[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Horror June 2008
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- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:19:52 -0400
Horror June 2008
"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom
sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
~ from Bram Stoker's Dracula
New and Recently Released!
Avenging Fury - by John Farris
Publisher: Forge
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Pub Date: 5/13/2008
ISBN: 9780312877323
ISBN-10: 0312877323
Psychic Eden Waring fought an ancient evil...and won. Unfortunately, her
victory was just one battle in the war against Mordaunt, the Dark Side of God,
and though she has destroyed his body, his consciousness lives on. Adding to
Eden's problems, her time-traveling doppelgänger, Gwen, goes to 1926
Georgia--where
a part of Mordaunt's soul may be waiting on her arrival. Avenging Fury by John
Farris, who received the 2001 Horror Writers' Association Lifetime Achievement
Award, is the final book in the Fury series, and fans will find it a
fast-paced, satisfying conclusion to the four-book saga.
Ravenous - by Ray Garton
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780843958201
ISBN-10: 0843958200
Looking for something different in a werewolf novel? Author Ray Garton "reworks
the werewolf myth to great effect" (Publishers Weekly) in Ravenous. A rapist
is assaulting women in the small California town of Big Rock--even worse, he's
a werewolf (lycanthropy is a sexually transmitted disease that he passes
on to his victims) and he doesn't mind killing a few people either. Sheriff
Arlin Hurley and his men discover that the havoc wreaked by these creatures
is far worse than the legends; luckily, a werewolf hunter, Daniel Fargo, is
also in town. If you like gory stories with lots of sex, check this one out.
First Chapter
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories - by Richard Matheson
Publisher: Tor
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780765312570
ISBN-10: 0765312573
The thought-provoking horror tales in this new compilation of stories by the
best-selling author of I Am Legend were originally published in the 1950s and
1960s--but they're just as relevant and entertaining today. In fact, the title
story, "Button, Button," which inspired a memorable episode of The Twilight
Zone, is currently being adapted for a film, The Box, starring Cameron Diaz and
James Marsden. In that story, a couple receives a mysterious box that will
give them $50,000--and kill a stranger--each time they push a button. Would you
push the button? Will they? Publishers Weekly says these stories "demonstrate
why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence."
Infected: A Novel - by Scott Sigler
Publisher: Crown Publishers
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780307406101
ISBN-10: 0307406105
What are those strange welts appearing on ex-football player Perry Dawsey's
body? They're blue and triangular...and a sure sign that he's been infected!
Perry is the latest victim of a new disease that causes ordinary people to turn
into paranoid murderers who hear imaginary voices, but the smart, bioengineered
parasite causing the epidemic may have bigger plans for Perry... Infected has
received lots of buzz and is this season's hot horror book (the author got
a publishing deal after self-podcasting his books and there's already talk of a
movie)--catch it while you can.
Focus on: Stoker Award Winners
The Bram Stoker Awards are given each year to honor "superior achievement" in
horror writing. This year's awards were presented on March 30, 2008--The Missing
by Sarah Langan won for novel and Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill won for first
novel. But why not read some older winners?
The Silence of the Lambs - by Thomas Harris
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 8/1/1988
ISBN: 9780312022822
ISBN-10: 0312022824
You've probably seen the 1991 The Silence of the Lambs movie starring Jodie
Foster and Anthony Hopkins, but have you read the 1988 Stoker Award-winning
book that the film was based on? Criminally insane psychiatrist--and imprisoned
serial killer--Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter agrees to help FBI Academy
trainee Clarice Starling track down a serial killer known only as Buffalo
Bill--but only if she provides information about herself. If you like complex
characters and psychological suspense, you must read this chilling book, which
many think is better than the Oscar-winning movie.
Lisey's Story: A Novel - by Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
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Pub Date: 10/24/2006
ISBN: 9780743289412
ISBN-10: 0743289412
Lisey's Story, winner of the 2006 Stoker Award, is a love/horror story from
Stephen King, where one of the characters seems oddly familiar--well, except
for the being dead part. Scott, an award-winning, bestselling horror writer
from Maine (sound like someone you know?), has died. His grieving widow, Lisey,
faces an office of unpublished works and miscellanea--as well as threatening
people who want Scott's papers. To survive, Lisey looks to her life with Scott,
to Scott's troubled childhood, and to the place he found ideas and inspiration:
Boo'ya Moon, a world as dangerous as it is fruitful. Kirkus Reviews calls
this meditation on love, fear, and creativity "one of King's finest works."
First Chapter
Creepers: A Novel - by David Morrell
Publisher: CDS Books
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Pub Date: 9/30/2005
ISBN: 9781593152376
ISBN-10: 159315237X
Ever pass by an abandoned building and wonder what it would be like to wander
through it? That's exactly what urban explorers ("creepers") do, armed with
flashlights and caving gear. Sometimes it's a factory or a railway station, but
reporter Frank Balenger joins a group one cold October night on the New
Jersey shore to break into and explore a long-abandoned hotel built by a
wealthy eccentric. They are unprepared for the danger, terror, and death
awaiting
them, for at least two of them have an agenda other than merely exploring, and
one is not exactly who he says he is... David Morrell's "creepy" book won
the Stoker Award in 2005.
In the Night Room: A Novel - by Peter Straub
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pub Date: 3/28/2006
ISBN: 9780345491329
ISBN-10: 0345491327
Tim Underhill (Straub fans will recognize him from earlier books, such as
Koko), a novelist and Vietnam vet, suddenly receives bizarre emails from dead
people and sees his dead sister. Willy Patrick, an award-winning young-adult
novelist whose husband and daughter were both murdered, is engaged, but
discovers
her fiancé, Mitchell Faber, isn't who she thinks he is. When Willy and Tim's
lives intersect, the two realize that there is a strange tie that binds them
together. While this 2004 Stoker winner is something of a sequel to Straub's
award-winning Lost Boy Lost Girl, it can be enjoyed on its own by those
interested
in exploring the line between fantasy and reality.
First Chapter
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