"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Michael Marshall “Sometimes the truth isn’t what you want to know. Sometimes the truth is best left to itself.” We’ve looked at a decent amount of horror here, and while the intricacy falls short of tales like The Angel’s Game or The Club Dumas, this book is one of the more complex. You’ll probably... Continue Reading →
by Stephen King Nowadays everybody wants to talk like they’ve got something to say, but nothing comes out when they move their lips, but The Stand. And mothafuckas act like they forgot about IT. First thing, there's no disparaging The Stand, that's just a catchy intro if you've ever listened to rap. His apocalyptic novel... Continue Reading →
by Robert McCammon “Something tore,” Spence said tonelessly. “Ripped open. Something won the fight, and I don’t think it was who the preachers said was gonna win.” Many of us perform a bit of research into any book before picking one up, mostly because they all take hours and we'd rather not waste our time.... Continue Reading →
by F. Paul Wilson “No, Carol. He needs to learn all he can about the world. After all, it’s going to be his someday.” Reprisal continues the story of Father William Ryan, beginning about 20 years after the end of the previous book, Reborn. He has shed his identity, his priesthood, his friends and family,... Continue Reading →
by Jamie Delano (from Hellblazer vol. 2 - The Devil You Know) "Hell is a slow, cold dream… a numb descent to absolute zero… a dead-eyed observation of atrocity. It’s where you go to chill out when the horror catches up with you. You can easily die there, and never even care." Hellblazer is the... Continue Reading →
by Voltaire “I have been in several provinces. . . in all, the principal occupation is love, the next is slander, and the third is talking nonsense.” Candide seems to have mastered one central theme, and the book will pound you over the head with it: If a man is standing over an open cesspool,... Continue Reading →
by Chuck Palahniuk We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, “No, that’s not right.” Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can’t teach God anything. Fight Club is the story of a man too sensitive to the shortcomings of modern... Continue Reading →
by Orson Scott Card "What is it next time? My army in a cage without guns, with the rest of the Battle School against them? How about a little equality?" "Ender, if you're on one side of the battle, it won't be equal no matter what the conditions are." Ender’s Game, originally a short story... Continue Reading →
by Michael McDowell “How children survive their parents,” sighed Sister, “is a thing I will never understand.” Blackwater is a sweeping, epic family drama with some horror and supernatural elements. While all 6 novels contain some of these elements, they’re mostly second fiddle to the drama with the possible exception of the sixth and final... Continue Reading →
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