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07-28-2015, 01:12 PM | #5311 (permalink) |
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IT has its (heh) moments too, I've come to accept that sort of thing with King.
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07-28-2015, 04:49 PM | #5312 (permalink) |
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[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, 04:50 PM | #5313 (permalink) |
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The Stand's ending was fucking stupid.
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07-28-2015, 05:06 PM | #5315 (permalink) |
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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.
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07-30-2015, 11:14 AM | #5316 (permalink) |
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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. |
08-01-2015, 12:18 PM | #5318 (permalink) |
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Bailed on the last one and decided to re-read V for Vendetta instead.
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08-01-2015, 01:53 PM | #5319 (permalink) |
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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. |
08-06-2015, 10:56 AM | #5320 (permalink) |
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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
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