|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:13 AM Original message |
Scariest Book Ever? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Conjure Wife", by Fritz Leiber |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. "It" -- hands down the winner!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. You are correct! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Hot Zone |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
91. I second The Hot Zone. Absolutely terrifying and completely true. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Salem's Lot/Demon in the Freezer |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Another vote for Salem's Lot |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Salem's Lot did it for me too. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Gotta go with Salem's Lot |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ahpook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
97. Heh.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Two very fantastically terrifying books! nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Hand Maid's Tale |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Have you read Oryx and Crake? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No. Is that also by Atwood? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Yes it is |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. Great book |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I agree. At the very least, certain elements of The Hand Maid's Tale |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. "14,000 Things to Be Happy About" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lord of the Flies |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. "The Shining" with an honorable mention for "'Salem's Lot". |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I had an early morning route, too |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pet Cemetery, maybe not the best but it scared the shit out of me and i made the mistake |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I did the same thing. Scared the absolute shit out of me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No but i did buy it, i'm reading Lisey's story right now. Right before i went on vacation |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm reading Lisey's story, too! Just started it last night. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Huh! Great minds and yah i will totally let you know what i think about Cell |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Cell is great |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. i'm still on chapter 2, i keep picking it up and putting it right back down again. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The Cell was good |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I read the collection called 'Night Shift' many, many years ago. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Wasn't there a short story in that collection called "The Raft?" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That I don't remember. I do remember the Lawn Mower Man |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
89. "The Raft" was also in "Creepshow 2" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
63. I love his short story collections |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. Yes, his short stories are great |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
94. I know that story... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. A bigger mistake |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. I'd put Pet Sematary right up there too. And "It." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
76. Pet Sematary for me too |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. Pet Sematary (sic), Definitely |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. I have to say I'm one of the few who didn't like Shining the movie |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Couldn't sleep for a week after I read Orwell, either ANIMAL FARM or 1984. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. 1984 scared the crap outta me |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Parts of "A Storm of Swords" scare the piss out of me every time I read them. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Awsome book from an awsome series. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lots of King books. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Hoo yeah |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Bag of Bones is a good one |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
65. What got to me during dreamcatcher... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
81. I still think about "The Long Walk" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Summer of Night" by Dan Simmons |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I have Simmon's 'The Terror' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. _The Jungle_ by Upton Sinclair nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
79. We're back to that now with gutting regulatory agencies. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. Dan Simmons' "Song of Kali" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's tough to pick the scariest |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. My Pet Goat |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ghost Story by Peter Straub |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. another good story by straub is "the throat" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
90. Ever read "Floating Dragon" by Peter Straub? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Agreed! Scariest horror novel EVER. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. The Universal Encyclopedia of Torture |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. "The Shining." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. So scary you have to put it in the freezer. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. The Exorcist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Road |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. jinx! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That was the only thing that got me through it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. wonderful book but hardly the scariest book ever |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. OMG the "chickens" in Oryx and Crake did it for me |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. Already mentioned - "The Shining" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. Helter Skelter |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. I was about to post both of these, if noone else had... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. I read "House of Leaves" when it first came out |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
60. Any books by Dean Koontz and Stephen King are guaranteed |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
61. The Haunting of Hill House |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. oh I read that during a storm, alone, upstairs in my aunt's creaky |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. Bush on the Couch |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. The Shining and the Haunting of Hill House |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I read the Haunting of Hill House as a kid... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Shirley Jackson |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. almost wrote that... but couldn't remember if I was confusing |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
96. a day late - but never too late for... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. The Bible |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. The tale of the concubine in Judges 19 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
72. As a kid |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
74. The Call of Cthulhu |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. Only book that ever kept me up at night was one that I never even finished... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. The Figure in the Shadows? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. It was something about a robot that steals eyes |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
83. Mr Murder... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
84. "House Of Leaves" is a mindbender |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
87. "Childhood's End" by Arthur Clarke |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
88. TO BUILD A FIRE By Jack London |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
98. While I haven't read them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Sun May 05th 2024, 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC