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Literary Villains
Obviously by my name you can tell that i love Villains. Lately, with the exception of Under The Dome, i haven't read a book with a really good iconic villain. The kind of villain that you love to read about, that you remember after you're done with the book. The kind of villain that makes the heroes great by being such a formidable foe.
So i was hoping all of you could give me some suggestions of books with great villains. |
I enjoyed the book "The Exorcist" You can't get a more epic villian than that.
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Never read the book. I'll have to check it out. Thanks
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No problem. It really is a great book. It goes into much more detail about the way the family is effected.
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The Belasco house or the spirit of Emeric Bleasco himself. (Hell House)
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Thanks. It sounds good
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I just finished HORROR: THE 100 BEST BOOKS edited by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman and if you have access to it at your library or you own it, check it out. It's packed with really evil bad guys. The most memorable is Breer, the Razor Eater in Clive Barker's THE DAMNATION GAME. Makes me want to read it.
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I'll check that out too and The Damnation Game. Thanks.
I was really expecting people to give me books i've read, guess i havent read as many books as i thought. Let's keep them coming. |
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pin head out of clive barkers hellbound heart must be the best villian,you heard of him? |
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No i've never heard of Pinhead. I'm brand new to horror. I've heard some people talking about a Freddy Krueger guy and a Leatherface too. Never heard of them either, think you could school me on them like you did Pinhead? |
and the jaff from "the great and secret show" was cool.cllive barkers done a lot of good villians
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Uh... Pennywise anybody? Cthuhlu? LOL.
Some of my favorite villains/monsters/baddies: Cthulhu- H.P. Lovecraft Pennywise the Dancing Clown a.k.a Bob Gray- IT by Stephen King The Overlook Hotel- The Shining by Stephen King George Stark- The Dark Half by Stephen King Randall Flagg- The Stand by Stephen King Raymond Andrew Joubert a.k.a. The Space Cowboy- Gerald's Game by Stephen King The Crimson King- Insomnia & The Dark Tower by Stephen King Tak- Desperation by Stephen King Barlow- Salem's Lot by Stephen King God of the Razor- The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale Decker- Cabal by Clive Barker Mr. Dark- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Gideon Winter a.k.a The Dragon- Floating Dragon by Peter Straub Spenser Mallon- A Dark Matter by Peter Straub Ob- The Rising & City of the Dead by Brian Keene Mr. Rosebottom- The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein Mogollon Monster- The Return by Bentley Little M. Das- Song of Kali by Dan Simmons Rudy Pasko- The Light At the End by John Skipp & Craig Spector The Scream- The Scream by John Skipp & Craig Spector As I'm reading Under the Dome, I have to add Big Jim Rennie to the list. |
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Thanks Bob. You gave me a lot of stuff to check out. |
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look at that me you and villian on line at the same time ,what time is it in your part of world
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where in the world is that,im guesiing friday night
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Indianapolis, Indiana U.S., yeah friday night.
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bill and ted just came out at the movies here
yeah,over exagerating of corse |
If I wasn't so damned broke, I definitely wouldn't be here chatting, unemployment sucks. :o
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how exciting, lol.
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It's 9:14 for me. I'm in New York
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always wanted to go to a massive city like ny,melbournes cool but that place has only an 8th of the people of new york.....or maybe its because everything on tvs american and its brain washed me to want to go :eek:
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I actually haven't been to the city that many times. It is an experience to go though. Definitely something everyone should see.
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Though he's not horror per se-The Archimandrite in Iain M Banks's The Algebraist you would love villain. Iain M Banks's books are mostly sci fi but there are horror elements too and some great villains.
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sounds cool, i'll check it out
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