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i'm looking for some horror books to read suggest me some cosmic horror is best but i'm not picky
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:33 |
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The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:35 |
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Matoi Ryuko posted:The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. yep came here to post this, gently caress you for having an anime avatar though.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:36 |
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4outof5 posted:yep came here to post this, gently caress you for having an anime avatar though.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:38 |
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4outof5 posted:yep came here to post this, gently caress you for having an anime avatar though.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:39 |
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Serious post version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWSYu2yW_kw Widely considered the 'first gothic novel.' This book has some interesting fake-history the author made up in a forward for it which he tried to pass off as real. Because I guess he didn't feel the quality of the work itself was enough to persuade people to enjoy the book or something, which is kinda sad since in hindsight he created a classic. The book deals with curses, overpowering dread, tragedy, nightmarish unreality bleeding into reality, and an atmosphere so thick you can practically feel the chill of damp castle walls. The audiobook is public domain but you could also get a library copy and read it too. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Jul 12, 2014 |
# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:42 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:43 |
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Tons more FREE public domain horror novels on that youtube channel I linked for that video by the way. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8Bg-tQKShZRZhe610SC-Q Lots of stuff to go through - including old UK penny-dreadfuls. And of course, all of HP Lovecraft. Including his masterwork novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2iSmE129uQ
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 12:49 |
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Other than Lovecraft, for cosmic horror it's pretty hard to beat Thomas Ligotti, though he can be hard to find. Short stories, very Lovecraft-inspired but more contemporary and self-aware, a major influence on True Detective, which was pretty good cosmic horror for a detective show. A lesser-known horror book, Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon. Couple trying to repair their marriage moves to a small village where people seem to care quite a lot about following the old traditions. Slow burner but gets pretty creepy. In a similar vein, Robert Marasco's Burnt Offerings is about a family that gets a great deal for the summer, renting a mansion on Long Island for practically nothing. Genuinely unsettling.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:09 |
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ty for recommendations i have read ligotti, i actually didn't like teatro grottesco that much. his other stuff isn't available on kindle in australia so i can't read any of the others
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:15 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:17 |
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Doom House - the novelization Serious like, I enjoyed Blood Crazy bySimon Clark.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:26 |
Algernon Blackwood is a proto-lovecraft in all the good ways and bad ways and most of his work is public domain. You also have Arthur Machen and the first 3 stories in Robert Chambers novella the King in Yellow. Phil Niekro fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Jul 12, 2014 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:27 |
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Kill you're famil- A novel by bendyman.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:28 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:36 |
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Your mothers flaps. Its two pages and its horrific.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:37 |
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Druon Antigoon Children's Book is about the dreaded Druon Antigoon, some kind of massive troll! Look at those poor doomed goons crossing that bridge, walking right into the trolls greedy hands. They never should have left the basement. Goon lore right here.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:40 |
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ghost stories of an antiquary haunting of hill house hell house stir of echoes the exorcist the dark country october country the terror the house next door books of blood pixelbaron fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Jul 12, 2014 |
# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:41 |
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China Mieville - Looking for Jake and other stories has a great contemporary horror story called Looking for Jake in it, and some other stories too.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:48 |
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Duma Key, by Stephen King, is one of my favorite horror/paranormal reads. I can recommend it only if you like long, enjoyably slow paced stories though.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 13:54 |
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The Jaunt is creepy as poo poo and you can read it in like 20 minutes. Also The Mist. And Survivor Type.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 14:50 |
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Not -exactly- a horror story but give it a try if you haven't already. It's one of those "you should've read this by now" stories. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5200/5200-h/5200-h.htm
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:04 |
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Simon Numbers posted:Kill you're famil- A novel by bendyman. "A real chiller. If you like being scared you will like this book." - Stephen King
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:08 |
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...of SCIENCE! posted:The Jaunt is creepy as poo poo and you can read it in like 20 minutes. Also The Mist. And Survivor Type. This Also "The Yellow Wallpaper" is some good psychological horror.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:10 |
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I liked The Ruins by Scott Smith but it's quite possible i'm retarded
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:17 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkmW_j9IhAA&hd=1
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:20 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:21 |
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...of SCIENCE! posted:The Jaunt is creepy as poo poo and you can read it in like 20 minutes. Also The Mist. And Survivor Type. Most Stephen King short stories are creepy/awesome. Especially the older ones. OP pick up an early collection of King short stories.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:23 |
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cujo? I am Legend?
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:24 |
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Phil Niekro posted:Robert Chambers novella the King in Yellow. This is a good suggestion, give the first story a try at least and see if you like the style. It has some of the Lovecraft-like, "The thing I saw was so terrifying that I can't even describe how terrifying it was! Oh, and then it drove me mad" that I imagine can turn some people off but I think that's kind of unavoidable when you're dealing with the supernatural in horror.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 15:36 |
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I read the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy and liked it (Annihilation). Kinda like a modern scifi take on Lovecraft. The first and second books are out now and the last one should be out later this year. It was a fun short read.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 17:38 |
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I read the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy and liked it (Annihilation). Kinda like a modern scifi take on Lovecraft. The first and second books are out now and the last one should be out later this year. Yeah the second was p mediocre though Third comes out in like october I've already read a lot of the classics like machen and king in yellow and william hope hodgson
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 17:43 |
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the fifty year sword by house of leaves guy also john dies at the end by cracked guy
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 17:45 |
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 18:27 |
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"It" is a book about a space monster who dresses up like a scary clown.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 18:47 |
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Feranon posted:the fifty year sword by house of leaves guy John Dies is a great read, much better than the movie. I haven't read the fifty year sword, but House of Leaves is the only book that caused me to actually yelp a little bit during a certain part, like how you'd get startled during a film. It was a weird experience.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 21:07 |
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Harlan Ellison rules. Definitely some cosmic stuff in there even if not all of it's horror
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 21:11 |
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:John Dies is a great read, much better than the movie. I haven't read the fifty year sword, but House of Leaves is the only book that caused me to actually yelp a little bit during a certain part, like how you'd get startled during a film. It was a weird experience. I've read that House of Leaves is written unusually with margin notes and upside down pages or something. Wouldn't this make it too disjointed to read digitally? I wouldn't mind giving it a try.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 21:12 |
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Beige posted:I've read that House of Leaves is written unusually with margin notes and upside down pages or something. Wouldn't this make it too disjointed to read digitally? I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Most people say, when they read a unique book, "I don't know how they'd ever make a movie out of this", but with House of Leaves, I don't know how you could read it digitally, nor could I ever see this book even being put to audio. There's not a lot of 'upside-down' reading, if any at all, but there ARE quite a few footnotes, one which is its own, full story at the end of the book. It's screwy and I would call it a gimmick if the whole thing didn't come together so well.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 21:16 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:41 |
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Most people say, when they read a unique book, "I don't know how they'd ever make a movie out of this", but with House of Leaves, I don't know how you could read it digitally, nor could I ever see this book even being put to audio. There's not a lot of 'upside-down' reading, if any at all, but there ARE quite a few footnotes, one which is its own, full story at the end of the book. It's screwy and I would call it a gimmick if the whole thing didn't come together so well. That'll be why I couldn't see it on Google Books. I'll just get a hard copy then. Some people say it's quite affecting.
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# ? Jul 12, 2014 21:21 |