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Finished a second reread of Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt the other day: the Gene Wolfe fan in me likes how you can suss out certain background elements if you play attention, like how Indi and Fran met and How Teach knows Beth's deadname. One of those books that gave me a ton of catharsis, and I'm not usually much of a horror reader (the odd Steven King and some of the Victorian classics for school, mostly).Thanks to the thread for the recommendation on Tell Me I'm Worthless, I think I've developed a bit of an itch. Which is odd, usually I'm completely worthless with horror movies or games but horror books are right up my alley. Maybe it's because I'm a complete wuss with jumpscares
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Anyone read Neuropath by R Scott Bakker? I guess it’s not officially horror but I saw it mentioned in a Gary J Shipley philosophical anthology about serial killing. But everything I read about it is like THIS BOOK WILL KILL YOU and I want it to be that good.
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Sep 11, 2023 02:02
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i read it, its poo poo dont bother
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Read a few chapters and I’m going back to reading Last Days.
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:Anyone read Neuropath by R Scott Bakker? I guess it’s not officially horror but I saw it mentioned in a Gary J Shipley philosophical anthology about serial killing. But everything I read about it is like THIS BOOK WILL KILL YOU and I want it to be that good. It’s one of only two books I’ve ever actually spiked into the trash and the other one was the novelization of Baldur’s Gate 2. The author also sucks in a number of ways, it’s hard to say if his beliefs about men or women are more hosed up.
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Sep 12, 2023 02:03
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Just read Blindsight if you want the navel-gazing into consciousness.
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Your Uncle Dracula posted:Just read Blindsight if you want the navel-gazing into consciousness. I wanted Ligottian death and total despair. I got  and reddit atheism. Admittedly it’s a fine line.
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Sep 12, 2023 23:24
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Is there anything out there that's as bleak and nihilistic as Ligotti?
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:I wanted Ligottian death and total despair. I got i enjoyed that book on balance but it was a struggle. a turd with a few fascinatingly shiny little objects embedded in it
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Count Thrashula posted:Is there anything out there that's as bleak and nihilistic as Ligotti? "For sale: clown shoes, never worn."
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:I wanted Ligottian death and total despair. I got yeah you gotta go 'gotti if you want the hard poo poo, it was a couple times either here or one of the ufo threads i was talking about it.
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Count Thrashula posted:Is there anything out there that's as bleak and nihilistic as Ligotti? the immeasurable corpse of nature
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Sep 14, 2023 00:07
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If you want bleak and depressing I recommend Gone To See The Riverman
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Traxis posted:If you want bleak and depressing I recommend Gone To See The Riverman Oh that was a good one. Reminds me I need to read the sequel.
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Has anyone read Maeve Fly? It's supposed to be inspired by American Psycho, with a lady serial killer... I finished it and I desperately need to discuss it with someone.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Nancy A Collins' Sonja Blue is one of those vampire influences you're skipping. Dropped in '89 and weird as hell. Thanks! The library has the first novel so I'll put it on the list. Just finished Interview and it was oh-kay, it was nice. Not very horrific really, but the characters were fun to hang out with and I guess I'll have to pick up Lestat at some point to revisit them. I've got a theme so next up is King's 'Salem's Lot. I've never actually read his horror, only the Dark Tower series, and I bailed on that when the bad guys started using doombots and quidditch balls. Edit: Oh, still would like recs for those WoD inspirations, especially stories about modern day wizards loving things up. Siivola fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Sep 16, 2023 |
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Sep 16, 2023 10:32
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Siivola posted:Just finished Interview and it was oh-kay, it was nice. Not very horrific really, but the characters were fun to hang out with and I guess I'll have to pick up Lestat at some point to revisit them. It's been a long time since I read Anne Rice, but I remember Vampire Lestat being about 40-50% just rehashing the exact events of Interview but from Lestat's POV. (And a lot of the other books following different POV vampires had a similar trend, with large portions repeating the same events as other books. So just an FYI depending on your patience for that sort of thing.) But if you stick to the "main" storyline beyond Vampire Lestat, you will at least get an increasingly bonkers single narrative.
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DurianGray posted:It's been a long time since I read Anne Rice, but I remember Vampire Lestat being about 40-50% just rehashing the exact events of Interview but from Lestat's POV. (And a lot of the other books following different POV vampires had a similar trend, with large portions repeating the same events as other books. So just an FYI depending on your patience for that sort of thing.) That sounds pretty fun, honestly. It feels almost sequel-baity how strictly Rice stuck to Louis's viewpoint alone, but I have to admit, it did leave me going "well let me hear the rest of it!"
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Just read Black and Endless Sky and... I honestly don't know how to feel about this? The intro was setting me up for a SCP or annihilation type start but it was a road trip with two of the worst loving characters. The Chain is pretty cool though
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What would people suggest as a good first logotti book?
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Sep 16, 2023 23:41
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I believe Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe are sold as a combo now, I'd start with that.
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Levitate posted:What would people suggest as a good first logotti book? Teatro Grottesco SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Just read Black and Endless Sky and... I honestly don't know how to feel about this? The intro was setting me up for a SCP or annihilation type start but it was a road trip with two of the worst loving characters. I DNFed that one. What a disappointment
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escape artist posted:Teatro Grottesco It was short enough that I finished it out but I have to agree with you here. It may be the worst book I've finished in a while
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i think teatro grottesco is more approachable but grimscribe has the last feast of harlequin so it's impossible to say
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escape artist posted:Has anyone read Maeve Fly? It's supposed to be inspired by American Psycho, with a lady serial killer... I could pick this up. Looks like it would be a quick read
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Randal posted:I could pick this up. Looks like it would be a quick read It's not great.
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Opopanax posted:I have it, just haven't gotten to it. Maybe I'll read it next Ok, got around to The Acolyte. I can definitely see why it never really comes up with Cutter's other work. It's actually pretty good, just nothing terribly interesting. It's pretty much a side story from Hand maid's Tale in a very similar world, no real horror or supernatural elements. It definitely has some horror to it, just in how dark and depressing it is. Overall it's a well written book, but no question it's my least favorite Cutter
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I'm reading my way through the Splatter Western series, I've read 1 to 4 so far and am really enjoying them. https://www.goodreads.com/series/322370-splatter-western If you like olde timey western stuff with gore & magic it'll be right up your street.
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Trainee PornStar posted:I'm reading my way through the Splatter Western series, I've read 1 to 4 so far and am really enjoying them. I read Red Station and it was a lot of fun. I keep meaning to go back and check out the others. Right now I'm reading The Black Farm. If you're into Dark Souls/Bloodborne bleak religio-weirdness, it'll be up your alley. A couple of the creature designs have really stuck with me in my imagination.
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Finished Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound and it was great. I think I've found another author where I enjoy and will now read anything she puts out (joining John Langan, Tana French, CJ Sansom and Harry Bingham). Last House On Needless Street was the weakest for me but still a really enjoyable read, but I thought Looking Glass Sound was really strong even if it felt like less of a horror novel than some of her other work and more in the psychological thriller vein. I dunno why but these coming-of-age combined with hosed-up-poo poo novels (IT, Summer of Night, December Park, even stuff like The Secret History and If We Were Villains) really strike a chord with me.
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Kerro posted:Finished Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound and it was great. I think I've found another author where I enjoy and will now read anything she puts out (joining John Langan, Tana French, CJ Sansom and Harry Bingham). Last House On Needless Street was the weakest for me but still a really enjoyable read, but I thought Looking Glass Sound was really strong even if it felt like less of a horror novel than some of her other work and more in the psychological thriller vein. I dunno why but these coming-of-age combined with hosed-up-poo poo novels (IT, Summer of Night, December Park, even stuff like The Secret History and If We Were Villains) really strike a chord with me. Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. The only two books by Catriona Ward I've read were Sundial and Little Eve, and my experience with both was that I wasn't sure if I liked them at all until about halfway through when I realized I was hooked. Sundial was definitely the stronger of the two but I liked both well enough to keep reading her work.
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gey muckle mowser posted:Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. The only two books by Catriona Ward I've read were Sundial and Little Eve, and my experience with both was that I wasn't sure if I liked them at all until about halfway through when I realized I was hooked. Sundial was definitely the stronger of the two but I liked both well enough to keep reading her work. Yeah I think Sundial is my favourite so far, but I have really enjoyed the others. A lot of her books seem to play with the narrative structure of things in ways that mean the later parts of her books often read very differently to the first parts so I definitely get the sense of not being hooked until partway through.
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Traxis posted:If you want bleak and depressing I recommend Gone To See The Riverman Just finished this. Overall, I liked it. Also recommend if you want to feel bad.
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:Just finished this. Overall, I liked it. Also recommend if you want to feel bad. Also, I liked how Edmund’s childhood was lifted straight from Richard Ramirez, it was a detail I wouldn’t have gotten if I hadn’t just read The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo.
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Just read Black and Endless Sky and... I honestly don't know how to feel about this? The intro was setting me up for a SCP or annihilation type start but it was a road trip with two of the worst loving characters. are there any other good SCP/Annihilation style supernatural investigative stories? Closest I can think of is Carrier Wave, which was extremely compelling at the start but completely fumbled the second half
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ScootsMcSkirt posted:are there any other good SCP/Annihilation style supernatural investigative stories? Closest I can think of is Carrier Wave, which was extremely compelling at the start but completely fumbled the second half There Is No Memetics Division is a good one
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Tiny Timbs posted:There Is No Memetics Division is a good one it's Antimemetics, but yeah this is a good rec for that request. Especially if you liked the parts of Carrier Wave that I assume Scoots is talking about. It definitely is in the same sort of thematic area.
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escape artist posted:Has anyone read Maeve Fly? It's supposed to be inspired by American Psycho, with a lady serial killer... I did when it came out and I enjoyed it, but I paired it with Sister, Maiden, Monster as a two book feminine rage type of deal with some of my other horror friends. That may have influenced me liking them more so than other people. What didn't you like about it? Finished The Salt Grows Heavy so now I have to decide between the Ballad of Black Tom or The Scourge Between Stars for my next book to read. Also does anyone have any good audio book recommendations? I do a lot of driving for work and am caught up on my pod casts at the moment.
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Kubricize posted:Also does anyone have any good audio book recommendations? I do a lot of driving for work and am caught up on my pod casts at the moment. gotta go with thread favorite Between Two Fires if you havent done that yet for some reason. If you have Audible, its included in the plus catalog Blackwater is also great and will last you a long time since its 30 hours long. Bit more of a slow burn and not intensely horror, but the characters are fantastic and you can get sucked into the setting The Devil in the Dark Water is pretty great too. Fun murder mystery in the high seas with satanic cults
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