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syscall girl posted:basically all his mary sues lose their minds when they discover something their brains just can't handle which says a lot about him this is every ligotti story too protagonist is always a man poking into something (usually a building) that he shouldn't be, discovering something horrible, losing his mind
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It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness. lol that is such a bad sentence, but i love it anyway
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it's strange how the vast unknowable horror trope seems ripe for some really goddamn good fiction, but i can't think of any actually great novels to have come out of it. shorter form stuff, stross's A Colder War is worth a read http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm should take about half an hour. don't bother w/ his other "horror" stuff though unless you've a strong stomach for bad genre writing
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Aug 7, 2013 02:56
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i like the laundry stories because they star a computer wizard (like literal wizard he casts spells with his iphone) and i know computers and wish i was a wizard
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Aug 7, 2013 02:59
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Nomnom Cookie posted:i like the laundry stories because they star a computer wizard (like literal wizard he casts spells with his iphone) and i know computers and wish i was a wizard i love them just i couldn't recommend them w/ a straight face
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Nomnom Cookie posted:i know computers and wish i was a wizard http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Gaiman/_/Cold+Colours also read the entirety of Smoke and Mirrors if you haven't (especially shoggoth's old peculiar) and A Study in Emerald
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coffeetable posted:i love them just i couldn't recommend them w/ a straight face i just started reading the laundry books and they remind me of rick cook's wizardry books and nick polotta's bureau 13 series, only competently written and less dated they are still total nerdbait and i could never recommend them with a straight face either but i'm enjoying them in the same way i enjoyed those other books as a teenager who didn't know any better
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Amethyst posted:It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness. please don't post accounts of me going to work
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syscall girl posted:http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Gaiman/_/Cold+Colours yesss
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Amethyst posted:It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness. pretty sure that's a garth marenghi intro
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Sweevo posted:pretty sure that's a garth marenghi intro dubious i will do things to you strange eldritch things gibbous things i will get batrachian on your rear end so fast you won't even know what hit you
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Aug 7, 2013 10:04
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blood? blood blood?! blood blood blood blood
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Aug 7, 2013 10:52
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The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward is a good Lovecraft story, probably the best. Call Of Cthulu is really not good at all and I have no idea why it's his best known work. At The Mountains Of Madness is probably his most archetypal story.
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Deacon of Delicious posted:lol "everyone else was doing it" - a literal six year old ok sorry then "better not pick up any books at all" hope that cleared it up for you idiot
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Aug 7, 2013 14:44
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if you decide which media you consume by doing background research into the authors opinions and background you are missing the point just assume everyone is a racist dickbag all the time and dont read the overtly facist poo poo like enders game and youre good
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Dead Inside Darwin posted:ok sorry then "better not pick up any books at all" "racism in writing ended in 1990" -someone who called someone else an idiot
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Dead Inside Darwin posted:if you dont want to read books influenced by being pretty racist, you better not read anything written before 1990 back in the 20s black mask magazine published an issue with a ku klux klan theme. it's embarrassing in retrospect because a lot of it was pro-klan, but it's worth noting that one of the exceptions, "knights of the open palm" by caroll john daly, was a reader favorite and the detective in it became black masks's most popular recurring character
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Aug 7, 2013 15:47
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i like to drink beer but i have problems drinking beer and having a shower all the time so im going to pick on of these up to make my life easier
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Aug 7, 2013 18:29
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ah, a solution to a problem nobody except some idiot fratboy has.
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Aug 7, 2013 18:31
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obviously any showering while drinking activity is going to necessitate crying in a fetal position on the bottom of the tub anyway so it's useless
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Aug 7, 2013 18:32
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lol if you put your beer down while showering keep it in your hand dummy
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Aug 7, 2013 18:36
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the only thought going through a woman's mind if she sees a showerbeer holder is "oh god I need to get tested now"
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Al! posted:obviously any showering while drinking activity is going to necessitate crying in a fetal position on the bottom of the tub anyway so it's useless well, there was that story in e/n about how this woman hadn't ever done it and wanted her girlfriend to cut her hymen with scissors that's the only time i've ever heard of people drinking beer in the shower
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Aug 7, 2013 18:38
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why not just wear a beer hat into the shower, doofus?
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Crasscrab posted:why not just wear a beer hat into the shower, doofus? what if I want to wash my hair?
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Migishu posted:what if I want to wash my hair? i cant solve all your life problems, buddy. you're the one that decided to be an alcoholic
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Aug 7, 2013 18:40
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 it's a shame she's not three feet taller so she can acually reach the thing
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is she a midget jesus christ
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Aug 7, 2013 18:41
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Yodzilla posted:
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Aug 7, 2013 18:42
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way to demonstrate in your product's flaws right in the pitch
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Aug 7, 2013 18:42
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they found the only hot girl in cleveland coincidentally she's limbless which explains why she is still in cleveland
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Aug 7, 2013 18:43
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now now guys she probably just has freakishly long arms
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neil gaiman is hellaciously overrated and in love with his own writing i read american gods and was completely underwhelmed. stick to comic books neil e: oops book chat derail is over my bad
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Yodzilla posted:
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neil gay man
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hey neil why you so gay man lol
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Crasscrab posted:is she a midget jesus christ if so, would
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Proteus4994 posted:neil gaiman is hellaciously overrated and in love with his own writing good omens is real solid. it's like a goofy modern day screwtape letters
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