What are you reading right now?

**Frownland** · 07-28-2015, 12:12 PM

IT has its (heh) moments too, I've come to accept that sort of thing with King.

v2gls · 07-28-2015, 03:49 PM

[QUOTE=The Batlord;1620000]Pet Cemetary is pretty sweet, but as with most Stephen King books, the ending was ruined because King just had to show the monster too much for the sake of a boring climax. Same thing happened with Salem's Lot. That ending was just terrible.

I haven't finished Salem's Lot yet, but once again i am not optimistic with the ending..
I didn't like the endings of The Stand, Bag of bones, Under the dome, It too. He is such a talented author though..

**Frownland** · 07-28-2015, 03:50 PM

The Stand's ending was fucking stupid.

v2gls · 07-28-2015, 04:05 PM

Yes it was.. However, i still believe that it is his best book..
Just forget the last 50 pages

**Frownland** · 07-28-2015, 04:06 PM

A bad ending really spoils my enjoyment of a movie or book. It's why I'm not a fan of (get out your umbrellas, here comes the ****storm) Farenheit 451.

EDIT: Some ******* on the news just spoiled the ending to the new Dr. Seuss book. I was really looking forward to that. Son of a bitch.

LoathsomePete · 07-30-2015, 10:14 AM

The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron

A collection of short stories and a novella by a somewhat recent and very good horror author Laird Barron. He definitely wears his Lovecraft influences on his sleeves but I'd say he's a bit more personable and far more interested in writing protagonists. Definitely a good recommendation if you're into Clive Barker.

Key · 08-01-2015, 11:16 AM

Gonna start reading this today.

Chula Vista · 08-01-2015, 11:18 AM

Bailed on the last one and decided to re-read V for Vendetta instead.

LoathsomePete · 08-01-2015, 12:53 PM

Songs of Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti

God damn, I can see how this author is a huge influence on Nic Pizzolatto. He as a very deliberate and very dark sense of mystery to him that creates a very atmospheric and bleak sense of horror. His status as a cult author for horror is very much well deserved, so if you're a fan of the genre then you owe it to yourself to try and track down some of his stuff for your shelf.

Plankton · 08-06-2015, 09:56 AM

Was over at the xGF's and she had this sitting out:

Here's some of what's inside:

https://www.google.com/search?q=meta...FQlJkgodf_YBxw

07-28-2015, 12:12 PM	#5311 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	IT has its (heh) moments too, I've come to accept that sort of thing with King. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-28-2015, 03:50 PM	#5313 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	The Stand's ending was fucking stupid. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-28-2015, 04:06 PM	#5315 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	A bad ending really spoils my enjoyment of a movie or book. It's why I'm not a fan of (get out your umbrellas, here comes the **storm) Farenheit 451. EDIT: Some ***** on the news just spoiled the ending to the new Dr. Seuss book. I was really looking forward to that. Son of a bitch. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 07-28-2015 at 07:29 PM.

07-30-2015, 10:14 AM	#5316 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron A collection of short stories and a novella by a somewhat recent and very good horror author Laird Barron. He definitely wears his Lovecraft influences on his sleeves but I'd say he's a bit more personable and far more interested in writing protagonists. Definitely a good recommendation if you're into Clive Barker. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

08-01-2015, 11:18 AM	#5318 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Bailed on the last one and decided to re-read V for Vendetta instead. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

07-28-2015, 03:49 PM	#5312 (permalink)
v2gls Groupie Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 39	[QUOTE=The Batlord;1620000]Pet Cemetary is pretty sweet, but as with most Stephen King books, the ending was ruined because King just had to show the monster too much for the sake of a boring climax. Same thing happened with Salem's Lot. That ending was just terrible. I haven't finished Salem's Lot yet, but once again i am not optimistic with the ending.. I didn't like the endings of The Stand, Bag of bones, Under the dome, It too. He is such a talented author though..

07-28-2015, 04:05 PM	#5314 (permalink)
v2gls Groupie Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 39	Yes it was.. However, i still believe that it is his best book.. Just forget the last 50 pages

08-01-2015, 11:16 AM	#5317 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Gonna start reading this today.

08-01-2015, 12:53 PM	#5319 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Songs of Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti God damn, I can see how this author is a huge influence on Nic Pizzolatto. He as a very deliberate and very dark sense of mystery to him that creates a very atmospheric and bleak sense of horror. His status as a cult author for horror is very much well deserved, so if you're a fan of the genre then you owe it to yourself to try and track down some of his stuff for your shelf. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

08-06-2015, 09:56 AM	#5320 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	Was over at the xGF's and she had this sitting out: Here's some of what's inside: https://www.google.com/search?q=meta...FQlJkgodf_YBxw __________________ See location...