What Books Have You Bought Recently?

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

There don't seem to be any new coffee table books out this Autumn for mass market consumption in the genres we know and love.

Remember when we got things like The Hammer Vault and John Landis Monsters in the Movies every year and now nothing.

I know that specialist publishers have released books on Hammer stuffed with lobby cards but they are around fifty quid in hardback which is too much in my opinion.

There doesn't seem to be any new Doctor Who coffee table books either. Perhaps they've run out of ideas.

Message to Stephen Thrower - where the hell is Nightmare USA 2? It's been like 7 years since it was teased!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Message to Stephen Thrower - where the hell is Nightmare USA 2? It's been like 7 years since it was teased!

He's very slow.

It took years for The second Franco book to arrive. Ended up getting published about two years after it was supposed to. They kept pushing back my Amazon order.

[Justin101]

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

When authors deliver a new 600 page novel each year (Looking at you among others Stephen King) you'd think Thrower could write a book in six years.

He probably needs vigorous editing if his interview on the 88 Splatter University disc is anything to go by as he constantly repeats himself.

This post is in jest by the way. I have no idea if Stephen Thrower is even writing a new book.

If he is then that's fantastic because the ones i have are ****ing superb!

[Justin101]

Hah I understand, it is frustrating, but you have to remember Stephen King is a writer as his full time job, he often documents how he starts writing at 8am every morning until lunch time, he does it every single day.

Stephen Thrower has many fingers in many pies, also his subject matter takes a lot of research! 7 years for the follow up to Nightmare USA is a bit much though, he's 18 months of lockdown to get a crack on...

Although never forget that George RR Martin has STILL not published his last 2 Game of Thrones books. A Dance with Dragons came out 10 years ago now!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Hah I understand, it is frustrating, but you have to remember Stephen King is a writer as his full time job, he often documents how he starts writing at 8am every morning until lunch time, he does it every single day.

Stephen Thrower has many fingers in many pies, also his subject matter takes a lot of research! 7 years for the follow up to Nightmare USA is a bit much though, he's 18 months of lockdown to get a crack on...

Although never forget that George RR Martin has STILL not published his last 2 Game of Thrones books. A Dance with Dragons came out 10 years ago now!!

With Martin i think you have to put it into perspective. He basically has to come up with the perfect (ending) to Game of Thrones or the world will probably explode. I know social media will if it's not the GOAT.

A 500 page book on shitty films no-one's seen or indeed heard of outside a select few who buy every single Vinegar Syndrome release is hardly the same thing.

However out of the two i know which one i'd buy and it'd have sod all to do with the mythical land of Westeros.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

It will be a monster if ever completed. According to the tease in Volume 1 it was going to include 24 chapters on individual filmakers plus a 120 title review section.

When I read Volume 1 most of the films mentioned hadn't seen the light of day making the book a sort of map to buried (illicit!) treasure. My concern is that these independent movies are arriving so thick and fast on BR now the book might not seem that attractive or interesting from an archaelogical point of view.

Having said that, it's day one for me...

[Inspector Abberline]

Recent additions

Raising Laughter: How the Sitcom Kept Britain Smiling in the ‘70s and Sex And Horror: The Art Of Emanuele Taglietti...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Would you mind showing a few examples of pages from the Sex and Horror book oh phone less one?

[Inspector Abberline]

these previews are from Amazon...
Sex and Horror is long overdue look at the famed fumetti work of Emanuele Taglietti: a legendary comic book cover artist known for his outrageous artwork. In the course of his acclaimed career in the '70s and '80s, he painted more than 500 covers, for such books as Zora the Vampire and 44 Magnum. Taglietti was one of most outstanding artists of the golden age of Italian comics. His iconic work is overflowing with violence and eroticism. This highly visual biography displays dozens of his full-colour paintings and discusses his techniques while exploring a fascinating life.