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AMAZING. I didn't know that was possible!
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 00:26 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 08:09 |
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Good Citizen posted:Rammed in the butt by revelations of Chuck Tingle’s origins Metaline posted:AMAZING. I didn't know that was possible! How the hell was I supposed to hear about him? I just figured he was another of many debut novelists... There are so many new horror writers, I just figured he was another. I might have to get one of these Kindle singles and see if they're as funny as the covers.
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 00:34 |
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He's extremely popular especially on Kindle and has been for a long time.
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 00:40 |
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Welcome, buckaroo
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 01:08 |
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escape artist posted:
he was literally nominated for a Hugo award and then wrote about getting rammed in the butt by it
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 05:11 |
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fez_machine posted:he was literally nominated for a Hugo award In 2016 I see. I did not really have internet access that year. That and 2015 are big blind spots for me. Kinda glad I missed it because I'm not sure I would have read Camp Damascus if I'd seen all his other stuff first.
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 21:46 |
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I'm glad you didn't because that was one of the most fun little interactions I've seen in a while.
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 22:24 |
Chuck Tingle's nomination was absolutely wonderful because a group of rear end in a top hat did it to troll the Hugos but ended up being trolled relentlessly by Chuck instead.
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# ? Nov 30, 2023 23:56 |
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fez_machine posted:he was literally nominated for a Hugo award Ornamented Death posted:Chuck Tingle's nomination was absolutely wonderful because a group of rear end in a top hat did it to troll the Hugos but ended up being trolled relentlessly by Chuck instead. I should probably find out who Chuck Tingle is. I've seen his name but I've managed to avoid anything he's written and only learned, via osmosis, that he writes weird stuff?
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 00:34 |
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Ravus Ursus posted:I should probably find out who Chuck Tingle is. Too many people admitting they are ignorant of true literature itt
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 00:48 |
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I'm far too sober for this.
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 00:52 |
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If you use FB, he's an absolutely pro follow.
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 02:58 |
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ExplodingChef posted:If you use FB, he's an absolutely pro follow. I feel like I would be put on a watch list if I followed Chuck Tingle on social media.
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 11:00 |
Chuck just wants all buckaroos to know that love is real.
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 13:12 |
Wait wasn't he nominated TWICE due to his innovative contributions to the field?
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# ? Dec 2, 2023 17:07 |
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Jesus The Terror sure is long, hope I can get through this beefy boy before the end of the year
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# ? Dec 2, 2023 19:23 |
This just might be the funniest thing that the BotM has ever generated
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 07:14 |
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I just spent an embarrassing amount of time looking for a novel called Jesus The Terror.
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 07:25 |
Opopanax posted:Jesus The Terror sure is long, hope I can get through this beefy boy before the end of the year fwiw if you make it 3/4 of the way through or so by the end of the year and just drop it at that point it'd probably be for the best There were a lot of things I liked about The Terror, a good handful of things I did not at all (mostly the kind of stuff you can basically expect from Simmons at this point), but be prepared for a pretty bad ending, imo
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 17:56 |
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MockingQuantum posted:fwiw if you make it 3/4 of the way through or so by the end of the year and just drop it at that point it'd probably be for the best That’s what I want to hear when I have about 22hrs left I am enjoying it so far at least but I’m way too sunk cost to quit on anything though so I’ll see it through. I’m going to Franklin my way though this thing no matter what
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 18:05 |
Opopanax posted:That’s what I want to hear when I have about 22hrs left Tbf it might just be me that hates the ending, I can't remember if there's been discussion here about it before, and it's really just the very end that... goes strange places. I liked it enough that I've been considering re-reading it even with my complaints. There are plenty of very good and chilling (lol) parts in the book, I just hated the ending enough (and it's so weird and out of left field IMO) that I feel the need to at least warn people when they're reading it. I know I liked the ending of the TV adaptation a lot better though I can't for the life of me remember how it ended, lol
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 18:15 |
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Opopanax posted:Jesus The Terror sure is long, hope I can get through this beefy boy before the end of the year I hope you stumble on the paragraph that was literally pasted multiple times and feel like you're hallucinating like I did.
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 20:15 |
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I liked The Terror the whole way through. I'd agree the ending is the weakest part though, and it doesn't help that it's a long-rear end book and by that point you're ready for it to be done. I just finished Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and thought it was pretty good. It tries to do too much I think and ends up feeling a bit unfocused, but there were a lot of parts that really worked for me. I'm a sucker for anything folk horror, the survival stuff in the mountains was cool, and the idea of the victims "falling" for an infinite amount of time only to come to screaming with no sense of how much time has actually passed, living in fear that it could happen again at any time is seriously horrifying. After a creepy as gently caress prologue it takes a bit too long to get the really good stuff, but it does get there. I haven't read Hex by the same author yet and I've heard that's excellent, I've already requested it from the library.
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 20:54 |
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gey muckle mowser posted:I haven't read Hex by the same author yet and I've heard that's excellent, I've already requested it from the library. I liked Echo (but I agree it was trying to do a bit too much sometimes). And Hex is a lot tighter and more focused in comparison, so you'll likely enjoy it! Heuvelt is definitely on my "will absolutely pick up their next book" list of authors currently. (It looks like he has a decent back catalog that hasn't been translated yet, too.)
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 21:22 |
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Opopanax posted:Jesus The Terror sure is long, hope I can get through this beefy boy before the end of the year Great timing, I just finished this and wanted to ask: should I read Hyperion if I what I didn't like about The Terror was those chapters where characters lore dump in incredibly awkward conversations, instead of just recalling them internally (e.g. let me tell you all about Darwin and my other friend Charles Babbage and his mechanical calculating device)? I don't know how much of that exists in his other books. As for the ending, I liked it - and it sure beats the TV one (and tbf the TV show is lesser in almost all regards)
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 21:38 |
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gey muckle mowser posted:
Hex might be my favorite thing I read this year
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 21:43 |
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The last horror novel I finished was Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin. I enjoyed it as a dystopian, horror version of Y the Last man but the sexual assualt, rapey aspects of the monsters was a bit off putting. I loved both of the main characters though Fran had me facepalming a bit. I'm taking a break by reading the third Zoey Ashe book before I pick my next horror novel but I have Huge by Brent Butt or Brainwryms by Alison Rumfitt. I think I may go with Huge, both because Corner Gas is a big thing in Canada and if Brainwryms is anything like Tell Me I'm Worthless I may want a longer break between Manhunt and it.
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# ? Dec 4, 2023 22:49 |
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Hope your niece likes the books and stickers
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 00:48 |
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Giragast posted:Great timing, I just finished this and wanted to ask: should I read Hyperion if I what I didn't like about The Terror was those chapters where characters lore dump in incredibly awkward conversations, instead of just recalling them internally (e.g. let me tell you all about Darwin and my other friend Charles Babbage and his mechanical calculating device)? I don't know how much of that exists in his other books.
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 01:08 |
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bail on The Terror (book) and jump into The Terror (season one of the tv show) (it's really really good)
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 03:02 |
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I don't think I made it more than 15 minutes into Season 2
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 03:06 |
The Terror is a great 400-page book hiding in an average 800-page book.
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 04:36 |
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It is so insanely cold though. Never has a book made me feel colder.
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 05:46 |
Tiny Timbs posted:I don't think I made it more than 15 minutes into Season 2 you dodged a bullet, it was extremely bland and boring
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# ? Dec 5, 2023 06:51 |
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Kubricize posted:The last horror novel I finished was Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin. I enjoyed it as a dystopian, horror version of Y the Last man but the sexual assualt, rapey aspects of the monsters was a bit off putting. I loved both of the main characters though Fran had me facepalming a bit. I finished Brainwyrms not too long ago. You will want the break. You need it. Would not read Manhunt and Brainwyrms back to back and I am a big fan of both.
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# ? Dec 6, 2023 04:46 |
Opopanax posted:That’s what I want to hear when I have about 22hrs left https://youtu.be/xMRpYtAhGAo?si=C-hsQzZniWgIXWzH
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# ? Dec 6, 2023 06:46 |
Ornamented Death posted:The Terror is a great 400-page book hiding in an average 800-page book. And the better brick novel about the Franklin expedition is Richler's Solomon Gursky Was Here
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# ? Dec 6, 2023 06:50 |
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read Gollitok after seeing it mentioned here. it was a decent page-turner with some great lines (i'm easily taken in by pithy soviet-tinged dialogue about the arbitrary cruelty of the world) but the ending was weak. even switching the last two paragraphs would have been an improvement
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# ? Dec 8, 2023 00:37 |
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VBC you are costing me a fortune with your tantalising reviews (Don’t stop though) I was looking at Out There Screaming which is a black author anthology. Anyone else read this yet? I like short stories especially for my once a week commute to reassure the office I’m still alive. Getting to engage with an entire story is perfect to offset the dreariness of the British rail system.
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# ? Dec 8, 2023 02:31 |
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ClydeFrog posted:VBC you are costing me a fortune with your tantalising reviews I'm so sorry and you're welcome! I did pick up a copy of that anthology but haven't cracked it open yet. I've heard it's more ambiguous literary horror? But I'm not sure where I read that. Maybe a blogger in passing. That does kinda track from the authors I recognize. I have no idea, yet. Speaking of book recs. Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes [white british woman] quote:An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate and his own redemption. I.... don't like it. I'm 33 minutes from finishing it according to my moon plus reader app so I will. But it's more literary fiction than I like. The horror is more semi ambiguous mental illness, suppressed homosexuality, survivors guilt, and massive amounts of white british colonizer. [spoiler] There is explicit horror in that [spoiler] hey there are monsters and it's not just in the mentally ill main character's head. But it's too small a portion to satisfy my horror novel tastes. I suppose I went in hoping for something similar to Dark Matter by Michelle Paver in terms of supernatural / paranormal content. It's very well written and a great book, but it's just not for me. It does nail the white british colonizer attitude very well. It's definitely more literary / suspense with horror flavors. If her other book, All the White Spaces, is anything like this I'll skip it too. It's also set in the arctic, allegedly paranormal, historical, and has a closeted [gay?] trans man main character. I suppose Wilkes is consistent in her locales. Also btw since this is historical, there's typical anti indigenous racism and racial slurs. Speaking of literary fiction with horror flavoring.... Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker [white british woman] quote:Including illustrations from bestselling illustrator and political cartoonist, Chris Riddell, Mothtown is the unsettling and eerie new novel by Caroline Hardaker, perfect for fans of Midsommar and Rivers Solomon’s Sorrowland. This certainly nails the childhood to adulthood feeling of 'Being Different and not understanding Why and everyone around you expects you to automatically Know Things inherent from birth'. Yeah it's from a white person's POV but I sympathized from a neurodivergent, not white, not cishet point of view. The constant frustration of 'no I don't know, just tell me and stop acting like its weird for me not to know'. The general lack of compassion or external thinking from others that have never considered there's an experience of life that does not perfectly align with there's. Woops, tmi? Well anyways. Yes there's horror elements like the summary describes, and it goes into a bit of otherworld? alternate universe? merely abandoned town seen through the eyes of a mentally ill person? And oh yeah there's definitely mental illness. I liked how that played into the ambiguous mystery. Sure the world is dealing with a strange crisis of missing persons. But is there a supernatural / magical aspect to it, or is his mental illness coloring his perception? Who the gently caress knows. It's definitely different than the usual horror I read and I like that unanswerable mystery of just what horrible thing going on that nobody wants to tell the main character about. I also appreciated the usage of a chrysalis imagery in addition to the insect / moths. It side stepped the usual trans Egg metaphor joke.. Anyways, here's some more straight up horror. Nestlings by Nat Cassidy [white american man. He's Jewish or raised Jewish?? I don't know I don't do deep dives on people's geneology beyond race and nationality. Either way, whoa cool] quote:Ana and Reid needed a lucky break. I'm calling this Parenthood Horror and slapping it in my calibre bookshelf with Katrina Monroe's Graveyard of Lost Children and William Friend's Let Him In. [side note if anyone knows of a book that fits this, please let me know. I like venn diagram type bookshelves.] Honestly, you know how video games started having father / child plots because the [usually male] game devs started becoming parents? This kinda feels similar to me. But I digress. Becoming a parent and all the unmentioned horrors that go along with it. Not just post partum psychosis, sleepless nights, and Baby's First poo poo, but also the ghost that wants to possess you because they never got the chance at parenthood. The monster that wants to eat your baby. The haunted house that's going to disappear you like all the other families before you. This book was great. I loved the monster, which I have yet to see in a horror novel, ever? Personally, anyways. I thought the relationship was prety realistic and terrifying. Goddam you trusted this man to love and support you and he ends up doing the same ableist poo poo as everyone else. Also yeah this is apparently a Quarantine Book. But it's pretty good for when it was made. [coughs 'we didnt start the fire by fall out boy' coughs] Oh, and I suppose this goes into the same mini bookshelf as 'The Bonus Room' by Ben H. Winters. Not as a perfect copy, just in a similar vein of modern day location horror featuring parenthood / family. Here's some just released books that look interesting. Heavy Oceans by Tyler Jones [white american man] quote:From Tyler Jones, author of MIDAS and BURN THE PLANS, one of Esquire's Best Horror Books of 2022, comes a story of deep sea terror and cosmic horror. I've never read anything from this author but Nat Cassidy endorses this book, so I'll give it a go. Ocean horror is always fun! The Folly by Gemma Amor [white british woman] quote:From Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award nominated author Gemma Amor comes an atmospheric gothic mystery that will haunt you long after the final page is turned. I keep seeing this author with decent award endorsements, but have never gotten around to cracking open one of her books. It also doesn't help that her name is so similar to Gemma Files, whose works I have read aside from one or two. Maybe this is one to start with. I'm not sure how I'd react to a doppleganger of my dead family member beyond screaming crying making GBS threads myself and simultaneously putting the boots to them. What the gently caress.
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