Exactly, that's why it takes me so long to get through his stories. You really have to picture what he says as he goes along and think about it to get the full effect. Some of his work uses a lot of details to that I sometimes have to reread. Not something that can be multi-tasked to whatsoever. So far I would say my favorite story is either The Dunwich Horror or Rats In The Walls.

fuck yeah full attention.i think its mainly just the super old school words he uses,though i dont find edgar allen poes work too confusing and that shits even older.

Currently Reading "Dexter In The Dark". Got about 100 pages left.

Finally finished The Stand. Wow, i've heard a lot of things about this book but no one ever told me how boring it is.

The first part with the plague was so vivid and engrossing that i actually felt like i was getting sick but the second part which was just a lot of walking was so boring, i barely got through it.

I thought that it couldn't get any worse until i got to the third part. When i decided to read an apocalyptic tale of good vs. evil i wasn't expecting to have to read about committee meetings and census reports and social reform. I get that showing how a society would rebuild itself after an apocalypse might be interesting to some but given what this book is about, what it was building towards, it just seemed like a lot of filler bullshit.

The last part though where the battle actually happens was pretty good and i liked the ending.

Overall, this was not what i was expecting at all and it was way over hyped and overrated. It's not a bad book but not a great one either and i wouldn't call it King's best work either.

Anyway now i'm reading Guardian by John Saul.

Not my favorite of his either but for a different reason than yours, I actually didn't think it was boring at all, in fact it was really good but I hate Deus Ex Machina. You build up this great story and then end it with "God saved the day. The End".

weird, you thought it was average and then liked the ending :confused: i thought that was the most shitest part of all.
i read that book like 10 years ago and thought it was awsome,but all the good books iv read since then,i think i could say now that it was long and boring.its actually cool to hear someone say it sucked coz,it almost seemed like ya had to say it was good for fear of being frowned upon if you said it was bad for awhile there

See i didn't think that it was built up all that well. That's why i liked the ending. Not the actual ending i should say, but the last part of the book where they finally decide to go after Flagg. That's what i liked. That part was actually interesting and yeah i'll agree with you that everything they did seemed kinda pointless especially Stu even going with them in the first place but compared to the rest of the book it was actually interesting.


I know what you mean. Everyones always saying how great that book is and i just don't see it so it's gotta be like you said.

Stephen King "Atlantis".

Cody Goodfellow's "All Monster Action."

The Rising by Brian Keene is a good one, Trip Ellington's Zombie University, and The Walking Dead by Kirkman, of course.

by Emily Hill
The Ghost Chaser's Daughter

never read cody goodfellow but "all monster action" makes a very attractive title to me

Really good so far.

He's Been doing some collaborations with John Skipp too Jake's Wake, The Day Before, and Spore

the mystery walk robert mccammon

this was an awsome book,it was 490 pages or something but i think it could have been longer or maybe even had a second book..had heaps of spelling mistakes in this very old tatterd edition to;
allways good to find a great new authors

I'm reading James Herbert- ASH....about a secret society and Castle in Scotland that is haunted, paranormal investigators go in to check it out.
Just started it and like it so far, got it or my birthday off my best mate x

lord of the rings

fuck this books huge

[QUOTE=wizard of gore;937531]lord of the rings

I read that many years ago and the Hobbit.....might see if Mam still has it, fancy reading it again x

Reading Dream Reaper
 

Reading a fairly haunting mystery set in Alaska that has me glad that it keeps me up at night...because it's about an entity that preys upon sleepers, reported in all human cultures since the dawn of history. Chilling, dreamy prose style when this thing appears. Great mystery/horror that works on many levels.

Check it out! http://dharma6.com/html/dream_reaper.html

Why would you be reading a book that you wrote?

Cosmopolis, by Don DeLillo.

Love the film, loving the book.

Newly Street
 

I am reading Newly Street by DG Jones on Amazon. Its modern Lovecraft stuff, totally crazy and excellent!!!! You have to check this guy out! He's not mainstream, more like Ligotti.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newly-Street...tt_at_ep_dpt_3

The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Film Editing, by Michael Ondaatjee

300 hundred pages into lord of the rings,i dont think i can handle it anymore,this book is boring the shit out of me!

I know there are two different editions out there of The Stand. I can't remember exactly, but when it first came out they edited out about... 400 or so pages (just guessing, I can't remember exactly).

Eventually, there was enough demand that King released his version that about doubles the page count. This sounds like you read the unabridged version.

I'm reading The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. I'm about a quarter of the way into it, and so far, so good.

This is the book that the movie "The Ninth Gate" is based off, and deals a lot with the fictional book The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows. I would only recommend it to other bibliophiles though.

Yeah i read the unabridged version

Dracula's Dog (Hounds of Draculs is another title it had been published under)

I'll have to give this a read I loved The Ninth Gate.

just go back and read the last 3 pages of the extended cut. best part o the entire book IMO

The extended cut would be the unabridged version

Finished The Club Dumas last night, and figured I'd share my thoughts without giving anything away. So I'll speak in generalities as much as I can for any that are wanting to eventually give it a try.

I really enjoyed it. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars. That said, this is one of the few instances where the movie is better than the book (in my opinion).

There's two plots in the book. One revolves around Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers, and the other around the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.

Obviously, the movie takes out the whole Dumas plot. Which was a great move. Not that the Dumas angle wasn't interesting, it was, but it really focused the story better. In fact, the Dumas plot is so similar to another movie (that I love) by David Fincher, that I'm left wondering if a hollywood writer totally ripped off this plot line after reading this book.


Some positives:
-You get actual physical pictures of those neat engravings from the Nine Gates
-The conversation with the Baroness is longer and goes into great detail on the engravings
-You get more information on the mysterious woman

Some negatives:
- The ending is a lot better in the movie
- The author tries to keep the story light, and even adds a comedic character, which I would have rather it gone in the opposite direction, making it darker and more foreboding.
- the Nine Gates gets a lot less page time than I wanted, and that's why I give it 4 stars instead of 5.

Right now i'm reading Area 51 by Robert Doherty

Fascinating thank you for all the detail without giving spoilers-very much appreciated :) I have to say it is very sad that the author went for a lighter tone. I agree I hoped it would have had the darker tone like the movie shame. But my curiosity for further details about the engravings and mystery woman will mean I'll give it a try at some point-cheers :)

I'm reading The Children of Manson by Catherine Bell at the mo.

Not sure if its that well known but its been a good read so far. Its kind of different in the way it describes the gore...a lot of its implied.. but the stuff that is described really sets my teeth on edge.

Really enjoying the way this author writes too.
Will see how the plot develops.

Anyone else come across this one?

About to start reading Blood Meridian today. It's talked about highly in literary circles and mostly with the caveat 'not for the faint of heart.'

I've heard its name from time to time, but know almost nothing about it except what the back cover says, "1850's... A Kid stumbles into a nightmarish world in which the market for Indian scalps is thriving."

We shall see.

I'm currently reading very interesting SEO books lol, not the most exciting read. going up town soon to look for real books might have a look into ones already mentioned in this thread :)

Sounds promising, let me know if it is as horrorfying as the description suggests.

I am reading Jerusalem's Lot, by Stephen King.

'Salem's Lot and It are my two favorites by King. Good stuff.