I am reading the new Barnes and Noble Lovecraft collection. It is $13 for 1100 pages of Lovecraft.
I am preparing for the upcoming Lee books...
-jonah
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| Author: | Babaganoosh [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:35 am ] |
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I would like this topic to be an on-going thing. So we can all discuss good books that we're currently reading. I'll start off with mine: Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard by Mark Finn |
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| Author: | pegleg [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:57 am ] |
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I just finished HAWG by Steven Shrewsbury. I give it 5/5 for sex, gore and violence (very Ed Lee-like in that respect) and 0/5 for the worst proofing/editing I've ever seen in a published book. I've seen worse, but never published. Currently reading Deluge: a romance, by Sydney Fowler Wright. A post-apoc book written in 1927. It was made into a movie in 1933, but the location was changed from UK to NYC. There is a great opening clip on youtube (look for deluge 1933), and much of the drowning of New York in Day After Tomorrow was copied from this film. Even the tidal waves coming in from the river! Pegleg |
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| Author: | Wetbones [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:52 pm ] |
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I'm alternating between Cordwainer Smith's NORSTRILIA, You Know Who's GAST and various manga smut. |
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| Author: | peteboiler [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:37 pm ] |
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Currently reading Michael Slade's Crucified. Just finished Lee's Creekers, which was a hoot. I am taking a break from Lee, and then after Slade, am heading right back to Lee with The Minotauress. And then I am out of Lee books! Damn, that sucks! Bob |
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| Author: | flahorrorwriter [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:21 pm ] |
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Great topic! Currently reading Brian Keene's Dark Hollow and really enjoying it (but he never disappoints). Before that, I finally got around to reading Triage, by Laymon, Ketchum and Lee. I loved all three novellas but Lee's In the Year of Our Lord 2202 was just fucking phenomenal. |
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| Author: | lthrby1 [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:32 am ] |
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I agree. Good topic. I finished Night Show by Richard Laymon, and I am about 3/4ths of the way through Flesh Gothic. Not sure what I'll read after this. I DO have a few Ed Lee's that I haven't read yet, or I can dig in my box of horror books that I get at used bookstores, yard sales, and flea markets, and pick one out of there. Decisions, decisions. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:25 pm ] |
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Night Show by Richard Laymon, huh. I don't have that one. Kind of a rarity? No hardcover version? I just finished reading AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman again. Third time through it. Great book. Getting ready to start HOUSE OF BLOOD by Bryan Smith. Heard enough about it. Thought I would dive in. |
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| Author: | flahorrorwriter [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:55 pm ] |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:34 am ] |
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Should be fun!! I need another heavy hitter to read. But I need some panache with my puke. I am picky as all get-out!! Bryan? Yer up to bat!! My A-list consists of Edward Lee Richard Laymon Charlee Jacob Brian Hodge Michael Arnzen Tom Piccirilli Is there going to be another name here? Time will tell!! |
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| Author: | Bryan Smith [ Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:48 am ] |
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| Author: | pegleg [ Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:34 am ] |
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jpokela, You can add anything by Wrath James White to that list, and JF Gonzalez, as well. Pegleg |
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| Author: | flahorrorwriter [ Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:41 am ] |
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| Author: | Babaganoosh [ Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:04 pm ] |
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With Wrath James White, you're in for a treat. Definately pick up Succulent Prey. The book is all kinds of fucked up. And yeah, J.F. Gonzalez's Survivor is just great beyond words. |
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| Author: | Edward Lee [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:52 pm ] |
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Sorry it took me so long to reply (I've been out of town since last week) but, indeed, Bryan Smith, JF Gonzalez, and Gord Rollo all turn out dynamite stuff. A month or so ago I read, in succession, The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti, Old Flames by Jack Ketchum, and an advanced galley of Afraid by Jack Kilgore, and loved all of them. During my trip, however, I re-read "The Shunned House," "The Statement of Randolph Carter," and "Dreams in the Witch-House" by Lovecraft and couldn't have been more delighted and terrified. HPL is one author I can re-read constantly and never get tired of it. Check these gems out if you haven't. Later! Edward Lee |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:05 pm ] |
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Reading PRISONER OF X by Allan MacDonell published by Feral House. He spent 20 years editing Hustler magazine! He isn't much of a writer but I hope it picks up. He has plenty of incidents to pick from for this auto-biography. I think I will pick up more Bryan Smith books. I got through 50 pages of House of Blood and put it down. Strongly drawn characters and no hesitation on getting into the action. I pulled the pin when a third set of characters showed up. I also blame it on an instinctive dislike for someone named "The Master". If this is a first book I strongly applaud the effort. Bryan, your writing has a solid feel to it and I am going to try again on your more recent works. If I become a Bryanaholic I will have to come back to this one and berate myself while reading it for not sticking through it the first time! |
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| Author: | lthrby1 [ Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:30 am ] |
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I'm currently reading a classic. It's by Graham Masterson, under the pen name of Thomas Luke. It's called The Hell Candidate, and it came out in 1980. It's about a man running for president that makes a deal with the devil. It's written from the point of view of his publicity chief. I'm only 30 pages into it and it's pretty good so far. |
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| Author: | Wetbones [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:18 am ] |
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PALE FALLEN ANGEL by Hideyuki Kikuchi, which is only volume 11 in his VAMPIRE HUNTER D series. I fucking hate vampires but I dig the universe Kukuchi has created. It's a mixture of Hammer horror films, Lovecraft (one of the women in PFA is called "Miska"!!) and spaghetti westerns. I've been disappointed by the some of the previous books but this one kicks a good amount of ass. |
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| Author: | darkthrone [ Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:15 pm ] |
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I was really disappointed in Rollo's "Jigsaw Man". The storyline had some interesting ideas, but as a whole I was just really underwhelmed. At the moment, I'm reading "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Philip Jose Farmer. Before that I read a really interesting non-fiction book called "Shudder Pulps" about the weird menace pulp stories of the '30s. |
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| Author: | Babaganoosh [ Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:09 am ] |
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Right now I'm reading Wrath James White's His Pain. I'm liking it a lot. |
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| Author: | Edward Lee [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:56 pm ] |
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I just re-read Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Masterpiece. HPL, to me, is the Ric Flair of the horror genre. The best there is, the best there was, the best there will ever be. Edward Lee |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:25 am ] |
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Picked up Bryan Smith's HOUSE OF BLOOD again. This time I got the flavor. Finished AMOK JOURNAL published by AMOK in 1995. Twisted shit in there. APOCALPYSE CULTURE by Adan Parfey's Feral House. |
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| Author: | psychomule [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:38 pm ] |
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Right now I'm reading The Pig and The House by Ed Lee. I just finished reading the Pig last night and I will start on The House later on tonight when the kids go back to their mother's house. After that, I will be reading Lost in Translation by Gord Rollo. It's nice to see a fellow canadian horror author doing well for himself and Jigsaw Man was incredible. |
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| Author: | Edward Lee [ Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:36 pm ] |
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psychomule: thanks much for picking up The Pig/the House. I hope you get a kick out of 'em. (I'm quite partial to The House.) I appreciate your support very much. Have a great holiday! Best, Edward Lee |
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| Author: | VT Horror Fan [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:52 pm ] |
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Right now I am reading Brides of the Impaler. Good book, entertaining, but not my favorite Lee book. After this, 20 pages left, I am on to Brian Keene's Terminal and then another Keene book which I can't remember what it's called right now. Gonna try and find City Infernal to re-read, my favorite book followed closely by Bighead. Happy holidays kiddies. |
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| Author: | Babaganoosh [ Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:31 pm ] |
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Re-reading Lee's The Minotauress right now. Next, I think I'll read JF Gonzalez/Mike Oliveri's Restore from Backup. |
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| Author: | jonah [ Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:23 pm ] |
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I am reading the new Barnes and Noble Lovecraft collection. It is $13 for 1100 pages of Lovecraft. I am preparing for the upcoming Lee books... -jonah |
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| Author: | Bateman [ Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:35 pm ] |
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I'm currently picking through the "Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror" anthology from 1990. Some pretty good stuff in there. Some of the stories (mostly the shorter ones) cut right to the core with some pretty twisted shit. |
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| Author: | Dathar [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:21 pm ] |
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I just finished reading Lee's three infernal books all in one go and then i had struggle through a book i won't mention (it got better toward the end but seriously...  not and Ed Lee book) and right now i have a few short stories (Keene and others) and Apeshit from CM3.
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| Author: | Edward Lee [ Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:00 pm ] |
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Over Christmas I re-read "The Horror of the Middle Span," THE SHUTTERED ROOM, and "Shadow in the Attic" by August Derleth, which--though they're not HPL--are a lot of fun and capture much of HPL's tone and atmosphere. Also re-read some Stephen King early stories from NIGHT SHIFT (a 1st edition h/c, one of the few books I own that's worth more than a few bucks) which I've always been partial too. Wonderful stuff! Jonah: 1100 pages of Lovecraft? Hardcore. Check out his very obscure piece entitled "He"; it may be my fave HPL story. Later! Edward Lee |
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| Author: | xrascalxkingx [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:23 pm ] |
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I love Lovecraft. He was the first author I ever really got into. It's awesome living in Portland where the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon happen every year. Dathar - Apeshit by Carlton Mellick is fucking crazy. It contains some of the craziest and most extreme gore scenes that I have ever read. Any splatter fan is sure to enjoy it. |
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