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| Author: | BrentJenkins [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:02 pm ] |
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Reading Matthew Stokoe's COWS after seeing a few people praise it in this thread and elsewhere. Only a third of the way through it, and I can't believe the places it's gone already. I can only imagine what's in store for me. |
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| Author: | DecayedFace [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:32 pm ] |
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Awsome!! Cows is amazing. Follow that one up with High Life. It's a novel unto itself. I'm still trying to find another book that can even come close to comparing. The style is incredibly original. It goes some OTHER places that will amaze you. And the prose is incredible. |
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| Author: | John Copeland [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:59 pm ] |
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I'll have to try High Life. Loved Cows. Stokoe doesn't have a very large bibliography though. I think maybe 3 novels to his name. |
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| Author: | John Copeland [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:01 pm ] |
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| Author: | moregore [ Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:24 am ] |
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Right. Strange. Like part of autobiography, I think. I love every Herbert's book. |
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| Author: | bigheadsballsack [ Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:27 pm ] |
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I have finished Shane Mckenzie's Muerte Con Carne, loved this one apart from the Mexican/Spanish dialogue. Not good with English let alone other speaks. Inbred Family and Mexican wrestling what could possibly go wrong? Just started Jack Ketchum's Off Season, not sure how far I'll get with this one as Sixty Five Stirrup Iron Road just plopped onto the door mat. Watch this space 
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| Author: | lthrby1 [ Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:24 am ] |
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still reading late night Horror show by Bryan Smith. Don't have as muchg timne to read as I'd like. Ordered Santa Saves the world and the pb version of Sixty Five Iron Stirrup Road. Couldn't wait for the hb to get here. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:11 am ] |
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Just finished Family Tradition by Edward Lee and John Pelan. Laughed my ass off! Haven't read this one for a long time and forgot what a gem it is. |
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| Author: | Edward Lee [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:07 pm ] |
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Thanks for the FT comments; I just realized how old that book is! Last night I reread Mr Humphrey's Inheritence by MR James (a big influence for Witch Water) and tonight I'll reread his Stalls of Barchester Cathedral cuz one of the coolest scenes takes place on new year's eve. Speaking of new years eve, may all of you have a great one and a great 2014! Bst Edward Lee |
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| Author: | JameyWebb [ Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:01 pm ] |
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The Never List by Koethi Zan. Really enjoying it a lot. |
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| Author: | John Copeland [ Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:48 pm ] |
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| Author: | DecayedFace [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:06 pm ] |
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Yeah, Family. Tradition was amazing. I read it while on a camping trip in the Selkirk mountains in Canada (where I'm from). I was so excited when I received a copy of this, because I had been looking for one like a hound, a little while after I had discovered Edward Lee (about 2.5 years ago). I actually read that book in outhouses, on a row boat while fishing, sitting on rocks out in the woods, and on top of a mountain I drove up in my truck. Because I was in the actual environment, it was even better, plus I just couldn't believe what I was reading. I even bought an extra copy, just because I loved it so much. Easily one of my faves. Presently I am finishing Population Zero (amazing) and starting J F Gonzalez's The Corporation. |
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| Author: | BrentJenkins [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:24 pm ] |
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I get the feeling you guys all read a lot more and a lot faster than me. I only read like 4 to 6 books a year if I'm lucky. Anyhow, I just finished Stokoe's COWS. I found the ending slightly underwhelming, and I prefer the novel's first half to its second half, where some of the interesting characters were already killed off and the extreme/gross stuff tapered off. I loved Stokoe's style of writing though, and overall it was definitely an interesting and original read. I'm finally about to start Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road! |
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| Author: | VeryEvilDead [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:21 am ] |
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Some horror stuff I just read Bigfoot Crank Stomp - Erik Williams. So much fun. All You Can Eat - Shane Mckenzie . Again, so much fun. Genital Grinder - Ryan Harding. Pretty grim stuff. Sharing Needles was amazing. I loved how the stories were interconnected. The Drunken Exorcist - K Trap Jones. Laugh out loud funny and exciting. Non horror. Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Pretty mind blowing. |
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| Author: | AreYouMorbid [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:58 pm ] |
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The Hobbit, which somehow I've never read before. Also reading Glimpses, the Rick Hautala short story collection. Just finished Shane McKenzie's hilarious Fat Off Sex and Violence and Skipp's wild Art is the Devil. Ryan H. |
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| Author: | AreYouMorbid [ Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:11 pm ] |
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Now onto Nate Southard's Pale Horses and Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:16 pm ] |
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Old School with Charlee Jacob's DREAD IN THE BEAST short story collection. Carlton Mellick's QUICKSAND HOUSE. I found it a bit lacking, as I do with most of his stuff. I have to get into reading more bizarro. That shit kicks ass. |
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| Author: | BrentJenkins [ Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:18 pm ] |
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THE EGG MAN by Carlton Mellick III, cuz I too wanna start getting into bizarro. Sure sounds badass. I read his APESHIT and didn't care too much for it, but that was more horror-ish. EGG MAN is my first full-on bizarro, and I'm digging it so far. Also reading THE FRIEDKIN CONNECTION, by William Friedkin. I don't often do autobiographies, but Friedkin is one of my favorite movie directors, and for the longest time that's what I wanted to be, and it got pretty good reviews. Very interesting so far. |
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| Author: | lthrby1 [ Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:50 am ] |
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Finally finished Late Night Horror Show by Bryan Smith (Loved it, BTW), and will be digging into Sixty Five Stirrup Iron Road next. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:12 am ] |
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Reading Splatterspunk by Edward Lee and John Pelan! I picked up a copy of the lettered edition and it's a sweet book. Nicely put together. Well illustrated and a nice solid feel. I compare this to the Overlook Connection lettered edition of Bighead or the Cemetery Dance lettered editions of Ed's novels I have and this Sideshow Press book is much, much nicer. As far as I can tell John Turi couldn't write his way out of first grade but he put out some nice books in his short publishing career! |
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| Author: | John Copeland [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:32 pm ] |
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High Life by Matthew Stokoe. It's totally obscene. More so than Cows. Thoroughly enjoying it but literally every character is a complete cunt. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:16 pm ] |
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High Life felt very real and grotesque at the same time. |
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| Author: | DecayedFace [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:58 am ] |
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It truly has no message. And nothing to say, that is why it is such a gem. Not to mention that it is one of the most amazing pieces of writing I have ever read. Still, I'm now craving something more extreme. |
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| Author: | DecayedFace [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:01 am ] |
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GHOULS, finally. Amazing so far. Will write more when I finish it. |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:19 am ] |
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Finished SPLATTERSPUNK. Once again, what a gorge raiser! Chyme and chyme again... Ed's most popular hardcore seems to be the most nauseating. Just hinting for some more. On to Stirrup Iron Road! |
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| Author: | demonknight80 [ Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:55 am ] |
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Recently read Wrath James White's Prey Drive and Bryan Smith's Depraved 2. Both great books but I think Edward Lee's Header 2 is still the best horror sequel. Can't wait for Header 3 the squeequel! |
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| Author: | JameyWebb [ Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:27 pm ] |
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Chilliad by Clive Barker, its short, but good stuff. |
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| Author: | John Copeland [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:41 pm ] |
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| Author: | DecayedFace [ Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:32 am ] |
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Yeah, I'd love to see Edward Lee's version of a book like that. A Hollywood noire, full of snuff, porn, underground bars, mutilation shows, and back alley sickness. I bet he'd knock it out of the park... But then again, he always knocks it out of the park as far as I'm concerned. |
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| Author: | splatterhead4ever [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:20 pm ] |
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I always get laid off from my job from the end of November until the beginning of April so I've read a ton of books over the last few months. To prepare for Sixty Five Stirrup Road I read a bunch of Shane McKenzies including Addicted to the Dead, Fat off Sex and Violence, Bleed on Me, How the West was Wicked. I had already read Infinity House and Muerte Con Carne. I also checked out a female author I hadn't heard of named Melissa Simonson. I read Hazard Pay, Doubles, and Snuff which the latter was pretty fucked up. As far as new books from my regular favorites, I read Voracious, 400 days of Oppression, Prey Drive and Son of a Bitch by Wrath James White and 68 Kill, Blood and Whiskey, The Halloween Bride, Depraved 2, and Go Kill Crazy by Bryan Smith. Red Sky and Pale Horses by Nate Southard. The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Oh yeah, based on a recommendation from Jack Ketchum, I read Brew by Bill Braddock. Good fun book. I need to go back to work because I'm running out of authors and money. I actually came here today to get suggestions from you all. I guess I'll try High Life next. |
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