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B-Independent.com
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 Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: Who do you read? |
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The list of horror authors that I follow is fairly short. It's expensive to maintain a hobby in horror that emcompasses both film and lit, how Doc can afford to add music to the mix is beyond me....
Joe Lansdale - although he hasn't written anything "horror" in a long time.
Ed Gorman - one of the best, but I'm not sure where his current western kick came from
Nancy Collins - been far too long since this lady had a book released.
Norman Partridge - pure rock and roll.
Ed Lee - Is it wrong to laugh so heartily at something so vile? I ask myself that question practically every chapter of every Lee book.
Jack Ketchum - horror is it's darkest when it's grounded in reality. No one knows this better than Ketchum.
Richard Laymon - I've yet to read a Laymon that hasnt' been fun.
Even though I'm 33, I'm also smitten with Christopher Golden's young adult series, BODY BAGS. |
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 Well, the music thing works out well when there is online services that you can browse through their libraries and not have to buy every album.
I do admit to be somewhat lacking in modern horror literature though. Somewhere along the way, I just lost interest as I just thought the product coming out was sub-standard. Given that major publishing companies started shunning the genre, that left the small press to pick up the slack and that added in a major price increase. Expensive sub-standard work really lost me.
So right now, it is Jack Ketchum, Jack Ketchum and Jack Ketchum. I know I am missing out though, so please help this desperate soul... |
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Tom G
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I'm a huge fan of John Skipp & Craig Spector. I enjoy both their team and solo efforts. They are imaginative, whacky while still horrific and have a tendency to kill of characters that they've made me not want to see die. Great storytellers.
Other than them, I'm also fond of:
Robert McCammon
Stephen King
David Schow
Graham Masterton
Dan Simmons
In recent years I've enjoyed Andrew Fox's Fat White Vampire Blues. I have yet to read the sequel. Between work, a fixer-upper home and a 1 year old daughter, I don't have much time for reading these days. When I do, it's usually a book that has been sitting unread in my collection for years. Not very up on the new stuff. |
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| a few years ago i had the chance to pick up a number of the Skipp and Spector's at a used book shop in pretty good condition. Unfortunately, I haven't found the time to read them just yet. Too much entertainment out there to keep up on..... |
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B-Independent.com
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double post. sorry.
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B-Independent.com
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: ERasdfadsfa |
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damn triple post....sorry. i keep getting glitches on this board and it won't let me delete....  grrrr..... |
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TheCabinet
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I was really into Simmons and even followed him after he started branching out to other genres, but haven't read anything from him in awhile.
Same with McCammon until he went into pseudo-retirement. I need to pick up his new novel.
I just read the first two books in Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, which was the basis for the Showtime series and highly recommend both. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: ERasdfadsfa |
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| B-Independent.com wrote: | | damn triple post....sorry. i keep getting glitches on this board and it won't let me delete.... grrrr..... |
Yikes, you're right. I'll take a look at it and get that corrected. |
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I just found a decent copy of 120 Days of Sodom on Amazon.com. In the meantime, I've been reading The Picture of Dorian Gray on this site in installments. I love that Oscar Wilde.
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Hello, I'm new to this messageboard but it looks very cool.
My favorite writer is Ramsey Campbell.
I also like some Dan Simmons, M.R. James, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, Joesph Payne Brennan, H.P. Lovecraft and that lot.
I write articles about some of them over at http://www.vintagehorror.com/node/41. I just sold my first story to Dead Letter Press a week or so ago and I really love classic horror. |
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TheCabinet
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Welcome aboard Matt and congratulations on the sale!
Good review on The Innocents on your blog. That film ranks up there in my top horror films list as well - namely due to the open-ended approach to what was really happening. Spooky flick.
It is also really refreshing to find someone still reading and promoting the classics of literature. |
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Matt Cowan
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| Quote: | Welcome aboard Matt and congratulations on the sale!
Good review on The Innocents on your blog. That film ranks up there in my top horror films list as well - namely due to the open-ended approach to what was really happening. Spooky flick.
It is also really refreshing to find someone still reading and promoting the classics of literature. |
Thanks, much appreciated! That site is run by the guy who puts out Old Time Radio programs on Podcasts and I contribute some articles for him. It has turned out to be fun, I really do love the older horror. I read a story the other day called, The People In The Pit by A. Merritt which was terrific. It reminded me just a little bit of some of the theories attached to the TV show LOST (my favorite TV show).
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Are you into old time radio as well? I don't think people realize how much creepy stuff there was in that media...
You peaked my interest in The People in the Pit - I'm not sure I read it. So what type of theories do you have on Lost? |
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Matt Cowan
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| Quote: | | You peaked my interest in The People in the Pit - I'm not sure I read it. So what type of theories do you have on Lost? |
I The People in the Pit, a man emerges from a strange mountain that is shaped like a hand in Antartica, and tells the tale of finding a deep hole that goes down for many miles into the Earth. There are stairs carved out that lead downwards. He ends up being held captive by these things below and forced to worship with them until he escapes. It's sort of a Hollow Earth thing, which some people have attributed to LOST. I don't nessessarily think that's it but the theory is out there. 
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| Interesting. It will be interesting to see where Lost goes in the long run. I enjoy the series, but am kind of holding my cards to my vest when it comes to it until some of the mysteries start to unravel. I have to admit, part of me still suspects that the writers have no clue themselves... |
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