bobholly138 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hit the horror fiction jackpot today. Been getting rid of dvds/comics/books on LetGo. So while looking on there last night saw someone with "5 big boxes of horror novels for free".Contacted the guy and went this afternoon to pick them up. Clive Barker-Mister B. Gone Ray Bradbury-The October Country Ray Bradbury-Something Wicked this way comes Gary A. Branbeck-Coffin County Gary A. Branbeck-Far Dark Fields Gary A. Branbeck-In Silent Graves Gary A. Branbeck-Keepers Gary A. Branbeck-Mr Hands Ramsey Campbell-Creatures of the Pool Ramsey Campbell-The Darkest Part of the Woods Ramsey Campbell-The Overnight Mike Carey-The Devil You Know Hugh B. Cave-the Restless Dead Simon Clark-Blood Crazy Simon Clark-Death's Dominion Simon Clark-Ghost Monster Simon Clark-In this Skin Simon Clark-Stranger Simon Clark-Vampyrrhic Douglas Clegg-The Abandoned Douglas Clegg-The Attraction Douglas Clegg-The Halloween Man Douglas Clegg-The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg-The Infinite Douglas Clegg-Mischief Douglas Clegg-The Nightmare Chronicles Douglas Clegg-Nightmare House Douglas Clegg-You Come When I call You Matthew Costello-Missing Monday Guillermo Deltoro&Chuck Hogan-The Strain Robert Dunbar-The Pines Robert Dunbar-The Shore B.K.Evenson&Rob Zombie-Lords of Salem John Everson-Covenant John Everson-Sacrifice John Everson-The 13th Robert Fleming-Havoc After Dark Tales of Terror W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Bluff W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Gambit W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Trap Ray Garton-Loveliest Dead Ray Garton-Ravenous R.Patrick Gates-The Prison J.F.Gonzalez-Survivor Leopoldo Gouti-Ghost Radio Walter Greatshell-Xombies Daryl Gregory-We are all Completely Fine Stephen Gregory-Wakening the Crow Lori Handeland-Shakespeare Undead Rick Hautala-Bedbugs Grady Hendrix-HorrorStor Steve Hockensmith-Dawn of the Dreadfuls Tobe Hooper-Midnight Movie Alex Irvine-The Supernatural Book of Monsters,Spirits,Demons and Ghouls Anthony Izzo-Evil Harvest Lisa Jackson-Born to Die Shirley Jackson-Hangsaman Brian Keene-Blood on the Page the Complete Short fiction of Brian Keene Brian Keene-Dark Hollow Brian Keene-Darkness on the Edge of Town* Brian Keene-Dead Sea 2 copies Brian Keene-A Gathering of Crows Brian Keene-Ghost Walk* Brian Keene-Ghoul* Brian Keene-The Rising Brian Keene-Unhappy Endings Brian Keene-Urban Gothic* Damien Kelly-The Christmas Gifts Nate Kenyon-The Bone Factory Nate Kenyon-Sparrow Rock Jack Ketchum-Red Stephen King-On Writing M.J.Konevich-The Rousseau House Michael Laimo-Deep in the Darkness Michael Laimo-The Demonologist Joe R.Lansdale-Bumper Crop Joe R. Lansdale-High Cotton Stephen Laws-The Wyrm Richard Laymon-Beware Richard Laymon-The Cellar Richard Laymon-Darkness,Tell Us Richard Laymon-Flesh Richard Laymon-The Midnight Tour Richard Laymon-Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon-Savage Tim Lebbon-Berserk* Tim Lebbon-Desolation Tim Lebbon-The Everlasting Tim Lebbon-Face Tim Lebbon-30 Days of Night Edward Lee-City Infernal Edward Lee-The Golem Edward Lee-The Innswich Horror Edward Lee-Monstrosity Bentley Little-The Collection Bentley Little-Dispatch Bentley Little-The House Bentley Little-The Revelation Bentley Little-The Vanishing Michael Logan-Apocalypse Cow Adam Lukeman-Fangoria 101 Best Horror Movies You've never seen Michelle Lundy-Christmas Coffin John Maberry-Bad Moon Rising John Maberry-Dead Man's Song John Maberry-Ghost House Blues John Maberry-Patient Zero Ronald Malfi-Snow Hilary Mantel-Beyond Black A.Lee Martinez-Gil's All Fright Diner A.Lee Martinez-A Nameless Wind Graham Masterton-The Djinn Richard Matheson-Button Button Uncanny Stories Richard Matheson-Hell House L.H.Maynard&M.P.Sims-Night Souls Robert McCammon-Swan Song Shane Mckenzie-Infinity House Joe McKinney-Dead City 2 copies Graham McNeill-Bones of the Yopasi Paul Melniczek-Frightful October Tales of Halloween Horror Brent Monahan-An American Haunting James A. Moore-Blood Red James A. Moore-Deeper James A. Moore-The Pack James A. Moore-Rabid Growth James A. Moore-Writ in Blood Kim Newman-Jugo Scott Nicholson-The Farm Scott Nicholson-The Harvest Scott Nicholson-The Manor Norman Partridge-Johnny Halloween:Tales of the Dark Season Sarah Pinborough-Breeding Ground Sarah Pinborough-Feeding Ground Preston&Child-Still Life with Crows Z.A. Recht-Plague of the Dead Gord Rollo-Strange Magic Al Sarrantonio-Halloweenland Al Sarrantonio-Hallows Eve Al Sarrantonio-Horrorween Al Sarrantonio-Orangefield John Saul-House of Reckoning John Saul-In the Dark of the Night Hank Schwaeble-Damnable John Shirley-Crawlers John Shirley-Demons John Skipp&Craig Spector-The Bridge Bryan Smith-Depraved Bryan Smith-The Freakshow Bryan Smith-House of Blood Bryan Smith-The Killing Kind Bryan Smith-The Late Night Horror Show Scott Smith-The Ruins Alexandra Sokoloff-The Harrowing Jeff Strand-Dweller Jeff Strand-Pressure Peter Straub-A Dark Matter Koji Suzuki-Dark Water Tim Waggoner-Pandora Drive Bill Warren-The Evil Dead Companion Michael West-Spook House Wrath James White-The Resurrectionist Conrad Williams-Decay Inevitable Conrad Williams-One F.Paul Wilson-the Keep ----------------------------------------------------------- Anthologies ---------------------------------------------------- Alone on the Darkside Arkham Tales Legends of the Haunted City Best Horror of the Year vol 6 The Black Spiral The Darker Side Generations of Horror Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels Horrorscape House of Fear Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14,15,17,18,22 Mammoth Book of Monsters The Middle of Nowhere Horror in Rural America Night Frights Collection Octoberland Read by Dawn Volume 2 A Walk on the Darkside Visions of Horror Writers Workshop of Horror World's Greatest Horror Stories Books with a * at the end are ones I already own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Mister B. Gone is excellent. Nice haul overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 hours ago, The Unholy Dragon said: Mister B. Gone is excellent. Nice haul overall. Yeah I read Mister B Gone a few years back and enjoyed it. Was shocked at how much decent stuff was in the boxes. The guy told me "Having to downsize my collection. So this is the stuff I don't want." Plus got 3 anthologies edited by OSJ. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Just read the new Casey Stengel bio by Marty Appel. Very fun enjoyable read, the 400 or so pages blew by. Lots of stuff on his early career in the game that I didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 7/24/2017 at 9:02 PM, bobholly138 said: Hit the horror fiction jackpot today. Been getting rid of dvds/comics/books on LetGo. So while looking on there last night saw someone with "5 big boxes of horror novels for free".Contacted the guy and went this afternoon to pick them up. Clive Barker-Mister B. Gone Ray Bradbury-The October Country Ray Bradbury-Something Wicked this way comes Gary A. Branbeck-Coffin County Gary A. Branbeck-Far Dark Fields Gary A. Branbeck-In Silent Graves Gary A. Branbeck-Keepers Gary A. Branbeck-Mr Hands Ramsey Campbell-Creatures of the Pool Ramsey Campbell-The Darkest Part of the Woods Ramsey Campbell-The Overnight Mike Carey-The Devil You Know Hugh B. Cave-the Restless Dead Simon Clark-Blood Crazy Simon Clark-Death's Dominion Simon Clark-Ghost Monster Simon Clark-In this Skin Simon Clark-Stranger Simon Clark-Vampyrrhic Douglas Clegg-The Abandoned Douglas Clegg-The Attraction Douglas Clegg-The Halloween Man Douglas Clegg-The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg-The Infinite Douglas Clegg-Mischief Douglas Clegg-The Nightmare Chronicles Douglas Clegg-Nightmare House Douglas Clegg-You Come When I call You Matthew Costello-Missing Monday Guillermo Deltoro&Chuck Hogan-The Strain Robert Dunbar-The Pines Robert Dunbar-The Shore B.K.Evenson&Rob Zombie-Lords of Salem John Everson-Covenant John Everson-Sacrifice John Everson-The 13th Robert Fleming-Havoc After Dark Tales of Terror W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Bluff W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Gambit W.D.Gagliani-Wolf's Trap Ray Garton-Loveliest Dead Ray Garton-Ravenous R.Patrick Gates-The Prison J.F.Gonzalez-Survivor Leopoldo Gouti-Ghost Radio Walter Greatshell-Xombies Daryl Gregory-We are all Completely Fine Stephen Gregory-Wakening the Crow Lori Handeland-Shakespeare Undead Rick Hautala-Bedbugs Grady Hendrix-HorrorStor Steve Hockensmith-Dawn of the Dreadfuls Tobe Hooper-Midnight Movie Alex Irvine-The Supernatural Book of Monsters,Spirits,Demons and Ghouls Anthony Izzo-Evil Harvest Lisa Jackson-Born to Die Shirley Jackson-Hangsaman Brian Keene-Blood on the Page the Complete Short fiction of Brian Keene Brian Keene-Dark Hollow Brian Keene-Darkness on the Edge of Town* Brian Keene-Dead Sea 2 copies Brian Keene-A Gathering of Crows Brian Keene-Ghost Walk* Brian Keene-Ghoul* Brian Keene-The Rising Brian Keene-Unhappy Endings Brian Keene-Urban Gothic* Damien Kelly-The Christmas Gifts Nate Kenyon-The Bone Factory Nate Kenyon-Sparrow Rock Jack Ketchum-Red Stephen King-On Writing M.J.Konevich-The Rousseau House Michael Laimo-Deep in the Darkness Michael Laimo-The Demonologist Joe R.Lansdale-Bumper Crop Joe R. Lansdale-High Cotton Stephen Laws-The Wyrm Richard Laymon-Beware Richard Laymon-The Cellar Richard Laymon-Darkness,Tell Us Richard Laymon-Flesh Richard Laymon-The Midnight Tour Richard Laymon-Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon-Savage Tim Lebbon-Berserk* Tim Lebbon-Desolation Tim Lebbon-The Everlasting Tim Lebbon-Face Tim Lebbon-30 Days of Night Edward Lee-City Infernal Edward Lee-The Golem Edward Lee-The Innswich Horror Edward Lee-Monstrosity Bentley Little-The Collection Bentley Little-Dispatch Bentley Little-The House Bentley Little-The Revelation Bentley Little-The Vanishing Michael Logan-Apocalypse Cow Adam Lukeman-Fangoria 101 Best Horror Movies You've never seen Michelle Lundy-Christmas Coffin John Maberry-Bad Moon Rising John Maberry-Dead Man's Song John Maberry-Ghost House Blues John Maberry-Patient Zero Ronald Malfi-Snow Hilary Mantel-Beyond Black A.Lee Martinez-Gil's All Fright Diner A.Lee Martinez-A Nameless Wind Graham Masterton-The Djinn Richard Matheson-Button Button Uncanny Stories Richard Matheson-Hell House L.H.Maynard&M.P.Sims-Night Souls Robert McCammon-Swan Song Shane Mckenzie-Infinity House Joe McKinney-Dead City 2 copies Graham McNeill-Bones of the Yopasi Paul Melniczek-Frightful October Tales of Halloween Horror Brent Monahan-An American Haunting James A. Moore-Blood Red James A. Moore-Deeper James A. Moore-The Pack James A. Moore-Rabid Growth James A. Moore-Writ in Blood Kim Newman-Jugo Scott Nicholson-The Farm Scott Nicholson-The Harvest Scott Nicholson-The Manor Norman Partridge-Johnny Halloween:Tales of the Dark Season Sarah Pinborough-Breeding Ground Sarah Pinborough-Feeding Ground Preston&Child-Still Life with Crows Z.A. Recht-Plague of the Dead Gord Rollo-Strange Magic Al Sarrantonio-Halloweenland Al Sarrantonio-Hallows Eve Al Sarrantonio-Horrorween Al Sarrantonio-Orangefield John Saul-House of Reckoning John Saul-In the Dark of the Night Hank Schwaeble-Damnable John Shirley-Crawlers John Shirley-Demons John Skipp&Craig Spector-The Bridge Bryan Smith-Depraved Bryan Smith-The Freakshow Bryan Smith-House of Blood Bryan Smith-The Killing Kind Bryan Smith-The Late Night Horror Show Scott Smith-The Ruins Alexandra Sokoloff-The Harrowing Jeff Strand-Dweller Jeff Strand-Pressure Peter Straub-A Dark Matter Koji Suzuki-Dark Water Tim Waggoner-Pandora Drive Bill Warren-The Evil Dead Companion Michael West-Spook House Wrath James White-The Resurrectionist Conrad Williams-Decay Inevitable Conrad Williams-One F.Paul Wilson-the Keep ----------------------------------------------------------- Anthologies ---------------------------------------------------- Alone on the Darkside Arkham Tales Legends of the Haunted City Best Horror of the Year vol 6 The Black Spiral The Darker Side Generations of Horror Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels Horrorscape House of Fear Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14,15,17,18,22 Mammoth Book of Monsters The Middle of Nowhere Horror in Rural America Night Frights Collection Octoberland Read by Dawn Volume 2 A Walk on the Darkside Visions of Horror Writers Workshop of Horror World's Greatest Horror Stories Books with a * at the end are ones I already own. Nice haul! Out of the whole lot there's maybe a half dozen books that I'm sort of "meh" about, that's a pretty damn good hit ratio. Oh, I have it on good authority that those Darkside anthologies are really cool. ;-) BTW: If you haven't had the pleasure of reading Gary Braunbeck or Simon Clark yet, I envy you your discovery, two of the best the field has to offer. The Clegg, Little, and Hautala collections are bitchin' too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, OSJ said: Nice haul! Out of the whole lot there's maybe a half dozen books that I'm sort of "meh" about, that's a pretty damn good hit ratio. Oh, I have it on good authority that those Darkside anthologies are really cool. ;-) BTW: If you haven't had the pleasure of reading Gary Braunbeck or Simon Clark yet, I envy you your discovery, two of the best the field has to offer. The Clegg, Little, and Hautala collections are bitchin' too. I saw your name on the Darkside collections.Never read Braunbeck,Clark,Clegg or Hautala before. Yeah I was shocked at how much decent stuff was in the haul,mostly cause the guy told me "This is my culls" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, bobholly138 said: I saw your name on the Darkside collections.Never read Braunbeck,Clark,Clegg or Hautala before. Yeah I was shocked at how much decent stuff was in the haul,mostly cause the guy told me "This is my culls" As a bookman, I'm always interested in lots like this and trying to figure out what's NOT there... This one is really bizarre, because with the exception of about a dozen titles (or less), it's all pretty contemporary authors, really leads me to wonder what he's hanging on to. A lot of this stuff appears to be Leisure Books, which did a fantastic job of publishing newer US writers and UK authors breaking into the US scene. Their payment and distribution left a lot to be desired, but their heart was in the right place. Oh, and he's got the one book by a guy that might get discussed on two forums here, obviously the Reading one, but also Them's Fighting Words... Wrath James White was a kickboxing champ before he turned his formidable talents to horror fiction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Man. Something Wicked This Way Comes is a favourite of mine. I can't imagine it being a first round culling pick. If anything I want a nicer edition of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 9 hours ago, The Unholy Dragon said: Man. Something Wicked This Way Comes is a favourite of mine. I can't imagine it being a first round culling pick. If anything I want a nicer edition of it. Here ya go, the 1999 Gauntlet Press edition signed by Bradbury and a bunch of other folk (introducer, artists, etc.) Yours for a mere $500.00. That's assuming you don't want to pony up two grand for the first edition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 12 hours ago, bobholly138 said: I saw your name on the Darkside collections.Never read Braunbeck,Clark,Clegg or Hautala before. Yeah I was shocked at how much decent stuff was in the haul,mostly cause the guy told me "This is my culls" Oh, if you don't care for the Mammoth Best New Horror volumes, you can send them here, I'll cheerfully pay postage. ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 15 hours ago, OSJ said: As a bookman, I'm always interested in lots like this and trying to figure out what's NOT there... This one is really bizarre, because with the exception of about a dozen titles (or less), it's all pretty contemporary authors, really leads me to wonder what he's hanging on to. A lot of this stuff appears to be Leisure Books, which did a fantastic job of publishing newer US writers and UK authors breaking into the US scene. Their payment and distribution left a lot to be desired, but their heart was in the right place. Oh, and he's got the one book by a guy that might get discussed on two forums here, obviously the Reading one, but also Them's Fighting Words... Wrath James White was a kickboxing champ before he turned his formidable talents to horror fiction. The guy told me that for years he was part of the Leisure Horror club. Read one book from Wrath James White years ago,Succulent Prey I think was the title of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 4 hours ago, OSJ said: Oh, if you don't care for the Mammoth Best New Horror volumes, you can send them here, I'll cheerfully pay postage. ;-) Once I get them read,if I am not gonna keep them,they are yours sir. Might be a bit before I get to reading them. Currently reading 4 novels and 5 comic TPBs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I have got a number of things going, as usual. Audible: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - this one is long, as you well know. About 35 hours on audio. I am up to start of 1942, so I am nearing the home stretch. Digital: Gone with the Wind - bought this one 5 years ago, and I am finally starting it. Treebooks: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Kliph Nesteroff) - terrific. Covers 20th century, starting with vaudeville era. I am up to the 1960's, and I am learning a great deal. I also have a few DC Rebirth e-trades in hoopla that are about to expire, so I need to read them in the next few days. (Superman, Action, Green Lanterns - all vol 2, and Superwoman vol 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, bobholly138 said: Once I get them read,if I am not gonna keep them,they are yours sir. Might be a bit before I get to reading them. Currently reading 4 novels and 5 comic TPBs. Gracias. Two things I mean to do every year: 1. Send Steve Jones a story for consideration. 2. Buy the damn book when it comes out. My track record on both is pretty dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I've been reading Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić. It is... hard to summarize. Basically it is a fictional story of an actually existing people and event (i.e. event happened, likely nothing like this) except the story is told basically via entries in what is more like encyclopedia entries than dictionary ones. Also it is three different encyclopedias, one christian, one jewish and one muslim all regarding how this people all converted at a certain point in the 9th century. It is an interesting way to piece together a narrative (for video game fans who have played Her Story, think a bit along those lines), and the differences between how the different religions view a common event is also interesting, but the writing itself is just a bit too rough. Perhaps it reads better in its original language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hot damn, just for sheer volume that collection is insane. I'm not extremely well versed in modern horror fiction (I've read a few anthologies edited by some guy named Pelan) but just the number of books... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 52 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Hot damn, just for sheer volume that collection is insane. I'm not extremely well versed in modern horror fiction (I've read a few anthologies edited by some guy named Pelan) but just the number of books... Talked to the guy I got them from earlier. He is getting rid of another few boxes of books. "This time I gotta get a bit of money for them." So suppose to go meet up with him next week and work out a deal. I never expected to find a collection of horror fiction,that wasn't just stack of King,Koontz,Rice and Barker,in this tiny backwoods MS town. Especially since in the entire 11 years I have lived here the only bookstores in the county were a Christian book store. And then a used bookstore that was 95% romance novels. Finished The Cellar by Laymon earlier tonight. Damn good book. What surprised me is my father started reading it at 4pm today. Normally even a short book takes him a few days to read. He stayed up until midnight to finish it. And now is waiting for me to find my copy of The Beast House. I know I own the third book in the series. But I need to find a copy of the collection with the final novella in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 And, hell, I wouldn't complain about a box full of King, Rice, and Barker novels. But what you did get... (Yes, I left out Koontz on purpose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 9 hours ago, bobholly138 said: Talked to the guy I got them from earlier. He is getting rid of another few boxes of books. "This time I gotta get a bit of money for them." So suppose to go meet up with him next week and work out a deal. I never expected to find a collection of horror fiction,that wasn't just stack of King,Koontz,Rice and Barker,in this tiny backwoods MS town. Especially since in the entire 11 years I have lived here the only bookstores in the county were a Christian book store. And then a used bookstore that was 95% romance novels. Finished The Cellar by Laymon earlier tonight. Damn good book. What surprised me is my father started reading it at 4pm today. Normally even a short book takes him a few days to read. He stayed up until midnight to finish it. And now is waiting for me to find my copy of The Beast House. I know I own the third book in the series. But I need to find a copy of the collection with the final novella in it. That's the cool thing about book collecting, even pre-internet it was a tremendous mail-order business. Having run a small press, I got to talk to a lot of collectors in different parts of the country and in different walks of life. There was the one lady who raised thoroughbred race horses with her husband. They were in some tiny place in West Virginia and she had pretty much a first edition of everything labelled "science fiction" going back to the early 1950s. Her hubby collected fishing books, some 30,000 of them! They had built an addition to their house just for the two collections. Then there was the Rabbi with a fantastic ghost story collection, and the construction company owner who always bought two copies of everything, so he'd have one to sell later without hurting his collection. When I think about the out -of-the-way places that these folk lived, and the amazing collections hidden away in towns that don't even have a bookstore, i just chuckle thinking about the eventual discoveries. Hell, look at what I have, not unexpected in Seattle, but in Gallup, NM? In Santa Fe, not too unusual, nor in ABQ, but a massive collection like this in Gallup? BTW: Are you referring to Friday Night in Beast House? Leisure did publish it as a book albeit a rather skinny one, but if your man was a Leisure Horror Club member, he probably has it. (I was a bit surprised by how little Laymon stuff was in your purchase, as he was Leisure's flagship author, maybe your guy was holding back on the Laymon stuff, there's quite a bit of Stephen Laws and Simon Clark missing too... Maybe in the next batch.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 On 7/28/2017 at 10:53 AM, OSJ said: That's the cool thing about book collecting, even pre-internet it was a tremendous mail-order business. Having run a small press, I got to talk to a lot of collectors in different parts of the country and in different walks of life. There was the one lady who raised thoroughbred race horses with her husband. They were in some tiny place in West Virginia and she had pretty much a first edition of everything labelled "science fiction" going back to the early 1950s. Her hubby collected fishing books, some 30,000 of them! They had built an addition to their house just for the two collections. Then there was the Rabbi with a fantastic ghost story collection, and the construction company owner who always bought two copies of everything, so he'd have one to sell later without hurting his collection. When I think about the out -of-the-way places that these folk lived, and the amazing collections hidden away in towns that don't even have a bookstore, i just chuckle thinking about the eventual discoveries. Hell, look at what I have, not unexpected in Seattle, but in Gallup, NM? In Santa Fe, not too unusual, nor in ABQ, but a massive collection like this in Gallup? BTW: Are you referring to Friday Night in Beast House? Leisure did publish it as a book albeit a rather skinny one, but if your man was a Leisure Horror Club member, he probably has it. (I was a bit surprised by how little Laymon stuff was in your purchase, as he was Leisure's flagship author, maybe your guy was holding back on the Laymon stuff, there's quite a bit of Stephen Laws and Simon Clark missing too... Maybe in the next batch.) I will have to track down the Leisure release of Friday Night in the Beast house. Thanks for the info OSJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 On 7/28/2017 at 1:12 AM, Brian Fowler said: And, hell, I wouldn't complain about a box full of King, Rice, and Barker novels. But what you did get... (Yes, I left out Koontz on purpose) The issue with a box full of King,Rice,Barker and Koontz for me is... King-I already own pretty much all his books. Barker-The same as above. Rice-Not a fan of her stuff. Read the first 4 of her vampire series and realized her style of horror fiction isn't for me. Koontz-Only books of his I have read and enjoyed was Coldfire and his novelization of The Funhouse. There was a few more Laymon novels in the boxes. But they were all ones I already had. Few years ago at the now closed used bookstore someone traded in piles of Laymon,Lee and Ketchum. So I got them. The Laymons in the box I already owned I gave to a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Finished the Evil Dead Companion last night. Was damn good until the last 100 pages. Which was basically a transcript of an audio commentary. Having heard the commentaries on the 3 films many many times I skipped this section. Gonna maybe finish The Cellar tonight. Having a hard time focusing on fiction currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 TAIL OF THE LIZARD KING TWO CONTRAPTIONS by by Adam Mudman Beczeny Have you ever wondered why a first edition copy of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway sells for thousands of dollars, when it's actually worth about $10? It's because when it was first published no one knew that the author would become famous and win the Nobel Prize for literature. If you bought a copy in 1924 it shows you were prescient and picked a winner, as if you had won a lottery. If you bought a copy years later and paid big money for it shows you've got too much money. Well, here's your chance to win the literary lottery. Nobody's ever heard of Adam Mudman Bezecny and it's up in the air whether there's a Nobel in his future. But for a measly $18 you can buy a Literary Powerball and actually get some good out of it. You can read the two novellas and find out how sex-obsessed Sinthia handles the mutated iguana called the Lizard King, and how ambitious Karl Denim tackles the prehistoric beast, Noxosaurus. Do it for your grandchildren. Can you imagine their joy when they sell their first edition Bezecny for $2000 and can finally afford that infra-red screen that will keep their cancers down to a manageable level? Available Editions $18 Trade Paperback 6" x 9" $32 Hardcover with dust jacket 6" x 9" $6 E-book via e-mail (epub or mobi) You need one of these, trust me on this one... It's the most fun that you can have with your clothes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I have purchased The Gunslinger, my first-ever Stephen King story. And the talk of Christopher Golden a page or two back reminds me of how much I loved his Daredevil novel, "Predators Smile" a good 15 years ago and how I'd been meaning to check out his non-tie-in stuff ever since and never did, so thanks for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Cliff Hanger said: I have purchased The Gunslinger, my first-ever Stephen King story. And the talk of Christopher Golden a page or two back reminds me of how much I loved his Daredevil novel, "Predators Smile" a good 15 years ago and how I'd been meaning to check out his non-tie-in stuff ever since and never did, so thanks for that. Not a huge fan of the Gunslinger stuff, but that's just me. Funny thing about King who is best-known as a novelist, the area that he really excels at is in short fiction, where he has to control himself and not over-write things to death. A few years back just for laughs I put together two imaginary collections of King's best short fiction. One genre, one mainstream; both books would have clocked in with over two-dozen stories each and around 500 pages. That's a pretty awesome output. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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