Hi,
No, I haven't read any of his other works, though I did watch Fight Club,
which was absolutely fascinating. I own the DVD, and maybe it's time for
another viewing.
Actually, I'm in the middle of watching an anime series, Rahxephon, which
is
an inspiration for the GM running our CthulhuTech game. We don't play
on-line; we play in person, and the game is going well. I'm looking
forward
to our next session. I was a little skeptical that Cthulhu-like horror
could be combined effectively with anime, but it works, and creates a
very
creepy setting. The publishers of CthulhuTech will start selling the PDF
on-line soon. I look forward to that. I rarely, if ever, scan
role-playing
books, as they are a nightmare of sidebars, pictures and other weirdness
that can make the scan impossible to sort through. So I just eagerly
await
the PDFs now. Fortunately, the role-playing community has finally caught
up
with the times, and most games can be bought electronically now.
I look forward to the validation. I should warn you that I'm a slow
validator. Typically, I take only books that I want to read cover to
cover.
It makes for a better validation, but does tend to mean that I am a
slowpoke.
Lora
PS: I'll respond to Lora or Nancy on-line, but only to Nancy in person.
I'm not that subject to multiple personalities. <Grin>
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Blanks [mailto:scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:42 PM
To: Lora
Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] Re: current horror projects
Lora/Nancy,
Palahniuk's Lullaby shall be your baby soon. Have you read any of his
other
work? He's very good, and horror is by no means the only way to describe
him. He's funny, disturbing, very media-savvy, quite tuned into the
American/western society. He's the one responsible for Fight Club, which
was
made into a very good film, and in addition, another half dozen books.
Your Cthulhu tech game sounds interesting, and I'm not usually one for
the
on-line type games. How's that going?
I'll send you another email when the Palahniuk book is complete and on
step
one, which might happen today, or tomorrow at the latest.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:58 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: current horror projects
Hey, Scott,
If you're willing, put Hold for Lora on Lullaby, and I'll give it a go
for
validation. It sounds interesting.
Thanks,
Lora
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:54 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] current horror projects
Hi all,
Here are a few of the in progress and just completed scans I'm working
on
for the good of Bookshare:
1. The Kill Riff by David J. Schow
Present Status: scan complete, about to submit for validation
Synopsis: Lucas Ellington seeks to avenge his daughter's death at a rock
concert by destroying band members one by one. The last one left alive
is
forced to live up to a macho image by stalking his stalker in return.
2. Triage by Richard Laymon, Edward Lee, and Jack Ketchum Present
Status:
scan complete, about to submit for validation
Synopsis: A whacko walking into a workplace after first making a
threatening
phone call ("I'm gonna get you") serves as the premise for each of the
three
novellas in this grisly anthology.
3. Deep Blue by David Niall Wilson
Current Status: out for validation
Synopsis: A burned-out musician, Brandt, is playing in an obscure band
when
he hears a homeless black man, Wally, play the purest blues on the
harmonica
he has ever heard, music that encapsulates all the pain of the world.
Brandt
begs Wally to teach him how to play the same way.
He disregards Wally's warning that he would have to take the pain into
himself, and then play to purge it lest it consume him. Brandt's
performance
that evening changes the lives of his fellow band members. Together they
discover that they can play not to wake the dead but to settle
restlessly
roaming spirits.
4. Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
Current Status: out for validation
Synopsis: Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of
rape--haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from
jail.
5. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Current Status: scan is about one-third complete
Synopsis: Assigned to write a series of feature articles investigating
SIDS,
troubled newspaper reporter Carl Streator begins to notice a pattern
among
the cases he encounters: each child was read the same poem prior to his
or
her death.
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