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1. Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding
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2. The Shining
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3. This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End)
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Release date | October 2012 |
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4. The Scar
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5. The Devil You Know (Felix Castor (Paperback))
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Release date | June 2008 |
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7. Nearly Departed in Deadwood (Deadwood Humorous Mystery Book 1)
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8. Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition
- INSIGHT EDITIONS
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9. The Dark Tower Boxed Set (Books 1-4)
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11. The Running Man
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12. Horns: A Novel
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13. After the People Lights Have Gone Off
- Dark House Press
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14. Different Seasons (Signet)
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15. The Stand
- HODDER STOUGHTON
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16. The Ritual
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17. Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories (The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Vol. 1)
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Release date | October 2005 |
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18. Veniss Underground: A Novel
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Release date | September 2005 |
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19. Twilight Eyes: A Thriller
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20. Wizard and Glass
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
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For (currently) free Kindle books, David Weber's On Basilisk Station is the first book in the space-opera Honor Harrington series. The second book The Honor of the Queen, is one of my favorites in the entire series. Eric Flint's 1632 turned into a massive and awesome alternate-history series. If you'd like to delve into Alaskan-based murder mysteries, give Dana Stabenow's A Cold Day For Murder a try as the first in the some eighteen book Kate Shugak series.
For paid Kindle books, there's Hugh Howey's Wool Omnibus is the beginning of the dystopian Silo series; the followup Shift Omnibus is actually a prequel trilogy that I haven't gotten yet but is very readable. Naomi Novik's first novel in the alt-history Temeraire series, His Majesty's Dragon, is currently $.99.
In print, Elizabeth Moon's military fantasy The Deed of Paksenarrion is available used for a very affordable price and is an epic series. The Cage was my introduction to a fantasy universe written by SM Stirling, Shirley Meier, and Karen Wehrstein. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander is a sort of alternate history/light romance series set in Scotland that I've thoroughly enjoyed. Brent Weeks' assassin-based (excuse me, wetboy) fantasy Night Angel Trilogy was recently released as an omnibus edition. Empire from the Ashes collects Weber's Dahak sci-fi trilogy into an omnibus edition. Weber and John Ringo co-wrote March Upcountry and the other three novels in the sci-fi Prince Roger quadrilogy. If you haven't tried Harry Turtledove's alt-history sci-fi WW2 'Worldwar' series, In the Balance starts off a little slow plot-wise but picks up good speed. EE Knight's sci-fi/futuristic fantasy Vampire Earth starts off with Way of the Wolf. Mercedes Lackey wrote the modern-fantasy Born to Run with Larry Dixon, and the rest of the SERRAted Edge books with various other authors. Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk and slightly dystopian Snow Crash is hilarious and awesome. Maggie Furey's Aurian is the first of a fantasy quadrilogy that I enjoyed many years ago.
If you're at all familiar with the Warhammer 40k universe, the Eisenhorn Omnibus is Dan Abnett's wonderful look into the life of an Imperial Inquisitor. He's also written a popular series about the Tanith First-and-Only Imperial Guard regiment starting with The Founding Omnibus. He also wrote the first book in the Horus Heresy series, Horus Rising (I highly recommend reading the first three novels together as a trilogy and then cherry-picking the rest).
... and if you've read all that already, I'll be impressed.
Edit: Why yes, I do read a lot. Why do you ask?
So hopefully you read the Night Watch / Day Watch / Twilight Watch books? There's supposedly two more books out there in the series now, Last Watch and New Watch, which I haven't read.
The Markhat series by Frank Tuttle is brilliant fun.
9 Goblins is short but totally worth it. by T. A. Kingfisher
The Night Circus is a whimsical book full of beautiful things, tends to be a bit melancholy.
Most things by Elizabeth Bear are worth reading, as are most things by Connie Willis.
Charlie Stross' Laundry Files are excellent fun with the single, sole, sad exception of the second book which I hated but which other people loved.
The Enterprise of Death is - well. Um, let's just say the woodcut engraving on the cover? Not a metaphor in this book. Does not pull punches.I found it more horrific than a dozen other books labeled specifically as horror, but also more brilliant and more beautiful.
If you haven't got around to reading Ben Aaronovitch's stuff you're in for some good London fun. He's an excellent writer.
The Felix Castor series by Mike Carey is brilliant too.
my pleasure. yeah. the SGJ story, "FSHR" is amazing, one of my favorites of his for sure. if you like SGJ's voice, we just released a collection of his stories, AFTER THE PEOPLE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF, which includes two new stories. we're also going to have a Reddit AMA later this month with SGJ and myself. should be fun. keep an eye out for that. thanks for the interest and support!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1940430259
Despite the fact that it's got comedic elements, there are plenty of parts in John Dies At The End that are pretty wonderfully creepy.
House of Leaves always needs mentioning, it works its magic on numerous levels.
The absolute scariest ghost story I've ever read, and I never hear anyone talking about it, is Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel.
You can't go wrong with Stephen King, but if you haven't cracked into his books yet it can be a daunting task, he has a huge bibliography. For me, IT, The Shining, Salem's Lot, and Pet Sematary are some of the scariest, plus pretty much any of his short story collections are golden. In fact, any one of his short story collections might be the best place to start with King, I would recommend Skeleton Crew.
And while I wouldn't necessarily categorize it as strict "horror", one of the books that's scared me the most is Alan Moore's graphic novel From Hell. It's an absolute beast (and it's pretty much nothing like the film adaptation with Johnny Depp, so don't let that color your perceptions).
cracks knuckles I have no idea if these have audiobooks. I'm sorry if they don't. Most of these are only three books long or shorter, sorry.
Sandman Slim and the sequel. It wasn't my favorite book, BUT it sounds a lot like what you're looking for. And it was fun.
China Mieville's Bas-Lag series (Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council. Three (~500 pg) books long, fantastic world building, twisty plots and great characters.
The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson (Quicksilver, The Confusion and The Confusion of the World. Three books long, but you could kill a small animal by dropping one of those books on it. These are good, but his stand-alones are better (Snow Crash and Diamond Age for sure).
Most of Stephen King's stuff has the kind of sprawl you're looking for.
Dune, at least until God Emperor (#4).
Honestly, I think if you liked John Grisham, you'll like The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo books. I think I'm making that leap based on the last book in the trilogy. They're definitely entertaining.
Alright lets do this.
Fantasy:
You like friendship and grimdark? You get the Slayer series:
http://www.amazon.com/Gotrek-Felix-First-Omnibus-Novels/dp/1844163741/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426257019&sr=1-1&keywords=gotrek+and+felix+omnibus
You like malice and conniving and plot twists? You get the Darkblade Series:
http://www.amazon.com/Chronicle-Malus-Darkblade-Warhammer-Anthology/dp/1844165639/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426257058&sr=1-1&keywords=darkblade+omnibus
You like the Empire n shit? They did a whole series about every "part" of the army:
http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Omnibus-Warhammer-Chris-Wraight/dp/1849705879/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=15PKR46KZZN2847VPRMN
The omnibus contains the arty, pikemen, and 2handed swords companies. There is also a Reiksguard book and some others.
40k:
You like comedy? You get Ciaphus Cain (currently 2 omnibus, books getting a bit stale now but the early ones are good):
http://www.amazon.com/Ciaphas-Cain-Hero-Imperium-Novels/dp/1844164667
You like philosophy (kinda)? You get the Night Lords series:
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Lords-Aaron-Dembski-Bowden/dp/184970676X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256834&sr=1-1&keywords=night+lords+omnibus
You like pure bloody action? You get any of the Gaunts Ghosts:
http://www.amazon.com/Gaunts-Ghosts-Founding-Dan-Abnett/dp/1844163695/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256866&sr=1-2&keywords=gaunts+ghost+omnibus
You like the movie The Dirty Dozen? You get The Last Chancers:
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Chancers-Warhammer-000-Novels/dp/1844163008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256913&sr=1-1&keywords=last+chancers+omnibus
You want all the pre-lore in the game? You start collecting the Horus Heresy books (up to like 30 of em):
http://www.amazon.com/Horus-Heresy-Box-Volumes-1-12/dp/1849708290/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256963&sr=1-2&keywords=horus+heresy
I got plenty more. But these are good places to start. If you like one race in particular over others, let me know and I can recommend some race specific books for you.
I'm not overdue yet (38 weeks 2 days) but my plan is to continue to take care of me for the last few weeks. This weekend, I dyed my hair, got a pedi and shaved my legs. Next weekend, it's nails and a massage. My advice is to go to bed early and get as much sleep as you can. Read something easy and fun (highly recommend the Deadwood Mystery Series for this) and take care of yourself while you can!
Hi! So I'm not really sure exactly what genre of book you'd be interested in, but here are a couple of FREE Kindle books out right now from the bestseller list and with high reviews:
Highwater
Hope for Garbage
Truth Stained Lies
The Devil's Graveyards (This one has 11 5 star reviews and nothing else!)
The Timekeeper's Son
Reverb
A Family Affair
Pretty Little Liars (I watch the TV show...and so does my 32 year old husband...and we both really like it for being just fluff and teenage drama)
Unenchanted
Land
Hollowland
Nearly Departed in Deadwood
Hope you feel better!
If I'm going to read something with a lot of romance in it, I expect it to be something like (don't hate) Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz.
It's a suspense book with some really hot romance and sex scenes mixed in.
Basically the protagonist has the ability to see 'goblins' masked in human form. He meets a woman who was raised by one, and works for them. They fall in love and go all special forces on the goblin bunker. It's better than it sounds.
Horns by Joe Hill. It's a very different type of story (a revenge story, pretty much) and the main character is slowly turning into the devil, but it has some of the best pitch black humor I've ever read and the story gets into some really good, unexpected places. It doesn't hurt that Hill is Stephen King's son and good friends with Neil Gaiman.
I've been struggling a bit the last week or so- I'm a huge fan of history, and I've been in the mood to read it lately. I started The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer as I've always known that I should read more about the Borgias, and got about 2/3 of the way through it before finally acknowledging that I'm just not that interested in historical Italian politics. Lots of fun facts about the early modern papacy, and its politics, as well as some very interesting personages, but I just couldn't get into it for some reason.
Then I read Serving Queen Victoria: Life in the Royal Household, which is very well done- great, original research and sources, wonderful individual personalities, and a very different look at Queen Victoria. But it's a bit excruciating to read- you've got all of these wonderful personalities, living incredibly boring lives, centred around a self-absorbed, uneducated, fairly crazy, ultimately 'bad' queen. It was a very good book, but damn, am I glad that I wasn't born in Victorian England.
I think that I'll go for something a bit different for the moment- right now it's between This Book is Full of Spiders, Sacre Bleu, or starting The Culture series.
And happy happy cake day!
Bonus: I prefer complete surprises.
theres a raoa discussion going on about books right now
mind if i just copy paste what i wrote there?
the shining
Ive seen the movie and wanted to try reading the book, it was soooo good that i read it in 10 days. easy to read, great original story, its a best seller
/u/Morthy [+28][2] you shall be now dubbed Dr. Morthy-o. Let's play a pill version of Tetris.
Nearly Departed in Deadwood. I freaking loved this book.
Here is a synopsis from Amazon: Little girls are vanishing from Deadwood, South Dakota, and Violet Parker's daughter could be next. She's desperate to find the monster behind the abductions. But if she's not careful, Violet just might end up as one of Deadwood's dearly departed.
It's funny, romantic, creepy, and awesome. And what's even better is that it's the first in a series, and the books just keep getting better! :) Potato Chips are my kryptonite.
Ok I've read a lot of this genre, I'll try and remember some of them..
( not all are a specific post-collapse scenario and may involve other causes of apocalyspe, but the post-apocalyptic scenarios are similar )
"Wool" great concept, sequels/prequels are out now.
"Extinction Point" quite short but liked this, debut novel, some lack of writing skill evident, but has a lot of potential.
"The Dog Stars" Sparse writing style, yet very emotional, interesting survivalist gun toting character involved who is very useful :)
"The Passage" This was a bestseller, and is mainly the aftermath of a total vampire apocalypse , many decades later, and how a small community of humans survive that.
"Swan Song" This is very dark, very bleak, but also slightly silly, very much similar to King's The Stand... which brings us to ...
"The Stand" Maybe one of his best? again, this is a fantasy novel somewhat, not your nitty gritty post collapse scenario, but its tangentially connected ( OP mentions walking dead, so if zombies are ok, I guess vampires and the devil are too )
"Song of Heaven" This is apparently a remake of a "Chung Kuo" series from a while ago. set in 2040s Cornwall, ENgland, after the total economic collapse of the world and descent into small fragmented communities. and then the Chinese....
This is all that springs to mind now, except for the ones already mentioned by others.
In terms of film, a little known New Zealand film called
"The Quiet Earth" is a great and criminally un-noticed thing.
Maybe start with his Gaunt's Ghosts series, it's pretty easy to read and awesome! :D
There are anthologies available now like this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Founding-Warhammer-40-000/dp/1844163695
which I think includes the first three books.
EDIT - Sorry Wappba, I didn't see you'd already replied with the same info. I agree, the Horus Heresy is also a must read! A selection of warhammer authors take it in turns to write the books so it makes for interestingly contrasting styles, I should go back and re-read that series!
Thanks for the reply. I don't do ebooks, but if I did, I definitely would get A Pleasing Terror. It does seem like it contains everything he wrote.
After a little more research, it appears that if I purchase the two Penguin Classics books of his, I'll get 36 stories total (if I counted right in the "look inside" section of the page).
https://www.amazon.com/Count-Magnus-Other-Stories-Complete/dp/0143039393/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/135-7853094-2533143?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0143039393&pd_rd_r=5d9dc4dc-9fad-11e9-b8cb-31d1039f00d9&pd_rd_w=BlGT8&pd_rd_wg=uBywT&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=G1XVSAW8C2150X6MA0GR&psc=1&refRID=G1XVSAW8C2150X6MA0GR
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https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Dolls-House-Stories-Complete/dp/014303992X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2/135-7853094-2533143?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=014303992X&pd_rd_r=605a7461-9fad-11e9-a93c-6bb543d57023&pd_rd_w=0ldae&pd_rd_wg=hjSGG&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=JQZW9YM23VVBB6FJRS2M&psc=1&refRID=JQZW9YM23VVBB6FJRS2M
Have you heard anything about these books? It appears they have gotten good reviews. So, now I'm leaning towards getting those two books. Although, I really prefer having all of the stories in one package and I also prefer hardcover because of the better durability of the book.
https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King/dp/0307743659#immersive-view_1540304841518
For example:
The copy of the Shining I bought that had this cover started to deteriorate very easily while I read it.
I do like the larger print like you mentioned. And the cover art is often more aesthetically pleasing for sure.
These editions (that I posted a reference to) all had the same layout. I liked that in general for some reason. Even though the art wasn’t nearly as nice maybe.
I would like a copy of The Shining to add to my Stephen King collection
The dog ate my homework!
Heres a phot if you want to see it:
http://i.imgur.com/rkJ4CTS.jpg
It's a fairly new collection, and I love reading, and I wold love to grow my collection a bit more!
Thank you so much for the giveaway Op!
It is fine. Nobody has to know it.
This is just my opinion, it is different enough to try a read I'd say, but that is just me. The monster is a bit different, not resembling a "killer elk". The outer story line and chosen dialogues are the same, but in the movie they cherry picked bits out, which fit into the new setup and context with the fifth friend.
The book has a more appealing beginning and end. Its pace is better executed. It felt claustrophobic.
https://www.amazon.com/Ritual-Adam-Nevill-ebook/dp/B005XMMO40
New Weird: China Mieville's "The Scar"
The weirdness of Doctor Who in a fantasy/steampunk kind of setting. the Bas Lag series is wonderful and dark.
If you like the Dark Crystal's feeling of fantasy then this one is right up your alley.
Iron Council and Perdido Street Station are also amazing, with Perdido being my favorite but it's hard to get into. The Scar sells itself better and if you like it you'll be ready for Perdido and Iron Council.
Little Hands Clapping was pretty good and kind of messed up. It's pretty short too.
Horns by Joe Hill was also good.
But the two I'd really recommend are The little girl who was too fond of matches
And End of Alice by A.M Homes which is one of my favourite books of all time.
Perhaps Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn would be something for your Grandmother.
As to Murder Mystery's I can recommen Scandinavian crime literature(I'm Scandinavian myself, so I might be a little biased). First I can recommend a series by Jo Nesbø, it's a link to the first book in his series about inspector Harry Hole.
I can also recommend Jussi Alder-Olsens series about Department Q It's also a link to the first book in the series. It's about a cop, who is not following the rules of the murder department and as a result gets put in the basement and have to work on old cases. It's quite good and surprisingly funny.
Somwhat of a classic series in Scandinavian Crime literature is The Millennium by Steig Larsson Series Series, which has a pretty damm good story. The first book is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
As to Horror The Shining by Stephen King is always a good read, maybe not gory, but it freaked me out, when I read the first time.
You can check them out and see if anything would fit to what your Grandmother enjoys. I hope you find something good.
Mick Farren - The DNA Cowboys
Its got is all, fellowship, drugs, adventure, sex and buckets of general weirdness. Kind of DarkTowerish.
Allan Weisbecker - Cosmic Banditos
I had lots of awkward moments in public, trying (and failing) to stifle laughs. Great stuff. Worth it for the intro alone.
M. John Harrison - Light
This novel is unlike anything else I have read. That Harrison squeezes three stories in to this slim volume is a work of wonder.
John C. Wright - The Golden Age
If you like the Culture Novels, you will probably really like this.
Jeff VanderMeer - Veniss Underground
Disturbing and dark. Still haunts me.
> Books of Blood
Dread is one of my favorite short stories. I always recommend it to people looking for horror stories that really get in your head. There are quite a few stories in those collections that I haven't read in almost twenty years, but parts of them are still burned into my psyche.
Current reading: I generally only read one thing at a time, but at the moment I'm alternating between a few things. I'm reading a series of free Kindle shorts written by Harold Schechter, one of my favorite True Crime writers, called "Bloodlands." Alternating with the short story collection After The People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones. I've only read a couple of stories so far, but it's pretty fantastic so far. I haven't been this excited about getting into a contemporary writer since I started reading Joe Lansdale over a decade ago.
Then when I'm too tired to concentrate on "real" reading I've been making my way through Misery Obscura by Eerie Von. As a Misfits/Samhain/Danzig fanatic, I'm not sure why it took me so long to get this book. It's a treasure trove.
Pikachu me!
[The Shining] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Shining-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B001BANK32/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1395580552&sr=8-8&keywords=stephen+king+kindle) is a 1.99 but an amazing read! The sequel book, Doctor Sleep is also beyond fantastic!
I have a lot of books that I have really enjoyed but the one that pops out in my head is The Outsiders.
I would really love [The shining] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307743659/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_1_1?colid=3JZMG8TYD5160&coliid=IHY9ET7LIPNED)
Thank you for this contest :)
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Eisenhorn is probably the best possible place to start in 40k. You get every possible angle of 40k explored in this omnibus as well as a some fantastic characters. Add Ravenor for flavor.
After that, dive into the military side of things with Gaunt's Ghosts. This covers primarily the Imperium vs Chaos side of the conflict, but also the internal conflicts the Imperium suffers from.
Now that you're thoroughly acquainted with the human side, view the universe through the eyes of the super-human Space Marines in The Ultramarines Omnibus. This series shows the strengths (and weaknesses) of the Space Marines as well as introducing the terrifying Chaos Space Marines more thoroughly.
Cry for death to the False Emperor with Soul Hunter. Follow up with the sequels in Void Stalker and Blood Reaver to get a very interesting perspectives from the Renegades.
Finally, finish your introductory odyssey with The Horus Heresy. You'll be reading how the modern universe came to be.
This is a "fuck-ton" of reading and will keep you busy for 6 months to a year or more before you finish. These series are the best of the best in the novel side of things. There are huge amounts more in the Army Codexes ^^that ^^you ^^should ^^be ^^able ^^to ^^find ^^for ^^$0 ^^on ^^"sharing" ^^sites and other excellent novels. PM me anytime and I'll happily answer questions/suggestions.
Gaunt's Ghosts. An amazing book series. It showcases the universe from the perspective of a group of ordinary humans (in the sense that the group has a core that is similar to what a space-age sealteam 6 would be). It helps make it much more relatable by putting the other races in perspective, and benefits from some amazing writing.
http://www.amazon.com/Gaunts-Ghosts-Founding-Dan-Abnett/dp/1844163695
Can't recommend it enough.
All spiders can fly.
They just hide the ability really well. They can also fit through tiny tiny places.
Oh, have you read This Book is Full of Spiders? It's a great book, it contains spiders that normal people can not see. And take over your body by crawling into your mouth and replacing your tongue. It's really cool.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned any of China Mieville's work. Though he has a bunch of stand alone novels, he has 3 in a world he built: Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and Iron Council. All solid, but I think The Scar is the best.
Kind of steam punkish, but completely unlike anything else I've ever read.
Here is a series think you would love, it is also on kindle and for prime members, i hope you enjoy!
There's a second version as well. One that is from before the 2016 movie? I've got a copy of the original and it's really interesting how in depth it goes.
Original?
Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608877086/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vi0KDbBMDS79S
2016 revised
Tobin's Spirit Guide: Revised 2016 Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942574096/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_bk0KDbGRARQ1X
War40k is a pretty intense universe.
I enjoy the books a lot, and there are a lot out there.
I recommend an omnibus to start off, like this one or Gaunts Ghosts if you want to read up on it from a different perspective.
Heads up, the UK Publisher Hodder & Stoughton has all 8 Dark Tower novels and the Complete Concordance as a matching set, and on amazon it would actually cost me less to have the H&S set shipped all the way from the UK than it would to preorder this set. That's the 7 main books, Wind Through the Keyhole, AND the concordance, whereas I'm pretty sure this set available for preorder is only the 7 main series novels. I saw the H&S books in person in China and they're beautiful, so if this set doesn't look super beautiful or have SOMETHING better than the H&S set, I'm getting the H&S set instead. The H&S books are all available on amazon.co.uk as well as eBay.
Here are links for books 1-7, WttK, and a copy of the concordance.
The Gunslinger
Drawing of The Three
Waste Lands
Wizard & Glass
Wolves of the Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower
Wind Through The Keyhole
Dark Tower: Complete Concordance
Adam Nevill. The first half of the book is excellent. The second half isn't bad, exactly. It's just a huge, sudden jump in tone/plot and almost like another book.
I'm really looking forward to the movie!
I always recommend Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghost series. It's set in the Warhammer universe and it is pretty much all action. The good part too, is that they're fairly easy to read in short spurts.
http://www.amazon.com/Gaunts-Ghosts-The-Founding-Novels/dp/1844163695/ref=pd_sim_b_1
You can pre-order it on Amazon already. But it isn't coming out for a while:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/0312546343/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331068219&sr=8-1
And yes, the book is really great. I could read it again every few weeks, it just never gets boring.
(Do I have to do everything myself?)
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars®-Secrets-Galaxy-Deluxe/dp/1452159254?keywords=star+wars+rebel+files&qid=1537611749&sr=8-6&ref=mp_s_a_1_6 https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Awakens-Survival-Replica/dp/0794435696?keywords=star+wars+journals+rey&qid=1537611827&sr=8-1&ref=mp_s_a_1_1 (there's a ton of these so I'm not gonna look them all up but you can look in the recommended to find the rest) https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Guardians-Galaxy-Intergalactic-Survival/dp/0794440703?keywords=gotg+rocket%27s+rules&qid=1537612130&sr=8-1-fkmr1&ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Oliver-Dossier-Nick-Aires/dp/1783295228?keywords=Oliver+queen+dossier&qid=1537612197&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_1 https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Files-Matthew-Manning/dp/1449481329?keywords=the+batman+files&qid=1537612254&sr=8-1&ref=mp_s_a_1_1 (and if your hunger still isn't satisfied) https://www.amazon.com/Betty-Veronicas-Guide-Disney-Group/dp/0786855673?keywords=disney+guide+to+life+books&qid=1537612435&sr=8-16&ref=mp_s_a_1_16 https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Meets-World-Mastering-Middle/dp/1484727878?keywords=disney+guide+to+life+books&qid=1537612499&sr=8-2&ref=mp_s_a_1_2 https://www.amazon.com/Forces-Marcos-Guide-Mastering-Dimension/dp/1484774191?keywords=disney+guide+to+life+books&qid=1537612499&sr=8-3&ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/S-T-R-Labs-Ramons-Journal/dp/1785651277?keywords=cisco+ramon+journal&qid=1537612666&sr=8-1&ref=mp_s_a_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Tobins-Spirit-Guide-Official-Ghostbusters/dp/1608877086/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H1NAHC5CKM6KR406NWPQ https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Our-Past-Figuratively-Paranormal/dp/1101906006/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KJTGXHC5D28RZ2Y2DW05 https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Handbook-2016-Movie-ebook/dp/B0167565VE/ref=pd_aw_sim_351_of_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ABDC7B745X68RR3RXXE0 https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Ectomobile-Troy-Benjamin/dp/1608875121/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_23?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3S1SGC323GY6WQX81P9Q https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Universe-Travel-Guides-Guardians/dp/1608878546 (the last 3 are personal favorites, I really do like these kinds of books though because they immerse you so much. Have fun.)
That's probably the only good thing about the reboot happening, some new merch was made from the original movie too. one of the better things i've seen come out of this is the updated Tobin's Spirit Guide, saw it at a bookstore a few weeks ago and bought it.
Mike Carey series
And bonus: read in sexy British voice on Audible ;)
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Yikes! That's a bit more than I was hoping for.
So far, this is the best example of what I'm looking at, though it is, obviously, incomplete.
For that particular class, I believe the assigned reading was:
>* Wastelands - John Joseph Adams
I also took a class on dystopian literature, which included:
>* The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Others I could recommend:
>* Lost Horizon - James Hilton
From Wikipedia (pretty much accurate):
> When the novel was originally published in 1978, Doubleday believed the readers would be averse to such a long book, and that The Stand would be a bigger seller if it was much shorter. Stephen King cut approximately 400 pages (around 150,000 words) from the original manuscript.
> In 1990, a new unabridged edition of The Stand was published, billed as "The Complete & Uncut Edition". Published in hardcover by Doubleday in May 1990, this became the longest book published by King at 1152 pages. This edition reinstates most of the deleted pages (as selected by King), as well as updates the setting from the 1980s to the 1990s. This new edition features a new preface by Stephen King, and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson.
> Additionally, Doubleday published a deluxe edition of The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition, limited to 1,250 numbered copies and 52 lettered copies. This edition, known as the "Coffin Box" edition due to the book being housed in a wooden case, was signed by Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson.
The 1978 version was about 700 pages or so (for some reason, 600+ sticks in my head). That's the original I'm referring to. I'm not aware of a version with 1,400 pages. Where did you get it?
Here's a link to the 1978 edition on amazon.
This listing on amazon UK is for a copy weighing in at 1344 pages. Doorstop time. ;-)
Are you a book guy? This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It comes out in 3 days. Its predecessor, John Dies at the End, is hands-down the funniest book I have ever read, and it's solidly in my top 5 favorite books of all time.
This one? I actually read the book this past summer, it was a great read! I haven't completed a book before that in like a year, so it really reminded me what the imagination can do with just words. I can still visually picture the scenes, all from words.
I couldn't put it down, the chapters were literally 2-3 pages long, The suspense at times was taunting me to read just another chapter aha.
If you like his comics work then you are going to love his WH40K novels. Start here
He also does the Inquisitor Eisenhorn series too.
Check out the Felix Castor series, another well regarded Urban Fantasy set in London.
And as others have said, Dresden casts a long shadow over the subgenre, and is definitely worth a chance.
There's a sequel to "John dies at the end" called "This book is full of spiders". Both are great horror/dark comedy reads.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0312546343
Jeff Vandermeer's Veniss Underground is better than any drug you've taken.
Have you considered scifi in other mediums? There are some fantastic scifi television shows...
I liked The Scar by China Mieville. It is the second book in a series; you do not need to read the first book to enjoy this one! If you are looking to start from the beginning, Perdido Street Station is the first book.
https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B001BANK32/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1488289605&sr=1-1&keywords=the+shining
https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B0037TPMOA/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1488289605&sr=1-1
Thanks :)
OUP is usually a good bet, but I would also offer the two volumes edited by ST Joshi published by Penguin, complete with some very good notes.
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Magnus-Other-Stories-Complete/dp/0143039393
Is it possibly one of Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels? He's a professional exorcist in London, who is hired to deal with various demons, ghosts, etc. Several of the details you mention seem to fit. I think the girl you mention is a spirit or ghost who he is supposed to or is trying to exorcise. I believe she is in the house where she died?
He also has a relationship with a succubus named Juliet, she starts out hunting him for some kind of bounty but later they get together.
His best friend Rafi is possessed by a very scary demon, I don't remember much about that part.
I seem to also remember something about a diner, and his friend/contact who is...rotting? Or something?
Anyways, they're great books. Check out The Devil You Know.
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thanks for this contest!
Love these ideas! Have you read The Scar by China Mieville? If not, you should, the flavor feels quite similar.
Well, teenagers typically have the most disposable income of anyone. And typically the most free time. Let's see if I can add up some stuff:
Frankie Says Relax T is $6 here: http://6dollarshirts.com/product.php?productid=12120&gclid=CjwKEAiAveWnBRCzjqf4zpuUkGYSJABcoZbHUXETrN-y8QdAzeMEe0ijbjWZdbj29jmwTeGP8MFdohoCxT_w_wcB
Little Women is $4 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bantam-Classics-Louisa-Alcott/dp/0553212753/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425680239&sr=1-2&keywords=little+women
The Shining is $7: http://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B001BANK32/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425680272&sr=1-1&keywords=the+shining
Sandwiches at Subway will run you probably $15 for two footlongs.
$10 for a cameo, and there were cheaper ones than this: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Antique-Pendant-Necklace-Rhinestones/dp/B0080LMB1M/ref=sr_1_3?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1425680424&sr=1-3&keywords=cameo+necklace
That's $42 so far for an all day date. Not too shabby. Doesn't include the Lilies, but it's hard to estimate that because I don't know where this kid lives.
He asked for suggestions, I gave them.
The Running Man is great! Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Running-Man-Stephen-King/dp/0451197968
This is my best guess
Different Seasons by Stephen King. Page for Page, these are some of the best short stories to all appear together in a single book. It is a collection of 4 Novellas, one for each season. 3 of these stories have been turned into major screenplays: Stand By Me, Shawshank Redemption, and Apt Pupil.
Found this available for pre-order on Amazon as well. Has a release date of June 14. If this is a hard reboot, they're sure making a lot of references to the old movies -
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608877086?dpID=51kj6oJAq5L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_SL500_SR112%2C160_&refRID=S3R517PZY9VJJWZ593M9&ref_=pd_lutyp_cxhsh_1_1
They are all national bestsellers. Everyone should read On Writing, as it is very barebones and no BS when it comes to getting into writing. In fact, it's inspiring in almost any endeavor one wishes to pursue. Highly recommend it.
As far as his fiction, I'm partial to his Different Seasons collection which includes Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil and The Body (of which the movie version is Stand By Me).
In this case, don't forget Stephen King's Different Seasons, a collection of four excellent novellas.
I swear, all the good dystopian fiction with a real human quality is YA.
I actually haven't gotten around to the second or third books yet, I got very caught up in We Bought a Zoo, which is one of the most preposterous memoirs I have ever read.
Have you read any China Mieville? You could try The Scar! It's probably in my top ten books of all time.
Kind of like this book! http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0312546343
If you want to try one, I'd recommend this one, but anything from before the year 2000 will probably be at least ok.
Read the Gaunts Ghost's series by Dan Abnett. Excellent reads, don't know why OP didn't recommend. amazon link
I'm 90% sure it's these ones:
Links obtained here.
Do yourself a favor and pick up China Mieville's Bas-Lag series.
Perdido Street Station
The Scar &
Iron Council
The Shining by Stephen King for Kindle.
It's on my Kindle Wishlist.
Halloween
Thanks for holding the contest!
The Running Man and The Long Walk are both Richard Bachman (Stephen King) books. The first thing I thought of when I heard about HG was "Oh, like a cross between The Long Walk, The Running Man, and Lord of the Flies."
I'm a big fan of Horns, by Joe Hill . The movie was absolute garbage though.
You really can't go wrong with Tim Curry in Legend.
My favorite book I haven't read.
Reminds of of this book I read recently
This Book Is Full Of Spiders
Good book. It's the sequel to John Dies at the End.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
Here is the first 4 of the 7 books in the main cannon. An 8th book was released in 2012 much to the shock of fans everywhere, but I have not read it yet (I'm sure its superb).
http://www.amazon.com/The-Dark-Tower-Boxed-Books/dp/0451211243/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1396626001&sr=8-2&keywords=the+dark+tower
These books changed my life. They have informed my imagination and my mind like no other story ever has.
I got it from this.
I trust Dictionary.com more than a trust your singular book. That would be like if you used the word "shining", and I stuck my nose into the conversation saying you are wrong and that unless you got your definition from this, then the word does not mean what you think it means.
I do not think you have nearly enough ethos to be striding around the interwebs correcting other people. You seem to be wrong more than you are right.
You might even get a kick out of The Hunger Games or Divergent... And of course 1984 :)
This particular story can be found in Stephen Graham Jones's short story collection "After the People Lights Have Gone Off." You might like the other stories in that book. https://www.amazon.com/After-People-Lights-Have-Gone/dp/1940430259
I've been reading a lot of horror recently, so I can suggest a few off the top of my head.
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Shining by Steven King
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (You might hate this one.)
Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Also, I'm not sure if you're into comics, but there's a bunch of great horror there. I recommend Locke and Key, Colder, and Wytches.
Yep. He has finished writing it and it is now with the editor. Should be released shortly before Halloween. Amazon has it available for preorder
Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels are worth a look.
I like David Wong's This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It
IDW wrote a real version of Tobin's Spirit Guide. https://www.amazon.com/Tobins-Spirit-Guide-Official-Ghostbusters/dp/1608877086
If you think it ends too soon, read "This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It" which is the sequel to the original book John Dies at the End
I'm really not sure which version it is, this is my first Stephen King novel that I'm committing to reading (there's been a few books of his that I just gave up on). This is the one I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Stand-Stephen-King/dp/1444720732
Sorry if I'm not of help.
You should seriously read John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, both by David Wong (Jason Pargin.) They're funny and extremely readable.
(Straight Amazon links, no affiliate bullshit.)
Get the Ghost's novels in the Omnibuses, each has 3-4 novels in one for like $15. This is the first, followed by The Saint and The Lost. The last one isn't finished yet, Abnett's still writing the series.
This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, is a pretty good comedy/horror mix. Sort of like a Shawn of the Dead of zombie books.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312546343
This one?
Seek answers here.
The Amityville Horror or perhaps The Shining.
http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/0312546343/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332928233&sr=8-1
He's done with it, coming out October 2nd.
This is by Hodder and is readily available here in the UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stand-Stephen-King/dp/1444720732/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+stand&qid=1568669083&sr=8-1)
Read the Gaunt's Ghosts books.
Here you go:
https://www.amazon.com/Gaunts-Ghosts-Founding-Dan-Abnett/dp/1844163695/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493099737&sr=8-2&keywords=gaunts+ghost+the+founding
For some reason that link doesn't work but found this on Amazon, same one?
https://www.amazon.com/Tobins-Spirit-Guide-Official-Ghostbusters/dp/1608877086/
For anyone else who stumbles upon this post, the answer is: "The Spider Box" from Stephan Graham Jones' anthology, After the People Lights Have Gone Off.
I'm so happy my books came in the mail.
Different Seasons
This Book is Full of Spiders
China Miéville's The Scar
You need to read this book.
Possibly, I know this was in a book by one of the cracked writers, David Wong. I was searching through the comments to see if I could find the episode. And as I type this I looked down and found my answer. The book was published a year ago
http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Full-Spiders-Seriously/dp/0312546343
Cant pick just one So I'll name a few
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0451197968/ref=sr_1_1_up_1_main_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322561582&sr=1-1&condition=used
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0451167538
How about Hot Sauce, a Head Massager or a Stephen King Book?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444720732/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_JIxlDbB2PKYAV
Lone dude walking down a long road, and LOTS of brown. Not a bad cover, but I prefer yours.
The entire Chronicles of Narnia series.
This Book is Full of Spiders
And this one I am not proud of, but I read Breaking Dawn in one sitting.
John Dies at the End - by David Wong
you'll laugh, cry, cringe and shake your head in wonderment
and when you turn that last page- run out and buy the sequel This Book is Full of Spiders
>The whole story is maybe 4 pages long.
No. It was 96 pages. This was probably the longest short story I've ever read.
You can view the table of contents here
Pick up a few of the books. I would read, in order:
Caiphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM
Gaunt's Ghosts
Eisenhorn
Ravenor
Those 4 will give you a fairly firm grounding of the lore and a feel for the universe. The first two are war books, the latter two focus on the inquisition.
Nope. The question comes from a book, where a psychiatrist asks it as a kind of Rorschach test, but there's no context given about the names.
There are a lot of dystopian future books that really aren't that similar to The Hunger Games or Divergent. Did you want books about people competing in cruel games in a dystopian future, or is it just the dystopian aspect you want to explore?
Either way, there's a huge field to choose from. Neuromancer. The Electric Church. The Running Man. Just to name a few.