What are you reading?

by **Alien Redrum** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:50 pm

BUT WITH WORDS!

Re-reading The Stand. Fuck this book is good.

by **Sham** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:12 pm

Finished Twilight.

Now I'm reading Hell House by Richard Matheson. I already had to stop reading because I got scared.

by **Neon Maniac** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:04 am

Ha! I was about to start Hell House as soon as I finished what I'm reading now. And I've been trying to listen to it on audio when I can, but I haven't gotten far at all.

by **Alien Redrum** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:49 am

Got my tracking info. DELIVERY WILL BE ON MONDAY! :yay:

by **shiki-jitsu** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:41 am

Alien Redrum wrote:Got my tracking info. DELIVERY WILL BE ON MONDAY!

Unfortunately I think mine will be monday as well. :mad:

Still holding out hope it will be tomorrow.

by **Alien Redrum** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:47 am

I posted that in the wrong thread. :lol:

by **Neon Maniac** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:26 am

by **shiki-jitsu** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:37 pm

Sham wrote:Now I'm reading Hell House by Richard Matheson. I already had to stop reading because I got scared.

Just finishing this up. Really good book so far, definitely had some scares in it. It kind of affected me the same way House of Leaves did... which a book rarely does for me. Glad I decided to pop the 505s cherry with this one. :up:

by **Spez** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:59 pm

Spez wrote:

I'm about a third of the way through and I'm really liking it so far. It's like a documentary.

Just finished this last night. Awesome book.

by **Sham** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:52 pm

shiki-jitsu wrote:
Sham wrote:Now I'm reading Hell House by Richard Matheson. I already had to stop reading because I got scared.

Just finishing this up. Really good book so far, definitely had some scares in it. It kind of affected me the same way House of Leaves did... which a book rarely does for me. Glad I decided to pop the 505s cherry with this one.

Yeah, great book! I finished it up two nights ago. It really gets under your skin.

The PG-rated movie is horrible, though. It needs a remake. I can really see Clive Owen playing Ben Fischer.

by **shiki-jitsu** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:37 pm

Sham wrote:
shiki-jitsu wrote:
Sham wrote:Now I'm reading Hell House by Richard Matheson. I already had to stop reading because I got scared.

Just finishing this up. Really good book so far, definitely had some scares in it. It kind of affected me the same way House of Leaves did... which a book rarely does for me. Glad I decided to pop the 505s cherry with this one.

Yeah, great book! I finished it up two nights ago. It really gets under your skin.

The PG-rated movie is horrible, though. It needs a remake. I can really see Clive Owen playing Ben Fischer.

I am almost done I am up to:

Spoiler:

I haven't seen the movie, but it is on my Netflix queue. The whole time reading it I was thinking about how awesome a movie it could be if they went as graphic as they need to for some of the scenes, especially with Florence.

by **Neon Maniac** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:41 pm

I liked the movie, but then I hadn't read the book yet. Still reading it, BTW. Slow going, haven't been able to read it as much as I'd like. The movie's definitely worth a watch, but really kind of reminds you that Matheson pretty much rips off and gorifies Jackson's Haunting of Hill House. Roddy McDowell was a great Fischer, I thought.

by **Sham** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:52 am

Neon Maniac wrote:I liked the movie, but then I hadn't read the book yet. Still reading it, BTW. Slow going, haven't been able to read it as much as I'd like. The movie's definitely worth a watch, but really kind of reminds you that Matheson pretty much rips off and gorifies Jackson's Haunting of Hill House. Roddy McDowell was a great Fischer, I thought.

It's funny: Shirley Jackson's novel is very quiet and subdued, but the 1999 movie is loud and obnoxious.

Richard Matheson's novel is extremely violent and in-your-face, but the movie doesn't show a damn thing. I was incredibly disappointed.

Not to mention my absolute favorite part of the book, where Florence's bedsheet is yanked aside and it slowly takes the form of the figure standing in the room with her, was completely changed for the movie. Lame!

by **Neon Maniac** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:58 am

Sham wrote:
It's funny: Shirley Jackson's novel is very quiet and subdued, but the 1999 movie is loud and obnoxious.

Have you seen the original? A pretty good adaptation of the story. Not at all like the 1999 movie.

by **Sham** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:01 am

Neon Maniac wrote:Have you seen the original? A pretty good adaptation of the story. Not at all like the 1999 movie.

No, but I've heard it's excellent. Someone stole the DVD rental from Hollywood Video, though. :mad: