Storm drains had a whole new creepiness after It.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 8:39:12 am PDT #20603 of 28368
Because books.
DebetEsse - Apr 08, 2013 8:45:23 am PDT #20604 of 28368
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I've only had footnotes thus far,but, yes. I basically always read footnotes and appendices.
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:45:26 am PDT #20605 of 28368
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I tried to get into HoL but was all "Meh."
Storm drains had a whole new creepiness after It.
For sure! Whenever someone approaches a storm drain in a movie or TV show, I'm like "Don't do it! TIM CURRY IS GOING TO RIP YOUR ARM OFF!"
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2013 8:47:52 am PDT #20606 of 28368
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've only had footnotes thus far,but, yes. I basically always read footnotes and appendices.
There is at least one appendix that I recommend reading when it becomes relevant rather than at the end. I forget how many there are, but I think you'll know it when you hit it.
Ginger - Apr 08, 2013 11:21:36 am PDT #20607 of 28368
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I finished Salem's Lot at about 3 a.m., and then got up and made sure I had garlic.
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2013 11:28:36 am PDT #20608 of 28368
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Salem's Lot had me keeping a close eye on the closet in my bedroom for quite a while.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2013 11:50:05 am PDT #20609 of 28368
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
King novels tend to be so overblown and everything-but-the-kitchen-sink that I don't find them scary. I think From a Buick 8 was the last long-form work of his that made me feel creeped out, and only in brief stretches. His short stories are a lot more powerful, though. "1408," "The Man in the Black Suit," and "The Monkey" all made my skin crawl.
meara - Apr 08, 2013 11:51:59 am PDT #20610 of 28368
I don't usually read super scary novels, but sometimes like the Bones type stuff...but the first time I read a book in that particular series (many many years ago) was in Montreal, alone, in a creepy hotel room. Serial killer stalking the city I was in? Not a good plan. Much easier when he's stalking more fictional-seeming places!!
Atropa - Apr 08, 2013 11:52:57 am PDT #20611 of 28368
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What's everyone's "worst(best?) book to read alone in the house late at night?"
"The Haunting of Hill House". It will creep me out even if I read it in bright daylight.
Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan used to be that way for me, but I haven't reread it in forever, so I don't know if it would still creep me out as badly. Well, okay, I don't know if the non-spider parts would creep me out as badly; I'm certain that my phobia would keep me jittering for a huge part of the book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2013 11:55:45 am PDT #20612 of 28368
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've mentioned that The Night Flyer was the first story in a book I bought from an airport newsstand before discovering that I'd be flying a 12-seater into Peoria through what turned out to be a tornado cell, right? Who cares about vampires, it has a small plane crashing during a storm!