Pedro's Horror Recommends

The Last Werewolf Trilogy is fabulous. It's made up of these three books:

The Last Werewolf
Talulla Rising
By Blood We Live

I've just read all three novels one after the other and highly recommend them. They're very well written.
 
No horror of late. I've been reading The Warrior Prophet and The Thousandfold Thought, parts 2 and 3 of the Prince of Nothing series by R.Scott Bakker.
 
Currently reading Hamilton's The Reality Dysfunction. I've had it ages but it's sheer size has been putting me off. Why oh why haven't I read this sooner??!??
I'm currently around 30% in and it's fantastic! The reason I mention it here is because even though it's classed as SF it's incredibly dark in parts and there are sections I've read that I'd definitely class as horror.
 
Thoroughly enjoyed The Reality Dysfunction and now I'm almost at the end of The Neutronium Alchemist. Next up is the final part of the trilogy The Naked God.

Whilst this series is classified as SF it without doubt has some parts I'd describe as horror. There are some very adult themes in the series and plenty gore filled scenes.
 
Interesting, Pedro, though series of massive books turn me off.

Anyway, just finished John Langan's The Fisherman which you might find of interest. Lovecraftian, meticulously written and thought out, disturbing in parts, emotional in parts; like Caitlin Kiernan, Langan has the knack for relating the weird with real life, weaving them together in believable ways.


Randy M.
 
Thanks Randy, The Fisherman sounds great, I've just read a review and it says it has very strong character development which I'm a huge fan of. It's been added to my TBR pile.

I'm with you on series of huge books putting me off. The Nights Dawn Trilogy has been sat on myself for years waiting to be read but I have to say I'm seriously glad I went ahead and started it. The Reality Dysfunction is incredible.

P.S. If you ever decide to read it then give it time, it takes a good few chapters before it starts moving
 
Pedro Del Mar said:
Currently reading Hamilton's The Reality Dysfunction. I've had it ages but it's sheer size has been putting me off. Why oh why haven't I read this sooner??!??
I'm currently around 30% in and it's fantastic! The reason I mention it here is because even though it's classed as SF it's incredibly dark in parts and there are sections I've read that I'd definitely class as horror.
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I would read Hamilton but they're always trilogies, and it's a lot of work tracking down each book. I much prefer a standalone
 
Randy M, the in-laws were good to me at Christmas and surprised me with a copy of The Fisherman, it's on my TBR pile and I'm looking forward to it, a quick glance at the first few pages and it looks fantastic. Thanks again.

WOOHOO! FINALLY I've finished The Naked God. Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy is such a fabulous tale but it is HUGE! I enjoyed it immensely but it feels like an age since I read anything else.

So what's next? .............

Before Christmas I picked up a copy of The Unexpurgated Edition of The Off Season by Jack Ketchum. I started it last night and it's creepy! Looking forward to seeing how it goes.
 
Off Season

Where do I begin? What a roller coaster ride of a book. From it's creepy beginnings to it's explosion of savage horror, right to the end it had me gripped.

If you enjoy horror and don't mind vicious gore then I'd absolutely recommend Off Season. It isn't a long book and I got through it in 3 sittings although the final one taking me into the early hours. I just couldn't put it down. Definitely recommended.
 
Hometown went a bit off the rails for me, the characters were a little too much the same and I ended up having difficulty separating them.

After having some time back in the realm of fantasy with Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire Trilogy (absolutely recommend this series) I decided to read Connie Willis' The Doomsday Book. Whilst this book is science fiction the description of how the victims of the plague succumb is horrific. The final chapter is totally gripping and after what was a slow start I couldn't put this book down.
 
After heading back to Mark Lawrence for the Red Queen Trilogy (highly recommended) I decided it was time for some modern horror so picked up Christopher Buehlman's The Necromancer's House.

I'm halfway through and it's fantastic. It has an unusual style and there are a number of Americanisms which being an Englishman I'm unfamiliar with. It took some time to grow on me but now it's just getting better and better. I'm very much looking forward to reading the rest of this novel.

Has anyone else read The Necromancer's House? If so what did you think? Please no spoilers!
 
Randy M. said:
Anyway, just finished John Langan's The Fisherman which you might find of interest. Lovecraftian, meticulously written and thought out, disturbing in parts, emotional in parts; like Caitlin Kiernan, Langan has the knack for relating the weird with real life, weaving them together in believable ways.


Randy M.
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Hi Randy, I’ve finallly gotten around to reading The Fisherman. I’m halfway through and it’s fabulous! I’m really enjoying it. Thanks again for the recommendation
 
Currently reading The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman. I love this writer's style. He really draws you into the story and he's becoming one of my favourite authors.

I recently picked up The Lesser Dead on audiobook, didn't realise until I read the back cover that it's read by Buehlman himself! If you like audiobooks then this comes highly recommended, it's one of the best I've listened to in a long time.
 
The Suicide Motor Club is relentless. It's a fast paced horror that involves vampires, fast cars and a warrior nun! Amazing! If 'unputdownability' was a score then it would be 10/10. I really did enjoy this book. I've been in touch with Buehlman via Twitter and he's currently working on a new TV series of Creepshow which sounds cool but unfortunately means he's not writing at the moment. Thankfully I've still got two books of his that I haven't yet read:
Those Across The River
Between Two Fires
So I'll pick these up soon. I'm currently reading The Day of the Triffids which scared me as a kid when I read it about 30 years ago. No wonder it's seen as a classic SF novel, it's incredibly well written.
 
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