I second the "Meep" for Straub. Always loved his character driven poetic horror.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
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Typo Boy - May 11, 2006 9:49:56 pm PDT #6705 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Volans - May 11, 2006 10:29:31 pm PDT #6706 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Even thinking about the opening of "Hill House" raises my goosebumps. Very MEEP for Straub indeed!
Jilli, that's just lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Topic!Cindy - May 12, 2006 3:06:42 am PDT #6707 of 10001
What is even happening?
Ah Jilli. No wonder you're you. What a letter.
§ ita § - May 12, 2006 3:57:13 am PDT #6708 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't read any Straub other than The Talisman which wasn't all him. But I loved it. From hearing the squee, I might go a little farther and read a little more.
SailAweigh - May 12, 2006 4:42:19 am PDT #6709 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
You guys can squee all you want over Straub, that means all the CQY is left for me!! I love her St. Germaine stories. She set my expectations for all vampires with her stories and ruined me for anyone else. By anyone else, I mean Rice, and what's to ruin, there? Ugh.
Volans - May 12, 2006 5:17:11 am PDT #6710 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Ah, that's where I know her name from. Thus the vampire at the Santa Fe Opera story. Awesome.
deborah grabien - May 12, 2006 5:55:08 am PDT #6711 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
ita, I write ghost stories, and I am severely fussy about horror writers. As in, there are maybe three of them I'll read.
"Ghost Story" - to me - is the best horror novel written since Shirley Jackson wrote "The Haunting of Hill House".
Unbefucklinglievable. He hits every note. He just gets it.
And he writes like an angel.
I'm thinking you might love "Shadowland" and "If You Could See Me Now."
Amy - May 12, 2006 6:04:58 am PDT #6712 of 10001
Because books.
If You Could See Me Now was gorgeous and spooky and nostalgic.
I feel like rereading all of his books now. Even though Floating Dragon fricking terrified me.
deborah grabien - May 12, 2006 6:16:18 am PDT #6713 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I feel like rereading all of his books now. Even though Floating Dragon fricking terrified me.
All of them. "Julia" is so chilly and pristine and terrifying, I can barely read it. And "Ghost Story" - oh man. "Could you defeat a dream, a poem, a cloud?"
Allyson - May 12, 2006 8:51:23 am PDT #6714 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
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