the 1st one isnt weird .. its just really well conceived.

the sequels get weirder as they progress .. Herbert has a very complex and imaginative way of writing .. he sees things that no one else could dream of ...

very detailed .. but that doesnt mean its easy to understand.

The first novel is a creation .. worlds are created in detail ..
and intrigue .. lots of intrigue ...

fighting amung houses .. it has the feel of old england ... barons using espionage against each other ...

kind of hard to explain .. i'd buy it immediately..

mutation by cook

Thumbs up for mentioning Dune.

I'll also agree with an earlier post regarding House of Leaves by Danielewski: a novel that was able to attack parts of my psyche that I never knew could get scared.

Goosebumps

Are you being serious?

I have been thinking about this and I think that probably the book that scared me most was Pet Semetary. I was actually fairly young when I read it and it freaked me out pretty good. I think that is why I remain such a faithful King fan today.

Scariest book i've ever read would have to be 'Naomis Room' by Johnathan Aycliffe. Extremely Spine Chilling ghost story!!

As a 43 year old, lifelong, voracious reader & fan of genre fiction, it takes a LOT to get a shiver out of me. I definitely DON'T scare easily.
But, each of the following gave me a chill:


SALEM'S LOT - My favorite King novel & IMO his scariest.

VAMPYRRHIC - Simon Clark's take on a SALEM'S LOT-esque
plot generates nearly as many chills as the original.

TAP TAP - Author David Martin may not be a household name
in genre circles, but with this novel he certainly wrote
something much more frightening than the vast majority of
horror fiction's household names ever have.

SUMMER OF NIGHT - Hands down, this one has my vote as
the "scariest book ever". Simmons' fine sequel A WINTER'S
HAUNTING had it's hair raising moments as well.

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - Jay Anson's book deserves an
"honorable mention" here even though I was left rather
disappointed upon rereading it last month, because it
absolutely made my skin crawl when I read it as a teen way
back in 1978.

Pet Sematary and The Shining

" Sometimes dead is better.."
" All work and no play makes jack a dull boy"

"Revelations" by Jesus