A Blog About Books and Reading
A Blog About Books and Reading
From 17th century Gothic novels to the modern-day zombie story, the horror novel continues to fascinate readers and evolve in the literary consciousness.
A breezy, plot-driven book and an abstruse, philosophically dense ontological mystery provide different pleasures for readers.
Huysmans shared his protagonist’s disgust with humanity and longed to create a new kind of literature.
The term “splatterpunk” refers to a highly disreputable, extreme subgenre of graphic horror, but its best practitioners do much more with the form.
Not a retread or homage, Bloch’s vampire story displays a momentum and technique typical of the author’s best work.
Herbert’s novel combines elements of a haunted house story, a zombie tale, and a meditation on the nature of evil.
Being able to see King’s horrors is a significant drawback in terms of their emotional and affective impact – with one exception.
McDowell’s mashup of Southern Gothic and a traditional haunted house story provides a slow burn as opposed to the anarchic energy of his earlier novel.
Black creators have made their mark in horror film and literature, though they have had to work to get noticed. There are signs that this is changing.
“You can imagine that character – Max Renn – you can imagine him having a Twitter account after going through and seeing the true colours of society.”