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It's going for three quid on Amazon.co.uk. Never used a kindle before in my life though. I might gently caress my eyes up and get it on my phone. edit: Speaking of kindle, here's a few more codes for my book if anyone fancies it. These are for dollars, but if you're a Brit and want one let me know and I'll get one sent out. http://bit.ly/2jVJjXK DH83-6VUK89-6YGK TPU5-G57FUJ-EGSV RY5X-LE9K45-9CEP Drunken Baker fucked around with this message at 09:59 on May 4, 2017 |
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Drunken Baker posted:It's going for three quid on Amazon.co.uk. Never used a kindle before in my life though. I might gently caress my eyes up and get it on my phone. Just picked up a copy (didn't use a code - am in the UK) and will read it once I've finished this book on the KLF. Off-topic, but I'd love to know where you got those codes? I didn't know Amazon allowed us to generate freebie coupons; I always end up using Smashwords for that, which isn't really ideal. Am I missing a trick somewhere? Flopstick fucked around with this message at 10:36 on May 4, 2017 |
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May 4, 2017 10:33
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Cheers mate! They're not technically codes for the book, they're just the exact amount it costs, bought for myself but then I don't use them and pinch the code. So we're kinda working on an honour system here. Haha. Yeah, really sucks that Amazon doesn't have something similar to steam keys.
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May 4, 2017 11:42
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Drunken Baker posted:It's going for three quid on Amazon.co.uk. Never used a kindle before in my life though. I might gently caress my eyes up and get it on my phone. grabbed this, and thanks! This free book better blow my drat mind, etc
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Drunken Baker posted:Cheers mate! Ahhh, that makes sense. Clever workaround though! Will bear that one in mind.
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Drunken Baker posted:It's going for three quid on Amazon.co.uk. Never used a kindle before in my life though. I might gently caress my eyes up and get it on my phone. I grabbed this one. Looking forward to it, thanks!
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Thanks for checking it out! It's not all entirely "cosmic" but it's not standard horror either, hence the "weird" part of the title. I'll whip up some more codes for Monday in case anyone fancies it.
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So I just re-read "The Fold" by Peter Cline and I'm seriously disappointed with the author. if you have a character with a perfect memory (a great subject for a lovecraftian novel) who unintentionally visualizes memory recall as red ants dragging memories into his mind and black ants as dragging (calculated) ideas into his mind, and you've already set up that a symbol of the Ancient (telepathic) Predatory Gods is green cockroaches, you should absolutely have green cockroaches drag terrible things that the character does not want to see but he can't forget into his mind. instead you have a bunch of stupid SciFi references. WTF peter Cline. Cumslut1895 fucked around with this message at 11:34 on May 5, 2017 |
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Cumslut1895 posted:So I just re-read "The Fold" by Peter Cline and I'm seriously disappointed with the author. if you have a character with a perfect memory (a great subject for a lovecraftian novel) who unintentionally visualizes memory recall as red ants dragging memories into his mind and black ants as dragging (calculated) ideas into his mind, and you've already set up that a symbol of the Ancient (telepathic) Predatory Gods is green cockroaches, you should absolutely have green cockroaches drag terrible things that the character does not want to see but he can't forget into his mind.
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anilEhilated posted:Does that book even qualify as cosmic horror? IIRC I gave up very early on since it seemed to have a bog-standard thriller setup. it's light cosmic horror. 14 by the same author is much better. I just don't understand how you can write two novels in the same universe and fail to catch such an obvious plot thread. he's not competent enough for it to have been deliberate.
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Cumslut1895 posted:So I just re-read "The Fold" by Peter Cline and I'm seriously disappointed with the author. if you have a character with a perfect memory (a great subject for a lovecraftian novel) who unintentionally visualizes memory recall as red ants dragging memories into his mind and black ants as dragging (calculated) ideas into his mind, and you've already set up that a symbol of the Ancient (telepathic) Predatory Gods is green cockroaches, you should absolutely have green cockroaches drag terrible things that the character does not want to see but he can't forget into his mind. What a really great premise. Too bad it sounds like it was foiled by the enemy of all good ideas: the author being a dumb gently caress.
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Cumslut1895 posted:So I just re-read "The Fold" by Peter Cline and I'm seriously disappointed with the author. if you have a character with a perfect memory (a great subject for a lovecraftian novel) who unintentionally visualizes memory recall as red ants dragging memories into his mind and black ants as dragging (calculated) ideas into his mind, and you've already set up that a symbol of the Ancient (telepathic) Predatory Gods is green cockroaches, you should absolutely have green cockroaches drag terrible things that the character does not want to see but he can't forget into his mind. Does he use the ants for anything? That seems like so much work for no payout.
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To the guy asking about weird-movie books, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing by Nicholas Rombes has plenty of that.
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So, this thread is pretty long, and I perused the first ten or so pages. I stick mainly to audiobooks these days and went ahead and downloaded A Colder War and That Which Should Not Be. Are there any inarguable good modern(90s and later?) mythos books, or books that really have that feeling of dread that is created when mortals come into contact with the unknowable? I noticed some of you mentioned Dead Space, which had an even more Mythos inspired ending than I could've anticipated what with necromorphs merely being the spawn of planet size alien entities that consume all sentient life on worlds.
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Skyscraper posted:Does he use the ants for anything? That seems like so much work for no payout. No, his whole memory thing had no effect on the story.
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Uroboros posted:So, this thread is pretty long, and I perused the first ten or so pages. I stick mainly to audiobooks these days and went ahead and downloaded A Colder War and That Which Should Not Be. Langan's The Fisherman fits that description, though someone in this thread hated it. Barron's The Croning would probably be a less controversial choice.
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Cumslut1895 posted:No, his whole memory thing had no effect on the story. Oh, then he was totally going for that exact thing you mentioned, and forgot halfway through, or someone else finished the book or something. Or someone else wrote that first part and he ran with it and hosed it up. Like, someone thought of that payoff at some point and then it got lost, I don't believe for a minute that anyone would introduce such an obvious set-up without meaning to pay it off at some point.
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Skyscraper posted:Oh, then he was totally going for that exact thing you mentioned, and forgot halfway through, or someone else finished the book or something. Or someone else wrote that first part and he ran with it and hosed it up. Like, someone thought of that payoff at some point and then it got lost, I don't believe for a minute that anyone would introduce such an obvious set-up without meaning to pay it off at some point. My hope is there's still plans for it in future books, since the way things end in both 14 and The Fold are definitely set up for things to keep going. I liked 14 a lot and I had high hopes for The Fold, since it started out as super-science adventure then whoops COSMIC HORROR. But it had missteps like not addressing the roaches or the ants. The roaches are common to both books, and they appear to exhibit, if not agency, some kind of emergent behavior so I'll be super disappointed if he has no plans to address either.
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Just finished Worlds of Hurt by Brian Hodge and loved it. What collection should I get next? It seems like his work is scattered around a bunch of different publishers and anthologies.
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Uroboros posted:So, this thread is pretty long, and I perused the first ten or so pages. I stick mainly to audiobooks these days and went ahead and downloaded A Colder War and That Which Should Not Be. Blindsight!
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Uroboros posted:A Colder War Thanks for reminding me to do my usual yearly read. 
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Uroboros posted:So, this thread is pretty long, and I perused the first ten or so pages. I stick mainly to audiobooks these days and went ahead and downloaded A Colder War and That Which Should Not Be. I feel like the Southern Reach trilogy is king of dread and unknowable entities when it comes to recent stuff. At the very least Annihilation is worth a read, and if you love it it's worth getting through the somewhat slowly-paced Authority. Acceptance is a good finish to the trilogy.
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Should also probably note that That Which Should Not Be isn't very scary or good. Gonna second Blindsight and Southern Reach, while neither of them markets themselves as outright horror, they are definitely thought-provoking and chilling reads. With the Southern Reach books, the thing is it switches to a different kind of horror for Authority - it's the more existential feeling of everything "ordinary" gradually collapsing about you. A lot of people don't like it or think it's slow, but it's my favorite book in the trilogy.
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Chas McGill posted:Just finished Worlds of Hurt by Brian Hodge and loved it. What collection should I get next? It seems like his work is scattered around a bunch of different publishers and anthologies. A little late on this, but... Falling Idols is the closest to Worlds of Hurt from a thematic viewpoint, so that'd be my recommendation. The Convulsion Factory was Hodge's first collection, and is full of stories written early in his career, when Clive Barker was one of the biggest influences on new horror writers. Hodge is the superior writer, but the stories in this collection cover a lot of the same ground as Barker's work; take from that what you will. Lies and Ugliness is a great sampler, so to speak, because it doesn't focus on any one particular sort of story. This is also not a bad place to start. I haven't read Picking the Bones yet, so I can't comment on it. I'd also recommend grabbing his novella Whom the Gods Would Destory because it's just loving amazing. anilEhilated posted:Should also probably note that That Which Should Not Be isn't very scary or good. It's...alright. The sequel is where it gets bad, reading more like a summary of someone's CoC campaign than a novel. I prefer The Void of all of Talley's books; it's deeply flawed, but touches on a few story elements that really intrigued me.
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The Folio Society just released two new versions of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, including this limited edition. Their stuff is too expensive (take a look at the Letterpress Shakespeare, for example), but I do like their work.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:The Folio Society just released two new versions of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, including this limited edition. Their stuff is too expensive (take a look at the Letterpress Shakespeare, for example), but I do like their work. Hmm... quote:ITEMS ORDERED I am weak 
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God I wish Peter Watts worked faster Also, I don't know if it was in this thread or I'm half-remembering something from another but I've been looking for this one short story that's basically hinting at a grander cosmic horror/sublime indifference to human consciousness. All I remember is two people (kids?) In a boat rowing down a river and moving towards some reeds and the narrator is gripped by realizing the chthonic consciousness of all life...or something. If any of you guys know I'd love you forever. Cumslut1895 posted:We need to find a way to destroy his consciousness  Seasonal Candles fucked around with this message at 05:25 on May 19, 2017 |
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Seasonal Candles posted:God I wish Peter Watts worked faster We need to find a way to destroy his consciousness
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Ornamented Death posted:Hmm... I'm seriously considering ordering that version too ... but the other one is really pretty ... but it's so expensive ... but ... I ordered a few books from there for my wife for her birthday, and it was a huge pain in the balls. My bank declined the payment because it was overseas; and then I tried it via phone call to London and it didn't work; and then I called the bank for pre-approval and I was on hold with them for half an hour to get it approved but it STILL didn't work; and then I was transferred to a higher manager so I had to order it again and have them PUSH it through ... that finally worked.
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Seasonal Candles posted:God I wish Peter Watts worked faster That sounds very similar to The Willows
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Ornamented Death posted:Hmm... I dithered with my hand over the button for several minutes, but I don't think I can justify yet another HPL collection; not after dropping several hundred on the Girasol facsimile WT editions a couple of years ago. I would like to read that intro by Moore though.
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RentACop posted:That sounds very similar to The Willows That's exactly it. Thank you
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Speaking of The Willows: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beehivebooks/illustrated-classics-by-pope-shimizu-and-sienkiewi/description
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GrandpaPants posted:Speaking of The Willows: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beehivebooks/illustrated-classics-by-pope-shimizu-and-sienkiewi/description Sienkiewicz doing Dr Moreau sounds dooooope
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Some of you may be interested in this. Kickstarter LIVE HERE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1721105501/the-yellow-king-roleplaying-game-from-robin-d-laws?ref=nav_search  http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/announcing-the-yellow-king-rpg/ quote:Written and designed by GUMSHOE master Robin D. Laws, YKRPG takes you on a brain-bending spiral through multiple selves and timelines.   
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Seeing that post reminded me: According to the Delta Green Facebook there is going to be soon a Kickstarter for The King in Yellow illustrated and annotated. The art they have posted looks gorgeous.
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There was some talk about The Lost Citadel anthology (with a Brian Hodge story) back in January, it wasn't available to non-backers at the time. The RPG is now on kickstarter and is funded with 10 days to go. Looks like its $25 for a print version of the RPG and the anthology, $57 for both in pdf with extras. It doesn't say if you get the fiction early since it is done already but there are a couple of short stories from the setting linked under the FAQ. The kickstarter says it is the first opportunity to get the anthology, and that it will be coming later as part of Green Ronin's new fiction imprint Nisaba.
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bagrada posted:There was some talk about The Lost Citadel anthology (with a Brian Hodge story) back in January, it wasn't available to non-backers at the time. The RPG is now on kickstarter and is funded with 10 days to go. Looks like its $25 for a print version of the RPG and the anthology, $57 for both in pdf with extras. It doesn't say if you get the fiction early since it is done already but there are a couple of short stories from the setting linked under the FAQ. This is a good anthology. You basically have a lot of horror authors writing fantasy and they are not (or not as) familiar with the tropes so the stories take some interesting turns.
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Worlds of Hurt is only $1.99 on Amazon, used to be $3.99
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