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Old 03-31-2006, 05:31 PM
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what about james herbert anyone??

he's written some classics.
the rats trilogy, followed by the graphic novel the city, is superb

its only after reading the fog that got me totally hooked on reading.
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Old 04-01-2006, 12:59 AM
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I'm actually quite fond of Woody Allen's writing, if you ever get a chance to read "The Kugelmass Episode" go for it. Also Anthony Burgess is decent, he wrote "A Clockwork Orange".
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what about james herbert anyone??

he's written some classics.
the rats trilogy, followed by the graphic novel the city, is superb

its only after reading the fog that got me totally hooked on reading.
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Old 04-01-2006, 02:56 AM
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wat about dr suess?
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Old 04-02-2006, 07:29 AM
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stephen king
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brian keene
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Old 04-02-2006, 07:50 AM
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brian keene
he was at the festival of fear horror thingy i went to last summer.

i bought the 2 'dead' book off him and he signed them for me..

nice fellow .. participates on his own web forum.
he said there might be the possibility of something being adapted to film..
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Old 04-02-2006, 01:06 PM
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he was at the festival of fear horror thingy i went to last summer.

i bought the 2 'dead' book off him and he signed them for me..

nice fellow .. participates on his own web forum.
he said there might be the possibility of something being adapted to film..
have you read them yet? quite possibly the best 2 horro books i have evr read. perhaps 2 of the best books i have ever read period.
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Old 04-04-2006, 02:47 AM
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have you read them yet? quite possibly the best 2 horro books i have evr read. perhaps 2 of the best books i have ever read period.
yep i read them..

they're fine for what they are i guess .. he had some interesting ideas ..tying zombies together with a lovecraftian theme...

to be fair .. i'll never consider any horror author (i've read yet) in my 'best authors ever'
I think it's the worst genre of fiction to suffer from poor writing.
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Old 04-23-2006, 07:54 PM
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My best horror authors ever and best authors ever would be two different lists. But here are some of my favorite horror writers:

Poe
HPL
Clark Ashton Smith
William Hope Hodgson
M.P. Shiel (haven't read much, but he's off to a good start)
Arthur Machen
Thomas Ligotti
T.E.D. Klein
Algernon Blackwood (seems he wrote too much but I love some of his tales)

Brian McNaughton's THRONE OF BONES is one of my all-time favorite contemporary horror titles.

etc.
etc.
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Old 04-24-2006, 05:05 AM
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^You win for mentioning Ligotti. Good list.
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