Unread Classics

[Tito_Villa]

I quite enjoyed Dracula, and i loved the other wordly feel of the language used, i mean it was written well over 100 years ago!

[cdfan]

Frankenstein was one of my school assignments back in the day and I did enjoy the book. I think my teacher may have had something to do with that. Their enthusiasm for the material seemed to have rubbed off on me and I looked forward to the class discussions we did for the book. The same thing could be said for Macbeth, which we read that year. He was a good teacher.

[frik51]

Both Frankenstein and Dracula I read in my teens.
I found both rather dry and dull.
I think I expected more blood-and-guts.

sk

[goathunter]

I tried to read Frankenstein three or four times and never could do it. I've resigned myself to never reading it.

Hunter

[Tito_Villa]

I really want to read Frankenstein but other books keep coming up in the way, really need to read some Simmons too, read a short story of his about a class of zombies and it is one of the best i have ever read!

[the_last_gunslinger]

There are a lot of horror writers I haven't had the privilege of reading yet. But one novel in particular that comes to mind is I am Legend by Richard Matheson. I also have not read Shirley Jackson's works yet.

And to those who have abstained from Lovecraft, he cannot be recommended highly enough. Some people tend to stray from him because of his lack of dialogue or action, but his ability to craft a compelling tale is unparalleled.

[srboone]

I remember those days! No wife, no kid, plenty of time to read at least one book a day, and sometimes five or six over a rainy weekend.

I liked those days so much I couln't bear to give them up!

[Dave1442397]

I remember those days! No wife, no kid, plenty of time to read at least one book a day, and sometimes five or six over a rainy weekend.

[frik51]

Go read Lovecraft, guys!
He's awesome.

sk

[jmcraven]

I'm in the same boat as Dave when it comes to HP Lovecraft.

There's so many horror classics that I haven't read, but I have read Dracula, and reading it became a compulsion. I remember I was in class, reading it under my desk and the teacher called me out. He said, "What are you reading--and it better not be what I think it is." I will never forget the look on his face when I pulled out that huge book and said, "It's Dracula... by Bram Stoker."

[RJK1981]

I have not yet read a full length novel from Bentley Little, Tim Lebbon, or Simon Clark, though I have a few from each on my shelves. I also have the Definitive Version of Dracula that Barns and Noble released that I haven't gotten to yet.

I'd say one of those would maybe be next on my list to read but I think my next read after I finish up Death Hunt on Evroon will be one of the ARCs I got from the early reader's club. I'd say what, but I'm not sure I should actually be divulging that information, lol

[frik51]

I'm sure there are many more, but this list is depressing enough for now

Oh well, you're only 21; I envy you: so many great authors still to discover.

sk

[Arkadia]

I regret never having read anything by Shirley Jackson or Matheson. I've never read a Clive Barker novel (though have read plenty of short stories). Nor have I read anything by Simmons or Ketchum. I'm sure there are many more, but this list is depressing enough for now

[frik51]

One book a lot of people raved about was Drood, by Dan Simmons. I got a couple of hundred pages into it and gave up...couldn't take it any more. I like almost everything else I've read by Simmons, but not that one!

I agree. I decided to keep on reading, and I did, but barely.
I much prefer the one that came before, The Terror, or his last novel, Black Hills.

sk

[TerryE]

cdfan, You must get around to reading The Haunting of Hill House. You can find mass market copies everywhere. I have a pretty nice QPB edition with We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and another Shirley Jackson novel (which title I can't remember right now). Hill House is a genuinely haunting novel and is extemely well written. It is the best haunted house story I've ever read, topping even The Shining.

I guess the top classic that I've never read is Frankenstein, and that is actually next on my reading list.