[BookZombie]

Sorry Wicker but I'd hate to see 120 Days of Sodom feature in one of our Sticky Top 100s. Please don't think I'm trying to undermine your selection

My only objection to this book would be that to my mind this is not horror, just like I would not call the Elsa movies horror. Yes there are horrible things happening to people, but then so are there in any action book, most historical romances, war books, you name it. I am not trying to define a genre here, however for me at least something bad happening to people, even allot of bad things happening to people is not enough to make it horror.

Perhaps we should debate what we define as horror. For let me tell you that if it is just something really bad happening to people then I would like to nominate Uncle Tom's Cabin and if we are including bad things happening to animals I will nominate Black Beauty. Both books have horrible, terrible things happening to the main characters and those around them.

Now Macbeth or Ulysses or for that matter Brother's Grim fairytales I can completely see on this list, however can you really see Black Beauty on it? File such a discussion might not be fitting on this thread itself, still should not the question be asked, what is horror? What makes something horror?

but I have read Juliette and it's a contrast between wonderful segments of philosophy/social commentary and disgusting sexual 'sadism'.

What is wrong with sexual sadism, granted the books in questions are far, far on the extreme side, but they have still inspired generations of us who are on the kinky side in the bedroom. :)