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WHAT I’M READING NOW: DOOMED by Chuck Palahniuk

This is the sequel to DAMNED, which I reviewed here:  http://talesofunspeakabletaste.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-you-there-satan-its-me-madison.html   I have been a longtime fan of Palahniuk, and I intend on continuing to be so for the rest of my life.  The man is a lunatic.  The

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: MONSTROSITY by Edward Lee

I like Lee’s work.  He wrote one of the greatest horror stories ever, “The Stick Woman.”  The man knows how to get under your skin and ravage your tender bits.

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King

Personally, I don’t think THE SHINING needs a sequel, but so far, I’m really enjoying DOCTOR SLEEP.  It’s not necessarily a sequel, more like a brand new story.  It’s interesting to see what has happened to Dan Torrence, and to

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: THRILLING TALES edited by Michael Chabon

Holy shit, look at this line up!  Michael Crichton, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, Michael Moorcock, and a shit-ton of others, all original stories.  I already read the King story, because it went on to be a

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: THE THICKET by Joe R. Lansdale

I’ve read everything Lansdale has ever published.  Why would I stop now?

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert A. Heinlein

Heinlein is probably my favorite classic SF writer, if not my favorite all-time SF writer.  The man had a foot in the past and the other in the future.  His social ideas were astounding, and STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: THE LAST GIG ON PLANET EARTH AND OTHER STRANGE STORIES by Kevin Strange

Come on.  How could I not?

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: FOR LOVE OF AUDREY ROSE by Frank DeFelitta and GROWNUPS MUST DIE by D.F. Noble

I’m really not sure that AUDREY ROSE needs a sequel, but I really enjoyed the first book, so why not give it a try?  Also, how can I NOT read something by D.F. Noble?  The guy kicks ass.

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: STRANGE SEX

Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.

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WHAT I’M READING NOW: ROBAMAPOCALYPSE by Kevin Strange

The title says it all.

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