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I was very into Stephen King in high school, though I haven't read any of his books since 11/22/63. I can't say how good most of the books I read are, since that evaluation would be based on distant, nostalgic memories, but I'm still confident in saying that "1408" is my favorite short story of his.Oxxidation posted:IT is longwinded in the extreme and includes a child sewer gangbang and still shows considerably more craft and wit than anything his kid's put to paper Weird. I gave up on Full Dark No Stars because the first few stories gave me the opposite impression, especially the dumb one about exercise and cholesterol or whatever.
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Oxxidation posted:You're thinking about Stationary Bike from Just After Sunset, which was totally forgettable. FDNS was published years later. Whoops. I guess I'll add those good collections to the pile.
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Oxxidation posted:Also everyone in this thread should give at least a passing glance to Blake Butler, especially Scorch Atlas and the first half of Three Hundred Million (it gets really, really loving abstract after a certain point that will be punishingly evident). I have a copy of Scorch Atlas at home right now but I'm swamped with other stuff to read at the moment. I need a better way to manage my queue.
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May 15, 2018 23:01
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Gdanskman was my online handle in certain games I played for a few years after I first read House of Leaves.
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Jun 5, 2018 07:38
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I started reading The Familiar recently, but that's not horror (as far as I know). No footnotes this time.
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Jun 23, 2018 04:36
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chernobyl kinsman posted:i read four volumes of that stupid thing for some godforsaken reason and the memory of it fills me with blind rage how many raindrops
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Jun 23, 2018 18:49
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Ornamented Death posted:I haven't read it, but at least one potential source of rage is that it likely won't ever be finished due to poor sales. Aw, that sucks. Still understandable, because I'm checking them all out from the library instead of paying $75 for the whole first season.
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Jun 25, 2018 05:25
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I didn't mind the Truant parts when I first read HoL, but I was also into Chuck Palahniuk at the time. Once I'm done with The Familiar I'll check back and see how the book holds up.
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Jun 28, 2018 11:23
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I'm a big fan of Emrys's "The Litany of Earth," but I haven't gotten around to her other fiction or nonfiction articles yet.
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Aug 21, 2018 16:50
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Oxxidation posted:Gonna rec Scorch Atlas for the nth time. alright alright i'll read it
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Oct 8, 2018 04:54
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Fallom posted:I read Black Tom because people said it was good cosmic horror with a different perspective. I didn't realize it was supposed to be a companion piece and I probably still won't read the Lovecraft story. Same for me. Until I found out about Red Hook, I thought it was a generalized rebuttal to Lovecraft's racism like Lovecraft Country.
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Oct 10, 2018 04:14
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MockingQuantum posted:I'd also be interested to hear recommendations for x-files-like books. I'm big on books where there's an expedition sent to figure out what the hell some weird thing is, but I haven't found many books that scratch that itch very well. Honestly The Sick Land is one of the better examples, if you're willing to read it in the blog format. I haven't read nearly as much horror as the regulars in this thread, so take this suggestion for what it's worth, but The Sick Land is one of my favorites and I'll recommend it any chance I get.
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I haven't touched The Dark Tower since high school (probably the best time to read it), but I only remember being disappointed by the sixth book.
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Jan 18, 2019 01:23
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Is Best Horror of the Year a good anthology? The tenth volume is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle.
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Jan 18, 2019 21:58
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So Ligotti was Q all along?
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Feb 17, 2019 01:42
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Before this thread started, I decided to give my thoughts on every single story in The Weird in the cosmic horror thread and got sidetracked after a hundred pages IIRC. I contemplated picking that back up but now there are two threads I could do it in.
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Sep 14, 2019 09:45
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Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart is currently two dollars on Kindle. Is it worth it?
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Oct 12, 2019 01:04
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Bilirubin posted:Also I liked Annihilation The book was decent, but I like the movie a lot more.
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gey muckle mowser posted:what (if any) Stephen King novels from the past 10-15 years are worth reading? Last of his I read was Under the Dome. I really liked 11/22/63, but that's not horror.
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