TigerShark277
07.01.10 | one of my favs is "Stir of Echoes" i forgot who wrote it though... |
Zeno
07.01.10 | klosterman sucks
http://www.nypress.com/article-8054-the-flip-flop-king.html
that article sums up my thoughts on him |
Oceans
07.01.10 | books lol |
MUNGOLOID
07.01.10 | anything with "goosebumps" slapped on the book should do the trick. |
EyesWideShut
07.01.10 | These may not be typical horror, but they are far more disturbing and really good books. Dig em dude..
The End of Alice - A.M. Holmes
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
American Phycho - Brett Easton Ellis
Transpoiting - Irving Welsh
Story of the Eye - George Bataille |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 |
"What's really funny is that while Klosterman can be pretentious, self-aggrandizing, and inauthentic, Mark Ames spawned a 3000-word non-rebuttal that somehow managed to be more arrogant, more condescending, and more vacuous than Klosterman ever was at any point in "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs". I'm not sure if that's what Ames was going for (out-assholing an asshole whose fame you resent?), but it's definitely what he ended up with. Also, I'm not sure Ames understands what the term "flip-flop" means, so maybe he should look into that before using it 25 times in an essay. Just saying."
hey zeno, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on that angry rant whose best argument consisted of mocking klosterman's physical features.
thanks tigershark for actually recommending something; the rest of you are blacklisted. |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 | shit, eyeswideshut not you...you posted just before my last one i'm so sorry |
Oceans
07.01.10 | lolwut |
Zeno
07.01.10 | it's not my fault if you have bad taste
carry on |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 | haha i don't have bad taste just because i like klosterman. if it's any consolation to you i wasn't a fan of sex,drugs,etc. or his latest. c |
buckfutter
07.01.10 | You want horror?
H.P. Lovecraft
That's all you'll ever need |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 | any specific book? |
foreverendeared
07.01.10 | American Psycho is a really really fucking good choice.
For fantasy, get The First Law trilogy. A really badass trilogy.
If you want something epic, The Wheel of Time series is like epic as fuck
I own like over 200 novels, so if you want a recommendation, I'm probably the nerd choice of reference |
buckfutter
07.01.10 | Necronomicon
The Call of Cthulhu
The Lurking Fear
Those are at least my 3 favorites |
Ghostechoes
07.01.10 | ... |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 | foreverendeared:I was thinking about the Wheel of Time, but it seems pretty daunting. Have you read the whole series? |
klap
07.01.10 | really good recent horror i read with a tinge of historical fiction is The Terror by Dan Simmons. really sick read |
accompliceofmydeath
07.01.10 | Buckfutter knows. HP is the shit. |
ConsiderPhlebas
07.01.10 | Dan Simmons science fiction is great, too. Especially the Hyperion books.
Also,
Philip K. Dick - Ubik/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Iain M. Banks - Consider Phlebas/Feersum Endjinn/The Player of games |
londoncalling457
07.01.10 | I've been meaning to check out HP because I know he was more or less King's greatest influence and seeing as how King is my favorite author...
I looked at Barnes and Noble's website and they have an 1000+ page collection of all of his fiction for like $12. Looks pretty promising. |
klap
07.01.10 | lovecraft is hit or miss but when he hits its pretty damn good |
EyesWideShut
07.01.10 | forgot about The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. i think hes the same dude who wrote the sci-fi shit. |
ConsiderPhlebas
07.02.10 | He's the same guy, yes. His mainstream fiction is equally as good. The Crow Road, Whit and Walking on Glass are all excellent. |
foreverendeared
07.02.10 | No, but I've read the first 5 of the series. At fist I was like, mehh this is ok, but it's starting to get really fucking good.
And yeah HP is definitely hit or miss |
MrBirdoWordo
07.02.10 | Game of Thrones |
foreverendeared
07.02.10 | Also The Road by Cormac Mccarthy is probably my favorite book of all time. It's a quick read, but really powerful |
scissorlocked
07.02.10 | Considerphlebas' recomendations are great
Anything of Philip Dick is just amazing,but Ubik is quite heavy for a start.
I would recommend you Isac Asimov's, I Robot-nothing similar with the movie-,or Robots of Dawn.These are short stories collections,and I'm sure it's the best sci-fi can give you.
Cormac Mccarthy is interesting too |
fr33convict
07.02.10 | I recommend Twilight since it horrified me. |
Athom
07.02.10 | house of leaves. it'll make some fall of troy songs make sense. also pretty much anything by bukowski.
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joshuatree
07.02.10 | for klosterman-like essays get david foster wallace's consider the lobster and anything by david sedaris |
therayder
07.02.10 | The Shining
A Song of Ice and Fire series (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows)
American Gods
Also, I just bought The Stand today. What a coincidence. |
londoncalling457
07.02.10 | haha nice dude i've heard great things about it. i'm sure we will both enjoy it. |
foreverendeared
07.03.10 | "A Song of Ice and Fire series (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows)
American Gods"
therayder knows what's up |
Urinetrouble
07.03.10 | r.a. salvatore books
also, what school you go to nigga |
iswimfast
07.03.10 | If you want something pretty fucking sweet from King, go with his Dark Tower series.
It fucks with your head. |
dylantheairplane
07.03.10 | The Stand is one of my favorite books of all time.
But I would also pick up Duma Key by King. that book is a mindfuck |
