I liked Duma Key, Amy. But I thought Bag of Bones was possibly the best thing he's written. Not the scariest, but the best.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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 - Aug 12, 2011 3:15:43 pm PDT #16019 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
-t - Aug 12, 2011 3:43:20 pm PDT #16020 of 28293
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not on the current topic, but there might be a few Buffistas who need this: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2011 3:46:30 pm PDT #16021 of 28293
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ghost Story is the only one of Straub's stories I found really compelling, but I haven't been able to find Julia to see, so...
Did you try Shadowland? Because that is both scary as hell and gorgeous on the subject of Magic (as performed by stage magicians vs. as performed by "real" magicians).
DawnK - Aug 12, 2011 4:07:48 pm PDT #16022 of 28293
giraffe mode
While Floating Dragon scared the crap out of me, Shadowland has stayed with me. I think I've read it maybe 3 times, and like Frank said, it'll come back and haunt ya.
Amy - Aug 12, 2011 4:25:14 pm PDT #16023 of 28293
Because books.
I don't think I read Shadowland. Maybe I should.
I found it really weird that they had Straub in fiction in the used bookstore, but King in horror (even stuff like The Green Mile ).
Strix - Aug 13, 2011 6:34:34 am PDT #16024 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Was Shadowlands the one with the house? And the kids?
Maybe I'm thinking Elizabeth Hand (whose, BTW, Waking the Moon? I really love. NSM some of her other stuff.)
Now I'm going to have to look for Shadowlands.
juliana - Aug 13, 2011 12:32:08 pm PDT #16025 of 28293
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Tommyknockers will always freak me out, for the reasons described above. But the first half of The Stand is the scariest piece of King's horror I've ever read, period. (Though I have to put in a word for The Mangler ). Gaiman's We Can Get Them For You Wholesale freaked me out, too.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 13, 2011 12:58:25 pm PDT #16026 of 28293
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I know I read Tommyknockers, which was a huge book, staying up all night in sophomore year of high school. I totally don't remember the story though.-- id it have anything to do with menstruation?
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2011 1:04:57 pm PDT #16027 of 28293
brillig
Oh, lord, "The Mangler." And "Breathing Lessons" was fairly freaky, too. Bet they won't be making a movie of that one.
Atropa - Aug 13, 2011 1:04:58 pm PDT #16028 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Was Shadowlands the one with the house? And the kids?
Maybe I'm thinking Elizabeth Hand (whose, BTW, Waking the Moon? I really love. NSM some of her other stuff.)
Yeah, I think you're thinking of Black Light by Elizabeth Hand. I like that one, and Waking the Moon is all sorts of fun.
I haven't read Shadowlands since ... high school? Long enough ago that I don't really remember it. I should pick up a copy the next time I find one at a thrift store.