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Dante'sInferno 06-23-2011 08:20 PM

The Zombie Survival Guide.

ABjerg 06-23-2011 10:57 PM

The Lord of the Rings (1).

Geddy 06-25-2011 08:33 AM

Play it as it Lays, by Joan Didion

leezuki 06-27-2011 01:50 PM

i am reading jack ketchum the girl next door and is one of the best horror books i have read, sick cuz based on a real story.

The Villain 06-27-2011 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by leezuki (Post 896134)
i am reading jack ketchum the girl next door and is one of the best horror books i have read, sick cuz based on a real story.

Probably the most disturbing book i have ever read.

hueyisme 06-27-2011 04:35 PM

Ive been reading some of Ambrose Bierce's horror stories, the plots of most of them are run-of-the-mill, but Bierce's style makes them very effective. I especially liked Chickamauga, one of the most realistic gruesome stories I have ever read. Another one that left me with a strange creepy feeling was Conan Doyle's The Leather Funnel.

hammerfan 06-28-2011 04:48 AM

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Allison Weir

m_valdemar 06-28-2011 11:08 AM

Recently finished The Last Man by Mary Shelley. It suffered greatly from under editing.

The Villain 06-28-2011 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by m_valdemar (Post 896318)
Recently finished The Last Man by Mary Shelley. It suffered greatly from under editing.

I've been wanting to read that for a long time. Besides the editing, is it worth my time?

m_valdemar 06-29-2011 11:19 AM

@The Villain

It certainly had its good qualities. To my experience, Mary Shelley lacks subtlety but the points she makes are good ones, if over stated, and there is a certain poetry to her writing. I would say it is worth a read, particularly if the subject material is something you're interested in, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you are committed to it.


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