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It's because of Gerald's Game, isn't it?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FlyingSquid@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • wisemanzero@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So… Richard Bachman?

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  • istdaslol@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Am I the only one to have the sudden urge to put at least one Stephen King book in the display?

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    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Put a book written under his pen name on there…

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    • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Don't put "it" there...

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Terror is marvelous. If you’re thinking of buying Paul Tremblay’s shirt story collection, don’t. It’s dire from start to finish, full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.

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    • leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      +1 for The Terror. That and Carrion Comfort are my two favourite Dan Simmons novels.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.

      Ugh, so many short story collections are like that. It’s such a nice surprise when can find a good author of short stories because I like them more than novels.

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  • generic_computers@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What about Dean Koontz?

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    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      youtu.be/DKAouJB5SXg?si=VkXrV8m4wU9qp7sJ

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  • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So, if the author is prominently featured on the cover of a book, how hard is it to not pickup or buy a book by an author you don’t care for?

    I mean, you have to at least be able to read before there’s any point in buying a book, unless you need toilet paper in a compact portable form and then the author really doesn’t matter…

    Anyone?

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    • li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Stephen King has written a lot of books, and a lot of shops promote those books far more than others.

      This is just a nice way to give other authors a bit of promotion, I think even Stephen King himself wouldn’t be opposed to this.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t think you’re a good fit for a bookstore manager.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, let’s move on and interview the next candidate.

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    • Aeao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is that you Stephen?

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      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The reason there were so many movies based on Stephen King works for so long is both because he has a large catalogue and because up until the last couple of years if you met certain criteria you could license a bunch of his stuff for $1. He had a whole program set up for it that only ended because the woman who was in charge of it since the very beginning finally retired.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What, no Дми́трий Глухо́вский?! Metro rules.

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    • Aermis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah metro is good. My name is Artem so when I listened to the audio book it felt like I was reading a dream.

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fuuuuuck that dream! Lol the rats, shudder.

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  • SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nick Cutter is awesome, especially if you’re into body horror …. I highly recommend The Breach

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    • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Better or worse than The Troop?

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      • BCOVertigo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I saw Nick Cutter and wanted to ask this as well. The Troop was such a fantastic book with vile description and really left an inpression on me. Fuck you Shelley.

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  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Only Good Indians is a fun read.

    I’m gonna have to read The Terror because the show was 🤌🏾

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    • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I just read I was a Teenage Slasher, which was super fun. Gonna look into The Terror now!

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    • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Damn, his kid is a writer too?

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      • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        He is! He goes under Joe Hill so people don’t know, but I think he’s great. The Heart Shaped Box was my first book with him and I found it a lot of fun! NOS4A2 is my overall favorite, but it’s a long one, so I always recommend the shorter one first.

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      • GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Joe and Owen both write

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  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m not seeing The Girl With All The Gifts there!

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  • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve always preferred Geri’s Game anyway

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  • undercrust@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians was wonderful, and Augusta Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh was dystopian nightmare fuel. Both absolutely excellent books.

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  • owsei@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    HOUSE OF LEEEEEEAAAVEEESSSS

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