Horror Times Ten edited by Alden H. Norton. A conscientious attempt to collect stories that haven't anthologized before. Last night finished Frankenstein. Highly recommended.

i bought that book awhile ago...it was well written...very sad. but it was good.

The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Last Season, by Phil Jackson – the story of the 2003-2004 Lakers season. I love basketball books, and appreciate Jackson’s view of the team as something that the individual has to lose himself in in order to find greatness. I’ll be curious to see where this goes (though, of course, I know the Lakers didn’t win that year).

The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion – Reading this for a class and am finding the writing so wonderful in its mechanics that it’s a joy to read, even if the subject matter is very heavy indeed. This writing feels light and easy and wonderful.

Sam

I just finished Cormac McCarthey's The Road

Best book I've read in a looooooong time. Really amazing. It reads like a stacato epic poem. Profound and elegaic. Stunning, upsetting stuff.

Just started Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas de Quincey - doing research for a certain prequel;)

excellent, excellent book. one of the best i've read in the past five years or more.

seeing the film should be interesting, although john hillcoat's doing it, and he did an incredible job with the proposition (which i feel pretty safe assuming you thought was awesome, yes?). supposedly he's staying true to mccarthy's intent, and the stills i've seen look pretty great:

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-r...mages-gallery/

http://www.jeremyambler.com/theroad.html

Long Time Gone - autobiography of David Crosby

extremely interesting read so far.

"The Devil You Know" by Jenna Black

Tower Hill by Sarah Pinborough

Web of Evil by J.A. Jance

The Husband by Dean Koontz afterward I think I'll go through House of Leaves again, or start back into some Xanth novels.

Let me know what you think about the Koontz novel, if you would. I'm interested in getting it. Thanks. :)

I haven't read Piers Anthony for ages. I miss those books.

Russel Brand's Autobiography, My Booky Wook.

"The House of Leaves" is the most surreal book I've ever read. Whew!

Rereading the Bizarro Starter Kit:Orange. I recommend this to anyone looking for something more weird, edgy and out there. There's a novella about zombie cartoons, another about a guy who survives an apocalypse with a cockroach suit, a Pythonesque and surreal Tour de France...all kinds of weirdness from some really cool writers most people haven't heard of yet.

I have several going right now, a couple of short story collections, a book about supposedly true hauntings and Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/olid/OL8535322M-M.jpg

The Theatrical Juggernaut (2nd Edition) - Monroe Mann

Great book...both practical and inspirational. If any of you you want to pursue acting as a career, you should read this for sure.

Dubliners, by James Joyce.

World War Z, by Max Brooks – Coming to this party a little late, obviously, but a great book. Not strictly a horror book, I think, but great, great stuff.

Sam

Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz, pretty creepy once you get into it.

this, this is what im reading at the moment.

"Child 44" by Tom Rob Smith.

Cruel, brutal, awsome.

Been reading some plays lately...just started Fool for Love by Sam Sheppard.

I love these books, the adventure and fantasy is fantastic and I'm a sucker for puns. Heh, cat-ass-trophy. :D


Sure, I'm about halfway through it and already there's been a fairly interesting twist. Not a bad read so far but it doesn't help that I stop reading it for extended periods of time.

My brother let me borrow his " I Lucifer". So far my feeble mind doesn't get ANYTHING he was talking about. About 20 Pages into it.

Mr Murder read that one when i was a teen its great.

Right now A SIMPLE PLAN, Scott Smith

New Australian Cinema: Sources And Parallells in British And American Film, by Bryan Mcfarlane, and Geoff Mayer.

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

Short Cuts, by Raymond Carver.

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone :D

Less Than Zero, by Bret Easton Ellis.

just finished a new book by jose saramago - he wrote the vastly superior book that became the movie Blindness.

the new book is called Death with Interruptions and in many ways it is very similar to most of saramago's recent books. a strange event grips the country (which is always some small country that really resemble portugal). this time it is the fact that suddenly no one is dying. now they aren't leaping back up to full health they (the terminally ill, old or injured) are just not dying. the consequences are widespread and hilarious. Death w/ Interruptions is an odd book but i liked it. saramago's style is very distinct and intrusive but, if you can fall into the rhythm of his narrator's voice it becomes really enjoyable. for those who like their fiction 'literary' - this is a good choice (he did win the noble a few years back after all).

That Was Then This Is Now, by S.E Hinton.

Been listening to Iron Maiden's "Piece of mind" earlier today and the song "Still life" made me curious in finding which horror movie it was inspired of. Turned out not to be a movie, but an old short story called "Genius Loci" by the, to me, infamous author Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961). Luckily i managed to find the entire story on the net and after finnished reading i must say i'm both quite surprised and disappointed that it has never been turned into a movie. It had all the ingredients to become a horror classic, such as "The haunting" and "house on haunted hill".

Here's for anyone who gives a flying...


"Still life"

Take a look in the pool and what do you see
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
They were there oh I know you don't believe me.

Oh...I've never felt so strange
But...I'm not going insane.

I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head
You don't say but it's in your eyes instead
Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool
Something draws me there I don't know what to do.

Oh...they drain my strength away
Oh...they're asking me to stay.

Nightmares...spirits calling me
Nightmares...they won't leave me be.

All my life's blood is slowly draining away
And I feel that I'm weaker every day
Somehow I know I haven't long to go
Joining them at the bottom of the pool.

Now...I feel they are so near
I...begin to see them clear

Nightmares...coming all the time
Nightmares...Will give me peace of mind.

Now it's clear and I know what I have to do
I must take you down there to look at them too
Hand in hand then we'll jump right into the pool
Can't you see not just me they want you too.

Oh...we'll drown together
It...will be forever.

Nightmares...forever calling me
Nightmares...Now we rest in peace.





Especially after reading the short story i find these lyrics to be quite clever and one of my Maiden favorites.

Here's the link to "Genius Loci"

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings...78/genius-loci

The Outsiders, by SE Hinton.

Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror film. I'm reading it for a research essay on strong females in horror. The book is very informative and interesting. Wish I could read it all but its limited preview on google scholar. :(

Just finished Stiff, by Mary Roach – Hilariously fun book about the uses of human cadavers. Not for the squeamish, but highly recommended to those who like to learn as they read.

Sam