I've always been a huge fan of horror books, but I'm inevitably disappointed by whatever I pick up. About 10 years ago you just couldn't find much out there on mainstream bookshelves that weren't written by Koontz or King.
Lately, however, the shelves are full of Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books or Sookie Stackhouse books, and variations on a theme:
Sexy girl has conflicted relationship w/ some sort of monster that's male and good looking, and they proceed to have freaky monster sex on every other page. Hey I love freaky ass sex just as much as the next guy, but there are websites for that.
Fuck that. I want to crack into a book, get sucked into some sort of post-apocalyptic scenario and be scared shitless. So where to look?
Lately I've been Kindle-ing (did I just really say that? Yeah I did) and I've found a couple good ones of note. Let me share them with you.
If a) anyone reads this blog, and/or b) has any additions to the following list, please let me know!
Some oldies but goodies that are relatively recent:
The Terror: Dan Simmons
Drood: Dan Simmons
Among the Living: Timothy Long
The Missing: Sarah Langan
The Taken: Sarah Pinborough
Off to bed right now, but I might update w/ synopses later. No guarantees though!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Hooray for me!
Well,
It's been quite some time since I've been pounding the keys for anything not work or World of Warcraft related. What can I say, I've been busy.
Anyhow, first entry into my newest life venture - living in Seattle... and cohabitating with my lovely NancyZam to boot!
So where to take the direction of this blog? My random opinions over the perils of too much hot sauce in a Gordo's burrito, drinking too much Red Bull, and sex toys of the 21st century were indeed a whole lot of fun to write about in the past (and still make me smile for sure), but maybe this time around I'll be a bit more personal. Talk about a "day in the life of Shim" every once in a while.
After all, most of my dear dear friends have been left behind in what I call my half-assed Western migration:
Michigan->Massachusetts->Maine->NYC->Aspen->San Francisco->Seattle
And I find that as we all get a bit older, our lives tend to collapse inward somewhat. Most of my friends are now married, having children, and are busy plugging away at busy jobs in a nasty recession.
Let's get together for a laugh and a crazy night out soon! In the meantime, I'll try and keep you interested over here.
OK bedtime for me. More to follow I promise!
-Shim
It's been quite some time since I've been pounding the keys for anything not work or World of Warcraft related. What can I say, I've been busy.
Anyhow, first entry into my newest life venture - living in Seattle... and cohabitating with my lovely NancyZam to boot!
So where to take the direction of this blog? My random opinions over the perils of too much hot sauce in a Gordo's burrito, drinking too much Red Bull, and sex toys of the 21st century were indeed a whole lot of fun to write about in the past (and still make me smile for sure), but maybe this time around I'll be a bit more personal. Talk about a "day in the life of Shim" every once in a while.
After all, most of my dear dear friends have been left behind in what I call my half-assed Western migration:
Michigan->Massachusetts->Maine->NYC->Aspen->San Francisco->Seattle
And I find that as we all get a bit older, our lives tend to collapse inward somewhat. Most of my friends are now married, having children, and are busy plugging away at busy jobs in a nasty recession.
Let's get together for a laugh and a crazy night out soon! In the meantime, I'll try and keep you interested over here.
OK bedtime for me. More to follow I promise!
-Shim
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