Lovecraft = horror sci-fi god.
The Colour Out of Space is fantastic. Without him there would have been no 'Who goes there?' or 'The Thing'. Genius.
(Experiment 626, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 10:53, archived)

Produced some great work,
but very much a less is more sort, I think.

[5 pages of dramatic build up to the terrifying conclusion]
Something happened that was so terrible, I dare not set it down in words.

The End.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:06, archived)

hahahaha
very true.
(Experiment 626, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:07, archived)

Thanks for that
I won't have to read it now.

/may read it one day
( Newington, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:10, archived)

"Cool Air" (I think, about a man who is melting)
is very good. Lovecraft's certainly worth a look, even though much of his work has dated to the point where it isn't even remotely scary.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:15, archived)

'At the mountains of madness'
still r00x0rs my s0xors or whatever it is the cool kids say these days.
( Lonewolf - O R'lyeh? Ya R'lyeh!, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:24, archived)

Gah,
What is it about horror that seems to attract all the "1337-kidz"?

I much prefer some Murakami or Brookmyre or Mankell. To name but a few...
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:29, archived)

Read 'The Wind-up bird chronicles'
which I loved, 'Hard-boiled wonderland' is in the pile of books next to my bed that I need to get round to reading.
( Lonewolf - O R'lyeh? Ya R'lyeh!, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:32, archived)

Wild Sheep Chase is fantastic too :D

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:34, archived)

We already know about your weekend activities,
what about books though?
( Lonewolf - O R'lyeh? Ya R'lyeh!, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:36, archived)

Pfft.
Also I'm rather keen on Yukio Mishima for trad Jap Lit, any other Jap Lit recommendations gratefully accepted :D
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:42, archived)

I'm reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles on the recommendation of Fenris
at the moment.

Brookmyre is also fab.

Mankell?
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:43, archived)

Mankell = Henning Mankell
Swedish crime writer, quite bleak - very much in the vein of Rankin's Rebus, but set in Sweden, so colder, yet cleaner.

I've become rather hooked, as proven by the fact I seem to have bought all of them over the past few months :S
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:52, archived)

I feel compelled to investigate
Any particular one that I should start off with?
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:54, archived)

The first one (keeps any back story clear)
Which is called Faceless Killers
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 11:57, archived)