I agree Junky is a fantastic book. Have you read Naked Lunch?

yeah, loved that also

Dark Tower book 3 The Wastelands by Stephen King. So far it's pretty damn good, but it would take a lot to top Book 2 The Drawing of the Three!

Burning Chrome - William Gibson. Its a short story collection. Its not horror, more sci-fi. I checked it out because I read a story about a week ago by him called "The Gernsback Continuum" and really enjoyed it. I also didn't know that the movies Johnny Mnemonic and New Rose Hotel were based off of shorty stories by him which are in the collection. I'm looking forward to reading a story called "The Belonging Kind" that he co-wrote with horror/sci-fi writer John Shirley. I almost want to skip ahead, but that would ruin the suspense ;).

The Gernsback Continuum
 

Here's a link to the full text of the, "The Gernsback Continuum" its a pretty short story and well worth the read.
http://lib.ru/GIBSON/r_contin.txt

I'm on a Maberry kick all of a sudden. Just finished Rot & Ruin, now enjoying The Wolfman--I like the writing a lot--then on to Patient Zero.

bobbyshane: I remember loving the Dark Tower series when I was in high school, and now it's been so long I barely remember it--now that's a horrifying thought. I'll see if I can dig out my set.

Still reading Wolfkind, but started reading World War Z yesterday.

Creepers - David Morrell

Just started Wolfkind.

20th Century Ghost's by Joe Hill

and The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft

The Lurking Fear story is a lot better than the Full Moon pictures effort-one of the weaker film adaptations of Lovecraft

Never seen the film, i've noticed though that his stories don't translate well to film or at least no one's done a good enough job with one. Still havent seen Call of Cthulhu yet though and i hear that's pretty accurate.

Ian Fleming's The Man With the Golden Gun.

A pretty entertaining noir thriller from the 70s called "An Affair of Sorcerers," that features a dwarf private detective named Mongo.

Fun reading, nothing heavy.

Cool. I read Chesbro's SHADOW OF A BROKEN MAN. Really liked it. Had an sf angle to it.

Now, for Halloween, I'm reading --- heh --- something called THE MONSTER CLUB. Slightly humorous, maybe a little absurd, but it doesn't get in the way of the drama, action, or creepy factor.

Hey sfear- great to see you here again!

Currently reading a recent collection of 4 novellas by Stephen King called Full Dark, No Stars.

I've finished the first novella and I'm half way through the second, and I must say, when King is "on" there's no mystery why he's one of the best selling authors of all time. I've read some of his works that I found kind of disappointing, but when he's good, he's really really good. This book is really, really good.

Just got down with The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee. This has got to be one of the best books I've read in a while. If you haven't read it you should really check it out.

The Ebethusa by an indie author called Solomon Strange- it's pretty unusual, a science fiction story with a ghostly theme. It's bloody good.

There have been a few good adaptations well at least I think they are good-Dagon, The Dunwich Horror (1969), The Resurrected, From Beyond and of course Call Of Cthulhu which was a pure labour of love.

I hated Dagon. Not because the movie itself was bad but the acting and the characters were terrible.

Move Underground by Nick Mamatas. This is awesome. The most effective "mashup", if you could call it that. Jack Kerouac and the Cthulhu Mythos. Well written and captures the apocalyptic hope you find in the best beat literature.

Has anyone else here read this? I'm still not quite finished, taking my time with it...but wow. Such an incredible read.

It's an amazing book. I wish I could say I liked the rest of Chabon's body of work as much.

"The Dresden Files: Fools Moon"

Ive never seen a good adaptation of Lovecrafts stories. It would probably be because he didnt write dialouge. His stories were mostly narratives. It would be hard to make a movie from narration alone.

Finished THE MONSTER CLUB. Great. Now reading GHOST AND THINGS edtied by Hal Cantor, a collection of creepy stories by mostly classic authors.

Ive been reading a collection of horror stories by classic authors, everything from Algernon Blackwood to H.G. Wells, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Poe, Edith Wharton, Guy deMaupassant, just about everything from a to z. Theres 274 stories in the collection so Ill be on it for a while. Im down to the H's now.

274 stories! Cool. Sounds like ten books in one. Story I'm reading now is by Henry James, the first of his I've read since "The Turn Of The Screw" which I read back in high school in the early 70s. Didn't appreciate him all the much then but I'm really enjoying him now.

Sounds great, what's the name?

Yeah, I'd like to know too.

Shot of Tequila - J.A. Konrath and Blake Crouch

Neuromancer, by William Gibson

Superstitions by R.L. Stine.

It's a horror novel intended for adults, as opposed to his usual kid fare. To be honest, it's not very well written. The characters are superficial and the prose is pedestrian. I will finish it though. The plot lends enough interest to keep me reading.

I've noticed that his books for older audiences usually aren't very good. His style seems to only be appropriate for kids.

My first post. Hello all.

I've been reading a lot of short stories lately--Lovecraft, Matheson, zombie stories where I can find them.

http://www2.moment.net/~michael/BooksHomepage.htm

Just started reading Dante's Inferno

"1Q84" by Murakami.

Very Murakamish. Which is good.

just finished

James Patterson's "Swimsuit"

read it on my itouch

not a bad read.....ending kinda sucked

NOW WTF IS THIS????:mad: