... The Shining scared me silly. But I was very young when I read it. ... Interesting point. I think I agree with you. Although I really like the atmosphere...
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DC
davecoleman@...
Oct 1, 1999 2:39 pm
Today is October 1st. The time of year I usually want to sink my teeth into a truly scary book. I remember the image clearly from years ago when I first read...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 1, 1999 3:08 pm
Hi, I'm new to the Rondua list. I'm a poet/sf writer living in Toronto. I've been reading Carroll for many years; read BONES OF THE MOON and was totally...
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Oct 1, 1999 3:09 pm
... 'Salems Lot and The Shining scare if you're the right age. Night Shift is still a great short story collection. ... I'm sorry, what does this mean? Read...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 1, 1999 3:16 pm
I don't find Barker particularly scary per se on the first read, but I love his books. I too am not really certain what "too British" means. I find his style...
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Gwenda.Bond@...
Oct 1, 1999 3:24 pm
The short stories of Lisa Tuttle... Some of the actual scariest stuff ever written. I believe the first collection is out of print, but not that hard to find....
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Neil Williamson
NWilliamson@...
Oct 1, 1999 4:12 pm
DC ... What does that mean? ;-)...
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Elizabeth M.
thessaly@...
Oct 1, 1999 8:37 pm
... into ... first ... dog". Yeah, I'm right with you on those. "Voice" is easily the scariest book I've ever read, and "Child" makes me awfully uneasy as...
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Elizabeth M.
thessaly@...
Oct 1, 1999 8:47 pm
... love ... things ... I can see what "too British" means... but I kinda like the britness... what I don't like is that his books take forever to get going...
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Torianight@...
Oct 1, 1999 9:21 pm
Hi there. I've been lurking on the list for quite some time and decided that I would finally put my two cents in. I would have to agree with the comments made...
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Elizabeth M.
thessaly@...
Oct 2, 1999 5:46 am
... I only read Land of Laughs for the first time over Christmas weekend this past year... and I didn't find it particularly frightening, but I did find the...
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Loz
l.pycock@...
Oct 2, 1999 11:18 am
Rather than ineptly piggy-back on someone else's email I thought I'd strike out afresh. I agree with many ways about what Elizabeth was saying about what ...
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Terry McGarry
taibhse@...
Oct 2, 1999 4:09 pm
Just thinking about the cover of my edition of VOICE OF OUR SHADOW scares me. Just thinking about Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE scares me, and I...
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dc
i388455@...
Oct 2, 1999 4:09 pm
Aw geez... I guess I put my foot in my mouth with that one, eh? Okay, let me explain what "too British" means to me. First off, let me point out that I am 100%...
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Glen Engel-Cox
mrwrite@...
Oct 2, 1999 5:26 pm
... It's called SPIDERBITE. Here's the Amazon UK page for it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1858814251/qid=938885284/sr=1-4/026-0132113-2837225 ...
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dc
davecoleman@...
Oct 3, 1999 12:47 am
Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but does anyone know anything about The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano?? I just saw an...
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Chad
clockle@...
Oct 3, 1999 2:27 am
The new book is a graphic novel that Neil wrote for the 10th anniversary of the Sandman. It's not in comic format, its more of an illustrated story, kind of...
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Glen Engel-Cox
mrwrite@...
Oct 3, 1999 6:12 pm
Speaking of frights for Halloween, Ian McDonald has an essay on writers' first frights at Gothic Net (http://www.gothic.net/nonfiction/). Besides having a bit...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 3, 1999 7:56 pm
You may want to try King again. He has matured a great deal as a writer. What is really interesting is that in BAG OF BONES, one of his more recent books, he...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 3, 1999 7:59 pm
I think it's probably a bad idea to make generalizations and say "American writers are this" and "British writers are that". You also seem to be suggesting...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 3, 1999 8:02 pm
Oh yeah! THE WASP FACTORY is totally demented! I loved it. Love Banks' stuff in general too. I also adore the quotations from reviewers that Banks had in...
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Kasturi, Sandra (JUS)
Sandra.Kasturi@...
Oct 3, 1999 8:03 pm
I forgot one. Or did I mention it? I don't save the messages I send... Anyway: John Wyndham's WEB. You won't want to go near a spider ever again in your...
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Elizabeth M.
thessaly@...
Oct 4, 1999 2:12 am
... "American ... I dunno. I think he's saying that British writers tend to be wordier and to have a more complex style than American writers... I'd agree, but...
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eleanorb@...
Oct 4, 1999 7:16 am
... As a English woman I'm really amused by this generalisation. It's pretty clear you haven't read many modern British authors. Irvine Welsh, Jake Arnott, ...
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Oct 4, 1999 9:38 am
... older. ... Sorry D.C. , but I have to say this, use a dictionary. If you read any author worthy of the name you are probably, eventually, going to come...
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eleanorb@...
Oct 4, 1999 9:53 am
... Yeah, on reflection, I'd have to agree about Newman, well partly anyway <g> I love his cinema reviews and while I find his horror work gory and inventive ...
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Oct 4, 1999 1:37 pm
Hi all! It's been interesting to read all the postings in the last few days to this mailing list on scary (and not so scary) novels. The topic seems to have ...
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Gwenda.Bond@...
Oct 4, 1999 2:06 pm
I went to see "American Beauty" on Saturday afternoon at this lovely old refurbished movie house called The Kentucky Theatre. A wonderful movie, top notch. One...
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tom sawyer
tomsawyer_2112@...
Oct 4, 1999 2:21 pm
All (and especially my friend Stephen W!) Many have mentioned good authors that I would heartily recommend.... Ligotti, Barker, King, Straub etc. One of the...
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Arkane0007@...
Oct 4, 1999 2:34 pm
The Blair Witch Project was, in my opinion, one of the biggest rip-offs Ive ever seen! It was poorly made, the dialogue was ridiculous, and the ending was...
