Finished You Like it Darker by Stephen King. I've always loved King's short stories, and this was another great collection. I preferred the shorter stories to the included novellas, which I'd put in the middle of the pack for King's novellas. The 'sequel' story was definitely not what I was expecting.
Currently listening to Harlan Coben's Fade Away, the 3rd in the Bolitar series. So far my least favorite, but I do enjoy Coben's style.
Yesterday I received Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie (b&n edition) in the mail. The red sprayed edges look excellent...I've been really looking forward to reading this one, but I've had Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted on my pile for a while now, and I think I'll be reading that one first. It'll be my first read by Palahniuk.
Anyone planning on picking up Broken Binding's edition of Horror Movie? It looks tempting, but I'd much prefer an SST edition. I hope the BB edition doesn't interfere with SST's Tremblay line.
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Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of Bryan Smith's "Kill the Hunter". Generally speaking, I enjoy Smiths stories, but I was a bit disappointed in this book. The story itself was pretty fun; however, it also feels a bit half-baked. Lots of things left unexplained or glossed over quickly, and just when the story really starts to take off, it abruptly ends. This one really should have been a novel as opposed to a novella as it needed more story. Overall, while there were things to like, this was an average read at best.
Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Edward Lee's "The Television".
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Finished up Subject 11 by Jeffrey Thomas.
Too weird, too slow, to little payoff at the end.
Starting The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay.
I know this one hasn’t got much praise on the forum, but want to read it before Horror Movie comes out.
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Originally posted by Chuggers View Post
Dead Sea is incredible, that was my introduction to Curran and I've yet to be disappointed....but yeah with the success WHP has had with his back catalog I'm just assuming we're going to eventually get everything he's published in deluxe editions
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
I haven't read anything by Curran, but I keep meaning to. WHP seems to be on a tear with the Curran books. I was this close to pulling the trigger on their lettered of DEAD SEA.
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
My experience was limited to THE RITUAL — which had a great first half — and BANQUET FOR THE DAMNED, which did a nice job of evoking a setting, albeit at the cost of character. This was my first of his recent self-published work, and I won’t be going back to that well. Poor characterization, excruciatingly drawn-out scenes, and a way of writing in a self-aware, almost purple-prose style that utilized overwrought, odd word choice, a very distracting style that I don’t remember from those two aforementioned novels.
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Originally posted by Chuggers View PostCracking open the lettered deluxe WHP edition of Biohazard by Tim Curran
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Originally posted by brlesh View PostAbout halfway through Subject 11, a novella / short novel by Jeffrey Thomas.
At this point, no idea what it’s really about or where it’s going.
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Originally posted by mhatchett View Post
I'm trying his short stories, Some Will not Sleep, so fingers crossed!
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
My experience was limited to THE RITUAL — which had a great first half — and BANQUET FOR THE DAMNED, which did a nice job of evoking a setting, albeit at the cost of character. This was my first of his recent self-published work, and I won’t be going back to that well. Poor characterization, excruciatingly drawn-out scenes, and a way of writing in a self-aware, almost purple-prose style that utilized overwrought, odd word choice, a very distracting style that I don’t remember from those two aforementioned novels.
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Cracking open the lettered deluxe WHP edition of Biohazard by Tim Curran
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About halfway through Subject 11, a novella / short novel by Jeffrey Thomas.
At this point, no idea what it’s really about or where it’s going.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Well, that's a bummer. I was hoping for a great review to give me a reason to try Nevill again. I read The Ritual due to all the rave reviews and really found it to be a slog. There was some good ideas and some great set pieces but it just dragged on and on. In fact, it is the only instance in which I think the movie is so much better than the book. That being said, I've been meaning to try another one of his books because he does seem to have a solid following. Your sparse comments coupled with some reviews I've read has given me the sense that Fiends of Hell is not the one I should try.
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I've read a few Neville books that I've enjoyed, but they were all much longer than they needed to be.
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
….aaannd so much that hope. Oh well, on to the next book.
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