| Author | Message | ||
     Matt_cowan (Matt_cowan) Username: Matt_cowan Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 68.79.168.61 |
I've read more novels and short stories by Ramsey Campbell than any other author by far. Yet there are still several I have yet to read. I have picked up 4 of his to chose between. They are: THE INFLUENCE THE HUNGRY MOON LONG LOST and THE OVERNIGHT My favorite novels of his so far are: 1. INCARNATE 2. ANCIENT IMAGES 3. THE GRIN OF THE DARK 4. MIDNIGHT SUN 5. THE DARKEST PART OF THE WOODS I will eventually read them all but I am a notoriuosly slow reader, so it will take me some time. With that being said, does anyone have a suggestion on which I should sart with? | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.236.166.130 |
I would recommend "The Overnight." Hope everyone is well. Just finished final edits on "Dragon's Ark" way late, thank to the copyeditor--and no, it wasn't me. Am "blogging" (God, I hate that word; it's so . . . alimentary)on a daily basis at the Red Room and will stop by later with links. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.170.240 |
Influence. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
The Hungry Moon. This isn't going to help at all, is it? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
THE INFLUENCE | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.237.21 |
Hungry Moon. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.115.63 |
THE OVERNIGHT! | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Haven't read 'The Overnight' yet but of the other three I'd rank them: 1. The Long Lost - his most original and hard to classify that I've read so far, part supernatural horror/part soap opera, a wickedly funny & extremely disturbing masterpiece imo. 2. The Influence - one of his best structured narratives and most frightening supernatural horror tales imo, a real classic. 3. The Hungry Moon - the least satisfying and most disjointed of those I've read but you still have to read it, marks a kind of "let's try anything" transition from the raw intensity of his early works to the sophistication and use of dark humour that came after, and the book does have a certain nightmarish quality all its own. | ||
| Matt_cowan (Matt_cowan) Username: Matt_cowan Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 68.79.168.61 |
Thanks to all for offering suggestions. Based off what Stevie wrote, it sounds like The Influence may be in the lead because I do like a high supernatural element to my horror. On the good side, I can't possibly go wrong with anything written by Ramsey. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.115.63 |
Plus, you're going to read them all anyway! | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.228.110 |
The Influence. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.170.240 |
Not that we're attempting to influence you. Think about it overnight. But if you think about it too long, lost time cannot be made up. | ||
| Matt_cowan (Matt_cowan) Username: Matt_cowan Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 68.79.168.61 |
"Not that we're attempting to influence you. Think about it overnight. But if you think about it too long, lost time cannot be made up." Where's Hungry Moon? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.170.240 |
That was one trick too many, alas. And I need my breakfast. I might have something French. I'm a faim-ished lune-y. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.129.188 |
9am. No food in fridge. Decide to show my solidarity with the unloved, the hung over and the hungry. Moon passers-by from window of my grimy flat. Nobody takes any notice. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.186.20.136 |
 Love it, Joel. |