Skip to comments.
With autumn coming on I need a good horror novel. Suggestions? (vanity)
me ^
| 09/14/08
| Artemis Webb
Posted on 09/14/2008 10:43:19 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
Autumn is coming on and it feels like Halloween in southwest Missouri.
My wife and I were thinking of some seasonal reading.
So what do YOU recommend? Scare me!
TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bookreview; books; horror; reading; readinglist
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 next last
To: Artemis Webb
Barack has written a couple that”ll keep you up all night
2
posted on
09/14/2008 10:45:04 AM PDT
by
MNlurker
To: Artemis Webb
“The Audacity of Hope” by B.H. Obama
Scarey as all get out.
To: MNlurker
To: Artemis Webb
5
posted on
09/14/2008 10:46:55 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: MNlurker
Audacity of Dupe by B.Hussein Obambi with help from Stephen King , Bob Woodward and a comatose Bill Casey .
6
posted on
09/14/2008 10:47:22 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
To: Artemis Webb
7
posted on
09/14/2008 10:48:34 AM PDT
by
Krankor
(Are you claiming you eat toucans or)
To: Artemis Webb
A truly frightening tale about lies, deception and millions of mind numbed zombies trying to take over our country.
8
posted on
09/14/2008 10:49:24 AM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: Artemis Webb
I can't stand Stephen King now, but The Shining scared the crap out of me when I read it many years ago. It was scary, too, up until the end. I am assuming those are old news, though. ; )
9
posted on
09/14/2008 10:51:29 AM PDT
by
conservative cat
("In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. " -MT)
To: Artemis Webb
Okay I’ll bite. It ain’t new and it is non-fiction, but “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston is one of the scariest things I ever read.
10
posted on
09/14/2008 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
To: Artemis Webb
Any of the Dave Robicheaux novels by James Lee Burke. There’s always an undercurrent of ghostliness.
Try Pegasus Descending, or Tin Roof Blowdown.
To: Artemis Webb
I’d say just follow the election reporting.
12
posted on
09/14/2008 10:55:16 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When you bang your forehead on the ground five times a day, you get brain damage.)
To: conservative cat
"It was scary, too, up until the end." I totally agree about It. I thought the memories of the woman when she was forced to wash the dishes as a little girl was one of the scariest things I've ever read. The end though was just awful and lame.
13
posted on
09/14/2008 10:55:38 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(Sarah Palin: Babies, Guns, Jesus. HOT DAMN!)
To: Artemis Webb
An oldie but the scariest thing I ever read, Salems’s Lot by Stephen King.
14
posted on
09/14/2008 10:57:27 AM PDT
by
verga
(I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
To: Artemis Webb
Great book written by Vincent Bugliosi “And The Sea Will Tell” about a saling couple murdered out on Palmyra Island in 1974......The movie was even better.
15
posted on
09/14/2008 11:02:12 AM PDT
by
geege
To: Artemis Webb
I'm also in MO, and around this time every year is when I get the newest volumes in the series
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, ed. Ellen Datlow,Gavin Link, & Kelly Link, and the
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, ed. Stephen Jones. The Datlow series is up to volume 22; the Jones one is up to volume 19. I would also recommend
October Dreams, ed Chizmar and Morrish. It is an anthology of Halloween related stories, mostly horror but a few gentler fantasy stories. Each story is followed up by a recounting the author's favorite Halloween memory. Very enjoyable.
I think horror works best as short stories, so I'll let others list novels.
To: Artemis Webb
I know exactly what you mean, with the weather turning cooler I’ve been looking for some good scary books, too.
I recently got out “Rosemary’s Baby” for the millionth time. You can’t go wrong with the devil worshipping elderly. It’s very similar to the movie, but still a good worthwhile read.
I also enjoy Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Agent Pendergast series. Mysteries with a bit of a supernatural twist. I’m listening to “Reliquary” on audio book now.
Old Stephen King is always good, too. “Carrie” still scares the tar out of me. IMO, the movie does not do it justice.
If you are looking for “true” ghost stories, I really enjoyed Brad Steiger’s, “Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places.” Sometimes Steiger is really “out there”, but this is one is a lot of well-know stories. My favorite is the one about the two women who around 1900 (I think) allege they traveled back in time at Versailles. It also includes a lot of pictures and while some you look at and think, “So fake!” some will give you a chill.
17
posted on
09/14/2008 11:03:44 AM PDT
by
retrokitten
(President and CEO of the Agent Frowny Fan Club)
To: Artemis Webb
Even if you’ve read it years ago... pick up Salem’s Lot again.
18
posted on
09/14/2008 11:04:08 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("Duck I says... ")
To: Artemis Webb
I havent read it yet but Ive heard some very good buzz about The Monster of Florence.
http://www.amazon.com/M-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/0446581194/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221414543&sr=1-1
Its not exactly a horror novel but it has some of the elements. It is the supposedly true story of an American crime author vacationing in Italy who meets an Italian investigator looking into the unsolved murders of a very real serial killer (one who impart inspired the Hannibal Lechter character) and how in a twist of fate, they both became suspects.
It’s on my list of books to read this fall.
19
posted on
09/14/2008 11:06:51 AM PDT
by
Caramelgal
(a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer except that you have actual responsibilies)
To: johnny7
I’d go with “the Stand” by king, you’ll never stand next to
someone coughing in the check out line AGAIN.
20
posted on
09/14/2008 11:06:51 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson