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Post by tenebrae99 on Jul 29, 2009 9:25:08 GMT -5
finished cell. liked it enough. not a favorite, but good -- a good take on zombies. the only thing i either missed or he didn't explain to my satisfaction was where the pulse came from in the first place. You didn't miss a thing: the origin of the pulse never gets revealed. There's theories and stuff, if I remember correctly, but no moment where the truth is revealed. Right now, I'm finally reading my copy of Dead Tide by Stephen A North and I'm really digging it. The "bite-size" chapters are perfect for those days when I want to do some reading but not a lot, and the way they jump between characters gives off a great scope of the outbreak. Nice take on the zombie invasion story. Also, the following isn't strictly horror or a book (in the traditional sense), but I wanted to mention DC Comics' Blackest Night. Long story short, the dead DCU heroes are back as Black Lanterns. It sounds like DC's answer to Marvel Zombies, but so far, writer Geoff Johns has done a hell of a job making sure that's not the case. He's also skilled at making sure this is as newbie-friendly as possible without being dull to those who've been following everything. First and foremost are the Black Lantern themselves. Although they resemble zombies in appearance, they move and act like people (powers, speech, etc.). If anything, I'd compare them more to the Deadites in the Evil Dead movies or even the demons in Night of the Demons in the way they come off as something evil parodying the original character. ("I smell a mystery!") It's also got some kickass artwork by Ivan Reis. There's an amazing two-page spread where Green Lantern uses his ring to show all of the DC heroes who've died over the years. No words, just this giant mural of sorts that makes you realize the impact and loss that's occurred. That may sound corny, but considering how many comics use death as a gimmick, this is actually quite an achievement.
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Post by Iron Rich on Jul 29, 2009 10:59:27 GMT -5
I'm loving the Blackest Night storyline.
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Post by saucefox on Jul 29, 2009 11:09:49 GMT -5
finished cell. liked it enough. not a favorite, but good -- a good take on zombies. the only thing i either missed or he didn't explain to my satisfaction was where the pulse came from in the first place. You didn't miss a thing: the origin of the pulse never gets revealed. There's theories and stuff, if I remember correctly, but no moment where the truth is revealed. Right now, I'm finally reading my copy of Dead Tide by Stephen A North and I'm really digging it. The "bite-size" chapters are perfect for those days when I want to do some reading but not a lot, and the way they jump between characters gives off a great scope of the outbreak. Nice take on the zombie invasion story. the sequel to Dead Tide is going to be out soon. you can ask Steve when you meet him at Horror Realm!
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Post by saucefox on Aug 11, 2009 20:49:42 GMT -5
cujo. yes, good. nothing cures my soul-sicknesses like King. nothing. and i specifically wanted old-King.
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Post by Iron Rich on Aug 11, 2009 21:47:32 GMT -5
cujo. yes, good. nothing cures my soul-sicknesses like King. nothing. and i specifically wanted old-King. Old King, which I define as ending around 91 or 92, are novels that can be read over and over again and seem to have the same power each time I read them. It and The Stand are my two favorites to read when I get in the mood. New King, enjoyable but I haven't really found anything I want to read multiple times.
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Post by moleman on Aug 11, 2009 22:09:15 GMT -5
cujo. yes, good. nothing cures my soul-sicknesses like King. nothing. and i specifically wanted old-King. Old King, which I define as ending around 91 or 92, are novels that can be read over and over again and seem to have the same power each time I read them. It and The Stand are my two favorites to read when I get in the mood. New King, enjoyable but I haven't really found anything I want to read multiple times. I read some King years ago. The Stand was my favorite. All misanthropes love the idea of the world as we know it coming to an end.
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Post by Iron Rich on Aug 11, 2009 22:10:41 GMT -5
Old King, which I define as ending around 91 or 92, are novels that can be read over and over again and seem to have the same power each time I read them. It and The Stand are my two favorites to read when I get in the mood. New King, enjoyable but I haven't really found anything I want to read multiple times. I read some King years ago. The Stand was my favorite. All misanthropes love the idea of the world as we know it coming to an end. Yes we do.
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Post by saucefox on Aug 12, 2009 8:07:22 GMT -5
cujo. yes, good. nothing cures my soul-sicknesses like King. nothing. and i specifically wanted old-King. Old King, which I define as ending around 91 or 92, are novels that can be read over and over again and seem to have the same power each time I read them. It and The Stand are my two favorites to read when I get in the mood. New King, enjoyable but I haven't really found anything I want to read multiple times. i agree with you. IT is one i can read over & over, the shining, stand, even rose madder i can read more than once, but he lost me right around Insomnia. though i've heard good things about the girl who loved tom gordon & of course nothing beats the Dark Tower.
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Post by Akasha on Aug 12, 2009 8:45:52 GMT -5
Old King, which I define as ending around 91 or 92, are novels that can be read over and over again and seem to have the same power each time I read them. It and The Stand are my two favorites to read when I get in the mood. New King, enjoyable but I haven't really found anything I want to read multiple times. i agree with you. IT is one i can read over & over, the shining, stand, even rose madder i can read more than once, but he lost me right around Insomnia. though i've heard good things about the girl who loved tom gordon & of course nothing beats the Dark Tower. Insomnia and on is just no good. Well really it was Nightmares and Dreamscapes and on if you ask me. Wait which one came out first? Eh, either way I haven't read a good book from King in a long long time. I started reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, half way through the book, and stopped. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be, I guess. It's not bad but not really what I wanted to read. I will finish it some day, I just have other books I need to read. Like scary ones.
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Post by asshat on Aug 12, 2009 9:01:34 GMT -5
i agree with you. IT is one i can read over & over, the shining, stand, even rose madder i can read more than once, but he lost me right around Insomnia. though i've heard good things about the girl who loved tom gordon & of course nothing beats the Dark Tower. Insomnia and on is just no good. Well really it was Nightmares and Dreamscapes and on if you ask me. Wait which one came out first? Eh, either way I haven't read a good book from King in a long long time. I started reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, half way through the book, and stopped. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be, I guess. It's not bad but not really what I wanted to read. I will finish it some day, I just have other books I need to read. Like scary ones. I really like Insomnia and a few of the latter-day Kings. The really early stuff (Salem's Lot, especially) feels underdeveloped in some ways in contrast.
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Post by saucefox on Aug 13, 2009 9:07:41 GMT -5
starting black house again. king-a-palooza! i want to go buy firestarter, but am not leaving the house till tomorrow, so eh. i think black house has such a great idea behind it, but it's crippled by the choice in POV. that whole omniscient observer floating around the town is awful. it's awkward & does nothing for me. king's strong suit is internal landscapes -- getting characters down who are real, accessible, conflicted and complex. i like to imagine that the POV choice was Straub's contribution & King was just like, ok, but i get to do something i want later on.
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Post by joshkills on Mar 21, 2010 10:55:00 GMT -5
the last horror i read was a series of short stories by H.P. Lovecraft. great stuff.
im trying (really, really trying!) to finish up "on the road", the beatnik thing from jack kerouac (sp). ok, it aint horror, but its horrible. once i get this shit out of the way, i can get back to horror.
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Post by Joe on Apr 18, 2010 13:50:50 GMT -5
im trying (really, really trying!) to finish up "on the road", the beatnik thing from jack kerouac (sp). ok, it aint horror, but its horrible. Wow. The last time I disagreed so strongly with a message board post was SJ's famous statement about Dylan sucking live. Anyways...the last horror book I read was many years ago, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, coz, as you might imagine, the story had a baseball theme to it. It's about a little girl who gets lost in the woods amongst bears with nothing to keep her company but a radio & the Red Sox games. It was written before the Red Sox broke the curse & won the 2004 World Series. When this book was published, the curse was alive & well. No sooner did the book come out than Gordon injured his arm & was out for the season, while Stephen King himself was run over by a car while crossing the street in front of his own house. I give the book 8/10.
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Post by Almeda J. Becker on Apr 18, 2010 17:36:10 GMT -5
im trying (really, really trying!) to finish up "on the road", the beatnik thing from jack kerouac (sp). ok, it aint horror, but its horrible. Wow. The last time I disagreed so strongly with a message board post was SJ's famous statement about Dylan sucking live. Agree (about Kerouac, that is). One of my favorite books ever. Reread it every few years...always makes me happy to be alive. I've probably given this book as a gift more than any other.
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Post by saucefox on Jun 19, 2010 9:52:40 GMT -5
bought charlaine harris' first sookie stackhouse novel. dammit. i can't help it. True Blood is totally making me happy right now (i just finished the first season...yes, i'm late hopping on the bandwagon. i hate bandwagons, but sometimes one just has to hop). so anyway, yeah, very excited to read it.
finished two Palahniuk novels -- snuff & invisible monsters. they aren't horror, but they're pretty dark. did i like them? yes. did i love them? nah. snuff was better than invisible monsters, which really only held my attention at the last two chapters. for me, if character voice overpowers skillful prose, i start to feel like the book's too contrived. that's how i feel with palahniuk. he feels gimmicky. do i think he makes some excellent wry comments about american culture? yes. do i find him captivating and compelling? no. i think i get irritated when i feel like writers are positioning themselves as postmodern sages who are all "hey, i'm gonna fuck with narrative chronology and teach you how to look at the world around you with a bored yet critical eye! i'm scathing!
now, sookie stackhouse....fuck. how can i be all OMG SOOKIE 4-EVA? but alas, she's got me. so we'll see if i find the novels as skillfully constructed as i find the series. it's all gonna depend on the voice, man. i want sookie to sound like jane fucking eyre. that may be asking too much. we'll see.
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