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Old 09-22-2016, 01:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I'd read Sebald for the more introspective stuff. It must be nice to be able to read the original German version too (though there was a LOT of work put into the English translation, and it shows).

My other choice would be Turn of the Screw to start with because it's short, it's legitimately scary, and it's got ambiguity that opens up analysis and theories out the *******.

I'm guessing you've read Silence and...Hamlet?
Like, for someone who isn't scared by movies and books? Would love some literature that actually make me nervous to go outside at night to smoke a cigarette.
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Like, for someone who isn't scared by movies and books? Would love some literature that actually make me nervous to go outside at night to smoke a cigarette.
Yes, depending on how realism affects you.
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Yes, depending on how realism affects you.
I think it's more the lack of direct interaction that leaves me unscared. I love a lot of horror movies and books, but for reasons other than adrenaline flashbacks. Video games can scare the pants off of me though. Will read Turn of the Screw.
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Anyone read Lem's The Investigation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Investigation
It's amazing and I also remember being really scared, when I read it for the first time. I was pretty young though. Still, a fascinatingly creepy story.
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I think it's more the lack of direct interaction that leaves me unscared. I love a lot of horror movies and books, but for reasons other than adrenaline flashbacks. Video games can scare the pants off of me though. Will read Turn of the Screw.
Well it might not scare you in that case but you should still read it.
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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
World War Z by Max Brooks
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Infinite Jest by Savid Foster Wallace
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
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Infinite Jest by Savid Foster Wallace
I have this savid on my harddrive but haven't gotten around to finishing it.

And damn, is WWZ really that good?
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The way the book is crafted just really hit with me. Some of the stories in there are just out of this world good.
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The way the book is crafted just really hit with me. Some of the stories in there are just out of this world good.
I like their idea of zombies in the movie (especially the part with the wall), but it failed everywhere else so I didn't really ever think to check out the book.
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William Shakespeare: Hamlet (granted that you have the time and will for some in-depth analysis)
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