Scariest book ever??
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Oh, goodness, no!
That was my stupid attempt to be silly, and now I've upset you!
I was using my text abbreviations to write a simple little paragraph, hoping you'd get it:
Oh my god! Your miles may vary?
Shaking my head, by the way.
Crack me up! Laugh out loud!
Sorry! And now Kurben is just as confused as you!
I was following along until CMU.
I even google. And I got a university. Carnagie Melon University.
So...I thought...maybe I'm not supposed to use short forms on this forum, and so
I apologized.
But we could have fun making up different meanings for these short forms.
I even google. And I got a university. Carnagie Melon University.
So...I thought...maybe I'm not supposed to use short forms on this forum, and so
being Canadian
But we could have fun making up different meanings for these short forms.
It's all good! When I looked back on my post, it did kinda look like I was "cussin you out" as we used to say as kids.I was following along until CMU.
I even google. And I got a university. Carnagie Melon University.
So...I thought...maybe I'm not supposed to use short forms on this forum, and soI apologized.being Canadian
But we could have fun making up different meanings for these short forms.
Fiction does not scare me anymore. In the past, it was Salem's Lot and The Exorcist. There are some very scary parts to Summer Of Night by Dan Simmons.
I always thought Dracula was the best horror novel. The movies have likely spoiled it for many or discouraged them from actually reading it because they think they know the story though. Carrie is somewhat similar in narrative style. It's hard enough to find a horror novel that is not downright awful much less one that actually frightens me. I took a quick glance at some of the lists of the best horror novels and was suprised to see books like "The Ruins" on several. I realize those lists are subjective but I disliked that one. One of those written hoping to be made into a bad movie books.
I liked Dracula too.
I think it's much slower than people are accustomed to these days.
I think it's much slower than people are accustomed to these days.
I just finished Peter Straub's Lost Boy; Lost Girl.
I'm not sure it was so much scary as . . . unsettling.
But then, that's Peter Straub.
I'm not sure it was so much scary as . . . unsettling.
But then, that's Peter Straub.
I loved the book but,on re-reading, had to grind my teeth at Von Helsing when he was talking about the "oh so lovely" this and that. Mina was addressed as if she were a nit wit or a child. The times they have changed lol.
This topic made me actually think, and hard. I had to consider it: when was the last time I found any work of fiction scary?
I think it was in 1992, when I read books like: Salem's Lot, The Dark Half, Pet Sematary, and numerous of other SK novels as well.
I'd have to pick one of the books I named, but it's a way too hard decision to make.
I think it was in 1992, when I read books like: Salem's Lot, The Dark Half, Pet Sematary, and numerous of other SK novels as well.
I'd have to pick one of the books I named, but it's a way too hard decision to make.
I caught that the first time. However, for the time period it takes place, it seemed appropriate.
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