Book Talk discussion

Thank you very much!

I'll never learn all this fancy technical lingo.

I did get it, thanks again, Kealan!

I just finished The Nightmare Within by Glen Krisch and I have to say I'm impressed.

I also just finished reading a ROCKING story in Shock Totem 4: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted. It's the second one, by Tom Bordonaro and it's his first published story.
I like finding all of these new authors-good authors. It gives me a feeling of discovery.

hello people im the new guy! i got invited , read a few threads before id take a stab at posting. first of all, im currently reading THE CONQUEROR WORMS ( there is an alternate title ) by BRIAN KEENE. before this book all i had read by him was THE RISING, which is a zombie novel. i am still unsure about this rapidly exploding subgenre, new zombie books are spreading like some kind of plague... so im surprised to say i am blown away by how good this book is! the title, the cover, the blurb on the back, nothing tells you what kind of story your about to read. i love surprises and this one packs them in!
~ saw LONESOME DOVE mentioned, i cant recomend highly enough larry mcmurtry's two western series, lonesome dove, and the berrybender narratives! fans of rape, torure, and mutilation? well dive in! yeah lonesome dove is about two grizzeled old retired texas rangers who decide to go on one last cattle drive, and yeah its about love and honor and friendship , theres plenty of loopy romance to boot - BUT nobody writes from the point of view of sociopathic rogue comanche indians like mcmurtry does for his character BLUE DUCK! and he is just one of several low lifes you will encounter in the wild west in these books. all four lonesome dove books ( dead mans walk, comanche moon, lonesome dove, and streets of laredo )are well worth the read, i just named them as they take place chronologicly, but dove was first written its prequal comanche moon being the last one in order of written, there is an indian somewhere in south america who had his victims impaled on young trees, that grew into a forest full of nightmares, he also like to have people skinned partially and left to suffer ( reminding me of a similar character in georg r r martins song of ice and fire series). the berrybender narratives also have insane mountain men and bizarre indians, one i will mention know only as 'the ear taker' pretty much steals the book when mcmurtry writes chapters about him. as i dangerously lean into spoiler territory i'm gonna leave it at that.
~Hans

Hans wrote: "hello people im the new guy! i got invited , read a few threads before id take a stab at posting. first of all, im currently reading THE CONQUEROR WORMS ( there is an alternate title ) by BRIAN KEE..."

LOL Welcome to the thread, Hans! You list some great suggestions, but tell me, as someone with Native American blood, would Lonesome Dove only serve to anger me with stereotypical images of "crazy injuns" or is it more realistically drawn as people both good and bad on the Comanche side?

Huh, that's funny-I was never positive what tribe my blood was from but the best I could guess from the area of Texas my relatives came from, it was Comanche. And I've heard they WERE a blood-thirsty lot. :)

As a recent reader of LD, I would say that all of the indians mentioned are incredibly realistic, both good and bad. There are a lot of other different tribes of indians mentioned as well.

Hello Hans!

one of my favorite characters in LD would be 'FAMOUS SHOES' a kickapoo indian who would rather walk than ride a horse. he has traveled farther than any other indian , thus the name. he's one of the good guys for sure! another fave is 'BUFFALO HUMP' father of blue duck, and leader of the comanche for some of the books, hs not a 'good' or 'bad' indian, he's just bad ass. :). in the first book, "dead mans walk" features an apache who takes on all the texas rangers single handedly like some kind of desert ninja .
i wish i could find another writer of westerns with the storytelling ability of larry mcmurtry!
~Hans

Good to know, guys-thanks!

I just finished Glen Krisch's Twice as Dark.
AWESOME!
Just wanted to share that with you guys. : )

I told you!

I really enjoyed both stories in Twice as Dark. "Where Darkness Dwells" was truly great. Sort of like it was written by the illegitimate love child of Edgar Allan Poe and William Faulkner. If Glen reads this he will know that I meant it as a compliment of the highest order.

Which one was the monmmy?

Yes, you were right, Rec, as usual!
Chris, to me, Where Darkness Dwells reminded me of Boy's Life by R. McCammon.

Kealan, it ROCKED!
That is all.

Charlene wrote: "Kealan, it ROCKED!
That is all."

Like, TOTALLY!

You guys are the best! Thanks for the mentions.

Just calling 'em as we see 'em, Glen!

Kealan, I am still reading Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel and I came across a passage about you! Totally hilarious. : )

Called your lawyer yet?

Oh boy, let's not get lawyers into this. They always ruin everything!

Kealan doesn't strike me as the type to nail the guy to the ceiling and set his cat on fire, so that leaves lawyers.

I, sir have never set anyone's cat on fire! You have it the other way around!

The cat set you on fire?

You nailed the cat?

Of course. To set a cat on fire would be barbaric....

Most traditions are, but it is festive!

True. So true.

And to avoid any appearance of impropriety, we will post this disclosure that no animals (cats or any other cute furry creatures) were harmed in the writing of these emails.

Lying is a sin....

I am currently reading Gardens Of Night

Will voice an opinion as soon as one hits me.
Possibly several, depending on my mood.

re-reading the REPAIRMAN JACK series by F PAUL WILSON. as he has finished it finally, reading them as they came out has taken years and im wayyyy to flakey to remember some of the stuff in those early books. plus its a chance to collect them all in first edition hardcover, especially those DARK HARVEST editions of the adversary cycle. after that ill try some GRAHAM MASTERSON the latest issue of cemetery dance got me all pumped up to try some.

Nice, Hans. I'm a big RJ fan.
I finished Kealan's The Grief Frequency which was a sad short story.
Now I just started Kealan's Master of the Moors.

I hope you enjoy Master of the Moors Charlene. I thought the setting was well done and perfect for a were-wolf type of story.

I'm rapidly getting through CURRENCY OF SOULS, which I am enjoying greatly. Kealan has 30-days South of Dry Country (Delirium Books) coming out in March, and I understand that it continues the story from CURRENCY.

Is that right Kealan?

Hi Benjamin! I am hoping to get to Currency soon.

I am enjoying Moors so far, but I'm not very far in yet.

Well, I thought it was great!
I did picture it as an old Universal story though.
Claude Rains, don'tcha know.

I love the classic atmosphere.
Throw in that voodoo you do so well with emotional impact and it's a work of art.

Just calling 'em as I see 'em, Kealan. ;)

I'm enjoying it very much, so far.

Yes, she is!

LOL Jon!! Is that Marty Feldman?
Walk this way!
I am awesome, aren't I? : P

Yes, it is!
Yes, you are!

Thanks! *bows*
I just finished Master and thought it was pretty good. Will there be more to that story in the future?
Thanks to you too, Jon.

Anytime!

I think I'm going to start Neverwhere. I'm excited about it because I've been wanting to read it for a while and it went on sale for 2.99 last week.
So, whoohoo for me! I hope that I like it more than I liked American Gods, which I thought was just ok.

Started Master of the Moors last night and am loving it so far. Jon, you have a knack for choosing very cool avatars.

I'm glad that you are liking it, Chris.
I wanted to recommend a short story collection that I finally finished reading. I loved it!
Shock Totem 4: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
Usually, in collections such as these, there are a lot of duds, IMO. In this collection? Not so much!
My review should be up if you are interested. : )

Just added it to my TBR list. Thanks!

I have a large project due on Wednesday but I am going to finish MOTM tonight and will probably be sleep deprived because of you!!! I have Currency of Souls, Kin, and Thirty Miles South of Dry County loaded up on the ol' e-reader too so I am clearly doomed....

Sleep?

We don't need no stinkin' sleep!

BWAHAHAHAHA!

I'm reading Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub.
Can't figure out how I missed it.

Currently reading The Woman in Black.
And The Little Stranger.
And rereading A Winter Haunting.
And my oatmeal box in the mornings.....

Hi, my name is Recluse.
I'm a readaholic.

I finished Patient Zero but thought it was just ok.
I finished issue 3 of Penny Dreadnought and loved it.
I am currently reading Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand and Anything Can Be Dangerous, which is a short story collection by Matt Hults.
My name is Charlene and I'm a readaholic.

Hi, Charlene!