Namdrol on 5/7/2009 at 21:17
Ray Bradbury - The Day It Rained For Ever, is one of the best books ever.
SubJeff on 5/7/2009 at 23:01
That link to the short version of Flowers doesn't work for me. Anyway, I read the full version and that is the one I recommend.
Robert Silverberg also wrote Dying Inside which I think is a must for anyone over 30.
Bradbury has done some great short story collections. I've not read a novel by him though. Perhaps one of those will be next.
In case I didn't say before - I've been going through the Sci-Fi Masterworks and branching off as appropriate. I read a ton of PKD and although each one on its own was great, I'd caution anyone not to over do him or you'll get a bit jaded and irritated by his, errr, style? I don't know but there is something very odd about his stuff.
Namdrol on 5/7/2009 at 23:16
The Day It Rained For Ever is a collection from quite early. Beautiful.
Death Is A Lonely Business is late and a novel, a quiet and haunting horror mystery in a declining 1950s Venice Beach, CA.
gunsmoke on 5/7/2009 at 23:31
Quote Posted by Namdrol
The Day It Rained For Ever is a collection from quite early. Beautiful.
Death Is A Lonely Business is late and a novel, a quiet and haunting horror mystery in a declining 1950s Venice Beach, CA.
I actually have an Audio Book of Death is a Lonely Business. Great stuff, and highly rec'd/.
theBlackman on 5/7/2009 at 23:35
The Art of paper sculpture
thefonz on 7/7/2009 at 21:05
I'm near the end of the first volume of GRRM's Dreamsongs and just finished Sandkings - one of the "horror sci fi" stories he wrote.
Holy fucking shit thats some good writing...I'm digging this new side to the Great Man which I hadnt read about before (outside of ASOIAF).
Looking forward to starting Volume 2 and what pleasures that holds!
Harvester on 7/7/2009 at 23:24
Quote Posted by thefonz
just finished Sandkings - one of the "horror sci fi" stories he wrote.
I haven't read it, but they made a (new) Outer Limits episode of that story, it's pretty good. I love The Outer Limits, I wish they would release all the episodes on DVD.
Currently reading a short story collection by Stephen King. I like most of his short stories.
Volitions Advocate on 7/7/2009 at 23:29
I just picked up Enders Game, I've been told to read it over and over and im bored so I finally bought it.
Other than that Im still reading Tori Amos' biography, and I plan on picking up a Rudyard Kipling compilation full of short horror stories, I heard about it on CBC radio and it has a forward from Neil Gaiman, sounds pretty interesting.
Tonamel on 8/7/2009 at 01:31
After a bunch of cajoling by a friend of mine, I've reserved The Haunting of Hill House at the library. We'll see how it goes.
