Horror books

FranPZ · 06-06-2016, 02:48 PM

What are your favourite horror books and stories?
I have a complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poetries, but for now my favourite horror books are Shining and Salem's lot by Stephen King. Now I'm reading IT, it's very well written. I think Stephen King could really be the King of horror.

**Frownland** · 06-06-2016, 02:54 PM

The short story The Yellow Wallpaper is one of my favourites. I've never read anything else by Charlotte Perkins Gilman though.

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/literatureof...Wall-Paper.pdf

FranPZ · 06-06-2016, 03:13 PM

Never heard her name before. I'll read her story as soon as possible

Chula Vista · 06-06-2016, 03:15 PM

Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
The Colour Out of Space - HP Lovecraft
The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
I Am Legend - Richard Mathesan
The Mist - Stephen King
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
American Gods - Neil Gaiman

And about a few dozen more that I can't think of at the moment.

FranPZ · 06-06-2016, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
The Colour Out of Space - HP Lovecraft
The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
I Am Legend - Richard Mathesan
The Mist - Stephen King
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
American Gods - Neil Gaiman

And about a few dozen more that I can't think of at the moment.

The Mist is in my "next books to buy" list.
Oh, I also have a collection of all Lovecraft's works.

**Frownland** · 06-06-2016, 05:05 PM

Lovecraft goes without saying.

kibbeh · 06-06-2016, 05:33 PM

i recently read frankenstein in baghdad by ahmed saadawi which was a really cool book. i think they're working on an english translation.

'Hadi al-Attag lives in the populous al-Bataween district of Baghdad. In the Spring of 2005, he takes the body parts of those killed in explosions and sews them together to create a new body. When a displaced soul enters the body, a new being comes to life. Hadi call it ‘the-what's-its-name’; the authorities name it ‘Criminal X’ and others refer to it as ‘Frankenstein’. Frankenstein begins a campaign of revenge against those who killed it, or killed the parts constituting its body. As well as following Frankenstein’s story, Frankenstein in Baghdad follows a number of connected characters, such as General Surur Majid of the Department of Investigation, who is responsible for pursuing the mysterious criminal and Mahmoud al-Sawadi, a young journalist who gets the chance to interview Frankenstein. Frankenstein in Baghdad offers a panoramic view of a city where people live in fear of the unknown, unable to act in solidarity, haunted by the unknown identity of the criminal who targets them all.'

The Batlord · 06-06-2016, 06:08 PM

WTF I have to read that weirdness.

kibbeh · 06-06-2016, 06:55 PM

Penguin books will be releasing a translation, although i am not sure when exactly

https://arablit.org/2015/01/09/onewo...in-in-baghdad/

whipsy48 · 07-16-2016, 07:50 AM

Goth-Otsuichi
Yukio Mishima
Edgar allan Poe
Lovecraft
Shiirley Jackson
Kafka-The Penal Colony

Just some of my favorites.

06-06-2016, 02:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
FranPZ Music Addict Join Date: May 2016 Location: Southern Italy Posts: 103	Horror books What are your favourite horror books and stories? I have a complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poetries, but for now my favourite horror books are Shining and Salem's lot by Stephen King. Now I'm reading IT, it's very well written. I think Stephen King could really be the King of horror.

06-06-2016, 02:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The short story The Yellow Wallpaper is one of my favourites. I've never read anything else by Charlotte Perkins Gilman though. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/literatureof...Wall-Paper.pdf __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-06-2016, 03:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Ghost Story - Peter Straub Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury Song of Kali - Dan Simmons The Colour Out of Space - HP Lovecraft The Damnation Game - Clive Barker I Am Legend - Richard Mathesan The Mist - Stephen King The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson American Gods - Neil Gaiman And about a few dozen more that I can't think of at the moment. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

06-06-2016, 05:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Lovecraft goes without saying. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-06-2016, 03:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
FranPZ Music Addict Join Date: May 2016 Location: Southern Italy Posts: 103	Never heard her name before. I'll read her story as soon as possible

06-06-2016, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
kibbeh kibbeh Join Date: May 2016 Location: nowhere Posts: 648	i recently read frankenstein in baghdad by ahmed saadawi which was a really cool book. i think they're working on an english translation. 'Hadi al-Attag lives in the populous al-Bataween district of Baghdad. In the Spring of 2005, he takes the body parts of those killed in explosions and sews them together to create a new body. When a displaced soul enters the body, a new being comes to life. Hadi call it ‘the-what's-its-name’; the authorities name it ‘Criminal X’ and others refer to it as ‘Frankenstein’. Frankenstein begins a campaign of revenge against those who killed it, or killed the parts constituting its body. As well as following Frankenstein’s story, Frankenstein in Baghdad follows a number of connected characters, such as General Surur Majid of the Department of Investigation, who is responsible for pursuing the mysterious criminal and Mahmoud al-Sawadi, a young journalist who gets the chance to interview Frankenstein. Frankenstein in Baghdad offers a panoramic view of a city where people live in fear of the unknown, unable to act in solidarity, haunted by the unknown identity of the criminal who targets them all.'

06-06-2016, 06:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
kibbeh kibbeh Join Date: May 2016 Location: nowhere Posts: 648	Penguin books will be releasing a translation, although i am not sure when exactly https://arablit.org/2015/01/09/onewo...in-in-baghdad/

07-16-2016, 07:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
whipsy48 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 21	Goth-Otsuichi Yukio Mishima Edgar allan Poe Lovecraft Shiirley Jackson Kafka-The Penal Colony Just some of my favorites.