Looking for a good read

[Shinylight]

Recently i have been annoyed at not being able to find any good novels to read, I was wondering if any of you guys have suggestions as to what i would buy next.

I am intrigued most by horror fiction.

Any help would be much appreciated.

thanks

[Rhizomorph13]

Shineylight,

Anything by H.P. Lovecraft or August Derleth will be awesome! August took H.P.'s mythos to a more traditional horror direction so they are more accessable than H.P.'s work. Clive Barker's "Hellbound heart" is a great story that Hellraiser was based on. "Imajica" is another great story by Clive that isn't really horror but very awesome and long. "Illuminatus" by Robert Anton Wilson and after that you could check out, "Shroedinger's Cat"; they are both trilogies. That should keep you busy for a few months.

Rhizo

[Shinylight]

thanks rhizo

My brother has a few Lovecraft novels, I'll make sure to borrow them.

Those other books sound very interesting. I will definitely check them out.

[Rhizomorph13]

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth." is a personal favorite story which was made into a decent movie: "Dagon" There is a Call of Cthulu video game called, "Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth" that allows you to play as the investigator from that story. There is an encounter with the rugose cones from the planet Yith in the game that is freaky and a sendup to a different story from the Lovecraft Mythos. If you really dig H.P.'s work you should find a copy of the Necronomicon authored by Simon (it is a work of fiction and the "Simon" version borrows heavily from Sumerian lore so it is, ye verily, interesting) which shouldn't be too hard to find.

Rhizo

[Shinylight]

time for a bit of Amazon searching i think

[Meatball]

One of my favourite horror novels is Stephen King's Desperation, if you aren't opposed to King.

It's not quite horror, but I have to recommend Cormac McCarthy's The Road to everyone I meet. It's a pretty short, easy read, but it's content is heavy. READ IT!

[Shinylight]

i do like steven king, the road does sound quite good.

[Ashes1995]

the only book even close to a horror ive ever read is the witches daughter by nina bawden, quite a short read but i thought it was good

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if all else failes im sure you can find a novel about dracula, maybe a 21st century adaptation, if it exists that is, hmmmm

[Tiberius]

Carrie by Stephen King is great.

[ib.me.ub]

The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper:

Undeserving of being lost among the recent insane glut of children's horror (no disrespect to the Creepers series, which is really rather good, he says quickly) is this dark fantasy of a boy caught in that ever-popular struggle between good and evil. Part of a series with a fluffy beginning and a disappointing end, the middle three books are intelligent and gripping.

'Salem's Lot, by Stephen King:

King has recently returned to form after an extended bout of struggling to find relevance, but I still have a soft spot for the early stuff. Not his best by any means (The Shining, Different Seasons, Night Shift and Misery come to mind), 'salem's Lot scared the shit out of me at a tender age -- what more needs to be said?

The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice:

Anne Rice is another writer who has trouble stopping when she's ahead, but this book captures the essence of her best work. A story of the undead in love with life, told with energy and exuberance and an amazing eye for detail. I liked The Witching Hour as well, but I guess the energy was starting to wane a little...

Sabella, by Tanith Lee:

Another early favourite. Fantasy, science fiction or horror? It doesn't matter because Tanith Lee goes for realism in creating all three.

The Monk, by Matthew Lewis:

Other people have mentioned this, and it's just as good as they said it was. So let me plug Margaret Davis' 1995 stage adaptation instead -- a superb production (and a lot better than the movie).

The Shaft, by David J Schow:

This novel captures something about the modern condition, whatever that is, that stirs the soul -- certainly enough so that you forget that the central monster is rather boring. Wonderful stuff (and The Kill Riff is pretty funky as well).

The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris:

Yet another writer with a passion for detail -- and then some. Red Dragon deserves the credit as the seminal work (and the ripples are still being felt today), but this is the book that did it for me. Hannibal is a little more florid, but is still good stuff.

The Hunger, by Whitley Strieber:

Did I mention I had something about vampires? I got over it, but not before I read this book. The character of Miriam seems to me the quintessence of the alien within us -- she shares our form but our concerns are justifiably beneath her. As the song said, 'we'll make great pets'.

Imajica, by Clive Barker:

After distinguishing himself as a playwright, short story writer and director, the novel has seemed strangely out of Barker's range; his longer works have never risen much above simply being good. Except for Imajica. This one delivers the scope promised by Weaveworld and Secret Show -- and then expands upon it, and then does it again.

Song of Kali, by Dan Simmons:

Kali obviously brings out the best in people -- just look at Poppy Z Brite and Steven Spielberg. And while this list isn't trying to measure quality in any objective way, let me finish by saying that I reckon Song of Kali is perhaps the supernatural novel of the modern age. Many authors have told us there are ancient horrors living side by side with humanity -- Dan Simmons shows us how it's done.

Haven't read any of them, but they all sound good, maybe!!!!