Any Good "Dark Arts" Novels
I'm getting into the genre of the "dark arts"; vampires, witches, demons, monsters, that sort of thing. I know of many classics; Bram Stoker's Dracula, Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, Mary Shelley's Frankenstien, and the various Steven King and John Carpenter novels. And I am currently reading the Hellsing manga series (something a little different :p)
What other good books of this genre can you guys reccomend. I'm eating this stuff up!
The Diary of Anne Frank
Harry Potter Series
Charlotte's Web
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Elder Malaclypse
31-07-2005, 18:34
how About the trusty Necromicon?
The Eastern Europeans
31-07-2005, 18:38
Oops.Sorry.I thought you might be interested in some old game with a very minor reference to H.P Lovecraft's Reanimator until I saw that you were only interested in novels.So I deleted my message.
Katganistan
31-07-2005, 19:39
Try HP Lovecraft. Creepy.
Lord-General Drache
31-07-2005, 22:44
Try HP Lovecraft. Creepy.
I was about to recommend that.
Stay away from Rice and King, they're both highly overrated, imo. I think that Rice became lax after her first major success and just slacked off, and each book gets progressively worse. Her books just become so damned cliched. King is alright, but I just don't think he's anywhere near as scary as people claim him to be.
UberPenguinLand
31-07-2005, 22:49
H.P. Lovecraft cannot be said enough times. Read his stories. Now!
LazyHippies
31-07-2005, 23:37
Ah, lovecraft. America's greatest bad writer. Heres an article on him to help you decide if he's for you:
http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/2005/02/12/lovecraft/
The bottom line? If you find b-level horror movies amusing, you will probably find him amusing.
The sadist nation
31-07-2005, 23:53
Stay away from Rice and King
or as i like to call them steven king and steven king part two
seriously though anything by poe, poppy z. brite, or neil gaiman are my recommendations
Katganistan
31-07-2005, 23:54
And for a less serious look at them -- Terry Pratchett.
The sadist nation
01-08-2005, 00:05
hell yeah Katganistan you rule the discworld series kicks ass
Thermidore
01-08-2005, 00:13
If you like Anne Rice you'll love Storm Constantine, she write a lot of books with dark fantasy and magical themes and her writing is so seductive. One of my fave books of hers was about this group of vampires in this fantasy world that completely takes the vampire myth and turns it on its head, it's called "Burying the Shadow"
New Fubaria
01-08-2005, 00:20
Brian Lumley's Necroscope/Vampire World series is pretty good.
I'd also recommend all of Graham Masterton's horror novels, especially the Night Warriors series...
Dostoprimechatelnosti
01-08-2005, 00:49
I'd recommend the Sabriel series (Garth Nix). It focuses on necromancy, undead armies, that sort of thing. (written for older teens, I think.)
Also the Harry Potter series-one of my favorites.