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a silver spaceship posted:
This story can be found a Neil Gaiman's website, here: http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf It's got some pretty sweet illustrations in it. For those who don't know, it's a short story that mashes together the Sherlock Holmes stories with Lovecraftian stuff. It's great.
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I don't think so. And the Hellboy movies, while definitely flawed, have some pretty cool lovecraftian inspired things in them.
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Jan 22, 2012 05:11
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I'm reading through the Night Land rewrite and I keep thinking how this would make a loving epic movie or miniseries.
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Jan 24, 2012 05:14
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I kept a page of two of the more absurd pages of House of Leaves bookmarked. A few months ago my brother came snooping around looking for books to "borrow" AKA never return, and he asked me about this. I flip open to my chosen page and it has prose running up, down, sideways, in a little box in the corner that persisted for like a chapter, and a ton of footnotes. Not to mention there's at least three colors in play and a paragraph of footnotes.
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Jan 25, 2012 14:51
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pixelbaron posted:I actually bought a copy of this after reading most of that retelling someone linked earlier and I was really reluctant to because of that horrible cover. I mean, I can understand a cover like that for a e-reader edition but jesus. If I bought that I'd rip the cover off. It's a drat shame, because the imagery that could come out of that book is epic. A giant steel pyramid, burning with a thousand lights, while darkness and huge, weird beasts encroach on all sides? We should get a talented goon artist to do it.
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Feb 18, 2012 07:10
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oldpainless posted:Since Gaiman's story was mentioned, I'll put down "Shadows Over Baker Street" which is Holmes in a Lovecraftian world. It contains Gaiman's story and its enjoyable enough on the cheap. There's a couple good stories in here but I couldn't really recommend it. I've read every Sherlock Holmes adventure and nearly every Lovecraft story, but quite a few of these seemed like they didn't really get the spirit of feel of either of those two.
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Mar 11, 2012 22:32
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Also, the plotline of the games Lovecraftian, literally. Us mere mortals were not meant to understand it. I really loved DS1, but I'm still surprised that it somehow spawned a decent sequel, a bunch of movies, books, and action figures.
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Mar 23, 2012 05:01
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Maremidon posted:He apparently goes by YellowJester on his forums, so I assume he's a King Crimson fan. For some reason King Crimson has always given me Lovecraftian vibes...
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Jun 23, 2013 20:46
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My favorite part of JDATE (the book) is when the two main characters both grow goatees to deceive their nigh-omnipotent supernatural enemies into thinking they're different people, and it pretty much works.
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Nov 9, 2013 06:30
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langurmonkey posted:If you liked Clive Barker then a few more of his that I like are I can back up the recommendations for The Great and Secret Show and Weaveworld. I really, really disliked The Damnation Game however.
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Feb 12, 2014 15:15
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CuddleChunks posted:Is this the book and story you were looking for? This was a drat good read.
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Feb 17, 2014 02:08
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Mr Shivers was ok. Not everyone's first novel is a Neuromancer or Lie of Locke Lamora. I had just read American Gods a few weeks before I read it so I probably liked it less than most (Mr Shivers was kinda cribbin' off that novel a bit). It also took itself a bit too seriously, but I think I might check out his new book anyway.
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May 26, 2014 01:31
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I picked up Reign of Cthulhu because I am bad with money and it is very ungood. Nothing manages to capture even a tenth of the greatness of A Colder War.
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Jul 22, 2014 13:38
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Ornamented Death posted:Damnit, man, I warned against doing that! You could say that in my foolish quest for forbidden knowledge I sought out a monstrous book and read it, and in the process I paid a ghastly price. Seriously that thing was like nine bucks.
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Jul 25, 2014 03:34
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Ghostwoods posted:Declare is a slow burn, sure, but I found it beautiful, tantalising, and engrossing. If it's not your sort of thing then that's fine, but I can't accept that it needs editing. I had a look at the Void's Amazon sample though, and yes, the writing does seem ham-fisted. It's a lot less dire than 99% of stuff on the Kindle store, but that's not exactly a recommendation nowadays. I just re-read Declare. I first read it a few years back upon recommendations from this very forum. I thought it was a bore when I read it first. I don't know what I was thinking. What a great novel. Helps to have a few Wikipedia tabs open while reading.
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Sep 15, 2014 03:50
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Any good free weird fiction e book recommendations on like say project Gutenberg?
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Nov 19, 2014 04:38
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Thanks for the responses, I'm on a shoestring budget over here. I actually was in the process of reading the Night Lands rewrite a while back but I think it wasn't finished yet or something.
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Nov 19, 2014 14:23
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I haven't read Anubis Gates yet but Declare is really loving good. I'm thinking about ordering his other novel The Drawing of the Dark because the description sounds loving amazing.
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Nov 20, 2014 03:07
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He wrote this really great weird/funny/terrifying front page series http://www.somethingawful.com/series/conex-convict-connections/ He also wrote this book called LIMINAL STATES which truth be told I really didn't enjoy. But it's definitely weird and probably horror.
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Jan 19, 2015 15:45
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Anyone who likes this genre should really check out the new Darkest Dungeon game. I backed it on Kickstarter and it scratches this itch better than most books do. Turn-based game inspired by horror, Dark Souls, and Hellboy-ish artwork? I'm also getting distinct Oregon-Trail vibes?? Holy gently caress, sign me up.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:57
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Ramadu posted:Which makes the Annhilation Score so much worse because of that. All of a sudden I switch perspectives and so I miss out on the further aftermath. I don't think the ending was bad per se but after having the Sleeper in the Pyramid awoken in one book, and a close call with The King in Yellow I'm seriously ready to stop being blue balled. Also, what was the cylinder or tube that Officer Friendly through in the portal before they closed it? I might have missed if they alluded to it earlier but I got the feeling it was a nuke?
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Aug 2, 2015 04:03
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Evfedu posted:Just got to Michael Chabon's The God of Dark Laughter and it owns. It was pretty good, but it ended so quickly! I wanted more. It's free to read online, btw.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:34
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Cut that book in half and it'd be great instead of nearly OK.
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Sep 18, 2015 02:55
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Since we're talking about Dan Simmons, anyone read Carrion Comfort? It looks interesting based on the back cover blurb.
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Sep 24, 2015 16:34
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I'm actually certain you could show Lovecraft a picture of Eva Mendez and he'd rescind his racist ways instantly.
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Sep 30, 2015 11:20
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There's a benevolent God in Declare because Noah's Ark is real, and baptism cures an inherent defect in the human soul. Whether or not you choose to recognize that particular deity as benevolent is up to you, but in the context of the book its clear.
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Dec 30, 2015 14:46
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anilEhilated posted:I don't know if it'd classify as defect, I interpreted it like a "running water as folk remedy based on reality" thing. As for Noah's Ark there sure as hell isn't anything benevolent in there; I haven't read it in quite a while but the impression I remember having was that Bible got it wrong and it's a metaphor for the djinn stowed away there. The Ark they encountered isn't Noah's, which is said to be elsewhere like a few mountains away. It's the Djinn's life-raft, which they hooked onto Noah's Ark to escape the flood. The Djinn are explicitly parasites. As far as the baptism thing, Hale encounters a supernatural immortal king or something, who demands to know how Hale no longer has "the black drop in every human's heart" or something. Hale thinks it was baptism, saving him from original sin iirc. So there's no actual Jesus descending from the clouds type stuff, but it's clear the author was attempting to invoke some notion of the divine as existing.
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Dec 31, 2015 11:27
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Pope Guilty posted:What about The Damnation Game? I read this and really hated it. I enjoyed the first couple Books of Blood, Hellbound Heart, Weaveworld, and The Great and Secret Show. The last two are more of his dark fantasy rather than horror, but I have no problem recommending any of these.
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Feb 7, 2016 12:51
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I read Matthew Bartlett's Gateways to Abomination which I believe was recommended here. It's a collection of loosely related short horror fiction. It was very short, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I ended up wanting more.
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Jul 2, 2016 02:29
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Peztopiary posted:I'd never heard of Anders Fager, he's a Swedish mythos writer. Being Swedish, most of his work isn't available in English. The only story I could find that is translated, The Furies From Boras is really well written. There's a Tor article about the story as well, if you like that kind of thing. Man, I dislike the writing style here. Not sure if it's because it's a translation or what. Also, I just plain dislike the story .
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Jul 11, 2016 11:07
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Phanatic posted:Joe Hill's NOS4A2 is pretty good. Yeah I can second this. I mean it's really Stephen Kingish, but it's not technically Stephen King, even though it's his son and apparently they look identical. It's a good horror yarn.
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Sep 28, 2016 09:42
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Fire Safety Doug posted:Also, what's everyone's take on Matthew Bartlett? I've tried getting into his stuff but I just find the writing style off-putting. I liked his short story collection Gateways to Abomination. It's also pretty short, so if you don't like the guys writing that might be a bonus?
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Oct 1, 2016 12:00
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Nothing I've read from Powers (The Drawing of the Dark, Anubis Gates, On Stranger Tides, The Stress of Her Regard, Last Call) has come close to matching Declare in my opinion. Most of them are still good, though, and if you have some familiarity with the time periods they're set in the books will probably be a little more satisfying. I find myself going to wikipedia a lot to understand some of the historical characters. Also a lot of his books share similar themes. I probably like Drawing of the Dark and On Stranger Tides the best out of those. I heartily recommend avoiding Three Days to Never at all costs.
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Oct 3, 2016 05:34
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Someone mentioned this short story in either this or the horror thread. Anyway I was curious and it looks like the author has it free on his website. I really enjoyed it. 400 Boys by Marc Laidlaw. http://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/400-boys/
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Jan 10, 2017 20:18
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My troubles with The Terror are what's preventing me from reading Carrion Comfort. The synopsis seems right up my alley, but I've been burned before.
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Feb 2, 2017 22:06
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Are we calling Hyperion bad? Because I really enjoyed that one. Probably because it was kept to standard novel length. I've been avoiding the sequels though.
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Feb 3, 2017 02:06
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Drunken Baker posted:
I'm sure this is completely terrible but you've captured my attention.
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Apr 12, 2017 02:44
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I recommend the Great and Secret Show (but not the sequel) and definitely Weaveworld. I thought the Damnation Game was trash however.
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Apr 14, 2017 02:05
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chernobyl kinsman posted:lovecraft country is insanely bad and stupid It sounds like an interesting premise, what didn't you like about it specifically?
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I'm not sure I agree with that. The books are somewhat self contained but they contain characters, threats, and concepts that show up a lot in the sequels. If I jumped right into one of the last two books I'd feel pretty confused. He usually does a quick recap of where the story is and how magic works, but it not be enough to bring you up to speed. For the record I think the first four (Atrocity Archives, Jennifer Morgue, Fuller Memorandum, and Apocalypse Codex) are the best of the bunch, so try those. The next four I'm not especially keen on. They have brief flares of excellence but overall I'm not enamored and the next book in the series is going to have to sell me pretty hard to get me to buy it. I'd try the first couple, Drunken Baker. The first two are definitely more self contained. If they intrigue you get the next two.
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