Horror Aficionados discussion

I saw a listing for THE DRAGON FACTORY in our book lookup system at work but of course there was no plot sypnosis yet...but damn, Jonathan, all the upcoming Ledger novels sound fantastic. Thanks for the info and links to the free stories. :)

I would love to see Patient Zero as a movie. Didn't really enjoy reading it, though. I'm not a big fan of long action scenes, and unfortunately that seemed to be a large part of the novel. Also, I hate it when authors continue to use multiple points of view and short segments at the climax of the novel. I realize that is what helped the story keep the reader on edge ~ but I like to be able to relax and get into a story. Hard to do when the POV keeps jumping around.

As other have mentioned, though ~ it was an interesting take on the tried and true zombie story :)

Jonathan wrote: "Joe Ledger will return in THE DRAGON FACTORY (March 2010) squaring off against modern day Nazis who are using cutting-edge genetics to complete the Master Race program.

And in 2011 he'll face of..."

I'll looking for the next books, thanks!

A lot of authors--King being one, for sure--use multiple POVs and I had no problems with what maberry did in the novel. I do understand your feelings on long action sequences...but than again, it was kinda crucial to the story.

Action sequences are kinda crucial in an action thriller.

But...I do understand that not everyone is an action fan.

yeah ~ the action scenes & multiple POV did work well with the story. Just not my thing. For me, it is much more fun to watch than it is to read :)

I do think it would make a great movie but i loved the book too. I think the way it's written would mean moronic movie producers would screw it up less...hehe

Indeed, Rachel...they usually do.

Jonathan wrote: "Action sequences are kinda crucial in an action thriller.

But...I do understand that not everyone is an action fan."

Keep it up Jonathan! You are high on my list of must read authors!

Ok... so I made a retarded comment. My bad for assuming it was a horror story, not "action thriller"

I'm sure Jonathan has forgiven you. Wonder why someone would think it was a horror story just because of some zombies? What were you thinking? ;)

Well, c'mon....it IS definitely an action-thriller, blended with horror. But I think Maberry's novel would appeal to fans of both genres.

It is a thriller. But I went in thinking it was going to be a straight zombie story and was pleasantly surprised, even though I'm not big into macho thrillers. I enjoyed it. My husband likes zombies and loves espionage, so he couldn't put it down.

Has he read Edward Lee yet, Tressa? :P

I'm afraid to hand him a Lee book I read lest he wonders what kind of woman he married.

LOL Maybe he'll like it! ;)

Well.. the group is called "horror aficionados" ;)

Okay, I like Maberry's books so far, but I'm having awful luck with them. I got Ghost Road Blues early, and I was over 100 pages in before October started. I thought I would be ahead of the game and even be able to participate in the discussion. But no - I went to New Mexico for business, lost the book out there somewhere. By the time I verified that it was lost, and bought one off Amazon, the month was over. At least this way I can read it at my leisure, kind of, before I donate it to the library (because I lost their copy). And now I've been very busy at work and at home, and wasn't able to finish Patient Zero before the library needed it back. The damn book is popular, so there are holds and I couldn't renew. Anyway, I'm embarrassed that I recommended this book, but haven't read the whole thing or participated in this discussion. And, I guess that's all I wanted to say. The first 90 pages were good, though.

It's never too late to join the discussion, even though the date for the group read has passed. In my other group the thread can be resurrected whenever someone finishes the book and has something to add or discuss.

Good luck, Rusty! And get a hold of another copy of Ghost Road Blues and the other two "Pine Deep" trilogy books....some of the best horror I've read in a while...

...especially those final 200 pages of BAD MOON RISING. Moves like wildfire!

I am definitely going to finish that trilogy.

Indeed it does, Carl! :)

Absolutely great book!! Im in the middle of Under the Dome right now, and I keep thinking back to Patient Zero and thinking that PZ was so much a better story.

I am going to have to give this one a try sometime in the new year. I enjoyed Ghost Road Blues and the 2nd book has been on my holds list at the library for a long time.They must have lost the book somewhere though.Because i have been number 1 for like a month. I think it's it so cool he comes on here and posts as well. So I will be moving up his books on my Mt TBR.

New to the group. Ironically I had finished reading Patient Zero about 2 weeks ago. Then I promptly went out and got the Pine Deep series and just finished it. Read them non stop - could not put them down. Amazing. I am now hooked on Maberry.

How many times am I going to hear how great the Pine Deep series is until I read them? I am a glutton for punishment!

Welcome to the group, Slager! Yeah, Maberry is excellent!

Tressa...go pick up the first Pine Deep novel, Ghost Road Blues...PLEASE! ;)

Tressa wrote: "How many times am I going to hear how great the Pine Deep series is until I read them? I am a glutton for punishment!"

Same here, Tressa :)

The Pine Deep Trilogy is so good that I REALLY hope a specialty press does a version of it, fixing all of the typos and grammatical errors in it. It is really ridiculous how many there are in the whole series. But if a specialty press did that, I would buy the whole thing over again and re-read it gladly. It is one of those series of books that really deserves the best treatment, and has not recieved it. But also one that even though there are errors a plenty, it should NOT keep anybody from reading it, as Maberry does such an amazing job building the tension, getting you to seriously love even the most minor of characters (I add Ruger into the "love" section though), and loath all of the ones you are meant to. Then the climax is, as I have said, 200 pages of pure exhaustion. When you see the "The Red Wave" in the final third of BAD MOON RISING...hang on tight!!!

Well stated, Carl. And yes, you are right on the errors and/or typos...but that would be whoever did the final edit for it (the editor/publisher), NOT th author, I am sure! There were a surprising number the the third book...but honestly, I was so into the story it was such a minor thing. No big deal.

Oh yes, without a doubt, it is the editors/publisher to blame. Even if rhe original manuscript had errors, they should have cleaned it up. Not Maberry's fault at all, IMO.

But also one that even though there are errors a plenty, it should NOT keep anybody from reading it

This bothers some people, but not me. I've read several bizarro books with typos and errors but I just coast right over them. I'm interested in the story.

I am definitely going to read these soon. I'm sure we could have some good discussions about them.

Yeah the second book in the Pine Deep Trilogy just came in at the library. Finally have been waiting months for it.