuck with me.

Oh and I have read Jurrasic Park; I enjoyed it and it is another good cautionary tale. But Crichton's works do not impact me emotionally; I enjoy them well enough, but I tend to forget them almost as soon as I read them.

One book anyone who likes to read should, in fact, read is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. It is a really good statement on how fake people can be and the lengths people go thru to get noticed.

The one book everyone should read is the bible...urk..oof *loud thud*

...what I meant to say was there was a time in my life I had really gotten into sci-fi novels and spent a month reading the Dune series-when I finished Chapterhouse I had this strange feeling of loss that that was the end of being in that spectacular world Herbert created.Whether you like sci-fi or not,something that can be such a powerful read should be passed on.You definitely have to be in the mood though to get through them(I tried re-reading them several years later and had too much trouble with the dialogues)

The Pink Room
 

Someone's gotta read it so I can talk about the ending.

Ahhhh
 

The Pink Room, that is.

i read the 1st 3 or 4 Dune novels .. but found after that they were becoming so bizarre i couldnt follow them anymore ..
It's a weird feeling - admitting something is going over your head but i have to do it.

I respect the man's vision ... he is a genius and a visionary, and i think he's writing how HE thinks .. but it's a much more complex thought process than i can follow.

or at least it's more work than i'm willing to put into leisure reading..

i feel that way about Philip K Dick - great ideas but the novels always leave me totally baffled (perhaps less genius and more madness)

and, as a 29 year old, I agree with both of you about the 'targetting' - I find I can barely read horror fiction without starting to giggle or roll my eyes. my reading tastes have tended more and more towards the literary - though there are occasional cross-overs with horror.

i also find i tend to read more nonfiction than i used to - histories, biographies. i've actually found some good books about the history of horror films so that's probably more what i read now than actual 'horror books.' there was a cool book called The Monster Show that was mainly about the early days of horror that was very interesting, and a book called Projected Fears that was about the 'ten most important horror films in american history' that was interesting and pretty smart.

but as for the average 'on the shelf' horror novel, most of them leave me cold

"The Bridge" by Skip&Specter
Good old fashioned splatterpunk hidden in a story about pollution.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Amazing.

Easily the best book I've ever read.