Hee, I believe it, Megan.
Dana, Castle is ok bedtime reading, but Hill House is NOT.
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strix - Jul 07, 2010 7:12:58 pm PDT #11705 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
megan walker - Jul 07, 2010 7:18:19 pm PDT #11706 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Dana, Castle is ok bedtime reading, but Hill House is NOT.
Very much this.
Anything else that has to be on this classic horror list? Does The Thirteenth Tale belong?
Dracula
(Bram Stoker)
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(Washington Irving)
The Phantom of the Opera
(Gaston Leroux)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Oscar Wilde)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
(Ann Radcliffe)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Turn of the Screw
(Henry James)
Uncle Silas
(Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Short Stories
“The Body-Snatcher” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
“The Mark of the Beast” (Rudyard Kipling)
The Stories of Ambrose Bierce (esp. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”)
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (esp. “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”)
The Stories of Théophile Gautier (“The Mummy's Foot,” “La Morte Amoureuse”)
“The Withered Arm” (Thomas Hardy)
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
The Haunting of Hill House
(Shirley Jackson)
The Return
(Walter De la Mare)
Salem's Lot
(Stephen King)
The Shining
(Stephen King)
The Thirteenth Tale
(Diane Setterfield)
Strix - Jul 07, 2010 7:22:56 pm PDT #11707 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm, I prefer Carmilla for Le Fanu, but I am boring.
What about Lovecraft?
Kathy A - Jul 07, 2010 7:27:24 pm PDT #11708 of 28343
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'd add The Lottery.
Atropa - Jul 07, 2010 7:28:59 pm PDT #11709 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
"Pickman's Model" by Lovecraft.
Amy - Jul 07, 2010 7:29:09 pm PDT #11710 of 28343
Because books.
For 20th century, I would add The Other or Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon. Peter Straub's Julia is another good choice. You could also add King's story collection, Night Shift, which is excellent.
Strix - Jul 07, 2010 7:35:01 pm PDT #11711 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, I was thinking Ghost Story; I haven't read Julia, but I need to.
Night Shift is really a good collection. I quite like the prequel to Salem's Lot.
megan walker - Jul 07, 2010 7:35:30 pm PDT #11712 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmm, I prefer Carmilla for Le Fanu, but I am boring.
I am open to suggestions as I haven't read anything by Le Fanu and was really only going on basic descriptions.
Note: The participants (salonees?) don't have to pick something from the list, it is really only to provide suggestions and to get an idea if they are interested in the topic. It is very buffista in that we vote on topics via anonymous survey.
Strix - Jul 07, 2010 7:37:40 pm PDT #11713 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Salonistes?
Carmilla is classic lesbian-toned vampire, and quite good. But Le Fanu is good, overall.
megan walker - Jul 07, 2010 7:44:21 pm PDT #11714 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Salonistes?
Perfect.