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Originally Posted by urgeok2
I read all kinds of them after that - but after a while I stopped - didn't like them at all ..
including the Bachman stuff.
the last one I read was Cell .. ugh.
i'll be honest - there's very little horror fiction I like.
especially 'modern' horror.
I like Richard Layman and Jack Ketchum and Gregory Lamberson
I'd like to check out more F Paul Wilson (I loved the Keep as a movie - I cant remember how I felt about the book)
From time to time I try new stuff and I'm usually bored as hell and cant finish it.
As a rule - terrible character development... most horror writers want to rush to the 'set pieces' which mean absolutely nothing without well sculpted characters.
I'm far tougher on literature than I am on film and music ... I guess because of the time you need to invest before you find out if it was worth it or not ..
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Yeah I wasn't big on The Bachman stuff either except for The Regulators. I threw The Long Walk across the room.
Love Laymons stuff, big inspiration for my own writing. Ketchum is also very good.
I get what you mean about character development. King has done a good job with that in some of his work though I would say.