Which book should I read next?

[Bob Gray]

It's between John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow's Jake's Wake http://www.amazon.com/Jakes-Wake-Joh.../dp/0843960760 or Brian Keene's Take the Long Way Home http://www.amazon.com/Take-Long-Home...5497161&sr=1-2. I love Skipp and Keene but have yet to read either of these books. Have any of you read either of these books or authors, if so, which would you choose?

[The Villain]

Take the Long Way Home is good. I'd read that.

[sfear]

Heard John Skipp is really good. I associate him with Joe Lansdale though not sure why. But if I had to pick that's who I would try.

[wizard of gore]

i havnt read either of them,or lansdale.what kind of books they write horror suspense,dark fantasy,splatter punk? what author would you relate them to

[sfear]

Originally Posted by wizard of gore

i havnt read either of them,or lansdale.what kind of books they write horror suspense,dark fantasy,splatter punk? what author would you relate them to

Haven't read them either. Thought they might have collaborated on something but a quick google turned up zip. Dunno, whenever I see one name the other pops up in my mind. Read good things about them, though.

[Bob Gray]

I may be assuming too much but I would imagine that if you haven't heard of Brian Keene, you probably wouldn't recognize any of the authors I would relate him to (Ed Lee, Bryan Smith, Gord Rollo). I am a King fanatic and there are very few writers that I would put on the same pedestal as King, Keene is one of those few. Yes, he is that good.

John Skipp has been around since the 80's but went on a hiatus for several years until just recently within the last few years when he published The Long Last Call. Since then he has been writing at a ferocious pace, sometimes alone, sometimes he collaborates with other authors. He originally collaborated with Craig Spector who together wrote classics like The Light At the End, The Bridge, and The Scream. To answer your question as to why you associate Skipp with Lansdale, it is probably because they along with Craig Spector, David J. Schow, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert McCammon, and Ray Garton, were the original splatterpunks. I don't feel that I could relate their styles to anyone, they have such a furious and fast-paced style that I can't describe. I seriously recommend checking out Skipp if you haven't read him and don't forget about the other splatterpunks.

Cody Goodfellow could be labeled as a bizzaro horror writer, which is if you aren't familiar with this genre, is a contemporary literary genre, which often utilizes elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive works that are as weird and entertaining as possible, at least that's what wikipedia says, lol. I have not actually read this kind of fiction yet but it sounds intriguing.

[wizard of gore]

Originally Posted by Bob Gray

I may be assuming too much but I would imagine that if you haven't heard of Brian Keene, you probably wouldn't recognize any of the authors I would relate him to (Ed Lee, Bryan Smith, Gord Rollo). I am a King fanatic and there are very few writers that I would put on the same pedestal as King, Keene is one of those few. Yes, he is that good.

John Skipp has been around since the 80's but went on a hiatus for several years until just recently within the last few years when he published The Long Last Call. Since then he has been writing at a ferocious pace, sometimes alone, sometimes he collaborates with other authors. He originally collaborated with Craig Spector who together wrote classics like The Light At the End, The Bridge, and The Scream. To answer your question as to why you associate Skipp with Lansdale, it is probably because they along with Craig Spector, David J. Schow, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert McCammon, and Ray Garton, were the original splatterpunks. I don't feel that I could relate their styles to anyone, they have such a furious and fast-paced style that I can't describe. I seriously recommend checking out Skipp if you haven't read him and don't forget about the other splatterpunks.

Cody Goodfellow could be labeled as a bizzaro horror writer, which is if you aren't familiar with this genre, is a contemporary literary genre, which often utilizes elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive works that are as weird and entertaining as possible, at least that's what wikipedia says, lol. I have not actually read this kind of fiction yet but it sounds intriguing.

so lansdale is splatter punk aye,just bought a book of his and will be my first read of his looking foward to it,just started a peter straub though so will have to wait.
what catergory would caitlin r kernin and tim lebbon(the nature of balance,looks like fanatsy) fall into,iv still got those to read too which would also be first reads.ahh which one to read first.
i have read some of those authors you mentioned ,only short storys though

[Bob Gray]

Yes, Lansdale is splatterpunk, I've only read The Nightrunners so far and it was awesome. I haven't read Kiernan or Lebbon yet, but I know they both write dark fantasy, Lebbon also writes horror. Which Straub book are you reading?

[wizard of gore]

hellfie club

only 50 pages in,not liking the characters,but i am racist against rich people :p
i also get sick of main characters happening to be authors aswell...but still can see the potential of a good book

[wizard of gore]

Originally Posted by Bob Gray

Yes, Lansdale is splatterpunk, I've only read The Nightrunners so far and it was awesome. I haven't read Kiernan or Lebbon yet, but I know they both write dark fantasy, Lebbon also writes horror. Which Straub book are you reading?

hmm i kinda out done the dark fantasy thing by reading too many clive barkers in a row.the short storys i read of kiernan and lebbon were awsome though,strait horror storys