i need some help on a book to read. i love things like stephen king. i have read every stephen king novel. i am interested in something that wil just trip me out. something that is weird and hard to understand. does anyone have any suggestions for me? thanks for helping me out.
I have been there myself. My next two favorite authors after Stephen King are Dean Koontz and John Saul. They are both crazy. This one Dean Koontz book The Bad Place I ended up having dreams about. A good one of John Saul's is Suffer the Children.
I hardly ever go on this book forum, but I read a lot. I highly recommend White Oleander by Janet Fitch for anyone to read and anything Kerouac like Dharma Bums or On the Road if you haven't already read them. I used to read all the Stephen King books, but after 20 or so of them The Stand is still my favorite. there are many people here more well read than I am too. Hope they'll give you some suggestions too. I should check in here more often, too. I have followed recommendations from readers on this site and greatly enjoyed some of the suggested reading.
well... there's always the complete wokrs of edgar allen poe... h p lovecraft is wierd & creepy... ummm, you'd be amazed at some of the odd stuff written by rudyard kipling, actually... & ambrose bierce for sure... ~ & then the more "sci-fi"-ish genre (as opposed to "horror") has it's own scares available, hehheh... ~ one hard to find collection of japanese "mysterious" stories (& well worth seeking out, imho) is: patrick le nestour's _the mystery of things_ (my copy (with the b&w calligraphy; $$$ versions have color plates (!) of the inkwork - i have never seen one of the hi-priced editions...) is gone with the breeze, but may be blown back to me again someday; the local public library will get it for me to borrow; & copies may be available for purchase from a few booksellers, if ya search around)
I would say stretch out from the horror genre and into something else that you may have an intrest in. Just go hang at the book store and I'm sure you'll find something. Also rember you don't have to buy something because your in a store.
'Oryx and Crake' by mageret atwood. you don't know what exactly's going on, what's happened, how, why, and when you find out it's a headfuck. it's set in the future, where genetic engineering is really big - spare organ's grown in pigs etc - and society's gone to pot and the environment is fucking up. the distirbing thing is that a lot of the stuff in it has already happened or is happening.
Read "The Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs. That'll have you scratching your head from start to finish
Hi there You could try And the Ass saw the Angel by Nick Cave ( yes, the singer with the birthday party ). It is totally weird but very easy to get into. Filth by Irvine Welsh is just SO fantastic and I highly recommend it. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut is very good Oh there's more that I can't think of right now, i will let you know as and when i remember them.
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse is pretty trippy and hard to understand. The guy smokes a funny small cigarette and then explores the innerworkings of his mind. MAGIC THEATER - ENTRANCE
The Education of Oversoul Seven and The Further Education of Oversoul Seven. These will definately keep you guessing and have you thinking for quite a while. Namaste, good reading.
One more for Clive Barker... the Books of Blood were my favorite. His obsession with obsessions and paradox totally blows Stephen King awaaaayyyyy...
That is a very difficult question. There's so many good books out there by so many good authors. What to choose? What to choose? Oh! I know! Why not be radical and try a novel by someone unknown and unconventional:me. My book 'Kiss of the White Scorpion' has war and mystery and you'll be getting an insight into another culture. Plus you'll make the old git that wrote it happy that he managed to sell a few copies. It's available from Amazon if you're interested!
