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Post by azeryk on Sept 6, 2009 20:24:39 GMT
Afraid by Jack Kilborn Infernal Angel by Edward Lee Monster Nation by David Wellington The Death of Grass by John Christopher
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 9, 2009 11:26:43 GMT
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty (Corgi) The Nightmares on Elm Street - Jeffrey Cooper (Futura) Salem's Lot - Stephen King (NEL) Creed - James Herbert (Pan) Confessions of a Driving Instructor - Timothy Lea (Sphere) V - A.C. Crispin (NEL) Thin Air - George Simpson & Neal Burger (NEL) Purity - Shaun Hutson (Time Warner) Doomflight - Guy N. Smith (Hamlyn) Deluge - Richard Doyle (Pan) Friday Night in Beast House - Richard Laymon (Head Gear) The Hungry Moon - Ramsey Campbell (Arrow) Sister Night - F. Paul Wilson Gaurdian - John Saul The Ghosts of Sleath (James Herbert)
Sleath, Gaurdian, and Sister Night are all hardbacks.
The "special" books (for me) here are the following:
The Exorcist. Nothing special about the book really, except I really want to read it again after 30 years or so.
The Laymon book. I think it was recently mentioned that this is horrible, but the copy i found is not only in pristine condition, it's also a beautiful little hardback. The story itself is very very short (released posthumously I think), but the book is o lovely I couldn't leave it behind.
V. Again, to be perfectly honest this isn't a title I'm all that interested in - however it's an original print from NEL and it's in lovely condition. I don't know how these things are rated, but I severely doubt it's ever read. I too will probably never read it, but i couldn't leave it behind. --LOL--
Those three are what I was most excited about.
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Post by azeryk on Sept 9, 2009 21:36:14 GMT
Looks like someone has a fun time shopping recently
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 9, 2009 21:59:23 GMT
Well - 8 quid the lot.
So it's easy to do. ;D
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Post by steppedonwolf on Sept 10, 2009 7:23:18 GMT
V. Again, to be perfectly honest this isn't a title I'm all that interested in - however it's an original print from NEL and it's in lovely condition. I don't know how these things are rated, but I severely doubt it's ever read. I too will probably never read it, but i couldn't leave it behind. --LOL-- I quite liked that one - but East Coast Crisis, the NYC follow-up, was a better book. By the way, series creator Kenneth Johnson's written a sequel to this now: V: The Second Generation, published last year by TOR books. Set twenty years after the original events. Not sure what it's like, just picked it up in a charity shop. I'll keep you posted. The last horror book I bought? The Arrow reprint of Guy N Smith's Satan's Snowdrop (the Nazi cover) and the CD of Night of the Werewolf - both at the convention last Suday.
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Post by azeryk on Sept 10, 2009 19:43:55 GMT
Well - 8 quid the lot. So it's easy to do. ;D How did you manage to get them for so little?
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 10, 2009 22:52:08 GMT
Trawling a boot sale.
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Post by garryc on Sept 11, 2009 9:08:24 GMT
Cureently reading THE RUINS... long and boring so far... but I started so I'll finish.
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Post by azeryk on Sept 11, 2009 10:10:02 GMT
Trawling a boot sale. Lucky you, I always seem to be working when they are on down here
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Post by Jim on Sept 12, 2009 10:15:11 GMT
Nate Southard Broken Skin, the first story ion It Mr Gray is about me, but I have the onkly copy with it in it
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 12, 2009 16:29:12 GMT
Sobered up yet, Jim? ;D
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Post by azeryk on Sept 12, 2009 21:42:53 GMT
Nate Southard Broken Skin, the first story ion It Mr Gray is about me, but I have the onkly copy with it in it He's a very good author, have read "Just Like Hell" by him and it was pretty damn good so am looking forward to reading more by him. What has this book been like so far?
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 23, 2009 19:15:17 GMT
More boot sale madness.
Two recent trips.
TRIP 1
Dennis Wheatley Select and introduces Quiver of Horror (Arrow) Dennis Wheatley - The Devil Rides Out (Lymington Edition HB) Dennis Wheatley - The Island Where Time Stands Still (Mayflower HB) 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (Fontana) Graham Masterton - How to Be a Perfect Lover (Star) Pennethorne Hughes - Witchcraft (Pelican) Lionel Davidson - The Rose of Tibet (Penguin) John G. Jones -The Amityville Horror Pt II (NEL) Alan Dean Foster - Aliens (WB) James Herbert - Sepulchre (NEL) Joe Donnelly - Bane (Arrow)
TRIP 2
Dennis Wheatley - The Irish Witch (Arrow) JS Forrester - The Innocent Dark (Sphere) Clark Howard - The Killings (Pan) Raymond Rudorff - The House of the Brandersons (Corgi) Jere Cunningham - The Visitor (Corgi) Frank De Felitta - Sea Trial (Arrow) Bernard Taylor - Charmed Life (Grafton) Norah Lofts - The Haunting of Gad's Hall (Corgi) Graham Watkins - Dark Winds (Berkley) Richard Martin Stern - The Tower (Pan) Joan Paisnel - The Beast of Jersey (NEL) Stephen King - Carrie (HB) Dean Koontz - The Bad Place (HB) 2nd Book of Pan Horrors (Original cover) 3rd Book of Pan Horror (Original cover) This Devil's Days: Alfred Hitchcock
Of these there are five highlights.
The Visitor looks good, and I have the authors previous novel "The Legacy". Nice to get a second book from him.
Sea Trial by De Felitta because I happen to think he writes well.
The Tower - filmed as The Towering Inferno - because of the wonderful cover.
The Beast of Jersey because the cover is wonderful.
The Killings - because............ well this needs a thread on its own really.
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Post by azeryk on Sept 24, 2009 19:10:51 GMT
I really need to start going to car boot sales where you live! Just bought House Infernal by Edward Lee to finish off the trilogy.
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Post by Vaughan on Sept 24, 2009 20:41:53 GMT
Then what would I buy?
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