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Old 20th January 2019, 06:52 PM
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I think everyone looks amateur compared to Rigby, and probably Thrower in particular his expertise. There are better slasher books out there though I'm sure!
I think one problem is in the fact i'm not learning anything. Over half way through and there's nothing new, i'm no expert on slashers either, this is the first book i've read on the subject.
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Old 22nd January 2019, 04:39 PM
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Just started another Bernard Taylor novel, The Moonstone Sickness. Promises to be a Wicker Man type folk-horror.

What's feeding my resurgent pulp-horror obsession at the moment is a series of fanzines I discovered over at the Vault of Evil board. I missed the first four issues but issues 1-3 have been reprinted as an omnibus with bonus material - some really nice articles here covering a wide range of horror genres, and impossible not to influence your reading list if you have a hankering for the good old days of the 70s and 80s, when horror ruled the bookshelves. They are available through Amazon.
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Old 14th February 2019, 05:10 PM
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Just started another Bernard Taylor novel, The Moonstone Sickness. Promises to be a Wicker Man type folk-horror.
I finished The Moonstone Sickness and it was exactly what it promised to be except with a nice identity theft twist to The Wicker Man style denouement.

I've now moved to another Bernard Taylor novel re-printed by Valencourt Books: Sweetheart, Sweetheart which is a ghost story.
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Old 16th February 2019, 05:44 PM
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Back into the old books and have started reading today William Hjortsbergs Falling Angel. I'll be back soon
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Old 16th February 2019, 06:15 PM
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A bit of Lovecraftian horror in Mike Mignola's "The Doom That Came to Gotham". Yes it's Batman, folks, but not as you know him! This is one of the best graphic novels that I've read (and I've got through a few, let me tell you). It's part of the "ELSEWORLDS" occasional series and, being a Mignola story, very dark.

My ickle girl, The-Daughter-of-Darkness, bought it for me for my birthday and now she wants to borrow it! Mmm! Do you think...?
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Old 16th February 2019, 06:16 PM
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A bit of Lovecraftian horror in Mike Mignola's "The Doom That Came to Gotham". Yes it's Batman, folks, but not as you know him! This is one of the best graphic novels that I've read (and I've got through a few, let me tell you). It's part of the "ELSEWORLDS" occasional series and, being a Mignola story, very dark.



My ickle girl, The-Daughter-of-Darkness, bought it for me for my birthday and now she wants to borrow it! Mmm! Do you think...?
One of my favourite batman stories

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Finished Shock And Awe. To all intense purposes ... it's really his Bowie book tbh. Recommended.
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Finished Shock And Awe. To all intense purposes ... it's really his Bowie book tbh. Recommended.
I've just finished that book too, given me a few more musical avenues to explore aside from the Bowie/Roxy/Bolan axis. I thought the last section leading up to the end of his (Bowie's) life was very poignant.
I enjoy his writing as a whole , he manages to combine the personal vs. analytical viewpoints well (sensed a palpable dislike of Steve Harley!).
Oh, and Gary Glitter - "I Didn't Know I Loved You (til I saw you Rock'n'Roll) is basically Killing Jokes' "Tension" five years before...
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Noted!!!

Acquired his Retromania from same mate I got S&A from. I remember when him and The Stud Brothers ran Melody Maker etc etc.
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Old 22nd February 2019, 06:23 PM
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Finished Falling Angel, years since I read so gonna definitely watch Angel Heart tonight after reading this.
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