Garrett's comments
(member since Jan 31, 2009)
Garrett's comments from the Literary Horror group.
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Jeannie wrote: "Me too.I could never get into his stuff."Sandman was good, American Gods was less than Sandman but passable but after that, everything went downhill.
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural's a good one. Have you read the Arbor House collection?
"It was good how creepy Robert Dunbar was."
Barker has become too whimsical for his own good, as of late, kind of a pale imitation of Neil Gaiman who became too whimsical for his own good a few years ago.
I'm reading Sax Rohmer's The Devil Doctor and a collection of H. Rider Haggard stories.
Thanks! Busy is an understatement.
Glad to hear it, Jeannie. All the info you need can be found at http://thegarrettcook.blogspot.com. Scroll down and you'll find a bibliography section. Everything is clickable there. Also, you can read excerpts from and preorder my upcoming book Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective at http://jimmyplush.blogspot.com.
It's going up in my blurbs tab. On Sunday, Archelon Ranch came out and yesterday, Murderland II Life During Wartime did. I've got five signed copies available on the blog I mentioned, both at a pretty solid discount.
Thanks! It keeps me busy.
Just wanted to let you guys know I have three books coming out over the next few months, Murderland Part 2:Life During Wartime (www.evilnerdempire.com/propaganda.htm), Archelon Ranch (http://www.legumeman.com/archelon%20ranc...) and Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective (the back cover is mentioned in the Funclub/Jimmy Plush post here: http://thegarrettcook.blogspot.com.
I'm taking preorders on all of these at the blog I mentioned. Thanks.
Glad to hear it. That issue kind of slipped under the radar.
Check out number three then. I'm in that one.
I pretty much only write nonlinear narrative. Most of my favorite books are either nonlinear or feature unreliable narrators. It does get in the way of commercial appreciation, but getting in the way of charting a person's psyche or telling a good story is worse.
Joe's stories are very different from his dad's stuff. Heart Shaped Box was kind of Stephen Kingish, but Twentieth Century Ghosts isn't. The stories in there range from literary horror to almost straight up Bizarro.
Robert wrote: "And it's different now?(Garrett -- never a fan of Campbell's writing, but I sure love that movie.)"
I can understand that. Golden age sci-fi really varies qualitywise. I've had a hard time finding things from that era to read.
Who Goes There? by I believe John W. Campbell became the Thing from Another World.
I would consider it more of a doorstop than anything. Its printing as an environmental atrocity almost as bad as all that rainforest Mc Donald's uses for cattle ranching.
Check out my book Murderland Part 1:H8. There's a lot in it about a reluctant serial killer and his relationship with his girlfriend, who is obsessed with the culture of violence. The twist is that all this happens in a world where murder is socially acceptable and serial killers are the hottest celebrities in existence. He doesn't want to be famous and is disgusted by the whole thing and she thinks he's boring and sort of prudish because she doesn't know what he's done. The reviews explain it better than I do.
I really second joining the Haunt, T, there's a great and diverse group of authors and readers there. Here's a link: www.horror-mall.com/hauntEveryone should check it out.
I really second joining the Haunt, T, there's a great and diverse group of authors and readers there. Here's a link: www.horror-mall.com/hauntEveryone should check it out.
