Member: KentonSem

Hi
Yes, I used to have a much larger collection of horror magazines including the ones you mention, and things like the old Twilight Zone magazine that TED Klein edited. But most of my magazines were sold long ago. I still have runs of 'Eldritch Tal;es, 'Etchings and Odysseys', 'Whispers', and some Australian horror and sf mags like 'Bloodsongs', 'Aurealis', 'Eidolon'. Also a big collection of the Us 'Magazine of Horror' and 'Weird Tales'. gradually cataloguing all the magazines - will take ma while.

posted by 666777 at 8:29 am (EST) on May 5, 2009

Yes, my old Wired Cue:Cat USB scanner works a charm with most barcodes.

posted by dkgarton at 3:41 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

Kenton

Having a day off as it's Easter Monday (Bank Holiday in the UK) and decided to watch "Soft for Digging" following your recommendation. It's amazing what you can do with a minimal budget if you know what you're doing - this is a very disturbing macabre film and I'm more than surprised that this hasn't picked up a reputation as something of a cult classic.

Cheers for the recommendation. Going to do something to cheer up my day now!

Charlie

posted by Charlie2300 at 10:20 am (EST) on Apr 13, 2009

Kenton

Have you seen "Uzumaki" yet? I've just watched and it is staggering, mind-blowing. Straight into my top films of all time, easily. It is both very Japanese and Lovecraftian in character.

Truly truly awesome.

Charlie

posted by Charlie2300 at 5:47 pm (EST) on Apr 8, 2009

Kenton

I wholeheartedly agree with you about "House of Leaves"; I just know that it's got to be worth reading through to the end. I shall have to barricade myself in at home and take a week's holiday before I dare encroach upon its pages again!

Charlie

posted by Charlie2300 at 12:18 pm (EST) on Apr 5, 2009

Kenton

Thanks for the recommendation; I had not hitherto heard of "Soft for Digging" and was rather lucky in that there was a sole remaining copy available through Amazon (UK) at a ridiculously low price. So I've ordered it.

Further recommendations always appreciated.

And now a differemt enquiry; have you attempted to wade through "House of Leaves" (Danielewski, Mark Z)? I'm not after a review; I simply want an opinion upon whether to persist in trying to read it as I've failed miserably to complete it twice now. In my mind, it has moved beyond being a chilling novel and has acquired the status of a research project!

Cheers

Charlie

posted by Charlie2300 at 4:01 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2009

Ken

Given your predeliction for psychotronic film and the horror genre, can I recommend to you a film that I've just watched me this evening? It's appears to be relatively unknown and (based on IMDb rating), in my opinion, seriously under-rated. The film is "Crazy as Hell" (2002) starring Eriq La Salle, a psychological thriller/horror and it's about.....not telling! Don't read the reviews on IMDb because they contain spoilers that you really don't want to know prior to watching the film.

I was impressed.

Charlie

posted by Charlie2300 at 8:27 pm (EST) on Mar 30, 2009

Hi,

Was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Saw you liked The Wasp Factory, and I thought you might like my novel since it's also about a disturbed adolescent and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:57 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

Hey

When I watch a movie, it's more often than not, "Psychotronic". When I read, I gravitate to what I call the pre-WW II fantasists. Just joined your groups and will post when I have more time.

Be seein' you

posted by Gregzilla at 12:52 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2008

Thanks very much! If you end up checking out my novel, or any of my other work, I'd love to hear what you think.

Here's wishing you the best in all aspects of your life.

-Jeremy :)

posted by JeremyCShipp at 6:27 pm (EST) on Nov 21, 2007

Hi
Thought I'd make contact since you share 13 favourite authors with me. That's only one less than Mayorwhitebelly. I sent you a friends invitation a few days ago.
Cheers
Leigh Blackmore

posted by 666777 at 4:03 am (EST) on Sep 3, 2007

Thanks for the invite. Perfect timing since I just finished reading Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulhu" for the first time in years. Part of a horror collection I've been working through, "The Dark Descent." Good stuff.

Happy cataloging to you.

posted by coffeezombie at 10:33 am (EST) on Aug 9, 2007

I was a member of that group as of last year. ;-) Here are "my" groups...

1001 Books to read before you die, 9/11 Truth, Ace Doubles, Altered States, Alternative Fiction, American Civil War, American Postmodernism, Antiquarian Books, Awful Lit., Baker Street and Beyond — show all groups , Ballantine Adult Fantasy, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Book Arts, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Books in Books, Books on Books, Booksellers, Booksellers who LibraryThing, Booze!, Canon, Cartoons, Cheeseheads of Wisconsin (COW), Comics, Covers, Cthulhu Mythos, DAW Books, Dostoevsky, Duniverse, Edward Gorey, Eureka! finds, Experimental Film and Video, Football Season Is Over, Getting Published, Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction, Lost Generation, Made into a Book, Made into a Movie, Mark Twain, Moby Dick, Modern Collector, Modern Library Collectors, mugwumps, MySpace, Nabokov!, New authors first editions, One Hit Wonders, Penguin Classics, Presidential Literature, Pulp Fiction, Pynchon Pandæmonium, Reading Great Books, Real Ale (& Other Beers), Reprint Please!, Science Fiction Fans, Sex Between the Covers, SF, horror and Fantasy Romance, SlashThing, Steampunk, T.S. Eliot, Tesla, The Oz books, Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night, Tragic Hero, Wallace Stevens, Weird Fiction, Westerns

posted by Dannelke at 2:27 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

Ken -

It's a pleasure to read your posts, man. Nice to meet you, and keep posting!

posted by john_sunseri at 8:24 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

Kenton,

LMK if you want/need to upgrade your THE LOST AND THE LURKING from PB to HC SFBC edition. It's the alternate grey cover shown with the listing. I have two at the moment. It's a tough call because PB 1st to book club is sort of a lateral. There's no "extra" material but there is a picture of the author.

- Barney

posted by Dannelke at 9:42 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2006

Ok, you seem to be the "horror guy" around here, so maybe you could answer a question. What exactly do you consider Wierd Fiction, is it primarily the stuff by Lovecraft and his ilk, or does other stuff along the same wavelenght like Dunsany and Blackwood count? Oh, and long live Godzilla, true king of the monsters!!!

posted by israfel13 at 4:48 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2006

Love your profile pick. Widescreen, uncut, subtitled edition getting released on DVD in September, in case you didn't already know. Here's the Amazon.com ASIN: B000FA4TLQ.

Interested in what you thought of "Johnny Got His Gun" which is a book I read years ago but have been thinking a lot about recently for no particular reason. Have you seen the film version (I haven't since it's hard to come by and I've heard it's not worth the effort, but I've never communicated directly with anyone who has actually seen it). Happy cataloging.

posted by coffeezombie at 7:57 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2006

Running MS-DOS: Version 6.22 is a book you CHOSE to list? I hope you were wearing a freakin' bow tie while you typed that one. What does the Mojo wire say about Deadwood this weekend? And are there DEADWOOD novels? There *#@^*! oughta be!

- Barney

Swidgin, PA.

posted by Dannelke at 11:10 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2006

Arigato, Dannelke-san!

posted by KentonSem at 12:33 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2006

May your tag cloud be radiactive and spawn many Toho Monsters. - Barney

posted by Dannelke at 6:03 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2006