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ArtursL
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 Posted: Sun, 28th Oct 2007 22:45 Post subject: Cant decide what book to get |
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My friend wants to buy a good horror book, preferably by H.P. Lovecraft or Clive Barker. Seeing as he doesn't have any experience with neither of these authors what would you suggest based on personal experiences, what are the pros and cons of each author?
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Oct 2007 22:47 Post subject: |
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Well, I have The Six Books Of Blood by Clive Barker
they are really good
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Ankh
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 06:09 Post subject: |
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Anyone by Lovecraft is good
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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deelix
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 08:57 Post subject: |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 08:58 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: | | The Bible, great read. |
agreed, great fictional writing  |
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 11:57 Post subject: Re: Cant decide what book to get |
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| ArtursL wrote: | | My friend wants to buy a good horror book, preferably by H.P. Lovecraft or Clive Barker. Seeing as he doesn't have any experience with neither of these authors what would you suggest based on personal experiences, what are the pros and cons of each author? |
Lovecraft can be overrated. At the Mountains of Madness is a very long confusing and a plodding read. He's a genius, but completely barmy. His obsession with the occult and the Cthulhu God he goes on about can be a grind.
Clive Barker is pretty good, the Books of Blood, actually genre defining, in the sense that it's real original British style horror writing, very strange, creepy, bloody and unrelentingly dark. Not at all like James Herbert, or Stephen King, who's writing I think tend to overdramatize, and be overly sentimental.
The first Hellraiser film captures Barkers writing very well, and can be picked up in his book The Hellbound Heart. Weaveworld is ok, but kind of feels overly ambitious.
I'd very much recommend Edgar Allan Poe, and more recently the lesser known, but far superior too King, Richard Laymon.
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 12:52 Post subject: |
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Another good book by Barker is The Damnation Game...that was a good read
not as good as the six books of blood but good read none the less
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ArtursL
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 15:05 Post subject: |
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damn, now I want one of Clive Barker's books for myself, so I will probably buy it some time soon. Thx everyone for advice!
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 15:13 Post subject: |
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u refering to the books like they cost a fortune and u need someone suggestion before u get it
how expensive are they wherever u live?
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 17:16 Post subject: |
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| SycoShaman wrote: | Another good book by Barker is The Damnation Game...that was a good read
not as good as the six books of blood but good read none the less |
Yeah, every artist has a defining work, and the Books of Blood set Barker right up amongst the best Horror around.
Criticaly written at a time during Thatchers era of minors strikes, depressed industrial decline, and free market obsessed money grabbing yuppie elites... dark choatic worlds reflecting back against the dustructive greed of eighties Britain. A metaphorical appocalypse
The books are like an unconcious reflex action against this. Others followed in a simerlar vain such as Neil Gaiman... this is the best kind of fiction. Once Barker went state side and started working with Hollywood, it all went a bit tame and down hill. Shame.
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ArtursL
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 18:45 Post subject: |
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Mortibus you cant buy these books where I live (Latvia) so im ordering em from...well, whatever place has em. And heck, I dont want to waste my money on book I will not like, why should I risk when buying a book if I can always ask opinion of people
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2007 20:02 Post subject: |
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I always check out books in flemarkets and second hand book stores. Libraries if the books are advail to public in your country.
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| Posted: Sat, 10th Nov 2007 23:50 Post subject: |
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i love DREAD , the segment when he saw the fotos brrrr was a scary story
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