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Horror is my wheelhouse, as I'm always in search of something that can bother me. Most of the time, I'm unsuccessful, but House of Leaves is a standout from the past few years. I'm reading through all of Laird Barron's work, as he's entertaining, if not terrifying. Stephen King is the master of course, and I'd recommend The Shining, IT, and Pet Semetery.
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Horns depressed the hell out of me with the rape and murder of someone so obviously in love. The power he gains to know the sins, be able to suggest people act on them and slide out of people's awareness, were fascinating and something I'd probably go mad with power with. It was not a horror novel though. Mystery with science fantasy. Heart Shaped Box and N0S4A2 were pretty solid, though not exactly frightening. I agree that his character work is definitely his strong suit, and the Zack Wilde/Rob Zombie lead of HSB was perfect. The Fireman broke my heart. I thought I knew where it would go the whole way through. I didn't.
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Sep 22, 2016 13:50
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Noam Chomsky posted:Thanks! I have read Whom the Gods Would Destroy; it was very good. Looking forward to checking out the others. Sweet Jesus, The Deep was a very rough book to read. Warning: If you've been a victim of child abuse, it's going to bother you.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:58
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Noam Chomsky posted:Yeah, it was rough. But, then again, I like reading Ligotti, so I guess I like to read horror that makes me feel horrible. Existential dread is just about the only thing that scares me. I have issues. Gotta love Ligotti's utter despair inducing logic. And yeah, reading it gave me awful flashbacks and the sweats. Fun stuff.
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Sep 26, 2016 21:48
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I'm listening to the audiobook of The Narrows. It's a small town horror that takes place in the mountains of Western MD outside of Cumberland. It hits a few themes I enjoy; Small town drama, steadily ramping peril, competent women and kids, tired and overwhelmed local police force, and the concept of "Wierd poo poo from the wilderness."
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Oct 11, 2016 17:23
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Anyone know of any cult related horror novels that were good? I'm looking to do some fictional research, as it's a subject that scares the hell out of me from the non-fiction I've read.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:02
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Ornamented Death posted:Are you looking for something like a fictional account of a group like the Golden Dawn? Or just anything involving cults? Because for the latter, a pretty big chunk of cosmic horror involves cults trying to summon one unspeakable evil or another. Fictional Golden Dawn, Manson Family, etc. Reading about the actual events at Jonestown bothered the hell out of me, and baffles me that it's reduced to "Drank the kool-aid," rather than "literally held down the screaming children to painfully poison them to death and shooting anybody who runs."
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Oct 25, 2016 18:12
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Franchescanado posted:I'm assuming you've read Helter Skelter? I haven't actually. Is it one you recommend?
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