Authors We Like After Clive: Was-What Should I Read

Great with all these suggestions. Will look for them next time I'm in a
bookstore.

my recomendation:
Only Foreward by Michael Marshall Smith.
Everyone MUST read it!


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 > Hi There,
 >
 > Loved the thread, and thought I'd take the suggestion and start a new
thread to
 > name other authors we like besides Clive. My two other top faves of
modern
 > Bizarre Fiction are Jeff Noon (Vurt) and China Mieville (Perdido Street
 > Station). Hi praise to both. Each very original in it's own right.
 >
 > Guinness,
 >
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"Nephilum" <nephilum RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi There,
 >
 > Loved the thread, and thought I'd take the suggestion and start a new
thread to
 > name other authors we like besides Clive. My two other top faves of
modern
 > Bizarre Fiction are Jeff Noon (Vurt) and China Mieville (Perdido Street
 > Station). Hi praise to both. Each very original in it's own right.
 >
 > Guinness,
 >
 > The Neph

Haven't read Jeff Noon but really enjoyed Perdido Street Station and The
Scar by China Mieville. The second book is set in the same world but instead
of being confined to the one huge city it is a journey across the planet
taking in all sorts of bizarre sights along the way. I would highly
recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Perdido. Would also agree with
others on the list that Neil Gaiman's American Gods is well worth a try.

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Well,
Since i'm only like 24365798 days late, I'll chime in quietly.

My favorite authors besides Clive are:

Caleb Carr
Quinn Fawcett
Stephen King
Robert Heinlein
Katherine Dunn
Neil Gaiman


who else am I forgetting? hm.... I mean I like a lot of authors but these
are the few that I will own everything they have and would read anything
they put out. Even if it's toilet paper reviews.
(granted, tho, heinlein is dead and probably won't be writing anything more)

ahhhhh...

-imacolata

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 > Hi There,
 >
 > Loved the thread, and thought I'd take the suggestion and start a new
thread to
 > name other authors we like besides Clive. My two other top faves of
modern
 > Bizarre Fiction are Jeff Noon (Vurt) and China Mieville (Perdido Street
 > Station). Hi praise to both. Each very original in it's own right.
 >
 > Guinness,
 >
 > The Neph

I like Brian Lumely and Stephen King.

Later,

Kyle


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Hrrrmmm...


Peter Straub
Brian Lumley
Neil Gaiman
Stephan King of course (reminds self to pick up the rewritten
gunslinger soon)

Odds and ends of others, Zelanzy's Ambers , Herberts Dunes, Lovecrafts
Mythos, Weis/Hickman Drangonlancers.


Silverweed
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If you like Barker & King try to find:

Dan Simmons "Carrion Comfort" and
Ray Garton "Crucifax Autumn"

oh what the hell, here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446359203/qid=105694176...r=1-9/r
and
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/0913165298...ed/ref=

"Crucifax Autumn" in hardcover by Dark Harvest Books has a deleted chapter
that's not in Crucifax. Dark Harvest made beautifully illustrated horror
books of Donald Grant Publishers quality IMHO.

Publishers for fine horror books:

Dark Harvest
Scream Press
Cemetary Dance
Donald M. Grant (esp. for lim/signed SK)
Arkham House

Search for books from these pubs on abebooks.com


Have a nice day,

Mowgli
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"Nephilum" <nephilum.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi There,
 >
 > Loved the thread, and thought I'd take the suggestion and start a new
thread to
 > name other authors we like besides Clive. My two other top faves of
modern
 > Bizarre Fiction are Jeff Noon (Vurt) and China Mieville (Perdido Street
 > Station). Hi praise to both. Each very original in it's own right.
 >
 > Guinness,
 >
 > The Neph

I am new to this group, but thought I would chime in here. I like the
following authors (my list is much broader, so I will try to trim it here):

Stephen King
Robert R. McCammon ("Speaks the Nghtbird" was excellent)
H.P. Lovecraft
Edgar Allen Poe
Richard Matheson
Michael Moorcock
Joyce Carol Oates

I have recently discovered Stephen Dobyns and am currently reading "The
Church of Dead Girls."

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I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that book, "The Apocrypha"
that so many people went nuts over before. Never heard about it again.

As for "The Scar" yes, I enoyed it alot, though liked Perdido better.
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Speaking of "The Apocrypha", I just ordered it recently, and apparently the
name has been changed to "The Devil's Apocrypha". Just FYI.

- Joe

 > I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that book, "The
Apocrypha"
 > that so many people went nuts over before. Never heard about it again.
 >
 > As for "The Scar" yes, I enoyed it alot, though liked Perdido better.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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if it don't say it, it is mephisto here...


I really like Kathe Koja. Kinda poetic, horrific, sci-fi'y kinda girl. 'Bad
Brains' and 'Strange Angels'

Stephen King is gawd.

Albert Camus, 'The Fall'. Very dry, but good on a dreary day.

Richard Laymon, if only for a light read. You will get sick of tight powder
blue sweaters in a hurry. Even if they are spattered in blood and semen...

Billy Shakespeare, "Titus Andronicus" (I sure hope the spelling police are
not reading this)

more later....


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 > Speaking of "The Apocrypha", I just ordered it recently, and apparently
the
 > name has been changed to "The Devil's Apocrypha". Just FYI.
 >
 > - Joe
 >
  > > I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that book, "The
 > Apocrypha"
  > > that so many people went nuts over before. Never heard about it again.
  > >
  > > As for "The Scar" yes, I enoyed it alot, though liked Perdido better.
 >
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Hey, I remembered! I wish everyone in the world could read William Pater
Blatty's "Twinkle, Twinkle Killer Kane"
It is the best book in the world, and I want it adapted into a screenplay
tout suite, tout fini!

Don't expect twirly head Exorcist gags either, this one goes for the throat.

Actually, it is a comedy. Not horror at all.

-mephy

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 > I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that book, "The
Apocrypha"
 > that so many people went nuts over before. Never heard about it again.
 >
 > As for "The Scar" yes, I enoyed it alot, though liked Perdido better.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"mephisto" <jdp2 RemoveThis @thot.net> wrote in message
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 > Hey, I remembered! I wish everyone in the world could read William Pater
 > Blatty's "Twinkle, Twinkle Killer Kane"
 > It is the best book in the world, and I want it adapted into a screenplay
 > tout suite, tout fini!
 >
 > Don't expect twirly head Exorcist gags either, this one goes for the
throat.
 >
 > Actually, it is a comedy. Not horror at all.
 >
 > -mephy

Um didn't Blatty make this into a film himself as The Ninth Configuration?

Pete

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 > Nephilum <nephilum RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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  > > I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that book, "The
 > Apocrypha"
  > > that so many people went nuts over before. Never heard about it again.
  > >
  > > As for "The Scar" yes, I enoyed it alot, though liked Perdido better.
 >
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By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens is a really good book about a serial
killer, one of my favourites.
"Kyle L. Dennis" <ifdude.TakeThisOut@cableone.net> wrote in message
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 > "Nephilum" <nephilum.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
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  > > Hi There,
  > >
  > > Loved the thread, and thought I'd take the suggestion and start a new
 > thread to
  > > name other authors we like besides Clive. My two other top faves of
 > modern
  > > Bizarre Fiction are Jeff Noon (Vurt) and China Mieville (Perdido Street
  > > Station). Hi praise to both. Each very original in it's own right.
  > >
  > > Guinness,
  > >
  > > The Neph
 >
 > I like Brian Lumely and Stephen King.
 >
 > Later,
 >
 > Kyle
 >
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